In this episode The Betoota Advocate explores the rise and fall of Hillsong founder, Brian Houston. Clancy and Errol attempt to show how an unremarkable pastor could become the leader of one of the world's biggest mega-churches.
In this episode, The Betoota Advocate tells us what really went down as billionaires Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer went to war over rugby league in the 1990s. It was the battle for a game that almost destroyed the game itself.
What causes a media hype to escalate into a race riot? The Betoota Advocate Presents will take you back to a day in 2005 when Cronulla made headlines around the world (and even put Australia on the don’t travel to list). Errol Parker and Clancy Overell meet with locals and eyewitnesses to find out the truth about the events leading up to that hot summer day. The Betoota Advocate analyse Australia’s past in the only way they know how, detailing everything from the contents of the text message that rallied the “troops” to the Bra Boys’ attempts to ease tensions with everyone involved.
What do cops, conmen and a can of spray paint have in common? A disastrous racing scandal at Eagle Farm Racecourse in August 1984, that’s what. Stepping back nearly forty years, the Betoota Advocate look back at the farcical yet absurdly true story of Fine Cotton, a racehorse that won and then lost in their new series The Betoota Advocate Presents. Delving into the horse swap that stopped Australia in its tracks, Editor At Large Errol Parker and Editor Clancy Overell discover how it all went so badly wrong. Chatting to those who were there at the time, The Betoota Advocate confirm what really went down on that fateful day the only way they know how. With cold hard facts.
