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Hack brings you the stories that matter to young people. Every weekday host Dave Marchese and the triple j Hack team cover the latest news, politics and culture from all around Australia.

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Hack brings you the stories that matter to young people. Every weekday host Dave Marchese and the triple j Hack team cover the latest news, politics and culture from all around Australia.

    The Shakeup: women have had enough, jobs with mates and blue bubble privilege

    The Shakeup: women have had enough, jobs with mates and blue bubble privilege

    The staggering number of women being killed by men, including current and ex-partners, has been in the spotlight this week.

    And two Melbourne best friends have pitched a radical plan: to job-share being a federal MP. 

    Plus, a US senator has claimed that green texts on iPhones are ruining relationships. 

    Host Dave Marchese is joined by journalists Sarah Ison and Daanyal Saeed. 

    • 28 min
    What the fight against Elon Musk means for global censorship

    What the fight against Elon Musk means for global censorship

    The fight between Elon Musk, the eSafety Commissioner and the Australian government is continuing over whether footage of the Sydney church stabbing should be completely removed from X.

    eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant says geoblocking the video doesn't go far enough. Elon Musk says it's "global censorship".

    So what could this battle for global content take-downs mean for the entire  internet?

    Dave Marchese speaks with Dan Svantesson, a professor specialising in internet law at Bond University.

    • 7 min
    25 women’s lives: the number that’s shocked Australia

    25 women’s lives: the number that’s shocked Australia

    25: that’s the shocking number of women who’ve died violently in Australia already this year, according to a tracking project by Counting Dead Women. 

    And the official HECS/HELP debt indexation figure has been released today after the latest inflation data, and anyone with a debt will have a 4.7% increase on June 1. 

    Plus, the battle between Elon Musk, X and the eSafety Commissioner is still going on, with a war of words now coming from all sides of politics. 

    Also, around 1,000 activists are setting sail on the unauthorised Freedom Flotilla to take aid to Gaza and Suyra McEwan is one of three Aussies joining the trip.

    Guests:
    Georgia Roberts, reporter, ABC
    Michelle Rowland, Federal Communications Minister
    Suyra McEwen, volunteer, Freedom Flotilla

    • 30 min
    But can I bring a baby?

    But can I bring a baby?

    Are you pro or anti baby? It's not about whether you want kids: it's about whether you think it's okay for a mum to bring along a baby to a comedy performance. After a mum was asked to remove her baby from Arj Barker's standup set, the debate's fired up.

    And new analysis looking at 45,000 rentals compared the asking prices with things like minimum wage and income support, and found none are affordable for someone on Youth Allowance.

    Plus, Avani Dias (former Hack host and ABC's South Asia correspondent) had her visa cancelled after the Indian government blocked her reporting in the country.

    Guests: 
    Anthony Locascio, comedian
    Amy Hetherington, comedian
    Avani Dias, journalist, ABC 

    • 30 min
    Elon Musk is taking on the Australian government (again)

    Elon Musk is taking on the Australian government (again)

    Elon Musk's X has refused to take down videos of the Sydney church stabbing after formal requests from the eSafety Commissioner. X reckons the request is a threat to free speech and a “free and open internet”.

    And, would you quit your job to work in the mines? More young women are looking at the mining industry to help ease cost of living pressures.

    Plus, they were once banned from being taught, but now there are more people taking up Indigenous Australian language classes.

    Guests: 
    Stan Karanasios, associate professor, UQ Business School
    John Rolfe, professor and resource economist, CQ University

    • 30 min
    The Shakeup: avoiding the news, birth order dating and Caitlin Clark

    The Shakeup: avoiding the news, birth order dating and Caitlin Clark

    It's the Friday Shakeup and it's been a big news week. After a massacre in a Sydney shopping centre and an alleged terrorist act in a church two days later, a lot of people are feeling news fatigue. How do you cope?

    And Caitlin Clark just signed the biggest rookie contract in the WNBA. The problem is it's about $85 million short of her male counterparts in the NBA. 

    Plus, should the order you and your siblings were born in determine who you date? 

    Host Dave Marchese is joined by podcasters Marty Smiley and Sarah-Jane Adams.

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
1.1K Ratings

1.1K Ratings

96742zs ,

Hack

Great insight on a range of topics

HarperLesley ,

My fave!

Every morning I listen to the previous days hack episode, then my partner and I talk about it over dinner & it’s become our favourite part of the day- a staple in our house and I love it! Love how Dave talks about serious issues that are relevant to all of us, but breaks it down in and easy to understand way and also never fails to put some laughs in when appropriate. Keep up the awesome work, we love you Dave & the whole Hack team, thanks for being awesome and bringing this podcast together

Rhiannon Sean ,

OLD FORMAT PLEASE

Pleaaaase change it back to the old format.
New format is harder to listen too than one full episode.

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