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"The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison

Ben Davison

Join notorious Guardian columnist Van Badham and her labour activist co-host (and partner!) Ben Davison. As they deep-dive into the big news themes of the week and provide fresh, irreverent analysis about what's really going on in Australia and around the world.

PublishesTwice weeklyEpisodes200Founded4 years ago
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Baby, we are BACK! Van and Ben return after a super frustrating hiatus to discuss the issues of the day in their inimitable style. more

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9 days ago

Ben Davison returns to take a look at a week in parliament that saw the Closing Loopholes bill pass the lower house, the greens and coalition team up to block the new shared home equity scheme, the mess that Labor is trying to clean up from Dutton's ... more

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4 months ago

Van Badham and Ben Davison give and update on the For Every Child public school funding campaign (www.foreverychild.au/postcard) , the Maritime Union campaign to stop wage theft in shipping and take a deeper dive into the progress on Closing the Loop... more

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5 months ago

Ben Davison returns with the weekend wrap to look at how corporate share buy backs are further evidence of profiteering driving inflation and why the Closing the Loopholes legislation is needed asap. more

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5 months ago

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4.8 out of 5 stars from 511 ratings
  • Sorely missing the Wednesday report

    Hopefully they return soon

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    witnessofadictatorship
    Australia20 days ago
  • Top quality political podcast. Van and Ben are great at skewering the Libs. Arguably a bit soft on the ALP. But overall - well worth a listen.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    pilgrimwa
    3 months ago
  • Thank you for the salve

    I have post referendum blues and your analysis and humour gave me hope. Frankly , it also scared me to know the reasons behind the No vote. more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Athlete61
    Australia6 months ago
  • Needs more analysis, less Greens bashing

    In the latest episode, the discussion of the Voice referendum Ben mentioned the ‘Yes’ results at rural polls with high numbers of indigenous voters (great); could not mention that every Greens held seat voted majority YES, with Adam Bandt’s seat (78% voted yes) the highest in the country. Van can’t go 5 minutes without letting slip how much she hates the Greens. As a leftie, I don’t get it. Labor destroyed the union movement in the 1980s under Hawke and Keating but this doesn’t get mentioned onc... more

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    12Senators4RepsNotRelevant
    Australia6 months ago
  • Listen and Learn

    Such a brilliant team. Erudite, passionate, and inspiring, Ben and Van are great-hearted people, to whom all Australians should listen. Love your work!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jon Paul CHR
    Australia7 months ago

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