{"podcast":{"title":"Curtin’s Cast","slug":"curtin-s-cast-7218776","podcast_index_feed_id":7218776,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/jcrc/feed.xml","website_url":"https://jcrc.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20302941/Curtin_s_Cast_Podcast_tiles_-_update_12052025_1_bsq6o.png","author":"John Curtin Research Centre","episode_count":62,"summary":"Welcome to Curtin’s Cast, the John Curtin Research Centre’s podcast of politics, ideas and culture brought to you by JCRC Executive Director Nick Dyrenfurth and Redbridge’s Kos Samaras. Each fortnight we will bring you the freshest and most challenging conversations from the world of Australian and global politics, culture, and ideas every week with leading political leaders, activists, and thinkers.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T22:17:26.991152+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curtin-s-cast-7218776"},"episode":{"title":"Curtin's Cast Ep 45 - 25 February 2026 - Polls, Pretenders & the Problem with the Liberal Party","slug":"curtin-s-cast-ep-45-25-february-2026-polls-pretenders-the-problem-with-the-liberal-party","published_at":"2026-02-24T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curtin-s-cast-7218776/curtin-s-cast-ep-45-25-february-2026-polls-pretenders-the-problem-with-the-liberal-party","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curtin-s-cast-7218776","url":"https://jcrc.podbean.com/e/curtins-cast-ep-45-25-february-2026-polls-pretenders-the-problem-with-the-liberal-party/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3mc7guhacsqpprad/Curtin_s_Cast_23_Feb_E2_Full_Audio_v26qam9.mp3","summary":"This week it’s a one-on-one Kos vs Nick deep dive. No guests. No niceties. Just a hard look at the polling — and some of the rubbish floating around. We unpack: 📊 The latest federal and state polls — what’s real and what’s noise🔵 The new Liberal leadership — and why it’s not generational renewal🗳️ The same free-market fundamentalism dressed up with culture-war garnish📰 The same campaign/media tactics including obligatory News Corp sit-down🏙️ A leader who doesn’t hold an urban metropolitan seat💥 And the deeper truth: the problem isn’t just the leader — it’s the party We also dig into: 📍 Victorian and South Australian polling🎤 The Mally campaign launch: One Nation is the real threat⚠️ How One Nation can eat into Labor’s base especially in Victoria Then: 🏗️ Why issues like the CFMEU saga are viewed by voters as intra-elite squabbles🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️ The widening gender divide and growing generational fracture — Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z — and how each tells a different political story If you want to know where Australian politics is actually heading — beyond the hot takes — this is the episode for you!","meta_description":"This week it’s a one-on-one Kos vs Nick deep dive. No guests. No niceties. Just a hard look at the polling — and some of the rubbish floating around. We u…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2584,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/curtin-s-cast-7218776/episodes/curtin-s-cast-ep-45-25-february-2026-polls-pretenders-the-problem-with-the-liberal-party/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curtin-s-cast-7218776/curtin-s-cast-ep-45-25-february-2026-polls-pretenders-the-problem-with-the-liberal-party.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}