Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat happened to Nauru's riches? Transgender troops fight Trump, plus the world's oldest prosthetics
Nauru briefly had one of the highest per-capita incomes on earth, thanks to phosphate mining - so where did all the money go? Transgender troops kick…
3 months, 1 week ago
Anna Henderson's Canberra plus Netanyahu's political survival
Pauline Hanson's burka stunt stymies the Senate while the Labor government is deep in negotiations with the Greens and the Coalition to get changes t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Simon Winchester on wind: the invisble force that we can't live without
The acclaimed writer Simon Winchester turns his eye to the wind - the invisible force with the power to sustain, relieve, inspire, irritate and destr…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Bruce Shapiro's USA, climate and slavery justice for Jamaica and feral foxes
Bruce Shapiro looks at why Donald Trump has finally agreed to release the Epstein files. After being devastated by yet another hurricane, Jamaica is …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Helen Garner on Erin Patterson's trial and a lifetime of keeping diaries
Author Helen Garner sat through the trial of Erin Patterson, who was convicted of murdering members of her family with deadly mushrooms. She reflects…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Anna Henderson's Canberra, inside Myanmar's civil war, and traffic jams in space
After the Liberal Party joined the Nationals in ditching net zero, what is the fate of remaining Liberal Party moderates in city seats? A new documen…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Gareth Evans: Australia should do more on nuclear control, plus Joseph Stiglitz warns of 'inequality emergency'
As Russia and the US both threaten resume nuclear testing and China has tripled its stock of nuclear arms, former foreign minister Gareth Evans says …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Henry Reynolds turns Australian history upside-down
The writing of Australian history has tended to focus on the south-eastern corner of the continent, but the story of colonisation north of the Tropic…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ian Dunt's UK, police brutality in Brazil, and Australia's earliest computer
What caused the latest drama at the BBC, and what does it say about the state of British media? Ian Dunt explains. As Brazil tries to present its bes…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Anna Henderson's Canberra, Sudan's genocidal gold rush and the missing dismissal footage mystery
The Liberal Party looks likely to drop their net zero policy this week, but what will that do for their base? At the heart of the genocide in Sudan i…
4 months ago