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The Pub Test

The Pub Test

Australian politics, minus the spin. Neil Pharaoh and Erin Watson put the week's biggest political stories through the pub test - does it make sense, is it fair, and what does it really mean? New episodes weekly.

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  1. US Midterms 2026, What the Democratic Win Means for Trump 48:25
  2. Did Albanese Try to Split Pauline Hanson’s One Nation? 50:28
  3. Democracy in Decline 59:09
  4. Who Is Teaching Australian Boys What It Means to Be a Man? 45:03
  5. How Did an OpenAI Agent Break Into an Australian Government Website? 53:10
  6. Why Governments Are Addicted to Stamp Duty 49:38
  7. Albo's Trump Selfie, Labor Running Third in Victoria & Kazakhstan’s Growing Power 53:22
  8. Who Wins Victoria, the Broken GST Deal & Why We Forgot Myanmar 46:24
  9. Are We Over Diagnosing Kids, The Parenting Crisis & Moldova’s Fight for Democracy 50:08
  10. Australia's Parenting Problem & Why Ireland Looks So Rich 59:07
  11. Pakistan’s Growing Power, Australia’s Child Protection Crisis & Alice Springs 41:28
  12. Australia’s Lobbying Problem, Victoria’s New Premier & The One Nation Test 49:47
  13. Pauline Hanson’s Parental Leave Backflip, Childcare Battlelines & The American Royal Wedding 1:04:45
  14. Karl Stefanovic’s Podcast Problem, Are the Teals Uniting & Albania’s Revolution 1:01:47
  15. Leadership Spills, Lobbying Loopholes & Why Georgia Matters 46:42
  16. Why Are We Still Talking About the Budget? 43:53
  17. Student Debt, Work From Home & Argentina’s Economic Gamble 44:47
  18. One Nation Beats Labor, Parliament’s Passport Problem, & the Rise of the New Serfdom 57:45
  19. Australia's Water Crisis & Why America still Fears Cuba 51:07
  20. Antony Green on The Farrer Election & Australia’s New Political Divide 44:33
  21. Australia’s Childcare Trap & Why Nepal Matters 52:13
  22. Nepean By-Election's One Nation Surprise, NT Crisis & Why Japan Matters Right Now 51:08
  23. Gas Tax Debate & What Rwanda Gets Right 43:05
  24. Sydney or Bust and the Straits that Control Everything 54:24
  25. Government Failure & What New Zealand Gets Right 42:49
  26. The Lie of Fuel Security & Can NATO Fail? 56:27
  27. Victoria’s Free Public Transport, Tax Reform & Why Sri Lanka Suddenly Matters 51:33
  28. One Nation Rising, Petrol Prices Spike & Is Australia Facing a More Dangerous World? 50:22
  29. Canberra Said No, Howards Gun Laws & Why Britain Has No Way Out 49:33
  30. Victoria's Debt Problem, The Political Pension Debate and What Makes Greenland so Valuable? 50:50
  31. The ISIS Bride Problem, Trump's War in the Middle East and Albanese's Bad Week 1:02:05
  32. Prince Andrew Arrested, State Election Bloodbath & The Rise of India 1:07:59
  33. Liberal Spill, Four-Year Terms & A Female Dictator in North Korea? 1:07:07
  34. The $300k Housing Trap, WA's Mining Identity & Israel’s New African Ally 44:46
  35. The Rise of Pauline Hanson, the Australia Day Debate & Ukraine at War 1:00:43
  36. Victoria Fires & Floods, Parliament Recall, Iran Explained (ft. Kylie Moore-Gilbert) 1:17:34
  37. Bondi Royal Commission, NSW Election & The Venezuela Situation 53:43
  38. The Pub Test | Teaser 0:55