
We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.
Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday.
Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos pulls apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades.
Every Wednesday, the pair sift through the headlines you saw and the forces you did not. Expect blunt media analysis, zooming in on dodgy editorial calls, anonymous sources doing gymnastics, and the occasional whiff of bigotry dressed up as balance. Consider it a guided tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate.
On Saturdays, the spin-off segment Only Jan hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue, foresincally researched, tightly argued, and, inconveniently for the powerful, quite funny.
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Episodes
Showing 20 of 26- ONLY FRAN: Nigel Farage resigns and that should stress you out7/10/202617 min
- Rape Gang Inquiry Report, Albanese’s podcast gaff, Taylor Swift's wedding non-coverage7/7/20261 hr 10 min
- BONUS: Miss Kaninna walking away from triple j, touring with Kneecap and her meteoric rise7/5/202647 min
- ONLY FRAN: The online bots backing One Nation7/3/202616 min
- Thai teen's shocking murder, shocking Aussie coverage; Iran’s World Cup press pressure + Ette Media turns one6/30/20261 hr
- ONLY FRAN: Karl Stefanovic's right-wing grift is worse than you think it is6/26/202618 min
- Health regulator’s controversial IHRA definition, Starmer’s resignation exploited + Rinehart’s wild Israel proposal6/23/20261 hr 4 min
- Pauline’s Press Club address was a test for journalists. They failed.6/19/202623 min
- Socceroos coverage misses mark, US-Iran ceasefire spin + online hate: are we the problem?6/16/20261 hr 5 min
- ONLY FRAN: Think NDIS is wasting taxpayer dollars? Meet AUKUS6/12/202618 min
- BONUS: Jayson Gillham on his Federal Court trial against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra6/10/202637 min
- Pickering vs ABC code of conduct, Pauline’s free PR, influencer spills on MAGA media strategy6/9/202655 min
- ONLY FRAN: Living beautifully in a collapsing world x Sarah Wilson6/5/202653 min
- Pauline’s poll for PM, mysterious media silence over young woman’s death + radio boss gropes woman6/2/20261 hr 2 min
- ONLY FRAN: Forget a new Teal party, where are the Greens?5/29/202616 min
- Flotilla activist abuse coverage, BTS at Sydney Writers Festival + is James the 'good Murdoch'?5/26/20261 hr 9 min
- ONLY FRAN: Pauline Hanson’s gas grift (plus her other grifts too)5/22/202619 min
- Ash Sarkar on how to scale independent media and have real impact5/19/202644 min
- Responding to the comments section5/12/202638 min
- Influencers v journalists: same same but different this budget lock up5/8/202618 min

