Clancy Overell and Errol Parker, editors of the explicitly raw but iconic Outback Australian newspaper known as The Betoota Advocate report fiercely - without fear or favour.

One of the most conveniently forgotten chapters in Australian history is interrogated and mapped out this week on Betoota Talks. Nobody wants to imagine that our sunburnt larrikin nation was built off the back of slaves... But a lot of it was. It's not a culture war, it's a historical fact. 
 This week's guest, historian Ryan Butta, has compiled all of the old slave trade routes, ships, ports and beneficiaries in a fascinating and deeply disturbing new book - titled 'Blackbirding' - which is the term used for the kidnapping of Pacific Islanders who were then sold as slaves on the Australian mainland.  In fact, Townsville is named after Robert Towns - a very wealthy blackbirder from Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.
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Did the White Australia Policy End Slavery? (featuring Ryan Butta)

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off
  
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: SIT DOWN, World’s Worst Cars, The Odyssey & Chips For The Table

Joining Clancy and Errol this week is Zoe Pepper and Cody Greenwood, director and producer of the new Australian film Birthright. Birthright uses the form of horror to examine generational relationships amid the housing crisis as a millennial couple are forced to move back in with their boomer parents. With screams, tears and laughs all packed into one home grown classic, we found out what motivated the creation of this flick, and where the Aussie film scene currently sits.
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BETOOTA TALKS BIRTHRIGHT: The Housing Crisis Horror Film Terrifying Boomers

WEEKLY BULLETIN: Vale Sam Neill, University AI, Blokes Sauna & It’s Never Coming Home

Most Australians have grown up with this bloke on their airwaves and televisions - so it was very kind of him to take the best part of an hour out of his day to join this week's episode of with Betoota Talks. After a storied career in radio, TV comedy, children's books and game show hosting - Andy Lee is now loving his career pivot into animation. You probably already knew, this but this interview only confirms that Andy is one of the great blokes.
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The Life and Times of Andy Lee (Featuring Andy Lee)

Big Marty Bella, a renegade from the sugar cane town of Sarina. He played 28 Origins for Queensland and plenty of NRL. He's also a physio and local councillor in Mackay. He does not miss when it comes to Pauline Hanson. Marty refreshes all of us on how things work in the Deep North. This is some old school North Queensland politics.
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