Podcast Episodes

Rethinking bovine intelligence - there's more at steak than you think

For senior Australian of the Year Professor Henry Brodaty the quest to understand, treat and maybe, one day find a cure for dementia is deeply person…

8 months, 1 week ago

Could the alcohol-free fad undo thousands of years of human evolution?

Myanmar’s national elections  conclude this weekend, but we already know the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party will win, a preor…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

A National Day of Mourning & Trump dumps on Davos

‘Light will win’ is the message from the organisers of tonight's service of remembrance at the Sydney Opera House, the Chabad of Bondi. As the nation…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Palestinians question Trump's vision for the 'Board of Peace'

Anthony Albanese may not have got the bill he wanted through Parliament this week but his fortunes are improving, meanwhile - despite all their prote…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Power: the word that defines the Trump age

US President Donald Trump promised American's a golden age when he was inaugurated for his second term a year ago. Some believe he's making good on t…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Bondi attack demands a political response, but is this the right one?

Today parliamentarians came together to remember the 15 people slain as the sun set over Australia’s most iconic beach on December the 14th last year…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Best of 2025: Political lies, salmon struggles and Josh Pyke

It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.

Today, Pulitzer Prize winning founder of the websit…

9 months, 1 week ago

Best of 2025: Deciding to 'disappear', Jeanette Winterson and Hermanos Gutiérrez

It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.

Today, thousands of people simply vanish in Japan e…

9 months, 1 week ago

Best of 2025: Murdoch drama, dire wolves and flautist Jane Rutter

It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.

Today, the Murdoch family's real life succession dr…

9 months, 1 week ago

Best of 2025: Artificial Inteligence, Peter Weir and David Sedaris

It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.

First, we might look back on 2025 as the year of Ar…

9 months, 1 week ago