EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution. The eclectic guest list includes authors, doctors, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, and more. Learn how the health care system really works, the serenity that comes from humility, the challenge of interpreting data, how potato chips are made, what it's like to run an upscale Manhattan restaurant, what caused th ...
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Backstage with the Troubadours" delves deep into the riveting tales and experiences of musicians who've shared the stage and toured with some of the most iconic artists in music history. In each episode, we uncover untold stories, behind-the-scenes moments, and insights into the world of touring with legends. From intimate jam sessions to life on the road, join us as we journey through the captivating lives of these troubadours, revealing the magic and challenges of making music history. Whe ...
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Clancy Overell and Errol Parker, editors of the explicitly raw but iconic Outback Australian newspaper known as The Betoota Advocate report fiercely - without fear or favour.
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This Podcast shares TIME experiences, inspiration and much more . The Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) is a not-for-profit company established in 2009 to help ambitious, aspiring leaders of the Travel, Tourism, Hospitality and Aviation industry accelerate their careers through mentoring. https://www.travelindustrymentor.com.au/
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Idols, heroes, icons. Today, we often forget that the modern-day sportsman is so much more than an athlete. Athletes have other lives - often many other career chapters away from the sporting field – just like the rest of us. To be an athlete is just one part of who they are. In Athletes: The Other Side, host and former head of Media Relations for the World Anti-Doping Agency, Ben Nichols explores the lives and achievements of athletes away from sport so that you can learn more about the sto ...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Rhea Ripley, Littleproud Is Back, State Of Origin & You Can’t Have Any Pudding If You Don’t Eat Your Meat
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12:49Errol Parker, Wendell Hussey and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Betoota Advocate
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Nature vs. Nurture (with Paul Bloom)
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1:07:44How much of our success or failure is written in our genes? How much is under our control? Is it nature or nurture or is that dichotomy too simplistic? Hear EconTalk's Russ Roberts and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss why the nature vs. nurture question is actually worth taking seriously and how by understanding it we can help ourselves and others.…
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Ahead of the first State of Origin on Wendesday, Bryan Fletcher joined Clancy and Wendell in the Betoota Studios to talk all things footy. Now an esteemed broadcaster and ornament to the game, Fletch takes us back to his time in Origin camp and tells us about how the bonding sessions were a bit different back in the day. We preview the upcoming ser…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: LNP Breakup, Jacinta Price, LNP Reunited & Big Ange's Message To The Poms
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12:52Wendell Hussey and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Betoota Advocate
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Inside the Mysterious World of Credit Cards (with Patrick McKenzie)
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1:15:14Patrick McKenzie explains to EconTalk's Russ Roberts how credit cards work, who makes money from them and how, and gives his take on whether cash customers and debit card users subsidize the users of credit cards with reward programs.By EconTalk: Russ Roberts
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BETOOTA TALKS: Michael Chugg Part 2: The Father of The Australian Music Scene
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39:19In Part 2 of our interview with Michael Chugg, Clancy and Wendell delve into the current state of Australian music. With some of the nation's biggest festivals under serious financial threat and the ways in which people consume music rapidly changing, Chugg shares his wisdom on what the future may hold for our musical landscape. See omnystudio.com/…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Sussan Ley Elected Scapegoat, Dutton Reinvents Himself, Albo Knocks Back NZ & Bloke Drives To Gym For Walk
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14:33Wendell Hussey, Errol Parker and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Betoota Advocate
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The Past and Present of Privacy and Public Life (with Tiffany Jenkins)
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1:22:59A paradox of our time is our willingness to bare all to strangers while worrying about who exactly is watching us online and anywhere else. Listen as author Tiffany Jenkins discusses her book, Strangers and Intimates, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. In this wide-ranging conversation, they explore the role of Martin Luther, J.S. Mill, reality TV, and …
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BETOOTA TALKS: Michael Chugg Part 1: The Father of The Australian Music Scene
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48:27The election is finally done and dusted, so we’re leaving the world of politics behind and starting fresh with a huge guest. Michael Chugg has been an integral part of the Australian music scene since the late 60s, having founded the Frontier Touring company and played a part in bringing so many huge acts down under. From ABBA to Billie Eilish, Lim…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Libs First Female Leader, F*ck You And Your Teeth Says Bandt, Palmer’s Next Waste Of Money & Piastri’s Secret To Success
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10:33Wendell Hussey and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Betoota Advocate
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The Economics of Tariffs and Trade (with Doug Irwin)
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1:32:53Is the United States victimized by trade? What causes trade deficits? Are higher tariffs a good idea? Can manufacturing jobs return to the United States? Economist Doug Irwin of Dartmouth College answers these questions and more in this wide-ranging conversation with EconTalk's Russ Roberts.By EconTalk: Russ Roberts
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Fair bit happened over the weekend. If you’d like to hear us give a quick lay of the land about where everything’s at, then give this a spin. Gains/ losses / and what the hell happened to The greens. You may have had enough of politics, well you are in luck because it’s all over now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Recipe Wars, Hate Media, Keating & Johnny + Crazy Man Wants Dental Before Submarines
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11:14Errol Parker, Wendell Hussey and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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In the last Betoota Talks before the election, we decided to have a chat to someone who isn't asking for you to vote for them this weekend. Someone who can speak freely and honestly about the state of the nation, and what lies ahead. One of the nation's leading economists, the Taree product swung by for a wide ranging chat about economics, environm…
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The Past and Future of AI (with Dwarkesh Patel)
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1:36:44Dwarkesh Patel interviewed the most influential thinkers and leaders in the world of AI and chronicled the history of AI up to now in his book, The Scaling Era. Listen as he talks to EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the book, the dangers and potential of AI, and the role scale plays in AI progress. The conversation concludes with a discussion of the a…
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Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong - in her first ever podcast!
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42:43Senator Penny Wong steps into the booth with Betoota this week, for her first ever podcast interview. The South Australian Labor heavyweight talks about her upbringing, family and what drew her to politics in the first place. How has Parliament changed since she was first elected? What are her greatest regrets in politics? The Foreign Minister expl…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Filo Pope, Election About to Get Real Catholic, Millennial Dating & Straight Man At Pilates
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9:56Errol Parker, Wendell Hussey and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Why Christianity Needs to Help Save Democracy (with Jonathan Rauch)
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1:20:08How does a nice Jewish boy who is also a gay atheist have the chutzpah to lecture Christianity on its obligations to democracy? Listen to author Jonathan Rauch talk about his book Cross Purposes with EconTalk's Russ Roberts as Rauch makes the case for what he calls a thicker Christianity.By EconTalk: Russ Roberts
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BETOOTA TALKS: Josh Burns Labor MP For Macnamara
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38:14Josh Burns was the youngest member of the Labor caucus when he was elected to parliament in 2019, but he faces tough opposition on both sides to retain the pivotal seat of Macnamara at the upcoming election. Situated in Melbourne, Macnamara is one of the most diverse seats in the nation, home to a wide range of cultures, communities and ethnicities…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Liberals Plan To Fix Crisis They Caused, Annual Leave Expert, Family Dog Eats Easter Eggs & Boyfriend Knows No Details Of Gossip
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10:14Errol Parker, Effie Bateman and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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BETOOTA TALKS: Victorian Socialist Purple Pingers & Democratic Campaigner Kyle Middleton
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44:45The first of our mid-week podcasts that will be published in the lead up to the election features two figures on opposite ends of the political scale. First up, a Senate candidate from the Victorian Socialists, Jordan Van Den Lamb, better known by his online persona Purple Pingers. Jordan is in the headlines again this week after Anthony Albanese h…
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Rational and Religious (with Ross Douthat)
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1:17:31How can we explain the world's underlying order? How does consciousness emerge? And why do people from such different cultures have such similar near-death experiences? Listen as Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist and author of the new book Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, argues that these and other unanswerable questions underscore …
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BETOOTA TALKS: Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor (Member For Hume)
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47:56A Rhodes Scholar from Nimmitabel with a Master of Philosophy in Economics from Cambridge. He cut his teeth at McKinsey before helping establish Fonterra, the Kiwi dairy co-op whose creation is now studied at Harvard Business School as one of the greatest feats of agribusiness strategy in the modern era. That should qualify him for the role of Feder…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Rottnest Island Tariffs, Mutant Livestock, Dutton A Proud Leftie & Exercise Can Be Fun
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13:23Errol Parker, Effie Bateman and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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The Music and Magic of John and Paul (with Ian Leslie)
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1:17:48At the heart of the success of the Beatles was the creative chemistry and volatile friendship between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Listen as author Ian Leslie discusses his book, John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. It's a deep dive into music and friendship as well as a revisionist history about how John and Paul cre…
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Nicolette Boele: The Wildly Popular Independent Candidate for Sydney’s Upper North Shore
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38:33Born and raised in the leafy North Shore suburb of Killara, Nicolette Boele (pronounced ‘Buller’) is making waves as the next Federal Independent tipped to oust the Liberals from a once very safe blue ribbon electorate. The electoral division of Bradfield, historically made up of blue bloods and professionals, looks like it wants a change. Will Nic…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Robert Irwin Thirst Trap, Trump Tarrifs, Dutton Works From Home & Turkish Tourism Collapsing
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16:01Errol Parker, Effie Bateman and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Do All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made From Silicon, Have Rights? (with Jeff Sebo)
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1:16:13Should monkeys have the same rights as humans? What about elephants, ants, or invertebrates? NYU philosopher Jeff Sebo makes the case for expanding your moral circle to many more beings than you might expect, including those based on silicon chips. Listen as Sebo and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss to whom and what we owe moral consideration, how w…
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Betoota Advocate Official Election Preview with Charles Croucher
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42:55Everything you need to know about the upcoming federal election in one place. The seats to watch out for, the candidates to keep across, and the issues that will decide the next government. Clancy and Errol are joined by seasoned political journalist Charles Croucher for a preview of the next month of campaigning. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Federal Budget, Adolescence, Mixed Breed Dogs & Do Australians Really Want This?
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12:51Errol Parker, Effie Bateman and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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BETOOTA TALKS: Treasurer Jim Chalmers Talks Federal Budget, Broncos & Bullets
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34:34In this special episode of Betoota Talks, the Federal Treasurer talks about the 2025 Budget and the lack of talent in the Liberal Party. He also talks Brisbane Broncos, The Brisbane Bullets, Logan Thunder, Logan Brothers and Eagle Farm raceway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Betoota Advocate
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Bird Brains, Bird Sex, and All Kinds of Beauty (with Matt Ridley)
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1:16:45Bright colors, long tails, and dances of seduction: they may hurt a bird's chances of survival in the wild, but they seem to increase the chances of reproduction. Is this all part of natural selection or is sexual selection its own force in the bird world? Is there such a thing as beauty for beauty's sake? What can we learn from birds about the hum…
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Joining Clancy and Wendell this week is Victorian Senator Jane Hume, the Shadow Minister for Finance, the Public Service and Shadow Special Minister of State. Jane dropped by to chat about how much she loves campaigning, nuclear energy and how the Liberals can turn around their fortune after 2022's election loss. We also try get her to spill the be…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Dutton’s Referendum, Childcare Makes Dodgy People Rich, Stranded Astronauts & Shepard Avocados
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11:06Errol Parker, Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Unexpected Journeys: Brianna Drummond's Path to Leadership and Networking Success
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35:31Send us a text What happens when a chance encounter at a panel event transforms a career path? Join us as we chat with Brianna Drummond, the inspiring Product Operations Team Leader at Inspiring Vacations, who shares her journey into unexpected opportunities. From skepticism to success, discover how Brianna's scholarship experience, mentorship with…
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How Better Feedback Can Revolutionize Education (with Daisy Christodoulou)
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1:27:32Feedback on exams and papers--grades and comments--should be more than an assessment. It should point the way to improvement. So argues educational consultant Daisy Christodoulou, emphasizing that actionable feedback has to be more than comments scribbled in the margins of a paper or at its end. Listen as she speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts abo…
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The Greenslander himself, Max Chandler-Mather joins Betoota Talks to discuss his unique brand of environmentalist class politics, and how it translates so well to suburban Queensland. At the 2022 election, MCM snatched the safe Labor electorate of Griffith in South Brisbane for the Greens - former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's old seat. He was joined…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Ralph Lauren Ozempic Rumours, Kneecap Baffles Aussie TV, Young Mums Back In The Office & Tesla Owner Pretends Not To Be A D*ckhead
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12:20Errol Parker, Effie Bateman and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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What can the restaurant business teach us about leadership and management? Listen as Will Guidara, the former owner of Eleven Madison Park, explains to EconTalk's Russ Roberts how his restaurant became good enough to be named the best restaurant in the world. Foodies will enjoy a look behind the scenes of a restaurant at the very top of its game, b…
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