The Breakdown
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Podcast Overview
<p>Australian rugby once had $40 million in the bank. Crowds over 100,000. TV audiences of 3 million. Today the Wallabies have sunk to their lowest world ranking ever. Off the field rugby is a "war zone" with a $20 million deficit last year alone.</p> <p>The Breakdown is a gripping podcast investigation from The Australian, exploring just how far "the game they play in heaven" has fallen - and why. Jessica Halloran and Claire Harvey have interviewed everyone from ex-PMs and billionaires to Wallabies legends, boardroom insiders and the volunteers battling to keep the game alive. Raw and emotional, The Breakdown is the new binge-listen everyone will be talking about.</p> <p>The Break Down is exclusive for subscribers to The Australian. Join us at <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?utm_medium=print&utm_source=vanity&utm_campaign=acq_fy18_generic&utm_content=various&sourceCode=TAWEB_PRS100">theaustralian.com.au/subscribe</a>.</p>
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Recent Episodes
February 6, 2022
Introducing: My Sister's Secrets
<p>My Sister's Secrets is the gripping story of one woman's quest to get justice for her sister - and along the way, to uncover the hidden places in her family, and all our families.</p> <p>In this first episode, you meet Alexandra Tapp who died at just 32, haunted by the predators in her own family. Now her sister is on a quest for justice. </p> <p>My Sister's Secrets is <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/podcasts/my-sisters-secrets">The Australian's</a> newest podcast. Presented by Virginia Tapscott and Steve Jackson. Search for My Sister's Secrets in your favourite podcast app to listen to Episode 2 now.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
December 19, 2021
Introducing: What Really Happened in Wuhan
<p>Investigative journalist Sharri Markson goes deep into the secret history of Covid-19. <br>In a series of exclusive interviews - from Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo to intelligence chiefs and Chinese dissidents - Markson takes us inside the investigation behind her bestselling book and documentary, to explore what really happened in Wuhan and beyond. </p> <p>In this first episode, Sharri Markson has a frank and freewheeling conversation with the former US president in his first Australian sit-down interview on China’s “gross incompetence” and the mysteries still unsolved. “There were body bags outside of the lab. And people were saying there are a lot of people lying down on the streets of Wuhan and there were body bags … you're going to have to figure that out and you probably will be able to do it, knowing you.” </p> <p>Go to theaustralian.com.au/wuhan for more on What Really Happened In Wuhan.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
April 13, 2021
What now?
The never-before-told story of how rugby nearly died altogether, the voices of those people keeping passion alive at the grassroots, and the sharp reality facing rugby if it is to ever recover in Australia. To listen to all six episodes of The Breakdown first, read the journalism and take the multimedia experience search for and download The Australian app at your app store. Or take out a subscription at theaustralian.com.au/thebreakdown<p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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<p>Australian rugby once had $40 million in the bank. Crowds over 100,000. TV audiences of 3 million. Today the Wallabies have sunk to their lowest world ranking ever. Off the field rugby is a "war zone" with a $20 million deficit last year alone.</p> <p>The Breakdown is a gripping podcast investigation from The Australian, exploring just how far "the game they play in heaven" has fallen - and why. Jessica Halloran and Claire Harvey have interviewed everyone from ex-PMs and billionaires to Wallabies legends, boardroom insiders and the volunteers battling to keep the game alive. Raw and emotional, The Breakdown is the new binge-listen everyone will be talking about.</p> <p>The Break Down is exclusive for subscribers to The Australian. Join us at <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?utm_medium=print&utm_source=vanity&utm_campaign=acq_fy18_generic&utm_content=various&sourceCode=TAWEB_PRS100">theaustralian.com.au/subscribe</a>.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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