The Chaser Report

Zoe, Charles and Dom explore the vaccine rollout, enter the election denial bubble, ponder toddler swearing and listen to some charmingly antiquated ads. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno delivers a shot of news straight into your bloodstream. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dom, James, Charles & Zoe Norton Lodge chat about the nuance and complications around cancel culture in a surprisingly sophisticated conversation. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno is back with all the news you can't trust. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dom is joined by Charles, Zoe & James to wrap up all the International Global News World Headlines, including a great offer on a free trip to Hawaii! Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno is back with all the news you can't trust. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zoe Norton Lodge joins Charles, Dom and James of The Shovel in the social minefield that is every local playground. Also, we welcome Freedom Day – except Charles who reckons the end to Covid restrictions is destroying everything. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with the latest headlines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles brings another breakthrough in the world of technology, this time featuring a self-lacing smart shoe in his ‘Welcome to the Future' segment. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno with all the news you can't trust. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dom brings us some of The Daily Mail's best headlines of the last week, which includes an incredible story of Karl Stefanovic's new haircut. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno is back with all the news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week James Schloeffel of The Shovel joins Craig, Charles and Dom to discuss election-stealing ghosts, Gerry Harvey's baffling popularity and the hotly-contested race to be Australia's second most successful news satire site. Plus trendy headlines from the always trending Rebecca De Unamuno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dom chats all the greatest news from trusted news source, Domain, including a couple who have purchased their dream home in the form of a minibus. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno with the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to the future! Charles walks Dom & Craig through a baffling phone case / espresso machine hybrid that actually catches the interest of the others for the very first time in the segment's history. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno brings us all the news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Charles accidentally hoards toilet paper, Dom reminisces about strange COVID fads and Craig explores the baffling history of Chaser merchandise. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with lots of Chaser news headlines, and disdain for Charles.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles, Craig & Dom are joined by Zoe Norton Lodge, host of the ABC's ‘Reputation Rehab,' to chat all things outrage, cancel culture and rebuilding reputations. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno is back with all the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles and his wife had an anniversary recently, and his wife decided to fulfil a lifelong dream of getting a tattoo. Charles suggests adding a drop-shadow, which doesn't go as well as he hopes. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno brings you all the news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Craig fixes our awful national anthem, Charles fixes his son's lack of horrific injuries, and Dom looks at the attempts to fix the US election. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with the latest minty-fresh Chaser news headlines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dom is here to take us through some of the non-election related new stories of the week, including dismembered dummies being used for Halloween decorations. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno is back with all the news headlines you can't trust!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles has a brand new entry into his Welcome to the Future segment and it's a Smart Pillow. But why would any one want a smart pillow? Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno brings you the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Craig Reucassel rejoins Dom and Charles for our US Election Special, as we deliver the most authoritative coverage possible with a totally unclear result. Also, how The Chaser got its Twitter account suspended, and the latest up to date breaking news from Rebecca De Unamuno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nina brings the gang news from around the world, including a rather offensive blunder from a customer service team, and the arrival of the long awaited Borat 2. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno brings you the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate Nina's last week with The Chaser Report, Dom has kindly composed a quiz about the year of her birth - 1993. Test your knowledge on the year Nina was born and the year Charles was 17. Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno brings you the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate the liberation of Melbourne, we cross to a man drinking in a park – David Milner. Also, Nina gets burgled, we visit the world's strangest retirement community and Charles is a business idiot again. Oh and also, Nina died.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you find that the problem with modern media is that you don't get enough inane gossip about celebrities that you don't even care about? If that's the case, then you're going to LOVE this episode of The Chaser Report! Wondering what's going on with the Spice Girls? Wow! We've got all the latest news about that fascinating topic. Oh, and Rebecca De Unamuno with Chaser news headlines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's the thing that's missing from your life? Is it a bluetooth enabled umbrella? If so, then this is the episode for you. Charles Firth joins Nina and Dom to review the Oombrella, the world's most high-tech umbrella. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno brings you the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Melbourne's restrictions on takeaway curries have finally been relaxed, we look at the comedy chops of Donald Trump, and Charles embraces the toilet paper boom, just 7 months too late. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with some novel news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subway's bread is not legally bread. An artist has dumped carrots on a street in London. The house from Silence of the Lambs is up for sale. Plus a round up of more believable news headlines from Rebecca De Unamuno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been over six months since Australia started mass testing for Covid, so you'd think it would be a seamless process with high-tech mobile phone integration. Think again, as Dom Knight present a mini-play based on the verbatim transcripts of his interactions, trying to get his Covid test results from NSW Health. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with the latest Chaser news headlines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump is cured and he's fine. He's great. He's IMMUNE. But is he okay? NSW gets a sexy sex scandal. And Nina talks about how she's taken up a new hobby. Plus Bec De Unamuno with all the news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dom runs Nina and Charles through some of humanity's finest achievements with another wrap up of the latest world records. Plus all the latest Chaser news headlines from Rebecca De Unamuno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Should Bondi Beach become a private club that costs $80 at the door? Who would be allowed to enter? Are Covid-positive only parties a good idea or a terrible, terrible, terrible idea? Plus all the latest Chaser news headlines from Rebecca De Unamuno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump has covid and Nina takes us through a soundbite by soundbite analysis of how it happened. Charles is trying to sell his terrible ScoMo towels while Dom was going to talk about the budget but we realised it was too boring. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a story that may be relevant for American listeners, a mayor in Romania has been elected in a landslide two week after dying. Also, Gucci has entered the workwear business, and a man has an old sandwich that President Richard Nixon half-ate. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno delivers all the news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Craig Reucassel is filling in for Nina Oyama, who is away being successful, and Craig has a bone to pick with Dom Knight and Charles Firth. Plus, the US Presidential debate was the worst debate ever and for some reason Dom takes us through a beat by beat summary of the shitshow. Charles reviews a smart hairbrush that costs $277. Plus all the latest fake news from Rebecca De Unamuno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two statues of a fish have been abolished in Morocco simply because locals thought they looked a tiny teensy bit like giant penises. The Thai government is mailing litter back to people who litter. Repeat offenders face five years in jail. Does this go far enough? And NASA has announced plans to mine the moon. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The future has arrived, and it's a complete disaster. Charles has got his hands on a new AI engine that can write Chaser-style jokes, and it's worryingly almost good enough. Plus all the latest news you can't trust with Rebecca De Unamuno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles is older and quite hung over. If that isn't enticing enough, Nina looks at Ellen and awful private school boys, Dom checks out Melbourne's singing protesters, and we hear all about The Chaser's big Covid prank at The Star casino. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with the latest Chaser headlines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The future has arrived, and it's here to solve a problem that you've never even thought about. That's right, you can now use your toothbrush to take photos of your mouth. Why hasn't anyone thought of that before. Plus all the latest news you can't trust with Rebecca De Unamuno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An Australian official is now in trouble for eating a type of endangered native turtle. People were alerted to the dish when he tweeted about it. A man in England has used a giant live snake as a facemask. And a bridezilla has complained about receiving a hamper as a wedding gift. Plus the latest Chaser news headlines from Rebecca De Unamuno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the beginning of the show, Nina gets sacked. Then we remember 9/11, and pay tribute to the way America has gotten even dumber since then. Dom looks at Bob Woodward's new book about Trump, and Nina (assuming she's not sacked) takes a deep dive into the King of Burns in the Queensland government. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the latest Chaser news headlines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many seasons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Charles and Dom are devastated to learn from Nina that it has been axed. Vale a show that nobody watched anyway. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A man in England has gotten into trouble with his wife after he bought a 3.5 metre long replica of a T-Rex. A movie buff in Canada is seeking to break the world record of the number of times a movie has been seen in a cinema, and a Church in Germany is playing a song so slowly that it won't end until 2640. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Nina wades into the latest TikTok controversy, Dom reveals whether gender reveal parties are a good idea, and Charles meets a $16,000 laundry-folding robot. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with the newsiest news that ever news knew.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nina Oyama takes Charles Firth and Dom Knight on a trip to the Video Music Awards, something which the ageing white men have only a vague awareness of. She quizzes them on the history of the VMAs, proving definitively that they know nothing about the VMAs. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the Chaser news headlines that we can get past the lawyers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A bear has broken into a convenience store in Lake Tahoe, California, and eaten chips on the floor. Dom Knight takes Nina Oyama and Charles Firth through what is (so far) the only good news story of 2020. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the Chaser news a few days after it's happened.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you believe it’s been 50 episodes already?! We celebrate by looking at the QAnon conspiracy with Nina, Tony Abbott’s guide to sacrificing old people to pandemics and Dom delivers a smattering of good news in an otherwise bleak and not at all celebratory episode. Plus, Chaser news headlines from Rebecca De Unamuno for the 50th-ish time. 
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Is the major problem in your life that you eat too fast? Luckily, Silicon Valley has a solution for you. Charles Firth reviews something that you've always wanted: a bluetooth enabled fork, that comes with its own app. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the latest fake news headlines. 
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KFC has dropped their slogan “Finger Licking Good” because it's not very appropriate during a pandemic. Two French police officers have been criticised for confronting a woman sunbaking topless on a beach. And speaking of nudity, a German nudist has gone viral after a boar stole his laptop. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the Chaser news headlines that we can get past the lawyers. 
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The Republican Convention is on this week, and well, yeah, it's a bit Nazi. Nina Oyama looks at the desperate plight of Britney Spears, Dom Knight takes a long look at a nudist camp in France and Charles Firth introduces a new quiz: Is it Republican or is it Nazi. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the latest Chaser headlines that we can get past the legal team. 
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The last Blockbuster Video in the world is now an AirBNB - you can stay there and watch whatever you want. Public library workers in Washington State have found a stash of beers and gum dating back from the 80s. And Pete Evans has a new Byron healing clinic. Plus all the latest headlines you can't trust from Rebecca De Unamuno. 
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Public toilets with transparent glass have been installed in a park in Tokyo. Dogs must be walked twice per day according to new German law, and a small town in Switzerland has experienced a very strange phenomena called chocolate snow, in the middle of summer. Plus all the latest headlines you can't trust from Rebecca De Unamuno. 
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We plan an escape to another planet as Nina looks at diversity on Australian TV (spoiler: there isn’t much), Dom discovers a village that quarantines people in a haunted house, and Charles braves a 12-year-old’s birthday party. Plus news from Rebecca De Unamuno. 
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Nina Oyama shows off how young and hip she is by reviewing people on TikTok. Essential listening for anyone who is confused by what the kids are up to nowadays. Plus all the latest headlines from Rebecca De Unamuno. 
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A very special episode in which Charles Firth reviews one of the greatest technological breakthroughs of the past one hundred years. The semiconductor? The jet engine? The 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner? You'll have to listen to find out. Plus Rebecca De Unamuno with all the latest Chaser news you can't trust. 
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