Backchat

Your alternative to talkback. Backchat is a weekly show of news, politics, interviews, discussion, satire, and feature reporting.

Hosted by Dani Zhang and Tanita Razaghi. Executive produced by Rebecca Cushway, with producers Dani Zhang, Holly Payne, Tanita Razaghi, Libby Hopper, Sana Shaikh, Lilly Grainger, Eva Sikes-Gerogiannis, Euan Kielly, Elisa Papaioannou, Grace Pittar, Jaspar McCahon-Boersma and Bridgette Donnellan. 

Got an idea for a story? Email us: backchat@fbiradio.com We're also on Instagram @backchatfbiradio and X @BackchatFBi.

Recent Episodes
  • Venice Biennale Backlash | Trans Healthcare | Bulk Billing Blowouts
    May 22, 2025 – 41:28
  • Sam Kerr’s Trial | Sydney’s Train Strikes | Parsley Bay Protests | Queer Services in Greater Western Sydney
    Mar 9, 2025 – 53:50
  • Antoinette Latouff’s battle with ABC | Why is Endometriosis Still Underfunded? | Cairo Takeaway vs the Daily Telegraph
    Feb 19, 2025 – 45:40
  • Laneway Drama | Far-Right Extremism | Heat Inequality | Dutton’s War on “Wokeism”
    Feb 18, 2025 – 46:48
  • Trans Healthcare Scrapped | Local Council Drama | The Rise in Right-Wing Anti-Semitism | Hottest 100 Controversy
    Feb 16, 2025 – 42:50
  • How to Talk About Invasion Day | Yabun Festival | Blak Powerhouse
    Feb 14, 2025 – 22:38
  • Palestinian and Jewish Perspectives: One Year On | Can Doxxing Laws Keep Us Safe?
    Nov 24, 2024 – 28:21
  • Are We Too Focused on Our Own Image? | Justice for Sexual Harassment Survivors | Music’s Role in the Climate Crisis
    Nov 12, 2024 – 20:24
  • Saving NSW’s Festivals | Med Students Tackle Placement Poverty | AI in Classrooms
    Nov 10, 2024 – 24:57
  • The Greens’ Plans for South West Sydney | The Future of the Inner West | Why Are Eating Disorders Rising?
    Oct 1, 2024 – 28:43
  • Who is falling behind when it comes to gendered pay? | Sydney icon Danny Lim on protest and power | School students across Sydney strike for Palestine
    Mar 15, 2024 – 25:01
  • Why is Country Music Having a Moment? | Fitness Influencer Scams | Steps Toward Closing the Gap in NSW |
    Feb 29, 2024 – 24:20
  • Changes to Doxxing Laws | Asbestos, Asbestos Everywhere! | Syphilis in Australia: A brand new story?
    Feb 28, 2024 – 26:30
  • Dragging the Hills Shire Council | Breaking Down the ICJ Ruling | The Power of Diverse Storytelling: Sweatshop Literacy Movement's Latest Anthology
    Feb 14, 2024 – 30:43
  • Shark Stigma // Medicare Turns 40 // Stage 3 Tax Cuts For Dummies
    Feb 7, 2024 – 23:23
  • Invasion Day and Growing Right-Wing Sentiment in Sydney // ANTaR, Reconciliation, and the Referendum // Parallels Between Indigenous and Palestinian Struggles for Sovereignty
    Feb 6, 2024 – 22:30
  • Rozelle Interchange Chaos // Rip it, Rip It Good: Staying Safe This Summer
    Feb 6, 2024 – 22:39
  • The holes in pothole funding // Arrests at protests - your rights with police // 2023 Nurse of the year - HIV care in Sydney
    Dec 4, 2023 – 22:47
  • Woollahra Council Parking and Postcode Discrimination // Scams, Robbery, Fraud! // NSW's Casual Teacher Crisis
    Nov 28, 2023 – 29:27
  • How safe do you feel in your city? // Big changes for the rights of stateless asylum seekers // How the Greens are taking action on the situation in Gaza
    Nov 21, 2023 – 23:32
  • What's the go with FOGO? // Sydney Uni's Inroads program is here to assist with alcohol-related anxiety // NSW Government is conducting an audit into Sydney's struggling live music scene
    Nov 14, 2023 – 24:17
  • First Nations people and Australia after the Referendum // The context to Israel and Palestine that you're not hearing
    Oct 21, 2023 – 26:39
  • Referendum 2023: How to cast a valid, informed vote // Live crosses to voting booths // Unpacking today + what comes next
    Oct 16, 2023 – 25:08
  • Referendum 2023: the case for YES // Insight into the Progressive NO perspective // Have Indigenous voices been given enough space during the campaign?
    Oct 13, 2023 – 24:04
  • NSW cops not trained for strip searching // Sydney's urban trees // Eridication of Varroa Mite abandoned
    Oct 13, 2023 – 25:17
  • What's in the NSW state budget? // Housing and the NSW budget // Cultural burning: Can the past address a modern problem?
    Oct 13, 2023 – 25:23
  • Macquarie Bank goes cashless // Sewage pump station planned for Parsley Bay // Eaterloo public housing redevelopment drags on
    Oct 13, 2023 – 26:54
  • Sydney housing crisis costing billions // A dive into the world of Deepfakes // Varroa Mite continues to devastate bee colonies across NSW
    Oct 13, 2023 – 24:44
  • Federal politicians receive a pay bump // Voice 2023: what Australia can learn from the rest of the world
    Oct 13, 2023 – 24:56
  • Zoom attempt at data harvesting backfires // A breakdown of the intergenerational report // Are food delivery companies putting their workers' lives at risk?
    Oct 13, 2023 – 24:03
  • Matildas fever sweeps the nation // Sydney NIMBY-ism leading to racist outcomes // Sydney bus issues addressed in new Government report
    Oct 13, 2023 – 26:50
  • Fair Pay For Radio Play bill explained // Yes, Western Sydney is much hotter
    Oct 13, 2023 – 19:44
  • New shark net program examined / Pill testing back on the agenda in NSW // Head knocks in women' sport
    Oct 13, 2023 – 24:07
  • Busfire season approaching - how prepared are we? // Cash going out of fashion // A look into the world of ethical porn
    Oct 13, 2023 – 24:41
  • Girl Dinner explained // Bush To Bowl healing experience // Egg freezing: fad or future?
    Oct 13, 2023 – 25:40
  • Rising grocery costs - are supermarkets price gouging? // Fresh calls for Unis and Gov to act on campus sexual assaults
    Jul 19, 2023 – 26:26
  • NAIDOC week exclusive: Acknowledging country beyond words // Safeguarding native languages
    Jul 19, 2023 – 25:53
  • What Australian media covers and what it ignores // Changes to opioid dependence therapy // Sydney's urban birds
    Jul 19, 2023 – 24:34
  • DIGITISATION OF THE WORK PLACE // ECONOMIC STRUGGLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE // SEXUAL HEALTH FOR WORLD PRIDE
    Feb 8, 2023 – 22:43
  • INVASION DAY 2023 // THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOR FIRST NATIONS ISSUES // WHERE WE'RE AT WITH A VOICE TO PARLIAMENT // CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE VOICE
    Feb 8, 2023 – 21:29
  • SYDNEY'S PARKING PERMITS AND THEIR IMPACT ON RENTERS // ABORTION ACCESS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS // POKIE REFORM IN NSW WITH ALEX GREENWICH
    Jan 26, 2023 – 23:29
  • GENDER PAY GAP EXPLORED // PROBELMATIC CULTURE IN OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS // SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS MINNS
    Jan 26, 2023 – 23:39
  • RADICAL CHANGES TO INDONESIA'S LEGAL CODE // NSW SCHOOL SYLLABUS SET FOR OVERHAUL // AUSTRALIA'S VAPING PROBLEM
    Jan 25, 2023 – 24:28
  • SYDNEY GOLF CLUB HAS CONTROVERSIAL DEVELOPMENT GREENLIT // SEXUAL HARRASSMENT IN AUS MUSIC // GAMBLING HARM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR REFORM
    Jan 25, 2023 – 24:12
  • FAREWELLING CHARLES RUSHFORTH // NSW GOV SCHOOLS GOING CO-ED // RISKS OF BUY-NOW-PAY-LATER SERVICES THIS SILLY SEASON
    Jan 25, 2023 – 22:05
  • CABBIES DODGING THE METER // SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH SHADOW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, PENNY SHARPE // CONCERNING WAIT TIMES FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
    Nov 19, 2022 – 24:24
  • REDCYCLE COLLAPSES // NSW GOV PLANTS ONE MILLION TREES IN SYDNEY // EXPLORING CHANGES TO GAMBLING ADS
    Nov 18, 2022 – 25:09
  • NETBALL, GINA REINHART AND AUS SPORTS SPONSORSHIP // CHINATOWN'S REVIVAL // UNPACKING LABOR'S FIRST FEDERAL BUDGET
    Nov 11, 2022 – 23:13
  • COMMERCIALISATION OF SYDNEY'S GREEN SPACES // CASSIUS TURVEY AND INDIGENOUS STRUGGLE
    Nov 11, 2022 – 21:10
  • BANKSTOWN STATE LABOR MP SENSATIONALLY QUITS // ARE CIVIL LIBERTIES UNDER THREAT IN NSW? // THE MEDICAL PROFESSION RESPONDS TO RORTING ALLEGATIONS
    Oct 24, 2022 – 23:45
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