A Rational Fear

Laughing in the face of fear. Comedians and experts rip into the news. It's #QandA on crack.

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Media this election & bonus News fighters
May 1, 2025 – 41:55
Election Special Live - Melbourne Comedy Festival 2025
Apr 12, 2025 – 58:46
Indie Mixtape: Allegra Spender + Alex Dyson
Apr 4, 2025 – 34:47
Jokes, data & election predictions
Mar 28, 2025 – 35:08
How AwkwUS! Australia's special relationship with the US.
Mar 20, 2025 – 32:23
Greenwashing and B******: Stefano Valentino
Mar 14, 2025 – 27:43
A Rational Fukt Check & It's Not A Race
Jan 30, 2025 – 16:29
SPECIAL EPISODE: News Fighters 2024 Year In Review
Dec 22, 2024 – 25:05
A RATIONAL YEAR - live from the xmas party
Dec 13, 2024 – 37:43
EXIT INTERVIEW: Kylea Tink Is Not Done
Dec 5, 2024 – 29:50
Is Long Head the next Bluey?
Nov 29, 2024 – 28:22
Jon Ronson on psychopaths, shame & spending time with Alex Jones
Nov 21, 2024 – 51:01
Direct from COP29: The juicy gossip and a beached whale
Nov 15, 2024 – 22:39
NZ leaves us with nothing but ANUS
Nov 8, 2024 – 51:54
Season finale of the United States of America
Oct 30, 2024 – 39:58
JokeTober sketch review
Oct 28, 2024 – 19:38
Judging fat bears & hawking Trump Bibles
Oct 10, 2024 – 26:48
The return of the sausages
Oct 4, 2024 – 34:42
Nuclear Desert & Dan's $2K shop
Sep 26, 2024 – 32:23
Scrotum lookalike wants the world to burn
Sep 20, 2024 – 33:39
Don't ask where the money is coming from - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Mark Connely & Alice Brennan
Sep 13, 2024 – 33:15
Introducing: Preppers
Sep 6, 2024 – 34:59
Sneaking into Pine Gap - behind the scenes with Boy_Boy
Mar 12, 2024 – 38:56
1,000,000th download LIVE SHOW
Feb 4, 2024 – 22:21
John Delmenico — A Rational Conversation
Jan 13, 2024 – 8:18
A Rational Year — Peter Dutton presents the best sketches and bits from 2023
Jan 1, 2024 – 40:09
Newsfighters — Year In Review 2023
Dec 20, 2023 – 26:36
Matt Lieb — A Rational Conversation
Dec 14, 2023 – 49:19
Wendy Harmer — A Rational Conversation
Dec 8, 2023 – 50:55
Sponsor losing - Award winning - Dan Ilic & Lewis Hobba
Nov 23, 2023 – 16:36
LIVE FROM SXSW SYDNEY - Dan Ilic, Chris Taylor, Lee Constable, Ed Coper, Antoinette Lattouf, DJ Dylan Behan
Oct 21, 2023 – 48:36
Cal Wilson: Millennial Horns, the Wikipedia entry
Oct 12, 2023 – 12:06
LIVE FROM WAIBEN THURSDAY ISLAND - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Jay Wymarra, Diat Alferink, Dane Simpson & Leon Filewood
Sep 22, 2023 – 1:15:38
LIVE AT THE WOMEN IN MEDIA CONFERENCE
Sep 15, 2023 – 1:07:02
Not a boycott but a universal pull out - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Megan Herbert & Matt Bray
Sep 8, 2023 – 27:43
Keeping up with the Rubiales - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Tash Exelby & Issy Phillips
Aug 31, 2023 – 30:43
NEWS FIGHTERS: How to (not) solve Australia’s cost of living of crisis!
Aug 27, 2023 – 19:09
Poorer, hotter and less productive - Dan Ilic, AJ Lamarque, Jesse Noakes & Matt Kean
Aug 25, 2023 – 32:58
GMPOOG: David Roberts "Trump is totally apocalyptic for climate change."
Aug 17, 2023 – 31:21
BONUS: Unlikely Best Friends — Grace Tame & Camilla Cleese
Jul 26, 2023 – 51:25
Quitting to join Threads fulltime - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba. Lee Constable & Ange Lavoipierre
Jul 14, 2023 – 49:14
End Of Financial Fear - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Alice Tovey & Glen James
Jul 7, 2023 – 35:07
Prigozhin's onlyfans - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba & Matt Bevan
Jun 30, 2023 – 43:52
Cheap Coke & Black Market Fantales - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba & Georgie Parker (not the actress)
Jun 21, 2023 – 28:06
Solving the climate crisis with gun rights - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba & Ange Lavoipierre.
Jun 15, 2023 – 30:40
News Fighters — Budget Wars 2023
May 14, 2023 – 20:53
AI Murder Vapes - Erchana Murray Bartlett, Craig Quartermaine, Persephone Fraser, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba
May 5, 2023 – 35:50
Kiwis Now Welcome
Apr 28, 2023 – 28:49
McBride's secret strategy.
Apr 21, 2023 – 1:30:26
Tim Smith's (Fence) Cover Up — Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2023
Apr 7, 2023 – 54:36