Podcast Episodes

The kids being kicked off the NDIS

Episode 1722

As the year winds to an end, kids with autism and developmental delay face an uncertain future.

Back in August, the government revealed plans to kick them off the NDIS – announcing a new scheme calle…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Elon Musk unleashed

Episode 1721

The world’s richest man just got the world’s biggest pay rise, with Tesla shareholders approving a $1 trillion package for Elon Musk over the next decade.

As he accepted the deal, Musk danced on stag…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

50 years on, could the Dismissal happen again?

Episode 1720

Tomorrow marks fifty years since the infamous moment when a clearly nervous spokesperson for the Governor General stood on the steps of Parliament House and announced that Gough Whitlam had been dism…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Police v protestors

Episode 1719

This week, more than a dozen people were arrested while protesting at a defence conference in Sydney.

The demonstrators from Palestine Action Group were protesting the presence of Israeli defence con…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Why scrapping net zero won’t save Sussan Ley

Episode 1718

Back in 2021, the Coalition was united in their support for net zero, with then-prime minister Scott Morrison describing the plan as “100 per cent supported by the government”.

Now, just four years l…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The bloody war over Sudan's gold

Episode 1717

The killing in the city of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region is so brutal and widespread that bloodstains on the ground can be seen from space.

For a year and a half, a militia group called the RSF …

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump’s nuclear arms race

Episode 1716

Last week, Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon to “immediately” resume US nuclear weapons testing.

The order breaks with more than three decades of protocol for the United States – justified, accord…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Chat GPT’s new erotica mode

Episode 1715

Recently, the creators of ChatGPT have made a surprising announcement: erotica is coming to the world’s most popular AI platform. 

It’s the latest step in a transformation of the internet —  where ar…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

The Mum fighting Queensland’s puberty blocker ban

Episode 1714

Last week, trans teenagers in Queensland and their families had a short moment of joy: the supreme court overturned the state government’s ban on gender affirming care.

The judge found the decision t…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

The woman who exposed the childcare industry

Episode 1713

Some childcare centres in Australia are so understaffed that children are left alone for hours. Other centres spend less than a dollar a day on feeding them.

Yet the industry receives billions in pub…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago