Our first live show. Nick, a former NSW prison officer, comes back for part two and takes Luke through a first-timer's day in prison, from the strip search to the cellmate you don't get to choose. He also explains how new inmates get pushed into carrying contraband for someone else, and how they can say no.

Rob McKnight from McKnight Tonight reviews the calls he made in September about Nine's Today show and The Voice, and talks about 4BH's rise in Brisbane and Sam Armytage's run-in with Michael Usher's son. David Littleproud, in a chat recorded before the show, takes on the card surcharge ban and the trust tax, and says drivers who don't own an EV shouldn't help pay for new chargers.

In the Man Cave, Adam McDonald turns 50 and Granny Sue calls from Yorkeys Knob to back a seventh state for North Queensland. They also argue about a Tasmanian school taking Christmas out of the name of its end-of-year raffle, and whether an Australian astronaut is worth $100 million.

Guests: Rob McKnight, David Littleproud, Nick, Adam McDonald, Granny Sue

Recorded live on Thursday 15 October 2026.

This episode contains strong language and adult themes. It discusses violence in prisons and deaths in custody, including suicide watch.

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00:00:00 Episode 145, our first live show

00:05:49 Should North Queensland be the seventh state?

00:10:01 Rob McKnight on the old tonight shows

00:13:23 Kyle and Jackie O, and Sam Armytage

00:20:29 Rob's report card: who got the Today show

00:27:33 How 4BH became number one in Brisbane

00:33:40 Is The Voice finished?

00:36:53 Rob at Luna Park, and Skippy

00:41:03 David Littleproud on One Nation

00:42:55 Card surcharges and paying tax by credit card

00:47:08 A 30% tax on family trusts

00:49:39 Who should pay for EV chargers?

00:57:07 Nick, part two: your first day in prison

01:07:35 The strip search

01:12:35 Cellmates, and the rules inmates set

01:18:09 Who can you trust inside?

01:20:18 Deaths in custody

01:26:22 Drugs passed in a kiss, and Billy in the airlock

01:30:34 The inmate who threatened his family

01:33:23 How contraband gets in, and saying no

01:36:40 Where offenders rank inside

01:41:01 The inmate Nick took to her son's wedding

01:41:59 Man Cave: Adam turns 50

01:47:17 Granny Sue on splitting Queensland

01:49:31 Who gets your seat on the bus?

01:53:05 When does falling over become a fall?

01:59:07 Should schools still call it Christmas?

02:07:30 The grand final and the World Cup

02:13:44 Bathurst's last-lap fuel-out

02:14:44 Woolies' bachelor's handbag

02:16:43 The moon landing, and a $100 million astronaut

02:19:59 Should we cull sharks and crocs?

02:24:47 Finders keepers, and Kerry Packer's gold

02:30:55 Should the suburbs ban roosters?

02:35:48 Adam's clocks, and what we learned

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Shark fisherman Joel Nancarrow says the great white that killed a swimmer at Sorrento Beach in Perth should have been hunted down. Adam McDonald's view is that it's the risk you take when you swim, and the Man Cave gets heated. Then Luke asks about dangerous dogs, and Adam comes round, as long as it's the right shark.

Joel runs Hunter Shark Jaw Restoration in Newcastle. He explains how a jaw is restored, why he buys jaws from commercial fishermen rather than selling what he catches, and why every bull shark he lands dies. A bite-resistant wetsuit surprised him more than anything else he's tested, though he says nothing would stop a shark the size of the one at Sorrento.

Joel's views on shark numbers and behaviour are his own, from years on the water. Some of them aren't backed by published research.

Joel's first interview with Luke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsX3Aq_UYqs

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If you heard our full episode on 2 October, you have already had this one. This is Luke's chat with Shane Oliver on its own, for anyone who just wants the money talk.

The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 4.60% on 29 September, and AMP chief economist Shane Oliver says that if he had to single out one cause, it's too much government spending. It now makes up about 28% of the economy, and he explains why cutting it would spread the pain beyond people with a mortgage, and which projects could wait a few years.

Luke asks who Australia owes its $1 trillion debt to, and who collects the interest. Then Shane weighs up One Nation's plan to let renters and mortgage holders take 3 of the 12 percentage points of their employer super as cash for three years. He thinks the real problem is that housing costs too much, and he has advice for young buyers in a falling market. Last question: will rates go up again before Christmas?

Guests: Shane Oliver

Recorded 30 September 2026, the day after the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 4.60%.

Shane's comments are general information, not personal financial advice.

00:00 The RBA lifts rates to 4.60%

01:11 Why rates rose: too much demand

03:19 David Koch's challenge: is it government spending?

05:35 Which projects could wait a few years?

06:40 The public service and the NDIS

07:49 Who do we owe $1 trillion to?

09:03 No money put aside for a rainy day

09:55 Why the interest bill is climbing

10:53 Should we be in surplus right now?

11:35 Keating's 1986 banana republic warning

12:08 How big is $1 trillion, really?

13:05 Who gets the interest on the debt?

13:58 One Nation's plan to pay some super as cash

14:48 Why housing is the real problem

16:33 One Nation's migration cut: housing and jobs

17:50 Advice for young people trying to buy a home

18:31 Another rate rise before Christmas?

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