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Elon Musk's million dollar giveaways
Episode 1382
When Elon Musk took the stage at a pro-Trump rally in Pennsylvania to announce he would start giving a million dollars a day to randomly chosen peopl…
1 year, 4 months ago
Read This: Melanie Cheng, Superstitious Doctor
Episode 1381
Melanie Cheng began her writing career as an author of short stories. Her first collection, Australia Day, was published in 2017 to much acclaim. Her…
1 year, 4 months ago
King Charles, Lidia Thorpe and the pursuit of justice
Episode 1380
King Charles’ first visit to Australia as monarch laid bare a lot of unfinished business.
Moments after the king sat down following an address to the …
1 year, 4 months ago
How abortion became an election issue in Queensland
Episode 1379
The fight over abortion in Queensland had seemed settled. It was decriminalised in 2018 and has since attained wide public support.
But with Katter’s …
1 year, 4 months ago
The men who survived Kinchela Boys Home
Episode 1378
This week, a group of Stolen Generations survivors visited a site from their childhood that holds a lot of painful memories: the notorious Kinchela A…
1 year, 4 months ago
The art of the deal: Malcolm Turnbull on Donald Trump
Episode 1377
When Malcolm Turnbull was prime minister, he made a call that made the then president of the United States very, very angry.
Donald Trump called it th…
1 year, 4 months ago
What Yahya Sinwar’s death means for the war in the Middle East
Episode 1376
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is a pivotal moment in the war in the Middle East.
Sinwar, a mastermind of the October 7 attacks, was top of I…
1 year, 4 months ago
Read This: Uses for Ben Shewry
Episode 1375
There are few people in this country as obsessed with understanding the cultural and social potential of Australian cuisine as New Zealand-born chef …
1 year, 4 months ago
Why Labor’s last ‘freedom fighters’ are all old men
Episode 1374
The government led by Anthony Albanese is a timid troupe of shivers looking for a spine to run up.
That’s the assessment from the Labor wise men who g…
1 year, 4 months ago
'Australia’s most hated man': Inside the Bruce Lehrmann appeal
Episode 1373
According to Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer Zali Burrows, he is “arguably Australia’s most hated man”.
Burrows also told a federal court that her client is t…
1 year, 4 months ago