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Powerful men hurt or humiliate women, and somehow there’s always another tour, another contract, another “cheeky larrikin” rebrand waiting for them. This week on Rage on the Rocks, Sarah and Lauren run a second‑chance audit on the Boys’ club loyalty program – who gets the comebacks, who pays the price, and who keeps renewing their membership.

We start with Jimmy Fallon’s cosy Tonight Show interview with Conor McGregor, recorded after an Irish civil jury found McGregor liable for sexually assaulting Nikita Hand and ordered him to pay damages – a verdict later upheld. Fallon’s laughs‑and‑family chat never mentions Nikita or the case, and that’s our entry point into a much bigger pattern: politicians whose abuse is treated as “colour”, shock jocks rewarded for vulgar misogyny, presidents and power brokers whose sexual misconduct and friendships with men like Jeffrey Epstein don’t stop the comeback train.

If this episode brings things up for you, you don’t have to sit with it alone. In Australia you can call 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732), the national 24/7 counselling service for anyone impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence, or supporting someone who is. You can also call 1800 FULL STOP (1800 3 85 578), run by Full Stop Australia, for free, confidential trauma counselling nationwide. If you’re in immediate danger, call 000.

Notes

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-23/conor-mcgregor-sexual-assault-2018-dublin-hotel/104638650

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6n04xjj1qo

https://culturacolectiva.com/en/history/jimmy-fallon-conor-mcgregor-tonight-show-nikita-hand-backlash/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-10/four-corners-investigation-christian-porter-sexism-inappropriate/12862910

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-56560666

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-26/troy-buswell-ex-wife-feared-going-public-with-abuse-claims/100165914

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-28/decade-of-wa-sex-scandals-exposed-strip-clubs-troy-buswell/11827540

https://theconversation.com/for-27-years-the-kyle-and-jackie-o-show-indulged-australias-most-vulgar-sexist-impulses-277510

https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/impeachment/clinton-impeachment-and-its-fallout

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/monica-lewinsky-calls-out-bill-clintons-handling-of-their-scandal-says-i-was-thrown-under-the-bus-lost-my-future/articleshow/118600069.cms

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/what-we-know-about-donald-trump-relationship-with-epstein/106004310