The Briefing
Hosted by Sacha Barbour Gatt and Chris Spyrou and Chris and Sach · LiSTNR
4.4from 848 ratings
- 2,881
- Episodes
- 1,489
- Transcribed
- 848
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 4M
- YouTube views
About The Briefing
We’re your friends in news. Sacha Barbour Gatt and Chris Spyrou wake up early to bring you all the important daily news headlines. Then, we deep dive on an essential news story that'll make you feel smarter about the world. Listen every weekday to know more in minutes.
- Publisher
- LiSTNR
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
1,489 of 2,881 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
More young Aussies than ever living at home + When will women be safe?
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
US hits out at Aus opt-out laws + The Houthis vs Saudi Arabia explained
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fox News joins Trump boycott + Australia's migration debate explained
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More young Aussies than ever living at home + When will women be safe?
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Changing pace now and half of Australians in their 20s are still living with their parents as housing and financial stress impacts the country's younger adults. Now, this is all according to the latest from the long-running HILDA survey. I'm a big fan of the HILDA, Chris. You know this. You love HILDA. You do. This is the Household Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia study, which has been going since 2001 and and quizzes the same 17,000 people every year about how they're working and living. You would have loved to have been approached all that time ago. No, no, no. I don't want to do the work. […]
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- Dr Hannah Tonkin
- Jessica Genauer
- Alison Ritter
- Isobel
- Catherine Strong
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 4,366,401
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.9 / 5
- 8 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 840 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 92 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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Questions about The Briefing
Who hosts The Briefing?
Sacha Barbour Gatt and Chris Spyrou and Chris and Sach host the show. Published by LiSTNR.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Briefing take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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