The Chaser Report

The paternity test is in, and Omicron has birthed a brand new variant! Charles brings you all the latest information on how you and your kids are going to die instantly. Meanwhile George Christensen has encouraged his followers to call the TGA in protest, so we encourage you to call him in protest of phone-call protests. Plus we missed Dom, so we gave him a call to find out what he's been up to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us for our first Afternoon Edition of 2022 is legendary comedian Tom Ballard! Tom Ballard is joined by Charles and Gabbi as they harass him about his filthy Green podcast promoting biased Greenie agenda like wanting to not cause climate change. Plus they take a look other political parties, for balance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a brief Rogan-esque intermission, the Chaser Report you know and love is back for 2022! Charles takes a look at the latest newspoll results for preferred PM and why he thinks that Scott Morrison should stay Liberal Party leader. Meanwhile John exposes Spotify's toll for spreading misinformation, and asks how many musicians it takes to tank a music streaming service. WARNING: May contain impersonations of James Blunt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just another regular episode of The Joe Rogan Experience in which Joe Rogan interviews Ben Shapiro, and both intellectual giants share their expert opinions on vaccines, climate change, and womens. For the true Joe Rogan Experience experience listen to this episode on repeat 24 times to waste 4 hours of your day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!For our last War Stories of the Summer, what other stunt is there to talk about but APEC? Julian "Bin Laden" Morrow talks Charles and Dom through a step-by-step analysis of what was going through his mind before, during, and after he broke into the highest level of security Australia has ever seen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!Jules returns to our Summer Stunt Series to talk about another iconic Chaser stunt: the Open Mic. Jules, Charles, and Dom talk all the places they were able to find vacant microphones and put them to better use, which just may have been the first stunt they ever did. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!The legendary Julian Morrow joins our Summer Stunt Series this week to talk all his favourite and least favourite moments from the glory days. Jules takes a look at a character who became one of The War's most reoccurring stunts: The Citizen's Infringement Officer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You know when you go on holiday feeling calm with the knowledge you wont get surprised by work while on break? Because we don't. After finding ourselves in the awkward position of not having any content to deliver, Dom calls up each member of the team to find out what they got up to over the break. Spoilers: there's a lot of Omicron. WAR STORIES WILL RESUME NEXT WEEK! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Craig and Chris join the studio for one last War Story on Chris's all-time-favourite sketch. Together the team take a look at the time Chris wrote a script that involved song, sketch, and stunt, international shooting, and a very rich private school: The Shore Rowing Shed Fund. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Andrew Hansen again joins the Chaser studio to talk more of his favourite sketches from back in The War days. Dom, Charles, and Andrew all take a look at one of the staple characters for a Chaser sketch, the fast talker. Plus Andrew brings back one of the longest running sketch series he wrote, Are You Being Shagged? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! This Summer Stunt Series special episode features Craig AND Chris at the desk together remembering old stunts and how they came to be. Craig, Chris, Dom, and Charles all take a look at one of The Chaser's favourite stunts: The Trojan Horse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Andrew returns to the microphone for another of our Summer Stunt Series, this time to share behind the scenes stories on his most socially awkward characters. This episode see's the return of Mr 10 Questions and Clive the Slightly-Too-Loud Commuter. Plus Andrew shares how he prepared for stunts in the early days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Craig returns to the studio for another crack at our Summer Stunt Series, this time to talk about the reality of stunts. Lots of people think pulling pranks is sexy, and Craig wants to break that facade into a million small pieces. Listen in for the times that stunts were embarrassing, stupid, lame, and when the coolest people in them were the targets! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Chas returns again for our Summer Stunt Series to talk about his favourite place to film stunts: America. Chas takes a look at why America is both the greatest and the worst country in the world to do pranks, and one of the last times he ever wore his Osama costume. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Chris Taylor returns to the studio for our Summer Stunt Series to talk about all the old Chaser TV shows and some of his favourite and least-favourite moments. This episode features that time Chris divorced his wife on TV, that time he wore a stocking on his head, and… the most controversial sketch of all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Andrew is back for our Summer Stunt Series, and this time he's ready to talk about some of his most notorious characters. Everyone loves the Crazy Warehouse Guy and the Surprise Spruiker, but only Andrew knows the difference between them. Just make sure to listen before midnight tonight before our manager goes absolutely crazy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Craig returns for our Summer Stunt Series! This time Craig comes to look at all the times his stunts involved getting up close and personal with politicians, and even the times when the targets of the stunts were the ones who got the last word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Chas is back and his body is on the line! Chas shares his Top 5 most painful moments in his career caused by doing stunts, including ones that were so dangerous they never made it to air, and a stunt that has left him with physical damage to this day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!Chris Taylor enters the studio to join our Summer Stunt Series to unpack why he thinks The Chaser's stunts were so successful in their day. Chris shares inside stories on how some of the crowd favourite stunts like "Cracked Pepper" came to be, and tells the story of his least favourite stunt recording. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!The Chaser's resident musical comedy legend Andrew Hansen joins our Summer Stunt Series to talk about some of his favourite musical Chaser moments. Andrew talks about the times he forced Craig to sing, and also promotes his new ABC show "Stories From Oz", and new tour "Everyone Else Is Wrong". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report gives you... WAR STORIES!Craig Reucassel stops by to join our Summer Stunt Series and talk about some of his favourite Chaser moments, who unlike Charles and Dom actually wants to forget all his old stunts. Together they help Craig forget stunts like when he flew a blimp in Vatican City, when he crashed a Liberal election party, and when Craig first got arrested, by talking about them in keen detail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report gives you... WAR STORIES!Chas Licciardello graces us with his presence for our first episode of our Summer Stunt Series. Chas reminisces all about previous legendary stunts and all the times he brushed with the law - including some small stunt at APEC may be familiar with. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEST OF: Craig Reucassel & Ketan Joshi - Craig directed a movie! He’s here to tell us about The Big Deal, a doco that looks at how money influences our political system. The results of all this influence-buying can be seen in today’s other conversation, where climate specialist Ketan Joshi talks us through the landmark IPCC Report on climate change – what’s in those 3,900 pages, anyway? And can we do anything stop a climate catastrophe? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEST OF: Saul Griffith - Energy guru Saul Griffith reckons Australia can lead the way in solving the climate crisis, with our abundant sunlight and love of new technology. Griffith has been advising the Biden Administration on renewables and is well known around the world for his passion for energy solutions that don’t just work, but work better than what we have now. He reckons we already have all the technology we need to make it happen – if only we had the political will. His new book is Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook For A Clean Energy Future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEST OF: Wil Anderson - At the start of the millennium The Chaser team met with one of Australia’s best standup comedians to explore the prospect of working together. Which, in hindsight, would have been a great idea – at least for us. It did not go well. 20 years later, Charles and Dom talk it over with Wil Anderson – and discover why nothing excites him more than a standup show with no plan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEST OF: Julia Zemiro - Julia Zemiro of Rockwiz, Home Delivery and many other fabulous things joins Gabbi, Dom and Charles to explore how ordinary people can get their voices heard in Canberra – and maybe even get elected. Her new podcast about this is called ‘Who Cares With Julia Zemiro’, and will be in the A Rational Fear feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEST OF: David Kilcullen - The Taliban’s swift capture of Kabul means that it now controls Afghanistan – how did they do it, and why didn’t any of the experts see it coming? This is a longer version of today’s interview with counterinsurgency expert, Dr David Kilcullen. His latest book is The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christmas is a happy time for lots of people, but not everyone. So this year why not spend 15 minutes to think of those less fortunate than yourself: The Chaser Interns. Forced to work over the holidays, your favourite Interns have banded together to celebrate Christmas with each other and with you. Gifts, stories, and soft serves await. Merry Christmas from The Interns! (This episode does not have the support of Charles or Dom, and stepping out of line in such a manner will ultimately end in the Intern's termination.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For a very special Christmas BEST OF edition, we give you everything we can, because what's Christmas without unnecessarily extravagant shows of generosity. This episode features Craig, Dom, Charles, Gabbi, Christian Porter, and cocaine white powder! This is the final Best Of to feature podcast segments, as next week we take a look at the Best Of our interviews. Stay tuned for more, and merry Christmas, ya filthy animals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this BEST OF we look back at the time we were Hamish and Andy, or at least when our editor Cam posed as them anyway. We also take a look at one of our best stunts of the year when Aleksa broke into an arms convention. Plus Zander and Lachlan became housemates year, so we take a look at the time Charles quizzed them on being roomies before they'd even moved in together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's BEST OF features some of our favourite guest appearances including Dan Ilic, Nina Oyama, and Dan Ilic! We remember that time Nina had a bender in Perth (of all places), and the time Dan asked the Interns for billboard ideas which ended up in New York. Plus the time Dan and Dom found the story of the year about two naked sunbathers getting arrested after being frightened by a dear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing our Chaser Report: Best Of series we take a look at the time Lachlan admitted to changing Charles wikipedia page. Then we dwell on more of Charles' misery by looking at a low point in his lockdown experience. Charles did have a good year, we think, it just looks bad when you cut it together like this. Plus we look back at our favourite sketches, including Matt Canavan's Wiggles! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To kick off our Chaser Report: Best Of series we're starting with an office favourite: the story of Aleksa's broken penis. Following that we travel back to the Olympics with Zander, and Gabbi recounts a horrifying driving incident. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our final Afternoon Edition of the year, we call up our emergency mental support, Sami Shah. 2021 has been a long and upsetting year, and so Charles chats to Sami who brings out his new and optimistic way of looking at life. Sami reminds us that every turd has its beauty, and that includes 2021 - and Alan Jones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We did it. We made it to the end of the year. This is the last episode we are putting effort into until 2022, and what better way to cap off the year than with our good friend Jenna Owen. Jenna, Charles, and Dom take a look at stories from the War on 2021 tour, as well as Jenna's favourite parts of the year itself. Plus the team discuss why the future of female comedy characters is looking upward, and why the world needs a female Pete Davidson. Thanks for putting up with us. We're off to the pub. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nina Oyama has returned from Hollywood and has plenty of embarrassment to share with the team. Over the course of this conversation Charles and Dom ponder how best to capitalise on Nina's misfortune, which Nina is more than thrilled about. Plus Nina shares all the inside mechanisms of Hollywood, and how to best prepare yourself for meeting an agent whilst hungover in an Uber. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles finds himself in trouble with other parents after learning the hard way that some of his babysitting methods are slightly unorthodox. Meanwhile Aleksa takes a look at renters who are being asked to buy their landlords Christmas presents, and finds a golden opportunity to shower his bosses with praise. Plus Lachlan gets fired from being producer after he ditched work to watch the newest Spider-Man movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jo Dyer is the director of Adelaide Writers' Week and an occasional columnist for our sister website The Shot – and she's just announced she's running as the community independent candidate for the South Australian seat of Boothby. But why would anyone want to enter the hyper-toxic world of federal politics? Dom and Charles chat to her about the changes that are needed – and as the spokesperson for the friends of Christian Porter's alleged victim Kate, she has seen up close how much is required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John takes a look at Alan Jones' debut show that literally metaphorically broke the internet. Meanwhile Aleksa looks to the United States at a new model for teachers to produce funding for their classes, and Lachlan investigates a corrupt sporting scandal in Saudi Arabia. Plus, Charles tells everyone to shut up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Star lawyer of Marque Lawyers Michael Bradley joins the show to follow up the discussion raised by his recent article for The Shot, "Defamation - A User's Guide". Michael is joined by Craig and Charles who go through all the do's and don'ts of defamation, and find out EXACTLY which words you can't use when describing Australia's leaders. WARNING: The Chaser Report does not take any responsibility for when you ultimately get sued for defamation after listening to this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Omicron has been confirmed as a fan of nightlife so Aleksa, Dom, and Charles try to find out how to put an end to nightclubs once and for all. Meanwhile Aleksa brings his usual cheer with a deep dive into the super Cuomo bro's. Plus the European Union has failed to make a worldwide commitment to unite together against uniting together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Humphries returns to the studio to take on the task of reviewing 2021, with moderately more success than he did on Friday. Together Mark, Charles, and Dom unpack some of their favourite political moments throughout the year, and this time only go off-topic once every 12 seconds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dom and Charles are joined by Mark Humphries today as they dissect the latest announcement from their dear friend, former SkyNews host Alan Jones. Together they fondly reminisce all the good times they had with Alan, and look forward to joining him in his new exciting project, which will undoubtedly shadow anything anyone has ever done in Australian media. Plus Scott Morrison has decided he thinks big-utes are good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A dreary Mark Humphries joins the podcast after performing in War On 2021 the night before, now deeply regretting staying out at the pub with Charles til 2am. Originally we planned on talking to Mark about his thoughts on the last year, however this did not go to plan and our producer was too hungover to keep anyone on track. Plus Mark tells tales from the War On 2021 tour, as well as his experience meeting a genuine Hollywood celebrity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barnaby Joyce has tested positive for COVID which means we are finally allowed to make Joyce jokes again, because we deserve a day off once in a while. Meanwhile Charles went to the post office and found all his future Christmas presents, meaning the office Secret Santa is going to be shit this year. Also Dom finally found someone who lost more BitCoins than Charles did. PLUS, did we mention Barnaby Joyce tested positive for COVID? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Afternoon Edition our lawyer's favourite guest Sami Shah aims his sights on the member for Manila, George Christensen. Sami discusses Christensen's recent appearances on InfoWars, where George sent an S.O.S on behalf of Australia to the rest of the world. Listen as Sami and the team ask if George is right, or just alt-right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apparently there's a new Bitcoin billionaire in town, so Dom and Charles take a look at unmasking this mysterious new magnate to see if they can save us from bankruptcy. Meanwhile Aleksa brings more another sappy good news story about the looming war between Russia and Ukraine. Plus things get quite heated in the office when Lachlan presents the goods from his latest sponsor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With teachers across NSW on strike Charles finally is forced to fulfil his duties as a father, so the team are joined by promising future satirists Hartley and Angus Firth. Now that the average presenter's age is below 50, this child-friendly Chaser Report brings you the latest news about Fortnite, and the daily ethical dilemmas faced by an 11-year-old. Plus a brief chat on Gladys's potential move to federal politics so that you oldies don't feel too left out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian and host of SBS's "The Backside of Television" Mitch McTaggart joins Zander and Dom to unpack why Australian TV sucks. Mitch takes a look at the forces behind shows being produced, as well as the effect they have on Australian culture in a hilarious and critical way. Listen and find out if Australian TV really is dead, or just in a stage of metamorphosis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scott's hot lap in Bathurst has landed him in hot water, so resident Bathurst Hero Gabbi Bolt defends her beloved hometown from the PM. Meanwhile Zander finds himself caught in the crossfire of an unlikely war-zone on one of Australia's most iconic landmarks. Plus Charles is back! Where did he go, and how long until he leaves again, and how many puns will he make before we mutiny against him? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.