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Chanticleer

Australian Financial Review

100 episodes

Australia's most prestigious business column is now a podcast. Chanticleer is a weekly news breakdown of all things business, finance and markets. Every Friday, Australian Financial Review columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald go behind the doors of corporate Australia to give you their unvarnished analysis.

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  1. Rates pain puts mince on the menu, Coles serves up a stinker & Anthropic's big moment

    · 43 min · S5 E42

    This week, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and deputy editor of business Anthony Macdonald reveal why you’ve never seen anything remotely like the $3 trillion float of Anthropic, they explain what more bad news on…

  2. NextDC's electric shock, NAB says 2500 jobs must go & Musk’s $5trn move

    · 44 min · S5 E41

    This week, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and deputy editor of business Anthony Macdonald jump into a couple of corporate story crackers on NextDC and NAB, preview the piece of data that will make or break…

  3. Firmus fallout goes global, the big energy lie & housing can’t find a bottom

    · 43 min · S5 E40

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at how the Firmus fallout has spread around the globe and given the AI trade the wobbles, they ask why Australia is telling itself a big lie…

  4. Inside the Firmus fiasco, surcharge ban goes bad & French bond bin fire

    · 37 min · S5 E39

    This week, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and companies editor Anne Hyland examine how the $44 billion float of Firmus went bad, they look at how the removal of those debit and credit surcharges turned into a…

  5. Rate hike underlines our scary problems, $44b moment for Firmus & private credit’s house of cards

    · 43 min · S5 E37

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald explain why the RBA’s latest rate hike is even scarier that it looks, they ask whether Australia’s private credit sector is in such a mess, and…

  6. Australia ageing (dis)gracefully, a diesel disaster looming & AI at the Chook lunch

    · 42 min · S5 E36

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at why the next 40 years could be tougher for investors, businesses and policymakers, they take you inside this week’s special chook lunch to…

  7. Will AI really kill us all, the $50b deal everyone's talking about & $1-a-day Ozempic

    · 42 min · S5 E35

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald try and sort out whether AI is actually going to kill us all, they take you in what might be the biggest ASX float in Australian history, and try to…

  8. Housing recession’s long shadow, Apple iPhone flip out & Trump’s insane cash splash

    · 41 min · S5 E34

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald examine the growing sense of panic inside Australia’s property industry, explain why your next iPhone is going to cost a lot more and they look…

  9. Ugly choice between stagflation and recession, China's EV shock spreads & Bathla mess grows

    · 39 min · S5 E33

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald unveil the surprising purchase propping up Australia’s economic growth, they unpack a truly eventful week in financial markets and ask what is…

  10. $3b builder collapse sparks drama, Profit season's best and worst & Ooshies grocery battle

    · 45 min · S5 E32

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at why the collapse of a home builder might create a very big drama for the top end of town, they nominate their best and worst results from…

  11. Why your pay's going backwards, dividends surprise & bond market blues explained

    · 42 min · S5 E31

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald take you inside the mysterious world of bond markets, and explain what’s got the world’s most important investors rather grumpy. They ask why many…

  12. The real housing problem, what profit seasons tell us & KPMG cooked again

    · 41 min · S5 E30

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald unpick an eventful afternoon at the Reserve Bank of Australia and pull out our most surprising tidbits from reporting season’s first big week. This…

  13. Prices up, jobs down in great Aussie squeeze, ASX’s strange high & coal comeback

    · 36 min · S5 E29

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald explain what job cuts and Jetstar cabin baggage fees tell us about the great Australian squeeze, they look at how the ASX hit a record high – and ask…

  14. Why the Victorian premier’s fall matters to business, Inflation vs house prices & AI hedge fund implosion

    · 39 min · S5 E28

    This week senior Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and Australian Financial Review editor in chief James Chessell unpack the national implications from the coup that brought down the Victorian premier, they examine…

  15. Big shoes to fill at Macquarie, good news on jobs is bad news on rates & China’s AI shock

    · 38 min · S5 E27

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald say farewell to one of the leading lights of corporate Australia, ask why good news on jobs may ultimately be bad news for the economy, and explain…

  16. Trailer: How I Made It returns July 29

    · 0:57

    How I Made It is back with host Lauren Sams. Don’t miss season six as we uncover how Australia’s top entrepreneurs built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…

  17. Albo’s AI moment, super’s new era & CEO pay surprise

    · 43 min · S5 E26

    This week senior Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and Australian Financial Review editor in chief James Chessell decode Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s landmark speech on artificial intelligence, they examine why…

  18. The real Telstra story, Albo jumps the shark & will Australia profit from AI dollars?

    · 40 min · S5 E25

    This week Chanticleer columnist Anthony Macdonald and Australian Financial Review editor Cosima Marriner discuss Telstra's real problem at the end of a bad week, go over the big AI decision Australia needs to make and…

  19. How your super fund performed, housing Ponzi problems & Coles in the dog house

    · 43 min · S5 E24

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at how your super fund fared through the drama of the 2026 financial year, they explain why the end of what’s been dubbed 'Australia’s housing…

  20. Housing correction adds to slowdown, KPMG’s boardroom bin fire & Stefanovic’s shock split from Nine

    · 43 min · S5 E23

    This week, James and Anthony discuss what all the bad economic news means for the second half of the year, ask whether KPMG can stem the bleeding by changing its board and delve into Nine’s ousting of the Today show…

  21. CGT backflip flops, KPMG cops a roasting & RBA’s rate rise warning

    · 46 min · S5 E22

    This week, James and Anthony examine the government’s budget backdown, explain why Australia and the US’ Central Banks are talking about more rate rises and take a question on whether AI could change the way your super…

  22. SpaceX has lift-off, the business of the world cup & the big bank big short

    · 36 min · S5 E21

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald examine judgment day for Elon Musk as his AI hot air balloon, SpaceX, takes flight on the sharemarket. They also kick around the business of the…

  23. Australias AI crossroads, KPMG caught red handed & SpaceX’s moonshot IPO

    · 43 min · S5 E20

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald go deep into the world of AI and debate whether there’s enough trust to make the AI flywheel really spin. They look at how accounting firm KPMG has…

  24. Mining’s next boom, the wine sectors big hangover & rich list winners

    · 41 min · S5 E19

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald ask whether the next big mining boom might pass Australia by, they examine what the global wine glut means for Dan Murphys and look at whether…

  25. Elon Musk's SpaceX float is $3 trillion of hype, house prices correction coming & your budget questions answered

    · 40 min · S5 E18

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald ask whether Elon Musk can pull off the biggest sharemarket float in the history of the planet with his SpaceX venture, they examine how the budget…

  26. Big taxing budget has no growth story, Coles pants pulled ‘Down Down’ & CSL shocker

    · 45 min · S5 E17

    This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald are all about the federal budget – the big messages, the big numbers, the big risks and the hidden stories. In this bumper episode, they'll discuss…

  27. RBA's ugly message for households, inside Australia's biggest investment event & Macquarie's pay lessons

    · 42 min · S5 E16

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald unpack another rate rise including what Michele Bullock said about the next six months, theye take you inside the room at the biggest meeting of…

  28. Why the AI train is suddenly unstoppable, a painful week for the ASX and the RBA's wicked problem

    · 38 min · S5 E15

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald explain why the AI train is now an unstoppable force, they take a look at what’s wrong with the poor old ASX and preview the RBA governor Michele…

  29. Inside the circus around our biggest IPO in years, two ASX stars implode and the number to end the Iran war

    · 42 min · S5 E14

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald take you inside the circus surrounding the biggest ASX float in a generation, they examine the disastrous blow-ups at two companies that were once…

  30. Refinery fire means more pain, Westpac’s vital Iran warning & Gina Rinehart claims victory

    · 44 min · S5 E13

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald discuss the first solid signs Australia’s economy is rolling over, they pick over the billionaire family battle for the Pilbara’s riches and consider…

  31. Australia’s hefty Iran bill, Albanese scrounges for fuel & AFR’s budget wishlist

    · 35 min · S5 E12

    This week on the Chanticleer podcast, Anthony Macdonald and The Australian Financial Review's editor-in-chief, James Chessell, discuss the Iran ceasefire, reveal the AFR’s wish list for this year’s budget – now only…

  32. Unemployment up, Trump down: the headlines you’ll read later this year

    · 41 min · S5 E11

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald zoom out to pull together the threads behind an incredible first quarter of the year, they predict the big headlines you’ll be reading in the coming…

  33. Iran sets off price shock, private credit pain spreads & WFH battle reignites

    · 41 min · S5 E10

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald delve into the energy crisis price shocks rippling around the word, they spot a few more cockroaches in private credit’s kitchen and they take a…

  34. Oil shock hits Australia, RBA's tough love & boomers lead home loan deals

    · 45 min · S5 E9

    This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at how the Iran oil shock will actually hit the economy, they examine the RBAs big call on interest rates this week and reveal why the…

  35. Iran oil shock begins, AI job hit snowballs & the bravest float on the ASX

    · 36 min · S5 E8

    This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at the oil shock that’s spreading through the real economy and financial markets, they examine the AI job losses at the original Aussie tech icon and take you inside…

  36. Iran's interest rate threat, AI's job tsunami & Kyle and Jackie O's $200m split

    · 41 min · S5 E7

    This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald recap the biggest week of the year to date. They discuss the war in the Middle East, the war on jobs thanks to AI and the new opposition leader Angus Taylor's war on debt…

  37. Special edition! Chooks speak live with maverick billionaire investor, Mike Dorrell

    · 37 min · S5 E6 · Explicit

    Live from the Financial Review's 2026 Business Summit, James & Anthony wax lyrical with the AFR Business Person of the Year 2025, Mike Dorrell. Recorded over breakfast, Wednesday, March 4th. See…

  38. AI’s first Aussie job cuts, best and worst of profit season & a chook grills the RBA boss

    · 41 min · S5 E5

    This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at AI’s melting moment on Wall Street, they give you their best and worst of corporate Australia’s profit season and they look ahead to the AFR’s premier event, the…

  39. Have we hit peak Australia, housing tax breaks under fire & AI heads in the sand

    · 40 min · S5 E4

    This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald ask whether we’ve hit 'peak Australia', they share their most interesting observations from earnings season and take a burning question on the housing market. To ask a…

  40. New battle for bank supremacy, why blue chip CEOs are exiting and wild ASX moves

    · 39 min · S5 E3

    This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at the new war that’s broken out in the banking sector, ask why three CEOs left blue chip companies in three days, and tackle the tricky problem of taming inflation…

  41. Rate hike exposes mediocre economy, tech’s double meltdown & Musk’s big moment

    · 36 min · S5 E2

    This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald discuss the two big moves in markets this week: interest rates and tech stocks. They take a question on who should oversee government spending and get excited for the…

  42. Chanticleer back Feb 6 - ahead of that, James & Anthony catch up

    · 4:08 · S5 E1

    James and Anthony had a phone catch-up over the weekend and are looking forward to coming back strong on Friday, Feb 6th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  43. End of year special: Chook Awards and stocks to watch in 2026

    · 54 min · S4 E43

    This week we James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald wrap up the year with their annual Chook awards, look forward to a huge year on markets with one of Australia’s top fund managers, and take a quick peek at how the…

  44. RBA plays Christmas grinch, Australia's top CEOs fire up & how Netflix might change

    · 40 min · S4 E42

    This week Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson look at why the RBA is stuck between a rock and a hard place, examine the takeover battle that could change how you watch Netflix, and take the pulse of Australia’s top…

  45. Is Australia a Ponzi scheme, OpenAI's grand arrival & the AFR business people of the year

    · 41 min · S4 E41

    This week Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson explain how Australia's data centre boom has changed, give you the inside scoop on the AFR's Business People of the Year awards, and ask the big question: is Australia a…

  46. Why rate hikes may be next, risky home loans in crosshairs & mini deal boom

    · 38 min · S4 E40

    This week Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson ask whether Australia’s economy has hit its speed limit, we look at the sneaky-big week for corporate deals and preview one of the AFR’s big nights of the year. To ask a…

  47. Speed dating with ASX giants, Nvidia bubble trouble & DroneShield falls to earth

    · 41 min · S4 E39

    This week Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson examine Nvidia’s monster profit result and what it says about the AI bubble, they travel to Singapore to explain how the nation’s top CEOs are selling Australia, and they…

  48. Stock tips from the Opera House, Why CBA plunged & investment property bubble?

    · 36 min · S4 E38

    This week James Thomson chats to Anthony Macdonald as he reports live from the Sydney Opera House for the biggest markets conference of the year. They share the stock tips from the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference, round…

  49. Musk mega pay rise, Aussie brothers are AI billionaires & why the RBA's stuck

    · 35 min · S4 E37

    This week James Thomson & Anthony Macdonald examine the big four’s big problem, explain why the RBA is stuck and ask what the stunning win of Zohran Mamdani in the New York Mayoral race tells investors and CEOs. To…

  50. The new battle for your super, James Hardie fury & bad news on rate cuts

    · 35 min · S4 E36

    This week James Thomson & Anthony Macdonald explain how the battle lines are being drawn up in the new superannuation wars, they try to make sense of the brutal slap down investors handed out to two of our biggest…

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