Podcast Episodes

The AI tech involved in the MCG gun scare

Last week, two men allegedly each carrying a gun managed to get into the MCG for a packed AFL match.

So how could that have happened in Australia, where gun control is so tight and where security scre…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

The ‘sinister’ warning in Trump’s stock market plunge

Stocks are tumbling, the value of the Australian dollar is falling and the scene looks set for a US recession with global fallout. 

The tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed on imports to the Uni…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Your questions: Defending Australia in Trump’s world

Both major political parties think Australia needs to spend more on defence in an increasingly uncertain world. But what is the threat we have to be ready for?

Our listener, Eric, asked us about defen…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Trump’s ‘liberation day’ lead to global recession?

The US president says America has been looted and plundered for decades.  

Global trade is his enemy and his response? Big tariffs, or taxes, charged on goods imported to the United States, from anoth…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

The secrets of John Howard’s war on the docks

The power of the unions has always been a huge battleground for Labor and the Coalition.

Now there are revelations about the role the former Prime Minister John Howard and his ministers really played …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Your questions: Is Gina Rinehart an oligarch?

We won’t know until after this election who has donated to the political parties for this campaign and how much they’ve handed over. 

But voters are sceptical, with some of our listeners questioning t…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why ‘Adolescence’ is a wake up call for parents

It’s just a TV show, it’s not real, but the series Adolescence has really got people talking. 

The Netflix crime drama is about a teenage boy accused of murdering a female classmate and it takes the i…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Understanding the Tasmanian salmon saga

Last week, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young stood up in the Senate chamber holding a big dead fish.

Almost all of us have eaten Tasmanian farmed salmon at some point, so why has it become so contenti…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why the May 3 election will be like no other

On May 3rd, just five weeks from now, Australians will be heading to the polls. 

The campaigning is underway after a visit to the Governor General by the Prime Minister. 

So, who will convince Australi…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Team Trump’s ‘comically incompetent’ group chat

Very senior members of the Trump administration have this week been caught mistakenly sharing secret plans to bomb the Houthi rebel group in Yemen with a journalist.

It happened when the editor-in-chi…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago