Media & Culture

The Media Ate My Brain

By New Matilda

June 09, 2009

G’day, gentle listeners, and welcome to the debut episode of The Media Ate My Brain. In this exciting chapter, Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith ask:

Is Australia a racist nation? Is it more racist than…Iceland?

Was The Chaser’s "Make A Wish" sketch WRONG? Could it have been improved by mocking real terminally ill children?

Are the people writing letters to the NT News and Stock & Land doing a massive amount of speed? When will our say-lots-do-nothing Government act?

AND are media empire executives with big, bushy mustaches funny? (SPOILER: YES THEY ARE.)

So brew up a hot mug of Red Bull, gather the little ones around the Wireless Home Audio System, and settle in for a relaxing 39 minutes and 51 seconds of delicious podcast.

http://newmatilda.com/media/mediaatemybrain5june.mp3 (running time 39 min, 19mb)