Best Alan Joyce Podcasts (2024)

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QANTAS crash: How Alan Joyce lost a $9 million bonus 20:01

21m ago20:01

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Alan Joyce was once hailed as a saviour of perhaps Australia’s most iconic business. The former CEO of QANTAS was championed by his board and well known in the Australian business community for his support of social justice causes throughout his 15 years in the job. So, it’s been a dramatic fall from grace. Joyce has now left his successors with a …

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The World’s Best Negotiator joins The Contrarians, Google a Monopolist and Alan Joyce gets Stripped 1:37:48

1d ago1:37:48

1:37:48

Adam and Adir are joined LIVE by the world’s best negotiation expert and Nobel Prize collaborator, Vicki Medvec. Plus, Google has been found to have engaged in illegal practises to maintain its search engine monopoly and the guys chat about the Qantas board stripping Alan Joyce of a $9 million bonus Thanks for listening! Join us on LinkedIn: https:…

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Jon Faine on why the ABC's boss just quit 18:58

13m ago18:58

18:58

The ABC’s Managing Director David Anderson announced his shock resignation yesterday afternoon, after being reappointed for his second term in the role late last year. Anderson said stepping down was “the right time for me and the right time for the ABC”. The decision comes just months after Kim Williams took up his new role as chair with big plans…

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Elon Musk’s secret plan to buy Trump the presidency 20:38

1h ago20:38

20:38

In 2022, Elon Musk said Donald Trump was “too old” to be president, and Donald Trump called Musk a “bullshit artist”. In the relatively short time since, Elon Musk has endorsed the former president and offered him some free publicity by interviewing Trump on his website X. It’s now been revealed that Elon Musk has also been working behind the scene…

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Peter Dutton's Palestinian ban is textbook Peter Dutton 22:11

29m ago22:11

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The treatment or mistreatment of refugees fleeing to Australia has been the wellspring of Australian politics for almost a quarter of a century. This time, it's Peter Dutton with his call for Palestinians fleeing Gaza to be banned from coming to Australia. The language is designed to wedge the government by making them look soft on national securit…

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JB Hi Fi and Temple Soar, Scooters Banned, the guys speak to the superstar founder of Eight Sleep and is Work from Home Dead? 1:42:45

10h ago1:42:45

1:42:45

Adam and Adir chat to the incredible Matteo Franceschetti founder of 8Sleep who is saving sleep and marriages. The guys also discuss the strange share market reaction to JB HiFi and Temple & Webster’s earnings, Scooters getting Banned and the impending death of working from home. Thanks for listening! Join us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/c…

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After the 'no' vote: Advance’s plan to destroy the Greens 23:17

6h ago23:17

23:17

The hard-right group behind the “No” campaign, Advance, is amassing a multi-million dollar war chest to take down its next opponent: the Australian Greens. Advance has called the Greens the “single biggest threat to freedom, security and prosperity in Australia” – and they have big plans to target their voters ahead of the next election. Today, spe…

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Read This: All Bruce Pascoe Needs Is a Biro 29:47

23m ago29:47

29:47

It was 2014 when Bruce Pascoe went from being a prolific, yet relatively unknown writer, to public enemy #1 in Australia’s culture wars. That was the year that Bruce published his now infamous book, Dark Emu, and its re-examination of accepted historical accounts of pre-invasion Australia. On this episode of Read This, he joins Michael for a discus…

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‘It’s not 1800-phone-a-friend’: the failed promise of therapy apps 23:17

25m ago23:17

23:17

“I didn’t have a boyfriend to text anymore so might as well text a therapist,” a millennial podcast host tells her audience while recommending they seek out counselling. Online therapy services like BetterHelp are some of podcasting’s biggest advertisers, promising to address the barriers that prevent people from accessing face-to-face therapy. Now…

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Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins and the rise of political defamation 23:04

6d ago23:04

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Brittany Higgins has now been at the centre of three court cases. First, there was the criminal trial of Bruce Lehrmann - which was aborted with no findings made against him. Lehrmann later sued Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, claiming that they defamed him by identifying him as a rapist. The court found that he did, to a civil standard, …

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Inside the illegal underground schools for Afghan girls 21:38

1h ago21:38

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Three years ago the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. From his new home in Adelaide, Australia, Hazara human rights activist and photographer Muzafar Ali watched warlords returning to the places he had loved but had been forced to leave. He saw Western journalists describing a place they didn’t know and didn’t really understand. So last mont…

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Labor’s plan to put young people into aged care 20:59

19h ago20:59

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Neale Radley was in his early 40s when he dived off a houseboat and hit a sandbar, becoming a high-needs quadriplegic. With no family members able to look after him, he was faced with limited options and ended up in aged-care. Now, a clause in the government’s New Aged Care Act could mean that more younger people will end up in aged-care, potential…

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Imane Khelif and the scrutiny of female athletes’ bodies 22:07

1d ago22:07

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This year’s Olympics has been phenomenal for women in sport. Paris 2024 also set a milestone as the first Olympics to achieve full gender parity on the field of play. But these achievements have been overshadowed by the abuse levelled at two female boxers who both clinched their first olympic medals over unfounded speculation about their sex. One o…

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Read This: Eric Beecher Is a Media Mongrel 31:22

3d ago31:22

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In this episode of our sister podcast, Read This, host Michael Williams speaks with journalist, editor and media proprietor Eric Beecher about his new book The Men Who Killed the News. Eric has worked for some of the most well-respected newspapers in the world, including the Sydney Morning Herald and the Wall Street Journal. He’s currently the head…

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Is Australia failing to teach kids to read? 19:17

7d ago19:17

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It’s been called a forever war: the fight over how to teach children to read. For decades, an outdated method has lingered in Australian classrooms as states protect schools’ right to teach how they wish. Following a recent report from the Grattan Institute that found a third of Australian children couldn’t read well, state governments are finally …

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Battle of the VPs: Tim Walz v JD Vance 24:31

6d ago24:31

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In the weeks since he was announced as Donald Trump’s running mate, some of JD Vance’s past remarks have resurfaced. He is now at the centre of a number of bizarre rumours and jokes. They’ve been picked up by some Democrats, who are labelling the two men on the republican ticket as ‘weird’. Kamala Harris has chosen the man who started the ‘weird’ l…

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Who decides the future of Gaza? 25:47

7d ago25:47

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Hardly any foreign journalists have been into Gaza since Israel’s bombings began. The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes is one of the few who has. On a recent trip, Zanny visited the streets of Jerusalem, the Knesset, Gaza and the West Bank, and spoke to dozens of people about what will happen to Gaza when, or if, the fighting stops.…

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‘Find some courage’: David Pocock on Labor’s flawed gambling laws 19:54

8d ago19:54

19:54

They’re hard to miss: the number of gambling ads flooding our screens and devices everyday. They’ve become such an inescapable part of sport that a parliamentary inquiry was formed, which looked at the impacts the ads have on the community. In the final months of her life, Labor MP Peta Murphy was the chair of that inquiry – and after hearing from …

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Canva’s Bets Big on AI, Rex Crash Lands, Atlassian Slumps, the Business Behind the Olympics and Adir’s Hot New Rig 1:42:39

17d ago1:42:39

1:42:39

Adam & Adir chat about Canva’s huge bet on Leonardo.ai, the unsurprising collapse of Rex, Atlassian’s share price slump and how it can recover and the much anticipated latest edition of Adir’s Book Club Thanks for listening! Join us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-podcast Subscribe on YouTube for all…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Alan Joyce Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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EverythingDigital Podcast

Alan Joyce

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7am

Schwartz Media

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The KGB Podcast Series

The Australian

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The Contrarians with Adam and Adir

Adam Schwab and Adir Shiffman

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Peak Performance Principles

Christyan Gudjenov

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QANTAS crash: How Alan Joyce lost a $9 million bonus 20:01

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The World’s Best Negotiator joins The Contrarians, Google a Monopolist and Alan Joyce gets Stripped 1:37:48

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Jon Faine on why the ABC's boss just quit 18:58

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Elon Musk’s secret plan to buy Trump the presidency 20:38

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Peter Dutton's Palestinian ban is textbook Peter Dutton 22:11

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JB Hi Fi and Temple Soar, Scooters Banned, the guys speak to the superstar founder of Eight Sleep and is Work from Home Dead? 1:42:45

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After the 'no' vote: Advance’s plan to destroy the Greens 23:17

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Read This: All Bruce Pascoe Needs Is a Biro 29:47

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‘It’s not 1800-phone-a-friend’: the failed promise of therapy apps 23:17

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Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins and the rise of political defamation 23:04

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Inside the illegal underground schools for Afghan girls 21:38

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Labor’s plan to put young people into aged care 20:59

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Imane Khelif and the scrutiny of female athletes’ bodies 22:07

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Read This: Eric Beecher Is a Media Mongrel 31:22

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Is Australia failing to teach kids to read? 19:17

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Battle of the VPs: Tim Walz v JD Vance 24:31

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Who decides the future of Gaza? 25:47

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‘Find some courage’: David Pocock on Labor’s flawed gambling laws 19:54

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Canva’s Bets Big on AI, Rex Crash Lands, Atlassian Slumps, the Business Behind the Olympics and Adir’s Hot New Rig 1:42:39

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