Tapt Media launches Fascinated with Jacqui Felgate podcast

Tapt Media has unveiled Fascinated with Jacqui Felgate, a weekly interview-led podcast hosted by the 3AW Drive presenter, launching 3 June 2026 across Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

The show moves away from hard news to focus on long-form conversations about the personal obsessions and fixations of high-profile guests. Tapt Media describes the format as deliberately apolitical.

The premiere lineup includes Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Shane Warne's daughter Brooke Warne, reality television personality and social media figure Luke Bateman, and Red Bull parkour athlete Dominic Di Tommaso.

The launch

Tapt Media Content Director Richard Stansbury said the show leverages Felgate's existing audience reach.

"We are thrilled to launch this flagship title with Jacqui, a broadcaster who genuinely commands the attention of hundreds of thousands of Australians daily," Stansbury said. "

Jacqui has an innate ability to cut through the noise, and Fascinated expands her community by bringing listeners into a closed-door environment with people who live extraordinary lives. There is only one rule on this show: no politics. Just pure, compelling human storytelling."

Felgate said the podcast fills a gap left by the constraints of daily radio.

"I've spent decades meeting fascinating people – from Hollywood A-listers and professional sportspeople, to the people who DM me craziest stories every day – and always wish I had more time to chat," she said.

"This podcast is that space. It's my playground off the radio where we dive into the weird and wonderful fixations people can't shake."

Guest highlights

In the premiere season, Bateman – known as a former Bachelor contestant and NRL player who built a following on the reading platform BookTok – discusses a gambling addiction.

"It would be rare for me to go a day without gambling... I would've lost over a million dollars," he said. Bateman credits his recovery in part to an obsession with romance fiction, a fixation that reportedly drew the attention of actor and producer Reese Witherspoon.

Brooke Warne addresses the recent dramatisation of her father Shane Warne's life. "I couldn't just sit back and let that happen... it was pretty poor," she said.

Wales discusses his decision to build Wikipedia as a charity and responds to criticism from Elon Musk, whom he describes as "much nicer in private." Wales quotes Silicon Valley peers as saying, "In 300 years they'll remember Wikipedia, not us."

Di Tommaso, who spent four and a half years working on Sydney garbage trucks before becoming a professional free runner, reflects on risk management.

"The second you let adrenaline take control... that's when it can become dangerous. I'm in control of the chaos," he said.

New episodes drop each Wednesday.

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