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.
Podcasting since 2025 • 4 episodes
Pearlcast
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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...
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Episode 3
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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...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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