Show Notes
Jessica Wang, a journalist who covers federal politics started out writing about reality television, and she says the two jobs are not that different. Protagonists, antagonists, a main plot, side plots, and producers steering the narrative they want you to follow. Luke, who watched reality contestants get handed radio shows with no talent, has been saying a version of this for twenty years.Plus: the Intergenerational Report says we will live longer and have fewer children, and Luke asks who is actually going to look after us, then admits he does not know. Four out of five cigarettes in this country are now bought illegally and nobody can measure smoking any more. Tony Burke's immigration reset at the National Press Club. Four deaths in a weekend and a domestic violence emergency the police cannot explain. A listener's idea for a tax break on country holidays, which Luke tries to claim as his own. Shane Adam Bassett on the death of Tim Curry and the Oscars walking away from television. And Truckie Tuesday 138 with Rod Hannifey and Belinda Hughes, on fatigue, your rights at a roadside stop and half of Victoria's roads falling apart.
Guests: Jessica Wang, Shane Adam Bassett, Rod Hannifey, Belinda Hughes
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