Chanticleer

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Australia's most prestigious business column is now a podcast. Chanticleer is a weekly news breakdown of all things business, finance and markets. Every Friday, Australian Financial Review columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald go behind the doors of corporate Australia to give you their unvarnished analysis.

19/12/2025

End of year special: Chook Awards and stocks to watch in 2026

This week we James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald wrap up the year with their annual Chook awards, look forward to a huge year on markets with one of Australia’s top fund managers, and take a quick peek at how the nation’s financial engine is ticking over. To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Acenda See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

54 min
12/12/2025

RBA plays Christmas grinch, Australia's top CEOs fire up & how Netflix might change

This week Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson look at why the RBA is stuck between a rock and a hard place, examine the takeover battle that could change how you watch Netflix, and take the pulse of Australia’s top business leaders through the Chanticleer CEO poll. To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Acenda See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

40 min
05/12/2025

Is Australia a Ponzi scheme, OpenAI's grand arrival & the AFR business people of the year

This week Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson explain how Australia's data centre boom has changed, give you the inside scoop on the AFR's Business People of the Year awards, and ask the big question: is Australia a giant Ponzi scheme? To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Acenda See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

41 min
28/11/2025

Why rate hikes may be next, risky home loans in crosshairs & mini deal boom

This week Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson ask whether Australia’s economy has hit its speed limit, we look at the sneaky-big week for corporate deals and preview one of the AFR’s big nights of the year. To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Acenda See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

38 min
21/11/2025

Speed dating with ASX giants, Nvidia bubble trouble & DroneShield falls to earth

This week Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson examine Nvidia’s monster profit result and what it says about the AI bubble, they travel to Singapore to explain how the nation’s top CEOs are selling Australia, and they take a question on big profits and your super returns. To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by PGIM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

41 min
14/11/2025

Stock tips from the Opera House, Why CBA plunged & investment property bubble?

This week James Thomson chats to Anthony Macdonald as he reports live from the Sydney Opera House for the biggest markets conference of the year. They share the stock tips from the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference, round out bank profit season and take a great question on investors in the housing market. To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by PGIM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

36 min
07/11/2025

Musk mega pay rise, Aussie brothers are AI billionaires & why the RBA's stuck

This week James Thomson & Anthony Macdonald examine the big four’s big problem, explain why the RBA is stuck and ask what the stunning win of Zohran Mamdani in the New York Mayoral race tells investors and CEOs. To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by PGIM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

35 min
31/10/2025

The new battle for your super, James Hardie fury & bad news on rate cuts

This week James Thomson & Anthony Macdonald explain how the battle lines are being drawn up in the new superannuation wars, they try to make sense of the brutal slap down investors handed out to two of our biggest companies, and, he’s back – yep, Richard White is in trouble again at WiseTech. To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by PGIM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

35 min

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James Thomson

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Anthony Macdonald

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Tony Boyd

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Cosima Marriner

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4.7

out of 5

317 Ratings

Good listen

20/12/2025

BRUCEY8888

Good listen this pod. You can play a drinking game with it too.. every time the lads refer to each other by using their first names have a drink. You will be blind by the end of an episode lol. But yes it’s a good pod.
A weekly must listen

08/12/2025

L Dal

Really enjoy the pod. Al sways great topics and well discussed. Nice way to stay the weekend with a catch up on the week that was finance. Enjoy the opening jokes!!! Rehearsed??!! lol Thanks again
Has won me over

31/10/2025

Mandypants19

I’m surprised as anyone to admit I was wrong when I first reviewed this podcast. I stuck with it and now find it’s a must-listen.
Chanticleer Best Finance weekly show

20/09/2025

Franco Greco Psychologist

Love this show. Don’t miss it … best finance show in Australia

Australia's most prestigious business column is now a podcast. Chanticleer is a weekly news breakdown of all things business, finance and markets. Every Friday, Australian Financial Review columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald go behind the doors of corporate Australia to give you their unvarnished analysis.