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News Weakly is the sharpest, funniest, and most professional news satire podcast in Australia—where we punch the news in the headlines… weakly.

Hosted by multi-award-winning comedian, journalist, and author Sami Shah, the show delivers a fast-paced, fiercely intelligent breakdown of the biggest stories in politics, global affairs, and culture. With a background that spans stand-up comedy, radio broadcasting, and serious journalism—including bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, and ABC RN—Sami cuts through the noise with biting satire, relentless wit, and just enough sarcasm to keep us all from screaming into the void.

News Weakly isn’t just about the headlines—it’s about the hypocrisy, the absurdity, and the sheer chaos behind them. Whether it's Australian politics, international disasters, or billionaires doing dumb things, Sami delivers a fresh, fearless take that keeps listeners informed and entertained.

With a growing and engaged audience of news junkies, comedy lovers, and politics obsessives, News Weakly is the perfect space for advertisers looking to reach smart, curious, and highly engaged listeners.

Get in on the conversation. Stay ahead of the spin. And never trust a headline again.

New episodes every week.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    • News Weakly 200 (Rant Edition): THE CONSPIRACY PROBLEM
      Feb 10 2026
      Episode 200: THE CONSPIRACY PROBLEM




      Summary

      A suicide bombing in a Shia mosque barely registers before the algorithm moves on, and that erasure opens the door to something darker. This episode looks at why conspiracy thinking no longer lives on the fringes, but feels increasingly rational in a world where intelligence agencies really do assassinate, destabilise, and lie, and institutions keep getting caught doing exactly what they deny. From Pakistan to Australia, from foreign policy to arts boards and police crackdowns, the show unpacks how incompetence, cowardice, and risk-aversion get misread as secret coordination, and why that misunderstanding doesn’t challenge power but lets it off the hook. When everything feels orchestrated, accountability disappears. And once reality becomes optional, nothing democratic survives for long.




      Credits

      Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.

      For more: http://thesamishah.com

      Theme music Historic Anticipation by Paul Mottram

      This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.

      Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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      15 min
    • NEWS WEAKLY 199 – Can You Feel the Cohesion?
      Feb 6 2026

      Social Cohesion, News Now…



      NEWS WEAKLY 199 – 07 Feb 2026
      This week on News Weakly:


      Australia discovers its newest national value, which mostly means everyone should stop talking while the government imports a global conflict and acts surprised when it doesn’t calm anyone down.


      The Epstein Files, News Now…

      Three million pages confirm the problem was never just Epstein, it was the elite ecosystem that kept letting him back into respectable rooms, plus Deepak Chopra turns out to be exactly who you thought he was.


      Everything Is Fine, News Now…

      The media panics over One Nation polling, Cori Bernardi returns from irrelevance, and Australian democracy once again proves it prefers furniture to fascism.


      Oman Is the New Geneva, News Now…

      The US and Iran meet in Oman to not start a war yet, with Trump threatening bombing as a confidence-building exercise and everyone pretending this is diplomacy.


      Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.

      For more: http://thesamishah.com

      Theme music ‘Historic Anticipation’ by Paul Mottram

      This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.

      Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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      17 min
    • News Weakly 198: Minister for Islam
      Jan 30 2026
      NEWS WEAKLY 198 – 31st January 2026


      This week on News Weakly:


      • Scott Morrison resurfaces to reform Islam, Western civilisation, and reality itself, proposing authoritarian religious controls while insisting this is what freedom looks like.

      • A bomb is thrown into a First Nations gathering in Perth, and Australia carefully waits to see who did it before deciding whether terrorism is the correct word.

      • Iran may have killed tens of thousands of protesters in weeks, but struggles to compete with America for global attention, airtime, and moral urgency.

      • The world watches state violence selectively, proving outrage is less about scale and more about proximity to English-speaking cable news.

      • Why I’ve stopped following American politics altogether, while people drown quietly in the Mediterranean and the global order reshapes itself off-screen.


      Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.


      For more: http://thesamishah.com

      Theme music Historic Anticipation by Paul Mottram

      This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.

      Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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      21 min
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