Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe State of the World: the rise of Orbán, Trump and Netanyahu
Has the rise of leaders like Orbán, Trump and Netanyahu finally put paid to the liberal fantasy that fascism, ultra-nationalism and xenophobia were s…
1 year ago
The State of the Self: Have we lost a sense of community in a post pandemic world?
Despite the promise that we were “all in it together”, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a flight from sociability. While that escape may have been a reli…
1 year ago
The State of the Self: Have we lost a sense of community in a post pandemic world?
Despite the promise that we were “all in it together”, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a flight from sociability. While that escape may have been a reli…
1 year ago
The State of the Nation: has the myth of the 'fair go' been broken?
Has the myth of the Australian fair-go finally been broken? Are social divides deepening and widening? And in a time of great uncertainty, how does A…
1 year ago
Trans poet and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon on being banned by Trump
Trans poet and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon on how they use humour to flip the narrative about transgender people, and how to tackle Donald Trump's trans…
1 year ago
The story of Russia through Putin's eyes, and the painting that rocked Australian politics
Three years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, renowned historian Orlando Figes, delves into President Vladimir Putin's rationale for war. And we go…
1 year ago
Ian Dunt's UK, NT mining royalties slump and how to rescue a hummingbird
Ian Dunt on how the UK is reacting to Trump abandoning Ukraine. What happens to NT Indigenous communities when mining royalties dry up? And how to re…
1 year ago
Laura Tingle's Canberra, the money behind far-right young voices and the charlatan geologist from WA
Laura Tingle on the variation in poll results ahead of the election being called, the big money media-training the conservative young faces of the fa…
1 year ago
Calls to audit Welcomes to Country, and who pays for climate disasters when insurance folds?
Indigenous Australian theatre and arts director Rhoda Roberts says the backlash against Welcome to Country ceremonies is a return to assimilation. P…
1 year ago
A Catholic Bishop's take on the US Immigration crackdown, and the women who revolutionised Australian publishing
A growing number of Catholic Church leaders have criticised US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Bishop Mark Seitz from El Paso, Texas,…
1 year ago