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Cathy McGowan on how to run a community independent campaign
Episode 1447
When Cathy McGowan won the seat of Indi as an independent in 2013, it sent shockwaves through the political establishment. The Liberal Party had lost…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Elon Musk shapes politics
Episode 1446
In the past few weeks, Elon Musk has posted thousands of times on his social media platform X about British politics, the far-right activist Tommy Ro…
1 year, 4 months ago
Albanese v Dutton: The 'small target' v 'no target' election
Episode 1445
The 2025 federal election campaign has already begun, even if unofficially. While most Australians are still enjoying their summer, Prime Minister An…
1 year, 4 months ago
Daniel James on the children of the Intervention
Episode 1444
From afar, Alice Springs/Mparntwe is a whirlpool of myth and truth. It’s a town with competing interests and few solutions, marked by chaos and decad…
1 year, 4 months ago
James Bradley on confronting Australia’s largest garbage dump
Episode 1443
Tucked away in a Sydney suburb is one of Australia’s largest landfill sites. Here lies a stark reminder of the millions of tonnes of waste that form …
1 year, 4 months ago
Jacqui Baker on the rise of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto
Episode 1442
Indonesia’s recently sworn in President Prabowo Subianto is many things. To millions of young Indonesians, he is a daggy dancer on TikTok. But to a c…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sebastian Smee on the legacy of Alice Munro
Episode 1441
This year, Andrea Robin Skinner, the daughter of the late Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author Alice Munro, revealed something about her mother that h…
1 year, 5 months ago
Marian Wilkinson on Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plants
Episode 1440
Peter Dutton’s first major promise when he became opposition leader was to build nuclear power plants. It was a curious idea with no cost attached, a…
1 year, 5 months ago
Read This: The Multiple Belongings of Elif Shafak
Episode 1439
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British Turkish novelist whose work has been translated into fifty-five languages. In this episode, from Schwartz Med…
1 year, 5 months ago
Read This: Evie Wyld Is Having More Fun Than You Think
Episode 1438
Winner of both the Miles Franklin Award and the Stella Prize, author Evie Wyld writes dark and often trauma-informed books, but she also has a remark…
1 year, 5 months ago