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News Weakly with Sami Shah

News Weakly with Sami Shah

著者： Sami Shah
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News Weakly is the sharpest, funniest, and most professional news satire podcast in Australia—where we punch the news in the headlines… weakly.


Hosted by multi-award-winning comedian, journalist, and author Sami Shah, the show delivers a fast-paced, fiercely intelligent breakdown of the biggest stories in politics, global affairs, and culture. With a background that spans stand-up comedy, radio broadcasting, and serious journalism—including bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, and ABC RN—Sami cuts through the noise with biting satire, relentless wit, and just enough sarcasm to keep us all from screaming into the void.


News Weakly isn’t just about the headlines—it’s about the hypocrisy, the absurdity, and the sheer chaos behind them. Whether it's Australian politics, international disasters, or billionaires doing dumb things, Sami delivers a fresh, fearless take that keeps listeners informed and entertained.


With a growing and engaged audience of news junkies, comedy lovers, and politics obsessives, News Weakly is the perfect space for advertisers looking to reach smart, curious, and highly engaged listeners.

Get in on the conversation. Stay ahead of the spin. And never trust a headline again.


New episodes every week.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • The End of the World with Flared Pants

    The End of the World with Flared Pants
    2026/08/28

    Everyone agrees the world is ending. The only disagreement is which catastrophe gets top billing.

    Starting with Jimmy Carter’s 1979 “crisis of confidence” speech, Sami Shah travels through Bangladesh, Munich, Chile, Watergate, oil shocks, coups, terrorism, information overload and nuclear panic to ask whether the present is uniquely doomed—or whether every generation mistakes its own crisis for the final shape of history.

    This is not a cheerful TED Talk claiming everything is secretly better. Gaza, democratic decline, antisemitism, climate change and AI-generated misinformation are real dangers.

    But helplessness is the con.


    News Weakly is independent, completely ad-free and supported by listeners through Patreon.


    Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.

    For more: http://thesamishah.com

    Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram

    This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    39 分
  • What Is The Sentence?

    What Is The Sentence?
    2026/08/15

    NEWS WEAKLY 226 – What Is The Sentence?


    Last week, News Weakly opened with Jason Arday. This week, after his sudden death, Sami Shah asks a harder question: what is public accountability actually supposed to achieve?


    From Arday to Louis C.K., Warren Ellis and Neil Gaiman, this documentary looks at public shame, misconduct, cancellation, comeback and whether punishment without an end point eventually becomes something closer to appetite than justice.


    When should someone be allowed back? Who gets to decide? And if suffering itself isn’t the point, what is?


    Content note: this episode discusses death, possible suicide, sexual misconduct and public shaming.


    News Weakly is independent, ad-free and listener-supported through Patreon.


    Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.

    For more: http://thesamishah.com

    Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram

    This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    23 分
  • The Story Machine: AI, Fabulism & What We’re Really Buying

    The Story Machine: AI, Fabulism & What We’re Really Buying
    2026/08/08

    This week on News Weakly, Sami Shah goes long on artificial intelligence, authenticity and the increasingly difficult question: how was this thing actually made?


    From Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s disputed biography and Mahmood Fazal’s anonymous-source scandal at the ABC, to novelist Jerry Falade’s collapsed $2 million publishing deal and Hank Green reconsidering his own use of AI, The Story Machine asks what journalism, academia, publishing and creativity are really selling us.

    Is AI the problem—or has it simply exposed how willing institutions already were to reward compelling outputs without checking their provenance?


    News Weakly is completely ad-free and listener-supported through Patreon.


    Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.

    For more: http://thesamishah.com

    Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram

    This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    44 分
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