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Season two of Expanse explores a wild story of endurance, resilience, mateship, and ultimately survival. It's the kind of tall tale that might be told in the bar over a beer — but this story is all true.
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Hamish Macdonald delves into the lives and motives of eight leaders. From autocratic strongmen to democratic internationalists, from left to right to far right, Take Me To Your Leader! examines the cultural, historical, geographical and personal origins underpinning the ambitions of the people on the world stage. How well do we really know them, and what would we uncover if we asked their friends, enemies, colleagues and observers to 'Take me to Your Leader!'
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ABC News Daily is the podcast that helps you understand the issues affecting your world. Every episode, host Samantha Hawley walks through one story with the help of an ABC colleague or expert in under 15 minutes. When you want coverage you can trust, listen to ABC News Daily.
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What is the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum all about? Where did the key ideas come from? What it could do for Indigenous Australians, and how it might help or hinder organisations working to close the gap? Fran Kelly and Quandamooka woman Carly Williams will cut through the noise surrounding the upcoming referendum in this new podcast, and give you the information you need when it's time to vote.
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The Wantok Program is 30 minutes of news and current affairs broadcast on Radio Australia twice a day Monday to Friday in Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin, Solomon Islands Pijin and Vanuatu Bislama pidgin languages.
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Join Myf Warhurst and Zan Rowe as they debrief on the biggest conversations of the week about music, art, life and stuff. Bang On brings together two of Australia’s most respected and most loved music journalists and presenters – who are also great friends, with your one stop shop for all the conversations you need to be across this week (but just don’t have the time to read a think-piece about).
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Every Friday, join Ruby for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.
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RN Breakfast daily stories separated out for easy listening. RN Breakfast is the program informed Australians wake up to. Start each day with comprehensive coverage and analysis of national and international events, and hear interviews with the people who matter today—along with those who'll be making news tomorrow.
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Overnights is heard from 2am to 6am nationally on the ABC. There is great music and interesting guests from Australia and all parts of the globe. You'll hear conversations about food, travel, science, music, books, personal finance, sport, film, astronomy, fashion, gardening, relationships, collectables and much more.
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Foy Vance is known for his gravelly voice and eclectic musical style that blends elements of folk, soul, and blues. His emotive music is regularly used to tug at heart your heartstrings in television and films and you’ll get to hear why when he plays his hits Guiding Light and She Burns live in the studio. Guest: Foy Vance, musician…
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"Such is life" were the reported last words of bushranger Ned Kelly. But there is another Ned Kelly. Both saw themselves as enemies of the state, even outlaws. Ned Kelly Emeralds is an Iranian national who arrived by boat in 2013 and since then, has been in immigration detention, released this week after the High Court ruled that indefinite detenti…
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It's officially summer and with the warm weather comes, checks notes, Grand Finals!? The WBBL decider is going down in Adelaide as the Strikers face the Heat. Can Brisbane upset the champs? We ask Michelle Goszko. In the AFLW, the Kangaroos are aiming to change the guard as they fave five-time Grand Finalist Brisbane in Melbourne. Lauren Bordin is …
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This weekend, it's International Day of People with Disability, so on today's episode I've got five fantastic stories all about disability. We'll meet a horse rider learning to do old tricks in a new way, and visit a timber yard full of great people. After that, we'll beat the drum with an award winning school teacher, and play a groovy game that's…
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You love taking your dog to the local dog beach. She loves to play and tumble with the other dogs, but she's always well behaved and never overly aggressive. One day, you're supervising your dog playing with some other dogs, when another owner arrives and asks you to move down the beach. She says your dog looks too similar to one that bit hers and …
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Adhering to customs and traditions can be a great way of staying connected with family, community, or history. But in some circumstances they can be something that hold you back, and prevent you pursuing the life you want to lead. We'll be hearing your stories of how you've broken with tradition and carved out your own path.…
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The Teskey Brothers have made a huge name for themselves in the Australian music scene, for over 15 years, the band has fused folk, blues, Americana and rock genres and mastered layers of instruments, rhythm and raw vocals throughout their discography. Hot off the back of winning an ARIA for their new album The Winding Way, the brother-duo have jus…
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Inherited traditions can connect us to family and culture, but they aren't for everyone. How do you break away and find your own path, without burning too many bridges? Plus, we get into dog beach drama for the Too Hard Basket with comedian Michelle Brasier and writer Patrick Lenton.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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For the first time in 24 years, the North Melbourne Football Club will contest a grand final, hoping to topple Brisbane at the AFLW Grand Final in Melbourne But super-fans of the Brisbane Lions are flying across the country, and going to extreme lengths to make it to Melbourne for the match. Guest: Tahlia Randall, North Melbourne forward…
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Scientists have observed chin-strap penguins taking very short naps, 10,000 times in a single day. The average duration of each nap is just four-seconds, with the penguins collectively getting roughly 11-hours sleep a day.. And the ABC science unit has also been looking into the science of human naps this week. Dr Norman Swan is sharing his secrets…
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America's most famous - and divisive - twentieth century diplomat, Henry Kissinger has died at the age of a hundred. Kissinger was both awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and roundly condemned as a war criminal. Guest: Thomas Schwartz, Professor at Vanderbilt University, historian of U.S foreign relations; author of Henry Kissinger and American Power: A…
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A team of Australian scientists has made a breakthrough discovery that has implications for the way we treat some auto-immune skin conditions. The discovery may pave the way for treatment for conditions like psoriasis, vitiligo, alopecia and some skin cancers. Guest: Dr Simone Park, Doherty Institute…
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An inquiry into employment services has now handed down its findings, and suggested major changes. Labor MP Julian Hill chaired the inquiry, he says the system isn't working and at times is "torturing unemployed people". He says full privatisation has failed and there needs to be a "public sector core". Guest: Julian Hill, Labor MP; Workforce Austr…
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Much international attention has turned to the Middle East, since Hamas' terror attack on October 7th and Israel's response. But the war in Ukraine is also continuing amid a wintry cyclone, which cut power to thousands of towns and the largest drone attack on Kyiv by Russia since the invasion began. Reporter: Alexander Griffiths…
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By the 1st of January, all single-use disposable vapes will be banned from being imported into the country, and refillable vapes by March. It's part of the government's broader push to heavily regulate the e-cigarette industry. But how much will these new laws depend on Australian Border Force's ability to actually enforce them? Guest: Tim Fitzgera…
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The Productivity Commission has published a draft report, looking at the future of philanthropy in Australia. The Commission is looking lay the foundations for future giving, but as the cost of living continues to rage, what will that look like? Guest: Alex Robson, Productivity Commission Deputy Chair…
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The cryptocurrency sector has been rocked by two of the most high profile criminal cases of 2023: major fraud at FTX and violations of anti-money laundering laws at Binance. Are these criminal scandals the clean up that the sector needs before crypto goes mainstream? Featured: Caroline Bowler - CEO, BTC MarketsDr Aaron Lane - Senior Lecturer in Law…
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The UN's COP28 Climate Summit is underway in Dubai, and has approved the creation of the long-called-for Loss and Damage fund. But, there are still a number of questions around the fund's long-term management and what else this COP summit can actually achieve. Guest: Sir David King, founder of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) and chair of t…
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It’s one of the most watched defamation cases, with both Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann taking the stand in the Federal Court this week. Mr Lehrmann is suing Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for defamation over an interview where Ms Higgins alleged she had been raped by a Liberal staffer at Parliament House in 2019. He has denied the …
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Jerrie Cobb was the first woman selected to join Mercury 13, an elite group of women pilots being trained as astronauts in 1960. When film maker Mary Haverstick decided to make a feature film about Jerrie, she soon discovered that Jerrie Cobb seemed to have another identity - June Cobb who was a CIA spy involved in assassination attempts in Cuba an…
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Journalist Adam Welz shares his plea to save what's left of the Earth's magnificent biodiversity, before its too late. And documentarian Mary Haverstick on the mysterious life of Jerrie Cobb - the would-be astronaut who became a spy.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Discussions of climate change tend to focus on the threats to human societies and economies. But in wild nature, countless species are already in rapid decline, ill-equipped to deal with their rapidly changing realities. Guest: Adam Welz, journalist and author, The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown.…
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Fresh Off the Field is live from Honiara bringing you all the action and plenty of athletes from the Pacific Games. Joining Bobby Macumber today is Niue's first medallist in the games Samuel Singh, gold medallists for Samoa and Fiji in the field events Nu’u’ausala Tuilefano and Deborah Bulai, Tahiti's gold medal triathlete Salome de Barthez, Norfol…
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If you know even the slightest thing about Iranian cinema, it’s consumed by love and subtlety … love because, well all cinema is about love, but subtlety out of necessity. Iranian state censors won’t permit anything overt so directors like Behrooz Karamizade need to get creative. He talks about how he got around censorship in his new film Empty Net…
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