The Cheap Seats

Season 42021

Major news stories, not-so-major news stories, stories involving cats, entertainment, sport and viral videos, it’s a Reader's Digest of world events for a generation who simply don’t want to read.

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19 Episodes

E01 Episode 1

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and Natasha Exelby.

July 20, 2021

E02 Episode 2

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and returning guest Natasha Exelby.

July 27, 2021

E03 Episode 3

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and gold medallist Ruby Tui.

August 3, 2021

E04 Episode 4

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and bronze-medallist Olympic boxer Harry Garside.

August 10, 2021

E05 Episode 5

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and Survivor’s Kez McGee.

August 17, 2021

E06 Episode 6

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and Urzila Carlson.

August 24, 2021

E07 Episode 7

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and Dilruk Jayasinha.

August 31, 2021

E08 Episode 8

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and Lloyd Langford.

September 7, 2021

E09 Episode 9

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and The Masked Singer host Osher Günsberg.

September 14, 2021

E10 Episode 10

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and Planet America’s Chas Licciardello.

September 21, 2021

E11 Episode 11

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and The Masked Singer’s Dave Hughes.

September 28, 2021

E12 Episode 12

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and Bond superfan Tony Martin.

October 5, 2021

E13 Episode 13

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and comedians Nina Oyama and Nath Valvo.

October 12, 2021

E14 Episode 14

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily, English-Channel-swimmer Chloë McCardel and ABC weatherman Nate Byrne.

October 19, 2021

E15 Episode 15

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and soccer legend turned celebrity chef Archie Thompson.

October 26, 2021

E16 Episode 16

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and comedian Naomi Higgins.

November 2, 2021

E17 Episode 17

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and Laura McGoldrick.

November 9, 2021

E18 Episode 18

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at the week’s major and not-so-major news stories, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs this week are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and music broadcaster Myf Warhurst.

November 16, 2021

E19 Episode 19

Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look back at 2021, all the way from The Cheap Seats. Along for the laughs are guests Mel Tracina, Titus O’Reily and Natasha Exelby.

November 23, 2021