The Briefing

We’re your friends in news. Sacha Barbour Gatt and Chris Spyrou wake up early to bring you all the important daily news headlines. Then, we deep dive on an essential news story that'll make you feel smarter about the world. Listen every weekday to know more in minutes.

The Briefing is a news podcast hosted by LiSTNR, with 1,000 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #386

  Albo takes AI fight to UN + Why we’ll never win the 'war on drugs'

  Sep 20, 202629 minS7

  Monday Headlines:  Australia launches UN seat campaign while Albanese in the US Child and three women dead after horror weekend of domestic violence in NSW Coalition unveils cheaper fuel plan Vic police working to ban AFL fans who threw bottles at umpires Ed Sheeran takes to the stage alone in first show since Macklemore axing Deep Dive: Australia is one of the world's biggest consumers of illicit drugs, and the numbers are still climbing. The country's top cop, AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett, says the way forward is to talk about it louder - to convince Aussies that their weekend habit is bankrolling the gangs behind a wave of violence. But one of the nation's leading drug policy researchers doubts that will help.   If decades of cracking down on supply hasn't dented demand, what actually works and why does so little funding go towards it?   In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou is joined by Professor Alison Ritter, director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program at UNSW, to discuss.  Follow The Briefing:   TikTok:  @thebriefingpod   Instagram:  @thebriefingpodcast   YouTube:  @TheBriefingPodcast   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #385

  Our Take: Sydney Sweeney's ad, we got hacked & the manosphere vs Chris

  Sep 18, 202636 minS7

  Oh, we are SO back - with our looser, lights off Our Take! This weekend, Chris and Sach debrief the Sydney Sweeney drama, as the actress's latest ad - for a sports-prediction market she happens to have an equity stake in - kicks off online.  Then we crack open the inbox for your takes on Macklemore being dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour plus the Aussie HYROXer who shat herself in Beijing.   Taking on the Weekend Quiz this week is Isobel from marketing, who (to our surprise) smashed it out of the park.    Also, our insta got HACKED and Chris finally addresses how he’s been targeted by the manosphere.  It’s a lot.   Enjoy.   The Weekend Quiz:   The week got off to a rough start when an Australian athlete did what?  Pauline Hanson apologised for two things this week. What were they? AI company Anthropic signed a $32 billion deal to build its first data centre in Australia. Which state? Two STIs have climbed more than 50% in Australia over the past decade - name one. An icon returned to the stage in Paris this week. Who?  The Weekend List:   Listener Julie: go on an adventurous picnic!  Sach: Watch season 3 of  The Traitors AU on Paramount+   Follow The Briefing:   TikTok:  @thebriefingpod   Instagram:  @thebriefingpodcast   YouTube:  @TheBriefingPodcast   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #384

  Hyrox poo athlete apologises + Unpacking Ed Sheeran vs Macklemore

  Sep 17, 202632 minS7

  Friday Headlines:  Labor faces criticism over new migration laws Australian accused of murdering Thai teen faces court Federal Government considers AI glasses ban  Gov scraps planned veteran allied health cap  Australian HYROX athlete apologises for poo incident  Deep Dive: Ed Sheeran’s US Loop Tour is making headlines after rapper Macklemore was dropped as a support act for saying ‘Free Palestine’ on stage.   It’s had a flow on effect, with all four of Ed’s other openers withdrawing in solidarity with the rapper.   In this episode of the Briefing, Sacha Barbour Gatt is joined by Catherine Strong, Associate Professor in the Music Industry program at RMIT to unpack the relationship between musicians and politics, and what that means for the rest of Ed Sheeran’s tour.  Follow The Briefing:   TikTok:  @thebriefingpod   Instagram:  @thebriefingpodcast   YouTube:  @TheBriefingPodcast   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #383

  How Labor plans to cut migration + The far-right win Australia can't ignore

  Sep 16, 202625 minS7

  Thursday Headlines:  Labor to unveil migration plan today More details emerge about Bali double murder suicide More than 100,000 displaced as Yemen conflict intensifies  Anthropic signs agreement for the country’s biggest data centre Kim Kardashian awarded €1 in damages for Paris robbery Deep Dive: A far-right party just came closer to running a German state than any has since the Nazi era.  It's not a one-off. The same movement now sits in or beside government across Europe and it’s reaching Australia too, with a known neo-Nazi group fighting the government in the High Court for its right to exist.  In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou is joined by far-right researcher Kaz Ross to unpack how much ground the far-right is gaining worldwide, what's driving the surge, and what it all means for us here in Australia.  Follow The Briefing:   TikTok:  @thebriefingpod   Instagram:  @thebriefingpodcast   YouTube:  @TheBriefingPodcast   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #382

  Ed Sheeran responds to Macklemore axing + No, AI isn't going to destroy us all

  Sep 15, 202631 minS7

  Wednesday Headlines: Pauline Hanson apologises for comments about Indigenous Australians, PM's mum Gov accused of wanting to protect AI companies over Australians  Ed Sheeran responds to Macklemore backlash  One of Sydney’s biggest councils bans smart glasses at local swimming pools Karl Stefanovic and podcast partner in Supreme Court   Deep Dive:  There have been renewed and urgent warnings this week from not only former staff, but also the big tech bosses themselves about the existential threat AI poses to humanity.   We've been warned by the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic and Grok that an urgent slowdown is needed in the advancement of this tech, with fears it could result in the extinction of the human race, possibly as soon as 2030.   While most have taken them at their word, some experts are a little more skeptical, and others think it's downright fantasy.  In this episode of The Briefing, Sacha Barbour Gatt is joined by Professor Emily M. Bender, the Director of the Computational Linguistics Laboratory at the University of Washington to offer an alternative view to the narrative that AI is going to kill us all.  Follow The Briefing:   TikTok:  @thebriefingpod   Instagram:  @thebriefingpodcast   YouTube:  @TheBriefingPodcast   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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