- 86
- Episodes
- 43
- Transcribed
- 16
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 235M
- YouTube views
About World News Weekly – An SBS World News Podcast
World News Weekly is the SBS News podcast that makes sense of the biggest international stories of the week. Hosted by SBS Chief International Correspondent Ben Lewis and International Correspondent Claudia Farhart, each episode goes beyond the breaking news to examine the politics, conflicts, elections and social change shaping our world, along with the science and technology breakthroughs affecting everyday life. New episodes every Thursday on the SBS Audio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and SBS News.
- Publisher
- SBS
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Mar 2025
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
43 of 86 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
US midterms: Trump’s Republican party gets a drubbing
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
‘In Israel, it’s always a surprise’: Can Netanyahu, the ultimate survivor, do it again?
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Australian MP injured in alleged attack, Europe rocked by riots
Inside a recent episode
US midterms: Trump’s Republican party gets a drubbing
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Christian nationalism, the concerns about culture, war issues, immigration issues, all of that will remain the same. I think that base level of 25%, 30%, probably 25% now at the base. But there has to be a redefinition for the Republican Party about what it stands for and who it's going to align itself with. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on World News Weekly – An SBS World News Podcast
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Bruce Wolpe
- Kim Hoggard
- Ben Lewis
- Catalina Florez
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 235,163,435
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 14 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 59
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 32
Contact World News Weekly – An SBS World News Podcast
- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
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How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does World News Weekly – An SBS World News Podcast take guests?
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