Podcast Episodes

Meet Australia's first female astronaut

Katherine Bennell-Pegg made history in 2023 when she was selected to join a training program with the European Space Agency, graduating as the first Australian woman to become a qualified astronaut. …

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Behind the scenes of 'fontgate'

In today's episode of Building TDA, Sam and Zara pull the curtain back on 'fontgate'. In case you're (luckily) unfamiliar, it was the time when TDA changed its font and the internet revolted. Let's u…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Headlines: Telstra fined $18m for misleading customers

Today's headlines include:

The Federal Court has handed Telstra an $18 million fine for misleading its broadband customers. 

A deadly synagogue attack in the UK city of Manchester has been declared a…

Published on 3 months ago

The U.S. Govt shutdown, explained

Earlier this week, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to pass funding legislation. It's the 21st shutdown since 1977, and it has triggered the indefinite pause of most federal servic…

Published on 3 months ago

Headlines: Erin Patterson to appeal guilty verdict

Today's headlines include:

Erin Patterson is expected to appeal her guilty verdict, a month after she was sentenced to life behind bars.

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has signed off on a landmark defence tr…

Published on 3 months ago

Why police lost a strip search lawsuit

This week, a woman was awarded $93,000 by a NSW court over an unlawful police strip search at a 2018 music festival. Strip searches are supposed to be conducted under exceptional circumstances only, …

Published on 3 months ago

Headlines: U.S. Govt shuts down over funding deadlock

Today's headlines include:

The NSW Police Commissioner has apologised for the unlawful strip search that led to a class action against police. 

Up to 69 people have been killed and hundreds injured a…

Published on 3 months ago

The new rules for first home buyers

Buying your first home just got easier… the Government hopes. Its new home ownership scheme comes into effect from today, allowing first-time purchasers to secure a home with a 5% deposit, down from …

Published on 3 months ago

Headlines: RBA leaves interest rates on hold at 3.6%

Today's headlines include:

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left the cash rate on hold at 3.6%.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have announced a new c…

Published on 3 months ago

Is the 000 network failing?

Optus has confirmed its second triple-zero outage in less than two weeks. The latest incident affected thousands of NSW customers, and it follows an outage linked to four deaths earlier in the month.…

Published on 3 months ago