{"podcast":{"title":"The Sounding Board","slug":"the-sounding-board-1105765","podcast_index_feed_id":1105765,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NTETP1933645270","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7c6744e0-6acf-11ed-b71a-d3974a479ad4/image/TSB_tile.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"SEN","episode_count":400,"summary":"Podcast with Craig Hutchison & Damian Barrett.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T14:17:10.081016+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sounding-board-1105765"},"episode":{"title":"S11 E18 - His Power is Unusual","slug":"s11-e18-his-power-is-unusual","published_at":"2026-06-02T23:20:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sounding-board-1105765/s11-e18-his-power-is-unusual","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sounding-board-1105765","url":"https://www.sen.com.au","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NTETP5546354897.mp3","summary":"It was another big week on the Australian media landscape, with Hutchy and Damo discussing the coverage of James Hird and Essendon, the merger of the Stars and Renegades, Phil Gould's comments after Origin I, James Bracey's \"Glass-Jaw\" moment, and more. In this episode: 0:39 - What Hutchy's up to in the US 2:37 - The 'Pay It Forward Pump-Up' 7:29 - The \"Spectre of James Hird\" 17:37 - The merging of the Melbourne Stars and Renegades 23:14 - Damo and Channel 7 27:06 - James Bracey and Phil Gould's interesting exchange after Origin I 33:05 - Bracey's Glass-Jaw 38:34 - The Zach Merrett PR-Payoff 43:11 - James Hird and Matthew Lloyd's speaking engagement 45:22 - Hutchy's AI song for Damo 🗣️ Hosted by: Craig Hutchison: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/craighutchy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Damian Barrett: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/barrettdamian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📲 Follow and contact us: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/SoundingBoardEp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/SoundingBoardEp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thesoundingboard@sen.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Sounding Board is proudly supported by DrinkWise - if you're choosing to drink, choose to drink wise.","meta_description":"It was another big week on the Australian media landscape, with Hutchy and Damo discussing the coverage of James Hird and Essendon, the merger of the Star…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3084,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sounding-board-1105765/episodes/s11-e18-his-power-is-unusual/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sounding-board-1105765/s11-e18-his-power-is-unusual.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}