What happens when an Australian journalist named Antoinette and an American poet named Antoinette sit down to tackle the world’s biggest and smallest problems? They trade many words and some barbs! There are trials and errors, and plenty of laughs as the Antoinettes navigate their friendship while trying to make sense of the world’s chaos. Welcome to the bin fire. Welcome to the shit show!

Feeling helpless and hopeless? Same here.  There’s this creeping feeling—once a whisper, now a roar—that things are spiraling out of control. Glaciers are vanishing, children are being murdered—roller blades still on—slaughtered while playing, in a world consumed by hatred. And our leaders? Useless. It’s enough to make anyone feel like throwing in the towel.  

But hey, they say you *have* to hold on to hope, right? Thoughts, prayers, yada yada. Hope is powerful, but how do you even begin to keep it alive when everything feels like it’s burning down?  
 Enter Dr. Preeya Alexander—GP, health communicator, and someone who’s also grappling with finding hope in this mess. She joins The Antoinettes to share five *actually* practical ways to stay hopeful—even when it feels impossible.
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5 Ways to Cultivate Hope When The World Feels Upside Down

Rap mogul Sean Comb’s fall from grace continues after his arrest and allegations that include violent crimes against women, grooming men to perform sexual acts with other men as well as trafficking.
 Now there’s concern pop star Justin Bieiber could have been one of his victims, as internet chatter goes into overdrive digging up old footage and audio and pumping out theories.
 And a broader conversation about sexuality and fluidity among rappers has come to the fore. Once shrouded in secrecy, one Antoinette says men in hip hop have a sexuality reckoning while the other Antoinette tries to rap. 
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Diddy, Bieber, Baby Oil and Gay Rappers

True crime podcasts, shows and books are going gangbusters. And it’s women who are its biggest audience. But do these grisly tales just glorify crime? How much is fact and how much is fiction?
 Netflix docu-series The Worst Ex Ever is topping charts and we have so many questions and suspicions. 
 Catcher of killers and true crime podcast extraordinaire Gary Jubelin joins The Antoinettes to unpack the good, the bad and the bloody of true crime.
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Worst Ex Ever and True-ish Crime

We came. We watched. We cussed. We analysed.
 From Democrats killing babies, to migrants eating your pets and Trump only referring to the Vice President as "she" and "her" -- it was a wild debate. 
 The Antoinettes sat down and watched the U.S Presidential hopefuls go head to head.  
 Here are their takeaways (no cats were harmed or cooked in the making of this podcast).
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OMG. We Watched The Harris v Trump Debate Together

As queer Australians demand being counted, in true Olympic spirit, Prime Minister Albanese has performed massive backflips over what will be asked in the next Census.
 Now some LGBTQI+ people will be included in the census — but not all. 
 One Antoinette unpacks why sex and gender identity need to be accurately measured and welcomes the move. 
 The other is not impressed and doesn't think counting changes anything.
 The Antoinettes also explore why Australia still lags when it comes to measuring the ethnic and racial makeup of the country.
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Is Who You Bang The Government's Business?

There’s a push by Australian lobby groups and tabloid media to stop far-right African-American commentator Candace Owens from entering the country for her scheduled speaking tour.
 One Antoinette would stamp her visa, while the other believes she's dangerous and shouldn't be platformed. But is the real issue how the ‘character test’ migration law is subjectively applied and to who? 
 Other shit shows this week include Aussie airlines chronic flight delays and why post holiday blues might just be your brain playing tricks on you.
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