The Feed extends to 30 minutes on SBS 2

SBS 2’s news and current affairs program The Feed has been expanded from 15 minutes to a half hour format this year.

Hosted by Marc Fennell and presenters Jeannette Francis, Andy Park and Patrick Abboud the show regularly includes the latest local and international headlines, pop-culture trends and technology news.

This year it adds a new segment with SBS icon Lee Lin Chin. Every Monday Lee Lin will present ‘The Celebrity Chin Wag’ with the latest gossip, scandals, and entertainment news.

Here’s a taste of what is lined up for week one:

The Feed’s Patrick Abboud meets the world’s biggest transgender porn star Buck Angel

In the lead up to the Mardi Gras broadcast on March 2 The Feed will present a Mardi Gras focussed story each week. First up is Patrick Abboud’s interview with world famous Buck Angel. Buck Angel is the first transsexual man to enter the mainstream adult entertainment industry and is in Sydney presenting a series of workshops at Mardi Gras about sexual health and wellbeing for trans men.

Marc Fennell road tests real life video game Patient Zero

Most people play video games with a console. Not Drew Hobbs and Zoe Tame. They prefer to play games with flesh and blood and are the creators of Patient Zero a real life version of a video game that you can physically play, level-up and win. Patient Zero remains the biggest crowd funded venture in Australian history. It’s played in a 7000sqm warehouse meticulously converted into an abandoned underground medical facility with over 200 non-player character (cough… zombies). This set up involves fighting with infrared weapons and feeling real pain with their electrical “pain belts”. On Tuesday’s show Zoe and Drew test their latest creation on host of The Feed and zombie movie fanatic Marc Fennell.

Juliette Binoche speaks exclusively to Marc Fennell in Paris

Elegant, outspoken and fiercely intelligent, Oscar winner Juliette Binoche speaks to Marc Fennell in Paris about acting, filmmaking and more. She gives Marc the first taste of what to expect from the hugely anticipated “anti-blockbuster” reworking of Godzilla from director Gareth Edwards (Monsters). She explains why she turned down iconic roles in Jurassic Park and Schindlers List and how a sculpture she saw when she was 15 years old has changed the way she approaches art, acting and more.

Babes and Boars – The Feed catches up with Miss Bacon Buster 2013

With an estimated 23 million wild boars in Australia, pig hunting has become a popular sport and a form of conservation. A growing number of these hunters are women, hunting down pigs with their dogs and slicing their throats with a knife. It’s also become common for these women to take a photograph of themselves on top of the dead pig and send it into the “Babes and Boars” section of Bacon Busters magazine.

Jade Hammond was named “Miss Bacon Buster 2013” – a title that earned her the cover photo of the annual Babes and Boars calendar. Working as a pharmacy assistant in Walgett, NSW, she spends any spare moment at night and on the weekend hunting pigs with her husband. The Feed spend a night out on Jade’s property, following her on a hunt.

A special compile episode of the best Feed stories from the week will air on SBS ONE on Friday nights at 11pm.

7:30pm Monday February 10 SBS 2.