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Read This: Chris Flynn’s New Book Arrived in a Dream
Episode 1545
The opening scene of Chris Flynn’s fourth and latest novel, Orpheus Nine, came to him in a dream. Not long after, he had the whole story down from st…
10 months ago
How the Pope’s death changed the election campaign
Episode 1544
Paul Bongiorno is one of the 1.2 billion Roman Catholics who mourned the loss of Pope Francis this week.
As he read tribute after tribute of the impa…
10 months ago
From Trump’s America to Queensland: The people fighting back against trans healthcare bans
Episode 1543
In January, Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the trans community by banning some medical care for minors.
The move has had a chilling…
10 months, 1 week ago
Bri Lee on the Liberal Party’s problem with women
Episode 1542
When Scott Morrison lost his job as prime minister, it was women who sacked him.
A review commissioned by the Liberal Party after the 2022 election f…
10 months, 1 week ago
Labor vs the Coalition: Which housing plan is worse?
Episode 1541
When Peter Dutton’s son, Harry, fronted the media to talk about his dream of home ownership, it was an attempt by the opposition leader to seem relat…
10 months, 1 week ago
Saul Griffith on how the major parties could get to net zero
Episode 1540
In a coastal corner of Australia, scientist Saul Griffith has been quietly working away on a plan to turn 500 households completely off fossil fuels.…
10 months, 1 week ago
Why asylum seekers are barred from Australian universities
Episode 1539
As a child refugee in India, Harini dreamt of making it to Australia to study medicine and become a doctor.
She arrived in Australia in 2013 when she…
10 months, 1 week ago
Read This: The Imaginary Village of Niall Williams
Episode 1538
Over four decades Niall Williams has made a name for himself as one of Ireland’s leading novelists. In his latest novel, Time of the Child, Niall ret…
10 months, 1 week ago
What the major parties are offering on Indigenous affairs
Episode 1537
At one point during this term of government, Indigenous affairs dominated national debate. Politicians, pundits and the public couldn't stop talking …
10 months, 1 week ago
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Episode 1536
Last year, reporter Mike Seccombe looked into the divide between Australia’s richest and poorest schools to find out why this gap keeps widening.
Wha…
10 months, 2 weeks ago