The Chaser Report
The Chaser
Are you sick of news you can trust? For over 200 years, The Chaser has been the world's leading source of news you can't trust.The Chaser Report offers a satirical look at Australian and world news and culture, along with occasional confessions of parenting and business failures, the latter often involving an amusingly large number of unsold avocado pool toys.The show is hosted each day by two of the satirical comedy group’s co-founders, Charles Firth and Dom Knight, along with occasional cameos from more talented, less available Chaser colleagues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 17, 2021 • 22min
Give Us Freedom (And Covid)! | Dave Milner | Dan Ilic
After a week off, Charles, Dom, and Gabbi are all freedom-ed out. Fortunately Dave Milner (The Shot) is here to remind them of how sweet freedom really is. Meanwhile Dan Ilic (A Rational Fear) debriefs after the huge success of his billboard stunt in New York, and gives a teaser for his plans to come. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno delivers all the headlines you can’t trust! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 14, 2021 • 46min
Solar-powered barbecues can save the planet | Saul Griffith
Energy guru Saul Griffith reckons Australia can lead the way in solving the climate crisis, with our abundant sunlight and love of new technology. Griffith has been advising the Biden Administration on renewables and is well known around the world for his passion for energy solutions that don't just work, but work better than what we have now. He reckons we already have all the technology we need to make it happen – if only we had the political will. His new book is Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook For A Clean Energy Future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 13, 2021 • 22min
'Bad Art Friend': A Group Chat Nightmare | Nina Oyama
Nina talks us through the 'bad art friend' controversy that recently featured in the New York Times and made everyone who group chats with their friends feel terrified that they too were about to inspire a really scathing short story. Plus, Charles and Dom took a stab at predicting this week's news last week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 12, 2021 • 30min
The most awkward meeting ever | Wil Anderson
At the start of the millennium, The Chaser team met with one of Australia's best standup comedians to explore the prospect of working together. Which, in hindsight, would have been a great idea – at least for us. It did not go well. 20 years later, Charles and Dom talk it over with Wil Anderson – and discover why nothing excites him more than a standup show with no plan.Wil's show Gruen is back on TV (and iView) from today, but despite our best intentions, we didn't really talk about it much – and you'll highly likely watch it anyway! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 11, 2021 • 39min
Mark Humphries Roasts Charles
Before he was Australia's Tallest Satirist, 7.30's Mark Humphries used to work in a warehouse – which is where he met Charles Firth, who gave him his first job in comedy on a tv show called The Roast. Which is why Mark is willing, to take a break from his full-time job of going on podcasts and panel shows to tell some embarrassing stories about the early days. (The team are on holiday, but all this week we have brand new extended interviews with some of our favourite people to tide you through – and the headlines are updated every day.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 10, 2021 • 28min
Getting Outsiders In | Julia Zemiro
Julia Zemiro of Rockwiz, Home Delivery and many other fabulous things joins Gabbi, Dom and Charles to explore how ordinary people can get their voices heard in Canberra – and maybe even get elected. Her new podcast about this is called 'Who Cares With Julia Zemiro', and will be in the A Rational Fear feed.(The team's having a week off to celebrate the end of NSW's lockdown – but we have a brand new extended chat with some of our favourite people for you each morning – plus fresh headlines every day!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 7, 2021 • 24min
Billboards and Skateboards | Dan Ilic | Nina Oyama
Dan Ilic (A Rational Fear) plans to put billboards up at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, but he has too much money and not enough jokes, so the team pitch some ideas. Meanwhile Nina scores some free skating gear to use once Freedom Day arrives, and John unpacks Gina Rinehart’s bizarre speech about climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 6, 2021 • 26min
The Pandora Paupers | Sami Shah
Aleksa delves through the latest pile of billionaires’ tax evasion schemes, while Sami is so sick of Melbourne’s lockdown that he’d rather visit a South Korean dystopia. Also, Gabbi gets a long-overdue tyre change, and she and Charles announce that they’re doing some strange archaic thing called ‘performing live’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 5, 2021 • 25min
Federal I-Cuck? | Michael Bradley
Lawyer Michael Bradley joins the podcast to hypothesise about what would happen if certain federal ministers were ever to face an ICAC, and Zander has the latest scoop on the Facebook outage directly from the source. Plus Dom looks at some surprising new coal projects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 4, 2021 • 23min
Gladwrap Foiled | Craig Reucassel
After an eventful long weekend, Dom, Gabbi, and Charles catch up on all the latest news from the NRL Grand Final to Gladys’ resignation. Craig has a medical question about Covid testing, and Charles wonders if he has dementia. Plus Dom is unsure about sharing his name with a NSW’s potential new Premier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
