ABC Radio Nationals Podcasts

4d ago4d ago

Weekly

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 Friction

ABC listen

8d ago1w ago

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast

Monthly+

Artificial Intelligence has suddenly gone from the fringes of science to being everywhere. So how did we get here? And where's this all heading? In this new series of Science Friction, we're finding out.

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The Science Show - Full Program Podcast

ABC listen

3m ago3m ago

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

Weekly

The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.

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Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

ABC listen

1d ago1d ago

Weekly

Move beyond the headlines to see how the past defines our world.

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Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast

ABC listen

2h ago2h ago

Daily

LNL stories separated out for listening. 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.

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Big Ideas

ABC listen

19m ago19m ago

Saturday Extra - Full program podcast

Weekly+

Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. Grab your front row seat to the best live forums and festivals with Natasha Mitchell.

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Saturday Extra - Full program podcast

ABC listen

5d ago5d ago

Weekly

With a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Law Report

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Law Report

ABC listen

1h ago1h ago

Weekly

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 Bookshelf

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The Bookshelf

ABC listen

5d ago5d ago

Weekly

What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more and join out monthly Book Club on Facebook.

The Money

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The Money

ABC listen

7m ago7m ago

AWAYE! - Full program podcast

Weekly

The Money looks at Australia and the world through an economic lens. It explores how economics influences everything else.

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AWAYE! - Full program podcast

ABC listen

3d ago3d ago

Weekly

AWAYE! presents a diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia and the best from Indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.

The Stage Show

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The Stage Show

ABC listen

6h ago6h ago

Weekly

In-depth conversations with the world's top directors, performers and writers for the stage.

The History Listen

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The History Listen

ABC listen

3h ago3h ago

Weekly

New and compelling stories from Australia and around the world. Step inside a time machine for an immersive journey into the past.

The Science Show

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The Science Show

ABC listen

16h ago16h ago

Weekly

The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.

Extra

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Extra

ABC listen

23d ago3w ago

Monthly+

Making sense of a changing world, Extra with Geraldine Doogue explores the risks and possibilities of big shifts in power, puts events with our neighbourhood and overseas into context and explains how this affects Australia’s place within our wider world.

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RN Breakfast - Full program podcast

ABC listen

10h ago10h ago

Daily

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.

This Working Life

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This Working Life

ABC listen

4d ago4d ago

Weekly

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.

Tasmanian Country Hour

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Tasmanian Country Hour

ABC Radio

5d ago5d ago

Daily

Tony Briscoe brings you rural news and events from Tasmania and a the nation.

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World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

3m ago3m ago

Daily

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.

Program podcast

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Program podcast

ABC Radio National

9y ago9y ago

Monthly

Contemporary and ancient, Australian and bilingual, live and recorded: here poetry speaks for itself in a rich radio world complete with sound and music.

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AM full episode

ABC Radio

21h ago21h ago

Daily

AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program. With key political interviews and stories about the Australian way of life, AM sets the agenda for the nation’s daily news and current affairs coverage.

Rum, Rebels and Ratbags

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Rum, Rebels and Ratbags

ABC Radio

8+ y ago8+ y ago

Monthly

Humourist and historian David Hunt and ABC 702’s Dom Knight take on Australian history and uncover the characters, events and a cat that you won’t find in the regular history books. This is not history for the faint-hearted.

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AM

ABC listen

1h ago1h ago

Daily

Radio National Fictions

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Radio National Fictions

ABC Radio

2+ y ago2+ y ago

Monthly

Radio National Fictions is the ABC's place for creative audio fiction from Australia's best writers and emerging creators. We deal in the hilarious, the gritty and sometimes the dystopian. Think of it as movies for your ears.

Separate stories podcast

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Separate stories podcast

ABC Radio National

6y ago6y ago

Monthly

Books and Arts explores the many worlds of performance, writing, music and visual arts, and features interviews with local and international authors and artists.

The Roundtable

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The Roundtable

ABC listen

12M ago50w ago

Monthly

The Roundtable is RN's weekly forum, exploring the big issues and ideas in national and international affairs.

Full program podcast

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Full program podcast

ABC Radio National

9y ago9y ago

Monthly

Fenella Kernebone looks at how we shape our world, from the ground up. One single audio file of each program - good for continuous listening.

The People vs

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The People vs

ABC Radio

4y ago4y ago

Monthly

The People vs is your escape from all the usual arguments. It’s where informed citizens debate, doubt and decide.

Sum of All Parts

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Sum of All Parts

ABC Radio

4y ago4y ago

Monthly

Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories about the unseen influence that numbers have on the way we think, feel and behave.

Queensland Country Hour

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Queensland Country Hour

ABC Radio

7h ago7h ago

Daily

Rural news and information for Queensland primary producers.

Cosmic Vertigo

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Cosmic Vertigo

ABC Radio

2y ago2y ago

Monthly

Do you ever feel dizzy when you think about the incomprehensible scale of space? We call that feeling Cosmic Vertigo. Welcome to a head-spinning conversation between two friends who study the sky for a living.

The Music Show

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The Music Show

ABC listen

3d ago3d ago

Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast

Weekly+

Hear the interview of the week from the Music Show, where composer Andrew Ford entertains and informs a wide audience each week, providing two hours of essential listening from the world of music.

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Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast

ABC listen

3d ago3d ago

Daily

With a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Now Hear This

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Now Hear This

ABC Radio National

8y ago8y ago

Monthly

Now Hear This is a night of people coming together to hear and tell stories. The stories can be funny, moving or silly, all in a few spellbinding minutes.

It’s Not a Race

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It’s Not a Race

ABC listen

5+ y ago5+ y ago

Monthly

Race, racism, identity, culture, difference — let’s talk it out. It’s Not a Race, with host Beverley Wang, is the ABC podcast Australia needs right now.

Pacific Review

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Pacific Review

Radio Australia

4d ago4d ago

Weekly

A comprehensive roundup of the major stories from the region and the people involved and affected by them.

Speaking Out

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Speaking Out

ABC listen

5d ago5d ago

Weekly+

Politics, arts and culture from a range of Indigenous perspectives.

ABC News Radio Specials

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ABC News Radio Specials

ABC News

9d ago1w ago

Monthly

When news breaks, when our world changes, when you need questions answered – or when you need an escape from the headlines – this is where you'll find special, in-depth reporting from ABC News Radio. From hour-long shows covering the COVID-19 pandemic, to thoughtful discussions of politics, to celebrations of the arts. This is audio storytelling at its best, powered by ABC News.

Background Briefing

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Background Briefing

ABC listen

6d ago6d ago

Monthly+

Background Briefing brings you true stories not everyone will want you to hear.

show series

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International Day of Disability: Selina Mills 26:34

2h ago26:34

26:34

When award-winning writer and broadcaster Selina Mills started to lose her sight, she noticed that people started to treat her differently. It caused her to explore where the stigma around blindness originates and how it persists in Western culture to this day.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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International Day of Disability: Andrew Leland 28:50

2h ago28:50

28:50

Writer Andrew Leland is gradually losing his sight as a result of a progressive eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. He discusses what it's like to join - but not feel entirely a part of - the blind community and what it actually means to be blind.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Being you — a new science of consciousness with Anil Seth 54:05

19m ago54:05

54:05

Your internal experience of consciousness – your rich inner life — has had scientists and philosophers completely perplexed for centuries. How does your brain's 100 billion neurons conjure up that distinct sense you have of being YOU? Is it different to your dog's sense of being a 'doggish'? Could that sense be reproduced in artificial intelligence…

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Full Episode: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 23:47

9m ago23:47

23:47

Gaza crisis worsens as battles rage on; Investigation underway after fiery home explosion; Tuberville ends 10-month blockade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy ABC News

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Elective surgery waiting times at record high 20:14

1h ago20:14

20:14

Nearly 1 in 10 patients are waiting longer than a year for elective surgery, as public hospitals struggle to catch up from COVID pandemic disruptionsBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Elective surgery waiting times at record high 20:14

1h ago20:14

20:14

Nearly 1 in 10 patients are waiting longer than a year for elective surgery, as public hospitals struggle to catch up from COVID pandemic disruptionsBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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RN Breakfast, 06th December 2023 23:01

10h ago23:01

23:01

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Bee on her bonnet: the woman who challenged our social order 39:39

1h ago39:39

39:39

‘It takes a man or woman of great moral courage…to dare the risk of being himself or herself all the time’ – so said Bee Miles, the Sydney woman who claimed she was not anti-social, but anti the social order of 1920’s Australia. Her refusal to conform saw the intellectual radical arrested more than 300 times and be locked up in at least seven psych…

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Bruce Shapiro's America: what to expect in 2024 14:42

1h ago14:42

14:42

Bruce Shapiro reflects on the year that was in American politics, and looks ahead to a fateful election year in 2024. Guest: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine; Executive Director of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Has space travel changed what it means to be human? A space archaeologist, poet, theologian, astrophysicist respond 54:05

4h ago54:05

54:05

In 1963, as the space race was taking off, the influential political philosopher Hannah Arrendt challenged scientists over their shift away from a humanistic focus to worlds beyond. She was responding to a question posed by the Encyclopedia Britannica: "Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?". Replace man with human, and l…

Law Report

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Grant Donaldson SC on balancing open justice and national security 28:37

9h ago28:37

28:37

The outgoing Independent National Security Legislation Monitor's final report recommends an overhaul of legislation that Grant Donaldson says can be 'unnecessary and oppressive'.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast

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Full Episode: Monday, December 4, 2023 22:46

13h ago22:46

22:46

Fiery tanker truck crash in Vermont; Israel moves military operation into South Gaza; Battle of the Christmas classics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy ABC News

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2FC now Radio National celebrates 100 years 28:50

13h ago28:50

28:50

We revisit a bold new Sunday night program in 1975, and coverage of the Apollo missions.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Science Show

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2FC now Radio National celebrates 100 years 28:50

16h ago28:50

28:50

We revisit a bold new Sunday night program in 1975, and coverage of the Apollo missions.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Queensland Country Hour

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How a pastoral atlas became a rural agents' bible 8:43

7h ago8:43

8:43

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Two former immigration detainees facing criminal charges 20:17

3h ago20:17

20:17

Two men released because of the High Court's ruling about immigration detention have allegedly reoffended.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Two former immigration detainees facing criminal charges 20:17

2h ago20:17

20:17

Two men released because of the High Court's ruling about immigration detention have allegedly reoffended.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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RN Breakfast, 05th December 2023 23:14

6h ago23:14

23:14

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Stage Show

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The Warumpi Band story comes to the Sydney Festival 54:05

6h ago54:05

54:05

In the desert town of Papunya in 1981, four blackfellas and a whitefella bonded over rock 'n' roll and became the history-making Warumpi Band. The Warumpis were the first rock band to sing in Aboriginal languages. Now, Big Name, No Blankets from Ilbijerri Theatre Company will tell their story on stage at the Sydney Festival. Also, the American dram…

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Celebrating 100 years of Radio National 44:25

3h ago44:25

44:25

As we celebrate 100 years of radio in Australia, radio historians Dr Virginia Madsen and Professor Jock Given look back at the early days of wireless, how Radio National was born, and at the golden moments in the history of our favourite medium.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Laura Tingle and Niki Savva on the politics of 2023 20:50

3h ago20:50

20:50

Laura Tingle and author and columnist Niki Sava look back on the key political events of 2023, including the Voice referendum loss, the cost of living crisis and scandals like Robodebt and PWC. Guests: Laura Tingle, Chief Political Correspondent, 7.30 Niki Savva, author and columnist.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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How calories and coercion do you harm — leading physicians on your healthy body and mind 54:11

18m ago54:11

54:11

Mental health problems and chronic diseases are plaguing societies around the world. Both fields need new solutions. We know that lifestyle and obesity contribute to chronic diseases; they can shorten your life by 11 years! But can you use lifestyle to stay chronically healthy? And are we ignoring human rights and social factors in mental health po…

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Full Episode: Sunday, December 3, 2023 23:42

15h ago23:42

23:42

Cargo Ships under attack in the Red Sea; Israel expands ground assault in Gaza; Tourist stabbed to death near Paris’ Eiffel Tower Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy ABC News

Queensland Country Hour

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'Angels in the sky' RFDS nurses fight for better pay 12:30

11h ago12:30

12:30

Rural news and events from Queensland and across Australia.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Insurers face criticism for mental health policies 20:12

2h ago20:12

20:12

Federal parliament rises for the year on Thursday, but the government has vowed politicians will remain in Canberra until the new preventative detention laws are passed.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Insurers face criticism for mental health policies 20:12

2h ago20:12

20:12

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

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RN Breakfast, 04th December 2023 23:44

6h ago23:44

23:44

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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How Danish TV took over the world 28:52

22m ago28:52

28:52

In 2007 the Danish public broadcaster, DR began producing serial crime dramas with a female detective in the lead. Set in a bleak social, and geographic landscapes, they addressed issues like immigration, child sexual abuse, and corruption. Known as Nordic Noir these dramas captured a global audience and have become the standard for quality TV. How…

The Music Show

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Anthony Marwood 54:06

21m ago54:06

54:06

British violinist Anthony Marwood returns to our shores where he’s playing a series of concerts in duet with accordionist James Crabb for the Australian Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, chamber musician, orchestra director, and festival director he’s a man with many strings to his bow, but we’ll try not to let that horrific pun get in the way of a …

AWAYE! - Full program podcast

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Tony Birch's tenderness, and Royston Noell is Invincible 50:44

2d ago50:44

50:44

Tony Birch is an author, academic and Fitzroy Blak whose stories are full of complexities and compassion. He discusses his new novel, Women and Children and why this isn’t an autobiographic work. Singer Royston Noell, started the year by winning the first season of the rebooted singing competition Australian Idol. Plus, for Word Up, Merrkiyawuy Gan…