{"podcast":{"title":"News Club","slug":"news-club-251816","podcast_index_feed_id":251816,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/STHZE1133433304","website_url":"https://www.thesquiz.com.au/weeklywrap/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3db442cc-3562-11ed-b10b-7f2ff768db6d/image/b799df09884336b290f937c311e4725b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Squiz","episode_count":504,"summary":"News Club is the place to go for conversations about the news. Agenda-free and hosted by friends - Claire Kimball and Kate Watson - we are here for you - making it easy to keep across the big issues and get ahead of what's coming up.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T08:18:31.354592+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-club-251816"},"episode":{"title":"Weekly Wrap: Unpacking the budget reactions (and 47% memes)","slug":"weekly-wrap-unpacking-the-budget-reactions-and-47-memes","published_at":"2026-05-22T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-club-251816/weekly-wrap-unpacking-the-budget-reactions-and-47-memes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-club-251816","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE8510436009.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE8510436009.mp3","summary":"You may have seen those 47% memes going around, taking aim at Labor's tax changes - we’ll unpack what those are about, as well as the rest of the budget debate from this week. We’ve also got the story of the activists intercepted off the coast of Gaza and Israel, and the NRL player who revealed his motor neuron diagnosis this week. Plus, we have a recommendation for a shortcut in life. Links Eliza’s recommendation: Yalla chocolate mousse Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for our News Club newsletter⁠⁠ Watch all our episodes ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on YouTube⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram:⁠⁠⁠ @TheSquiz⁠⁠ PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Hosts: Eliza Harvey & Kate Watson Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton Researcher: Sophie Felice","meta_description":"You may have seen those 47% memes going around, taking aim at Labor's tax changes - we’ll unpack what those are about, as well as the rest of the budget d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1759,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/news-club-251816/episodes/weekly-wrap-unpacking-the-budget-reactions-and-47-memes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-club-251816/weekly-wrap-unpacking-the-budget-reactions-and-47-memes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}