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This week on News Club, we talk with Lauren Sams, fashion editor at the Australian Financial Review, about the rise of ultra-fast fashion and how businesses like Temu and Shein manage to offer such cheap clothes. In Australia alone, they are on track to record more than $2 billion in sales this year and they’re fast grabbing a huge chunk of market share both here and overseas. But there are plenty of questions about the ethics of what we’re buying from these sites.
Club Picks:
Two videos from the Wall Street Journal - ‘How Temu’s Explosive Growth Is Disrupting American E-Commerce’ and ‘How Shein Built a $66B Fast-Fashion Empire’ - are less than 10 mins each and very informative. 
A 2022 investigation by Wired, ‘Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control: Inside Shein’s Sudden Rise,’ explores the problems facing the company. 
This Money Talks podcast episode by The Economist called ‘Why Amazon should be afraid of Temu’. 
Lauren Sams recommended this book - Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes.

And here is The Devil Wears Prada clip Kate mentions from The Devil Wears Prada
Host: Kate Watson
Producer: Annelise Taylor

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead.
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The most clicked link in Squiz Today was about the Aurora Australis
Unmade's article on why the Arj Barker story went viral
Kate recommends ABC's Australian Story on Aiden Dix
Listen to our News Club episode on Ozempic

Hosts: Kate Watson and Claire Kimball
Producer: Annelise Taylor

Ozempic, designed for type-2 diabetes treatment, has garnered widespread attention for its potential to aid weight loss in obese individuals. In Australia, where obesity affects 30% of the population, it has sparked significant interest and Novo Nordisk, the company behind it, has seen its share price surge by almost 500% in 5 years. While there are other similar drugs on the market, Ozempic is the OG. Which is why we are delving into it for News Club...
Club Picks:
This podcast on ABC Radio National’s Life Matters program includes an interview with podcaster Claire Murphy. S
The invention of these drugs has had - and will continue to have - economic impacts. This episode of The Economist’s Money Talks podcast goes through that, and the industry that’s booming off the back of them. 
You can’t go far in this discussion without mentioning Oprah Winfrey… The US multi-media legend has had a decades-long struggle with her weight. She’s even made a show about it - Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution - a clip is here. 
Hosts: Claire Kimball & Kate Watson
Producer: Annelise Taylor

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's s all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead.
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The most clicked link in Squiz Today was about the floods in Dubai
Listen to our News Club ep with Adam Harvey on a reporter's perspective on the Israel-Hamas war
Check out our Shortcut on Iran and Israel
Claire's recommendation is this Vegemite butter recipe
Hosts: Kate Watson & Claire Kimball
Producer: Annelise Taylor

Adam Harvey is a reporter with ABC TV’s 7.30 and their former Middle East correspondent. We sat down with him to talk about his experience working in the Middle East, what it was like when he returned to Israel late last year, and how journalists get their information. Plus, we ask whether he would ever have thought the events of 7 October were possible and if he is surprised by Israel’s response.
Club Picks:
This article that was written by Adam himself. He talks about it in the podcast because it was published 24 hours after the 7 October attack.
He also discusses CNN reporter Clarissa Ward, one of the only reporters who has been able to enter Gaza without an escort. Here is a piece she produced after doing so. 
Adam recommends this podcast by Yonit Levi of Israel’s Channel 12 News and Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian - 2 prominent journalists - called Unholy: Two Jews on The News.
Finally, Adam pointed us in the direction of 3 books called ‘Jerusalem’ as background to a city he and so many others love:

Simon Montefiore’s biography Jerusalem*


Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collin’s O! Jerusalem*, which covers the events surrounding the creation of the state

And Ottolengi’s famous Jerusalem cookbook*


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The most clicked link in Squiz Today was about these 2 unlikely friends
Listen to our News Club ep on The business of Bluey
The Daily's podcast episode on Arizona and Trump's abortion dilemma
Kate recommends this episode of The Fin podcast with Lauren Sams
Claire recommends Season 2 of Loot and Not Dead Yet
Hosts: Kate Watson & Claire Kimball
Producer: Annelise Taylor