{"podcast":{"title":"We Used to be Journos","slug":"we-used-to-be-journos-7394133","podcast_index_feed_id":7394133,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6858d0a2dc316de3df2aac5a","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/we-used-to-be-journos","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6858d0a2dc316de3df2aac5a/1751505615853-67cfacfc-636e-425d-b032-ec78908b1150.jpeg","author":"Ette Media","episode_count":83,"summary":"We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news. Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday. Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos pulls apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades. Every Wednesday, the pair sift through the headlines you saw and the forces you did not. Expect blunt media analysis, zooming in on dodgy editorial calls, anonymous sources doing gymnastics, and the occasional whiff of bigotry dressed up as balance. Consider it a guided tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate. On Saturdays, the spin-off segment Only Jan hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue, foresincally researched, tightly argued, and, inconveniently for the powerful, quite funny. Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber here . If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here. Thanks to @jaidanielpyne for composing the music for our podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acas…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T18:19:21.304938+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/we-used-to-be-journos-7394133"},"episode":{"title":"Seven’s renewables hit job, Iran’s AI Lego war spin + Roberts-Smith 'breaks silence'","slug":"seven-s-renewables-hit-job-iran-s-ai-lego-war-spin-roberts-smith-breaks-silence","published_at":"2026-04-21T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/we-used-to-be-journos-7394133/seven-s-renewables-hit-job-iran-s-ai-lego-war-spin-roberts-smith-breaks-silence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/we-used-to-be-journos-7394133","url":"https://shows.acast.com/we-used-to-be-journos/episodes/irans-ai-lego-narrative-battle-spotlighting-sevens-renewable","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6858d0a2dc316de3df2aac5a/e/69e7524e0b4baf3bf25ea416/media.mp3","summary":"Jan Fran and Antoinette unpack claims Iran is winning the propaganda war - thanks to AI Lego and diss tracks going viral. Meanwhile Jan goes to war with the phrase “breaks silence” (Ben Roberts-Smith edition) and the clickbait line that refuses to die. Plus, a takedown of Seven News’ renewable energy “exposé” - and the fossil fuel interests it skips over. Also, a shout out to some pitch-perfect satire of government statements that say everything and nothing, and a former BBC journo spelling out why normal journalism falls apart when covering Trump. Women Who Win: Antoinette’s new book. Women Who Win:  tour in Canberra, Perth, Margaret River, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Jan Fran and Antoinette unpack claims Iran is winning the propaganda war - thanks to AI Lego and diss tracks going viral. Meanwhile Jan goes to war with t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3514,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/we-used-to-be-journos-7394133/episodes/seven-s-renewables-hit-job-iran-s-ai-lego-war-spin-roberts-smith-breaks-silence/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/we-used-to-be-journos-7394133/seven-s-renewables-hit-job-iran-s-ai-lego-war-spin-roberts-smith-breaks-silence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}