"The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison

Join notorious Guardian columnist Van Badham and her labour activist co-host (and partner!) Ben Davison. As they deep-dive into the big news themes of the week and provide fresh, irreverent analysis about what's really going on in Australia and around the world.

Episode 169: New Cabinets, Old Wounds, and Wacky Ted: This Week on Wednesday
May 14, 2025 – 44:57
Episode 168: Landslide! Labor's Historic Victory and the Lessons for the Right
May 7, 2025 – 01:30:31
Episode 167: Brethren, Robes, and Ballot Box Shenanigans
Apr 30, 2025 – 01:00:54
Episode 166: Housing, health and education: The debates we all have to have, and the bobcats we deserve
Apr 23, 2025 – 01:11:22
Episode 165: Dr Jim's Australian budget box of delights, Donald Trump's group chat gone wild and African penguins forever
Mar 26, 2025 – 01:03:03
Episode 164: Dutton plays at being Temu Trump to avoid explaining his policies for the election and good news about electric cars
Jan 15, 2025 – 01:14:01
Episode 163: Auspol in 2025, Australia's economic position, disinformation and good news about renewables
Jan 9, 2025 – 01:12:07
Episode 162: Trump's Debate Meltdown and the Scourge of Disinformation
Sep 11, 2024 – 56:26
Episode 161: Dr Chalmers Keynesian budget remedy
May 15, 2024 – 01:10:02
Episode 160: Stopping male violence, the education budget we have to have and big batteries
May 6, 2024 – 01:03:10
Episode 159: A future made in Australia, the disinformation wonderland & solar cars
Apr 18, 2024 – 01:06:43
Episode 158: Tasmanian election lessons, narrative wars, its the economy and good news about airships
Apr 7, 2024 – 01:17:48
Weekend Wrap 3 December 2023: Employment services reforms, the grind of government and the media circus
Dec 3, 2023 – 33:38
Episode 157: Generational economic divide, Loopholes closer to closing & good news on renewables
Nov 22, 2023 – 01:00:21
Weekend Wrap 19 November 2023: Profiteers cash in, school funding needs fix and why Albo went to APEC
Nov 19, 2023 – 31:24
Episode 156: Wages rise, Duttons dangerous disinformation, why school funding is a targeted use of the surplus and good news for stone workers
Nov 15, 2023 – 01:13:01
Episode 155: Optus outage chaos, new RBA is just like the old RBA and good news from America
Nov 8, 2023 – 01:09:54
Episode 154: Corporates fight to keep loopholes, Be that teacher for every child, Medicare boost and good news about spiders
Nov 1, 2023 – 01:02:43
Weekend Wrap 29 October 2023: Albo goes to Washington, Insiders misses context and the rules based order
Oct 29, 2023 – 35:46
Episode 153: Unions ban deadly dust, Profits fuel inflation pain, World Teachers Day and good battery news
Oct 25, 2023 – 01:03:14
Weekend Wrap 22 October 2023: Middle East, Fee free TAFE, Worker actions, Parental leave, state tax bonfire
Oct 22, 2023 – 36:14
Weekend Wrap 15 October 2023: Voice referendum lost, misinformation campaigning and workplace reforms
Oct 15, 2023 – 01:08:25
Episode 152: Republicans implode, referendum prepoll opens, rates on hold and good news about bears
Oct 4, 2023 – 01:10:22
Weekend Wrap 1 October 2023:the No misinformation campaign, disability royal commission report, Pezzullo and public service
Oct 1, 2023 – 33:26
Episode 151: Dan departs as Allan ascends, a job for everyone who wants one, a referendum update and good news about kites
Sep 27, 2023 – 01:07:51
Weekend Wrap 24 September 2023: No rallies, price gouging inquiry, workers take action
Sep 24, 2023 – 20:31
Episode 150: Referendum disinformation, NSW budget, Victorian homes, worker rights and good news on seaweed
Sep 20, 2023 – 01:12:50
Weekend Wrap 10 September: Pearson makes YES case on Insiders, Dutton delays billions in wages, unions win for workers
Sep 10, 2023 – 38:33
Episode 149: Corporations fight secure work and better pay, Joyce leaves Qantas burning, economic growth and good news on solar glass
Sep 6, 2023 – 01:01:03
Weekend Wrap 3 September 2023: New rights for casuals, gig and labour hire workers, Qantas profiting from failure and you are the Voice
Sep 3, 2023 – 33:13
Episode 148: The referendum is October 14, misogyny tars football and infects young men, inflation slows and good news about wind
Aug 30, 2023 – 01:08:55
Weekend Wrap 27 August 2023: Insiders review, intergeneration report and Dutton attacks democracy
Aug 27, 2023 – 33:46
Episode 147: Naplan shows need for school funding, CPAC goes full racist, ACTU report a rip off wins government taskforce and good news about micro plastics
Aug 23, 2023 – 01:03:28
Episode 146: Matildas mania, Trumps troubles, new deal on housing as wages reset plus wind in Wollongong
Aug 16, 2023 – 01:06:02
Weekend Wrap 13 August 2023: Littleproud on Insiders exposes how much Coalition policy is driven by lobbyists
Aug 13, 2023 – 28:01
Episode 145: Matildas and billion dollar Barbie recasting the role of girls, ACTU price gauging inquiry, Dutton diverted community safety funds and good news about Quolls
Aug 9, 2023 – 01:02:42
SPECIAL Weekend Wrap: Dutton’s Garma dishonesty, parliament wrap , bosses bemoan worker rights, teachers and truck drivers take a stand
Aug 6, 2023 – 01:13:50
Van Badham in conversation with Miles Taylor, former Trump National Security Advisor and author of Blowback
Aug 1, 2023 – 01:04:09
Weekend Wrap 30 July 2023: Education, economic management, workplace reforms, housing, The Voice
Jul 30, 2023 – 38:38
Episode 144: Murdoch and the NO campaign, inflation falls as neo-liberalism fails, the end of forced casualisation and good news about trees
Jul 26, 2023 – 01:00:34
Episode 143: Dan says no to Commonwealth Games blow out, time to fund public schools, NO campaign avoids truth and good news about plastics
Jul 19, 2023 – 01:17:56
Episode 142: No campaign goes MAGA, Robodebt fallout for Fadden, Albo at NATO and good news about solar glass
Jul 13, 2023 – 01:06:04
Weekend Wrap July 9 2023: Robodebt Royal Commission exposes abuses of power, Health unions win better deal in NSW and teaching reforms but where’s the funding?
Jul 9, 2023 – 39:07
Episode 141: Faruqi vs Hanson as racism finds its voice, why a bigger surplus is good, NACC starts with a smorgasbord and good news about EV batteries
Jul 5, 2023 – 01:11:55
Weekend Wrap 2 July 2023: NAIDOC week kicks off YES campaign, Gladys is corrupt, NDIS turns 10 and the economy of Labor
Jul 2, 2023 – 37:37
Episode 140: Farm workers on strike, Greens housing fantasy, inflation falls, claytons mutiny in Russia and Victorias windy record
Jun 28, 2023 – 01:02:45
Weekend Wrap 25 June 2023: Putins Wagner moment, Labor housing policy on Insiders and why working people are not so sympathetic to the Zuckerberg, Musk, Oceangate sagas
Jun 25, 2023 – 32:41
Episode 139: The RBA demands more unemployment, Greens delay action on housing, the referendum is coming and so is the dirt machine but The Voice is winning!
Jun 21, 2023 – 01:16:43
Weekend Wrap 18 June 2023: Liberal at centre of misconduct allegations quits party, Labor delivers housing and we answer YOUR questions
Jun 18, 2023 – 42:37
Episode 138 Brittany Higgins targeted as Liberals flood the zone, pay rises for CEOs but not so much for you and good news about waste reduction
Jun 14, 2023 – 01:12:18