Bonafide with Luke Bona
Hosted by Luke Bona · Luke Bona
4.9from 166 ratings
- 224
- Episodes
- 212
- Transcribed
- 166
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 52K
- YouTube views
About Bonafide with Luke Bona
Bonafide with Luke Bona is the unfiltered voice of everyday Australia. After decades in national radio, Luke brings his legendary no-BS approach to the podcast world. We tackle the real issues the mainstream media ignores: Australian politics, the cost of living, motoring, technology, culture, and the transport industry. From the realities of the road on Truckie Tuesday to wild true crime in the Man Cave, get the raw, unhinged truth you’ve been looking for. No censors. No apologies. Subscribe to join the conversation.
- Publisher
- Luke Bona
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 12 Mar 2025
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
212 of 224 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Truckie Tuesday: Roadside Rights, Potholes & Merging Rules
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
FULL SHOW: Politics As Reality TV, Who Looks After Us & Rocky Horror
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Would You Fly With No Pilot? Runway Scares, Peter Brock, And Spotting A Fake Birkin
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Truckie Tuesday: Roadside Rights, Potholes & Merging Rules
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And it's funny, it's not funny because there was a tragedy involved, a bloke on a motorbike, but there was lots of discussion about the Premier of Victoria, Ben Carroll, suggesting that prisoners, incarcerated folk, be put out to work to fix potholes because it's just gotten way ahead of the government authority. Your thoughts, Rod? They exist. They're on the Hume Highway. They're on the M80 Ring Road. They're everywhere, mate. It's not just rural roads that aren't being fixed. It's even the major roads in the cities. And that's where people are eventually burying up. People that live in rural areas mostly drive to the conditions. […]
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- Belinda Hughes
- Rod Hannifey
- Jessica Wang
- Shane Adam Bassett
- Graham Wild
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 51,980
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 165 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 51
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Luke Bona host the show. Published by Luke Bona.
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