About this episode

Rod Smith provides updates on US news relevant to Australians.

Each Friday morning Rod Smith calls in from California to keep us up to date on all the news an Aussie would be interested in from the USA. Listen Live at 3.20am or catch the podcast here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Tony McManus

Guest: Rod Smith

Topics covered

• US news
• Australia
• California
• current events
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Places: California, USA

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