Podcast Episodes

For years doctors dismissed Jenny’s concerns. Now she has months to live

More than 1800 women have shared experiences of feeling gaslit, being dismissed by doctors or being told their pain was in their mind as part of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age’s investigative …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Inside Politics: Is the campaign getting away from Peter Dutton?

This week on the campaign saw the release of competing housing policies, and the appearance of Peter Dutton’s son Harry.

But in many ways the campaign continued to be overshadowed by Donald Trump. La…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

It's been two weeks since Trump's liberation day. Is the world ok?

So many of us have been yanking at our hair, or just standing around, slack jawed, as we’ve watched sharemarkets collapse and the chance of a recession barrel towards us - all as a result of Donald T…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Inside Politics: What we must learn from our 'worst' election campaign

This week our revered economics editor Ross Gittins wrote an essay for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald, in which he lamented the state of this election campaign in particular, and Australian politi…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

How the 'worst school in Australia' turned itself around

When news surfaced in March, that schools across Australia were recording record levels of violence, with a huge number of principals having either suffered physical abuse, last year, or witnessed it…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

'A pox on your houses': Will new housing policies help first home buyers?

The Australian government and opposition party have both announced policies to address the country's housing crisis, with young people in particular priced out of the market.

Labor say they want to d…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Bondi Junction attack: Three minutes to take six lives

A year on from Joel Cauchi's apparently indiscriminate stabbing spree at the Westfield shopping centre in Bondi Junction, what have we learned?

Later this month, an inquest into the attack, which cla…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside Politics: ‘Gaslighting’ or gas-led recovery?

No one fell off a stage this week, but we did see the two party leaders face off for their first debate, plus the Coalition released modelling of its gas policy.

With energy prices so crucial in this…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s China tariffs now 125% and the MAGA backlash

To say that American president Donald Trump’s global tariffs have sparked chaos around the world is an understatement. One analyst called the result, “a self-induced economic nuclear winter”.        …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why gangland figure Tony Mokbel could walk free

Extraordinary scenes unfolded outside an Australian court last week when one of the last remaining figures from Melbourne's gangland war, Tony Mokbel, was released on bail.

And there watching it all …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago