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Spin Cycle
Hosted by RRR - Triple R · news · EN-AU
About this Podcast:
Spin Cycle covers all things media, unravelling the tangled threads of politics, the 24 hour news cycle, the spin and the story behind the stories. With Jess Lilley, Rachel Withers and Charlie Lewis.
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What is Spin Cycle about?
Spin Cycle covers all things media, unravelling the tangled threads of politics, the 24 hour news cycle, the spin and the story behind the stories. With Jess Lilley, Rachel Withers and Charlie Lewis.
Who hosts Spin Cycle?
Spin Cycle is hosted by RRR - Triple R. The show has published 148 episodes to date.
What has Spin Cycle covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Radiothon Special!" (24 August 2026, 58 minutes), "Rachel Carbonell on Australia's growing obsession with peptides" (5 August 2026, 49 minutes), and "Who killed Journalism?" (23 July 2026, 56 minutes).
How often does Spin Cycle publish?
Spin Cycle publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 148 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Spin Cycle?
Booking probability for Spin Cycle is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Spin Cycle requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Spin Cycle's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Spin Cycle?
The strongest fits for Spin Cycle are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. Spin Cycle has a news audience.
About the host
RRR - Triple R hosts Spin Cycle, a news podcast with 148 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Aug 5, 202649 minS1
The team sit down with ABC National Health Equity Reporter Rachel Carbonell to discuss her work on the Four Corners episode The Race to Reverse Ageing . Carbonell breaks down how longevity treatments like peptides are...
Episode #157
Who killed Journalism?
Jul 23, 202656 minS1On a special whodunit panel show edition of Spin Cycle, the team try to get to the bottom of who killed journalism, with the help of Antoun Issa, Raf Epstein and Najma Sambul.
- Jul 9, 202651 minS1
The team sits down with Matthew Ricketson, co-author of Getting Murdoched: How Murdoch's Media Wields Power and Punishment , to discuss how the Murdoch empire turns journalists into instruments of personal destruction —...
- Jun 18, 202640 minS1
Charlie, fresh from the room itself, joins Rachel to dissect Pauline Hanson's address to the National Press Club, unpacking why the press gallery played it so safe and how even the sharper questions still failed to pin...
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Episode #154
"Progressive except for Palestine" - Jeff Sparrow unpacks the double standards of reporting on Gaza
Jun 11, 202649 minS1Jess and Rachel speak with Jeff Sparrow - Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Advancing Journalism and former Triple R Breakfaster - about his essay for The Conversation examining how liberal media outlets in Australia...
- Jun 4, 202651 minS1
ABC journalist Emily Baker talks to Jess, Charlie and Rachel about her investigation into sexual violence in Byron Bay in the 2000s. Plus, the team unpacks why Charlie Pickering's decision to call Grace Tame...
Episode #152
The Liberal Party's Identity Crisis, the Decline of The Australian and the Antisemitism Royal Commission
May 7, 202642 minS1Charlie and Rachel are joined by writer and author Patrick Marlborough to dissect the Abbott vs Downer battle for the Liberal Party presidency, unpack what Michael Gawenda's factually-challenged essay reveals about the...
- Apr 30, 202642 minS1
Jess and Charlie speak with RMIT journalism lecturer and Triple R broadcaster (host of Future Perfect on Monday mornings) Dylan Bird about World Press Freedom Day, before dissecting the chaos of the White House...
- Apr 23, 202649 minS1
Guardian Australia's chief investigations correspondent, Christopher Knaus, joins Spin Cycle to discuss his recent investigation into the death of Bikram Lama, a young Nepali man who died homeless in Sydney's Hyde Park.
- Nov 27, 202550 minS1
Jess and Rachel are joined by Ben Smee, Guardian Australia reporter, delving into the new series Broken Trust . The two-year investigation looks into the handling of domestic violence cases in Queensland, and the...
Episode #148
A closer look at Olivia Nuzzi
Nov 20, 202544 minS1Jess and Charlie are going all in on American reporter, Olivia Nuzzi this week, in light of the media coverage of her new book, American Canto. They also discuss the lowering of the minimum age of criminal...
- Nov 13, 202548 minS1
Charlie, Rachel and special guest host Esther Linder discuss the news of the week, from the Victorian government’s punitive youth crime plans to the announcement that young Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg is running for...
- Nov 6, 202548 minS1
Jess, Charlie and Rachel are joined by reporter, photographer, videographer and podcaster Preeshita Shah, who has just graduated from Melbourne Uni’s Centre for Advancing Journalism. Shah, who plans on becoming a war...
- Oct 30, 202554 minS1
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges joins Jess, Charlie and Rachel to discuss Israel’s occupation of Gaza and his cancelled address, 'The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists.' Chris speaks about...
Episode #144
A call to action with journalist Omar El Akkad
Oct 23, 202551 minS1Canadian-Egyptian journalist and novelist Omar El Akkad, discusses his new book One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This , which critiques what it means to live in the West, during a time of devastating world...
- Sep 25, 202546 minS1
Jess, Charlie and Rachel invite freelance journalist and author of Slick, Royce Kurmelovs, to share some insights following the government’s announcement of its lacklustre 2035 emissions reduction target (or should we...
Episode #140
More Radiothon ft Natalie Feliks!
Sep 18, 202545 minS1Rachel, Jess and Charlie have another Radiothon special, this time joined by friend of the show Natalie Feliks, as they discuss the importance of community radio and independent media. Natalie shares her thoughts on the...
Episode #139
Evelyn Araluen on the closure of Meanjin
Sep 11, 202550 minS1Poet and co-editor of Overland Evelyn Araluen joins Jess, Charlie and Rachel to discuss the sudden closure of Meanjin, after Melbourne University Publishing decided that the 85 year old literary journal was no longer...
- Sep 4, 202545 minS1
Jess, Charlie and Rachel are joined by ABC reporter Nabil Al-Nashar followed by anti-fascist researcher Andy Fleming — aka Slack Bastard — to discuss the “March for Australia” rallies that took place in cities across...
Recent guests
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Daniel James
Host of Schwartz Media’s 7am podcast, Prime Life Project
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Antoun Issa
Deepcut Media
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Jeff Sparrow
Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Advancing Journalism, Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne
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Grace Tame
Survivor Advocate, Founder Grace Tame Foundation, Former Australian of the Year
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