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January 15 · 27 min
Randa Abdel-Fattah speaks to Nour Haydar about the Adelaide festival
A week after the Adelaide festival disinvited Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from its writers’ week, organisers have issued a complete and unreserved apology to the Palestinian Australian writer. She speaks to Nour Haydar about why she is considering defamation action against the SA premier and what this moment represents
January 14 · 19 min
Donald Trump’s new age of empire
Senior international correspondent Julian Borger speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether we are seeing a new ramp-up of Trump’s imperialist intentions, or is this simply the same America we’ve always known?
January 13 · 14 min
Why AI datacentres are draining our energy and water – Full Story podcast
Climate and environment reporter Petra Stock speaks with Nour Haydar about the growing environmental impact of the artificial intelligence boom
January 13 · 26 min
Is this the end of the Iranian regime?
Protests have rocked Iran, a brutal crackdown is under way and Trump has threatened to intervene. Ellie Geranmayeh on a dangerous moment for the country’s leaders
January 12 · 16 min
The anxiety of having kids in a climate crisis
Parents now have something else to consider when deciding to have a baby – what the future holds as global temperatures rise. The climate, environment and science assistant editor, Donna Lu, speaks to Reged Ahmad
January 11 · 22 min
Albanese bows to Bondi pressure
Nour Haydar speaks with political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy on the political reverberations from the Bondi attack and the tests that lie ahead for Labor in 2026
January 11 · 42 min
The Birth Keepers: death plan – episode six
A backlash against FBS grows and Emilee and Yolande respond to the growing crisis
January 10 · 31 min
The Birth Keepers: FBS goes global – episode five
Emilee and Yolande had seeded an ideology that they grew around the world – a reach investigative reporters Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne could not have fathomed when they started reporting on the story
January 10 · 50 min
Ashes Weekly: A flawed Ashes series ends in familiar fashion
As Australia celebrates a comprehensive 4-1 victory, England’s approach to the Ashes series and Test cricket itself has been under the microscope. Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay, Emma John and Ali Martin for a look back on the 2025-26 series
January 9 · 28 min
Watch out Greenland: Trump is pro-imperialism now
Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Pulitzer-winning author Anne Applebaum about what to expect from a world changing by the hour at the hands of the US president
January 8 · 42 min
The Birth Keepers: Growing an empire – episode four
Within months of the death of Lorren’s baby, Journey Moon, and the public backlash against the Free Birth Society that followed, Emilee Saldaya took the FBS membership private, turning the business into a global multimillion-dollar empire
January 8 · 9 min
Why has Trump seized a Russia-linked oil tanker?
Lucy Hough speaks to Russian affairs correspondent Pjotr Sauer
January 7 · 34 min
The Birth Keepers: Journey Moon – episode three
When Lorren Holliday got pregnant in 2018, she joined Emilee Saldaya’s Facebook group and quickly became hooked on the Free Birth Society podcasts. It was a decision that led to tragedy. This is episode three of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
January 6 · 40 min
The Birth Keepers: When Emilee met Yolande – episode two
Who is Emilee Saldaya, the woman behind the Free Birth Society movement? And how did she meet her business partner, Yolande Norris-Clark? Does either woman have the credentials they are claiming? This is episode two of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
January 6 · 36 min
The Birth Keepers episode one: I choose this
The Free Birth Society tells pregnant women they can exit the medical system and take back their power. But experts say these claims are dangerous. This is episode one of a year-long Guardian investigation
January 5 · 31 min
The Descendants episode 2: the search for Tom Wills
Ella Archibald-Binge tells Lorena Allam about her investigation into whether a founder of Australian rules football took part in massacres of Gayiri people in central Queensland
January 5 · 28 min
Trump ousts Venezuela’s President
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was captured, flown to the US and is facing trial in New York. What does it mean for the country – and the world?
January 4 · 29 min
The Descendants episode 1: decoding a massacre
In this two-part special Full Story, Guardian Australia’s Indigenous affairs reporter Sarah Collard and Lorena Allam from UTS’s Jumbunna Institute discuss decoding the truth behind colonial pastoralist Major Logue’s diaries, and how descendants of colonial violence are coming together to heal from the horrors of the past
January 3 · 34 min
Missing in the Amazon: the frontline, episode six
According to Beto Marubo, if Dom and Bruno did the same expedition in 2025, they would face the same levels of danger. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, returns to the Javari valley and meets those risking their lives daily basis to fight the threats from organised crime. Is it possible to save the Amazon?
January 2 · 38 min
Missing in the Amazon: the fightback, episode five
Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the election of President Lula will mean new protections for the Amazon – and that the killers of Dom and Bruno will face justice. But organised crime is widespread and deep-rooted