Betoota Talks

Author, advocate and journalist, Georgie Dent speaks to The Betoota Advocate about the universe we now live in where government employees don’t really have to answer to the allegations of their horrific crimes against women. After publishing her memoir “Breaking Badly” in 2019 Georgie Dent has become a leading voice in the conversation around destigmatizing mental health, as well as gender equality. On Monday she’ll be front and centre at the Women’s March 4 Justice at Parliament House.For more in for not eh Women's March 4 Justice visit hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’ve heard one of these voices try to analyse cricket, now, hear him try to work out the most imminent problems facing Australia today. Dave Edwards and Dane Eldridge are tackling the biggest issues in Australia on their new podcast Have A Go. Their podcast is out now on DM Podcasts.Listen to the Have A Go Podcast hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Sydney copper turned investigative journalist, Duncan McNab joins the editors this week to discuss a range of different yarns he’s chased over the years. From Roger Rogerson to the Bondi Gay Hate Murders - he’s told a lot of stories that a lot of people wanted to ignore. His new book, “The Ruby Princess” tells the behind the scenes story of the bin fire that was Australia’s index cluster of COVID-19 on the high seas.Click here for on the book " The Ruby Princess"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Western Sydney’s greatest rock music export, The Rubens join the Betoota Advocate podcast this week. Sam and Elliot talk about their new album and what it was like to finish making it in lockdown. The lads are zooming in live from a Tamworth hotel room as the 2021 tour begins. Uncertain times!!!To see the tour dates for the current tour visit hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What goes on tour stays on tour - unless you're the the first woman roadie in the world At just fifteen, Tana Douglas ran away to the circus that was rock 'n' roll in the 1970s, taking a job with a young and upcoming band called AC/DC. While still a teenager she headed to the UK and later the US to work for a who's who of bands and artists. Life on the road was exhilarating, hard work, occasionally surreal but never dull, particularly when you're the only woman in the road crew and the #metoo movement is still 40 years away.Whether wrangling Iggy Pop across Europe, climbing trusses while seven months pregnant, drinking shots of JD with Bon Scott backstage at Wembley, or donning a tailor-made suit to do lights for Elton at Windsor Castle, Tana did it all.Loud is rock 'n' roll like you've never seen it before, by a woman who not only survived the all-male world on the road but climbed to the top and lived to tell the tale. Tana joins our editors to talk about it all and more.www.tanadouglas.comLoud available now in all good book shopsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Betoota Advocate editors interview Father Jon from the iconic Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross. A charismatic man known for opening his doors to society’s most troubled and most vulnerable. In a time where a large portion of the Australian middle class are depending on next week’s JobKeeper payments to keep their heads above water - Father Jon represents the last semblance of a safety net for those who have already slipped through the cracks.https://donate.waysidechapel.org.au/valentinesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.