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Popular & rare vintage radio programs with brief commentary. Posted weekly.
Earshot presents documentaries about people, places, stories and ideas, in all their diversity.
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.
A critical look at new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking, from politics to media to environmental sustainability.
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.
We tease out the complex history behind those baffling events in the news.
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.
Science, culture and everything in between. Feel the heat. All species welcome.
From the ground breaking and life saving to the wacky and implausible, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki reveals some of the best moments in science.
ABC's 20/20 is the primetime news magazine program featuring newsmaker interviews, hard-hitting investigative reports, exclusives, compelling features and medical mysteries.
In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life.
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.
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
A comprehensive roundup of the major stories from the region and the people involved and affected by them.
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.
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
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
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.
ABC News' award-winning news magazine program, taking you beyond the headlines of today's stories and trends.
In-depth conversations with artists and creative thinkers from Australia and around the world.
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.
A weekly lesson on a specific topic with some of Sydney's greatest teachers.
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 a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
RN Presents is a diverse collection of short series. The current series, This Much is True, dives down the rabbit hole into conspiracies, misinformation and cults, and how to protect those you love.
Presented by Australia's leading horticultural experts and hosted by Costa Georgiadis, Gardening Australia is a valuable resource to all gardeners.
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.
Every weekday, catch up with Sinéad Mangan as she explores news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
The Money looks at Australia and the world through an economic lens. It explores how economics influences everything else.
The gardening program for gardeners and non-gardeners.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An investigative podcast hosted by ABC journalist Rachael Brown, Trace examines the fractures in Australia's criminal justice system, and the decades-long ripples they have caused.
In-depth conversations with the best fiction writers from Australia and around the world.
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.
With a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
Get all the right advice you need to grow a healthy garden
Lisa Leong helps you navigate your way through the tough times, looking for the sunshine and the humanity in the world of work. From the quirky to the somewhat controversial, experts in the world of work and business share their ideas, experiments and fast fails, that you can apply to your own career. We’re cheaper than therapy and more fun than LinkedIn, think of us as your digital water cooler.
Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang host your end-of-week blitz on what everyone's watching and listening to right now. Featuring big-name interviews that go deep, and big thoughts on pop culture with your two smart friends — this is the show about how everything in your feed reflects – and affects – the world. Culture moves fast — so Stop Everything! and listen in.
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.
Life Matters is your guide to contemporary Australian life. Be part of rich conversations on relationships, family, parenting, education, work, health and consumer issues.
ABC Radio's Country Breakfast is an entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia.
Alec Baldwin describes the moments leading up to the tragic 'Rust' shooting incident; NatGeo documentary captures the intersection of COVID-19 and racial reckoning.By ABC News
Josh visits a school that has transformed an unused patch of grass into a stunning native garden and outdoor classroom.
Costa meets marine scientists on a mission to restore Sydney’s underground meadows, then joins a group of volunteers tracking the plants’ progress.
Gardening Australia presenters answer commonly asked gardening questions.
Millie shows how to shop smart at the nursery, to grow your garden budget even further.
Tino shares some tips for summer pruning and training grapes.
Jane visits landscape architect Jim Fogarty at his coastal garden, which he built up out of a bare horse paddock.
Jerry suggests some subtropical substitutes for ornamentals that are so popular in cooler parts of the country.
Sophie shows how to best use salty bore water in the garden.
In her final segment with us, guest presenter Palisa Anderson shares a favourite recipe for enjoying her seasonal harvest.
Seasonal advice on jobs to do in the garden this weekend
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The Science Show - Full Program Podcast
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Stunning capability, variety and beauty in the natural world
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"It just made you question everything about what you were trying to do": Black summer fire recovery, two years on
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Matt and Katie Zagami's property looks green now, but it's taken a lot of work to get back on track.
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Soul Search
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From Sri Lanka to Australia: how women are remaking Buddhism
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Join Dr Meredith Lake and Suvira Bhikkhuni as they trace the revival of the ordination of Theravada women — one of the most important recent reforms within global Buddhism.
Every interaction between people follows four styles: Control (the lion), Capitulate (the mouse), Confront (the Tyrannosaur) and Co-operate (the monkey). Forensic psychologists Emily and Laurence Alison have developed a successful model of interpersonal communication. They tell you how to get what you want. And how to talk to anyone in a difficult …
Ghezal is a journalist trapped in a safehouse in Kabul as The Taliban take over the city. Through the intimacy of voice messages she tells her story of searching for a way out of Afghanistan for her young family and the realities of becoming a refugee.
New cases of the Omicron variant discovered in at least three more states in the U.S., including five cases in New York. This, as President Biden unveils his new plan to combat the spread of this new variant, including the at-home test kits that can be covered by insurance. An exclusive look inside the Moderna facility where they are working on a v…
Fifty years ago, a genocidal crackdown, a war of liberation, an overwhelming flood of refugees and finally, military conflict between India and Pakistan, gave birth to a new nation.
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Science Friction
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The Lost Family - how DNA testing is upending our lives
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Is the era of family secrets over? Is love deeper than DNA?
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The World Today
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The Federal opposition has finally announced a mid-term emissions reduction target
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The Federal opposition has finally announced a mid-term emissions reduction target
At 100cm tall, Rima is one of the smallest people in the world. But throughout her life, she's demanded to be heard (R)
Just under the surface of the ocean, a cacophony of sound awaits.
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Life Matters - Separate stories podcast
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Too Hard Basket: when a club member leaves, taking the passwords with them, what do you do?
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A member of your club has resigned. This person has some important paperwork, including passwords for mailing lists and websites. They have refused to answer requests to send them back to the club. You would really like to keep in touch with your readers, but can't do so without this. What do you do?…
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Life Matters - Separate stories podcast
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A close up look at the working lives of people with disability
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For people living with disability, the workplace can put up a lot of unnecessary obstacles. For the International Day of People with Disability, we’re chatting to people who have found a way to push through those obstacles to build careers for themselves that give them purpose and meaning.
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Seniors exercise parks could change health outcomes for older Australians
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Playgrounds are not just for kids. Seniors exercise parks enable adults of all abilities to challenge themselves. The ENJOY Project evaluates the impact of these custom designed structures. With six parks already established, could they be important meeting places for younger and older Australians?
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Stop Everything!
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Going deep on Dune and Succession’s terrible birthday
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It’s the year 10191. We’re folding time and space and going deep on the science fiction classic, Dune.We start with Frank Herbert’s best-selling 1965 novel, make a pit stop at David Lynch’s indelible and sometimes inscrutable 1984 screen adaptation, and finally contemplate Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded 2021 release of Dune part one. Science ficti…
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Going deep on Dune and Succession’s terrible birthday
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It’s the year 10191. We’re folding time and space and going deep on the science fiction classic, Dune.We start with Frank Herbert’s best-selling 1965 novel, make a pit stop at David Lynch’s indelible and sometimes inscrutable 1984 screen adaptation, and finally contemplate Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded 2021 release of Dune part one. Science ficti…
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THE OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR
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”It‘s A Wonderful Life” Lux Radio Theater
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Lux Radio Theater "It's a Wonderful Life" March 10, 1947 CBS Starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Victor MooreBy Justeen Ward
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The Signal
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Why contraception in Australia is stalled
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Contraceptive choices for Australians haven't really budged in the last few decades. So what's the hold up? And how far off are some of those big breakthroughs, like male contraceptives? Today on The Signal, it's the future of contraceptives and why that future is taking so long to arrive. Featured: Georgia Hitch, ABC Reporter, Canberra Parliament …
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Background Briefing
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The infiltrator who helped hatch a terror plot
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A young Melbourne man got ten years' jail after attempting to buy a gun in preparation for a possible terrorist attack.Now his family is speaking publicly for the first time, raising questions about who escalated the plot.Mahmood Fazal investigates.
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Nightline
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Full Episode: Wednesday December 01, 2021
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SCOTUS hears arguments on the most consequential abortion case in 30 years; Heart surgeon, television personality ‘Dr. Oz’ runs for Pennsylvania senateBy ABC News
The value of the arts is often expressed in economic terms. The creative industries create jobs and are a valuable global export. But rather than economics telling us something about the arts, can the arts tell us something about economics? And how to reimagine economics after Covid?
The statue of Western Australia's first governor, Captain James Stirling, in central Perth is hard to miss; there's also a mountain range, a suburban municipality and even a school named after him. But as the state looks towards its bicentenary in 2029, new questions are being asked about James Stirling, including his involvement in frontier violen…
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Hundreds of residents remain on high alert of flooding, as a major clean-up begins
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Evacuated residents have now returned to homes and businesses to assess the damage
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The Money
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Big data and social housing to break disadvantage cycle and record investments in Australian start ups
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What will the global political landscape look like when the world’s dependency on fossil fuels is finally over? Adjustments are already being made, but for so-called “petrostates” like Saudi Arabia and Russia, the prospects look particularly bleak. Experts warn of new inequalities and shifting power dynamics. They also warn of a fall in available e…
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World News Tonight with David Muir
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Full Episode: Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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The first case of the new Omicron variant detected in the United States in California. This, as the demand for COVID booster shots soar. A fourth student has now died following a deadly school shooting in Michigan as new details come in on the suspected shooter. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Mississippi's restrictive abortion law. A wif…
In a time when so many opinions are clamouring for views in our debauched attention economy, “sh*t-stirring” has become an irresistible strategy to get oneself noticed. But it does so at a cost, not least to the reputational cost of those who practice it — including moral philosophers. So what is the difference between “sh*t-stirring” and something…
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Between the Lines
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Thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and why the far-right is moving away from climate change denialism
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America won the Cold War but why did they lose the post-Soviet peace? And the far-right's unlikely shift to end climate change skepticism
The gardening program for gardeners and non-gardeners. A special episode with Roanna Edwards and Sabrina Hahn as part of ABC Radio Perth's Radiothon - raising money for AnglicareWA
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More allegations of bad behaviour in the Senate
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More allegations of appalling behaviour in the Senate, after a damning reporting into parliamentary culture
Dennis Altman is an avowed Australian republican, but he can see the use of constitutional monarchies in times of transition. The question is: do they have the ability to withstand pressure from autocrats?
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Denis Villeneuve + Greig Fraser on Dune, Ari Wegner on The Power of the Dog
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Dune director Denis Villeneuve discusses casting Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and interpreting the Arabic and Islamic influences in Frank Herbert's original novel. Plus, the film's Australian cinematographer Greig Fraser explains why the desert sky is white, and fellow Aussie Ari Wegner, who shot Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, talks ero…
Despite one in six people reporting addictive patterns of eating, food addiction isn't something that can be clinically diagnosed. Researchers are developing a new approach to manage addictive eating behaviours by using people's individual personalities to work on targeted strategies, in the hope it will improve their relationship with food.…
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Is your brain sabotaging your work-life balance?
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As you start to plan your work life for 2022, you might be considering what's best for your kids, your partner, or your boss. But, renowned neuroscientist and best-selling author Dr John Medina says you should be asking, 'what's best for my brain?'.
