We Used to be Journos
Episodes
BONUS: Jayson Gillham on his Federal Court trial against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
10 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In his first interview since his trial ended, pianist Jayson Gillham sits down with Antoinette Lattouf to talk through his 15-day Federal Court trial ...
Pickering vs ABC code of conduct, Pauline’s free PR, influencer spills on MAGA media strategy
09 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan and Antoinette react to news that Charlie Pickering's swipe at Grace Tame didn’t breach ABC’s code of conduct, which leaves t...
ONLY FRAN: Living Beautifully in a Collapsing World with Sarah Wilson
05 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Only Fran Jan chats to author Sarah Wilson about the rising sense of dis-ease she has about the world. With so much upheava...
Pauline’s poll for PM, mysterious media silence over young woman’s death + radio boss gropes woman
02 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Should we be worried about Pauline Hanson’s latest poll surge? The Etterati asked, so we separate genuine trends from poll hysteria.We also unpack t...
ONLY FRAN: Forget a new Teal party, where are the Greens?
29 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Teals were chatting about forming a new political party designed - in part - to counter the rise of Pauline Hanson and the far right.Thi...
Flotilla activist abuse coverage, BTS at Sydney Writers Festival + is James the 'good Murdoch'?
26 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan and Antoinette explore why flotilla activists trying to break Israel’s illegal blockade are finally getting media attention, an...
ONLY FRAN: Pauline Hanson’s gas grift (plus her other grifts too)
22 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week One Nation’s Pauline Hanson released a policy that will see more gas industry’s money flow to the public purse. It sounded… legit. And...
Ash Sarkar on how to scale independent media and have real impact
19 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Novara Media's Ash Sarkar knows a thing or two about starting (and growing!) an independent media company.In this special episode, the British journal...
Responding to the comments section
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jan and Antoinette respond directly to feedback from the Etterati.We answer questions about the language used to describe certain “r...
Influencers v journalists: same same but different this budget lock up
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jan Fran examines the Albanese government’s attempt to sell its federal budget like a brand campaign — inviting influencers to pitch fo...
Women Who Win and how the media shapes their legacy
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of We Used To Be Journos, Antoinette unpacks her new book Women Who Win through the lens of media literacy, power and represe...
ONLY FRAN: Why I trust Tucker Carlson even less after his Trump apology
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tucker Carlson has apologised for the role he played in helping bring Donald Trump to power. In this episode of Only Fran, Jan explain why she's have ...
Trump shooting conspiracies, Tele lashes anti-war Gen Z, media quiet as Aboriginal women cop it
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan and Antoinette discuss the lead up to the White House correspondents’ dinner and the hundreds of US journalists who protested h...
ONLY FRAN: Gaza war drove Bondi shooter to terror
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jan Fran takes a close look at one article published by the Nine papers titled “Authorities suspect Gaza war drove Bondi shooter to ...
Seven’s renewables hit job, Iran’s AI Lego war spin + Roberts-Smith 'breaks silence'
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Fran and Antoinette unpack claims Iran is winning the propaganda war - thanks to AI Lego and diss tracks going viral.Meanwhile Jan goes to war wit...
ONLY FRAN: WTF is Angus Taylor's immigration policy really about?
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor unveiled an immigration policy built on “values” and, well… values according to who?Jan Fran s...
BONUS: The Murdoch media’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Antoinette shares the findings of an exclusive investigation into the Murdoch media’s sustained smear campaign against Dr Abd...
Albanese can’t say ‘Lebanese’, Hasan Piker drama + whistleblower David McBride’s missing media moment
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jan and Antoinette unpack why the US political and media establishment is losing its mind over left-wing streamer Hasan Piker and what...
ONLY FRAN: Penny Wong is 'deeply concerned'
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Only Fran, Fran takes a look at Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong's response to the Lebanon massacre - or "humanitarian cr...
Lakemba NDIS lie, media’s gambling ad addiction, Trump’s unhinged… again
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Fran and Antoinette expose the false narrative that the multicultural Sydney suburb of Lakemba is a hotbed of systemic NDIS fraud. We trace where ...
ONLY FRAN: One month into QLD’s hate speech laws
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been one month since Queensland passed unprecedented hate speech laws which banned the phrases ‘from the river to the sea’ and ‘globalise...
Israeli ambassador’s press club propaganda, Atlas Network’s climate campaign + Kyle in court
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jan and Antoinette watch Israel’s ambassador address the National Press Club and assess how hard the journalists in the room worked to push back aga...
ONLY FRAN: A quick note
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Only Fran (OF) hit a lil logistical speed bump this week.The Ette duo will be in your ears on Wednesday with We Used To Be Journos - then Saturday OF ...
Media aids One Nation’s grift, ABC staff strike, Rupert Murdoch pushes for Iran attack
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan Fran and Antoinette look at the role the media played in One Nation’s South Australian election surge and ask how should the me...
ONLY FRAN : Jan Fran gets personal about Lebanon
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this particularly personal episode of Only Fran, Jan Fran reflects on what it's been like as a Lebanese-Australian watching Israel's invasion of Le...
Lebanese suffering ignored, Theroux’s ‘manosphere’ doco + is Netanyahu dead?
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jan Fran and Antoinette examine the devastating attacks on Lebanon and the Lebanese population - and why local media coverage has been...
ONLY FRAN: The hypocrisy of Tony Burke on Iranian visas
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this new Saturday break out series, Only Fran, Jan Fran picks an issue of the week that is living rent free in her head. Right now, it's Home Affai...
ABC’s post-Bondi panel show, #QuitGPT movement + Pornhub access denied
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan Fran and Antoinette ask whether the TV panel discussion show has run its course. They unpack ABC’s National Forum - a discussio...
Only Fran: What happened to Anthony Albanese?
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this new Saturday break out series, Only Fran, Jan Fran looks at the who and the why of our Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. As the US-Israel...
Media parrots US Iran propaganda, ABC chair gets profiled + billionaire buys Warner Bros (and CNN)
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan Fran and Antoinette look at the Australian media’s coverage of the U.S and Israeli attack on Iran and show how a narrative gets...
BBC’s baffling BAFTA censorship, Trump’s alien files + Jacinta Allan vs a journalist
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan Fran and Antoinette examine why the BBC cut out a BAFTA winner’s acceptance speech on human rights but kept in the moment the n...
Attacks on Francesca Albanese and Grace Tame, Liberal leader’s immigration lines + media forces sexual assault survivor to go public
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we lay out the parallels between political attacks on a UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and a former Au...
Coverage of Herzog visit and protests, radio’s Bad Bunny racism + Karl Stefanovic hosts One Nation TWICE!
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dissect the media’s coverage of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia. We look at how two networks asked very di...
Insider's look at the past two decades of Aussie media
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the current state of Australian media is examined through Jan Fran and Antoinette’s decades long journeys in the industry.They talk...
Hate speech laws red flags, Australia Day poll tricks, Grok deepfakes + Beckham feud
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we look at the many red flags surrounding Labor’s new hate speech laws as well as the mainstream media’s strikingly uniform respo...
Narrative war over Iran's protests + Trump’s press sec blows up at journalist, InDaily SA muscles in on Murdoch
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jan and Antoinette look at the fight to control the narrative over protests in Iran where the death toll has exceeded 3000. With ...
Randa Abdel-Fattah on the collapse of the Adelaide Writers’ Festival
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan Fran speaks with the woman at the centre of the collapse of the Adelaide Writers Festival, Palestinian author and academic Randa ...
Ask Us Anything: Our younger selves, future of media, Eurovision pressure, truth v hope
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of our summer special brings another round of Etterati questions, and this batch is delightfully varied.Prehistoric animal favourites. Media ...
Ask Us Anything: On cracks in our friendship, building community and finding joy in dark times
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part one of our summer special is your Q&A therapy session disguised as a podcast. We answer all your burning questions. We talk about twenty year...
Antony Loewenstein unpacks the Bondi terror attack
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Independent journalist Antony Loewenstein joins Jan Fran to discuss how he's processing the Bondi terror attacks both as a Jewish man and long-time ad...
How the Bondi terror attack was reported
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan and Antoinette focus on the first 24-hours of media coverage of the antisemitic terrorist attack in Bondi that left 15 people dea...
Press piles on Abbie Chatfield, SBS’s Eurovision dud decision + why we can’t name a rapist
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the social media ban kicks off, Jan and Antoinette find themselves disagreeing on its merits. Plus, we take a look at the rage-bait tabloid me...
TikTok’s racism row, Trump’s new press hit list + Gaza media petition anniversary
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Jan and Antoinette delve into accusations of racism at the TikTok awards and speak to some big content creators who say this isn’t t...
Nuzzi Lizza sex-scandal explained, Tele’s ‘Undercover Jew’ sting escalates + Mariah caught in X’s location mess
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jan and Antoinette dig into a family violence story that manages to break (almost) every reporting guideline.Antoinette explains the l...
EXCLUSIVE: fake mosque story exposed, ChatGPT leak in print + WTF is really happening with shadowbans
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan and Antoinette unpack how parts of the media managed to spin a fake letter into a real panic about a new mosque in Western Sydney...
BBC’s ‘bias’ blow-up, John Laws’ lasting legacy, unhinged Mamdani takes + Italian journalist fired over Gaza question
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan and Antoinette examine the BBC ‘bias’ scandal that saw its director general and head of news resign. They go through the comp...
Mamdani AI attack ads, Coalition’s net zero backflip, Sudan finally gets airtime
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan takes a look at the use of AI in New York’s mayoral race and finds Cuomo’s campaign ads against Zohran Mamdani don’t just b...
BONUS: Omar El Akkad x Lattouf on ways to resist without a ‘How To Oppose A Genocide’ blueprint
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El Akkad joins Antoinette Lattouf on stage at the Queenscliff Literary Festival for a searingly honest and intimate ...
Ita’s reputation rehab tour, Melbourne’s machete “epidemic” + Labor v AI
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As former ABC chair Ita Buttrose promotes her latest book Jan and Antoinette pull apart the plentiful puff pieces. Antoinette hunts for proof of ...
BONUS: Chris Hedges x Lattouf: Late Night Live, Press Club fiasco + Western media’s Gaza betrayal
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Pulitzer Prize–winning US journalist Chris Hedges joins Antoinette Lattouf to unpack his time in Australia so far, including ...
What ‘Ceasefire’? + Rudd’s manufactured media moment, commentary v journalism, US journos on the move
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, as Anthony Albanese meets Donald Trump at the White House we take a look at the manufactured moment that saw former PM Kevin Rudd hit...
THE SCOOP: PM’s phone number published in AI leak + the worst Gaza 'peace' takes
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, a tip off leads Jan and Antoinette to discover a U.S. website had published the private phone numbers of high profile Australians inc...
Inside Press Club mess, Trump deports journalist + Israel’s influencer army
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we reveal what really happened behind the scenes of Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges’ National Press Club address - a talk that va...
Why are you agreeing with Candace Owens? Media inflates cop costs + AI slop for podcasts
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jan and Antoinette try to answer the question many of you have asked: why am I agreeing with Candace Owens? They take a look at the di...
Kimmel gets Lattoufed, SBS’s tunnelvision on Eurovision + getting real about independent media
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re live at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne this week, handing out a report card on independent media now that Ette Media has survived its three-m...
EXCLUSIVE: A lifeline for Meanjin, Kirk’s killing media mayhem + buried Islamophobia report
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an exclusive investigation, we look at Melbourne University Press’s decision to close one of Australia’s oldest literary journals. MUP says it’...
Meet the BBC journalist who quit over Gaza coverage
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Antoinette away this week, Jan Fran holds down the fort with former BBC journalist and presenter Karishma Patel. Karishma walked out of the BBC i...
Neo-Nazi march minimised, Lebs on Bob Katter + news influencers echo old media habits
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jan and Antoinette have been busting to share their inside Lebbo goss about Bob Katter. Also, we cover the coverage of the so-called March for Au...
ABC’s social media gag order, Sky News’ war criminal chit-chat + Gina Rinehart’s net zero ideology spruiked
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Antoinette (finally!) gives her reaction to the ABC’s new Public Comment Guidelines, which Jan calls the ‘Lattouf guidelines.’ T...
Bendigo's big backfire, Woodside fishy ties with Seven West + surviving news fatigue
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan examines the fishy relationship between Woodside Energy and Seven West Media. Antoinette looks at The Daily Telegraph revving up ...
Media parrots Israel after killing of journalists, how tabloids selectively lobby governments + satire with bite
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jan and Antoinette are gutted by news that more of their Palestinian journalist colleagues - including Al Jazeera's Anas Al-Sharif - were k...
Historic bridge march leaves media scrambling, Logies cloning + a Stellar screw up
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan and Antoinette reflect on their decision to attend what’s being called Australia’s biggest anti-war march. Fresh off that Har...
Media wakes up to starved kids in Gaza…or does it? + Nelk Boys Netanyahu bromance
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jan and Antoinette unpack the sudden, strangely synchronised media concern for starving Palestinian children. Why now? What’s change...
Have we really stopped being journalists? A terrible TV “debate” + Gaza social media v MSM coverage.
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan and Antoinette have a candid and sometimes chaotic conversation about whether they still see themselves as journalists—and why ...
An envoy influencing media, coverage of PM in China + a dig from The Australian
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we take a look at Australia's antisemitism envoy and her plan to “monitor” and “advise” public broadcasters. Jillian Segal sa...
The Age’s framing of Melbourne synagogue attack + What is an ‘activist journalist’?
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jan unpacks The Age’s coverage of an anti-Semitic incident in Melbourne while Antoinette takes a look at a different genocide and t...
Lattouf speaks out on ABC win, the fight and the fallout.
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Antoinette Lattouf sued the ABC and won. In the very first episode of We Used To Be Journos, Antoinette joins Jan to unpack the legal showdown that no...
Trailer
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A taste of what's to come on We Used to be Journos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.