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What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty

S4 EP17: Waleed Aly

What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty

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Comedy

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Joining us on this episode of '⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠What did you do yesterday?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠' is the brilliant television presenter, journalist, academic, and lawyer - Waleed Aly. We asked Waleed what he did yesterday? He told us. That's it... enjoy! Get in touch with the show:   EMAIL: WHATDIDYOUDOYESTERDAYPOD@GMAIL.COM Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yesterdaypod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales and general enquiries:  HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hader, it's your big McDonald's hunger calling.

0:03.0

And it's not just any kind of hunger.

0:05.0

It's the kind that calls for big arch. Start with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and big arch sauce. Oh, and don't forget those crispy onions. Hungry? You are now. Served from 11 a.m. subject to availability. Price and participation may vary.

0:34.0

Podcasts, there are millions of them. Some might say too many. I have one already. I don't have any, because there are enough.

0:37.8

Politics, business, sport, you name it. There's a podcast about it. And they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day. But nobody is covering the most important

0:42.8

topic of all. Why is that? Are they scared? Too afraid of being censored by the man?

0:50.0

Possibly, but not us. We're here to ask the only question that matters. We'll try and say it at the same time, Max. What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday, nothing more. Day before yesterday, Max? Nope. The greatest and most interesting day of your life? Unless it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it.

1:12.6

I'm Max Rushton and I'm David O'Daheherty. Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday?

1:21.0

Hello and welcome to What Did You Do yesterday. My name is Max Rushon, alongside me, David O'Doherty. Hello, David.

1:26.5

Welcome to What Did You Do

1:28.5

Yesterday, an intriguing episode today because we have a former co-worker of Max's. So I know

1:40.2

Willie Daly because I was on, so it was one of the most popular shows in Australia when it was on before you came on board.

1:54.2

But Walid is even more interesting than that show because do we call them a public intellectual?

2:03.0

So yeah, he hosted the project for years.

2:08.1

And I suppose a UK version is kind of the one show, but it's the one show with a bit more journalistic chops than that. And he is, I mean, a sort of, I would say, yeah, an academic.

2:14.9

He is an academic. Like, that's his thing. He sort of fell into broadcasting. And in this episode, I think he sort of, he doesn't underplay how smart he is. But like, he's just so smart. It's ridiculous. And I've seen, like, I've been on the desk. Most of the time, I would only sit on the desk when he was off, like the main chair, but

2:34.4

sometimes I sat on the end, like bloke on the end who doesn't have to do anything. Yes. And like each interview would be, oh, with interviewing, you know, the Labour MP for Sydney about this. And then you'd all have your plan questions. And then you just, well, he'd, he was just that I've got, you know, he would never say it, but he would just, I don't think I've seen a better

2:52.9

forensic political interviewer. I'm trying to. you just, well, he was just like, I've got, you know, he would never say it, but he would just,

2:51.7

I don't think I've seen a better forensic political interviewer. I'm trying to think who are like James O'Brien-y type. Yes. You know, brain that he has. Exactly. And he's sort of a philosopher. But what is very apparent from this episode is that all he really likes is football.

3:11.1

Very. But what is very apparent from this episode is that all he really likes is football.

3:11.3

Various forms of football.

3:14.9

What I like about this, and this is not giving spoilers,

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