Best Jade Reynolds Podcasts (2024)

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Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins and the rise of political defamation 23:04

27m ago23:04

23:04

Brittany Higgins has now been at the centre of three court cases. First, there was the criminal trial of Bruce Lehrmann - which was aborted with no findings made against him. Lehrmann later sued Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, claiming that they defamed him by identifying him as a rapist. The court found that he did, to a civil standard, …

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Inside the illegal underground schools for Afghan girls 21:38

19m ago21:38

21:38

Three years ago the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. From his new home in Adelaide, Australia, Hazara human rights activist and photographer Muzafar Ali watched warlords returning to the places he had loved but had been forced to leave. He saw Western journalists describing a place they didn’t know and didn’t really understand. So last mont…

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Labor’s plan to put young people into aged care 20:59

2d ago20:59

20:59

Neale Radley was in his early 40s when he dived off a houseboat and hit a sandbar, becoming a high-needs quadriplegic. With no family members able to look after him, he was faced with limited options and ended up in aged-care. Now, a clause in the government’s New Aged Care Act could mean that more younger people will end up in aged-care, potential…

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Imane Khelif and the scrutiny of female athletes’ bodies 22:07

1d ago22:07

22:07

This year’s Olympics has been phenomenal for women in sport. Paris 2024 also set a milestone as the first Olympics to achieve full gender parity on the field of play. But these achievements have been overshadowed by the abuse levelled at two female boxers who both clinched their first olympic medals over unfounded speculation about their sex. One o…

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Read This: Eric Beecher Is a Media Mongrel 31:22

4d ago31:22

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In this episode of our sister podcast, Read This, host Michael Williams speaks with journalist, editor and media proprietor Eric Beecher about his new book The Men Who Killed the News. Eric has worked for some of the most well-respected newspapers in the world, including the Sydney Morning Herald and the Wall Street Journal. He’s currently the head…

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Is Australia failing to teach kids to read? 19:17

7d ago19:17

19:17

It’s been called a forever war: the fight over how to teach children to read. For decades, an outdated method has lingered in Australian classrooms as states protect schools’ right to teach how they wish. Following a recent report from the Grattan Institute that found a third of Australian children couldn’t read well, state governments are finally …

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Battle of the VPs: Tim Walz v JD Vance 24:31

6d ago24:31

24:31

In the weeks since he was announced as Donald Trump’s running mate, some of JD Vance’s past remarks have resurfaced. He is now at the centre of a number of bizarre rumours and jokes. They’ve been picked up by some Democrats, who are labelling the two men on the republican ticket as ‘weird’. Kamala Harris has chosen the man who started the ‘weird’ l…

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Who decides the future of Gaza? 25:47

7d ago25:47

25:47

Hardly any foreign journalists have been into Gaza since Israel’s bombings began. The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes is one of the few who has. On a recent trip, Zanny visited the streets of Jerusalem, the Knesset, Gaza and the West Bank, and spoke to dozens of people about what will happen to Gaza when, or if, the fighting stops.…

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‘Find some courage’: David Pocock on Labor’s flawed gambling laws 19:54

8d ago19:54

19:54

They’re hard to miss: the number of gambling ads flooding our screens and devices everyday. They’ve become such an inescapable part of sport that a parliamentary inquiry was formed, which looked at the impacts the ads have on the community. In the final months of her life, Labor MP Peta Murphy was the chair of that inquiry – and after hearing from …

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The Train family murders: A new age of radicalisation 22:19

9d ago22:19

22:19

It was supposed to be a routine call out when four police officers attended a property in regional Queensland just before Christmas in 2022. The young officers approached the house, looking to do a routine welfare check, when they were fired on. After a siege that lasted hours, six people were killed, including two constables. In the weeks that fol…

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Read This: Alexis Wright Is the 2024 Miles Franklin Winner 34:50

10d ago34:50

34:50

In this episode of our sister podcast, Read This, host Michael Williams speaks with the winner of the 2024 Miles Franklin Award, Alexis Wright. Her epic novel Praiseworthy, also won the Stella Prize and has been described as “an astonishing feat of storytelling and sovereign imagination.By Schwartz Media

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'I have eyes, but I don't see': The community groups helping refugees settle 25:14

12d ago25:14

25:14

At Sydney Airport on a muggy night in November 2022, a group of volunteers from Sydney’s northern beaches crowd inside arrivals waiting to greet a family they had never met. Known as the ‘Manlygees’, they’re there to welcome a Kurdish family originally from Syria who had spent the past decade in a refugee camp in Iraq. They’re part of an ambitious …

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The end of ‘Twiggy’ Forrest's hydrogen dream 21:21

13d ago21:21

21:21

It wasn’t so long ago that renewables pundits glowingly described hydrogen as the “Swiss Army knife” of renewable technologies, able to be turned to almost any purpose. But more recently, the gas has become an expensive and painful point of political debate, with many experts tempering their praise. Now, one of hydrogen’s biggest backers, mining ma…

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Inside Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial 19:37

14d ago19:37

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When Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to twenty years jail for sex trafficking crimes, journalist and writer Lucia Osborne-Crowley was there in the courtroom. She watched on as Ghislaine Maxwell – a British socialite, and close associate of Jeffrey Epstein – waited to hear her fate. And she listened as her victims testified to the harm inflicted by …

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These PwC executives still haven't been held accountable 19:07

15d ago19:07

19:07

It was one of the biggest corporate scandals the country has ever seen when it was revealed that PwC had used confidential government information to enrich itself and its corporate clients. Since then there have been two parliamentary inquiries, an AFP investigation, nine investigations by the tax practitioners board, one internal review and an inv…

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Zoe Daniel on what it costs to win an election 20:31

18d ago20:31

20:31

The historic teal wave at the last election delivered the two major parties their worst electoral results ever. So, perhaps it’s no surprise that the government looks set to introduce new laws that could make it harder for newcomers to compete. The minister responsible says he wants to address the “growing threat of big money in politics.” The rule…

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Read This: How Geraldine Brooks Became a Novelist 29:31

19d ago29:31

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In this episode of our sister podcast, host Michael Williams speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks. She shares her life sentence and reflects on how her upbringing provided the essential building blocks for a career as a writer.By Schwartz Media

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'I sued the government over climate – but I'm not done' 21:06

19d ago21:06

21:06

Climate activist Katta O’Donnell sued the Australian government for failing to disclose how much climate change would impact the value of government bonds. It was a world-first case, she was a law student at the time and she won. But the experience left her feeling more disillusioned than ever and determined to find another way to make change. Toda…

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Why Labor supports private school tax breaks 20:21

20d ago20:21

20:21

Recently, Mike Seccombe has been looking into the divide between Australia’s richest and poorest schools – to find out why this gap keeps widening. And what he found was a broken system. Rich parents are able to get huge tax breaks by donating to opulent building projects at their kids’ private schools. It’s a practice that goes way back – and many…

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The executive, the mine and the corruption referral 20:10

21d ago20:10

20:10

On a remote island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, there are two towns. One is home to a thriving economy. It has a golf course, cinema and tennis courts. It’s the richest postcode in the Northern Territory. Most of the people who live there are white. The other is home to the Anindilyakwa people - the Traditional Owners. The locals live just a few hun…

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Why Biden pulled out: 'Money is the mother's milk of politics' 19:47

22d ago19:47

19:47

With just over a hundred days to go until the US election, Joe Biden has announced he’s dropping out of the presidential race. In a letter posted to X, he said “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term”. His decision comes…

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The truth about men who kill women 20:10

23d ago20:10

20:10

News stories about violence against women have been coming hard and fast these past few weeks. These stories of the women — and sometimes children — killed, usually by a man they knew and often in a terribly violent way, are hard to read. Yet years of education campaigns and talk of respect for women seem to have made no difference, and every few d…

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Read This: David Marr vs Australia’s Old Lie 29:25

24d ago29:25

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For many Australians, facing the reality of this country is a task that has proved enduringly difficult, both at a public and a political level. For investigative journalist David Marr, finding the right way to tell the stories that allow us to see the truth of our history is a personal quest and one that has led to his latest book. In this episode…

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Who knew the CFMEU's dirty secrets? 22:44

26d ago22:44

22:44

This week, allegations of corruption, criminal infiltration, standover tactics and other nefarious activities within the ranks of the CFMEU have been all over the media. The reports have shocked, but not surprised, many in the community. Stories of underworld figures trading their leather for high viz, motorcycle helmets for hardhats – all in order…

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How to be a climate whistleblower 21:34

29d ago21:34

21:34

In the Pitjantjatjara communities of Anangu Country on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain, cancer rates are higher than elsewhere in Australia. This is the legacy of nuclear testing by the British government, which staged seven atomic explosions between 1956 and 1963, contaminating the land. Thanks to nuclear engineer and whistleblower Alan Parkinson,…

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The surge in financial abuse against women 21:17

28d ago21:17

21:17

Shenane Hogg spent nine months in a coma after suffering abuse at the hands of her partner. During her recovery, she discovered her abuser had amassed $56,000 of debt in her name. Shenane’s story is just one of many that was heard at a parliamentary inquiry into how the financial system can be used to abuse women. The inquiry has heard chilling evi…

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S9E12: Disappointment (Rachel Turner) 39:13

29d ago39:13

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This term, we have been thinking about curveballs to family life, and what they mean for our children’s (and our) discipleship journey. To end the season, we wanted to speak - more generally (or perhaps more specifically?) - on the topic of disappointment. How do we coach our children through disappointment - whether it’s a theme park that didn’t l…

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Assassinations, insurrections and massacres: an American story 20:55

29d ago20:55

20:55

The attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump shocked America. Prominent public figures from all sides of the political spectrum have spoken out and condemned the use of violence, with President Joe Biden saying “it’s not who we are as a nation”. But is that true? And does this response downplay just how pervasive political violen…

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Peter Dutton’s big Queensland energy 20:09

1M ago20:09

20:09

In Queensland, one issue is already dominating the upcoming state election: youth crime. So when the Liberal National Party launched their campaign, Peter Dutton was the perfect man to help sell their pitch. The federal opposition leader and former Queensland cop has been stressing his closeness to his home state. Already Peter Dutton has promised …

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Read This: Leigh Sales Is a Professional Stickybeak 30:37

1M ago30:37

30:37

Long before she was hosting 7:30 on the ABC, Leigh Sales dreamed of becoming a novelist. In this episode of our sister podcast, Read This, she joins Michael to discuss her secret desire to write fiction, the art of crafting a good story, and how being a journalist allowed her to become a professional stickybeak.…

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Artist and refugee Mostafa Azimitabar on painting from a hostile country 24:25

1M ago24:25

24:25

When Mostafa Azimitabar was imprisoned on Manus Island, he was overcome with a desire to paint. With no art supplies, he used a toothbrush – a technique he continues with to this day. Mostafa survived the brutality of Australia’s asylum seeker detention system for more than eight years. Freed in 2021, he now lives in Sydney. His art has been shortl…

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Will the threat of jail time help fix Aged Care? 23:41

1M ago23:41

23:41

In 2018, then prime minister Scott Morrison announced a royal commission into aged care, shedding light on the astonishing prevalence of abuse in residential facilities. It’s been three years since its final report was handed down and advocates say very little has improved. The commission highlighted just how difficult accountability and justice ca…

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The China think tank attacked by Wolverines 21:21

1M ago21:21

21:21

There's a shadow world beneath Canberra, fed by the defence, foreign affairs and security communities, and it is hugely influential in how the government responds to our biggest geopolitical challenges. Margaret Simons has spent decades keeping a close eye on this world. Recently, the story of one think tank, China Matters, caught her attention. Th…

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S9E11: Financial hardship (Jess Monteiro) 33:34

1M ago33:34

33:34

Whether you have much or little, finances are always a key part of family life. How do we frame Christian principles around money with our children? How can we raise them to be responsible stewards of what God has given them? And when a financial curveball hits - perhaps a job loss or mortgage hike - how do we navigate our families through this sea…

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Inside Nine's journalism cuts: 'Quite a few people suspected retribution' 20:22

1M ago20:22

20:22

If you pick up a copy of The Age or The Sydney Morning Herald, you’ll see the tagline ‘Independent. Always.’ under the masthead. Now, as journalists at those papers reel from an announcement that Nine Entertainment is slashing 200 jobs across the company, some are wondering if they’re being targeted for the papers’ recent coverage of Nine’s trouble…

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Project 2025: The Trump presidency wish list 24:07

1M ago24:07

24:07

Donald Trump’s lead in the polls for the 2024 presidential race has widened following a fumbling debate performance from Joe Biden, and concerns about the President’s age. With the increasing likelihood of a second Trump presidency, attention is now turning to his potential governing agenda. The blueprint, called Project 2025, is more than 900 page…

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Read This: The Three Words That Made George Saunders a Writer 32:43

1M ago32:43

32:43

George Saunders is one of literary fiction's most acclaimed living writers. Along with his many collections of short stories, he also published the Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo. To celebrate Read This' first birthday, we're bringing you Michael Williams' interview with George Saunders. They talk about his life and career and the …

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The internet sleuths fighting fake research 24:04

1M ago24:04

24:04

Smut Clyde spends several hours every day, scouring online science journals for suspicious-looking research. He’s part of a growing team of online ‘science sleuths’, combating the rising number of fake research papers being published. These papers are typically generated, with the help of AI, by ‘paper mills’: a cottage industry relying on overwork…

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The power and legacy of 'militant' union boss John Setka 22:50

1M ago22:50

22:50

When people think of the CFMEU, Australia’s powerful and fearsome construction union, they picture its top dog, John Setka. But as he prepares to step down from the union’s Victorian branch, Setka’s legacy is overshadowed by his brutality. Many current and former colleagues think his leadership was poisonous to the union, and that he may have even …

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The son of Hong Kong's jailed media tycoon 22:30

1M ago22:30

22:30

Sebastien Lai woke up one morning in 2020 to find dozens of missed phone calls – his father, the Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, had just been arrested. Sebastien is in Australia now, trying to convince our political leaders to advocate for his dad’s release from a Hong Kong prison. Today on the show, Sebastien Lai tells the story of how his fath…

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S9E10: An International Move (Stephanie Foster) 30:20

1M ago30:20

30:20

Stephanie Foster has been married for 7 years and has 3 young children. Despite having a background in Law and International Public Policy, she has had the privilege of working as a Youth Leader and it remains her most meaningful role to date. Stephanie enjoy worship and spending time with her family amongst other things. She is also a fully accred…

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The Albanese government's $1 billion computer 21:07

1M ago21:07

21:07

In high-security labs, from Silicon Valley to mainland China, researchers are racing to be the first to achieve what has been dubbed ‘Q-day’. On that day, all encryption and security could be laid bare – the deepest plans of militaries around the world, our medical records and private encrypted conversations could all be exposed. The internet could…

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Rishi Sunak's Australian communications 'magician' 23:40

2M ago23:40

23:40

By the end of this week, the United Kingdom will almost certainly have a new prime minister and closure on 14 years of Tory leadership. One man in particular is working very hard to prevent that, and it’s not the current Tory leader. Since it kicked off with a bizarre, rain-soaked announcement, Rishi Sunak’s election campaign has been marked by ine…

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Why would a university have a deal with Lockheed Martin? 23:26

2M ago23:26

23:26

Over the past few months, there’s been a lot of focus on universities’ relationships with weapons manufacturers. Students set up encampments and occupied buildings, arguing that their unis are complicit in the assault on Gaza and demanding more transparency from their universities’ administrators. But, as writer and contributor to The Saturday Pape…

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Julian Assange is home: Gabriel Shipton on how his brother was freed 22:36

2M ago22:36

22:36

Julian Assange has finally landed in Australia, a free man. Today, his brother Gabriel Shipton on how the deal to release the long-incarcerated WikiLeaks founder came together. National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe explains what comes next. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Julian Assange’s brother…

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The woman who spoke out against Google on AI 21:41

2M ago21:41

21:41

Meredith Whittaker turned her back on Google after raising concerns about the mass surveillance fueling AI, but she didn’t leave tech entirely. The former AI whistleblower is now the President of Signal, a messaging app that keeps conversations encrypted – used by journalists, whistleblowers, drug dealers, militants and others who want to keep comm…

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S9E9 A High-Achieving Child (Carey and Frances Simon) 32:52

2M ago32:52

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Curveballs aren’t necessarily ‘negative’ in nature. Sometimes our families can be thrown off track by something positive and joyful, if it arrives unexpectedly.One example is when you have a high-achieving child, whose opportunities require you to make some sacrifices as a family. Our guests today, Carey and Frances Simon, know a lot about this, ha…

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