The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (Season 12)

Episode 1 (Episode 1)

Air date: 2026-01-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Charlie's back to strip Musk's AI chatbot bare, Andy Zaltzman calls stumps on English Cricket, Rhys Nicholson knows what you've been looking up online, and Scout Boxall is committed to your New Year's Resolutions.

Episode 2 (Episode 2)

Air date: 2026-01-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Charlie helps Australia hate in perfect harmony, Trump has his eyes on Greenland, Alex Ward saves the Brisbane Olympics and Abbey Gelmi serves up the Oz Open.

Episode 3 (Episode 3)

Air date: 2026-01-28

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Charlie tries to get the Coalition back together, Tom Gleeson returns to Hard Chat PM Anthony Albanese, Celia Pacquola finds love at the Dog Park and Rhys Nicholson enters the Matrix to find out if anything is really, real.

Episode 4 (Episode 4)

Air date: 2026-02-04

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Charlie goes to the movies with Pauline and Melania, Margaret Pomeranz conquers Aussie Shore, Alexei Toliopoulos goes Wuthering with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, plus Nick Cody pins UFC to the mat.

Episode 5 (Episode 5)

Air date: 2026-02-11

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Charlie investigates the scandal engorging Olympic ski jumping, Kevin McCloud and Tim Ross are looking for grand designs and maybe love, and Nicolette Minster puts microplastics under the microscope.

Episode 6 (Episode 6)

Air date: 2026-02-18

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Charlie mops up the Lib Spill and finds love at the Winter Games, Rhys dons the tinfoil to probe sovereign citizens, and Andy Zaltzman talks Epstein, Andrew, oat milk and other mortal threats facing Britain.

Episode 7 (Episode 7)

Air date: 2026-02-25

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Charlie unpacks Andrew's historic arrest, Margaret Pomeranz mulches Gardening Australia, Courtney Act sparkles for Mardi Gras, Brett Blake takes on his council, and the Today Show reporter sliding down the Alps.

Episode 8 (Episode 8)

Air date: 2026-03-04

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Charlie tidies up Trump's Middle East mess, fixes Albo's one-word difficulty and hits the dump button on Kyle and Jackie-O while Rhys explains why everything isn't for everyone and why that's perfectly ok.

Episode 9 (Episode 9)

Air date: 2026-03-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Charlie sorts out Iran, the Liberal Party, and other catastrophes, Margaret Pomeranz declares war on SAS Australia, Abbey Gelmi picks up after Oscar Piastri's crash and comedy superstar Hannah Gadsby gets animated.

Episode 10 (Episode 10)

Air date: 2026-03-18

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Charlie hits Trump's oil crisis and Albo's pitch invasion, Scout Boxall blesses St Patrick's Day, Konrad Benjamin puts the punters back in politics and Flight of the Conchords Oscar winner Bret McKenzie at the desk.

Episode 11 (Episode 11)

Air date: 2026-03-25