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Read This: Kate Grenville Makes History
Episode 1141
Kate Grenville has spent her career bringing history to life, often using the lives of her own family to tell stories about the kinds of voices who a…
2 years, 1 month ago
Read This: Tony Birch Doesn’t Believe in Luck
Episode 1140
Award-winning writer and historian Tony Birch grew up listening to stories from his nan, Alma.
In this episode, from Schwartz Media’s podcast Read Th…
2 years, 1 month ago
7am in 2023: The Literary Scandal
Episode 1139
John Hughes was once hailed as a young literary genius, and won a scholarship to Cambridge.
Yet he found himself back in Australia working as a librar…
2 years, 2 months ago
7am in 2023: The Teals
Episode 1138
The 2022 federal election saw a historic loss for the Coalition and a historic shift towards independent candidates like Allegra Spender in Sydney, Z…
2 years, 2 months ago
7am in 2023: The Result
Episode 1137
Australia voted in the first referendum in over 20 years this year — a referendum billed as the culmination of decades of reconciliation work.
Today, …
2 years, 2 months ago
7am in 2023: The Trailblazer
Episode 1136
Australia can claim a significant world first: a special government adviser on Women’s Affairs.
Fifty years ago, Elizabeth Reid stepped into the newly…
2 years, 2 months ago
7am in 2023: The Whistleblower
Episode 1135
Those who imagined, designed and delivered robo-debt put their personal ambition above the wellbeing of the people they were meant to serve. But ther…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Weekend Read: Suzannah Marshall Macbeth on the role of predators
Episode 1134
At certain times of the year, a group of volunteers can be found roaming Canberra’s bush reserves bearing raw chicken carcasses – all in the name of …
2 years, 2 months ago
‘Machine of violence’: Behrouz Boochani on Australia’s immigration system
Episode 1133
When Behrouz Boochani first wrote about life on Manus Island for The Saturday Paper in 2016, he described it as an island of the damned.
Writing throu…
2 years, 2 months ago
The power and influence of Alan Jones
Episode 1132
Former radio host Alan Jones was once the most influential broadcaster in the country.
Now, he’s been accused of indecent assault by six men who revea…
2 years, 2 months ago