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Earshot presents documentaries about people, places, stories and ideas, in all their diversity.
A critical look at new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking, from politics to media to environmental sustainability.
Spend an hour in someone else's life. Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met.
The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.
All In The Mind is ABC RN's weekly podcast looking into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.
Science, culture and everything in between. Feel the heat. All species welcome.
We tease out the complex history behind those baffling events in the news.
A weekly lesson on a specific topic with some of Sydney's greatest teachers.
ABC's 20/20 is the primetime news magazine program featuring newsmaker interviews, hard-hitting investigative reports, exclusives, compelling features and medical mysteries.
Soul Search explores contemporary religion and spirituality from the inside out — what we believe, how we express it, and the difference it makes in our lives
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
Each week day RN Arts programs zoom in on a specific area of art and culture, brought to you by a specialist presenter. Subscribe to their podcasts separately by searching by name in your podcasting app.
From the ground breaking and life saving to the wacky and implausible, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki reveals some of the best moments in science.
Big Ideas brings you the best of talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in Australia and around the world, casting light on the major social, cultural, scientific and political issues
In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life.
Late-night television's award-winning news program featuring anchors Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. For in-depth reporting on today's major news stories, to features, profiles, Nightline has the last word in live network news.
ABC News' Sunday morning discussion program, featuring newsmaker interviews, panel discussions and debates on a wide range of global issues and commentary. Brought to you by George Stephanopoulos and the ABC News team.
Background Briefing is daring narrative journalism: Australian investigations with impact. Our award-winning reporters forensically uncover the hidden stories at the heart of the country’s biggest issues.
PM covers stories across Australia and the world, explaining and analysing the most important events and issues of the day.
Every weekday, catch up with Sinéad Mangan as she explores news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
The Signal is the ABC's daily news podcast that helps cut through the noise to cover the biggest stories, explaining not only what is happening but why. It's an entertaining 15-minute show, perfect for the daily commute.
Presented by Australia's leading horticultural experts and hosted by Costa Georgiadis, Gardening Australia is a valuable resource to all gardeners.
The Money looks at Australia and the world through an economic lens. It explores how economics influences everything else.
Want to know what's really going on in Parliament House? Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas give you the political analysis that matters and explain what it means for you.
With unparalleled resources, World News Tonight with David Muir provides the latest information and analysis of major events from around the country and the world.
In-depth conversations with artists and creative thinkers from Australia and around the world.
From razor-sharp analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture, Late Night Live puts you firmly in the big picture.
Ockham’s Razor is a soap box for all things scientific, with short talks about research, industry and policy from people with something thoughtful to say about science.
Life Matters is your guide to contemporary Australian life. Be part of rich conversations on relationships, family, parenting, education, work, health and consumer issues.
A fast-paced fun-filled ethics podcast for kids and their parents that asks those curly questions. From banning lollies to trusting robots, and from colonising other planets to eating pets, Short & Curly covers it all.
Informative, jargon-free stories about law reform, legal education, test cases, miscarriages of justice and legal culture. The Law Report makes the law accessible.
The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians.
Off Track, with Ann Jones, is an Australian radio show and podcast which combines the relaxing sounds of nature with awesome stories of wildlife and environmental science, all recorded in the outdoors.
In-depth conversations with the best fiction writers from Australia and around the world.
The ABC's team of specialist reporters introduce you to the people and places that make up country Australia.
Making sense of Australia’s place in the world, Between the Lines puts contemporary international issues and events into a broader historical context, seeking out original perspectives and challenging accepted wisdoms.
Download This Show is your weekly guide to the world of media, culture, and technology. From social media to gadgets, streaming services to privacy issues. Each week Marc Fennell and a team of people far smarter than him (his words, not ours) take a fun deep dive into how technology is reshaping our lives.
New and compelling stories from Australia and around the world, told by some of our most popular and trusted historians. Step inside a time machine for an immersive journey through history, where stories of people, places and events bring the past vividly into our present world.
Get all the right advice you need to grow a healthy garden
Specialist and mainstream audiences alike rely on the Health Report to bring clarity to health and medical issues from social, scientific and political points of view.
The gardening program for gardeners and non-gardeners.
With a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
A show about pop culture and the newest-latest. What are the current trends in screen, music and internet culture and what do they say about our world right now?
Specialist and mainstream audiences alike rely on the Health Report to bring clarity to health and medical issues from social, scientific and political points of view.
Life Matters is your guide to contemporary Australian life. Be part of rich conversations on relationships, family, parenting, education, work, health and consumer issues.
AWAYE! presents a diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia and the best from Indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.
Nightlife with Phil Clark and Indira Naidoo has everything you need to get you through the night, seven nights a week.
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Remembering Andrew Peacock: Dr John Hewson
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Liberal Leader Andrew Peacock has died in the United States, aged 82. Dr John Hewson pays tribute.
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Nightlife
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Girls Can't Surf - Behind the Documentary
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We may have two seven-time world surfing champions in the form of Layne Beachley and Stephanie Gilmore now, but the early days of women's pro surfing were tough.
Muttering about and sorting out what to say next can be a tangle for some, with many of us relying on some well-worn lines to fill the gaps.
Psychedelic drugs were a feature of 1960s counter-culture and the subject of serious medical research from the 1940s onwards. Research was halted after psychedelics were declared dangerous and banned but new research is finding them to be powerful medicine. And, with the coronavirus pandemic in full swing, why are there so few drugs to treat viruse…
Body camera video of Adam Toledo fatal police shooting fuels more demands for justice; How learning to control fear in high-stress situations could help police reformBy ABC News
Toowoomba Treasure – Jerry | FAQs: Weeds in pavers - Green potatoes - Gymea lily | Waste to Wonderful – Sophie | Asparagus – Tino | Container Combos – Millie | Secret Life of Spiders – Costa | Park for the People – Josh | Transplanting Tips – Clarence | My Garden Path – Rebekah Trevor | Jobs for the Weekend - Costa…
Jerry meets a Toowoomba couple who have transformed a bare garden into a wildlife wonderland that looks lovely too!
Josh advises on weeds around pavers, Jane explains why - and how - to avoid potatoes turning green and Clarence gives some tips on how to encourage a Gymea lily to flower.
Sophie shows how to treat different green ‘waste’ in your garden so that it all goes back to making your soil healthier and more productive.
Tino Carnevale shows how to care for asparagus in autumn.
Millie experiments with a range of different plant companions sharing a host of different container homes.
Costa meets an arachnid expert who shows how lovable these much-maligned invertebrates are - and how useful they can be for gardeners.
Josh visits the new Perth Stadium and discovers the plantings making the place an oasis of calm where families can spend time.
Clarence shows how - and when - to transplant different plants to get the best from your garden.
We meet the first family of Bromeliad growers, including the next generation taking over the reins.
Seasonal advice on jobs to do in the garden this weekend
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"We need to be acting on recommendations now" - Nurses call for immediate action on coroner's report
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Following the inquest into the murder of Gayle Woodford, the coroner recommended better safety for nurses working in remote areas.
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Science Friction
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Natasha tries taxidermy: the wild, wonderful world of the museum makers
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Pass the scalpel - taxidermy is on the menu.
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The Science Show - Full Program Podcast
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Seaweed a hope to capture carbon and help cool the planet
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Seaweed a strong hope for drawdown of atmospheric carbonFestival reveals the beauty, wonder and potential of seaweedKey indicators of planetary health getting worse fasterDo trade unions speak to scientists?Climate change is f*%#ing terrifying. Has the media failed in telling the truth?Saving the threatened plants and animals of Norfolk Island…
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Rear Vision
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The Irish border—why is it there and what's it actually like?
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The Irish border—running along five hundred kilometres of rural land—is a paradox. Both visible and invisible, it’s vital to peace in Ireland.
The Mayor of Chicago following the release of a police body camera showing a 13-year-old boy raising his hands before he was shot by police. New COVID cases are up 30 percent in some places across the country. This, as the CEO of Pfizer says Americans will likely need to receive a third COVID shot 6-12 months after receiving their first two doses. …
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The World Today
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AstraZeneca: Experts call for calm after blood clot death
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Health authorities warn against jumping to conclusions, as they investigate the blood-clot-related death of a woman who'd received the AstraZeneca vaccine; and five days after Tropical Cyclone Seroja hit Western Australia, Kalbarri's massive clean-up has a long way to go.
Raised in a loving but strict Italian household, Pina Arena became ‘Tina’ to compete on Young Talent Time. Reinventing herself as an adult singer was tough, and it took a disastrous marriage and years living away from Australia to find her self-confidence
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Stop Everything!
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Is Ja’mie still quiche? | Hot for Shtisel
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With Benjamin Law away, Hannah Reich steps in to put her body on the line for Stop Everything! Together BW and HR lay on the virtual railroad tracks of pop culture and sample Chris Lilley’s new podcast, Ja’miezing, delivered in the character of former Private School Girl Ja’mie King. Is it quiche? Listen to find out.Stop Everything Jewish correspon…
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Is Ja’mie still quiche? | Hot for Shtisel
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With Benjamin Law away, Hannah Reich steps in to put her body on the line for Stop Everything! Together BW and HR lay on the virtual railroad tracks of pop culture and sample Chris Lilley’s new podcast, Ja’miezing, delivered in the character of former Private School Girl Ja’mie King. Is it quiche? Listen to find out.Stop Everything Jewish correspon…
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Life Matters - Separate stories podcast
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Too Hard Basket: Unwanted playmates at the pool
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Since going through chemotherapy, Melissa vows to play more with her children, so for her daughter's swimming lesson they arrive early to play water volleyball. However, this fun is interrupted by two younger children who insist on hogging the ball. What should Melissa do?
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Super-charging psychology with doses of nature and gardening
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Psychologist Simon Lush combines his therapy skills with his horticulture training to work with individuals and groups around mindfulness in nature. He is working with a landscape gardener, other psychologists and clients to expand the field of therapeutic gardening into mental health spaces.
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Feeling bad about your COVID kilos? Weight loss may not be the answer
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With a third of Aussies having gained weight over the pandemic, many of us might be vulnerable to getting caught in the "diet trap". But with more nutritionists saying weight loss shouldn’t be the primary goal when trying to get healthy, what can we aim for instead?
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Life Matters - Full program podcast
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Avoiding the "diet trap" and the healing power of gardens
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A third of Australians have gained weight over the course of the pandemic, so how can you avoid getting caught in the "diet trap" and what should you aim for instead of weight loss? Plus, therapeutic gardening and mental health, and coping with unwanted playmates at the pool.
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The Signal
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Why vaccines haven't halted COVID in the US
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America's luck when it comes to COVID-19 seems to have changed, and then changed back again.US President Joe Biden made it very clear from the outset that handling the pandemic was number one on his to do list.But after some early wins against the virus, COVID transmission is on the rise again.So what's gone wrong? And can Biden turn it around befo…
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Background Briefing
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The Archbishop, the luxury pad, and the COVID-ravaged aged care home
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Late Night Live - Full program podcast
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Deaths in custody; Recycling oil rigs; the escape of 2600 Jewish families from WW2 Lithuania
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30th anniversary of the report from the Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in Custody; Recycling oil rigs, and how 2600 Jewish families escaped from Lithuania during WW2
An in depth look at the history and role of the US first lady.
Joe McCarthy is the figurehead of the anti-communist crusades of the 1950s-era. Thousands of Americans were investigated as alleged communists and Soviet agents during the 'Red Scare'. McCarthyism became the synonym for hysterical intolerance – and some say it’s prevalent again today. Historian Richard Norton Smith explores the rise of Joe McCarthy…
It’s over 50 years since the equal pay decision when the Arbitration Commission endorsed the principle of equal pay for equal work. But 50 years on there’s still a gender pay gap. Despite campaigns for gender equality Australian women earn , on average , 13.4 percent less than men.So why is there this persistent gap and how can we fix it? The Direc…
Police hoping to end fatal encounters push for change, building trust. Colton Underwood comes out as gay: ‘It caught up to me and, honestly, I’m glad.'By ABC News
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How the Tibetan Book of the Dead resonates with the living, plus the global ethics of Hans Küng
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the most famous Buddhist text in the West, selling more than a million copies since the first English version was published in the 1920s. But why does the book of the dead resonate so deeply with the living? And, in our diverse and often divided world, can different faiths seek peace together? Catholic priest, writer…
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The Money
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Happy to spend: consumer confidence soars
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A big jump in consumer confidence to levels not seen since the resources boom have been described this week as “an extraordinary result.“ Westpac Chief Economist Bill Evans explains the latest data. Farmers also have a spring in their step as they go shopping in record numbers for tractors, helicopters and …coffee machines. Plus, the most unpopular…
After 20 years of conflict, Australia's to follow the U-S out of Afghanistan, there's no peace to celebrate, so what's the legacy? And GP's insist they should remain front and centre of the vaccine roll-out, including at mass vaccination centres;
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Enterprising ways to make and shift electricity
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Imagine if you could use your own body heat to recharge your smart phone? That’s just one of the ways scientists are trying to decentralise energy production. They also have an eye on new means of power distribution, including using laser beams instead of lines and poles.
Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate breaks her silence over the Cartier watches controversy, but what does gender have to do with it? 7:30's chief political correspondent Laura Tingle is with Fran and PK.
With the proliferation of digital distractions and addictive technologies, many of us live in a state of perpetual half-attention. We tend to move from one “sugar-hit” to the next — stimuli which elicit strong if transitory emotions, but discourage us from being present, entirely, to one person, one text, one idea. What is the lack of attentiveness…
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Nicolle Flint MP on her career-ending mistreatment in politics; and how 'cancel culture' threatens democracy
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Nicolle Flint MP talks about the sexist abuse she’s faced throughout her career, not from within her own party, but from political opponents and activists outside of Canberra; and does 'cancel culture' threaten what remains of our liberal public discourse, or is uncensored free speech a dangerous proposition?…
A CDC panel of experts leaves a temporary pause on the Johnson and Johnson single dose COVID vaccine, after six women suffered adverse side effects to the shot. The panel saying it needs more information on the vaccine. Kim Potter, the former police officer has been formally charged with second degree manslaughter for the deadly shooting of 20-year…
What's the story behind your favourite wine? This fermented beverage has long been an important part of Australia's social and cultural history, used for ceremonial, medicinal and celebratory purposes.
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The World Today
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GPs state their case on mass vaccination centres
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The Australian Medical Association speaks out about mass vaccination hubs, as the vaccine roll out stalls; airline say domestic passenger numbers have beaten their own expectations; disability advocates are cautiously optimistic, as the government shelves a controversial plan for the NDIS.
Ruth Coker Burks was a young single mum in Hot Springs, Arkansas, when she began helping the dying men everyone else had rejected
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Two Oscar nominated directors + Top Shelf
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We meet two Oscar nominated directors this week....Pete Docter (Up, Inside Out, Monsters, Inc.) who has made a new animated film for Disney + called Soul, and Bryan Fogel, who is behind a new documentary about the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashogg.
'Very Special Episodes' were a mainstay on sitcoms in the 80s and 90s, raising awareness of issues like alcoholism, addiction and sexual abuse. But do these episodes have the power to change your health for the better?
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The argument for applying a gender lens to the budget
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It's been 7 years since an Australian government included a gender impact statement relating to the budget. Women's groups have been lobbying hard for its reinstatement ahead of this year's May budget. What is a gender impact statement and what purpose does it serve?
