Sideswiped

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Sideswipe: Prone and out of Wonder
Budget Day shit fight, recommending books that don't exist, a theory of socio-economic unfairness, is your kid's name a Tragedeigh?
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Ana Samways
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Sideswipe: Wooing the lady vote
Sean Bean is a bastard, the ancestor of the air fryer, Lazy Fish corkscrew and crushing fascism with a Sherman tank. Easy.
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Sideswipe: Shout, shout, let it all out...
Brutal insults, genital imagery in the real world, streaming recommendations and Demis Roussos is corked!
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Ana Samways
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Sideswipe: Who wants to be a Trillionaire?
Recession blondes, The White POTUS, Polkinghorne doco is a winner and Peak Facebook Marketplace.
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Ana Samways
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Sideswiped: Take a long hot bath
West coast tourism ad, the chubby filter abomination, hidden rules among the classes and some quick therapy.
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Ana Samways
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Sideswipe: Still Waiting
Richard Prebble's stale take on school lunches, did everyone in the 80s have this jug? 63 life lessons for those who need them (I do) and Tiger Woods…
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Ana Samways
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Sideswipe: Wild Cabbage
Ryan Bridge looking for the G-spot, sponging off a spouse, Netflix's Adolescence is Peak TV and the tech backlash gains momentum.
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Ana Samways
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Humour and opinion without the middle man or the clutter of social media, with Ana Samways. “The thinking man’s Kate Hawkesby” Mediawatch 2023
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