Hungry Beast

Hungry Beast

A program that challenges audiences with a mix of the unexpected and the unconventional. Each episode is themed around specific issues facing the world today.

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1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2009-09-30

The first ever episode of Hungry Beast. WATCH IT AGAIN, hurrah!

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2009-10-07

The new advertising campaign from the Coal Industry; The Banks latest strategy for liberating your money; The medical benefits of wearing ridiculously wide pants; An interview with the family of Private Benjamin Ranaudo who was killed in Afghanistan; Overdosing on Beatles nostalgia; The new street crime of “Chalking” that is spreading amongst kids; How sugary junk food is marketed to children as fruit; How people feel about “Aussie Pride”; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s mother speaks out; And our regular segments: Things We Think Might Be Bullshit; Stuff Said This Week; The Other News; and Follow The Money.

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2009-10-14

Living in a post race world, fake lesbians, DIY funerals, and is Australia racist?

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2009-10-21

Windows 7 launch party, Robot Wars and 8-bit immigration.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2009-10-28

Carrier pigeons vs Internet, James Hardie, Robot Wars and more.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2009-11-04

Jesus, body image, Satan and the final Robot Wars.

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2009-11-11

Weather, paedophilia, garbage, robots and big mouths!

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2009-11-18

What do Copenhagen, vampires, fake bums and the Loch Ness Monster have in common? Well not much, but they're all in this episode.

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2009-11-24

Find out why men should get the cervical cancer vaccine, some more fake stuff - for real, and personal insights into the refugee experience in Australia.

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2009-12-01

11. Episode 11

Air Date: 2010-02-10

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 2010-02-16

13. Episode 13

Air Date: 2010-02-24

14. Episode 14

Air Date: 2010-03-03

15. Episode 15

Air Date: 2010-03-10

16. Episode 16

Air Date: 2010-03-16

1. Episode 11

Air Date: 2010-02-10

Catch the first episode of HUNGRY BEAST for 2010!

2. Episode 12

Air Date: 2010-02-16

3. Episode 13

Air Date: 2010-02-24

Gay conversion, Victoria Dynamite on a crisis in Africa, and some not so clever men in uniform.

4. Episode 14

Air Date: 2010-03-03

Exclusive look at Avatar 2, we do the search on Google and we get the low down, down low in Labiaplasty.

5. Episode 15

Air Date: 2010-03-10

Hungry Beast buys into de-branding, plays with Chat Roulette and looks into your potential future health with a story on DNA testing.

6. Episode 16

Air Date: 2010-03-16

Meet two people who are intersex, find out why corporations are on the nose: using smell to sell and Victoria Dynamite attempts to solve our rising sea level problems.

7. Episode 17

Air Date: 2010-03-24

In Episode 17 of HUNGRY BEAST cane toads are coming, and they're coming for you! We also look at plans to make lesser-known Marvel comic book super heroes into movies, and Jessicah Mendes sits down with some of Australia's most feared bikie groups.

8. Episode 18

Air Date: 2010-03-31

Drugs, lies and autobiographies. A mixed bag that might make you go hmmmmm.

9. Episode 19

Air Date: 2010-04-07

Adelaide's 'Gang of 49' that never was, TV as contraception and the new promotional video for Canberra.

10. Episode 20

Air Date: 2010-04-14

Look at what problems a line on a map can have, Victoria Dynamite investigates the perils of office sledging, and catch a sneak peak at the HUNGRY BEAST Stage Extravaganza.

1. Secrets

Air Date: 2011-03-23

In the first episode of Series 3 of Hungry Beast we've gone all themed. Tonight it's SECRETS.

2. Captivity

Air Date: 2011-03-30

Episode 22 of Hungry Beast is themed around Captivity: from the woman trapped in her own body, who can only communicate by blinking; to liberating copyright from its confines; to the man holding his entire nation captive.

3. Faking It

Air Date: 2011-04-06

Episode 23 of Hungry Beast is Faking It: from counterfeit medicines to bogus qualifications to ethnic cosmetic surgery and places that aren't quite what they seem.

4. Waste

Air Date: 2011-04-13

Episode 24 of Hungry Beast looks at Waste: the alleged waste of Federal Government cash; the dirtiest of dirty jobs; Faeconomics; the life cycle of a plastic bottle; the food we don't eat; and rubbish thrown out by the stars.

5. Download

Air Date: 2011-04-20

Episode 25 of Hungry Beast is on Download: its likely demise at the hands of streaming; i-Dosing, the legal audio high?; online matchmaking; human downloading; internet anonymity; and Aussie kids' take on living a digital life.

6. Perfection

Air Date: 2011-04-27

Episode 26 of Hungry Beast is Perfection: the perfect soldier, animal and measurement. Plus the imperfect veggie, the animated characters that are just too lifelike and what happens when getting it perfect takes over your life?

7. Wealth

Air Date: 2011-05-04

Episode 27 of Hungry Beast is on Wealth: the future of money; Australia's richest person; Hip Hop Finance from Ross Greenwood and the Death of a Very Rich Man.

8. Power

Air Date: 2011-05-11

Episode 28 of Hungry Beast is on Power: of Climate Science, retail spaces, and the Force - plus much more.

9. Upload

Air Date: 2011-05-18

Episode 29 of Hungry Beast is themed around Upload: the net's neutrality, its carbon footprint, online Jihad and what you have prayed for.

10. Play

Air Date: 2011-05-25

Episode 30 of Hungry Beast is on Play: the dictators we hang around with; news as games; the hackers helping humankind; and real world board games.

11. Speed

Air Date: 2011-05-31

Episode 31 of Hungry Beast is on Speed: the exponential growth of computer intelligence; Australia's fastest sprint cyclist; Fast Fashion; and the island under threat from fast rising sea levels.

12. Death

Air Date: 2011-06-08

Episode 32 is the last of Series 3 of Hungry Beast. We go out on the theme of Death: killing the internet; the human cost of commodities trading; Stuxnet, the first computer virus designed to be a weapon; PTSD in the police; and what happens when humans take their final bow.

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Rating

0.0/10

Release Date

2009-09-30

Episodes

38 (3 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Zapruder's Other Films

Zapruder's Other Films