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  • Braided


    Young people aren’t one-dimensional, nor are they an homogenous grouping of Gen Y or Z individuals. Braided is a podcast…

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    By: Artful Dodgers Studio


    Arts & culture Narrative Social issues Sound art
  • Routines & Ruts


    Routines & Ruts is an interview-based podcast by Madeleine Dore that provides listeners with insights into how other people structure…

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    By: Madeleine Dore


    Arts & culture
  • SHADES


    SHADES is a podcast exploring socio-political issues via Australian hip-hop music produced by Indigenous, Black and diverse artists. Producer Beź…

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    By: Beź Zewdie


    Arts & culture Music Politics Social issues
  • Black Magic Woman


    Hosted by Mundanara Bayles, Black Magic Woman is a conversational podcast featuring First Nations guests and highlighting the stories, diversity…

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    By: Mundanara Bayles


    Arts & culture Indigenous Politics
  • Noir Hear This


    Nordic Noir is a crime-fiction sub-genre that has gone international. Noir Hear This is a podcast dedicated to the sub-genre,…

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    By: SBS


    Arts & culture Conversation Crime Educational Nature & place Politics Social issues
  • Don’t Look Back


    Don’t Look Back is a treasure trove of stories from Australian personalities, musicians, writers and celebrities. In each episode, Caz…

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    By: ABC / double j / triple j


    Arts & culture Conversation Music
  • Constellations


    Constellations is an ambitious, unusual project built around highly original sound works from a community of international artists – with…

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    By: Constellations


    Arts & culture Narrative Nature & place Sound art Sound-rich
  • Deviant Women


    Every fortnight, Lauren and Alicia – the two women behind the mic at Deviant Women – take a different rule-breaking woman…

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    By: Lauren Butterworth and Alicia Carter


    Arts & culture Educational
  • Pretty for an Aboriginal


    Actor Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires) and writer/actor Nakkiah Lui (Black Comedy, Kiki and Kitty) join forces to present…

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    By: BuzzFeed


    Arts & culture Conversation Current affairs Educational Indigenous Politics Relationships Social issues
  • Word Up


    Spun out from ABC RN’s AWAYE! programme, Word Up is a short-form podcast in the best sense – offering a single, clear thought…

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    By: ABC RN


    Arts & culture Documentary Educational Indigenous Nature & place Social issues
  • 365 Days of Philosophy


    The premise of 365 Days of Philosophy is elegantly simple. Every single day, philosophy teacher Kylie Sturgess transposes lesson notes and…

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    By: Kylie Sturgess


    Arts & culture Educational
  • Starving Artist


    Starving Artist is Honor Eastly’s exploration of ‘art, money and how to make it work’. In it, she speaks to people…

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    By: Honor Eastly


    Arts & culture Conversation Money
  • Game Changers: Radio


    Game Changers: Radio is a ‘love letter to radio in the form of a podcast’. Host Craig Bruce (former Head of…

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    By: Bad Producer Productions


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational
  • The Garret


    The Garret is a literary podcast ‘by writers, for writers, about writers’. Each episode (released about every week, seasonally) features a…

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    By: State Library of Victoria, Swinburne University, Writers Victoria and Readings


    Arts & culture Conversation
  • The Weekly Planet


    The Weekly Planet is a high-energy wrap-up of film and TV news and reviews, with a particular focus on comic book…

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    By: Planet Broadcasting


    Arts & culture Conversation Funny
  • 2 Quixotes


    What do free comic books have to do with Don Quixote? And how about Buzz Lightyear? Jane Austen? Deadpool? Created…

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    By: Instituo Cervantes Sydney


    Arts & culture Documentary Educational Fiction
  • Hey Fam


    Hosted by friends Andrew Levins and Angus Truskett, Hey Fam is a weekly podcast covering the ‘finer things in life’ – movies, video…

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    By: Andrew Levins and Angus Truskett


    Arts & culture Conversation Funny
  • Contact Mic


    Contact Mic is a monthly exploration of  ‘moments of change, indecision and contact’. Each half-hour episode opens with ‘This Month In…

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    By: Fleur Kilpatrick, Sarah Walker and Kieran Ruffles


    Arts & culture Narrative Sound-rich
  • Sisteria


    Sisteria is a friendly, conversational show about ‘women’s experiences as creators and consumers of arts and culture’. Co-host Stephanie Van Schilt…

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    By: Stephanie Van Schilt, Veronica Sullivan and Izzy Roberts-Orr


    Arts & culture Conversation Social issues
  • Word for Word


    Word for Word brings you behind the curtain of Australian word and phrases with an A-to-Z of etymology, semantics and general word…

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    By: Macquarie Dictionary and Pan Macmillan


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational
  • So You Want to Be a Writer


    Made by the Australian Writers’ Centre, this podcast covers the world of writing, publishing and blogging. It’s presented by Valerie Khoo…

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    By: Australian Writers' Centre


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational
  • Can U Not?


    Melbourne-based writer/editor Brodie Lancaster and lawyer/writer Kamna Muddagouni come together to make Can U Not? – a podcast delivering intelligent commentary and feminist…

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    By: Brodie Lancaster and Kamna Muddagouni


    Arts & culture Conversation Funny Politics Social issues
  • Speaking With…


    Produced sporadically by academia-meets-journalism website The Conversation, Speaking with… is a podcast with a rotating roster of hosts introducing guests experts…

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    By: The Conversation


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational Nature & place Science & tech Social issues
  • Audiocraft Podcast


    The Audiocraft podcast features recordings from the annual Audiocraft conference – a day of creative conversations with some of the…

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    By: Audiocraft


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational Sound-rich
  • Deadly Voices from the House


    Deadly Voices from the House host Rhoda Roberts invites Aboriginal and First Nations leaders from diverse pockets of arts and culture (including…

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    By: Sydney Opera House


    Arts & culture Conversation Music Social issues
  • Ideas at the House


    Ideas at the House collects live recordings from Sydney Opera House’s talks programme – including themed festivals like All About Women…

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    By: Sydney Opera House


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational Social issues
  • Dear Reader


    Dear Reader features bubbly, animated conversations about books from people who ought to know – two librarians (plus guests). Hosts…

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    By: Melbourne Library Service


    Arts & culture Conversation
  • Penmanship


    Penmanship was a podcast featuring long interviews with Australian writers of all varieties, hosted by Brisbane-based journalist Andrew McMillen. Published…

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    By: Andrew McMillen


    Arts & culture Conversation
  • SBS True Stories


    Each season of SBS True Stories explores a different theme. From high school survival tales to true stories of untold Australia, this podcast features…

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    By: Special Broadcasting Service


    Arts & culture Crime Documentary Investigative Narrative Social issues Sound-rich
  • AWAYE!


    Presented by Daniel Browning, a Bundjalung and Kullilli man, AWAYE! tells stories about Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia – as…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Conversation Documentary Indigenous Politics Social issues
  • Late Night Live


    Late Night Live is one of ABC Radio National’s most popular podcasts – and the home of some of its…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Conversation Current affairs Social issues
  • Big Ideas


    The blurb for this one really says it all: Big Ideas broadcasts recordings of ‘talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational Science & tech Social issues
  • The Philosopher’s Zone


    The Philosopher’s Zone, hosted by Joe Gelonesi, takes philosophy into much broader territory than the name might suggest – in…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational Health & body Social issues
  • The Dumbo Feather Podcast


    The Dumbo Feather Podcast features conversations with extraordinary people. Mostly recordings from their live conversation events, Dumbo Feather‘s guests are often compelling…

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    By: Dumbo Feather


    Arts & culture Conversation Relationships Social issues
  • Download This Show


    Sydneysider Marc Fennell hosts Download this Show, a podcast about technology, social media, gadgets and digital culture. Expect stories about…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Conversation Science & tech
  • MythirdEar


    In MythirdEar, musician Tamara Kohler explores ‘seemingly lesser known sounds’. Tamara invites performers to talk about their musical specialties and together, they listen…

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    By: SYN Media


    Arts & culture Music Narrative Sound-rich
  • Conversations


    Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met. It’s longform…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Conversation Relationships Social issues
  • Out From Under


    FBi Radio’s Out From Under was a weekly, hour-long selection of ‘eclectic and experimental Australian music’. Presenter Stuart Buchanan, a seasoned radio…

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    By: FBi Radio


    Arts & culture Music Sound-rich
  • BooksPlus


    Presented by Sydney-based Kate Evans, BooksPlus offers a weekly sampling of the best stories and interviews related to books and writing…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Conversation Fiction
  • Blueprint For Living


    Blueprint for Living, hosted by Jonathan Green, is ABC Radio National’s ‘weekly rummage through the essential cultural ingredients – design,…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Conversation Food Health & body Nature & place
  • Like I’m A Six Year Old


    Like I’m A Six Year Old is a (mostly) weekly podcast where Australian comedian Tom Ballard interviews ‘interesting and passionate…

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    By: Tom Ballard


    Arts & culture Conversation Current affairs Funny Politics
  • The Night Air


    The Night Air was ABC Radio National’s go-to for abstraction, collage and radio bricolage. Ostensibly a space for themed remixing and…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Sound art Sound-rich
  • Your Own Voice


    Your Own Voice is an ‘occasional non-narrated storytelling mixtape’ produced by Sydneysider Joel Werner. In each of its irregular and rather…

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    By: Joel Werner


    Arts & culture Documentary Sound art Sound-rich
  • Not What You Think


    Not What You Think is a Sydney-made podcast that hoovers up an eclectic field of subject matter, and has been slowly…

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    By: FBi Radio


    Arts & culture Documentary Narrative Relationships Social issues Sound-rich
  • The Wheeler Centre


    The Wheeler Centre podcast showcases their best talks, spanning all corners of the world of books, writing and ideas. In…

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    By: The Wheeler Centre


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational Fiction Health & body Live storytelling Politics Relationships Science & tech Social issues Sports
  • Australian Design Radio


    Australian Design Radio (ADR) is a Sydney based podcast hosted by Flyn Tracy and Matt Leach. It features conversations and commentary…

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    By: Flyn Tracy and Matt Leach


    Arts & culture Conversation
  • The Rereaders


    The Rereaders is a fortnightly literary and cultural podcast. Modelled on the Slate Culture Gabfest, the show’s regular hosts (writers and…

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    By: The ReReaders


    Arts & culture Conversation Fiction
  • Kill Your Darlings Podcast


    Kill Your Darlings is one of Australia’s foremost independent literary journals, and its occasional podcast – hosted by Meaghan Dew –…

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    By: Kill Your Darlings Journal


    Arts & culture Conversation Fiction
  • Paper Radio


    Founded in 2010, Paper Radio publishes fiction, creative non-fiction and documentary from Australia and New Zealand – with a sound-rich bent….

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    By: Paper Radio


    Arts & culture Documentary Fiction Narrative Sound art Sound-rich
  • Developing the Frame


    Developing The Frame is a podcast for aspiring and professional photographers alike; Longform or HowSound for photos, if you like. Hear from…

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    By: Matt Warrell


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational

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