Weekly Wrap: The Albanese-Trump meeting, and the Louvre heist
PM Anthony Albanese’s meeting with US President Donald Trump was the news story that carried through the week - how it went diplomatically, the critical minerals/rare earth minerals deal, and China’s response. Then we get into the latest in the Russia/Ukraine ceasefire talks, the fallout from the release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, and the Louvre heist.
Looking to get ready for the week in news? What’s Coming Up is now its own episode - in your feeds every Sunday for your podcasting/organisational pleasure.
Links
Bryce Corbett interviews Trent Dalton for our Call Sheet series
Squiz Shortcut… Digging into the Oz-US Minerals Deal
NYT’s The Daily’s episode on the Louvre heist.
Larissa’s recommendation: One for the DIY enthusiasts or aspirants - Geneva Vanderzeil’s instagram account.
Jodie’s recommendation: Top points if you noticed Jodie match her shirt to her recco… get your reading schedule sorted with ABC Radio National’s Top 100 Books.
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Hosts: Larissa Moore & Jodie Speers
Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton
Video editor: Charlie Devenport
Researcher: Nicoletta Hay
Chapters
00:00 - Albanese-Trump meeting
10:54 - Virginia Giuffre’s memoir
13:51 - The Louvre heist
17:41 - Squiz Recommends
19:27 - Squiz Press
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Rare Earths, Robberies and Ripping Reads: The Squiz Quiz of The Week
On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Squiz Shortcuts host Larissa Moore and Squiz Content Manager Nicoletta Hay. Can you best our in-studio guests?
Here's a quick scoring guide if you're playing along at home:
The quiz has 8 questions.
Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).
Here's a link to our Shortcut on Critical Minerals
Here's that song The Elements we were talking about
And here is a link to Daniel Radcliffe performing it
A bit on Wolf Hall and Hot Milk
And 'Australia's Top 100 Books of The 21st Century' list.
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What’s Coming Up: Get ready for PM Albanese’s meeting with President Trump
Our segment on What’s Coming Up for the week ahead is now its own episode. We get a lot of feedback from Squizers that one of the most helpful things we do is to get you across what’s going on in the day/week ahead. So we decided to create a bit more space for it with this new News Club episode.
This week, we’ll spend a bit of time talking about PM Anthony Albanese’s long-awaited meeting with US President Donald Trump. There’s an upcoming hearing for a coronial inquest into domestic violence in Alice Springs. And we check in on how Indonesian President Probowo Subianto is faring after one year in office.
And if you haven’t listened to the Weekly Wrap yet, just go one episode back and, coupled with this podcast, you’ll be caught up and ready to tackle the week ahead.
Links
Children’s Week
AusArt Day 2025
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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers
Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton
Video editor: Charlie Devenport
Researcher: Nicoletta Hay
Chapters
00:00 - PM Anthony Albanese’s long-awaited meeting with US President Donald Trump.
05:29 - Coronial inquest into domestic violence
07:17 - The first anniversary of Probowo Subianto's presidency
09:52 - The run of the news for the week ahead
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Weekly Wrap: Implementing the Gaza peace plan, and reflections on Diane Keaton
There was a lot of attention this week on the release of the hostages held in Gaza, and quite a bit to unpack on the implementation of the peace deal. There’s been a few shaky moments... Then we get into Treasurer Chalmers’ superannuation tax backflip, the renewed search for missing 4yo Gus Lamont, and the big reaction to Diane Keaton's death last weekend.
What’s Coming Up for the week ahead is now its own episode - it will be out tomorrow morning for your podcasting/organisational pleasure.
Links
Ariane Titmus’s coach Dean Boxall going bananas
Squiz Shortcut - Why the super tax got a rethink
Claire’s recommendation: ‘English Teacher’ Soundtrack
Jodie’s recommendation: Season 2 of ‘I Was Actually There’ on ABC iview
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PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista.
Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers
Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton
Video editor: Charlie Devenport
Researcher: Nicoletta Hay
Chapters
00:00 - Implementation of the Gaza peace plan
10:18 - Superannuation tax plan changes
14:05 - Renewed search for Gus Lamont
17:29 - Diane Keaton’s death
20:00 - Squiz Recommends
22:13 - Squiz Press
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Birds, Breach and Banana Ball: The Squiz Quiz of The Week
On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Squiz Founder Claire Kimball and CyberCX Chief Strategy Officer Alastair MacGibbon. Can you best our in-studio guests?
Here's a quick scoring guide if you're playing along at home:
The quiz has 8 questions.
Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).
And here's the link to some Banana Ball highlights.
The place to go for conversations about the news. Each Saturday, Claire Kimball and Kate Watson present the Weekly Wrap - the week in news and what's coming up. Super handy if you're busy and want a recap of the week that was, a way to get ahead of next week and some helpful news recommendations on your way through...
Then there's our limited interview series, in which Kate sits down with journalists and experts to help give you an understanding of the news behind the headlines.
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