Betoota Talks
The Betoota Advocate
Clancy Overell and Errol Parker, editors of the explicitly raw but iconic Outback Australian newspaper known as The Betoota Advocate report fiercely - without fear or favour.
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Jan 23, 2022 • 26min
Ep 196: Anthony Hayes
From playing league in Brisbane’s Browns Plains to directing Zac Efron in the Flinders Ranges, Aussie actor/writer/director/producer Anthony Hayes talks to The Betoota Advocate about the long slog from playing racist murderers and drunken yobbos on TV to directing and starring in one of the biggest Australian films of 2022. His new survival thriller ‘GOLD’ is premiering on Stan this January 26. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 21, 2022 • 10min
The Governments New Plan, WA Sails Away, A Struggling Earth Child & More - January 21
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 16, 2022 • 39min
Ep 195: The Federal Election Campaign Is Under Way With Charles Croucher
He joined us for US election run down, and he's back to talk Scotty vs Albo. The federal campaign is well and truly underway and Channel 9’s Charles Croucher helps Clancy and Wendell break down the candidates to watch, the seats to watch - and the messages that both parties are running on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 14, 2022 • 5min
Scotty Does It Again, An Economist’s Advice, Career Regret & More - January 14
Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 26, 2021 • 34min
Ep 194: Chris Minns
The Betoota Advocate interviews NSW Opposition leader, Chris Minns. Talking about ICAC, toll roads and lock-out laws. What is it that Labor can offer the people of NSW that they aren’t already getting from the revolving door of corruption inquiries?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 19, 2021 • 30min
Ep 193: Paul Kelly Christmas Special
This week the editors are joined by Australia’s most treasured singer-writer Paul Kelly. An entire podcast with PK - talking about music, family and Christmas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 17, 2021 • 8min
A Christmas Bomb, A New Public Holiday, A Selective Activist & More - December 17
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 12, 2021 • 15min
Ep 192: Dasha Nekrasova
You might know her from Succession, you might know her as the co-host of counter-cultural US podcast Red Scare. This week, the editors talk to Dasha Nekrasova, the Belarusian-American actress, filmmaker, writer, podcaster, playboy, philanthropist. Dasha discusses her directorial debut movie, The Scary of Sixty-First, a thriller co-written with Madeline Quinn, and inspired by the death of Jeffrey Epstein.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 10, 2021 • 8min
A Frosty Reception, Teachers Strike, A Forced Intervention & More - December 10
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 5, 2021 • 44min
Ep 191: Omar Musa
This week’s interview could have gone for hours, as the editors talk to one of Australia’s great writer’s about his transition into the world of printmaking. From semi-biographic thrillers to block printing. From angry young man to nuanced creator. He’s been described as “the bad boy of Queanbeyan Noir” - The town’s first ever triple-threat writer/poet/artist, Omar Musa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
