Oct 11, 2026 · 50 min · 13 segments
Os and Scott reunite and break down some of the biggest stories from the past week, including the outbreak of mass protests in Spain and France, Karl Stefanovic's return to podcasting and the…
Osman FaruqiHostScott MitchellHost
All right, Scott, let's start with the biggest Australian news story of the past week, excluding the NRL grand final, obviously.
Powderfinger are reforming and they're hitting the road for live shows in September next year.
The way, Scott, this was reported in the media, I just have to say, is pretty funny.
A bunch of media outlets published these stories like, cryptic clues emerge suggesting Powderfinger are making a comeback.
Like, oh, what are these cryptic clues? Who are these smart music journalists who figured out and decoded the secrets out there? The clues, Scott, were posters featuring the band's very well-known album artwork popping up around different cities, and the launch of an Instagram account named after a song on the band's 1996 album.
I think any Australian pretending that they aren't hyped about getting to see songs like These Days, My Happiness, Passenger, Perform Live, I think they're lying.
Oh, I'm not going to claim to be a huge diehard, but who doesn't love the finger? I think my main thing on this is just I really hope and I sort of wish that it was possible for us to have the content rollout ahead of the reunion tour on the levels of, like, an Oasis reunion tour content rollout.
I want all this kind of stuff, but just unfortunately the music press is in a, in a position where I don't think we're going to get that, but that's, I just more would be excited for the potential of the content rollout here.
Who knows? I think the timing, Scott, of the reunion is actually pretty interesting because I do think there could be a political reason the band is literally getting back together.
All right, Scott, let's start with the biggest Australian news story of the past week, excluding the NRL grand final, obviously.
Powderfinger are reforming and they're hitting the road for live shows in September next year.
The way, Scott, this was reported in the media, I just have to say, is pretty funny.
A bunch of media outlets published these stories like, cryptic clues emerge suggesting Powderfinger are making a comeback.
Like, oh, what are these cryptic clues? Who are these smart music journalists who figured out and decoded the secrets out there? The clues, Scott, were posters featuring the band's very well-known album artwork popping up around different cities, and the launch of an Instagram account named after a song on the band's 1996 album.
I think any Australian pretending that they aren't hyped about getting to see songs like These Days, My Happiness, Passenger, Perform Live, I think they're lying.
Oh, I'm not going to claim to be a huge diehard, but who doesn't love the finger? I think my main thing on this is just I really hope and I sort of wish that it was possible for us to have the content rollout ahead of the reunion tour on the levels of, like, an Oasis reunion tour content rollout.
I want all this kind of stuff, but just unfortunately the music press is in a, in a position where I don't think we're going to get that, but that's, I just more would be excited for the potential of the content rollout here.
Who knows? I think the timing, Scott, of the reunion is actually pretty interesting because I do think there could be a political reason the band is literally getting back together.
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