
The Chaser Report
Are you sick of news you can trust? For over 200 years, The Chaser has been the world's leading source of news you can't trust.The Chaser Report offers a satirical look at Australian and world news and culture, along with occasional confessions of parenting and business failures, the latter often involving an amusingly large number of unsold avocado pool toys.The show is hosted each day by two of the satirical comedy group’s co-founders, Charles Firth and Dom Knight, along with occasional cameos from more talented, less available Chaser colleagues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Mar 12, 2025 • 21min
Unfiltered J | Sammy J
Dom Knight catches up with an unleashed Sammy J, fresh from his ABC Breakfast Melbourne job and on his first full tour in five years. Together they chat about how Sammy has found diving back into freelance comedy, and what it was like to be the voice of a city during lockdown. Find tickets to Sammy's show here:https://linktr.ee/sammyjcomedianWatch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 11, 2025 • 17min
Well, This Is AUKUS | Emma Shortis | The Shot Podcast
Listen to the full Shot Podcast episode here:https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63869282ff767000110e7b82Find tickets to WANKERNOMICS here:https://wankernomics.com/liveWatch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 10, 2025 • 18min
Reading Putin's Shopping List
Turns out that Charles is actually something of a genuine expert on Russia's future plans for world domination, so Dom puts him to the test to find out what our olanet is going to look like under Putin's command. Plus, some classic A-List material on Adelaide. Read Charles' news.com article here:https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/1990s-manifesto-outlining-russias-plans-is-starting-to-come-true/news-story/343a27c71077b87668f1aa783d03032cFind tickets to WANKERNOMICS here:https://wankernomics.com/liveWatch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 9, 2025 • 18min
Ground Control To Major Don
Dom and Lachlan brainstorm ways to make the podcast more METAL and EXTREME after an marketing strategy inspires them to make boring things seem cool. Meanwhile Donald Trump is making plans to save astronauts stranded in space. Plus Apple Pay went down and it was highly annoying.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enHelp us afford a fancy water bottle here:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 6, 2025 • 16min
Sami Shah's Start in Satire | CHANGEMAKERS
Sami Shah is one of our favourite regular guests on The Chaser Report, so we thought we'd share this incredible interview he did with Amanda Tattersall on the ChangeMakers Podcast about what got him started in satire and why he believes comedy can be used to change what people think.Listen to the full interview with Sami Shah here:https://changemakerspodcast.org/sami-shah-changemaker-chat-news-satire/Find out more about ChangeMakers here:https://changemakerspodcast.org/Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enDonate to Peter Dutton's cyclone bunker here:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 5, 2025 • 14min
The Future Is Luddite
Charles is fascinated by a lot of things in today's episode, including the AI language 'Gibberlink', techno-fascism, Cybertrucks, and becoming a luddite. Dom plays the role of a good friend who is willing to let Charles talk about his interests, all while being skeptical of the topic's ability to last the length of the podcast.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enEnter the raffle to have Elon's kid here:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 3, 2025 • 16min
Kill Your Selfie
Have you ever accidentally died while taking a selfie? As Dom reports, it's more common than you think. Meanwhile Apple is under fire for an awkward technical glitch that puts the "politically correct" into "autocorrect". Plus Charles has discovered the utopia of possibilities when you don't use your phone for 24/7 a day.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enWish our producer a happy birthday here:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 2, 2025 • 19min
Gambling on WW3
Trump and Zelenksy's big meeting in the Oval Office went about as well as you could expect. So what does this mean for the future of world peace? Obviously this question can only be answered by Charles and Dom.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enFind hot Putins in your area:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 27, 2025 • 14min
A Silent Protest Podcast
This description has been left blank, intentionally, out of protest.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enChatGPT generate me a funny sentence for the support link:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 26, 2025 • 17min
Who Can We Trusts?
Investor extraordinaire Peter Dutton has flipped some pretty sweet deals in his time, which leads Dom and Charles to the question: is this the election of Trusts? Plus Charles has the latest from "Labor's dirt unit".Read the Herald's article on Dutton:https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/26-properties-in-35-years-peter-dutton-s-extensive-property-portfolio-revealed-20250211-p5lb9g.htmlWatch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enHow to make a loaded potato:https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.