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Project 2025: The Trump presidency wish list
Episode 1286
Donald Trump’s lead in the polls for the 2024 presidential race has widened following a fumbling debate performance from Joe Biden, and concerns abou…
1 year, 10 months ago
Read This: The Three Words That Made George Saunders a Writer
Episode 1285
George Saunders is one of literary fiction's most acclaimed living writers. Along with his many collections of short stories, he also published the B…
1 year, 11 months ago
The internet sleuths fighting fake research
Episode 1284
Smut Clyde spends several hours every day, scouring online science journals for suspicious-looking research.
He’s part of a growing team of online ‘sc…
1 year, 11 months ago
The power and legacy of 'militant' union boss John Setka
Episode 1283
When people think of the CFMEU, Australia’s powerful and fearsome construction union, they picture its top dog, John Setka.
But as he prepares to step…
1 year, 11 months ago
The son of Hong Kong's jailed media tycoon
Episode 1282
Sebastien Lai woke up one morning in 2020 to find dozens of missed phone calls – his father, the Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, had just been arre…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Albanese government's $1 billion computer
Episode 1281
In high-security labs, from Silicon Valley to mainland China, researchers are racing to be the first to achieve what has been dubbed ‘Q-day’.
On that …
1 year, 11 months ago
Rishi Sunak's Australian communications 'magician'
Episode 1280
By the end of this week, the United Kingdom will almost certainly have a new prime minister and closure on 14 years of Tory leadership.
One man in par…
1 year, 11 months ago
Why would a university have a deal with Lockheed Martin?
Episode 1279
Over the past few months, there’s been a lot of focus on universities’ relationships with weapons manufacturers.
Students set up encampments and occup…
1 year, 11 months ago
Julian Assange is home: Gabriel Shipton on how his brother was freed
Episode 1278
Julian Assange has finally landed in Australia, a free man.
Today, his brother Gabriel Shipton on how the deal to release the long-incarcerated WikiLe…
1 year, 11 months ago
The woman who spoke out against Google on AI
Episode 1277
Meredith Whittaker turned her back on Google after raising concerns about the mass surveillance fueling AI, but she didn’t leave tech entirely.
The fo…
1 year, 11 months ago