For the past few weeks we’ve been helping you out with a global view on the war between the US, Israel and Iran. We’ll get into what’s taken place there in the past week, but we’re also zooming in to the impacts on Australia, as those effects are being increasingly felt here at home. Then, we’ll update you on what’s happened with the Iranian football team, we’ll run through the election happening today in South Australia, and cyclone Narelle is hitting the shores of north Queensland as we record.

Links

Iran's deputy foreign minister interview on ABC’s 7.30

Jess Wilson MP’s CFMEU reel

Kate’s recommendation: 70% off second pair of Jo Mercer shoes

Claire’s recommendation: Here’s How to Style Socks Like a True Fashion Pro

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Kate Watson

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We’re getting you across some of the big themes from the war in the Middle East this week, including the Iranian women’s football team being granted asylum, and the surging price of oil. Also, the National Party has a new leader, which came as a surprise. And Timothée Chalamet’s got everyone talking about ballet and opera.

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Eliza’s recommendation: 'Heart the Lover' by Lily King

Claire’s recommendation: Robert Irwin interviewed on All There Is with Anderson Cooper

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This week, we help you make sense of what is happening in the Middle East, the Canadian Prime Minister’s visit to Australia, One Nation’s wild polling, and the Kyle and Jackie O split-up.

Links

If you’re wanting to have a conversation about what’s happening with the little ones in your life, but you’re not sure where to start, Squiz Kids has made a special episode to help - Iran Explained

Claire’s recommendation: The Rest is Entertainment - Dubai Influencers vs Iran 

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On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Alex Williams and Brandon McClelland from the podcast, They Might Become Giants. Can you best our in-studio guests?

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Host: Andrew Williams

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What would your kid do if they were Prime Minister for a day? Apply here: https://www.squizkids.com.au/pm-for-a-day/ 

Links

The Changes To UK Passports⁠.

Claire’s recommendation: An excerpt from Bob Carr's upcoming book on the loss of his wife Helena, and Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

⁠Kate's recommendation: A podcast interview with Anthropic's inhouse philosopher, who is teaching their AI, Claude, how to be good. Offline with Jon Favreau.

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On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with returning guest Georgie Trickett from Sportish

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Check out the Sportish podcast here

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Host: Andrew Williams

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Kate’s recommendation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfJTX1Y0ynM 

Claire’s recommendation: Banana bread (and if you’re feeling wild, add half a cup of chopped walnuts) https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/banana-bread/10c8bf87-6c19-4ffd-b056-2b87ce915717 

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On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh from The Bookshelf Podcast. Can you best our in-studio guests?

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Listen to The Bookshelf podcast on the ABC Listen app or wherever you get your podcasts

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Hungry for more quizzing? You might like to sign up for the Australian Quiz Championships, on this Saturday 21st Feb in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Perth.

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Host: Andrew Williams

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Getting you across Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia is our priority this week. It’s been a challenging one for lots of people, so we’ve tried our best to make sense of it and get you across the facts and different perspectives. Then, we couldn’t look past the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of the NBC TV host who has been missing for over a week now. We’ve got you covered for the Libspill - Sussan Ley is out and Angus Taylor is the new Liberal leader. We’ll also get into our top 3 favourite moments from the Winter Olympics, including the Biathlon Bronze medallist’s cheating confession on international television.

Links

Kate’s recommendation: Ilia Malinin’s backflip at the Winter Olympics

Claire’s recommendation: Margot Robbie on the Table Manners podcast

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers

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On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Fashion Critical, self-described as ‘the internet’s most amusing and 100% correct fashion critic’, and Lauren Sams, fashion editor at the Australian Financial Review. Can you best our in-studio guests?

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Follow Fashion Critical on Facebook and Instagram

Buy Fashion Critical’s excellent and very funny book

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Read Lauren Sams’ in the AFR

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The US Department of Justice released over 3 million documents in the latest batch of Epstein files. Despite feeling a bit intimidated by digging into it all, we decided we couldn’t look past it, so we’ve done our best to pull out the key details for you. Then, we get into where we’re at with the Liberals and the Nationals - will they get back together, or no? We also wanted to get you across the biggest thing in AI at the moment, Claude Code. And our favourite story from the week had to be the 13-year-old who made a heroic 4km swim to shore to save his family.

Links

Anthropic’s Claude Superbowl ad

Kate’s recommendation: The Guardian’s profile on children’s author Allison Lester

Claire’s recommendation: Justin Bieber’s performance at the Grammys

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