155 Pre-Election Misdirection & Vivisection

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Every week, Sami Shah (ABC, The Gadfly)—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—copies the news stories off of a website then pretends like he wrote them himself, then starts a debate about who actually does own the news, while claiming he didn't copy, just take inspiration very very literally.TOP STORIES OF THE WEEKElection Shenanigans!Also, India and Pakistan rattle sabres!And, Canada votes, no one cares!QUOTE OF THE WEEK“It’s American culture without the calories and chronic diarrhoea.” – On Australia’s election season cosplay chaosSUPPORT THE SHOWLove News Weakly? Keep it funded by joining the Patreon:👉 patreon.com/samishahSami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.For more: http://thesamishah.comTheme music ‘Historic Anticipation’ by Paul MottramThis podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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