S11 E23 - The Line on Being Outraged
7/6/202648 min
Hutchy and Damo covered a range of topics this week, including Anthony Albanese's controversial podcast comments, the NRL's "conflict of interest" crackdown, "Trippers", Donald Trump's FIFA intervention, and more.
In this episode:
0:20 - The excitement of the World Cup
3:10 - Anthony Albanese's podcast comments
14:21 - Tom Morris' Telstra PR-Payoff
19:14 - Hutchy's nod to Sarah Jones
21:36 - SBS's coverage of the World Cup
26:06 - The NRL's TV rights and a potential conflict of interest clause
32:33 - The ownership of Karl Stefanovic's podcast
33:13 - Why Hutchy's on the lookout for "Trippers"
42:45 - Donald Trump's recent involvement in the World Cup
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Damian Barrett· Host0:12
Nice to have your company on The Sounding Board for DrinkWise. You won't miss a moment if you DrinkWise. Episode 23, series 11, Tuesday morning, normal scheduling, and only, uh, minutes ago, Spain has officially defeated Portugal in the round of 16, just to time code it even further, in the World Cup. How are you?
Craig Hutchison· Host0:28
How wonderful has it been, Damo?
Damian Barrett· Host0:29
Oh, it's been huge, Hutchy.
Craig Hutchison· Host0:30
Yeah.
Damian Barrett· Host0:30
I managed to, on, on Monday, the week just gone, managed to just have about 25 minutes where I was taking notes in between meetings and podcasts and whatnot. That England-Mexico game in Mexico City, I reckon that's as good a sport as I've- Yep ... ever seen. I'm referring to the two goals that were kicked just before halftime and then the, the red card after halftime, the penalty to Kane after half. That was extraordinary.
Craig Hutchison· Host0:53
The drama on the way in.
Damian Barrett· Host0:54
Yeah.
Craig Hutchison· Host0:54
The way the Mexicans went after the English at the hotel and on the way into the ground.
Damian Barrett· Host0:58
Mm-hmm.
Craig Hutchison· Host0:58
And then the rain delay and, like it had everything.
Damian Barrett· Host1:00
That's right. There was a tornado warning- Yeah ... wasn't there? Yeah.
Craig Hutchison· Host1:02
Everything. Yeah, that was as big a FOMO as I've had at a sporting event- And you know my love of the NFL ... in a long time.
Damian Barrett· Host1:07
I, I, they cannot script some certain outcomes on, on Monday mornings our time, uh, ever, but they, even they wouldn't have scripted what happened in that game.
Craig Hutchison· Host1:14
Every four years it matters, doesn't it?
Damian Barrett· Host1:16
Yeah.
Craig Hutchison· Host1:16
Really matters. Yeah, it's been spectacular.
Damian Barrett· Host1:18
It- And it's been, America have done a great job with it. Mm.
Craig Hutchison· Host1:20
And Donald Trump's even got involved. [laughs] We'll get to that a little bit later on in the show.
Damian Barrett· Host1:23
Are you going back? You- Oh. I also said to you, I was jealous last week when you relayed to me what you had done the previous week, but you said