This weekend in Vegas, athletes including Australian swimmer James Magnussen will take part in the Enhanced Games – a competition that freely allows doping. 

It's the creation of controversial Australian entrepreneur Aron D’Souza, and it's bankrolled by Peter Thiel and one of Donald Trump’s sons. 

The competition has enticed athletes with huge cash prizes – and is, in turn, selling the performance-enhancing drugs those athletes will experiment with. 

Today, Chief Sports Writer at The Sydney Morning Herald Tom Decent – on the spectacle, and the seediness of the Enhanced Games. 



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Guest: Chief sports writers at the SMH, Tom Decent

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This weekend in Vegas, athletes including Australian swimmer James Magnussen will take part in the Enhanced Games &ndash; a competition that freely allows doping.&nbsp;
It's the creation of controversial Australian entrepreneur Aron D&rsquo;Souza, and it's bankrolled by Peter Thiel and one of Donald Trump&rsquo;s sons.&nbsp;
The competition has enticed athletes with huge cash prizes &ndash; and is, in turn, selling the performance-enhancing drugs those athletes will experiment with.&nbsp;
Today, Chief Sports Writer at&nbsp;The Sydney Morning Herald Tom Decent &ndash; on the spectacle, and the seediness of the Enhanced Games. 
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Guest: Chief sports writers at the SMH, Tom Decent
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Doped-up athletes and million dollar prizes: The Enhanced Games is here

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For more than a week, Donald Trump has unleashed strikes against Iran, in a worsening cycle of attacks, including on civilian infrastructure.

Trump has defended the strikes as honouring the deaths of up to three American service members in an Iranian attack. But the real goal is to get the Strait of Hormuz open again – something that looks increasingly unlikely. 

So, with the region once again on a knife’s edge, the US appears locked back into an escalating war, unless the interim ceasefire deal can be salvaged. 

Today, diplomatic correspondent at NOTUS Akbar Shahid Ahmed on the threat of all-out war, and who is really in charge of what happens next. 

 

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Guest: Diplomatic correspondent at NOTUS and author of Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War in Gaza, Akbar Shahid Ahmed

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For more than a week, Donald Trump has unleashed strikes against Iran, in a worsening cycle of attacks, including on civilian infrastructure.
Trump has defended the strikes as honouring the deaths of up to three American service members in an Iranian attack. But the real goal is to get the Strait of Hormuz open again &ndash; something that looks increasingly unlikely.&nbsp;
So, with the region once again on a knife&rsquo;s edge, the US appears locked back into an escalating war, unless the interim ceasefire deal can be salvaged.&nbsp;
Today, diplomatic correspondent at NOTUS Akbar Shahid Ahmed on the threat of all-out war, and who is really in charge of what happens next.&nbsp;
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Guest: Diplomatic correspondent at NOTUS and author of Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel&rsquo;s War in Gaza, Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Photo:&nbsp;US Central Command/Reuters

Is this the most dangerous era of the Iran war?

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It’s the other racism inquiry running at the same time as the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion – the inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

But while the royal commission has attracted rolling media coverage and government attention, the Aboriginal racism inquiry has been largely ignored.

The inquiry was triggered by the alleged bombing of an Invasion Day rally – witnesses shining a light on the repeated inaction before, during and after the event as they testified about the fear still hanging over the Indigenous community.

Today, National Indigenous Affairs Editor for NITV & SBS John Paul Janke, on how Australia treats different kinds of racism differently. 



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Guest: National Indigenous Affairs Editor for NITV & SBS John Paul Janke

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It&rsquo;s the other racism inquiry running at the same time as the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion &ndash; the inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
But while the royal commission has attracted rolling media coverage and government attention, the Aboriginal racism inquiry has been largely ignored.
The inquiry was triggered by the alleged bombing of an Invasion Day rally &ndash; witnesses shining a light on the repeated inaction before, during and after the event as they testified about the fear still hanging over the Indigenous community.
Today, National Indigenous Affairs Editor for NITV &amp; SBS John Paul Janke, on how Australia treats different kinds of racism differently.&nbsp; 
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Guest: National Indigenous Affairs Editor for NITV &amp; SBS John Paul Janke
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

The racism inquiry ignored by mainstream media

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After more than two decades at Nine, Karl Stefanovic has left the building.

For years, he was the face of the Today show – surviving ratings slumps, public scandals, internal criticism and a revolving door of female co-hosts.

But after launching his own podcast, and then interviewing far-right British figure Tommy Robinson, Nine finally cut him loose.

Now, people who worked with Stefanovic are speaking out.

Crikey contributor and Fourth Estate host Tina Quinn has spoken to current and former Nine insiders about what he was really like behind the scenes and why the network backed him for so long.

Today, Tina Quinn, on Karl Stefanovic’s rise, his fall from Nine, and whether he can survive without the network that built him.

 

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Guest: Host of Fourth Estate on 2SER and Crikey contributor, Tina Quinn

Photo: AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy

After more than two decades at Nine, Karl Stefanovic has left the building.
For years, he was the face of the Today show &ndash; surviving ratings slumps, public scandals, internal criticism and a revolving door of female co-hosts.
But after launching his own podcast, and then interviewing far-right British figure Tommy Robinson, Nine finally cut him loose.
Now, people who worked with Stefanovic are speaking out.
Crikey contributor and Fourth Estate host Tina Quinn has spoken to current and former Nine insiders about what he was really like behind the scenes and why the network backed him for so long.
Today, Tina Quinn, on Karl Stefanovic&rsquo;s rise, his fall from Nine, and whether he can survive without the network that built him.
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Guest: &nbsp;Host of Fourth Estate on 2SER and Crikey contributor, Tina Quinn
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy

The '24-carat f*ckwit' who became Nine's golden boy

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Doped-up athletes and million dollar prizes: The Enhanced Games is here

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