This hour, Tamar Munch joins Graeme Hill for Media Stick - The weeks media guff and gaffes laid bare for fun.First up the pair take a look at the treatment of journalists, especially the treatment of females. They look at the effects such treatment has, and how it affects their jobs. Then they have a gander at the #WalkAway campaign.The campaign focuses on leaving liberalism and the Democratic party. However the #WalkAway campaigns other most frequent hashtag is #MAGA or #MakeAmericaGreatAgain. This leads to the idea that movement may just be a group of angry Republicans who are social media savvy. They also look at Giorgio Pavianni, and how Oobah Butler of fake shed fame conned his way into Paris fashion week. This ties into Graemes own fashion world storythat involves a handbag and a shaved head.Then, the curator of the incredibly strange enclave of the NZIFF, Ant Timpson joins Graeme. Timpson travels the worldn to look for as Graeme puts it- the incredibly weird stuff.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

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