{"podcast":{"title":"Squiz Today","slug":"squiz-today-632196","podcast_index_feed_id":632196,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/STHZE1330487576","website_url":"https://thesquiz.com.au","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3db7ad72-3562-11ed-9b32-27fdb8ffad1d/image/b4fa91da002dda6a1e85b1596900a83e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Squiz Media","episode_count":2471,"summary":"A daily news podcast presented by Andrew Williams, Alice Dempster, Anna Pykett and Larissa Huntington, getting you across the latest Australian and international news in under 10 minutes. Agenda-free, independent, and delivered by hosts that'll come to feel like mates. It's the news without the noise, cutting through with a touch of analysis and an eye on what's coming next. And there's always a quirky news story or two to give some balance to the news of the day. News for busy people, out 6am weekday, perfect for your morning routine. The Squiz is your shortcut to being informed. Top tip - check out The Squiz Today newsletter. It's the daily news stories, in your inbox each weekday at 6am, with links and more info to all the stories covered in The Squiz Today podcast. Sign up at www.thesquiz.com.au - it's free.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T08:20:36.550118+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-today-632196"},"episode":{"title":"Squiz Shortcuts: Australia’s theatre crisis","slug":"squiz-shortcuts-australia-s-theatre-crisis","published_at":"2026-07-07T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-today-632196/squiz-shortcuts-australia-s-theatre-crisis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-today-632196","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE1921721248.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE1921721248.mp3","summary":"They say the show must go on, but in recent weeks, there have been a series of high-profile closures in Australia’s theatre industry... It’s raising alarm about how the arts industry is going here, when high-profile shows with big budgets aren’t attracting enough people to keep them going… So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll have a look at what shows have closed, why they’ve found themselves in trouble, and what could possibly be done about it. Squiz Recommends: Reading: This article in Aussie Theatre on this particular issue - it’s got some good insights from people in the industry. Watching/Listening: This Tony Awards performance of She Used to Be Mine - the big song from Waitress, with the writer herself Sara Bareilles as one of the performers. SPONSORED - Try Claude at claude.ai. Hosted by Andrew Williams and Alice Dempster Researched by Andrew Williams Got a suggestion for a Squiz Shortcut topic? We'd love to hear it - email us at hello@thesquiz.com.au ⁠Squiz Shortcuts⁠ is your back story to the big news stories… Want the email version? Sign up for the free Shortcuts newsletter here.","meta_description":"They say the show must go on, but in recent weeks, there have been a series of high-profile closures in Australia’s theatre industry... It’s raising alarm…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":970,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squiz-today-632196/episodes/squiz-shortcuts-australia-s-theatre-crisis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-today-632196/squiz-shortcuts-australia-s-theatre-crisis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}