Saturday Magazine

About Saturday Magazine

Saturday Magazine is JOY 94.9’s longest-running news and current affairs program

Publisher

JOY 94.9 - Queer Podcasts for all our Rainbow Communities: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, Asexual, Ally, LGBT, GLBT, LGBT+, LGBTQ, LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+

Category

business · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Dec 2023

Latest episode

4 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

992 of 1,068 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Sat, 3rd, Oct, 2026: Prof. Rhonda Stuart, Director of Public Health and Infection Prevention at Monash Health & Director of the South East Public Health Unit (SEPHU)

   Professor Rhonda Stuart, Director of Public Health and Infection Prevention at Monash Health, discusses the rising local Mpox cases and global circulation trends in this interview.

2. 

   4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Sat, 3rd, Oct, 2026: Sen. Steph Hodgins-May, Fed, Dep. Leader of the Australian Greens & Senator for Victoria

   Host [Host Name] interviews Senator Steph Hodgins-May about her new role as Federal Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens, exploring the party's future direction.

3. 

   4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Sat, 3rd, Oct, 2026: Jordan Emery, Chief Executive Officer of Ambulance Victoria; Shocktober! Cultural Reform & Internal Trust

   Host Jordan Emery, Chief Executive Officer of Ambulance Victoria, discusses cultural reform and internal trust within emergency services during this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Sat, 3rd, Oct, 2026: Prof. Rhonda Stuart, Director of Public Health and Infection Prevention at Monash Health & Director of the South East Public Health Unit (SEPHU)

Published 4 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Do we have to pay for a COVID vaccine? Because we're not in the middle of flu season as such, but these bugs are still flying around, right? Yeah, yeah. So, both flu, well, flu has always been just, you pay a small amount if you're not in those groups at highest risk, which are the elderly and they're the main risk groups, but you still pay for it. It's only a small amount at your pharmacy or your GP. The COVID vaccine has now been moved similar to the flu vaccine where only certain groups will get get it for free so most people won't actually be eligible to get it for free but um there are guidelines around who should get it and most young fit healthy people do not need to be routinely vaccinated for covid as opposed to the influenza vaccine okay good to know love that so i'm good it's good it's good to have you on professor to get the the real advice because this is the sort of thing you know we'll ask our friends and Social media has all sorts of other... […]

Who has been a guest on Saturday Magazine

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rhonda Stuart
• Steph Hodgins-May
• Jordan Emery
• Fiona Patten
• Ryan Heath

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

67,304

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

93

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

27

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