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Yesterday · 25 min
The ‘Taylor Swift of romantasy’ has a new book. Why are people mad? – Full Story podcast
Alyx Gorman joins Taylah Strano to unpack the global phenomenon of romantasy and the divisive release of Sarah J Maas’s latest novel
Friday · 35 min
Back to Back Barries: Dissecting the One Nation voting blocks
Tony Barry and Shaun Ratcliff break down the One Nation vote, what it tells us about the average supporter and what the majors parties can do to win them back
Friday · 35 min
The crimes of Russell Brand
In the decades he’s spent on our screens, Russell Brand’s been a comedian, an actor, a presenter and a political anarchist. Now he has been convicted of rape and sexual assaults. Emine Sinmaz reports
Thursday · 24 min
Alan Jones on trial: The journalist who broke the story speaks | Week 13
Media correspondent Amanda Meade joins Nour Haydar to unpack Kate McClymont’s testimony.
Thursday · 33 min
Chris Bowen on how he’ll reach consensus at the UN climate summit Cop31
Speaking with Guardian Australia’s climate and environment editor Adam Morton, climage change and energy minister Chris Bowen responds to criticisms about Labor’s credibility – owing to the country’s huge fossil fuel export industries – and explains the government’s commitment to advocate for our Pacific neighbours at Cop31
Wednesday · 36 min
US midterm elections 2026: is this the end of Trump? - podcast
The Democrats have taken control of the Senate and the House of Representative in a historic midterms result. Hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy examine what went wrong for the Republicans and why voters turned out in droves to deliver the blue wave so many predicted
Tuesday · 23 min
Has the tide finally turned on One Nation's 'crude and cruel' political cartoons?
Matilda Boseley talks to marketing expert Toby Ralph about whether there’s a place for One Nation’s Please Explain cartoon in a political climate where politicians are begging to ‘turn the temperature down’
November 2 · 16 min
High inflation and interest rates: can Labor escape the blame?
Guardian Australia’s economics editor, Patrick Commins, joins Reged Ahmad to unpack whether Labor is losing control of the economic narrative
November 1 · 17 min
The coming legal battle against Albanese’s social media ban
Technology reporter Josh Taylor speaks to Reged Ahmad about the high court challenge whether this is the beginning of the end for Labor’s world-leading policy
October 30 · 30 min
Back to Back Barries: Is inflation driving Chalmers and Albanese apart?
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss how the diving economy will impact Anthony Albanese’s – and Jim Chalmers’ – approval ratings. If the relationship between the prime minister and treasurer is so crucial for the nation, what happens when that relationship breaks down?
October 29 · 20 min
Covert recordings and alleged confessions: an update on the murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon
Taylah Strano is joined by Guardian reporter Kat Wong to unpack the key evidence and latest updates from the courtroom
October 28 · 28 min
Alastair Campbell on Trump, political violence and why populist politics doesn’t work
Alastair Campbell from The Rest is Politics podcast speaks with the political editor, Tom McIlroy, about a week of consequential elections, the upcoming US midterms and how the UK responded to targeted violence towards its own politicians
October 28 · 29 min
Obama v Trump
In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy talk about Barack Obama’s war of words with Donald Trump
October 27 · 23 min
Neck and neck in the 2026 New Zealand election
Guardian New Zealand correspondent Eva Corlett speaks to Matilda Boseley about how the country’s upcoming election could give power to the minor parties, and what it could tell us about Australia’s political direction
October 26 · 18 min
Will Australia ever get Snowy Hydro 2.0?
The climate and environment editor, Adam Morton, speaks to Reged Ahmad about the long, expensive wait for Snowy Hydro 2.0
October 25 · 32 min
Israel votes: Netanyahu’s future on the line
Chief Middle East correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison tells Reged Ahmad why this is Israel’s most consequential election in history and if it could be the end of Netanyahu’s leadership
October 23 · 40 min
Do politicians lack the courage to turn the temperature down?
Tony Barry and George Megalogenis (filling in for Barrie) examine the response to the horrific alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines this week. Can politicians from all sides tell their tribes to tone down the rhetoric?
October 22 · 14 min
Alan Jones on Trial: Alleged victim’s mother “trusted” Jones | Week 11
Guardian Australia’s media correspondent, Amanda Meade, joins host Nour Haydar to unpack testimony from complainant A’s mother and the handwritten note she told the court she received after the alleged indecent assault
October 21 · 21 min
Can Japan’s firebrand PM survive a second year in power?
Tokyo correspondent Justin McCurry speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether Sanae Takaichi can ride out what comes next
October 21 · 34 min
Katie Zacharia and Trump’s women problem
Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad look at how Zacharia broke the record for shortest tenure as White House press secretary. They also look at the history of how women in the Trump administration have fared – compared with men. Also: is the US changing course on Russia’s war on Ukraine?

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