# Back to Back Barries

A podcast by The Guardian. Back to Back Barries examines the strategies behind the week's politics with co-hosts Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry. Barrie Cassidy has covered 14 federal elections as a political journalist, and two from the inside as a senior press secretary to then prime minister Bob Hawke. He is also the former host of ABC TV’s political discussion program Insiders. Tony Barry is a former Liberal party strategist who has worked for Christopher Pyne and Malcolm Turnbull. He now runs political research company RedBridge Group and is also a regular media commentator. Back to Back Barries will be with you every Saturday. You can find the podcast on the Full Story podcast feed, subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Feed: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/back-to-back-barries/podcast.xml

## Latest episodes

- [Do leaders lack the courage to turn the temperature down?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/d0ca90018cc7) (2026-10-23, 41 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/23-24478-barries_politicalviolence_20261023_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Why Josh Frydenberg isn’t the Liberals’ saviour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/7e45b3bbe2f9) (2026-10-16, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/16-23729-barries_frydenbergsaviour_20261016_ds_1710.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: How Labor should fight One Nation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/4bb6c7e49eb2) (2026-10-08, 34 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/08-20348-BARRIES_091026_LH_002.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Can the Greens beat Labor?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/15b02f96fba1) (2026-10-02, 34 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/02-28177-barries_shoebridge_20261002.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Should the media boycott One Nation?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/c08ba5f4fa85) (2026-09-25, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/25-28025-barries_onmedia_20260925_ds_1625.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Labor’s migration dilemma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/7a87a0834ff2) (2026-09-18, 37 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/18-24198-barries_labormigration_20260918_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Andrew Hastie v Pauline Hanson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/7447fdb7e03d) (2026-09-11, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/11-21627-barries_hastievshanson_20260911_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: The forces that can stop One Nation’s rise](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/05d72e4a0c07) (2026-09-04, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/04-24653-barries_threeshocks_20260904_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: How is One Nation influencing Labor’s migration policy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/76be06dd00b2) (2026-08-28, 36 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/28-25699-barries_seankelly_20260828_ds_1610.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Political stitch-up or compromise? A tale of two political deals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/fa05d4d36d74) (2026-08-21, 27 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/21-24523-fa_barries_politicalunity_20260821_ds_1555.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: what ‘melon-gate’ really reveals about our politics and the media](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/3fa0607c54b4) (2026-08-14, 30 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/14-23381-barries_melongate_20260814_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: why Labor is split on migration](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/597fad4e3705) (2026-08-07, 35 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/07-21860-barries_labormigration_20260807_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: the fallout from a Victorian coup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/220521f11498) (2026-07-31, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/31-24991-barries_vicspill_20260731_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Barnaby bends the media cycle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/9272b1a4c4af) (2026-07-24, 37 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/24-20814-barries_barnabymedia_20260724_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: will Tommy Robinson sink Pauline Hanson?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/085aef324061) (2026-07-17, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/17-24237-barries_hansonrobinson_20260717_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: The worst political gaffe of the week](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/9a2eff9972e7) (2026-07-10, 30 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/10-18758-barries_gaffes_20260710_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: The Liberal party needs more than a rebrand](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/86f3f465a708) (2026-07-02, 35 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/02-22899-barries_liberalrebrand_20260702_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Angus Taylor’s multiculturalism mess](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/2c97167cb11d) (2026-06-26, 29 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/26-28501-barries_taylormulticulturalism_20260626_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Is the media giving Pauline Hanson a free pass?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/a6cbf1a65e1c) (2026-06-19, 37 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/19-27101-barries_hansonnpc_20260619_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Who is donating to One Nation?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/4fa52135f763) (2026-06-12, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/12-26061-barries_counterintuitiveonenation_20260612_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Does One Nation have a ceiling or a wall?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/aea203d72c94) (2026-06-05, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/05-33000-FS_BARRIES_ON_POLL.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Is Labor in trouble over tax?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/46262b35a637) (2026-05-29, 35 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/05/29-23133-barries_labortax_20260529_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries live: How long will Angus Taylor survive as Liberal leader?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/5b7432908fbb) (2026-05-21, 40 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/05/21-17828-B2BB_UNALIVE.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Angus Taylor’s migration muddle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/655c2efbc399) (2026-05-15, 29 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/05/15-29525-fs_barries_20260515_ds.mp3
- [Back to back Barries: One Nation’s Trump-sized achilles heel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/280bc52b7ab8) (2026-05-08, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/05/08-24106-barries_onenation_20260508_ds_1605.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Focus on Farrer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/b2cf4580eeb9) (2026-05-01, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/05/01-26449-barries_farrer_20260501.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Can Labor’s 'tough decisions' save the NDIS?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/89ea5d4f9206) (2026-04-24, 35 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/04/24-25963-barries_20240424_ndis_ds.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: the Coalition’s ‘risky’ immigration plan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/ffbea143cc60) (2026-04-17, 40 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/04/17-27695-barries_immigration_20260417_ds_1725.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Cutting through Trump’s ‘wall of noise’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/30c895036711) (2026-04-10, 35 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/04/10-23959-barries_20260410_trumpalbanese_ds_1455.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: How the fuel crisis could hurt Albanese](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/97c400dea55b) (2026-03-27, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/03/27-22849-barries_fuelcrisis_20260327_ds_1705.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Will the war on Iran war trigger another recession we have to have?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/87c904355ccf) (2026-03-20, 27 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/03/20-22136-barries_recession_20260320_ds_1630.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Does Matt Canavan have a strategy to take on One Nation?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/bd99f6cbe6a2) (2026-03-13, 27 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/03/13-23576-FS_BARRIES_NATS.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: will Trump’s Iran war become Albanese’s mess?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/c68e7cb9942c) (2026-03-06, 31 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/03/06-22610-barries_iran_20260306_ds_1645.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: the politics of no sympathy for ‘IS families’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/4eaf81c9c54a) (2026-02-26, 34 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/02/26-30154-Baries_IS_Interest_ch_260226_1840.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: the Liberals’ looming election test](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/0ad22cd25a8b) (2026-02-20, 34 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/02/20-23610-Barries_reshuffle_ch_200226_1645.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: is Angus Taylor enough to stop One Nation?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/552285e32c75) (2026-02-13, 38 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/02/13-24222-BB_Libs_spill_ch_130226_1705.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries and Niki Savva on a seismic year in politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/ae5c332cba10) (2025-12-12, 34 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/12/12-20312-Barries_Niki_ch_121225_1610.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: why gen z and millennials will decide the Coalition’s fate](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/6ecca7e0c46e) (2025-12-05, 30 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/12/05-18924-Barries_Gen_ch_051225_1515.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Palestine, Hastie and the rise of influencers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/0f91b24cca66) (2025-09-26, 26 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/09/26-31423-barries_final_20250926_ds_1830.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Trump, climate targets and a turn to One Nation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/e6c9cef99ff2) (2025-09-19, 30 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/09/19-17420-fs_barries_climate_20250919_ds_1330.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: does the Coalition have the will to win?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/f6c54ca66d66) (2025-09-12, 26 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/09/12-22854-Barries_Price_ch_120925_1430.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: divisive debates and Dan Andrews](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/44c46be9ecc9) (2025-09-05, 28 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/09/05-20947-Barries_migration_ch_050925_1525.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: can the Coalition find a circuit breaker?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/a72cb91a5ae3) (2025-08-28, 28 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/08/28-27072-Barries_circuit_ch_280825_1715.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: roundtable reforms, and diplomatic rows](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/036c7829b89f) (2025-08-22, 31 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/08/22-24240-Barries_diplomay_ch_220825_1545.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: the tricky politics of a treasurer-PM relationship](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/d15a6a1ec817) (2025-08-15, 26 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/08/15-17586-Barries_RBA_ch_15825_1400.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: is Trump the new Xi Jinping?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/1e940a5c9443) (2025-08-08, 29 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/08/08-12969-Barries_stats_ch_070825_1250.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: does Albanese care more about polls or Palestine?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/9c13164bdc62) (2025-08-01, 30 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/08/02-00160-Barries_ch_0120825_0955.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: is the Liberal-National Coalition a ‘sham marriage’?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/836bd7c6cdde) (2025-07-25, 31 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/07/25-22897-Barries_beef_ch_250725_1515.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: Does Albanese need to choose China over Trump?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/385477e8c454) (2025-07-18, 26 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/07/18-18260-Barries_china_ch_180725_1400.mp3
- [Back to Back Barries: could the antisemitism plan be used to silence dissent?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6816273636/abf4f0cd5bcb) (2025-07-11, 31 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/07/11-17524-Barries_antiSem_ch_110725_1330.mp3

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