Is It On?
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Is It On?
Alice Workman and Lane Sainty from BuzzFeed News take you into the corridors of power at Australian Parliament House to dissect the latest goings on in federal politics.
Recent Episodes
48 episodes
Episode 45: Don’t Cry For Me I’m Georgina
WTF Super Saturday?!?!!? This is the audio of our live Twitter show ‘Super Sunday Brunch’ wrapping up everything that happened across the five by-elec...
Episode 44: No Then Yes Then No Again
Bill Shorten makes a captain’s call. Anthony Albanese makes a speech. IS IT ON in the Labor Party? Probably not tbh but it’s always fun to speculate!<...
Episode 43: Malcolm Turnbull Loves Sport
Got a problem streaming the World Cup (that has nothing to do with the NBN because that is totally working just fine ok thanks for asking)? Malcolm Tu...
Episode 42: Cash Wednesday
Michaelia Cash has been reissued with a subpoena for the AWU’s court challenge against the raids on their offices last October. What does it mean (not...
Episode 41: $7 Bunnings Suits
Here’s one we (partially) recorded earlier! Nick’s filling in for Lane while she’s on holidays.
It’s episode two of our Twitter show #BFO...
Episode 40: Malcolm's Marine Biologists
A quick update from Alice about a super exciting project happening on 09 May, the morning after Scott Morrison’s not-Christmas-in-May Budget. #BFOzPol
Episode 39: 29 Not Out
Privyet! Malcolm Turnbull has lost his 29th Newspoll in a row, but somehow the Australian cricket team's had a worse week. Also, foreign minister Juli...
Episode 38: Dead To Me
Alice faces off against minister Michaelia Cash at a press conference in Parliament House. It only lasted a minute, but was pretty lit. Also, Peter Du...
Episode 37: Blinded By The White(board)
Michaelia Cash literally hid behind a whiteboard after threatening to publicly name all the young women in Bill Shorten’s office that she’s heard ~rum...
Episode 36: BARNA-BYE
Former Kiwi Barnaby Joyce has finally resigned as deputy prime minister and leader of the Nationals… but who will succeed him? Can you even name anoth...
Episode 35: It’s Keneally Over
In the final podcast for 2017, Alice and Lane take a look back on the highs and lows of the year in Australian politics. We rope in two #auspol expert...
Episode 34: Let’s Get Married ❤️💛💚💙💜
Australian parliament made history this week by legalising same-sex marriage. Join Alice and Lane as they rudely interrupt people literally toasting w...
Episode 33: Malcolm’s Bankflip
What a week in Canberra! Malcolm Turnbull backflips and announces a banking royal commission, but is happy to let everybody else take the credit. What...
Episode 32: It’s My Parli And I’ll Sit If I Want To
Parliament is CANCELLED!!! Well, kind of. Malcolm Turnbull called a stop work for the House of Representatives – while the Senate debates same-sex mar...
Episode 31: YES 🌈
Alice and Lane take you inside the celebrations and negotiations of an historic week in Australia, where 61.6% of the country voted YES to legalising...
Episode 30: It's Bennelong Time
Will it be game, set and match for potential Brit John Alexander? The PM’s jumped the Sharkie as the list of possible dual citizens grows … can we off...
Episode 29: Yer a Briton, Parry!
Alice and Lane have all the receipts on the latest politician to fall foul of Section 44, dual British-Australian Liberal senator from Tasmania, Steph...
Episode 28: Cash Didn’t Check
This week Alice was a serious thorn in the government’s side with a wild story about Michaelia Cash and the AFP raids being leaked to the media. She a...
Episode 27: Jacinda And Winston And NZ Oh My!
This week Lane and Alice are bowled over by news from New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern of “Jacindamania” fame will be the next prime minister! Lane talks t...
Episode 26: Low Road To The High Court
Lane and Alice have the full wrap on what’s happened with the High Court citizenship mess, and whether Jacinda Ardern’s ginger cake will help win her...
Episode 25: Shorten Raps, Xenophon Wraps
Alice and Lane are shook by Nick Xenophon’s announcement that he’s quitting federal politics. US academic David Smith joins us to explain why American...
Episode 24: Exit Through The Thrift Shop
Alice is horrified to discover Lane is going to the NRL football grand final to investigate who this Macklemore character is, and why he is getting in...
Episode 23: Jacindamania
Kia ora! Alice and Lane chat to the woman behind the ‘Jacindamania youthquake’ — the new leader of New Zealand’s Labour party, 37-year-old Jacinda Ard...
Episode 22: Stay On Message
Lane goes head-to-head with Australian Christian Lobby boss and spokesperson for the “no” camp Lyle Shelton. Is Australia really homophobic? And shoul...
Episode 21: Less Tweets More Meets
Alice and Lane are triple-parked with guests this week! Greens senator Janet Rice reacts to the High Court decision against her legal challenge to the...
Episode 20: It’s Legal To Call Tony Abbott The C-Word
Alice and new co-host Lane (!!!) phone a friend to find out exactly WTF is going on with all these High Court challenges — the dean of law at the UNSW...
Episode 19: Chris Bowen Just Winked At Me
Alice and Mark learn all the secrets and fun facts about Parliament House with politico and host of the new ABC documentary The House, Annabel Crabb —...
Episode 18: Ewe Have Got To Be Kidding Me Barnaby!
Alice and Mark replace the flag above Parliament House with a circus big top, because that’s the only way to portray how cooked this week was. Pauline...
Episode 17: The Postal Survey We Had To Have
This week Alice and Mark get the lowdown on what’s happening with the same-sex marriage postal survey (plebiscite) from the minister in charge, Mathia...
Mini Episode #3: The Rebels
Mark, Lane and a special guest all the way from Europe (it’s just Alice) are back for one final pop-up podcast before we launch into Season Two. It’s...
Mini Episode #2: Peter Dutton And The Gas Masks
It’s another bonus mini episode, brought to you by the irrepressible Mark Di Stefano and the less good version of Alice Workman, Lane Sainty. A week i...
Mini Episode: Frankenstein’s Monster
Desperately missing Alice, Mark coerces his colleague Lane Sainty into joining him for a short rundown of the latest political news. In this bonus ele...
Episode 16: Old Abbotts Die Hard
In our last episode for season one (sad!) Alice and Mark take a look at the biggest leadership battle in Australian politics, and it’s happening insid...
Episode 15: The Full Gonski
This week Mark and Alice chat to Liberal senator Dean Smith about the future of the same-sex marriage plebiscite as well as a mystery politician for ~...
Episode 14: I Have This Russian Guy
This week Alice and Mark prepare for war with the US after audio of Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull impersonating president Trump was leake...
Episode 13: The One Direction of Anti-Islam
This week Alice and Mark discover what it’s like to do tequila shots with Neo-Nazis. Their guest is John Safran, a documentary-maker and author who s...
Episode 12: Lesbian Tennis Party
This week Alice resurrects Healthy Harold and Mark relives his wog boy childhood. We also chat with TV and radio broadcaster turned senator Derryn Hin...
Episode 11: Centrelink Will Kill You
Pauline Hanson learns animals are alive before you kill them, the PM rejects a request for Outkast’s 'Hey Ya!' to replace the national anthem, plus Ma...
Episode 10: Pliberscendance
Mark and Alice chat with NSW Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi about the failed attempt to decriminalise abortion (yes, it’s 2017 and abortion is still a crime...
Episode 9: Toilet Water
In this Budget special, Mark and Alice sit down with Australian treasurer Scott Morrison to find out if the government is using toilet water to figure...