Have you uncovered a must-listen Australian podcast of your own? Recommend it to us! We’d love to know more about what you listen to.
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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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By: ABC Radio
Mozhgan Moarefizadeh is stuck in Jakarta, living without the right to do many things that most Australians take for granted…
By: The Guardian
The Signal is a current affairs podcast about what is happening, why, and how it relates to Australians in 15-minute…
SHADES is a podcast exploring socio-political issues via Australian hip-hop music produced by Indigenous, Black and diverse artists. Producer Beź…
By: Beź Zewdie
Hosted by Mundanara Bayles, Black Magic Woman is a conversational podcast featuring First Nations guests and highlighting the stories, diversity…
By: Mundanara Bayles
Nordic Noir is a crime-fiction sub-genre that has gone international. Noir Hear This is a podcast dedicated to the sub-genre,…
By: SBS
Breathless is hosted by Guardian contributors Taylor Fuller and Miles Herbert, who provide in-depth and investigative reporting into David Dungay…
By: Guardian Australia
7am is a daily narrative news briefing that is sharp and accessible with a clean, slick audio design. Each morning…
By: Schwartz Media
Actor Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires) and writer/actor Nakkiah Lui (Black Comedy, Kiki and Kitty) join forces to present…
By: BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed News reporters Alice Workman and Lane Sainty take the week in Australian politics and pack it into an hour(ish)…
The Messenger is expertly crafted, and powerful storytelling. A podcast collaboration between Behind the Wire and the Wheeler Centre, the ten-part…
By: The Wheeler Centre and Behind the Wire
Is genius born or bred? That’s the question at the heart of this series, a branded podcast from industrial conglomerate General Electric…
By: General Electric (GE)
The Conversation, a website that brings academic commentary and research to a general audience, launched into the podscape (in cahoots with Swinburne…
By: The Conversation and Swinburne University
Just Words is a seven-part series by Sydney community radio station 2SER 107.3FM. Its focus: to present an in-depth exploration of…
By: 2SER
Every fortnight, the team behind Talking Indonesia interview experts about Indonesian politics, language, society and culture. Hosts Dr Dave McRae,…
By: University of Melbourne
Save The Date is a funny and sometimes heartrending conversation between two Australian men who want to marry each other – but can’t….
By: Rhys Nicholson and Kyran Wheatley
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…
By: Brodie Lancaster and Kamna Muddagouni
Beloved by pundits and lauded by policy wonks, veteran political journalist Michelle Grattan’s podcast for The Conversation delivers great insider…
By: The Conversation
Hosted by University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis, The Policy Shop was a podcast that ran between 2016 and 2018, all…
By: The University of Melbourne
Backchat is FBi Radio’s ‘alternative to talkback’. Hosted by Osman Faruqi and Heidi Pett, the show delivers weekly news as well informed and approachable…
By: FBi Radio
Go behind the scenes at the Guardian Australia newsroom, where hosts Bridie Jabour and Miles Martignoni discuss news stories with the journalists who…
Two of the Guardian Australia‘s senior staffers, political editor Katharine Murphy and editor Lenore Taylor, discuss and decode comings and goings of Australian…
Guardian staff come together to discuss issues of ‘race, culture, sex, gender, and identity’ in the news. Yes, you’ll hear some…
Hack is a daily current affairs program produced by ABC’s youth radio network Triple j. Hosted by Tom Tilley, Hack covers a vast…
Presented by Daniel Browning, a Bundjalung and Kullilli man, AWAYE! tells stories about Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia – as…
By: ABC Radio National
The Law Report tries to make legal matters accessible and listenable through ‘informative, jargon-free stories about law reform, legal education, test…
Hosted by Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens, Radio National ethics podcast The Minefield invites listeners into each episode with a question:…
Like I’m A Six Year Old is a (mostly) weekly podcast where Australian comedian Tom Ballard interviews ‘interesting and passionate…
By: Tom Ballard
Hosted by RN Breakfast’s Fran Kelly and RN Drive’s Patricia Karvelas, and produced by Jess O’Callaghan, The Party Room pulls apart…
Chat 10 Looks 3 is a podcast in which prominent Australian political reporters Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales talk about…
By: Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales
The Wheeler Centre podcast showcases their best talks, spanning all corners of the world of books, writing and ideas. In…
By: The Wheeler Centre
Well-loved tv personality Andrew Denton shrank from public life for a couple of years, and re-emerged with Better Off Dead –…
By: The Wheeler Centre and Thought Fox Productions
The Silent Majority podcast covers Australian politics, news, gossip, pop culture and more. Hosted by Canberra-based politics reporters Alice Workman…
