Aug 4, 2026
Episode 180: Fascist Versus Bin, Britain Has a New PM… and How to Feed a Thirsty Bee”
1 hour 9 minutes
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"The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison
Ben Davison
Join notorious Guardian columnist Van Badham and her labour activist co-host (and partner!) Ben Davison. As they deep-dive into the big news themes of the week and provide fresh, irreverent analysis about what's really going on in Australia and around the world.
Episodes
Ordered by publication date.
Jul 23, 2026
EPISODE 179: An AI Invasion SPECIAL EPISODE, with extra good news about puffins.
1 hour 2 minutes
Jul 1, 2026
Episode 178: Poll dive for One Nation, the Online Information War... and Italian Forests
1 hour 14 minutes
Jun 24, 2026
Episode 177: The Fryer is a Liar, the Online Orange Disinformation Bomb and Soil-Powered Batteries
1 hour 20 minutes
May 27, 2026
Episode 176: The Imaginary Inflation Bomb, Not-So-Mutual Obligations and Chinese Fish
1 hour 23 minutes
May 22, 2026
Episode 175: Busting Budget Myths and Saving Giant Tortoises
1 hour 8 minutes
May 13, 2026
Episode 174: 2026 Budget Special and - OMG! - this Budget IS special!
1 hour 32 minutes
Apr 22, 2026
Episode 173: An NDIS for communities, not for cowboys; let’s talk about tax it’s a gas gas gas… and good news about renewables - from a war zone…
57 minutes
Apr 3, 2026
Episode 171: The Fuel Crisis, Trump's new forever war and the good news is about bilbies, this is the Week on Wednesday
47 minutes
Mar 26, 2026
Episode 170: The South Australian election and its discontents, America brings Australia and Europe closer together… and the good news is about a Mega Hedge.
1 hour 2 minutes
May 14, 2025
Episode 169: New Cabinets, Old Wounds, and Wacky Ted: This Week on Wednesday
44 minutes
May 7, 2025
Episode 168: Landslide! Labor's Historic Victory and the Lessons for the Right
1 hour 30 minutes
Apr 30, 2025
Episode 167: Brethren, Robes, and Ballot Box Shenanigans
1 hour
Apr 23, 2025
Episode 166: Housing, health and education: The debates we all have to have, and the bobcats we deserve
1 hour 11 minutes
Mar 26, 2025
Episode 165: Dr Jim's Australian budget box of delights, Donald Trump's group chat gone wild and African penguins forever
1 hour 3 minutes
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