Oct 4, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 13 segments
The nation's most esteemed political analyst and demographics wizard, George Megalogenis joins Betoota Talks to explain just how different Australia actually is to what our media, politicians and…
George MegalogenisGuest
Clancy OverellHostWendell HusseyHost
Errol ParkerHost
There's been a couple of high-profile Australian Greeks who kind of delve into the dark arts of voter behaviour.
I'm a data nerd, obviously, but with a sort of political journalism background and economist by training.
But I wanted to build a train track for Australia in the 21st century with some,
robust data and then run the culture on the political story over the top of it.
It's something we're all thinking about and we're processing it differently, particularly since the pandemic.
Pandemic was a really interesting time because, and I'm going to use the word monoculture a few times in this interview, but not in the way that Pauline Hanson's been using it.
The idea that we had to turn on our free-to-air televisions to get the case numbers every morning at 11 o'clock, there was so much ubiquity in the pandemic.
And the moment was over, we just went to our own corners of the internet and never spoke to each other again.
things like the World Cup and the Matildas and everyone's tuning in to watch those moments.
There's been a couple of high-profile Australian Greeks who kind of delve into the dark arts of voter behaviour.
I'm a data nerd, obviously, but with a sort of political journalism background and economist by training.
But I wanted to build a train track for Australia in the 21st century with some,
robust data and then run the culture on the political story over the top of it.
It's something we're all thinking about and we're processing it differently, particularly since the pandemic.
Pandemic was a really interesting time because, and I'm going to use the word monoculture a few times in this interview, but not in the way that Pauline Hanson's been using it.
The idea that we had to turn on our free-to-air televisions to get the case numbers every morning at 11 o'clock, there was so much ubiquity in the pandemic.
And the moment was over, we just went to our own corners of the internet and never spoke to each other again.
things like the World Cup and the Matildas and everyone's tuning in to watch those moments.
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