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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Heckin’ Concerned

In Heckin’ Concerned, charismatic host and member of the South Asian diaspora, Amruta Nargundkar helps listeners make sense of the…

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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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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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Women on the Line

Women on the Line is a national current-affairs program with an intersectional feminist lens, broadcast out of 3CR in Melbourne. …

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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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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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Coronacast

On the release of the first episode of Coronacast on 4 March 2020, Australia had 51 total cases of Covid-19;…

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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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Supercast

Supercast is a podcast about sound, space and listening in the contemporary world. Across four 20-minute episodes, Supercast brings together…

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Breathless

Breathless is hosted by Guardian contributors Taylor Fuller and Miles Herbert, who provide in-depth and investigative reporting into David Dungay…

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Pill Pop

Pill Pop takes its listeners on a road trip in an old ambulance – that’s ‘Ambu-Lance Armstrong’ – from Gumtree….

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Ladies, We Need To Talk

What are the questions that make you blush? The things you only think about alone, in the middle of the…

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Bittersweet Podcast

In Bittersweet Podcast, two African-Australian storytellers, and friends, share their opinions and life experiences. Wintana Kidane and Rahel Davies bring…

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Full Story

Full Story marks Guardian Australia’s entry into the news podcast fray. Released almost daily, Full Story breaks complex issues and ideas…

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7am

7am is a daily narrative news briefing that is sharp and accessible with a clean, slick audio design. Each morning…

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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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Is it On?

BuzzFeed News reporters Alice Workman and Lane Sainty take the week in Australian politics and pack it into an hour(ish)…

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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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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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Connect Learn Share: Life in Australia

Connect, Learn, Share: Life in Australia is a peer-to-peer resource for newly arrived people to Australia. From language to culture,…

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Change Agents

The Conversation, a website that brings academic commentary and research to a general audience, launched into the podscape (in cahoots with Swinburne…

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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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Being Honest With My Ex

Cheating, resentments, broken penises – there isn’t much Honor Eastly and Peter C. Hayward won’t talk about in Being Honest With My…

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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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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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Follow the Money

The Australia Institute is a Canberra-based progressive think tank, and its podcast Follow the Money is intended to clarify economic issues…

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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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The Policy Shop

Hosted by University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis, The Policy Shop was a podcast that ran between 2016 and 2018, all…

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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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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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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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Behind the Lines

Go behind the scenes at the Guardian Australia newsroom, where hosts Bridie Jabour and Miles Martignoni discuss news stories with the journalists who…

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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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Token

Guardian staff come together to discuss issues of ‘race, culture, sex, gender, and identity’ in the news. Yes, you’ll hear some…

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The Outer Sanctum

The Outer Sanctum is a place for stories about Australian Rules football – told by an all-female team of passionate footy fans not often…

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Token Skeptic

Token Skeptic takes a skeptic’s look at current affairs, ‘urban legends, good science, pseudoscience and what makes popular culture pop’….

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Hack

Hack is a daily current affairs program produced by ABC’s youth radio network Triple j. Hosted by Tom Tilley, Hack covers a vast…

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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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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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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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Health Report

Radio National’s Health Report, presented by Norman Swan, aims to clarify and make accessible issues of personal and public health…

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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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The Law Report

The Law Report tries to make legal matters accessible and listenable through ‘informative, jargon-free stories about law reform, legal education, test…

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The Minefield

Hosted by Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens, Radio National ethics podcast The Minefield invites listeners into each episode with a question:…

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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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The Body Sphere

The Body Sphere is all about … you guessed it. It’s radio that gets physical, delving into the many ways…

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All in The Mind

All in The Mind explores all things mental. It’s about the brain and behaviour, and the fascinating connections between them. In each…

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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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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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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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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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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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The Party Room

Hosted by RN Breakfast’s Fran Kelly and RN Drive’s Patricia Karvelas, and produced by Jess O’Callaghan, The Party Room pulls apart…

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Private Parts

Private Parts is a podcast that unfastens social taboos. A collaboration between digital designers Irit Pollak and Elin Andersson, this podcast isn’t…

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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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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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Short & Curly

Short & Curly is a fast-paced fun-filled ethics podcast for kids and their parents, with questions and ideas to really get you thinking. It asks curly questions like about animals, technology, school, pop culture and the future.