Podcast Episodes

The remarkable story of how Timor-Leste is tackling cervical cancer

More than 25 years ago, photojournalist Kate Geraghty travelled to Timor-Leste to document the struggles of the Timorese people as they wrestled back…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

The Sketch: Tony Wright on the Coalition’s 'ship of fools'

Tony Wright, the associate editor of The Age, has been writing for 50 years. He is the master of what we call the political sketch.
Sketches are akin …

3 months ago

Barnaby Joyce opens up on his defection to Pauline Hanson's One Nation

One Nation is having a bit of a moment.

Pauline Hanson’s outfit, accused by both major parties of exploiting racial anxiety over her career, has fade…

3 months ago

Littleproud fired the gun, but Ley set up the circumstances: The spectacular Coalition break-up

We are back with a special episode of Inside Politics as a few things have happened this week - namely the break-up of the Coalition, a century-old p…

3 months ago

Coalition splits – again – over hate speech laws

Since recording this episode, Nationals Leader David Littleproud formally announced that the Coalition has split, blaming Opposition leader Sussan Le…

3 months ago

'So much change, so much chaos': One year of Trump 2.0

Ronald Reagan’s presidency of the 1980s is known as the ‘Reagan Revolution’, while Franklin D Roosevelt - the only president who has served for more …

3 months ago

The rise and fall of one of Australia’s most powerful criminals

Kazem Hamad rose rapidly to become one of the nation’s most powerful organised crime players. The syndicate he is accused of heading waged a relentle…

3 months ago

Aus Open prize money is at an all-time high. But are players being paid enough?

When Australian Open stars, such as Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka, hit the courts this week, they’ll do so with the support of screaming fans, m…

3 months ago

Best of 2025: Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move

Inside Politics is still on a break, but we’re set to return in two weeks.  

Today, we return to an episode released just after Anthony Albanese’s su…

3 months, 1 week ago

Why Kevin Rudd resigned, and what it means for our relationship with Trump

When Kevin Rudd announced on Monday that he would leave his post as ambassador to the United States a year early, it was a penny-drop moment for many…

3 months, 1 week ago