The Weekly with Charlie Pickering: Season 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering Season 11.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 14, 2026 · 30 min
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 committe
Episode 2
Jan 21, 2026 · 30 min
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
Jan 28, 2026 · 29 min
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 Matr
Episode 4
Feb 4, 2026 · 29 min
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
Episode 5
Feb 11, 2026 · 29 min
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 un
Episode 6
Feb 18, 2026 · 29 min
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 mor
Episode 7
Feb 25, 2026 · 29 min
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
Episode 8
Mar 4, 2026 · 29 min
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
Episode 9
Mar 11, 2026 · 30 min
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 supe
Episode 10
Mar 18, 2026 · 29 min
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 Osca
Episode 11
Mar 25, 2026 · 29 min
Charlie stockpiles fuel, Marg Pomeranz exposes the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Rhys Nicholson goes down the Chemtrail rabbit hole and comedian Steph Tisdell pulls on the sneakers
Episode 12
Apr 1, 2026 · 29 min
Charlie charts the spike in politicians at the bowser, Rhys Nicholson wants to join the Illuminati, Nicolette Minster is suspicious of wearable tech, and UK comedy sensation Phil W
Episode 13
Apr 8, 2026 · 29 min
Charlie addresses the PMs address to the nation, has God picked a side in the War? Alex Hudson saves the NDIS, and Margaret Pomeranz crashes the MAFS party, plus Irish comedy sensa
Episode 14
Apr 15, 2026 · 30 min
Charlie scopes Ben Roberts-Smith's jail cell, Rhys Nicholson exposes conspiracies that turned out to be true, Nicolette Minster on hammer-to-the-face beauty fads, and expat comic F
Episode 15
Apr 22, 2026 · 33 min
Season finale! Charlie on Trump v The Pope, Marg Pomeranz torches home shopping, Rhys Nicholson goes to jail to unwind, Alexei Toliopoulos saves Hollywood from itself plus comedy Q