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Apple PodcastsSpotifyYouTube For Lamestream listeners, Jan and Antoinette at Ette are offering a 30-day free subscription to try Ette Media. Head to: https://www.ettemedia.com/Lamestream In this special episode, Scott sits down with Ette Media founder Jan Fran for a long-overdue chat about starting independent media companies. They trade war stories about coming up through the mainstream media, what made them finally decide to go independent and the future for smaller indie outlets.

An earthquake rattled Melbourne early on Saturday, as if the city was bracing for Pauline Hanson’s arrival. She was in town this weekend to officially launch One Nation’s Victorian election campaign at Crown. The cheapest seats were sold for around $50 and a meet-and-greet with Pauline was $500. Attendees were greeted by a merchandise stand selling “MAGA” (Make Albanese Go Away) hats and Pauline bobbleheads. The event was shrouded in paranoid security measures.

Os is joined by comedian and podcaster Tom Ballard to analyse the Greens new leadership team, discuss whether the media has got any better at how it covers the party, and look at how much the party will actually be shifting its strategy and direction. They also discus Os' recent article examining why Australia seems to lack a compelling, left-wing political figure like Zohran Mamdani, and if there is any exciting political organising going on in the country.

ABC axes Stateline (again), as Marks paves the way for more cuts ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks has quietly dumped ABC News’ state-focused coverage, with no public announcement, ending a project to improve state-level reporting only a couple of years into its existence launched by former news director, Justin Stevens. ABC Stateline, the umbrella under which the ABC’s coverage

ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks has quietly dumped ABC News’ state-focused coverage, with no public announcement, ending a project to improve state-level reporting only a couple of years into its existence launched by former news director, Justin Stevens. ABC Stateline, the umbrella under which the ABC’s coverage of state politics and news was published, appears to have disappeared from broadcasts and the ABC website.

Apple PodcastsSpotifyYouTube Os and Scott break down the Greens leadership change, what it means for the party's future, whether they missed an opportunity to engage the public more broadly with their direction, and why the media has always been so bad at covering the party's internal politics. Then they discuss the fallout of OpenAI's Medicare hack in Australia, and how it is leading to calls for further regulation of AI around the world, except at home.

Os and Scott give their reviews of Kylie Minogue's performance at the AFL Grand Final, before discussing the controversy around Tones and I and the NRL, and how Macklemore is involved. Then, Scott breaks down the latest in Iran and Yemen, and why it isn't being covered adequately in Australia. Later, Os and Scott talk about how the wars started by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are leading to a global economic crisis, including rising inflation and unemployment in Australia.

Australia’s top-ranked women’s chess player has sparked a global debate about Israel’s participation in international sporting tournaments by becoming the first player to boycott Israel over its genocide of Palestinians at the Chess world’s biggest tournament — the 46th Chess Olympiad currently taking place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.​ On Wednesday, Heather Richards announced she would not take part in Australia’s round seven match against Israel at the Olympiad, a biennial tournament involving...

Let’s make a couple of things very clear about the federal government’s newly announced immigration cuts and plans to ramp up the detention and deportation of migrants. Firstly, it is primarily driven by a political strategy attempting to stem the loss of Labor voters to One Nation.

The ABC will cut 46 jobs in its Screen division, eliminating camera crew, technicians, make-up, wardrobe, and post-production staff who were once the engine room of ABC TV and the envy of the industry. This is the second major round of redundancies in Hugh Marks' era as Managing Director of the ABC, despite there being no budget cuts from the government.