ABC TassieCast

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Each Friday, Airlie Ward chats with Tasmania's top journos to unpack one of the big stories of the week. If it's going to hit your heart, head or your hip pocket – we're going to break it down for you.

Episode Date
Tassie's arts cuts: creative or catastrophic?
May 14, 2026
AI deepfakes doing real damage to Tassie teens
May 07, 2026
Will land sales future-proof Tassie's only uni?
Apr 16, 2026
Do we care enough about our pollies' mental health?
Apr 09, 2026
Easter plans under the pump as Tassies shell out for fuel and choccy
Apr 02, 2026
The manosphere creeping into Tassie classrooms
Mar 26, 2026
Kunanyi/Mt Wellington: A mountain of a debate
Mar 19, 2026
Tassie's greyhound industry ... is the gate about to close?
Mar 12, 2026
Inside a Hobart community needle exchange program
Mar 05, 2026
Is that a side of antibiotics with your seafood?
Feb 26, 2026
Has the state government squibbed on gambling reform?
Feb 19, 2026
Is it time Tassie declared wild deer a pest?
Feb 12, 2026
Will Tassie's latest education experiment work?
Feb 05, 2026
The Foo Fighters rock Launceston
Jan 22, 2026
Young Aboriginal, Māori and French Tasmanian celebrates her cultural identity
Jan 08, 2026
One young Tassie woman’s battle with OCD
Dec 25, 2025
Could you cut it as an Antarctic expeditioner?
Dec 11, 2025
Tassie, the protest isle. Passionate or parochial?
Dec 04, 2025
Will Tasmanian salmon be on your table this Christmas?
Nov 27, 2025
Could Tassie really lose its AFL dream?
Nov 20, 2025
Unions pressure for more public sector pay
Nov 13, 2025
Are triple zero blackspots risking local lives?
Nov 06, 2025
Is cancer detection at risk for some Tassie women?
Oct 30, 2025
Housing in Tassie, a right or a privilege?
Oct 23, 2025
Is the right on the rise in Tasmania?
Oct 16, 2025
Burnie teen rediscovers music after brain tumour battle
Sep 25, 2025
Tassie, can you hear me?
Sep 18, 2025
How did a museum illegally collect human remains for decades?
Sep 11, 2025
Why are we yet to ban single-use plastics?
Sep 04, 2025
Who's left behind when the banks leave town?
Aug 28, 2025
Are we unwittingly killing our precious wildlife?
Aug 21, 2025
Could AI help Tassie's education outcomes?
Aug 14, 2025
Tassie's not so entertaining political circus
Aug 07, 2025
Is the mother of all power cords worth it?
Jul 31, 2025
Can whoever forms government heal our health woes?
Jul 24, 2025
Should governments bail out Tassie's big industrials?
Jul 03, 2025
Tassie's transparency and integrity debate
Jun 26, 2025
Tassie's spiralling debt dilemma
Jun 19, 2025
Antarctica - bucket list trip? Or best left to scientists?
Jun 12, 2025
Tassie's dark side of so-called scientific research
Jun 05, 2025
Is Tassie's private health system sick?
May 29, 2025
Is Tassie in an economic hole of its own making?
May 22, 2025
Is youth crime really on the rise in Tassie?
May 15, 2025
Does the Lord's Prayer still belong in our parliament?
May 08, 2025
Crunch time for the proposed AFL stadium
May 01, 2025
The growing tide of homelessness in Tassie
Apr 10, 2025
Could Tassie sway the federal election result?
Apr 03, 2025
Can election promises fix Tassie childcare crisis?
Mar 27, 2025
Tasmania's Anglican Church, still confronting past crimes
Mar 20, 2025
Are health services for Tassie women up to scratch?
Mar 13, 2025
What's happening with reconciliation in Tassie?
Mar 06, 2025
A new parliamentary year: What's in store for Tassie?
Feb 27, 2025
Tassie salmon: Is it jobs vs environment?
Feb 20, 2025
Can Tassie win the fight against pests?
Feb 13, 2025
Tassie's education system strives for an A+
Feb 06, 2025
Are councils holding back development in Tassie?
Dec 12, 2024
Parenting a child with disability in Tasmania
Dec 05, 2024
Big job ahead for new Chief Judge
Nov 28, 2024
Should Tassie exploit its latest fishery discovery?
Nov 21, 2024
Government owned businesses, how efficient are they?
Nov 14, 2024
Is Tassie gaming its nation leading reform?
Nov 07, 2024
One tiny Tassies' mammoth fight for survival
Oct 31, 2024
Tassie's booming craft communities carving out connections
Oct 24, 2024
Have things changed for women in politics?
Oct 17, 2024
Can we turn Tasmania's education outcomes around?
Sep 26, 2024
How's Tasmania's power network managing climate change?
Sep 19, 2024
The rocky ship that is Tasmania's government.
Aug 29, 2024
Is Tasmania's credit card maxed out?
Aug 22, 2024
Nearly game time for Hobart stadium assessment
Aug 15, 2024
Are Tassie teens saying no to booze?
Aug 08, 2024
Trekking in Tassie, beautiful but potentially deadly.
Aug 01, 2024
Your 2024 Olympics cheat sheet, Tasmanian edition
Jul 25, 2024
MONA and the Ladies Lounge court controversy
Jul 18, 2024
Is Tasmania's second largest hospital sick?
Jul 11, 2024
INTRODUCING — ABC TassieCast
Jul 07, 2024