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.
Episodes
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Sep 10, 2020 • 33min
Gender Reveals Revealed (As Stupid)
This week Nina wades into the latest TikTok controversy, Dom reveals whether gender reveal parties are a good idea, and Charles meets a $16,000 laundry-folding robot. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with the newsiest news that ever news knew.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 9, 2020 • 16min
Extra - A Trip to the VMAs
Nina Oyama takes Charles Firth and Dom Knight on a trip to the Video Music Awards, something which the ageing white men have only a vague awareness of. She quizzes them on the history of the VMAs, proving definitively that they know nothing about the VMAs. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the Chaser news headlines that we can get past the lawyers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 7, 2020 • 10min
Extra - Nature is Healing
A bear has broken into a convenience store in Lake Tahoe, California, and eaten chips on the floor. Dom Knight takes Nina Oyama and Charles Firth through what is (so far) the only good news story of 2020. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the Chaser news a few days after it's happened.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 3, 2020 • 39min
Special 50th Episode
Can you believe it’s been 50 episodes already?! We celebrate by looking at the QAnon conspiracy with Nina, Tony Abbott’s guide to sacrificing old people to pandemics and Dom delivers a smattering of good news in an otherwise bleak and not at all celebratory episode. Plus, Chaser news headlines from Rebecca De Unamuno for the 50th-ish time.
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Sep 1, 2020 • 10min
Extra - Welcome to the Future: Smart Forks
Is the major problem in your life that you eat too fast? Luckily, Silicon Valley has a solution for you. Charles Firth reviews something that you've always wanted: a bluetooth enabled fork, that comes with its own app. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the latest fake news headlines.
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Aug 30, 2020 • 10min
Extra - Eating Fried Chicken in the Time of Corona
KFC has dropped their slogan “Finger Licking Good” because it's not very appropriate during a pandemic. Two French police officers have been criticised for confronting a woman sunbaking topless on a beach. And speaking of nudity, a German nudist has gone viral after a boar stole his laptop. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the Chaser news headlines that we can get past the lawyers.
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Aug 27, 2020 • 32min
Mein Trumpf
The Republican Convention is on this week, and well, yeah, it's a bit Nazi. Nina Oyama looks at the desperate plight of Britney Spears, Dom Knight takes a long look at a nudist camp in France and Charles Firth introduces a new quiz: Is it Republican or is it Nazi. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the latest Chaser headlines that we can get past the legal team.
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Aug 25, 2020 • 13min
Extra - Pete Evans launches new healing clinic
The last Blockbuster Video in the world is now an AirBNB - you can stay there and watch whatever you want. Public library workers in Washington State have found a stash of beers and gum dating back from the 80s. And Pete Evans has a new Byron healing clinic. Plus all the latest headlines you can't trust from Rebecca De Unamuno.
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Aug 23, 2020 • 11min
Extra - Transparent Toilets?
Public toilets with transparent glass have been installed in a park in Tokyo. Dogs must be walked twice per day according to new German law, and a small town in Switzerland has experienced a very strange phenomena called chocolate snow, in the middle of summer. Plus all the latest headlines you can't trust from Rebecca De Unamuno.
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Aug 20, 2020 • 42min
The Flight to Planet B
We plan an escape to another planet as Nina looks at diversity on Australian TV (spoiler: there isn’t much), Dom discovers a village that quarantines people in a haunted house, and Charles braves a 12-year-old’s birthday party. Plus news from Rebecca De Unamuno.
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