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Pearlcast

Pearlcast is the podcast of Pearls and Irritations.

In our first mini-series, we take a look at The Dismissal, and talk to the people that know its full story best - John Menadue, Professor Jenny Hocking, and Brian Toohey.

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Podcasting since 2025 • 4 episodes

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Episode 3: Foreign interference, Pine Gap and the CIA

In this third episode of Pearlcast from John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations, we ask a confronting question: What role did foreign powers play in the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975?To help unpack this extr...

November 10, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 3 • 16:18

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The Dismissal episode 2: A revolt of the establishment

In this second episode of Pearlcast from John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations, we return to the dramatic events of 11 November 1975 – the day the Governor-General dismissed the Whitlam Labor government.Presenter and Pearls and Irritatio...

November 01, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 2 • 29:30

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The Dismissal - Episode 1

Episode 1: Prof Jenny Hocking & John MenadueIn this first episode of Pearlcast from Pearls and Irritations, we begin a powerful three-part series on one of the most consequential events in Australia’s political history: the di...

November 01, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 1 • 30:27

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Pearlcast - The Dismissal: preview

Pearls and Irritations Editor Catriona Jackson previews Pearlcast - The Dismissal - a new three part series looking at the dismissal of the Whitlam Government.

October 16, 2025 • 1:23

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