Episodes

  • Why the AI train is suddenly unstoppable, a painful week for the ASX and the RBA's wicked problem
    May 1 2026

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald explain why the AI train is now an unstoppable force, they take a look at what’s wrong with the poor old ASX and preview the RBA governor Michele Bullock’s big interest rates call.

    To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com

    This podcast is sponsored by ANZ

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    38 mins
  • Inside the circus around our biggest IPO in years, two ASX stars implode and the number to end the Iran war
    Apr 24 2026

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald take you inside the circus surrounding the biggest ASX float in a generation, they examine the disastrous blow-ups at two companies that were once considered market darlings, and try to answer your question on what it’s really going to take to end the war in Iran.

    To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com

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    42 mins
  • Refinery fire means more pain, Westpac’s vital Iran warning & Gina Rinehart claims victory
    Apr 17 2026

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald discuss the first solid signs Australia’s economy is rolling over, they pick over the billionaire family battle for the Pilbara’s riches and consider how this year’s oil shock is different to the ones before it.

    To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com

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    44 mins
  • Australia’s hefty Iran bill, Albanese scrounges for fuel & AFR’s budget wishlist
    Apr 10 2026

    This week on the Chanticleer podcast, Anthony Macdonald and The Australian Financial Review's editor-in-chief, James Chessell, discuss the Iran ceasefire, reveal the AFR’s wish list for this year’s budget – now only one month away – and take a question on AI job cuts.

    To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com.

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    35 mins
  • Unemployment up, Trump down: the headlines you’ll read later this year
    Apr 2 2026

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald zoom out to pull together the threads behind an incredible first quarter of the year, they predict the big headlines you’ll be reading in the coming months, and explain why Australia’s healthcare sector looks sick.

    To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com

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    41 mins
  • Iran sets off price shock, private credit pain spreads & WFH battle reignites
    Mar 27 2026

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald delve into the energy crisis price shocks rippling around the word, they spot a few more cockroaches in private credit’s kitchen and they take a question on oil companies and their super profits.

    To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com

    This podcast is sponsored by Vanta

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    41 mins
  • Oil shock hits Australia, RBA's tough love & boomers lead home loan deals
    Mar 20 2026

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at how the Iran oil shock will actually hit the economy, they examine the RBAs big call on interest rates this week and reveal why the generation scrambling from the rate hike isn't necessarily the one you think.

    To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com

    This podcast is sponsored by Vanta

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    45 mins
  • Iran oil shock begins, AI job hit snowballs & the bravest float on the ASX
    Mar 13 2026

    This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at the oil shock that’s spreading through the real economy and financial markets, they examine the AI job losses at the original Aussie tech icon and take you inside the sharemarket float of an Aussie company that’s helped change the retail game.

    To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com

    This podcast is sponsored by Vanta

    Further reading:
    4 factors that make you most susceptible to the white-collar ‘wipeout’
    An education used to be seen as insulation from workforce disruption, now it might be the thing that proves your undoing.

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    36 mins