Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
The Weekend Read: Richard King on how ChatGPT is changing how knowledge is shared
Episode 940
Today on the show, writer Richard King, with his piece ‘Machine Learning’ about the AI chatbot ChatGPT.
He begins his story with discourse sweeping a …
2 years, 10 months ago
51 ways the RBA has to be better
Episode 939
It’s independent of government, has enormous power over our lives and hasn’t been reformed in 25 years.
But yesterday, the Reserve Bank bowed to a sca…
2 years, 10 months ago
Who is Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price?
Episode 938
After a week that forced a reshuffle on the Coalition front bench, Peter Dutton had to announce a new spokesperson for Indigenous Australians – he ne…
2 years, 10 months ago
A mental health crisis at Australia’s mental health commission
Episode 937
Australia has a body that’s supposed to look after all of our mental health, and make recommendations to the government on how to make the situation …
2 years, 10 months ago
#MeToo and Canberra’s reckoning: how a mix of scandals and leadership led to change
Episode 936
Kate Jenkins has wrapped up a distinguished term as Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner.
In her seven years in the job, we’ve seen the global …
2 years, 10 months ago
We were told to recycle plastic. Now it’s stockpiled around the country.
Episode 935
It was meant to transform the way we deal with waste.
Australians were told to sort through their bins, and take plastic bags and packaging to drop-of…
2 years, 10 months ago
How Peter Dutton’s ‘No’ is tearing the Liberals apart
Episode 934
If the Liberal Party’s announcement that it would oppose the Voice to Parliament was meant to take attention away from fractures in the Liberal Party…
2 years, 10 months ago
Forget inflation. Inequality is the real economic problem.
Episode 933
Cost of living pressures and interest rate rises mean that millions of Australians are struggling.
But what often isn’t acknowledged by the Reserve Ba…
2 years, 10 months ago
Why Australia won’t ban TikTok before the US does
Episode 932
Australia isn’t the first country to ban TikTok from government devices.
In fact, all of our closest allies have already taken steps to keep the app a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Can Penny Wong stop us from going to war?
Episode 931
Penny Wong has assumed the Foreign Affairs portfolio at a crucial time in Australian history.
For years China has been on the rise, but now it’s chall…
2 years, 10 months ago