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TikTok politics: Very demure, very Dutton
Episode 1352
Peter Dutton is now on TikTok, and his first post was about as inspiring as you might imagine. It’s shot in an office, he’s wearing a suit, and he’s …
1 year, 5 months ago
Read This: Friends, Mary Beard Fans, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears
Episode 1351
Even if you’re not an obsessive Ancient Rome aficionado, you may have heard of Mary Beard. With more than 20 books to her name, including the wildly …
1 year, 5 months ago
Fake artwork and discrimination: The MONA Ladies Lounge saga
Episode 1350
In a court case earlier this year, an art installation at Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art that was designed to playfully poke at the historic and …
1 year, 5 months ago
‘They don’t want us here’: an asylum seeker’s shattered education dreams
Episode 1349
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 …
1 year, 5 months ago
University bosses and their million-dollar salaries
Episode 1348
When Bill Shorten finally gave up his hopes of ever becoming prime minister, one door closed and another, much more lucrative, door opened.
In his ne…
1 year, 5 months ago
Jim Chalmers, Angus Taylor and the future of the Reserve Bank
Episode 1347
When Jim Chalmers said that interest rate hikes were “smashing the economy” he was either stating the obvious or starting a war, depending on who you…
1 year, 5 months ago
Inside the secret world of an American militia
Episode 1346
The militia movement in the United States has a long and bloody history.
In the aftermath of January 6, it was buoyed by Donald Trump’s praise of tho…
1 year, 5 months ago
Read This: Louise Milligan Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve
Episode 1345
Star investigative journalist Louise Milligan has spent her career working on some of the most high-profile criminal cases in Australia. This incredi…
1 year, 5 months ago
Australia’s first national newspaper – for prisoners, by prisoners
Episode 1344
When former inmate Daniel Vansetten heard about the idea of a national newspaper, produced for prisoners and by prisoners, he jumped at the opportuni…
1 year, 5 months ago
Trump v Harris: two visions of America
Episode 1343
The United States presidential campaign so far has largely been based on fashioning public perceptions: with the Democrats painting Donald Trump as a…
1 year, 5 months ago