How the Liberal Party lost its hold on Australia
Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large of The Australian, investigates how the country went from the great reform age under Hawke, Keating and Howard,...
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20 of 2,048 episodesNAIDOC 2026: From an iron lung to the page — Gayle’s life in comics and words
Wongaibon woman, Gayle Kennedy tells the story of her childhood, punctuated by years of treatment for polio. A bright child, she blitzed sch...
NAIDOC 2026: Troy Cassar-Daley: the boy from Halfway Creek
Troy grew up travelling between two very different worlds with his Indigenous mum and his Maltese Dad. At just 17 he started on his path to...
NAIDOC 2026: Anita Heiss with stories of love and war from the Wiradjuri people
Writer Anita Heiss has based her novel Dirrayawadha on stories from the 1800s during the frontier wars in Bathurst, when martial law was dec...
NAIDOC 2026: Rachel Perkins on 'The Australian Wars'
The filmmaker on her series which documents a period some historians call the most important war Australia has ever fought in. Rachel Perkin...
NAIDOC 2026: Victor the fire man on burning country to heal it
Tagalaka man, Victor Steffensen on the ‘walking encyclopedias’ — dear old men he met who entrusted him with their decades of cultural knowle...
Finding love, compassion and God after a lifetime of drugs and crime
For 40 years, crime was the only constant in Lincoln Lynch’s life, until a prison stint forced him to look inward and change the trajectory...
Encore: Gina Chick's wild grandmother, and embracing her life as 'an element'
The inaugural winner of Alone Australia on her life as a creative, outrageous, nature-loving misfit who grew up to live through great depths...
Nuking the moon and mirrors in space—man's wildest attempts to control the weather
Nuking the moon, putting mirrors in space and blowing up the Polar ice caps are just some of history's hairbrained schemes to control the we...
Encore: A brother's insight into the genius of artist David Hockney
John Hockney's memoir gives a rare insight into the unusual life of one of the world's most famous artists. He grew up in the industrial tow...
The mysteries, ghosts and healing powers of the Abbotsford Convent
For more than a century, Melbourne's Abbotsford Convent was occupied by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and the "wayward" girls and orphan...
How limitations in life, love and creativity can actually set you free
Science writer David Epstein on why freedom can be the enemy of success and how we can all benefit from less choice, not more. We live today...
Encore: The traits I was teased about are now my trademarks
Veteran performer Paul Capsis on his strict upbringing and the strong female role models who helped him stay in school despite the brutality...
The adoptive mum who now fights to keep families together
Anna Dombkins was 25 years old, when she and her husband happened on a television program about adoption which would completely change their...
Encore: How not to be a d***head with singer Kasey Chambers
Country music artist Kasey Chambers has spent her life making music and connecting with audiences. It’s what she believes she was put on the...
A race against time to help my friend dying from mesothelioma
James O'Loghlin had only just reconnected with one of his best and oldest friends, Jum Wallner, when Jum received some terrible news. What b...
"ELVIS IS ALIVE AND RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT" The story behind the nonsensical Weekly World News
Peter Hoysted, AKA Jack the Insider is back with a look at the humorous and bizarre stories of the newspaper founded in 1979 by a former CIA...
Encore: Darren Hayes on the dark side of his fame with Savage Garden
Darren Hayes rose to fame in the 1990s as part of the musical duo Savage Garden but the scars of his violent childhood nearly ended everythi...
Why this private investigator loves the cases others have given up on
Ken Gamble is very good at spying on people doing the wrong thing but perhaps the investigations that have had the most impact are the missi...
Encore: My eerie week inside Kanye West's Hollywood mansion
Gonzo journalist and writer John Safran on why he decided to squat in a Hollywood mansion belonging to Kanye West.John Safran has made a car...