Good Weekend Talks
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Good Weekend Talks features in-depth conversations with the people fascinating Australians right now, from sport to politics to the arts, business and beyond, interviewed weekly by the country's top journalists. Consider it a magazine for your ears.
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‘Even today, the cost continues’: Christie Whelan Browne on speaking out
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May 01, 2026 |
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Fran Lebowitz on smoking, Trump and today's young people being another species
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Luke Bateman: Former NRL star and gambling addict, now lumberjack ‘bookfluencer’
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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The New Yorker's Patrick Radden Keefe on investigating 'an unnatural death'
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Bourdain and Batali's 'right-hand' woman Laurie Woolever on her tell-all book
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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From finance to front row: Australian fashion boss Marianne Perkovic
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Stephanie Alexander on writing, eating, air-frying – and The Cook’s Companion turning 30
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Bob Carr on grief and 'the left-over life' after his wife's death
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Courtney Barnett on songwriting, her deadpan delivery – and what she did next
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Kathy Lette on female betrayal: ‘More painful than divorce’
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Todd Sampson on doomsday preppers, aliens and why people reach for the extreme
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Why we run: Konrad Marshall on 365 days of jogging
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Brooke Blurton is successful, smart and Indigenous. And still, trolls tell her she's 'on Centrelink'.
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Martin Luther King III on retaining hope in today’s world: ‘Civility has been temporarily lost’
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett on hope – and comedy – in the midst of a Trump presidency
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Alex de Minaur on the drive to compete, hitting rock bottom, and his classic car obsession
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Why Helen Garner trained her forensically observant eye on an Aussie rules team - and what she learnt from it
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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From dance floor to ‘orgy room’: What happens on a typical swingers’ night?
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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She was one of the biggest TV stars of the 1980s. What happened next to Tania Lacy?
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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John Polson on bringing ‘Tropfest’ back from the dead, with a little help from Margot Robbie
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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'I didn’t do this for me': The AFL’s first openly queer player on coming out
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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From political fixer to cricket caller: Meet broadcaster Adam Collins
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Chef Helen Goh on "the three Ps" of baking and psychology: process, patience and presence
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Jane Harper on backing yourself: "Nobody is going to pluck you out of the crowd"
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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William Dalrymple on India, slavery and “the unsung heroes” helping historians
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Ita Buttrose on women, men and chasing dreams: 'You can’t waste a moment'
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Antonia Marran on parenting, family law and adolescent mental health
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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"I'm an accidental musician": Joe Camilleri on singing, songwriting and The Black Sorrows
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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The joys of stoicism (and a top tip from Marcus Aurelius): 'Wellmania' writer Brigid Delaney
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Introducing: Diagnosing Murder
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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‘This is me, not on general viewing TV’: Melissa Leong’s raw interview on her darkest chapter
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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From hobby dancer to leading choreographer: The ‘luck and pluck’ of Stephanie Lake
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Ken Done on colour, critics and the 'real reason' he went to art school
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert: 'True grief feels like the end of the world'
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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'I just felt like such a loser': Olympic champion Cate Campbell on loneliness and depression
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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The “fusion of hilarity and horror” that inspired children’s author Andy Griffiths
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Tracey Holmes: Meeting a Beatle, driving with Pele – and ‘this thing that still exists’ in sport
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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‘Connecting your identity to sport is a dangerous game’: AFLW star Libby Birch
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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From dance floor to ‘orgy room’: What happens on a typical swingers’ night?
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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What worries Sarah Wilson? Nothing less than the collapse of civilisation
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Meet Hugh de Kretser - president of the Australian Human Rights Commission
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Soprano singer Danielle de Niese - making opera cool again
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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True crime writer Mark Dapin on cops, Chopper, and the good within bad people
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Artist Vincent Fantauzzo on fighting, dyslexia – and painting Heath Ledger
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Crime writer Mark Brandi on the ‘incredibly painful’ experience that changed his life
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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How China ate Apple – and is now weaponising its technology against the West
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Dos and don’ts of home renos and building: A checklist from Grand Designs’ Anthony Burke
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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'I was so scared': A forced-marriage survivor's harrowing story – and escape
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May 30, 2025 |
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Chef prodigy Hugh Allen on his new restaurant, creativity – and recognising critics
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May 23, 2025 |
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Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber
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May 15, 2025 |
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Novelist Hannah Kent on writing, nightmares – and the ghost who lives with her
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May 09, 2025 |
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Meet historian Rutger Bregman – fighting the good fight with 'realistic idealism'
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May 02, 2025 |
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Inside the battle to retain Labor's traditional heartland voters
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Melinda French Gates on perfectionism and pain, parenting and philanthropy
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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‘My goggles filled with tears’: Ellie Cole on medals, motherhood – and silver linings
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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'Crazy, yeah?': Jane Flemming on Aussie athletics' new golden age (including Gout Gout)
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Meet Matt Kean – the politician who chose the planet over party
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Curtis Stone on critics, cooking for a crowd – and selling meat pies in LA
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Finance minister Katy Gallagher on loss, love, politics and pet kangaroos
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Kara Swisher on Elon, Trump and the tech bros taking over
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Fear, fun and faceplants: a day in the life of ballet dancer Callum Linnane
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Richard Roxburgh, Peter Greste and 400 days in an Egyptian prison
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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“There’s not one silver bullet to fix things”: Music Australia boss Millie Millgate
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Processed meats and cancer: How a shock diagnosis of stage four bowel cancer drove Lucie Morris-Marr to investigate the links
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Why Helen Garner trained her forensically observant eye on an Aussie rules team - and what she learnt from it
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Australian Open boss Craig Tiley on the highs and lows of running a global event
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Good Weekend Summer: Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Good Weekend Summer: Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Good Weekend Summer: Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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A feature writing masterclass from Good Weekend's Amanda Hooton and Konrad Marshall
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Stephanie Gilmore's year off competitive surfing
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy on winning gold in Paris, and setting her sights on LA
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Chinese Australian dissident artist Badiucao on being followed, threatened - and impersonated
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Hannah Diviney on acting, ableist language and not having to always strive for amazing
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Gina Chick on the beauty and power of strangeness
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Author Joe Aston on what went wrong for the Qantas brand
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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British author Jon Ronson on why psychopaths rule the world - and how we should view Donald Trump
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Literary editor Jason Steger on 25 years of wrangling books, authors and publishers
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Mark Manson, author of 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k' on how the self-help industry gets it wrong
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Norman Swan researched the best way to parent kids under ten. Here's what he reckons
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Eric Beecher on media, moguls and what it's like to be sued by a Murdoch
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Author Markus Zusak on the magic - and mayhem - of mongrels
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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From Sydney to Singapore, Melbourne to Manila: meet the man playing Alexander Hamilton in the hit musical
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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What impact has that 'controversial' $443m investment made to the Great Barrier Reef?
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Best-selling author Roxane Gay on body positivity, Trump and Channing Tatum
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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'Like a hurricane was inside the house': a survivor's tale of the Beirut port explosion
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Grappling with twin tragedies and tax reform: Allegra Spender's life as a federal MP
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Debunking milk myths: Farmer and food writer Matthew Evans on the white stuff
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Solving Australia's chronic housing crisis
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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‘Live, give, get uncomfortable’: Nedd Brockmann on that epic run across Australia - and his next crazy challenge
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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'I've got to work out who the hell this guy is:' The true story behind 'Fake'
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Athletics champ Tamsyn Manou on Australia’s ‘resurgence’ in the lead-up to Paris 2024
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Max Chandler-Mather on housing, heckling and the perfect door knock
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Liz Ellis on healing the wounds within netball
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Jun 07, 2024 |