The Pub Test

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Episodes: 36

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Australian politics, minus the spin. Neil Pharaoh and Erin Watson put the week's biggest political stories through the pub test - does it make sense, is it fair, and what does it really mean? New episodes weekly.

Episode Date
Democracy in Decline
Oct 26, 2026
Who Is Teaching Australian Boys What It Means to Be a Man?
Oct 19, 2026
How Did an OpenAI Agent Break Into an Australian Government Website?
Oct 12, 2026
Why Governments Are Addicted to Stamp Duty
Oct 05, 2026
Albo's Trump Selfie, Labor Running Third in Victoria & Kazakhstan’s Growing Power
Sep 28, 2026
Who Wins Victoria, the Broken GST Deal & Why We Forgot Myanmar
Sep 21, 2026
Are We Over Diagnosing Kids, The Parenting Crisis & Moldova’s Fight for Democracy
Sep 14, 2026
Australia's Parenting Problem & Why Ireland Looks So Rich
Sep 07, 2026
Pakistan’s Growing Power, Australia’s Child Protection Crisis & Alice Springs
Aug 31, 2026
Australia’s Lobbying Problem, Victoria’s New Premier & The One Nation Test
Aug 24, 2026
Pauline Hanson’s Parental Leave Backflip, Childcare Battlelines & The American Royal Wedding
Jul 06, 2026
Karl Stefanovic’s Podcast Problem, Are the Teals Uniting & Albania’s Revolution
Jun 29, 2026
Leadership Spills, Lobbying Loopholes & Why Georgia Matters
Jun 22, 2026
Why Are We Still Talking About the Budget?
Jun 15, 2026
Student Debt, Work From Home & Argentina’s Economic Gamble
Jun 08, 2026
One Nation Beats Labor, Parliament’s Passport Problem, & the Rise of the New Serfdom
Jun 01, 2026
Australia's Water Crisis & Why America still Fears Cuba
May 25, 2026
Antony Green on The Farrer Election & Australia’s New Political Divide
May 19, 2026
Australia’s Childcare Trap & Why Nepal Matters
May 11, 2026
Nepean By-Election's One Nation Surprise, NT Crisis & Why Japan Matters Right Now
May 04, 2026
Gas Tax Debate & What Rwanda Gets Right
Apr 27, 2026
Sydney or Bust and the Straits that Control Everything
Apr 20, 2026
Government Failure & What New Zealand Gets Right
Apr 13, 2026
The Lie of Fuel Security & Can NATO Fail?
Apr 06, 2026
Victoria’s Free Public Transport, Tax Reform & Why Sri Lanka Suddenly Matters
Mar 30, 2026
One Nation Rising, Petrol Prices Spike & Is Australia Facing a More Dangerous World?
Mar 23, 2026
Canberra Said No, Howards Gun Laws & Why Britain Has No Way Out
Mar 16, 2026
Victoria's Debt Problem, The Political Pension Debate and What Makes Greenland so Valuable?
Mar 09, 2026
The ISIS Bride Problem, Trump's War in the Middle East and Albanese's Bad Week
Mar 02, 2026
Prince Andrew Arrested, State Election Bloodbath & The Rise of India
Feb 23, 2026
Liberal Spill, Four-Year Terms & A Female Dictator in North Korea?
Feb 16, 2026
The $300k Housing Trap, WA's Mining Identity & Israel’s New African Ally
Feb 09, 2026
The Rise of Pauline Hanson, the Australia Day Debate & Ukraine at War
Jan 26, 2026
Victoria Fires & Floods, Parliament Recall, Iran Explained (ft. Kylie Moore-Gilbert)
Jan 19, 2026
Bondi Royal Commission, NSW Election & The Venezuela Situation
Jan 12, 2026
The Pub Test | Teaser
Dec 16, 2025