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Our first episode with LISTNR and in the new studios with new artwork! Thank you to everyone for all your support so far, we're so excited for what's to come.
In this episode we discuss the social media ban for under 16s comes into effect tomorrow, December 10th. Miley Cyrus' engagement to dummer Max Morando, as well as the posts Firerose has made recently calling out Billy Ray Cyrus. Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros in a 108 billion dollar deal, causing Paramount to also make their own bid for Warner only this morning. Sydney Sweeney has switched PR tactics, now making a concession on her American Eagle ad controversy in exclusive interview with People magazine. Bruce Lehrmann's appeal been rejected. Sabrina Carpenter has called out the White House for posting ICE videos to her song. Plus, a listener question about if Alix Earle has broken up with NFL man.
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This week on Small Talk, Hannah is back in the guest seat to have one of our favourite yearly yaps: the biggest lessons 2026 handed us.
From the (mostly) work-related wake-up calls we didn’t see coming, to friendship lessons to relationship realisations, we each bring the reflections that have been sitting front of mind as the year wraps.
And… after years of recording at the studios Sarah worked at since she was 22, we’re officially wrapping up there, which means a very exciting announcement is coming (on socials!)
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In Part Two, we hit the breaking point of 1975: the Senate blocks supply, the government runs out of money, and the Governor-General makes the most dramatic intervention in Australian political history. We unpack Whitlam’s iconic dismissal speech, what the Palace Letters later revealed about the Palace’s involvement, and why Cold War tension fuelled long-running rumours of CIA interference.
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This week we cover Donald Trump’s chaotic meet-and-greet energy with Zohran Mamdani, the “piggy” moment and the Epstein Files to be released. We then cover the ARIA awards and Olivia Dean calling out Ticketmaster. We discuss the UN approving Trump’s plan for Gaza and how Colleen Hoover has admitted she’s embarrassed to have written It Ends With Us. As well as the Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini breakup and Mary Fowler speaking out about discrimination she has faced.
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This week, Sarah sits down with Jack Toohey, the content creator behind THAT viral housing-crisis video, author of Better Things Are Possible, and creative production lead at Teach Us Consent.
It’s a rare Small Talk moment: a man in the guest chair. So Sarah dives straight in.
They unpack why men react so defensively to the word “privilege,” what Jack is actually seeing in his algorithm, and how fitness and diet culture have become unexpected gateways into identity and politics for young men.
They also dissect the pressure to be a “provider,” and why the real key to better conversations might be systems literacy.
Jack opens up about modern masculinity and the world men are navigating today.
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