Charlie Lewis
@theshufflediary.bsky.social
Journalist at Crikey, radio at Triple R, extremely intermittent music writing here: dancingtoarchitecture.home.blog
Bigger ideas here: https://meanjin.com.au/essays/pop-music-at-the-end-of-the-world/
Bigger ideas here: https://meanjin.com.au/essays/pop-music-at-the-end-of-the-world/
Enjoyment may be the wrong word but it was clarifying and ... cathartic to break down 30 years of the Australian enabling and normalising Pauline Hanson with @jessielilley.bsky.social
Listen back:
www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...
Listen back:
www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...
Programs: Spin Cycle – 19 February 2026, Spin Cycle — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
An episode of Spin Cycle on 19 February 2026
www.rrr.org.au
February 20, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Enjoyment may be the wrong word but it was clarifying and ... cathartic to break down 30 years of the Australian enabling and normalising Pauline Hanson with @jessielilley.bsky.social
Listen back:
www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...
Listen back:
www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...
As a show that covers Australia's media, it's selective amnesia, and the concrete effects that can have, the recent surge of One Nation is very much our concern, so tonight is going to be a deepdive about the long, cosy relationship between PHON and Oz media.
Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we go all in on One Nation, looking at the role the media has played in their continued, now strengthened, presence on our political landscape. Stefanovic voodoo dolls at the ready. Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe! 7pm with @theshufflediary.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 3:40 AM
As a show that covers Australia's media, it's selective amnesia, and the concrete effects that can have, the recent surge of One Nation is very much our concern, so tonight is going to be a deepdive about the long, cosy relationship between PHON and Oz media.
Reposted by Charlie Lewis
Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we go all in on One Nation, looking at the role the media has played in their continued, now strengthened, presence on our political landscape. Stefanovic voodoo dolls at the ready. Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe! 7pm with @theshufflediary.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we go all in on One Nation, looking at the role the media has played in their continued, now strengthened, presence on our political landscape. Stefanovic voodoo dolls at the ready. Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe! 7pm with @theshufflediary.bsky.social
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Political analysis written by rusted-on @number10cat.bsky.social stan yours truly! #TeamLarry
Larry the cat, one of the UK's toughest and most enduring public servants, has celebrated his fifteenth year in office.
Fifteen years of Larry, Downing Street’s top bureau–cat
Larry, one of Downing Street's most esteemed civil servants, has seen off health scares, backroom deals and a belligerent press criticising his capacity to hold office.
buff.ly
February 18, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Political analysis written by rusted-on @number10cat.bsky.social stan yours truly! #TeamLarry
On a less grandiose front, I looked at how the Gallup poll -- which has abandoned recording presidential approval - completely distorted politics around the world: www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/17/u...
Polling was never a neutral force in American politics
There may well be a malign element to Gallup's decision to stop presidential polling, but it was never an uncomplicated good.
www.crikey.com.au
February 17, 2026 at 3:12 AM
On a less grandiose front, I looked at how the Gallup poll -- which has abandoned recording presidential approval - completely distorted politics around the world: www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/17/u...
Longish read on "Wuthering Heights", and the history of adaptations: Emerald Fennell's theatrical take is full of sex and violence yet, it sanitises Emily Bronte's horror story probably more than any previous adaption.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/16/w...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/16/w...
Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights is haunted by nothing
'Wuthering Heights' lays traps for the audience, inviting them to search for meanings that are not there.
www.crikey.com.au
February 17, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Longish read on "Wuthering Heights", and the history of adaptations: Emerald Fennell's theatrical take is full of sex and violence yet, it sanitises Emily Bronte's horror story probably more than any previous adaption.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/16/w...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/16/w...
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Whatever Gallup’s reasons for ceasing to record presidential approval ratings, it’s worth remembering how polling like this has disfigured politics, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
Polling was never a neutral force in American politics
There may well be a malign element to Gallup's decision to stop presidential polling, but it was never an uncomplicated good.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Whatever Gallup’s reasons for ceasing to record presidential approval ratings, it’s worth remembering how polling like this has disfigured politics, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
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Crikey sent Charlie Lewis @theshufflediary.bsky.social to review Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Boy, does he have thoughts...
Read the review: buff.ly/pAKO4EF
Read the review: buff.ly/pAKO4EF
February 16, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Crikey sent Charlie Lewis @theshufflediary.bsky.social to review Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Boy, does he have thoughts...
Read the review: buff.ly/pAKO4EF
Read the review: buff.ly/pAKO4EF
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Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we are joined by @daanysaeed.bsky.social to describe what he saw at the Herzog protests in Sydney and the media response. Plus Libs keep holding each other’s beer and more. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social at 7pm
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we are joined by @daanysaeed.bsky.social to describe what he saw at the Herzog protests in Sydney and the media response. Plus Libs keep holding each other’s beer and more. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social at 7pm
Ever the contrarian, with the media yet again being called upon to tell people who Angus Taylor is, we thought we'd explain what he isn't: for example, he not well know. And he is not a details guy.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/12/w...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/12/w...
Who isn't Angus Taylor?
Given the number of 'who is Angus Taylor' pieces flooding the papers today, we thought we'd go against the grain.
www.crikey.com.au
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Ever the contrarian, with the media yet again being called upon to tell people who Angus Taylor is, we thought we'd explain what he isn't: for example, he not well know. And he is not a details guy.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/12/w...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/12/w...
Fabulous opening from @rachelwithers.bsky.social: "The Coalition’s achingly slow drip feed of a spill finally started flowing overnight, with Angus Taylor resigning from whatever role it was he held in shadow cabinet to spend more time counting the numbers."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/12/f...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/12/f...
Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus.
Angus Taylor makes his move against Sussan Ley while Jane Hume jostles for deputy, but never underestimate the ambition of Tim Wilson.
www.crikey.com.au
February 12, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Fabulous opening from @rachelwithers.bsky.social: "The Coalition’s achingly slow drip feed of a spill finally started flowing overnight, with Angus Taylor resigning from whatever role it was he held in shadow cabinet to spend more time counting the numbers."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/12/f...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/12/f...
Me and Anton Nilsson on the current state of play: www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/11/a...
How to overthrow your Liberal leader
Liberal sources speaking to Crikey say Angus Taylor's leadership bid is already in motion — and he's confident he has the votes. Here's a guide to exactly how the spill process works.
www.crikey.com.au
February 11, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Me and Anton Nilsson on the current state of play: www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/11/a...
Very, very grateful to @cathywilcox.bsky.social and @fionakatauskas.bsky.social for making some time to talk to me about the terrible loss of one of Australia's greatest ever political cartoonists, Jon Kudelka:
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/10/v...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/10/v...
'Allergic to bullshit': Vale Jon Kudelka
The death of acclaimed political cartoonist Jon Kudelka comes at a time when the media can little afford to lose his independence and moral clarity.
www.crikey.com.au
February 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Very, very grateful to @cathywilcox.bsky.social and @fionakatauskas.bsky.social for making some time to talk to me about the terrible loss of one of Australia's greatest ever political cartoonists, Jon Kudelka:
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/10/v...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/10/v...
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Here's a threat of Kudelka Gold
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Here's a threat of Kudelka Gold
Vale Jon Kudelka; not many better at summing up the issues of the day with great brevity and wit, but also with such vivid, arresting images. A true master of his art.
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Vale Jon Kudelka; not many better at summing up the issues of the day with great brevity and wit, but also with such vivid, arresting images. A true master of his art.
I was really lucky to be part of this conversation with the wonderful @mrdtjames.bsky.social and @tinamq.bsky.social about the silence around the attack on the Perth Invasion Day rally and the Australian mentions in the Esptein files:
open.spotify.com/episode/1y9c...
open.spotify.com/episode/1y9c...
Terrorism, Epstein And Other Fault Lines In Media-land
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February 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I was really lucky to be part of this conversation with the wonderful @mrdtjames.bsky.social and @tinamq.bsky.social about the silence around the attack on the Perth Invasion Day rally and the Australian mentions in the Esptein files:
open.spotify.com/episode/1y9c...
open.spotify.com/episode/1y9c...
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Tune in to this very smart chat as these two try to grapple with the enormity of the Epstein Files….
Today's podcast is @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I on the Epstein files. Listen in all the places, watch on YouTube. #auspol
So much more to say but I am trying to migrate a website :'(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
So much more to say but I am trying to migrate a website :'(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Tune in to this very smart chat as these two try to grapple with the enormity of the Epstein Files….
@crystaljane.bsky.social and I unweave the references to Australian politics in the Epstein files, and what it tells us about the general state of things in the last decade:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
Australia in the Epstein files
YouTube video by Crikey News
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 AM
@crystaljane.bsky.social and I unweave the references to Australian politics in the Epstein files, and what it tells us about the general state of things in the last decade:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
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ABC journalists have been ordered to retain emails and not use disappearing message apps as part of the antisemitism royal commission.
ABC, SBS staff fear source safety after order to stop using disappearing messages when discussing Bondi or antisemitism
The media union says ABC and SBS staff have no clarity on whether the antisemitism royal commission will force them to give up their sources.
www.crikey.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 4:52 AM
ABC journalists have been ordered to retain emails and not use disappearing message apps as part of the antisemitism royal commission.
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Maybe someone should ask the Israeli president about this on Monday
I guess I'm a dupe or something, because I'm still capable of being shocked by this stuff.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/06/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/06/a...
The graves of Anzac soldiers in Gaza have been desecrated. Where is The Australian's outrage?
The News Corp publication, usually quick to defend the memory of fallen Anzac soldiers, is quiet on the destruction of a grave in Gaza where more than 250 Australian servicemen are buried.
www.crikey.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Maybe someone should ask the Israeli president about this on Monday
I guess I'm a dupe or something, because I'm still capable of being shocked by this stuff.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/06/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/06/a...
The graves of Anzac soldiers in Gaza have been desecrated. Where is The Australian's outrage?
The News Corp publication, usually quick to defend the memory of fallen Anzac soldiers, is quiet on the destruction of a grave in Gaza where more than 250 Australian servicemen are buried.
www.crikey.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I guess I'm a dupe or something, because I'm still capable of being shocked by this stuff.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/06/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/06/a...
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Today's podcast is @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I on the Epstein files. Listen in all the places, watch on YouTube. #auspol
So much more to say but I am trying to migrate a website :'(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
So much more to say but I am trying to migrate a website :'(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
February 6, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Today's podcast is @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I on the Epstein files. Listen in all the places, watch on YouTube. #auspol
So much more to say but I am trying to migrate a website :'(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
So much more to say but I am trying to migrate a website :'(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcd...
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Spin Cycle is back on @3rrrfm.bsky.social tonight and we welcome @mrdtjames.bsky.social to talk about the flaccid media response to a bomb attack in WA on Invasion Day. Plus I think there’s been a bit of news over the last 6 weeks. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Spin Cycle is back on @3rrrfm.bsky.social tonight and we welcome @mrdtjames.bsky.social to talk about the flaccid media response to a bomb attack in WA on Invasion Day. Plus I think there’s been a bit of news over the last 6 weeks. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social
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Opinion | “Whatever the specific grotesqueries of the Epstein files, they offer a glimpse at a system of chummy clandestine influence, the sort that does not die with one man,” @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
The Epstein files show that Australia, like many nations, is at the mercy of men like him
The latest release of files on Jeffrey Epstein show his attempts to casually influence elections and subvert democracy in countries all over the world.
buff.ly
February 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Opinion | “Whatever the specific grotesqueries of the Epstein files, they offer a glimpse at a system of chummy clandestine influence, the sort that does not die with one man,” @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
