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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Thin Black Line

It would be a mistake to assume that Thin Black Line – an investigative documentary into the death of 18-year-old…

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The History Listen

The History Listen is ABC Radio National’s audio time capsule. Taking listeners on a journey through different eras, places, voices,…

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How Do You Sleep At Night?

How Do You Sleep At Night? is a six-part documentary series about people deemed ‘bad’ by society. Far from casting…

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Radio National Fictions

Radio National Fictions is the ABC’s latest home for creative audio fiction.  This podcast opens up a space outside of…

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Slaughterhouse Road

Slaughterhouse Road is an entertaining and innovative work of audio fiction with an unusual format. It’s described by its creator,…

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From the Embers

During the horrific fires over the 2019 and 2020 summer, Australians came to rely on the reach of the ABC…

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Days Like These

Listening to Days Like These feels like meeting someone for the first time, but conversing as if you’re long-lost friends…

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No Feeling is Final

Content warning: this series includes discussions of mental illness, hospitals, and suicide. No Feeling Is Final is a complex, multi-layered…

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Oh My Dog

Oh My Dog is created by Michelle Ransom-Hughes – the longest-serving producer of ABC Radio’s flagship podcast, Conversations. She brings…

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Constellations

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

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fauna

The relationships animals have with humans are rarely more complicated and intense than they are at the zoo. We try…

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Unravel

Crime podcasts are at their best when they reach past the grim details and gore of murder, and investigate something…

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Sum of All Parts

Maths and numbers aren’t your thing? Have a listen to Sum of All Parts and think again. Producer Joel Werner…

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Love and Luck

Told through voicemails, this audio drama is set in present-day Melbourne, and gives you tiny glimpses into the growing romance…

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People Movers

You might use one everyday, but have you ever given much thought to escalators? Lindsay Green has. In People Movers,…

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Trace

ABC investigative reporter Rachael Brown revisits the unsolved murder of Maria James, found stabbed to death at the back of…

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The Messenger

The Messenger is expertly crafted, and powerful storytelling. A podcast collaboration between Behind the Wire and the Wheeler Centre, the ten-part…

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Just Words

Just Words is a seven-part series by Sydney community radio station 2SER 107.3FM. Its focus: to present an in-depth exploration of…

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Background Briefing

RN’s Background Briefing is a rarity in Australian investigative journalism. Podcast (and broadcast) weekly, the programme does current affairs in depth. Airing weekly…

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The Love Letters Podcast

Described as ‘an experimental podcast of little bundles of love’, each episode of this podcast contains one letter read aloud…

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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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Casefile

Casefile is a popular true crime podcast with a mystery of its own – its host remains staunchly anonymous. Through…

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National Features and Documentaries Series

The National Features and Documentary Series is an annual collection of ten half-hour features and documentaries coming from Australia’s uniquely vast…

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SPUN Stories

SPUN is a live storytelling event based in Darwin that takes place roughly four times a year. It’s very much in…

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Curtain

Curtain is a true crime podcast hosted by Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson, and it very much borrows from the Serial…

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Long Story Short

Long Story Short was a short series produced for ABC Radio National in 2013 with the aim of ‘showcasing real life Australian…

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Animal People

Hosted by Sarah L’Estrange for ABC Radio National, Animal People is a short series that delves into the complex relationships between…

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SoundMinds Radio

Each episode of SoundMinds Radio offers an accessible, thoughtful window into the thinking that feeds academic research. Broadcast weekly, the…

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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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Human/Ordinary

In his independent podcast Human/Ordinary, Sam Loy tackles ‘stories about our culture, our relationships, and the extraordinary feat of being alive’….

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Given Names

What do our names say about us? Produced by Tiger Webb, Given Names is a four-part series focussing on ‘the hidden stories behind…

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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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The Real Thing

From longtime collaborators Timothy Nicastri and Mike Williams comes The Real Thing – a lively, dynamic bunch of features delving into…

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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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This Is About

This Is About was an ABC Radio National podcast which focussed on one true story per episode, as told by the…

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The Rule Book

The Rule Book is an ambitious undertaking by producer James Milsom to tell stories about the law – ‘the rules…

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PocketDocs

PocketDocs brings you documentaries, fiction, monologues and musings.

Earshot

Earshot is about people, places, stories and ideas, in all their diversity.

Soundproof

Soundproof opens up an hour-long space for … well, art. From sounded features to deeply weird experiments, it’s a rarity and,…

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Bowraville

‘You’ve got three children who all disappeared. All from the same street? What could have happened?’ Dan Box is the…

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Not By Accident

A documentary podcast series about becoming a single mother by choice.

All the Best

Short form documentaries, personal narratives, interviews, and fiction stories from around Australia.

SleepTalker

SleepTalker is a podcast ‘about sleep, dreams, nightmares and what happens in your head after dark.’ Really, though, it’s as much…

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Better Off Dead

Well-loved tv personality Andrew Denton shrank from public life for a couple of years, and re-emerged with Better Off Dead –…

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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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