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Maria Ressa is one of the most celebrated journalists in the world. Born in Manila in 1963, she moved with her family to the US, studying at Princeton University before returning to the Philippines to forge a career covering the growth of terrorism in South East Asia. In 2012, she co-founded online news site Rappler, distinguishing herself as a fearless defender of freedom of expression while standing up to an authoritarian regime infamous for, among other things, its campaign against journalists. Ressa’s bravery earned her the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for journalism, and she’s visiting Australia to speak on August 23 at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney. She joins us for a chat about the threat to democracy from disinformation, and the responsibility we all share to tease fact from fiction in the age of AI – a conversation hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott.
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Anthony LaPaglia is best known to audiences for a host of big- and small-screen roles, including films such as Looking for Alibrandi, Lantana and Balibo and US TV shows including Without a Trace.
But the 67-year-old is also no stranger to the stage, having once won a Tony for his performance in the Arthur Miller play, A View from the Bridge.
He’s back in Australia right now to front another Miller play – one the great works in the American canon – playing Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. A limited two-week season kicks off Tuesday, August 11 at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne, before moving on to Brisbane.
LaPaglia joins us for a chat about acting and art, family and football – and what he wished he'd known 20 years ago. This episode is hosted by Good Weekend deputy editor Konrad Marshall.
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Virginia Giuffre was fearless in taking down some of the world’s most powerful people. As Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victim, she helped expose his crimes and hold his friends to account, including the man formerly known as Prince Andrew. But despite her heroic battle in the most notorious sex trafficking case of the 21st century, few knew about one of her toughest fights. It was one she fought privately at home in Australia.
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Read the Good Weekend feature or our visual story which chronicles the harrowing final months of Virginia Giuffre's life as her marriage unravelled. Visit our websites at smh.com.au, theage.com.au and watoday.com.au, and send questions, information and feedback to virginiapodcast@nine.com.au
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Nothing exposes the flaws of a justice system more than the wrongful conviction of an innocent person for murder. Adelaide man Henry Keogh languished in prison for two decades after being wrongfully convicted of his fiancée’s drowning, while Andrew Mallard – a vulnerable, troubled outsider – had his life irrevocably shattered when he was wrongly convicted of the 1994 murder of Pamela Lawrence in Perth. Neil Mercer, one of Australia’s most respected print and TV journalists, has written a new book, 'Falsely Convicted: True Stories of Injustice in Australia', in which he exposes just how easily professional hubris, police tunnel vision and flawed forensic practices can put innocent people behind bars. Today's episode is hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Greg Callaghan.
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Arj Barker has been a fixture on the local comedy scene for decades, headlining our comedy festivals and turning up on shows including Thank God You’re Here and Spicks and Specks. But the San Francisco-born stand-up began telling jokes at open mic nights in 1989, before appearances on American late night TV for Conan O’Brien, Jay Leno, and David Letterman - not to mention a memorable turn on the hit sitcom Flight of the Conchords. Barker joins us to talk about consciousness, comedy, and the furore that erupted two years ago after he asked a breastfeeding mother and baby to leave his show. This episode is hosted by Good Weekend deputy editor Konrad Marshall.
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Starting a business is one thing, running it successfully is another – but doing it with your spouse and four kids is a different kettle of fish. Janine Allis has done all of the above, after founding Boost Juice as a single store in the 2000s and growing it into a global empire. She’s since become one of the most sought-after entrepreneurs in the country and a regular on small screens, both as a judge on Shark Tank and as a competitor on Australian Survivor - twice. She also owns one of Australia’s fastest-growing dessert chains, Yochi. Allis joins Good Weekend Talks to chat about the challenges and delights of building a family business, how she finds time to surf, and what she learned about leadership as a stewardess on David Bowie’s boat. Today’s episode is hosted by business reporter Jessica Yun.
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Peter Singer, often called the world's most influential philosopher, is turning 80, and he's returned home to Melbourne too, after almost 25 years as a professor of bioethics at Princeton University.
Singer's practical ethics has had a huge impact and caused controversy across issues as diverse as the rights of animals, voluntary euthanasia and abortion, freedom of speech, and our moral obligation to help those living in extreme poverty.
Given all that's happened in Singer's world and in the wider world, it seemed like a good time to ask him to reflect on his life and work, and about the issues of today, from Trump to anti-Semitism and the limits of free speech.
Today's conversation is hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Gay Alcorn.
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Rob de Castella, otherwise known as “Deeks” - or, to his opponents, “Tree”, due to his sturdy limbs and unshiftable calm - is a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medal winner and Australian running royalty. He joins Good Weekend Talks to chat about his Indigenous Marathon Project, in which he takes a group of Indigenous people from around the country every year and signs them up for a rigorous training and education program before each of them runs the famed New York City Marathon. De Castella likes to say that the finishing line in Central Park has be their starting line - encouraging them to go home after the race and use the lessons and strength built throughout the program to be a ripple of change. A new documentary celebrating the project - The Long Run - follows a group of graduates as they’re mentored by former AFL superstar Buddy Franklin and NRL legend Johnathan Thurston. This episode is hosted by Good Weekend deputy editor - and avid runner - Konrad Marshall.
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Australian author and intellectual Anna Funder specialises in telling the stories of people forgotten or ignored by official histories. She began her writing career with Stasiland, detailing the state surveillance of the people of the former East Germany, which was followed by her prize-winning novel, All That I Am, telling the previously untold story of early resisters to the Nazis. In her most recent work, Wifedom, Funder shifted her lens to the unexamined life of author George Orwell’s wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy, whose contribution had – until then – been obscured. The recently-appointed professor in creative writing at the University of Sydney is about to embark on a national speaking tour – live conversations exploring history, power, and the stories that shape public life. In this episode, she joins The Sydney Morning Herald senior writer and columnist Jacqueline Maley for a chat about everything from the dangers of AI to the livelihood of creatives.
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Picture this: a crumbling Italian mansion in the Tuscan hills, an eccentric aristocrat, sun-soaked lunches, too much wine and a house humming with secrets. That’s the delightful world into which we’re heading today as we talk to writer Andrew Sean Greer, whose new novel, Villa Coco, is loosely inspired by his own time at an Italian estate around a famous Baroness. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less also joins us to discuss his life in Italy, the pleasures of the charm novel, and the one piece of travel advice he always comes back to. Today’s episode is hosted by books editor Melanie Kembrey.
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John Safran burst into the public consciousness in 1997 as a contestant in the ABC TV show Race Around the World, where young filmmakers travelled the world making four-minute films in just 10 days. Safran won the popular vote on the reality show after running through Jerusalem naked, and asking a voodoo priest to put a curse on an ex-girlfriend. Almost 30 years on, the show is back, with Safran as a judge. Today’s conversation is hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Gay Alcorn, who talks to Safran about that early experience, but also growing up Jewish, antisemitism and the contradictions and limits of free speech.
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There's a profound grief associated with not having kids if you really wanted them, one that's rarely acknowledged, even less understood. But there's also an unexpected joy when you come out the other side. In today's conversation, Good Weekend senior writer Katrina Strickland discusses the ups and downs of her own path into childlessness with Good Weekend editor Melissa Stevens. They traverse what medical developments have given young women today, the potential downsides - and what those worried about the decline in global fertility rates should be paying attention to. They discuss, too, what Strickland wants Millennials and Gen Zs to know: it will be ok, however it turns out for you.
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Shaun Micallef has graced our TV screens since 1989 – from crime caper Mr and Mrs Murder to long-running game show Talkin' About Your Generation and weekly satirical news comedy Mad as Hell.
But he's not averse to tackling the big issues, either: his latest series, Going for Broke, examines our national gambling habit.
In today's conversation, with senior culture writer Kerrie O'Brien, the lawyer turned funny-man joins us for a chat about two-up, his book about the origin story of Dracula, and what drives him to keep coming up with new ideas for documentaries.
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Social media was once harnessed by Barack Obama to spread hope. Now “angertainers” are exploiting our human instinct to seek threat to divide society and to build their own cultural, political and social capital, often based on misinformation and lies.
They create content for platforms that reward stunts, insults and anger – in the process, distorting reality and hijacking any possibility of a considered debate.
In this episode of Good Weekend Talks, Ed Coper, author of Angertainment: How Social Media Outrage Ruined Everything, explains how and why that happens, why you can't stop clicking on things that make you angry – and what we can all do about it. This conversation is hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Greg Callaghan.
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Bob Brown has spent the past 50 years trying to make people put the planet before profit. The environmental crusader, former senator and medical doctor, and founding member of the Wilderness Society has fought pivotal battles, including campaigns to save the Franklin River and the Swift parrot. He also practises what he preaches: he has lived sustainably for decades in a one-bedroom home.
Today, to celebrate the 300th episode of Good Weekend Talks, deputy editor Konrad Marshall interviews Brown live on stage at the Melbourne Writers Festival.
This episode comes to you from the State Library of Victoria, where we are joined by a live audience for a conversation that will cover everything from the origin of the term "tree-hugger" to how Brown still finds optimism in the face of massive challenges facing the world.
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You might know her best from Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, but over the past 20 years, Christie Whelan Browne has become one of the most in-demand stars of the Australian stage, appearing in Britney Spears: The Cabaret, The Producers, Shane Warne: The Musical and Muriel's Wedding.
But the thing that has kept her in the headlines is no laughing matter – the allegations of sexual harassment she made against her Rocky Horror Show co-star Craig McLachlan in late 2017.
Today, Whelan Browne takes a break from rehearsing a musical version of All About Eve to chat about everything from our shifting attitudes to Britney Spears, the joy of an IVF baby and the stress of living through three very public court cases over six years.
Today's episode is hosted by senior culture writer, Karl Quinn.
Further reading
- Karl Quinn's story 'Even today, the cost continues.'
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When Fran Lebowitz was growing up in suburban New Jersey in the 1950s, she won a school award for being “the Class Wit” – and in her 50-year career as a writer and speaker, she’s repeatedly earned that label. Among her countless famous aphorisms, this zinger: "The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat."
As a writer herself, Lebowitz has published two best-selling collections of essays – and a children’s book – but today she’s better known as a public intellectual, renowned for her acerbic social commentary, sardonic wit, and iconic status in the cultural life of New York City.
Lebowitz joins us ahead of her Australian speaking tour for a chat about everything from the nightmare of long-haul plane travel for smokers, to the only monogamous love of her life: her 1979 Checker Marathon car.
Today's episode is hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton.
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Luke Bateman is perhaps Australia’s most unlikely book critic – a former rugby league star and recovered gambling addict who works as a logger on a remote Queensland property. While hardly your average inner-city literary type, Bateman had always loved reading – especially fantasy books – but living in the bush with only black snakes for company, had no one to talk to about it. So one day in April last year, he posted a clip of himself on TikTok, talking about his love of books. The post made him famous – he now has more than a million social media followers, including Reese Witherspoon. His mission: to make reading cool again, and he is most definitely succeeding. Today's episode is hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott.
(Please note, this conversation deals with difficult topics – from addiction to suicide. If you are seeking help, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.)
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Investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe has made a career out of chasing the kinds of stories that most people would be wise to leave alone. The New Yorker writer is drawn to powerful institutions and the people at their heart – from the Sackler dynasty, whose pharmaceutical company created the opioid painkiller OxyContin, in Empire of Pain, to the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in Say Nothing. His latest book, London Falling, delves into the story of 19-year-old Briton Zac Brettler, who had been living a double life, pretending to be the son of a Russian oligarch, before he mysteriously fell to his death from a luxury apartment building in London. Radden Keefe, the so-called “journalist’s journalist”, joins us to discuss London Falling, the ethics of true-crime reporting, and a reporter’s need for scepticism. Plus, we get our own scoop on what he might tackle next – and why it could bring him to Australia. Today’s episode is hosted by Spectrum editor Melanie Kembrey.
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New York food writer, editor and podcaster Laurie Woolever spent the early years of her career assisting two very famous chefs: first Mario Batali, then Anthony Bourdain, for whom she worked for nine years. Woolever was also, for much of this time, an addict – using alcohol, marijuana and sex to get through the ups and downs of work, marriage and motherhood. She writes about all of this in her candid 2025 memoir, Care & Feeding, which suggests that while she did a lot of care and feeding for others, it took some time to learn how to do it for herself.
Hosting today’s episode is Good Weekend senior writer Katrina Strickland.
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Marianne Perkovic spent decades working in the finance sector. In 2006, she was the youngest chief executive of an ASX-listed company and in 2018, as a banking executive, she faced a grilling at a royal commission. This is not the standard path for nailing the best seat at Australian Fashion Week. In fact, becoming executive chair of the Australian Fashion Council in 2023 was meant to be her “fun board” (while giving her couture credibility with her two daughters).
Perkovic joins us to discuss her unlikely role determining the future of fashion in this country, and how she wrested control of Australian Fashion Week in her best Carla Zampatti outfit. She’s also the subject of a profile in the current issue of Good Weekend – "Seriously invested" – and today's episode is hosted by the writer of that piece, fashion editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Damien Woolnough.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Good Weekend Talks celebrates 300 episodes in May, and to observe the occasion we’re hosting a special live event podcast at the Melbourne Writers Festival, where Good Weekend deputy editor Konrad Marshall will be on stage in conversation with the iconic environmentalist, Bob Brown. We’re pleased to offer a 10 per cent discount on a limited number of tickets to the event. Just hit this hyperlink and then enter the promo code “GOOD10”, while tickets last.
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Stephanie Alexander is a national icon: an internationally renowned cooking guru, best-selling writer and inspirational founder of a nationwide kitchen-garden scheme for schoolkids. She's also the final arbiter of kitchen disputes in homes all over Australia – resolving disagreements about how to store tomatoes and when to take the sponge out of the oven – as the author of Australia's most famous cookbook, The Cook's Companion. The 2.8-kilogram culinary doorstopper turns 30 this year, and Alexander joins Good Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton for a chat about restaurants and writing, eating and air-fryers.
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Bob Carr has done hard jobs before. He was premier of NSW for 10 years, and later served as foreign minister under Julia Gillard’s government. But when his beloved wife, Helena, died suddenly of a brain aneurysm in 2023, he faced the hardest job of his life – learning how to live without her. Carr worked through his deep shock and sadness by obsessively walking the Sydney streets he once presided over as premier, often weeping as he did so. He knows he made his friends uncomfortable by talking too much about Helena’s death at dinner parties. The silence of their shared Maroubra home was unbearable. Carr joins us to discuss his grief memoir, Bring Back Yesterday, about the loss of Helena and scrounging his way forward into what he calls “the left-over life” – a life still full of pleasures like reading, opera and the foam of a wave on your face as you enter the ocean. Today's episode is hosted by Sydney Morning Herald senior writer and columnist Jacqueline Maley.
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In this episode, we talk to Courtney Barnett, who broke into the musical mainstream a little over a decade ago as an Aussie singer-songwriter with deadpan delivery, with work veering from the witty and rambling to something evoking Margaret Atwood. The Grammy-nominated artist chats to Konrad Marshall from her home in Los Angeles, where she's about to release her fourth album, "Creature of Habit".
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Kathy Lette is a comic writer and pioneering voice in contemporary feminism whose first book, Puberty Blues, was published in 1979. Co-authored with Gabrielle Carey, it catapulted her into the public eye, horrifying her headmistress mother with its graphic depictions of teenage sex and drug taking. She has subsequently written 21 best-selling books and today speaks with The Sydney Morning Herald’s deputy opinion editor, Margot Saville, ahead of the release of her newest novel, The Sisterhood Rules.
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Todd Sampson began his TV career on Gruen, the long-running ABC series about advertising, before transforming himself into a human guinea pig to scrutinise the limits of the human brain and body.
His upcoming show, called Why?, explores the reasons behind why people turn to extreme beliefs and behaviours such as doomsday prepping, base-jumping or alien worship. In this chat, hosted by The Sydney Morning Herald science reporter Angus Dalton, Sampson talks about his upbringing, how he went from 'ad man' to TV, and the moment marrying a doomsday prepper really came in handy.
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Konrad Marshall is Good Weekend magazine's deputy editor, he's also the regular host of this podcast and he's just released a new book. Run For Your Life is a year-long journey on why we run, and explores a year Konrad spent in constant motion – jogging and sprinting, shuffling and loping, while also interviewing some of Australia's most interesting runners.
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In this episode, we talk to reality TV star, youth worker and mental health advocate Brooke Blurton. Many know her as the first Indigenous and bisexual Bachelorette from the dating-show franchise, but she's also an author, presenter and podcaster. Blurton talks with Konrad Marshall about everything from growing up in Western Australia to life after The Bachelorette and her recent TV collaboration with Tony Armstrong. As well: the "surreal experience" of working on the new season of the SBS program, Going Places with Ernie Dingo.
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Martin Luther King III carries one of the most famous names in 20th century history, that of his father, Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. The second child and eldest son of Dr King, Mr King was just 10 years old when his father was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968. Mr King joins Good Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton for a discussion on what it was like to have the most famous civil rights activist in history for a father, and his fears for present day America. Mr King is visiting Australia soon, where he'll be addressing First Nations university students and young professionals.
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Jon Lovett is a former speech writer for Barack Obama, a progressive activist and co-host of a global hit political podcast. Sounds serious, right? Yet, out of the four hosts of the popular Pod Save America, Lovett it is known as the funny one. He's a comedianwho appeared on a season of Survivor, wrote a political sitcom that lasted one season and even worked on Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom. Lovett joins Good Weekend Talks ahead of his podcast's Australian tour for a chat about everything from how Australia should deal with Trump to the way Democrats and America generally are coping with the increasingly confronting events of Trump's second term. Today's episode is hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe.
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Tennis star Alex de Minaur will lead the homegrown charge in the Australian Open, which begins on Sunday, off the back of a tough 2025. De Minaur spoke to Konrad Marshall for this episode late last year, during a rare and all-too-brief break between seasons. It was an opportunity to ask the tennis champion at length about everything from his lowest point, which he himself calls his rock bottom, along with how he plans to take his game to the next level, before, finally, why playing in front of a home crowd at Melbourne Park is the greatest gift.
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In this week's episode we speak with acclaimed author Helen Garner, who followed the travails of her grandson's footy team for her new book, The Season. She speaks with Konrad Marshall about what she now envies about male contact sports, the benefit of coming to footy with limited prior knowledge, and the debate over the book's cover image.
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In this episode, we talk to Tim Rogers. Best known as the frontman for rock band You Am I, Rogers was born in Kalgoorlie, WA, but lived all over the country growing up, spending time in Adelaide, Sydney and Canberra, and now, rural Victoria. The 55-year-old has lived a big life so far as a songwriter, raconteur, talking head and author. He's had his struggles and his joys but has remained, as always, sartorially splendid. He speaks with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall about addiction, mental health, footy, cycling, gardening, and his current tour with the band, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of its seminal sophomore album, Hi Fi Way.
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In this episode we talk to Jess Cattelly, the co-founder of Sydney swingers club Our Secret Spot. The 32-year-old got into swinging – also known as The Lifestyle - when she was just 20, and her Parramatta Road venue has since become an example of the way in which the swinging community is changing. Middle-class suburban key parties are no longer, nor is the practice as grimy or seedy as popular culture might have you imagine. Instead, The Lifestyle is big on respect and consent, joy and community, and, as Cattelly notes, usually led by the female gaze. It's also welcoming a new generation of Zoomers who are experiencing app fatigue, and see swinging as a more transparent and intentional option for hooking up. Hosting this conversation is senior writer Konrad Marshall, who interviewed Cattelly along with dozens of venue owners, party organisers, kink performers and “consent angels” for this week’s Good Weekend cover story: Swing Set.
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In this episode, we speak with Matthew Walker. The British neuroscience professor is the author of “Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams”, and he’s coming to Australia shortly to speak at Vivid Sydney in conjunction with the Sydney Writers' Festival. Walker has lately become the sleep expert of choice around the world for his deep research and clear thinking about one of life’s great mysteries – and necessities. This student of the sandman will be on stage in front of a packed audience at Sydney Town Hall on May 27, but for the moment, he joins Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall for a chat about the incredible benefits of a good night's sleep.
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In this episode, we talk to Tania Lacy. The comedy pioneer became one of the biggest stars on Australian television in the 1980s, but at the height of her fame, Lacy seemingly vanished without explanation. In this revealing interview, she opens up about the reasons for her sudden disappearance, including her controversial sacking by the ABC; her addictions to heroin and alcohol; her mental health challenges; the damaging rumours spread by her peers; and a Hollywood dream that turned into a nightmare. Reflecting on what it was like being a young woman in a male-dominated industry, Lacy talks about all this and more in a feature story in the magazine this weekend - Disappearing Act - and hosting this conversation is the journalist behind that profile piece, The Age’s senior culture writer, Michael Lallo. Listeners should be advised that this episode deals with suicide and depression. If you are seeking help, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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In this episode, we talk to John Polson. You might know him from films such as The Sum of Us and, more recently, The Dry – or for the shows he’s directed including Elementary and The Walking Dead. But you might not know the remarkable story behind Tropfest – long described as the world’s biggest short film festival – which Polson founded and is bringing back after a six-year absence. Today he talks to Sydney Morning Herald senior writer Garry Maddox about the controversial highs and lows of the colourful festival, the high-profile team helping him revive it (from Bryan Brown to Sarah Murdoch), and how he landed Margot Robbie as jury president.
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In this episode, we talk to Mitch Brown. The retired AFL player recently came out as bisexual, making him the first (current or former) openly queer player in the league’s 129-year history. He describes growing up in country Victoria with his twin brother and fellow gifted athlete, Nathan, and how he made the move interstate when drafted by the West Coast Eagles in 2006. Brown played 94 games before retiring almost a decade later, having married professional netball player Shae Bolton-Brown, with whom he has two little boys. In conversation with Good Weekend deputy editor Konrad Marshall, he also talks about playing it straight in footy – and why he made the call to finally share his sexuality with the public.
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In this episode, we talk to Adam Collins. The Dandenong-raised, London-based commentator, broadcaster, podcaster and author is back in Australia for another summer of cricket, and also to promote his new book, Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics (after last year helping Aussie all-rounder Glenn Maxwell write his memoir, The Showman). But Collins also had another life in politics. A long-time Labor Party member, he spent his 20s in Canberra on the staff of treasurer Wayne Swan, and as media adviser to then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Joining us from the first Test in Perth, this episode is hosted by chief cricket correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Dan Brettig, the pair reflecting on the series to come, including a few choice Ashes predictions (or wishes).
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In this episode, we speak to Helen Goh, who has been writing recipes for the food pages of Good Weekend for eight years. The celebrated cookbook author left Melbourne for London in 2006, when she was 40 - and as luck would have it fell in with Yotam Ottolenghi early in his ascent to global cooking superstardom, becoming a key cooking and testing collaborator. What many don't know is that Goh is also a trained psychologist and still sees patients in London, alongside her baking career. Goh has just released her first solo book - Baking and the Meaning of Life - in which she combines her two great loves: psychology and cooking. Joining us today, she discusses all this and more with Good Weekend senior writer Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode, we speak to Jane Harper. Just under a decade ago, she fulfilled the classic fantasy of closet novelists everywhere, and published a murder mystery called The Dry, which became an international best seller. Nine years and two children later, she’s written five more hit novels, and is credited with establishing a whole new fictional genre: outback noir. Her sixth book, Last One Out, was published last month, and she talks to us today about the secret to creative achievement, and her former life as a journalist. Hosting this conversation is the writer of our October 4 profile of Harper - LIFE OF CRIME - Good Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton.
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In this episode we speak to William Dalrymple. The Scottish historian is the author of 10 books, a regular contributor to The Guardian and The New Yorker, and host of the popular podcast Empire. A specialist in Indian and Islamic history, Dalrymple first visited the subcontinent as an 18 year old, and knew that it was where he wanted to spend his life. These days he spends most of the year at his farmhouse on the outskirts of Delhi, but he’s heading to Australia for a speaking tour this month. Dalrymple’s works often explore the intersections of history, culture, and religion - basically managing to make history sexy - which he does for India in his latest deep dive book, The Golden Road. He talks to us today about everything from the indigenous people of Palestine, to why truth-telling about history is critical, and how a podcast about Australian history might be next, in a wide-ranging chat with senior writer for culture at The Age, Kerrie O’Brien.
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In this episode, we speak to Ita Buttrose. The former editor, radio broadcaster, TV host and chair of the ABC has long described herself simply as a "journalist" – but that single word doesn't sum up the range of the 83-year-old's six-decade career. Here, the media trailblazer talks to us about being hissed at in testosterone-fuelled newsrooms, and the excitement of launching a magazine during a time of dynamic cultural change. She also discusses why juggling career and family may be more challenging for women now than 40 years ago, and why young men today are struggling to define new roles. Finally, she opens up about her mobility challenges in old age and her new book, Unapologetically Ita, in a wide-ranging conversation with Good Weekend senior writer Greg Callaghan.
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In this episode, we speak to Antonia Marran. The former TV presenter, parenting author and now lawyer and advocate is tasked with managing the legacy of her late father, Antony Kidman, and his pioneering work in adolescent and youth mental health. It's a role for which the experiences of Antonia’s own life have prepared her well. She comes from a tight-knit family (including her sister, the Hollywood star Nicole Kidman), and has endured both the public heartbreak of her first marriage falling apart then the sudden death of her first husband, not to mention a mid-life love affair, the travails and joys of parenting a blended family of six children, and then finally, a late career switch to the law, where she found a sense of fulfilment that had eluded her so far. Marran talks about all of this and more in a Good Weekend feature story this week – Her Father’s Daughter. Hosting this conversation is the writer of that profile, chief reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, Jordan Baker.
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In this episode, we speak to Joe Camilleri. The singer, songwriter and sax man is perhaps best known as the one constant in Australian rootsy blues rock band The Black Sorrows, a group that was born more than 40 years ago. The 77 year old musician, however, has been recording and touring for more than six decades, and created more than 50 albums. That includes his latest - The Quintessential Black Sorrows - a compilation of remastered hits from the legendary front man, being released on October 24. Camilleri is currently on a national tour with the ever-evolving band, but took time out to join Good Weekend deputy editor Konrad Marshall in the studio for a chat about life, love, and music.
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In this episode we talk to author Brigid Delaney, whose writing about her alarmingly numerous misadventures in life belies a more serious, intellectual side. Those two sides came together in her book exploring the wellness industry, Wellmania (comedian Celeste Barber plays a version of Delaney in the Netflix series of the same name).
She recently took a dive into stoic philosophy, including the 2022 bestseller Reasons Not to Worry, and her upcoming novel – The Seeker and the Sage – is billed as a tale to help us navigate our divided and unstable world.
Hosting this conversation – which also covers Delaney’s recent stint as a speechwriter for federal minister Tanya Plibersek – is Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe.
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For decades, families in Australia and overseas, have been accused of one of the worst crimes imaginable. Diagnosing Murder is an investigative podcast about parents who've had their children taken away, sat in the dock and even done time in prison. All for something they insist they didn't do – shake their baby. Can we trust the science behind shaken baby syndrome? Or are innocent people being locked up for a crime they never committed?
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In this episode, we talk to TV and food personality Melissa Leong, the subject of the cover story in Sunday Life's September 28 issue.
Leong has worn many hats: talented pianist, advertising executive, food writer and even UFC broadcast host. But it’s the three years she spent as a judge on MasterChef Australia that made her a household name, and also put her under the spotlight.
In this interview with Sunday Life associate editor Melissa Singer, Leong talks about her formative years and food memories, and why she’s revealing the darkest chapter of her life.
You can read the Sunday Life piece here.
And a heads-up, this episode contains some strong language, and discussions about assault and sexual assault. If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault or family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit www.1800RESPECT.org.au
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In this episode, we talk to Stephanie Lake.
The former dancer turned choreographer is the artistic director of Stephanie Lake Company, and also the resident choreographer for The Australian Ballet.
She’s the winner of many awards, including the Helpmann, and while her rise was stratospheric, it wasn’t always linear.
It was also somewhat delayed: Lake was a late bloomer in her chosen field, dancing in her teenage years only as a hobby.
Her life story starts in Canada, before taking a turn south to Tasmania, and now Melbourne.
Hosting this conversation – about a journey rich in resilience, creativity and balance – is Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.
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In this episode, we talk to Ken Done. The legendary Australian artist has been splashing colour across canvases for more than four decades, from instantly recognisable depictions of Sydney Harbour to vibrant doona covers and T-shirts. Today he talks about his "Mad Men" days in advertising, the critics and characters that defined his career – as well as the “real reason" he wanted to go to art school – with The Sydney Morning Herald arts editor Nick Galvin.
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In this episode, we talk to Elizabeth Gilbert. Her memoir – Eat Pray Love – sold millions, became a hit movie starring Julia Roberts and encouraged readers to embark on their own spiritual journeys. But for the author, it was the death of her new partner many years later that actually helped her find what she was looking for. That’s all detailed in excruciating fashion in her latest book – All The Way to the River – a difficult and confessional memoir about addiction and loss. Gilbert is the subject of Good Weekend's cover story this week – "Love Addict" – and this podcast is an edited extract of the interview she did for that piece with freelance journalist David Leser.
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In this episode, we talk to Cate Campbell. Australian Dolphin number 665 debuted at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 at the tender age of 16. The teenager won two bronze medals at those games, and that was only the beginning. In her 16-year career in the pool, Campbell won eight Olympic medals – four of them gold – and breaking seven world records (her record for the 100-metre short-course freestyle still stands). The 33-year-old retired last year, and has since gone on to explore new fields including commentary and coaching – as well as opening up in a very brave and vulnerable way about the loneliness and depression she dealt with throughout her career. Now a mental health campaigner, Campbell is currently learning how to man the phones as a Lifeline crisis counsellor. She speaks to Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.
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In this episode, we talk to Andy Griffiths. The children’s author has written 40 books, including The Day My Bum Went Psycho, and the wildly popular Treehouse series. Griffiths has been published in more than 35 countries, and sold an astonishing 13 million copies in Australia and New Zealand alone. He’s led an interesting life, too. He wanted to be a frontman in a punk band, but ended up as a schoolteacher. He’s serious about fitness – a former obsessive runner who now loves the gym, flexing wiry muscles that are covered in sticker tattoos. His latest book – You And Me And The Peanut Butter Beast – is out now. Hosting this conversation about the “fusion of hilarity and horror” that inspired Griffiths, and the “sacred moment” when he meets his young readers – is Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.
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In this episode, we talk to Tracey Holmes. The TV trailblazer has spent more than three decades covering Australian sport and dissecting some of the biggest sporting events on the planet, bearing witness to the rise and rise of women's sport, which has had to bust through the walls of misogyny and male chauvinism. Her new book, The Eye of the Dragonfly is part memoir, part sporting manifesto, and details her nomadic childhood as the offspring of surfer parents, her start in television, her amusing first meeting with partner and fellow TV journalist Stan Grant, and how racism towards their relationship briefly unbuckled their careers. Holmes, a natural raconteur, describes her meetings and interviews with sporting giants like Pele and Cathy Freeman, and how her trademark calm has helped get her through some challenging moments. Hosting this conversation is deputy editor Greg Callaghan.
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In this episode, we talk to AFLW star Libby Birch. She's done something no other female or male player has done - winning three premierships at three different clubs, with the Western Bulldogs, the Melbourne Demons and the North Melbourne Kangaroos. Since joining the league in its inaugural season, Birch has also played 91 consecutive games of AFLW (only two women have played more), and at just 27 has more than a few years left. She's a media performer of note, bringing sharp analysis to a TV special comments role, as a radio pundit for 3AW, and as a columnist for The Age - not to mention a buoyant voice on our own Real Footy podcast. If that weren’t enough, Birch has also become a published author, just releasing “Libby’s Footy Adventures” - the first ever children’s book by an AFLW player. Hosting this conversation is Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.
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In this episode we talk to Jess Cattelly, the co-founder of Sydney swingers club Our Secret Spot. The 32-year-old got into swinging – also known as The Lifestyle - when she was just 20, and her Parramatta Road venue has since become an example of the way in which the swinging community is changing. Middle-class suburban key parties are no longer, nor is the practice as grimy or seedy as popular culture might have you imagine. Instead, The Lifestyle is big on respect and consent, joy and community, and, as Cattelly notes, usually led by the female gaze. It's also welcoming a new generation of Zoomers who are experiencing app fatigue, and see swinging as a more transparent and intentional option for hooking up. Hosting this conversation is senior writer Konrad Marshall, who interviewed Cattelly along with dozens of venue owners, party organisers, kink performers and “consent angels” for this week’s Good Weekend cover story: Swing Set.
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In this episode, we talk to Sarah Wilson. She’s had an incredibly diverse career - from teenage model, to newspaper columnist, to women’s magazine editor, and then best-selling author of the book, I Quit Sugar, in 2012. More books followed, on anxiety, and finding purpose in a disconnected world, especially through the climate change crisis. Now she’s focused on cascading and wicked problems - such as climate change, inequality, artificial intelligence and political polarisation - that will lead to nothing less than the collapse of civilisation. But she also thinks there might just be an upside. Wilson is the subject of our cover story this week - THE CRUSADER - and hosting our conversation today is the journalist behind that profile, Good Weekend senior writer Gay Alcorn.
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In this episode, we talk to Hugh de Kretser. The president of the Australian Human Rights Commission has quite the job. Never has society been more polarised, with distressing displays of religious and ethnic hatred bursting onto our streets - while at the same time the relevance of the commission itself has been called into question. De Kretser, who gave up a promising corporate legal career to work in community law, is up for the challenge of defending the institution. But he’s also got to protect the rights of people caught up in the most contentious conflict of our time, the war in the Middle East and how it affects communities in Australia. He’s the topic of our cover story this week - Man in the Middle - and hosting our conversation is the writer of that profile, James Button.
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In this episode, we talk to Danielle de Niese. The internationally acclaimed soprano has dazzled audiences since childhood – from her breakthrough on the TV show Young Talent Time at just nine years old to starring on the world’s greatest opera stages. She joins us to chat about her life in music, and what keeps her voice – and spirit – so vibrant. Following a remarkable path which also includes an early Emmy win and teenage debut with the Los Angeles Opera, de Niese now has a passion for making opera feel fresh, cool and accessible to new audiences. Hosting this conversation – about everything from backstage rituals and vocal care to what it truly feels like to stand under stage lights and inhabit a role – is Spectrum editor Melanie Kembrey.
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In this episode, we speak with Mark Dapin. Dapin is a veteran true crime writer, with a career including a stint as editor of the lad mag Ralph - but also as a columnist for Good Weekend. He has spent many, many hours with infamous hardened criminals, and now - for a story in the current issue of Good Weekend - has flipped sides to see through the eyes of aspiring police officers. Dapin - an irreverent but incisive and insightful writer - joins us today for a chat about that piece, but also the wild popularity of the true crime genre more generally, touching on his own encounters with the likes of hit man Chopper Read, and con man Jack Karlson (of “succulent Chinese meal” fame). And hosting this conversation - about kidnappers and murderers, and the darkness in us all - is Good Weekend acting editor Greg Callaghan.
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In this episode, we talk to Vincent Fantauzzo – the Melbourne portrait artist famous for hyperrealist renderings of a long list of prominent people. He’s painted movie stars (like Hugh Jackman), underworld figures (like Mick Gatto), politicians (like Julia Gillard), sporting heroes (like Oscar Piastri) and icons (like Michael Gudinski). Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall profiled Fantauzzo for a June cover story – "Keeping it real" – about not just his prize-winning works but his rough-and-tumble beginnings, which included more than mere brushes with violence and crime. As they discuss in this emotionally charged conversation, Fantauzzo endured a dysfunctional early life, not to mention an unhealthy dose of insecurity and shame over a learning disorder he kept hidden. He overcame all that to receive plaudits – and occasional brickbats – for his work so far, but his real mission is both simple and grand: “To Jamie Oliver the art world”.
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In this episode, we talk to Mark Brandi. The renowned crime novelist writes about outsiders: heroin addicts, former prisoners and child victims of poverty and violence – and joins us to chat about his new book, Eden, out on June 25. We take a look at Brandi's family background, including the racist, small-town harassment of his father – as well Brandi' earlier career in corrective services – both of which shed light on why he's drawn to people on the margins. Hosting this conversation about everything from growing up inside a country pub to working in the criminal justice system – and how good and bad luck changed Brandi’s life – is freelance writer Nicole Abadee.
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In this episode, we talk to award-winning investigative journalist Patrick McGee, who for years led the Financial Times’ reporting on the meteoric rise of Apple Inc to become the world’s most valuable company after being on the brink of bankruptcy in 1996. As the iPod, iPhone and iPad revolutionised the way we live, Apple injected eye-watering amounts into China – more than $US50 billion a year by 2015 – training millions of engineers and assembly-line workers and endowing them with the skills to help propel China into the advanced manufacturing powerhouse it is today. While Apple cracked the code of making billions of dollars without actually owning the factories that produced its products, it became beholden to the Chinese once Xi Jinping came to power. With Xi weaponising the technology – and its supply chains – against the West, China now has, in McGee’s words, Apple “by the balls”. Hosting this conversation is Good Weekend acting editor Greg Callaghan.
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In this episode, we talk to Anthony Burke. You might know him as the ubiquitous host of multiple renovation TV shows on the national broadcaster, including Grand Designs Australia, Grand Designs Transformations and Restoration Australia. (He's even got a new one about Asian design, called Culture by Design.) Today, he shifts from sympathising with those in the midst of their own particular building dilemmas to offer more general advice to all of us who contemplate building or renovating what is usually our most valuable and emotional investment: the family home. Among other things, Burke gives us a checklist of dos and don'ts – and things to bear in mind when it comes to our own construction projects. Hosting this conversation is Good Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton.
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In this episode we bring you the remarkable story of Miriam* (not her real name), a survivor of forced marriage. Often confused with arranged marriage, forced marriage means one person is not giving their full consent – sometimes due to coercion, deception, incapacitation or threats. Each year the Australian Federal Police deal with about 90 cases, although this is thought to represent a fraction of the problem, which was made a crime in Australia in 2013.
Miriam escaped her fate by chipping away at the glue her parents had used to seal her window, and running away just one week before her planned wedding to a man she did not know. In today’s episode, we have changed her name, omitted some details, and also used AI technology to disguise her voice and protect her identity, for this difficult conversation about the feature story – "No Going Back" – which you can read in the pages of our magazine, by Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe.
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In this episode, we talk to Hugh Allen. Allen, of course, was made executive chef of iconic three-hat Melbourne restaurant, Vue de Monde, at the tender age of 23. The son of a nurse and a paediatrician – both terrible cooks, it must be said – Allen was once marked at high school as a "struggling" student, but through food, he became a star. Allen just turned 30, yet has already enjoyed stints under chefs such as Neil Perry, Shannon Bennett and the esteemed René Redzepi from Copenhagen institution, Noma. He’s been a popular guest judge on MasterChef Australia, and last but not least, is opening his own Melbourne restaurant later this year, named Yiaga. To celebrate Good Weekend's annual Food & Wine issue, Allen joins senior writer Konrad Marshall for a chat about his life and career – and what’s new in the restaurant industry right now.
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40/20 is a brand new NRL podcast from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. During this year's State of Origin and Finals series we'll be breaking down the biggest stories from across the game with the best journalists and NRL insiders from around the country. We'll be giving you press pass access as we breakdown the latest news, controversy and performances from the biggest matches in the Rugby League calendar. To listen to our episodes as soon as they drop follow 40/20 wherever you listen to podcasts.
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In this episode, we speak with Matthew Walker. The British neuroscience professor is the author of “Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams”, and he’s coming to Australia shortly to speak at Vivid Sydney in conjunction with the Sydney Writers' Festival. Walker has lately become the sleep expert of choice around the world for his deep research and clear thinking about one of life’s great mysteries – and necessities. This student of the sandman will be on stage in front of a packed audience at Sydney Town Hall on May 27, but for the moment, he joins Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall for a chat about the incredible benefits of a good night's sleep.
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In this episode, we talk to Hannah Kent. The South Australian author burst onto the literary scene in 2013, with the publication of her debut historical novel, Burial Rites, about the execution of a young woman in Iceland, two centuries ago. The book was a global bestseller, optioned by Hollywood with Jennifer Lawrence attached to star in the film version, but Kent’s success also gave her that thing that all writers crave - not fame and fortune, but time and space to write. She followed Burial Rites with two more hit novels, The Good People and Devotion, not to mention a screenplay for Netflix, and now something different - a memoir. Kent talks to senior writer Konrad Marshall about “Always Home, Always Homesick”, which walks readers through the early life experiences that set Kent on the writing path, followed by her formative time as a teenage exchange student in Iceland, plus the forensic and emotional construction of her smash hit novel, and finally, the ghost who lingers and lives with her still.
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In this episode, we talk to Rutger Bregman. You might remember the Dutch historian and author from a 2019 appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which went viral after he called out millionaires and billionaires for tax avoidance. He joins us to talk about everything from the loss of America's moral authorityafter the re-election of Donald Trump, to why we need more ordinary people speaking up and defending principles of human decency. This week's Good Weekend features an extract from Bregman’s new book, Moral Ambition, examining our monstrous and long-running cruelty to animals. Hosting the conversation – which also delves into the corrosiveness of misogynistic male influencers, as well as the role of “realistic idealism” in improving our society's moral trajectory – is Good Weekend acting editor Greg Callaghan.
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In this episode - one week before the federal election - we talk to Kos Samaras. Samaras had a long career as a Labor strategist - particularly in running campaigns for the Victorian party - before founding the political consultancy firm RedBridge in 2020. He's one of the big thinkers in Australian politics, who grew up in a blue collar Labor family, and is now sometimes critical of Labor for what he sees as the neglect of its heartland voters. Samaras is one of many voices featured in this week's cover story - Battle for the battlers - about the challenges facing social democratic parties around the world (including Australia), written by the host of our conversation today, Good Weekend senior writer Gay Alcorn.
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In this episode, we talk to Tim Rogers. Best known as the frontman for rock band You Am I, Rogers was born in Kalgoorlie, WA, but lived all over the country growing up, spending time in Adelaide, Sydney and Canberra, and now, rural Victoria. The 55-year-old has lived a big life so far as a songwriter, raconteur, talking head and author. He's had his struggles and his joys but has remained, as always, sartorially splendid. He speaks with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall about addiction, mental health, footy, cycling, gardening, and his current tour with the band, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of its seminal sophomore album, Hi Fi Way.
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In this episode, we talk to Melinda French Gates. Famous as one half of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – one of the largest philanthropic outfits in the world – Melinda spent more than two decades overseeing the giving-away of more than $US77 billion. Then, in 2021, she and Bill divorced after 27 years of marriage, and Melinda began to chart a new path for her life. That new path is the subject of a feature profile in this week's magazine – "The 'Gigantic Joy' of a Fresh Start" – in which Gates discusses the end of her marriage, the hard-won pleasures of personal growth, and philanthropy in Trump's America. She joins us today to chat about all that and more, with Good Weekend senior writer, Amanda Hooton.
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In this episode we speak with Ellie Cole. Cole, of course, is a childhood cancer survivor whose right leg was amputated when she was 3. Within weeks of that operation, she was swimming as a form of rehab, before ultimately going on to become the most decorated Aussie female Paralympian of all time, with 17 medals over four games. In recent years she’s become a rising star in Australian sports media, as a trusted and charismatic broadcaster, not to mention staunch disability advocate, and now children’s book author. Cole recently became a mum to her little boy Felix, and her new book – “Felix and his Fantastic Friends” – is inspired by his adventures in early childhood, and her own in motherhood. Hosting this conversation – about everything Cole’s relationship with her twin sister to the complicated challenge of Paralympic classification – is a man who covered Cole’s final games in Tokyo in 2021 – Sydney Morning Herald sports journalist, Tom Decent.
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In this episode, we speak with Jane Flemming, who made her name in the late '80s and early '90s as a golden girl in track and field, a two-time Olympian – and Commonwealth Games gold medallist – specialising in the heptathlon and long jump. Flemming retired before the Sydney 2000 Olympics and transitioned into a career in media, marketing and management, but 18 months ago she took on a different role altogether, as president of Australian Athletics.
It’s an exciting time to be in the role, too, with a host of local mid-career champions like Nina Kennedy, Jessica Hull and Matt Denny, not to mention junior stars on the rise like Torrie Lewis and Claudia Hollingsworth, Cameron Myers and, of course, Gout Gout. Flemming talks to Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall about everything from her early years as an athlete to the DNA tests being used to "protect women's sport", and the runway to Brisbane 2032.
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In this episode, we speak with Matt Kean. The former NSW state politician was once deputy Liberal leader, treasurer, and minister for energy and environment – but he’s now chair of the national Climate Change Authority. That means Kean helps set the Australian agenda in the fight against global warming, shaping federal policies on every hot-button green issue imaginable. Taking on the job was seen in some quarters – by conservative commentators, mostly – as a traitorous move by a “climate communist” now known to some as “Green Kean”. Our new climate change tsar is the subject of a feature profile this week – “Force of Nature” – and hosting this conversation about the powerful enemies Kean now faces, and the fight to save our natural world, is the acting editor of Good Weekend, Greg Callaghan.
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In this episode, we speak with Curtis Stone. The Melbourne-born, LA-based chef has run two celebrated restaurants in that city, earning several Michelin stars and praise from critics – yet in Australia he’s better known as the face of Coles, for whom he’s been an ambassador for 15 years. He’s back in town right now, about to cook for 1700 people at Melbourne Food and Wine Festival’s flagship event, the World’s Longest Lunch, in Kings Domain on March 21. Hosting this conversation, which covers everything from run-ins with restaurant critics to how Aussie meat pies are being received in LA, is Good Food’s eating out and restaurant editor in Melbourne, Emma Breheny.
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In this episode, we speak with Senator Katy Gallagher. The busy politician is close to both Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers, and manages an almighty workload.
With four big portfolios in finance, women, the public service and government services, she’s also firmly in the crosshairs of the opposition, which has promised to slash jobs, and cut back on diversity hires and working from home.
Gallagher talks to us today about all of the above, but also her own life and times – including her unusual family upbringing, and the immense tragedy she suffered with the loss of her fiancé, Brett Seaman, when she was 26 and pregnant with their first child.
Gallagher is the subject of our cover story this week – “From that worst place, I found a way out” – and hosting this conversation is the writer of that in-depth profile, freelance correspondent Deborah Snow.
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In this episode we speak with Kara Swisher, the American journalist, author and podcaster who has been covering the tech sector for 30 years - and now finds herself at the epicentre of public debate over the convergence of tech and power in the new Trump administration.
Swisher hosts the podcasts On With Kara Swisher, and Pivot, both of which are part of the Vox Media/New York magazine stable. Her tech sector memoir, Burn Book, sub-titled "A Tech Love Story", was released last year. Hosting the conversation - about everything from the nexus between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, to where Swisher finds solace and hope right now - is Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode we speak with Callum Linnane, a principal dancer with The Australian Ballet. Linnane, 29, has been dancing since he enrolled in tap classes as a seven year old in regional Victoria.
Now he’s a star of the show - the kind of person who does magazine spreads and launches spring fashion campaigns. (His social media followers have described him as everything from Australia’s answer to Rudolf Nureyev, to a young David Bowie.)
Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall talks to this son of a bricklayer about growing up in Ballarat, surviving (and thriving) on the grandest stage, and his upcoming titular role in Nijinsky, the latest offering from The Australian Ballet.
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In this episode, we speak with journalist Peter Greste and actor Richard Roxburgh. Greste is a former foreign correspondent, arrested with two other Al Jazeera journalists in Cairo in 2013, ultimately serving 400 days in an Egyptian prison before his release. Roxburgh, meanwhile, is known for various acting roles in film (Moulin Rouge) and television (Rake). More recently, he has turned his dramatic talent to portraying Greste in a new film, The Correspondent. The pair speak with freelance writer David Leser.
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We speak with Millie Millgate, the director of Music Australia, established by the federal government two years ago to support our contemporary music scene. It’s a tough gig given the issues facing the local music industry. Festivals have been paused or cancelled. Live music venues are struggling. And local hits are few and far between.
Millgate knows the industry back to front, having started out booking acts for Sydney pubs, then working in artist management, before running the music export initiative “Sounds Australia”. She talks to Sydney Morning Herald senior writer Garry Maddox about everything from the “glocalisation” of music, to the power of algorithms, to how we’ll find the next G Flip or Kid Laroi.
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In this week's episode we speak with the author of a new book, Processed, about the downside of sandwich ham and salami, fried bacon, hot dogs, pepperoni pizzas and the like. Speaking with GW deputy editor Greg Callaghan, Morris-Marr explains how a raft of scientific papers link the nitrites used in many processed meats to improve flavour and eliminate bacteria, with cancer. She explores, too, why so many of us ignore such warnings.
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In this week's episode we speak with acclaimed author Helen Garner, who followed the travails of her grandson's footy team for her new book, The Season. She speaks with Konrad Marshall about what she now envies about male contact sports, the benefit of coming to footy with limited prior knowledge, and the debate over the book's cover image.
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In this episode, we speak with CEO of the Australian Open, Craig Tiley, on the eve of the 2025 tournament for a chat about his own background as a promising player and highly successful coach, plus about the game today. He sits with Good Weekend’s Konrad Marshall for some tips on the best players to watch and who he thinks might take home the trophies later this month.
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In this episode we speak with Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, who broke through two decades ago with her hit debut album The Sound of White, which dealt with teen and 20-something troubles. Now 41, Higgins has just produced a new album, The Second Act, which traverses the aftermath of the breakdown of her marriage.
Higgins talks candidly with Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe about taking the audience with her on her life journey, the travails of songwriting and dating whilst being a single mum - and the joys of touring with a mostly female support crew.
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In today's episode, singer/songwriter Tim Minchin discusses the poison that is social media, how he emerged from his bruising time in LA and why he urges students to look after their bodies.
In conversation with culture reporter Thomas Mitchell, he reflects also on his infamous George Pell song, and on the impending publication of his first non-fiction book, You Don't Have to Have a Dream (Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious).
We'll be back in January 2025 with plenty of exciting interviews booked in the calendar, but for now please enjoy one of our most popular episodes from the past year.
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In this episode, we speak to Academy Award winner Kate Winslet about her new film "Lee" - a biopic about the life of pioneering World War II correspondent Lee Miller, and her sensitive and stunning front-line photography. Hosted by Konrad Marshall, the discussion covers everything from the ups and downs for women in film, to life behind the lens.
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In this week's episode, our last for 2024, we speak with two of the magazine's most beloved writers about the craft of long-form journalism.
In conversation with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, they discuss their most popular stories of the year, what it was like to cover the Paris Olympics and Olympians, where they get their ideas from and the most difficult and rewarding aspects of the job.
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On this week's episode, the eight-time world champion talks about the amazing places she's toured in her year out from competitive surfing. Speaking with Good Weekend senior writer (and keen surfer) Tim Elliott, she also discusses the rising popularity of women's sport, whether female competitors are any nicer to each other than their male counterparts - and the mind game she plays to psyche herself up for battle.
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In this week's episode we speak with Perth pole vaulter Nina Kennedy, who won the trifecta of the three big global events in her sport this year. Kennedy speaks with Good Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton about the big cry she had before the Paris final, how important it is to give her body time to recover, her onward march towards the LA Olympics - and whether Brisbane 2032 is within the realms of possibility.
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In this week's episode we speak with Shanghai-born, Melbourne-based artist Badiucao, who explains what it's like to remain under suspicion and surveillance for his political artwork. Badiucao, a Walkley-award winning artist with The Age, speaks with opinion editor Patrick O'Neil about his early life in China, the kind of things that still happen to him here in Australia - and that strange time someone pretended to be him.
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On this week's episode, actor, author and advocate Hannah Diviney speaks about what it was like to call out Lizzo and Beyonce for ableist language, how she doesn't always love her disability, and the freedom to be found in not always needing to be awesome. Speaking with The Sydney Morning Herald culture writer Thomas Mitchell, Diviney also talks about her the new Australian film, Audrey.
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In this week's episode we speak with author Gina Chick, winner of the inaugural Alone Australia and author of the memoir We Are The Stars. Chick speaks with journalist David Leser about feeding birds from her own mouth as a kid, how she learned to embrace her weirdness as a young adult, and the wonder of discovering the identity of her famous literary grandmother.
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In this episode, we speak to Academy Award winner Kate Winslet about her new film "Lee" - a biopic about the life of pioneering World War II correspondent Lee Miller, and her sensitive and stunning front-line photography. Hosted by Konrad Marshall, the discussion covers everything from the ups and downs for women in film, to life behind the lens.
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In this week's episode we speak with former Australian Financial Review Rear Window columnist Joe Aston about the national airline and how its reputation has fallen among so many flyers.
Aston, who penned the upcoming book, The Chairman's Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out, speaks with senior Good Weekend writer Jane Cadzow about how he went from working for Qantas and writing a travel column, to being highly critical of the airline and its former CEO Alan Joyce, to why he wanted to capture that trajectory in a book (with a young baby in tow).
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In this week's episode we speak with Jon Ronson, who contends the attributes of psychopaths really do help them get ahead. Ronson, who wrote the 2011 bestseller The Psychopath Test, also explores how social media rewards those with an empathy bypass, and looks at the rise of public shaming.
Speaking with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall, he also makes a case for non-fiction writers like himself avoiding the temptation of fudging the truth - and the importance of humour in writing.
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Nobody's desk at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald has been as overflowing with books as that of Jason Steger, who recently left his job as books editor at the mastheads.
On today's episode he talks with culture writer Kerrie O'Brien about his favourite interviews and books, whether he cops much abuse from writers after a bad review - and that time he drank too much with Richard Flanagan.
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In today’s episode, American author, speaker and blogger Mark Manson discusses how the mantra of relentless positivity, which drives so much of the self-help industry, is full of pitfalls. He explains how negative emotions have a purpose - to drive us to do something - and why the willingness to look like an idiot occasionally guards against self-entitlement. He gives us tips on how to be realistic in our lives, how to maintain hope - and what not to do with cyber stalkers.
Hosting this talk is Good Weekend deputy editor, Greg Callaghan.
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In this episode we speak with health reporter Norman Swan, who has written a new book on the dos and don'ts of raising children up to the age of 10. Among other topics, Swan talks about how to set good eating habits, what to do about screen overload - and whether it's ever ok to let kids sip alcohol (answer: no).
Hosting this conversation with the ABC broadcaster and author of So You Want to Know What’s Good for Your Kids? is the editor of Good Weekend, Katrina Strickland.
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The youngest ever editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, now owner of Private Media, publisher of Crikey, Eric Beecher has spent decades in and observing the media.
In today's episode he discusses his conclusions on when it works best, and when it fails democracy, with his longtime friend, journalist David Leser. Beecher also discusses what it was like to work for Rupert Murdoch during his two year stint as editor-in-chief of The Herald and Weekly Times Group, and whether he was scared when, decades later, Lachlan Murdoch sued him.
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In today's episode, singer/songwriter Tim Minchin discusses the poison that is social media, how he emerged from his bruising time in LA and why he urges students to look after their bodies.
In conversation with culture reporter Thomas Mitchell, he reflects also on his infamous George Pell song, and on the impending publication of his first non-fiction book, You Don't Have to Have a Dream (Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious).
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In this episode we speak with Markus Zusak, the bestselling novelist behind The Book Thief and Bridge of Clay, who has penned his first non-fiction book, Three Wild Dogs and the Truth, about Reuben, Archer and Frosty, the pound dogs he and wife Mika brought into their family.
Zusak talks about the mad mayhem of sharing your life with a mongrel, and the importance of stripping away the veneer through which we so often view life, to expose its more messy reality. Hosting this conversation, in which Zusak discusses the conundrum of how much is too much to spend on a dog's dodgy knees, is the editor of Good Weekend, Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode we speak with Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, who broke through two decades ago with her hit debut album The Sound of White, which dealt with teen and 20-something troubles. Now 41, Higgins has just produced a new album, The Second Act, which traverses the aftermath of the breakdown of her marriage.
Higgins talks candidly with Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe about taking the audience with her on her life journey, the travails of songwriting and dating whilst being a single mum - and the joys of touring with a mostly female support crew.
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In this episode we speak with Jason Arrow, otherwise known as Australia's Alexander Hamilton. The South African-born, Perth-raised performer won the role for the musical's 2021 Sydney premiere, and has since played the titular character in Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland, Manila, Abu Dhabi and Singapore.
Hosting this conversation about everything from how he remembers all those words, to how he winds down post-show, to why he initially preferred the character of Aaron Burr in the story of America's forgotten founding father, is the editor of Good Weekend, Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode, we speak with Anna Marsden, managing director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Back in 2018, Marsden’s life changed overnight when she received news from then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull that the federal government was granting the foundation a record-breaking $443 million to help fortify the reef against the ravages of climate change.
It was a controversial decision – the foundation was then a relatively small Brisbane-based conservation organisation and Turnbull’s political opponents labelled it a “captain’s call” – but six years down the track, funding has been allocated for a host of coral-saving projects.
Marsden chats with Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe about what's been achieved to date, and the overall state of the reef following another bleaching event last summer, the fifth since 2016.
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In this episode, we speak with best-selling author and social commentator, Roxane Gay. A decade after the publication of her much-talked-about book, Bad Feminist, Gay offers her unapologetic views on everything from body image, to writer's block, to the likelihood of Kamala Harris becoming America's first female president, to her current writing projects, which include - surprisingly - a romance novel with actor Channing Tatum.
Hosting this conversation is senior writer and columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, Jacqueline Maley.
Roxane Gay will appear at Carriageworks in Sydney, as part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas (24-25 August) and at Melbourne Town Hall (27 August), presented by the Wheeler Centre and Now or Never.
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In this episode, we speak with author Theodore Ell. From 2018 to 2021, Ell accompanied his wife on her diplomatic posting to Lebanon, and unexpectedly found himself a witness to a country on the brink. His new book, Lebanon Days, takes in an economic meltdown, mass protests and finally, tragically, the Beirut port explosion of 2020.
Hosting this episode is Good Weekend deputy editor, Greg Callaghan.
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In this episode we speak with the federal member for Wentworth, Allegra Spender, who was swept into Canberra on a "teal wave" at the 2022 election. Spender talks candidly with The Sydney Morning Herald associate editor Deborah Snow about the aftermath of the April stabbings at Bondi Junction, the impact of war in Gaza on her constituents, and her determination to push tax reform onto the national agenda. Spender speaks also about the work ethic she inherited from her mother, the late fashion designer Carla Zampatti, and how her father, former Liberal MP John Spender, urged her not to run.
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In this episode we speak with Matthew Evans, the Australian chef and restaurant critic turned Tassie farmer and food writer. Evans, who has written a new book called Milk, talks about the science behind dairy products, the truth and lies around them - and answers the curly question of whether cheese dreams are real.
Hosting the conversation, in which Evans also discusses the big issues facing food producers, is the national editor of Good Food, Ardyn Bernoth.
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In this episode we speak with economics commentator Cameron Murray, author of the book, The Great Housing Hijack, which looks at the factors behind Australia's housing crisis. Murray was one of the few who predicted the boom in home prices after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hosting a conversation that covers Murray's analysis of the underlying causes of the problem, international templates for improvements and the role of social housing in the solution is Good Weekend deputy editor, Greg Callaghan.
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In this episode we speak with Nedd Brockmann. The 25 year old sparky captured the attention of the country in 2022 when he ran from Perth to Sydney, raising $2.5 million for homelessness in the process. With a second book and a Kayo documentary in the works, he’s now come up with a new way to challenge himself - and hopefully break a world record.
Hosting the conversation with Brockmann is Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.
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In this episode, we speak with former Good Weekend staff writer Stephanie Wood. Stephanie's 2017 story about her real-life relationship with a man who deceived her with a web of lies received an incredible response from readers, such that she left the magazine to write a book about the experience, Fake, which was published in 2019. That story has now been turned into an eight-part TV series starring Asher Keddie and David Wenham, premiering on Paramount Plus on July 4.
On today's podcast, Wood discusses that long-ago relationship, why she thinks her experience resonated so much with readers, what it's like to see Asher Keddie playing her – and whether this lemons-to-lemonade tale means all the heartache was worth it in the end. With host, Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode we speak to Tamsyn Manou (née Lewis). The former track star long ago traded her running shoes for the microphone, and is headed to France next month as a Nine Wide World of Sports expert athletics commentator.
In this chat, she takes us into everything from the headspace occupied by aspiring Olympians right now, to the things she's most looking forward to seeing in Paris and the rise of middle-distance running in Australia.
Hosting this conversation is chief reporter for The Age, Chip Le Grand.
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In this episode we speak to Max Chandler-Mather, the 32 year old Greens MP who's shaking up Canberra with his uncompromising take on the housing crisis.
Chandler-Mather talks with Good Weekend senior writer Jane Cadzow about his own experience as a renter and how it feeds into his policies and politics, his success with door-knocking at the 2022 federal election, and what he thinks of the hecklers in federal parliament.
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In this episode, we speak with retired Australian netball champion and TV presenter Liz Ellis, who was recently appointed chair of Netball Australia, following a series of crises. Netball was riven with issues last year, including a team departing the national league, a pay dispute with players, and the loss of critical national funding.
Hosting the conversation - about the many problems facing an otherwise popular sport that's played by millions of women and girls (and, increasingly, men and boys) around the country - is The Age sports reporter Carla Jaeger.
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In this episode we speak with the chief executive of the Australian Academy of Science, Anna-Maria Arabia, who leads a growing band of people expressing concern about the evidence used to convict Robert Farquharson of the murder of his three sons.
The Victorian father drove his car, with the three boys inside, into a dam on Father’s Day, 2005, for which he is serving a 33 year sentence. Arabia unpicks the evidence used in his case and calls for better science to be presented in the legal system in general.
Hosting the episode is a journalist who’s spent months combing through the Farquharson evidence, Michael Bachelard, a senior writer with The Age.
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From The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Trial by Water is a new investigative podcast series about Robert Farquharson, who has been locked up for decades for an unthinkable crime: murdering his three sons in a dam on Father’s Day, 2005.
Now scientists and lawyers are asking the question: did we get it wrong? And is this man in prison for a crime he didn’t commit?
Episode 1 will arrive on Saturday, June 1.
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In this episode we speak with documentary maker Ian Darling, whose latest movie - The Pool - is premiering at the Sydney Film Festival in June before a national cinema release. The film is a paean to Bondi Icebergs, a picturesque pool on the edge of Australia’s most famous beach.
Hosting this episode, which explores Darling's shift from stockbroking to filmmaking, the meditative nature of swimming, the eclectic 'Bergs community, and the trials and tribulations of a 12-month outdoor shoot, is Good Weekend editor, Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode we meet Rhanee Rego, the young Novocastrian who became interested in the case of Australia's "worst serial child killer", Kathleen Folbigg, when studying law. Six years later, Rego was instrumental in securing the release of Folbigg, who'd been jailed in 2003 for killing her four infant children. With Folbigg's convictions now quashed, Rego is working to secure what's expected to be one of the biggest compensation payouts in Australian legal history.
Hosting the conversation is Good Weekend senior writer, Tim Elliott.
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In this episode we meet Rachelle Unreich, Melbourne-based author of the book, A Brilliant Life: my mother's inspiring story of surviving the Holocaust.
Recently shortlisted for The Age’s non-fiction book of the year, this mother-daughter memoir weaves the remarkable story of Rachelle's mother Mira, who survived four concentration camps from the age of 17, together with background about the Holocaust and Rachelle's own life.
Hosting the episode, which explores both Rachelle and Mira's stories, the challenge of memory and the lessons learnt from the very worst - and best - of humanity, is the editor of Good Weekend, Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode we meet bestselling author Johann Hari, who has gone down an Ozempic rabbit hole to work out how and why this weight loss drug works. Hari writes about his findings in a new book, Magic Pill, including his own dramatic drop in clothes size. Whilst marvelling at how drugs like this are changing obesity management, he remains conflicted about their use and longer-term ramifications.
Hosting the conversation is Good Weekend senior writer, Amanda Hooton.
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In this episode we meet lawyer and author Shankari Chandran, who won the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. Chandran’s writing explores the Sri Lankan diaspora in Australia, and weaves sharp commentary on racism, injustice and ignorance through richly told stories of family and community.
Her new novel, Safe Haven, published by Ultimo Press in early May, explores issues of immigration and detention.
Hosting this episode, which also covers how Chandran finds the time to write between her work as a lawyer and raising four kids, is Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode, we meet economist Sean Turnell, who was imprisoned in Myanmar in 2022, following a military coup. Turnell spent 650 days behind bars, including two months in a metal room within a room that he calls "the box". He talks to us today about everything from his anxiety over the continued imprisonment of his colleagues from Myanmar, to forming a movement with other Australians who've been wrongfully imprisoned abroad, like Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Cheng Lei.
Hosting this episode, which touches on the smuggled books and fruitcake that made Turnell’s stint in prison bearable, is former South-East Asia correspondent and now senior reporter, Chris Barrett.
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In this episode, we speak with Peter Winneke, who has spent more than two decades in the philanthropic sector, working for the Myer Foundation and serving on the boards of Philanthropy Australia, the Sidney Myer Fund, the Reichstein Foundation and the Catherine Freeman Foundation.
Winneke is on a mission to convince Australia's high-net-worth families to give more of their wealth away, and has written a book to that end, Give While You Live: A Practical Guide to More and Better Giving in Australia.
Hosting this conversation about what Australia should take from America's philanthropic culture, what percentage of their wealth families should give away - and why donating to good causes is better than buying (another) Lamborghini, is Good Weekend editor, Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode, we speak with Sydney chef Neil Perry, and we're asking a specific question - can one restaurateur single-handedly lift a suburb from the doldrums? Perry now has three Double Bay eateries, Margaret, Next Door, and the Melbourne import Baker Bleu, with two more scheduled to open in August.
Hosting this episode about the Perry family business, his experience in the food scene over many decades and what it takes to renew an entire suburb is Sydney editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, Michael Koziol.
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In this episode we discuss the wave of anti-gay murders that struck Sydney from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s and beyond, and why so many have still not been solved. The police have long been accused of inaction over these murders but thanks to a special inquiry into anti-gay hate crimes held last year, it's become clear that much more the simple police indifference is responsible.
Criminal lawyer Nicholas Stewart joins Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan to discuss the murders, answer the question, "what makes it a gay hate crime?" and analyse more recent gay hate crimes across Australia.
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This week we speak with Tom Elliott, host of Melbourne's top rating Mornings program, about what makes morning radio tick - and what doesn't, growing up with his infamous father John, and how (and why) he swapped a career in finance for the power of the microphone.
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In this episode we speak to para surfing star Joel Taylor. At 21, Joel was a pro bodyboarder left paraplegic after a freak wave dumped him at the famous Pipeline break in Hawaii. Two decades on, he’s a world surfing champion.
Joel speaks with senior Good Weekend writer Tim Elliott about his early life as a Jehovah’s Witness, his love of the ocean, that life-threatening injury and his phenomenal comeback. Also joining the conversation is Joel's wife Lorin, who discusses how they got together, her husband's obsessive compulsive disorder and life with their young two sons.
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After releasing his first book of short stories, The Boat, Nam Le was branded a "criminally talented" young author of "a singular masterpiece". That was back in 2008, and he hasn't released another book ... until now.
Returning to the literary stage with a book of poetry - 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem - Le talks to Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall about what happened in the interim, and how he found his way back to writing his first literary love - writing in rhyme and verse.
He also chats candidly about his family's refugee origins, his upbringing in suburban Doncaster, his short-lived legal career and his love of poker.
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David McBride is awaiting sentencing for the leak of classified military documents from his time as an army lawyer in Afghanistan.
In a candid conversation with senior Good Weekend writer Jane Cadzow, he speaks about what led him to do it, the personal fallout and his complex relationship with his father William, who blew the whistle on problems with thalidomide in the 1960s before his own fall from grace.
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In this episode, we take an exclusive peek into a groundbreaking Melbourne trial into the use of psychedelics for the terminally ill, to help ease their end-of-life angst. Joining us to discuss the trial are psychiatrist Dr. Justin Dwyer, one half of the clinical research team coordinating the three and a half year effort, and journalist Kate Cole-Adams, who has been following the process and has written our cover story this week, ‘My brain was being reworked’. Hosting the conversation is Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan.
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As CEO and founder of national charity organisation The Man Cave, Hunter Johnson helps young men build self-esteem and emotional resilience, while arming them with the tools to navigate the sometimes toxic 'manosphere'.
In this episode of Good Weekend Talks, senior writer Melissa Fyfe talks to Johnson about his youth at an elite high school, his journaling practice, visiting Buckingham Palace - even working with Harry and Meghan - while creating a brand of toiletries for young men.
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He's toured the world as a rock star, but ended up in Hobart running an arts festival.
In this episode of Good Weekend Talks, Brian Ritchie, bass player for American folk punk band Violent Femmes speaks to The Age arts editor Elizabeth Flux about his career in music, how he became artistic director for Mona Foma, his friendship with the eccentric head of MONA, David Walsh, and how the Shakuhachi flute keeps him grounded.
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In this episode, we speak with actor Eric Bana and director Robert Connolly about their new film, Force of Nature, a sequel to their 2020 smash it, The Dry.
Hosting this conversation about their shared work experience, leeches on location, and filming in frigid and wet Victorian forests, is senior culture writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Karl Quinn.
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In this episode, we speak with neuroscientist Joel Pearson, author of a new book, The Intuition Toolkit, about the science behind intuition and how we can harness that to make better decisions.
Joel explains what happens when we experience the powerful gut feelings and hunches or as he prefers to define them, the learned productive use of unconscious information.
Hosting this conversation is Good Weekend senior writer, Amanda Hooton.
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In this episode of Good Weekend Talks, we go to Melbourne Park - home of the Australian Open - and speak to former tennis star, author, and now inspirational Nine commentator, Jelena Dokic.
Jelena burst onto the scene in 1999, when she was just 16. Ranked 129 in the world, she knocked over then world number 1, Martina Hingis, launching a career full of promise.
But behind closed doors, she had already survived a decade of abuse at the hands of her father. She famously overcame (or survived) that adversity, to eventually become the number four player in the world, before retiring from the game 10 years ago.
She speaks with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall about fleeing war, mental health, body positivity, online abuse, and who will win the women's final this year.
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Do affairs run in families? Are there seven stages to go through after discovering your spouse has cheated on you? What is the best way to move on?
Journalist Kate Legge delves into these questions and more - with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland - after discovering not only that her husband had cheated on her, but that their son had cheated on his partner too, and that her husband's father and grandmother had both also had affairs.
This episode first aired on February 18, 2023.
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We talk with Hugh Van Cuylenburg, a former teacher turned podcaster and public speaker who founded the Resilience Project and co-hosts The Imperfects podcast. Van Cuylenburg talks to Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall about the twists and turns in his own life, the lessons he wants to impart to others and why he loves a good long run.
This episode first aired on April 14, 2023.
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In this episode we speak with Nagi Maehashi, the creator of cult cooking website, RecipeTin Eats, which has grown into a global success story since it launched almost a decade ago. Nagi Maehashi talks with us about what inspired her to start cooking her obsessive testing process and how her former career as an auditor helped make her business so strong.
And hosting this discussion, which includes generous mention of Maehashi’s much loved sidekick Dozer - a golden retriever almost as popular as her food - is senior culture writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald Kerrie O’Brien.
This episode first aired on April 6, 2023.
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We talk with veteran Aussie actor Guy Pearce, whose career now spans four decades, from his debut as a novice straight out of high school in Neighbours, via Hollywood movies like LA Confidential and international hits like The King's Speech, to high-end TV series such as Jack Irish and Mare of Easttown and his new show coming out shortly on Disney+ - The Clearing - an eight-part thriller set in Victoria.
Hosting this conversation - about everything from how fatherhood has changed him, to his itinerant global life, to how he really feels about the Neighbours reboot, is senior culture writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Karl Quinn.
This episode first aired on May 19, 2023.
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In this episode, Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland sits down with senior writer Konrad Marshall to discuss what makes a great magazine feature, what Marshall learnt from his early days working for small town American newspapers and how, in an increasingly media-managed world, the specialist craft of longform writing is changing.
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In this episode we speak with Nick Bryant, author, former BBC correspondent and occasional columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, about the big events across the globe this year. Unlike the so-called Roaring 1920s, Bryant notes that the 2020s have gotten off to a rather wretched start. From war in the Middle East to the harsh effects of climate change, to the consolidation of power by strongmen such as Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping, Bryant laments the state of play right now. And that's before we even get to the spectre of another Donald Trump term in the White House.
Hosting this conversation, which also canvasses some of the high points of the year, from our fervour for the Matilda's to the Barbie and Taylor Swift phenomena, is the editor of Good Weekend, Katrina Strickland.
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In this episode, we speak with Hollywood director, actor, screenwriter and producer Taika Waititi. The Kiwi filmmaker is the man behind New Zealand films, Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, as well as global blockbusters like Thor: Love and Thunder, and critically acclaimed Holocaust dramedy JoJo Rabbit.
Hosting the conversation about his latest movie, Next Goal Wins starring Michael Fassbender, and how Waititi has been, for the past 22 years, flying to NZ from wherever he is in the world to play rugby every Saturday (kidding!), is Good Weekend senior writer, Konrad Marshall.
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In this episode, we talk with Melbourne based transgender advocateSon Vivienne. Son is non binary and the chief of Transgender Victoria, which aims to improve social, economic and health outcomes for trans and gender diverse people.
Hosting this discussion on affirmative care, treatments and the realities of living as a gender diverse Australian is The Age senior writer, Michael Bachelard.
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In this episode, we talk with Melbourne based research scientist Tim Moss about the controversial claim that human sperm is in precipitous decline. So are we all doomed - or is the research not quite as definitive as it seems?
Hosting this conversation on fertility, masculinity and tight underwear is Good Weekend senior writer, Tim Elliott.
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In this episode, we speak with singer Marcia Hines about her family ties, arriving in Australia aged 16 and pregnant, her deep connection to music and her enduring appeal.
Hosting a conversation that also covers her latest album, The Gospel According to Marcia, as well as upcoming gigs in the stage version of Grease and as a returning judge on Australian Idol, is The Age culture writer and unabashed Marcia fan, Michael Lallo.
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In 2020, former Victorian state MP Tim Holding and fiancée Felicity Selkirk purchased a crumbling 18th century French chateau and set about restoring it. The monumental, multi-year renovation has drained their patience - and bank balance - but become one of the most rewarding things they've ever embarked upon.
Hosting a conversation about why they decided to do it in the first place, what it's taught them about themselves and each other, and living in the French countryside, is Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe.
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In this episode, Booker Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan discusses everything from his latest novel, Question 7 – from his near-death experience as a young man kayaking on the Franklin River to his decision to become a novelist as a four-year-old, and how his connection to Tasmania dates back to the first convicts.
Hosting the conversation about the difficulties of forgetting, remembering and writing about the past is Spectrum editor and culture writer Melanie Kembrey.
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On this episode, journalist and bestselling author Julia Baird speaks about her latest book, Bright Shining, which explores the role of grace in our lives: what it is, where to find it, and how to cultivate it. Hosting the conversation is Good Weekend senior writer, Amanda Hooton.
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On today’s episode we talk to Jodi Matterson, the most important person in Australian film and TV that you've likely never heard of. This powerhouse of the screen is behind everything from the Naomi Watts film Penguin Bloom, to the Nicole Kidman series Nine Perfect Strangers. She speaks about her globetrotting life, and how she fell into the career in the first place.
Hosting this discussion is Good Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton.
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In this episode, Australian thriller writer Matthew Reilly talks about his writing life in Los Angeles, what it was like to make the film Interceptor and how long it takes to know if you've got a Netflix hit (hint: not long at all).
Hosting the conversation is Books Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Jason Steger.
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In this episode, we talk with former Olympic champion Kieren Perkins. The swimmer had an amazing career in the pool, including winning consecutive individual gold medals through the 1990s. Since then he's worked in leadership, consultancy and banking - and for the past 18 months, at the Australian Sports Commission, as CEO of an organisation charged with fostering Australia's Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth games sports.
Hosting the conversation is Good Weekend senior writer, Konrad Marshall.
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In this episode, we speak to the former frontman for The Cruel Sea, Tex Perkins, who’s currently on tour playing the hits of the legendary Johnny Cash. In conversation with Karl Quinn, Perkins discusses everything from performance anxiety and growing up in Brisbane to the pros and cons of playing Cash’s songs to the inmates of a maximum security prison.
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On this episode, we speak to the world’s leading melanoma pathologist, professor Richard Scolyer, about the tumour found in his brain earlier this year, and how he decided to see himself as a guinea pig, adapting his pioneering approach to melanoma to solving the riddle of brain tumours like his own.
He’s joined by his close friend and colleague from Melanoma Institute Australia, professor Georgina Long, with Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott hosting a discussion about cancer treatments, grief - and how you respond when death appears to be a certainty.
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On today’s episode, former AFL player, coach and transgender advocate Danielle May Laidley opens up about her battle with gender dysphoria and how reconnecting with her childhood sweetheart, plus her friends from footy, helped her get through her lowest points. Plus, what the future holds and whether she will one day return to the AFL.
Hosting the conversation is the co-author of Laidley’s memoir, Don’t Look Away, senior writer for Good Weekend,Konrad Marshall.
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On this episode, we speak to former Newcastle Knights player Alex McKinnon, whose life was changed forever when a tackle left him a quadriplegic almost a decade ago. Today, he opens up about his injury, how it made him a better person, and how legendary coach Wayne Bennett helped him through that testing time.
Hosting the conversation is chief sports writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, Andrew Webster.
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In this episode, we speak with professor Martin Green from the University of New South Wales about the solar cell that's turbo-charging the take-up of solar energy around the globe.
Hosting the discussion about how Green and his colleagues developed the cell over many decades, what it means for the world and why, despite international accolades, he's not yet a household name is the environment and climate editor for The Sydney Morning Herald andThe Age, Nick O'Malley.
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On today’s episode we speak with journalist Madonna King about the growing global problem of "sextortion", in which teens are groomed online then extorted for money and/or explicit pictures. Madonna, who looks at the issue in her new book Saving Our Kids,speaks with Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe about the people and forces behind sextortion, the damage they're inflicting on our kids - and what parents can do about it.
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On today’s episode, we speak with British historian Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed: An Untold History. His discussion with Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan covers the way mankind has reacted to ecological shocks, our industrial enslavement of animals, the threat of new pandemics - and how, in the face of all this, he remains an optimist at heart.
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On this week’s episode of Good Weekend Talks we speak with journalist David Meagher, who has written a memoir, Secrets & Lies, about the sexual abuse and bullying he suffered at school, the drug use and suicidal ideation that followed, and what it felt like, four decades later, to help put his abuser in jail. He talks with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
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On today’s episode we speak with retired AFL star Joel Selwood, whose glittering resume includes premierships and all-Australian berths. He’s perhaps best known as the consummate captain, having lead the Geelong Cats for 10 years or 227 games - the most as a skipper in AFL history. Hosting a discussion about everything from head high tackles to concussion, fertility and disability to the balance between ruthlessness and kindness in sport, as well as Selwood's upcoming memoir, All In, is Good Weekend senior writer, Konrad Marshall.
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On today’s episode, we speak with former broadcaster Tracy Spicer about artificial intelligence, misogyny in the media and what it’s like living with long COVID. Her latest book, Man-Made, examines the rapidly developing world of technology, which she says is fraught with danger, posing a real risk to the gains made by the civil rights movement.
And hosting this conversation about bias in machine learning, living with a disability and indigenous women as the world’s first coders - is senior culture writer at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Kerrie O’Brien.
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This week, we speak to writer Tim Winton about his campaign to save the remote, pristine ecosystems around Ningaloo, in north-west Western Australia.
The award-winning author has produced a documentary about the battle to protect this beautiful reef and the land that surrounds it from numerous threats including salt mines, oil and gas pipelines and a deep water port proposed for the middle of a humpback whale refuge.
Hosting the conversation is Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott.
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On today’s episode, we speak to actor Rachel Ward, the subject of our recent cover story Promised Land. The Thorn Birds star is married to Bryan Brown, lives on a property in the Nambucca Valley on the mid-north coast of NSW. And in the past three years, Ward has been on a transformative journey, away from traditional farming techniques, to a fully-fledged regenerative practice.And hosting this discussion, about regenerative farming's role in reducing climate change and Ward’s upcoming documentary about her life on the land, is freelance writer Candida Baker.
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On today's episode, we speak to broadcaster Myf Warhurst about her eclectic career in radio and TV, including the music knowledge that made her both a Eurovision commentator and a Spicks and Specs favorite, as well as her current stage role playing the narrator in a new production of the Rocky Horror Show. Not to mention a recurring gig on the animated global hit Bluey.
Hosting the conversation - from being a foster parent and her documentary about menopause - is Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe.
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On today’s episode, we speak with Nick McKenzie, an investigative journalist with The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald about his work with Chris Masters uncovering shocking alleged war crimes by former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith – and the defamation case that followed. McKenzie, the winner of 14 Walkley awards, joins us to talk about criminals, victims and public-interest journalism as well as his new book Crossing The Line: The Explosive Inside Story Behind The Headlines, out June 28.Hosting this conversation is The Age senior writer and former investigations editor Michael Bachelard.
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On today’s episode, we speak to Lucinda Williams, the multiple Grammy-award winner based in Nashville, about everything from the power of protest songs to America as a divided nation, her outrage at censorship and the need for truth in art, as well as song-writing and the joy of collaborating with Bruce Springsteen. And hosting this conversation with Lucinda, about life after her recent stroke and writing her new memoir Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You, is senior culture writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Kerrie O’Brien.
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In this episode, we talk to Australian journalist and podcaster, Mark Fennell, about his new SBS documentary, The Kingdom,which explores the rise of Hillsong church, a powerhouse in the Pentecostal movement, not just in Australia, but worldwide.The conversation examines everything from the show biz side of the congregation - music, lights, and razzle dazzle - to the business model that brings billions of dollars into the church coffers.Hosting this conversation, on everything from Fennell’s upbringing in the evangelical movement to the confrontation and catharsis of making a doco about it, is Good Weekend senior writer, Tim Elliott.
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This week, we talk to senior curator of the First People’s collection at the Melbourne Museum, Kimberley Moulton, about the work done and never forgotten by a long line of local Indigenous leaders and activists, to the pressing need to locate ancestral belongings locked away in museums around the world.
Hosting this conversation - about country, ancient systems of knowledge and exploring Indigenous stories through contemporary art, is senior culture writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Kerrie O’Brien.
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This week, we talk to rebel Liberal MP Bridget Archer, who has crossed the floor 27 times since she joined federal parliament in 2019. Archer is calling for a revolution to take back the Liberal Party which she believes has strayed too far to the right and away from mainstream Australia.
Hosting this conversation about everything from Archer’s near death experience to her early years as a survivor of childhood sexual trauma, is Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe.
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This week we talk with veteran Aussie actor Guy Pearce, whose career now spans four decades, from his debut as a novice straight out of high school in Neighbours, via Hollywood movies like LA Confidential and international hits like The King's Speech, to high-end TV series such as Jack Irish and Mare of Easttown and his new show coming out shortly on Disney+ - The Clearing - an eight-part thriller set in Victoria.
Hosting this conversation - about everything from how fatherhood has changed him, to his itinerant global life, to how he really feels about the Neighbours reboot, is senior culture writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Karl Quinn.
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This week we talk with journalist Paddy Manning, author of the 2022 book The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch. Manning is no stranger to writing about powerful people, having previously penned biographies of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former mining billionaire Nathan Tinkler.
He's also working on a PhD, A Century of News Corporation, and is appearing soon at both the Sydney and Byron writers festivals. Hosting this conversation about everything from Rupert and Lachlan, Crikey and Dominion, Tucker and Trump and Succession for the Murdoch empire is the editor of Good Weekend, Katrina Strickland.
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This week we talk with actor, writer and director Matt Nable about his unlikely shift from professional rugby league and boxing into film and television, where he's played tough guys in shows such as Underbelly, Bikie Wars, The Dry and Mr Inbetween; penned his own screenplays and novels (from the comfort of his car) and recently, turned his hand to directing.
Nable talks about all this plus the benefits of being a military kid, coming to terms with his beloved brother's motor neurone disease, and his own mental health issues, in a conversation hosted by The Sydney Morning Herald senior writer Garry Maddox.
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In this episode, we talk with revered songwriter Don Walker who joins us in the studio for a chat about his time penning hits with Cold Chisel, including everything from Khe Sanh to Flame Trees, as well as his own new album, Lightning In a Clear Blue Sky and the tour he's about to kick off next month. Hosting this conversation is music writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Martin Bolton.
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This week we talk with champion soccer player and co-chair of the Australian Republic Movement, Craig Foster, about everything from the upcoming coronation of King Charles to matters much closer to home, including the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the Voice to parliament. As well: how as a country we’re at an important inflection point, grappling with the legacy of colonisation and dispossession, genocide and racism.
The conversation, hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Jane Cadzow, also explores Foster’s childhood in Lismore, along with the many campaigns he has waged on behalf of asylum seekers and the personal toll of such humanitarian crusades.
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This week we talk with Hugh Van Cuylenburg, a former teacher turned podcaster and public speaker who founded the Resilience Project and co-hosts The Imperfects podcast. Van Cuylenburg talks to Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall about the twists and turns in his own life, the lessons he wants to impart to others and why he loves a good long run.
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In this episode we speak with Nagi Maehashi, the creator of cult cooking website, RecipeTin Eats, which has grown into a global success story since it launched almost a decade ago. Nagi Maehashi talks with us about what inspired her to start cooking her obsessive testing process and how her former career as an auditor helped make her business so strong.
And hosting this discussion, which includes generous mention of Maehashi’s much loved sidekick Dozer - a golden retriever almost as popular as her food - is senior culture writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald Kerrie O’Brien.
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In this episode, we speak with outgoing sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins. Jenkins speaks about everything from the conversations we have about respect and harassment of women to the way the legal system is equipped or not to deal with sexual assault.
Hosting this discussion about prosecution and conviction, sons and daughters politics and people - is expert columnist and senior writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Jacqueline Maley.
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Currently touring Australia, singer songwriter Billy Bragg is celebrating 40 years since the release of his first album. Hosting this chat was senior culture writer Kerrie O’Brien, who leads a discussion about everything from life in the United Kingdom after Brexit – “We soiled ourselves publicly,” Bragg says – to the fact the world will be watching as we vote on introducing an Indigenous Voice to parliament. As an Englishman, Bragg argues he has “skin in the game”, and sees this as an opportunity to “right a terrible, historic wrong”.
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It’s been a big start to the year for Michael Cassel. The theatrical producer moved the mega-hit Hamilton to Brisbane (and brought creator Lin Manuel Miranda to Australia to meet the team and promote the production). He opened the juggernaut Mary Poppins in Melbourne to rave reviews. Then finally, he launched & Juliet – a Broadway darling based on the songs of international hitmaker Max Martin, who was flown in from Sweden for opening night.
In this episode, Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland chats to Cassel about everything from what he learnt from Harry M Miller and Alan Jones, to the theatre shortage in Sydney, to his hopes for a new show based on the songs of John Farnham.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis had a nickname growing up. The boy with the unpronounceable surname was dubbed “Mr Alphabet”. As the child of Greek immigrants, the now CEO and founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre thus grew up with an acute appreciation of the otherness experienced by refugees, and the need to wrap your arms around such people.
“You understand the importance of what we call ‘philoxenia’ in Greek culture, which is to welcome and accept the stranger,” he says. “Everything I do comes from an understanding of where I come from, what I’ve been through, and how lucky I am to be here," he tells Konrad Marshall, senior writer for Good Weekend Magazine.
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In this episode we speak with British TV presenter and doctor Michael Mosley, whose brush with type two diabetes introduced him to intermittent fasting and led to a documentary: Eat, Fast and Live Longer, which helped popularise the 5:2 dieting regimen around the world.Mosley is in Australia right now researching sleep and also for a national speaking tour this month.
Hosting this chat with him about everything from hunger as the driver of intelligence, to unlocking the power of push ups and squats in the morning - is Kerrie O’Brien, a senior culture writer with The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Fans of Australian Survivor would have been unsurprised to see writer Benjamin Law voted off the show earlier this week. Law had been on the outs with other players since the beginning, never able to form true alliances despite his best efforts – a necessity when looking to advance in the game – and repeatedly labelled by a number of players as “shifty”.
But his exit has kickstarted a larger discussion about the way people of colour can be “disadvantaged” on the show, and the issue of diversity on Australian TV more generally. “I think there’s a real opportunity for Survivor, and all Australian shows, to be bringing a better mix [to the cast]," said Law while speaking to culture writer for The Age, Meg Watson this week's episode.
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Do affairs run in families? Are there seven stages to go through after discovering your spouse has cheated on you? What is the best way to move on?
Journalist Kate Legge delves into these questions and more - with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland - after discovering not only that her husband had cheated on her, but that their son had cheated on his partner too, and that her husband's father and grandmother had both also had affairs.
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Isaac Humphries is the only pro male basketball player in the world who is currently playing and publicly gay, having made a tearful, viral announcement to his Melbourne United teammates late last year.
The 25-year-old stands 211 centimetres tall and is known for his defensive “beast mode” qualities on court, but in this conversation with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall, Humphries shows his thoughtful side, stepping listeners through the private pain of the coming out process, including his decision to become one of just a handful of elite sportsmen playing today to share that side of themselves in public.
On the eve of Sydney WorldPride 2023, Humphries also details the aftermath of that decision, both good and bad.
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When your resume of theatrical smash hits includes Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Oliver, it might seem safe to assume you have the Midas touch for staging musicals. But the industry’s global doyen, Cameron Mackintosh, takes nothing for granted.
Mackintosh is in Melbourne right now for the opening of one of his other shows –Mary Poppins. Recording from within Her Majesty’s Theatre, he chats with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall, about singing and stagecraft – and sales within a creative yet cutthroat field.
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For all the talk about our fractured attention spans and ability to still read books, when a new phenomenon hits the shelves, we crack open the covers.
“If Harry Potter is delivered, what do we see? We see kids who are apparently distractible and distracted with their noses in their books - and they can’t be prised away from reading,” says Adelaide Writers’ Week director Louise Adler.
In this episode, Adler talks all things books and publishing with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland. A former CEO of Melbourne University Publishing and one-time publisher-at-large at Hachette, Adler was speaking ahead of her first Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from March 4 to 9 in the South Australian capital.
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Australia is rushing towards a filmmaking crisis due to the paucity of locally-produced shows on which up-and-coming writers, directors and other key creatives can develop their skills. So says acclaimed producer Tony Ayres, whose hit shows include Glitch, Stateless, The Slap, Barracuda, Seven Types of Ambiguity and Clickbait.
In this episode, Ayres discusses the skills shortage he expects to hit in about five years time, along with the high and low points of his own career and life, with senior culture writer Karl Quinn.
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A premiership medal has so far eluded Melbourne’s captain Daisy Pearce, widely regarded face of the AFLW, but the Demons star says her football journey has been “so much more than that”, as she’s found fulfilment outside the flag dream.
Last season, when Melbourne made the grand final for the first time in competition history, a narrative was quickly created around “Do it for Daisy”. Pearce speaks to sports reporter for The Age, Marnie Vinall, about the upcoming preliminary final against North Melbourne at Ikon Park on Saturday, where the Demons are the strong favourites to progress into another grand final.
“The beauty of AFLW footy is the amount of time you spend together, and the time and level that you can connect on," says Pearce. "You know, people that just challenge and inspire every day, in all walks of life, not just to get better at footy, but just to be better in general, has been awesome."
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Paralympic gold medalist, winner of tennis’s uber-rare Golden Slam and Australian of the Year, Dylan Alcott feared he'd miss tennis when he stopped playing earlier this year. He didn't - not one jot.
In this relaunch episode of Good Weekend Talks, Alcott discusses with Konrad Marshall his post-tennis career plans, what he really wants to achieve as Australian of the Year, and why people with disabilities, aka "natural born problem solvers", make for great employees.
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In this special longer-length episode, hosted by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, Kylie Moore-Gilbert talks about everything from the psychotic Revolutionary Guard who fell in love with her, to the federal government’s campaign to get her out of prison via quiet diplomatic means (she argues it only worked after the media started reporting her case), to the difficulty of rebuilding her life at home in Australia.
Good Weekend senior writer Jane Cadzow, who was given the first interview with Moore-Gilbert for our recent cover story, Prisoner 97029, says the complete isolation appeared to be one of the hardest things for Moore-Gilbert to have had to endure.
You can read Jane's story, Terror, loneliness, a lovesick guard: Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s 804 days in a Tehran jail, here.
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Julie Inman Grant leads the world’s first regulatory agency designed to keep people safe online, after an influential career working with US Congress, as well as in senior positions at Silicon Valley giants Microsoft and Twitter.
But she’s also just a mum, albeit one who understands better than most the pressures parents face in keeping their kids out of harm’s way online.
Inman Grant speaks with senior writer Konrad Marshall about the kind of disturbing content that comes through her office; what parents should and should not do to help their kids navigate the online world; and how she deals with all this in her own family dynamics.
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Ben Crowe has been mindset coach to the stars (including everyone from Ash Barty and Dylan Alcott, to Dustin Martin and Stephanie Gilmore) in a marketing and mentoring career spanning 25 years.
Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe recently profiled Crowe, examining his work counselling everyone from CEOs to students to soldiers, and now hosts an in-depth chat with the man himself.
In this episode, Crowe answers all the big questions: does a mindset coach need his own mindset coach? What is a ‘courage mantra’ - and how do you come up with one? What was Shane Warne really like? And what is the meaning of life?
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It’s been said that in longform journalism, there are no shortcuts.
To start, there’s the difficulty in gaining access to high profile subjects, then managing the public relations operatives keen to control any interaction. Next comes the balancing act between reporting and writing - between calling as many as 60 sources for a single story, then shaping that trove of raw material into 5000 words that command attention.
It’s a specialist craft, and in the final episode of Good Weekend Talks for 2022, Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland hosts a discussion with senior writers Jane Cadzow and Amanda Hooton. As veterans of the magazine, Cadzow and Hooton have mastered the process, developing that all important nose for the story, eye for detail and ear for a quote.
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Wil Anderson has pinballed around the ABC since the early 2000's, hosting multiple TV shows, including The Gruen Transferand, most recently, Question Everything. He is one of Australia’s most accomplished TV talents, a stand-up comedian with 25 years under his belt and a Gold Logie nominee.
In this episode, he speaks with culture reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, Thomas Mitchell, about everything from whether the ABC supports young performers, to what it's like living with osteoarthritis (“some days I can walk fine, some days I am Keyser Söze”), to his new book, I Am Not Fine, Thanks.
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Amy Taylor’s music has taken her all over the world – from the UK to the US, Coachella to Glastonbury – but she definitely wasn’t expecting it to deliver an audience with the Prime Minister. Yet that’s precisely what happened on Wednesday, when the often foul-mouthed and always feminist frontwoman for ascendant Melbourne pub-punk band Amyl and the Sniffers was flown to Canberra for a meeting with Anthony Albanese.
In this episode, Taylor chats to Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall, author of the magazine’s profile of Taylor this weekend. Their conversation explored everything from the structural sexism that’s rife within the industry to the uncomfortable conversations Taylor is more than comfortable having.
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Professor Andrew Pask is head of the TIGRR Lab (short for Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research) at the University of Melbourne, leading the charge to extract DNA from a Tasmanian tiger pelt sample, and genomes from thylacine relatives, to build a new genome for the de-extinction of the Tasmanian tiger - a possibility that’s closer to reality than science fiction.
Hosting the podcast conversation this week – about everything from conservation to venture capitalism – is national science reporter for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Liam Mannix.
Mannix was one of a host of experts from our newsrooms who helped compile our list of “52 New Makers of 2022” – an annual issue of the magazine that honours those who rose to prominence in the year in question, from a range of fields – including everything from sport to business to politics to fashion and science.
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A premiership medal has so far eluded Melbourne’s captain Daisy Pearce, widely regarded face of the AFLW, but the Demons star says her football journey has been “so much more than that”, as she’s found fulfilment outside the flag dream.
Last season, when Melbourne made the grand final for the first time in competition history, a narrative was quickly created around “Do it for Daisy”. Pearce speaks to sports reporter for The Age, Marnie Vinall, about the upcoming preliminary final against North Melbourne at Ikon Park on Saturday, where the Demons are the strong favourites to progress into another grand final.
“The beauty of AFLW footy is the amount of time you spend together, and the time and level that you can connect on," says Pearce. "You know, people that just challenge and inspire every day, in all walks of life, not just to get better at footy, but just to be better in general, has been awesome."
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Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has compared his tough upbringing under his late father to that of Jelena Dokic and Andre Agassi but concedes it made him the coach he is today.
"He was hard on me but I look at it now and there was a method to his madness. That’s how fathers were," Arnold tells chief sports writer of the Sydney Morning Herald, Andrew Webster in this episode.
Arnold speaks about Australia's win against Peru earlier this year, family and upbringing, and preparations for the Socceroos World Cup campaign this November.
You can read Andrew's full story here.
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Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has compared his tough upbringing under his late father to that of Jelena Dokic and Andre Agassi but concedes it made him the coach he is today.
"He was hard on me but I look at it now and there was a method to his madness. That’s how fathers were," Arnold tells chief sports writer of the Sydney Morning Herald, Andrew Webster in this episode.
Arnold speaks about Australia's win against Peru earlier this year, family and upbringing, and preparations for the Socceroos World Cup campaign this November.
You can read Andrew's full story here.
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If there is one common denominator to all sex cults, it’s the exploitation of women, with an estimated 40 per cent of female participants suffering sexual abuse, according to a new book called Cult Trip by New Zealand-based journalist Anke Richter.
In this episode, Richter speaks with deputy editor Greg Callaghan about her 10-year-long investigations into sex cults, which began with her own participation in a festival of sexual freedom. “Cult followers are not what we think they’re like. They’re actually people like you and me who are out to improve ourselves,” explains Richter.
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If there is one common denominator to all sex cults, it’s the exploitation of women, with an estimated 40 per cent of female participants suffering sexual abuse, according to a new book called Cult Trip by New Zealand-based journalist Anke Richter.
In this episode, Richter speaks with deputy editor Greg Callaghan about her 10-year-long investigations into sex cults, which began with her own participation in a festival of sexual freedom. “Cult followers are not what we think they’re like. They’re actually people like you and me who are out to improve ourselves,” explains Richter.
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A great interview has range and depth, humour and pathos, and who better to deliver that than Wendy Whiteley, former wife of the late artist Brett Whiteley and creator of Wendy’s Secret Garden in Sydney’s Lavender Bay, in discussion with her friend, journalist Ashleigh Wilson, who has just written a book – Ayear with Wendy: Conversations about Art – to be released next week by Text Publishing.
In this episode, Whiteley opens up about everything from the way great women are hidden within our histories (including her own), to the “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll" of 1960s London and New York, to the rubbish dump out the front of her home in Lavender Bay that she turned into a heritage-listed garden.
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A great interview has range and depth, humour and pathos, and who better to deliver that than Wendy Whiteley, former wife of the late artist Brett Whiteley and creator of Wendy’s Secret Garden in Sydney’s Lavender Bay, in discussion with her friend, journalist Ashleigh Wilson, who has just written a book – Ayear with Wendy: Conversations about Art – to be released next week by Text Publishing.
In this episode, Whiteley opens up about everything from the way great women are hidden within our histories (including her own), to the “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll" of 1960s London and New York, to the rubbish dump out the front of her home in Lavender Bay that she turned into a heritage-listed garden.
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Three baby elephant calves are due for delivery at Melbourne Zoo in November, December and January, and it sounds as though their arrival is well timed.
Not only are the elephants due for transfer to an expansive new habitat in Werribee in 2024, but the zoo itself has adopted a new elephant-led approach to their care, in which the animals have greater autonomy - including everything from choosing when to offer up their ear for a blood test to when (and whether) they might enter a crate for transportation.
In an interview hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe - author of Baby Giants, our featured story this week - veteran zookeeper Lucy Truelson talks about everything from breeding in captivity to the splendour of working with a five tonne animal. “The key for us as zookeepers is delving into ‘How do these animals live in the wild?’" Truelson says. "Let’s learn about that, and then ask ‘How do we replicate that in their everyday care?’”
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Three baby elephant calves are due for delivery at Melbourne Zoo in November, December and January, and it sounds as though their arrival is well timed.
Not only are the elephants due for transfer to an expansive new habitat in Werribee in 2024, but the zoo itself has adopted a new elephant-led approach to their care, in which the animals have greater autonomy - including everything from choosing when to offer up their ear for a blood test to when (and whether) they might enter a crate for transportation.
In an interview hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe - author of Baby Giants, our featured story this week - veteran zookeeper Lucy Truelson talks about everything from breeding in captivity to the splendour of working with a five tonne animal. “The key for us as zookeepers is delving into ‘How do these animals live in the wild?’" Truelson says. "Let’s learn about that, and then ask ‘How do we replicate that in their everyday care?’”
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Australia is rushing towards a filmmaking crisis due to the paucity of locally-produced shows on which up-and-coming writers, directors and other key creatives can develop their skills. So says acclaimed producer Tony Ayres, whose hit shows include Glitch, Stateless, The Slap, Barracuda, Seven Types of Ambiguity and Clickbait.
On this week's episode Ayres discusses the skills shortage he expects to hit in about five years time, along with the high and low points of his own career and life, with senior culture writer Karl Quinn.
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Australia is rushing towards a filmmaking crisis due to the paucity of locally-produced shows on which up-and-coming writers, directors and other key creatives can develop their skills. So says acclaimed producer Tony Ayres, whose hit shows include Glitch, Stateless, The Slap, Barracuda, Seven Types of Ambiguity and Clickbait.
On this week's episode Ayres discusses the skills shortage he expects to hit in about five years time, along with the high and low points of his own career and life, with senior culture writer Karl Quinn.
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After years of pandemic-restricted movement, travel is back with a vengeance. The past three months have been the busiest in two years, says Michelle Rheinberger from boutique travel company Adventum Travel.
Rheinberger speaks with Good Weekendsenior writer Amanda Hooton in this episode of Good Weekend Talks about our increasing desire for deep immersion over tick-things-off vacations, what her move to the NSW town of Millthorpe taught her about regional hospitality, and the things you shouldn't leave home without.
“I definitely think people are doing shorter, more experience-based journeys,” says Rheinberger, “rather than the 55-countries-in-three-weeks kind of thing, ticking the names off the list.”
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After years of pandemic-restricted movement, travel is back with a vengeance. The past three months have been the busiest in two years, says Michelle Rheinberger from boutique travel company Adventum Travel.
Rheinberger speaks with Good Weekendsenior writer Amanda Hooton in this episode of Good Weekend Talks about our increasing desire for deep immersion over tick-things-off vacations, what her move to the NSW town of Millthorpe taught her about regional hospitality, and the things you shouldn't leave home without.
“I definitely think people are doing shorter, more experience-based journeys,” says Rheinberger, “rather than the 55-countries-in-three-weeks kind of thing, ticking the names off the list.”
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Nearly two decades ago, Professor Fiona Wood was the face of Australia’s response to the Bali bombings – the single largest loss of life due to an act of terror in our national history. The plastic and reconstructive surgeon was the co-creator of a revolutionary burns treatment known as spray-on skin, which helped save the lives of many Bali bombings victims.
This October 12 will mark the 20-year anniversary of those attacks. In the intervening years, Wood has continued to drive groundbreaking research into burns trauma, developing a cream to take away scars, 3D skin printing and an "iKnife" that can tell the difference between living and dead skin cells.
“Accidents happen and lives change in an instant," Wood tells Amanda Hooton on this episode of Good Weekend Talks. "To be able to do this better, to reduce that suffering, remains my passion.”
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Nearly two decades ago, Professor Fiona Wood was the face of Australia’s response to the Bali bombings – the single largest loss of life due to an act of terror in our national history. The plastic and reconstructive surgeon was the co-creator of a revolutionary burns treatment known as spray-on skin, which helped save the lives of many Bali bombings victims.
This October 12 will mark the 20-year anniversary of those attacks. In the intervening years, Wood has continued to drive groundbreaking research into burns trauma, developing a cream to take away scars, 3D skin printing and an "iKnife" that can tell the difference between living and dead skin cells.
“Accidents happen and lives change in an instant," Wood tells Amanda Hooton on this episode of Good Weekend Talks. "To be able to do this better, to reduce that suffering, remains my passion.”
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Grace Tame admits that “sometimes I can be too rigid in my opinions” but she makes no apology for her obstinacy in advocating for survivors of child sexual abuse, pointing to a law change in the Australian Capital Territory as her first victory.
“It has translated into a reality of dissolving and redirecting the shame … we’ve seen a law change in the ACT,” she says. “Just to change that word, to remove that word ‘relationship’ from the crime of persistent child sexual abuse, that’s a huge thing.”
Tame joins Jacqueline Maley, columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, in this episode to discuss the importance of advocating for sexual abuse survivors, what it was like to live in the Australian of the Year glare, and what drove her to pen her upcoming memoir, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner.
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Grace Tame admits that “sometimes I can be too rigid in my opinions” but she makes no apology for her obstinacy in advocating for survivors of child sexual abuse, pointing to a law change in the Australian Capital Territory as her first victory.
“It has translated into a reality of dissolving and redirecting the shame … we’ve seen a law change in the ACT,” she says. “Just to change that word, to remove that word ‘relationship’ from the crime of persistent child sexual abuse, that’s a huge thing.”
Tame joins Jacqueline Maley, columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, in this episode to discuss the importance of advocating for sexual abuse survivors, what it was like to live in the Australian of the Year glare, and what drove her to pen her upcoming memoir, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner.
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It’s been a big year for Anita Heiss, author, playwright, public speaker and University of Queensland academic.
In May, she won the Indigenous Writers Prize at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. In June, she was appointed a member of the Order of Australia. And this month sees the release of an anthology of personal stories by Wiradjuri elders, which Heiss, herself a Wiradjuri woman, has edited. Topping that off, her first play, adapted from her novel Tiddas, is on at Brisbane’s La Boite Theatre. Oh, and she ran three marathons between the ages of 49 and 51.
“I’ve had a lot of proud achievements,” she tells Konrad Marshall on this week’s Good Weekend Talks. “I was the first person in my family to go to university ... and then the first indigenous person to graduate from what is now known as Western Sydney University. Being a creative and being an author, I would have to say that my novel on the great flood of Gundagai is my greatest creative achievement. But having said that, we are in the middle of my play. So in two weeks’ time, I might have a different answer in that space!”
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It’s been a big year for Anita Heiss, author, playwright, public speaker and University of Queensland academic.
In May, she won the Indigenous Writers Prize at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. In June, she was appointed a member of the Order of Australia. And this month sees the release of an anthology of personal stories by Wiradjuri elders, which Heiss, herself a Wiradjuri woman, has edited. Topping that off, her first play, adapted from her novel Tiddas, is on at Brisbane’s La Boite Theatre. Oh, and she ran three marathons between the ages of 49 and 51.
“I’ve had a lot of proud achievements,” she tells Konrad Marshall on this week’s Good Weekend Talks. “I was the first person in my family to go to university ... and then the first indigenous person to graduate from what is now known as Western Sydney University. Being a creative and being an author, I would have to say that my novel on the great flood of Gundagai is my greatest creative achievement. But having said that, we are in the middle of my play. So in two weeks’ time, I might have a different answer in that space!”
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The members of Geelong’s Back to Back Theatre had no idea they were about to be awarded the so-called “Nobel Prize for theatre” – the International Ibsen Award – when they sat down for a Zoom meeting in March with Norway's Ministry of Culture.
In this episode, the company's artistic director, Bruce Gladwin, tells Good Weekendeditor Katrina Strickland about that happy phone call, what the prize money will mean for the 35 year old company, and how he and a core ensemble of actors who are neuro-diverse or have intellectual disabilities, create work in regional Victoria that then tours the world.
"[The prize] means we can go into the studio and start playing with ideas without the pressure of having to justify what we’re doing to potential funding partners,” says Gladwin, who will pick up the award in Oslo on September 18.
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The members of Geelong’s Back to Back Theatre had no idea they were about to be awarded the so-called “Nobel Prize for theatre” – the International Ibsen Award – when they sat down for a Zoom meeting in March with Norway's Ministry of Culture.
In this episode, the company's artistic director, Bruce Gladwin, tells Good Weekendeditor Katrina Strickland about that happy phone call, what the prize money will mean for the 35 year old company, and how he and a core ensemble of actors who are neuro-diverse or have intellectual disabilities, create work in regional Victoria that then tours the world.
"[The prize] means we can go into the studio and start playing with ideas without the pressure of having to justify what we’re doing to potential funding partners,” says Gladwin, who will pick up the award in Oslo on September 18.
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As the Director of Content for Netflix Australia, Que Minh Luu is one of the most influential people on the Australian TV landscape. In this episode, she talks soapies, streaming and representation with culture news editor Osman Faruqi.
Luu discusses one of her most significant commissions, a reboot of Heartbreak High, as well as Netflix's goals in the local market, the desire for shows that reflect the diversity of the community, and the need to balance idealism with audience expectations.
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As the six-month anniversary of her Stella Prize win approaches, First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen has issued a call-to-arms to the arts and publishing industries: don’t let verse slip through the cracks and ensure your attempts at inclusion are more than tokenistic.
Earlier this year Araluen became the first person to win the $60,000 Stella prize for a book of poetry – Dropbear – which has since gone on to sell nearly 15,000 copies.
Araluen discusses the importance of writing, prize money, self-doubt and Instagram T-shirts, but also concerns about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation, in an episode of Good Weekend Talks hosted by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald journalist Broede Carmody, a poet himself.
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A former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre and the Bolshoi Ballet, David Hallberg took over as artistic director of the Australian Ballet in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks with Amanda Hooton about the shift from dancing to directing - the loneliness but also the liberation, how he misses the sweat but loves not having to think about how his foot is turned.
He discusses, too, the shock of taking the reins at a major arts company as performances were cancelled en masse, his favourite Melbourne coffee haunts, the juggle of balancing tradition and innovation - and what's planned for 2023.
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Naive is a word no one would associate with Peggy O’Neal, except perhaps the woman herself - albeit eight years ago, when she became president of the Richmond Football Club. O’Neal was already the first female board member in the club’s history, but admits she simply didn’t recognise the significance of becoming the first female figurehead in AFL clubland -or the backlash it would spark.
Fast-forward almost a decade and O’Neal’s incredibly successful time at the helm of the club - an era that has produced three premierships and more than 100,000 members joining five years in a row -comes to an end this season.
Sunday’s match against Hawthorn is O'Neal's final time hosting an AFL president’s function and shespoke with senior writer Konrad Marshall in advance, about sexism and racism and mind games, but also her origin story, including getting her professional start as the first female lawyer at a top firm in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The cars with blown-out windscreens stood out, as did the demolished shopfronts. Things like this led photojournalist Andrew Quilty closer and closer to the heart of ground zero in Kabul, where a bomb had been detonated, following the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.
Quilty is the focus of a feature story in this Saturday’s Good Weekend — “As the Taliban advanced on Kabul, Andrew Quilty landed at its airport” — and the award-winning photographer is joined in conversation by the author of that piece, Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott, for a chat about life in that country before, during and after the withdrawal of US troops in 2021.
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Julie Inman Grant leads the world’s first regulatory agency designed to keep people safe online, after an influential career working with US Congress, as well as in senior positions at Silicon Valley giants Microsoft and Twitter. But she’s also just a mum, albeit one who understands better than most the pressures parents face in keeping their kids out of harm’s way online.
Inman Grant speaks with senior writer Konrad Marshall about the kind of disturbing content that comes through her office; what parents should and should not do to help their kids navigate the online world; and how she deals with all this in her own family dynamics.
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For independent MP Monique Ryan, unseating federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg at the May election was an incredible feeling. “It was the most fun night of my life,” Ryan says of becoming the member for Kooyong, a blue ribbon Victorian seat that had always been Liberal. “There’s no doubt about it.”
And yet in the wash up - assessing the three month election campaign and the three months since her win - she’s also come to see politics as a “very brutal blood sport”, filled with emotional and interpersonal challenges she simply didn't see coming. As she heads to Canberra, she freely admits she's on a very steep learning curve.
Ryan discusses her former life as a paediatrician, the election campaign and her hopes for the next three years with Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe, who penned today’s magazine cover story about Ryan.
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Ben Crowe has been mindset coach to the stars (including everyone from Ash Barty and Dylan Alcott, to Dustin Martin and Stephanie Gilmore) in a marketing and mentoring career spanning 25 years. Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe recently profiled Crowe, examining his work counseling everyone from CEOs to students to soldiers, and now hosts an in-depth chat with the man himself. In this latest episode of Good Weekend Talks - a magazine for your ears, in which top journalists from across The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age host discursive conversations with the people capturing the imagination of Australians right now - Crowe answers all the big questions. Does a mindset coach need his own mindset coach? What is a ‘courage mantra’ - and how do you come up with one? What was Shane Warne really like? And what is the meaning of life?
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Despite being the very public face of the Australian music industry’s #MeToo movement, singer Jaguar Jonze still feels gagged by the country’s onerous defamation laws.
The Taiwanese-Australian indie-pop darling was among the first to speak out against the poor treatment of women in the local music industry when she posted allegations on Twitter about being sexually assaulted by two producers in 2019.
Jonze speaks to host of sister podcast Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper about the cost of speaking out about poor behaviour in the music industry, in this episode of Good Weekend Talks.
Good Weekend Talks is a weekly podcast featuring conversations between journalists from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age with extraordinary people from across the country and beyond.
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Paralympic gold medalist, winner of tennis’s uber-rare Golden Slam and Australian of the Year, Dylan Alcott feared he'd miss tennis when he stopped playing earlier this year. He didn't - not one jot. On this, the relaunch episode of Good Weekend Talks, he discusses with Konrad Marshall his post-tennis career plans, what he really wants to achieve as Australian of the Year, and why people with disabilities, aka "natural born problem solvers", make for great employees.
Good Weekend Talks is a weekly podcast featuring conversations between journalists from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age with extraordinary people from across the country and beyond.
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They say the personal is political – that our own intimate experiences can’t help but inform larger social structures. The same is true in the stunning photographic work of visual artist Atong Atem, whose hyper-saturated images are at once joyous, traditional, surreal and deeply connected to her familial roots in South Sudan.
Atong Atem talks art, politics and family with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland on the latest episode of Good Weekend Talks. Atem is the inaugural recipient of the $80,000 La Prairie Art Award. It involves the acquisition by the Art Gallery of NSW of a large four-panel photographic self-portrait by Atem, and a residency at Art Basel in Switzerland, where the La Prairie skincare company is based, and where Atem will head later this month.
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We’ve all let half a loaf of bread grow mouldy, or purged our fridge of too many spoiled veggies. But you might be shocked by just how much produce we let wither and decompose.
The amount of food Australia throws away each year would, in fact, fill the MCG 10 times over. And we outperform other countries in what we throw away. But there are innovative minds trying to solve this problem. That much was detailed in our featured story this week, “Waste not want not” by freelance food writer Dani Valent, who joined us in this episode.
Chefs and bartenders, suppliers and tech wizards are all trying to make a difference in this space. One of them, Joshua Ball, the co-founder of imperfect produce distributor Farmers Pick, discusses reducing food waste with Dani and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
You can read Dani's story here.
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Sydney-born boxer George Kambosos jnr toiled in obscurity for years before becoming the lightweight champion of the world in November. His father, Jim Kambosos, makes no mistake about the source of that success.
In this episode, Kambosos snr speaks about what it’s like to manage the career of his champion son, and to be the father of a fighter.
Hosting the discussion is The Sydney Morning Herald chief sports writer Andrew Webster, the author of our cover story this week, “Lord of the ring”.
You can read Andrew's story here.
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Do you remember the moment you met each of your closest friends? Patti Miller has one such memory. The author was on a train, and something clicked between her and another girl – instantaneously – as if the same neural pathways were lighting up.
Miller is our guest in this episode, which looks at friendship. If there’s one thing the past two years has taught us, it’s the importance – and fragility – of friendships. Hosting this discussion - which also explores the growing body of scientific knowledge about how and why we bind to one another - is Good Weekend senior writer, Amanda Hooton.
You can read Amanda's story here.
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Athletes always remember their professional debut. It’s no different for umpires. For veteran AFL umpire Simon Meredith, his first game – Carlton versus North Melbourne in 2004 – was a close match at the MCG in front of 36,273 fans. He remembers the first free kick he paid.
Meredith has umpired 422 games (and counting), including 39 finals and six grand finals. But in a wide-ranging discussion on life as an AFL umpire he says it’s incredibly tough and demanding in a way few people see. In this episode he talks with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall, the author of “R.E.S.P.E.C.T”, our cover story looking at umpiring in an era of abuse.
You can read Konrad's story here.
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Dead cows pinned to barbed wire farm fences. Light aeroplanes washed off runways and bent around trees like rubber. Guinea pigs swimming in storm water, saved by townspeople in tinnies.
Freelance writer and Northern Rivers resident Candida Baker heard and saw it all during the catastrophic flooding on Australia’s east coast earlier this year.
Talking to Greg Callaghan, deputy editor of Good Weekend, Baker says the power of the water was inconceivable. “Nothing was spared,” she says. “Every single house, every single shop, every single building. The sight of huge shipping containers picked up and chucked around as if some sort of giant had just come along, twisting everything, almost for amusement.”
You can read Candida's story here.
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Anita Jacoby has always been curious about the world, which makes sense for a TV current affairs producer of 40 years’ standing. It’s no wonder then that Jacoby received a shock when she turned her investigative skills upon her beloved late dad. It’s a story that would ultimately become a book - Secrets Beyond the Screen - and is the subject of our feature this week, “Tall tales”, as well as the topic of discussion on this episode.
Hosted by the author of that piece, Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott, the episode examines Jacoby’s revelation that her father had two former wives, both of whom died by suicide. Her father was born in Germany in 1911, and moved through the First World War, the Spanish Flu pandemic, the Great Depression and the rise of Nazism.
You can read Tim's story here.
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If there are two sides to every story, untangling these perspectives is the often unenviable task faced by a journalist, as it was for Brisbane Times reporter Zach Hope, who followed the Darwin trial of Constable Zach Rolfe over the death of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker.
Hope joins us on an episode of Good Weekend Talks to discuss his magazine cover story - Broken Heart - about Walker, a troubled 19-year-old from Yuendumu who was shot by an Alice Springs policeman after the teenager resisted arrest.
Hosting this podcast chat is Greg Callaghan, the deputy editor of Good Weekend, who questions Hope about the nuances and underlying issues at play in a case as prominent and controversial as this one became.
You can read Hope's story here.
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Sex talk is seemingly ubiquitous in 21st century life, yet there's one topic that’s conspicuous by its absence: discussion of sexual problems. “What’s out there often gives the impression that everyone’s doing it all the time, and it’s always fantastic, so people feel so ashamed and embarrassed if they’re having any problems,” says Dr Anita Elias, head of the Sexual Medicine and Therapy Clinic at Monash Health.
Elias is our guest on this week's episode, along with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall. On the podcast, Elias and Marshall talk about the importance of normalising conversations about getting it on – from the heavy and heartfelt to the hilarious, which is also the subject of our cover story this week, Frisky Business. Written by Marshall, that story is a profile of sexologist Chantelle Otten, a high-profile champion of the sex-positive movement (and Dylan Alcott’s partner).
Hosting the podcast chat this week is Katrina Strickland, the editor of Good Weekend, asking questions about everything from the most common sexual ailments to the problematic intersection of sexology and the wellness industry, to the place of pornography in sex education.
You can read Marshall's story here.
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The thing Suzie Miller loves most about storytelling is the ability to interrogate the systems we’ve constructed as a society. “And of course,” she says, “the biggest one of all of those is the legal system.”
Miller and her work are the subject of Good Weekend’s cover story this week, “Second Act”, by London-based freelance writer Jane Wheatley, who joins the podcast from Britain along with Miller herself. Hosted by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, this episode explores everything from one-woman plays to #MeToo to book and screen deals for Miller and her upcoming Sydney Theatre Company debut – a play celebrating the life of the late American jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
You can read Suzie's story here.
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President Vladimir Putin’s war has meant that all Russians are at risk of looking like villains. But not all Russians support Vladimir Putin, and many of those who don’t feel a complicated mix of rage and shame – and a determination to do something to help Ukraine and to show the world that not all Russians support their country’s leader.
Take Melbourne journalist Sima Tsyskin – a member of Australia’s Russian diaspora and former executive producer for SBS Radio Russia – who joins this episode to discuss everything from the “skilfully designed bombardment” of propaganda in Russian state media to the chaos, corruption and robber banditry of the country’s oligarchs.
Hosted by Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan, the podcast conversation is based on Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott’s latest cover story – “NYET!” – in which he takes the temperature of the Russian diaspora in Australia.
You can read Tim Elliot's story here.
Correction: Sima Tsyskin is a former Executive Producer of the SBS Radio Russian program not a former Russia correspondent as stated in the episode.
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In this special longer-length episode, hosted by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, Kylie Moore-Gilbert talks about everything from the psychotic Revolutionary Guard who fell in love with her, to the federal government’s campaign to get her out of prison via quiet diplomatic means (she argues it only worked after the media started reporting her case), to the difficulty of rebuilding her life at home in Australia.
Good Weekend senior writer Jane Cadzow, who was given the first interview with Moore-Gilbert for our recent cover story, Prisoner 97029, says the complete isolation appeared to be one of the hardest things for Moore-Gilbert to have had to endure.
You can read Jane's story, Terror, loneliness, a lovesick guard: Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s 804 days in a Tehran jail, here.
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On the latest episode of Good Weekend Talks, freelance writer and former BBC correspondent Nick Bryant assesses the rise and fall of Prince Andrew, and explains how the fortunes of the Queen's favourite son have tracked those of his country.
Joining him on Good Weekend Talks is Rob Harris, Europe correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, who theorises that Prince Andrew's fall was less about his relationship with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and more about the car-crash interview he did with the BBC, in which he became “royal roadkill”. Hosting this chat is Greg Callaghan, deputy editor of Good Weekend Magazine.
You can read Nick Bryant's story, Fall of the Favourite, here.
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Clare Smyth is one of just seven female chefs worldwide with three Michelin stars. Having opened her first restaurant, Core, in London in 2017, Smyth opened her second restaurant, Oncore, in Sydney’s Barangaroo last November.
The Sydney Morning Herald chief restaurant critic Terry Durack gave the new venture three hats – the first time in almost 20 years the Herald has given a new restaurant three hats on its first outing.
Terry joins senior writer Amanda Hooton to chat about Smyth, the subject of our cover story this week in Good Weekend’s Autumn Style Edit. Hosting this chat is Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
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What is this grief? And why are we so silent about it?
These are just two of the questions that Sian Prior, a former columnist for The Age, set out to answer in her new book, Childless: A Story of Freedom and Longing. In this episode, we discuss the long road to acceptance faced by a rising tide of women in the West who wanted children but didn’t have them.
Hosted by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, this intensely personal, one-on-one discussion examines the particular grief and deep reckoning that comes with wanting a child and not having one, but also the unfair labels lobbed at childless women, including “selfish” or “careerist”.
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Melbourne-born, Sydney-based swimmer Chloë McCardel battles jellyfish, sharks, second-degree burns, heatstroke and near-drowning – all in a day or two’s work.
In the latest episode of Good Weekend Talks, we chat to the 36-year-old about the trials and tribulations – and appeal – of a professional life spent in open water. McCardel is the subject of our cover story this week – The occupational hazards of Chloë McCardel – written by Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott. Hosting this chat about the woman they call the “Queen of the English Channel” is Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
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What do long COVID, Alzheimer’s, rheumatoid arthritis, type one diabetes, asthma and heart disease all have in common? The answer: inflammation.
Microbiologist Elizabeth Hartland, CEO of the Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, speaks about inflammation in the latest episode of Good Weekend Talks, moderated by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland. Our episode this week is based on our cover story - THE ENEMY WITHIN - by Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan, who has dealt with the ill effects of inflammation in his own life.
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The 65kg fighter learned how to wriggle out of the deathly “guillotine hold” - and upend men twice his size - whilst keeping his feet planted firmly on the ground. Volkanovski is the subject of our cover story this week - IT’S A KNOCKOUT! - and also the topic of discussion in the latest episode of Good Weekend Talks. Joining Amanda on the podcast is former The Sydney Morning Herald journalist and current Wide World of Sports reporter (and mixed martial arts expert) Matt Bungard, who explains the lethal competition and equally brutal industry in which Volkanovski competes.
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He shot to national fame at last year’s Tokyo Olympics, when he became the first Aussie runner to compete in an 800-metres Olympics final in more than half a century. And even though he came fourth in that final, Peter Bol – and the more than 100 members of his family who crowded into a Perth living room to watch the race – had captured our hearts.
In this week’s episode of Good Weekend Talks, moderated by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, special guest Peter Bol visits the studio himself, to talk about what life has been like since that white-hot media spotlight moved away.
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Nick Politis has built the biggest car dealership in Australia and is one of the uber power brokers in rugby league, such that some people call him the Godfather.
In this week’s episode of Good Weekend Talks, deputy editor Greg Callaghan chats with The Sydney Morning Herald features writer Anne Hyland, who was granted rare access to profile the powerful Sydney figure, and the Herald’s chief sports writer Andrew Webster, who has dealt with Politis for decades in his role covering rugby league.
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The life coaching business has been turbo-charged by the pandemic, with many of us looking for ways to change not just our habits but our thought patterns.
In this week’s episode of Good Weekend Talks, we chat about this booming but unregulated global industry - whether it’s all it’s cracked up to be, if its practitioners actually live better than the rest of us, and whether its lack of regulation leaves consumers at risk.
Joining the podcast is Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe, the author of our cover story this week - “THINK BIG” - as well as a special guest, Melbourne-based coach, speaker and author Kemi Nekvapil. And last but not least, moderating this discussion - about the art of professional pep talks - is Katrina Strickland, the editor of Good Weekend.
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This week we hear from two Good Weekend senior writers about a pair of blockbuster stories published in 2021, both of which are shortlisted in the over 4000 words category in the upcoming Walkley awards, to be held in Tamworth in February.
Good Weekend Editor Katrina Strickland discusses the art of longform magazine writing with Tim Elliott, author of Last Shot: The fantastical life of Jock Zonfrillo, a deeply read story that really set a new standard for the celebrity profile piece; and with Melissa Fyfe, who captivated readers with her story on the death of Ashleigh Petrie: The 23-year-old court clerk, the 68-year-old magistrate who became her fiance - and the tragedy that followed.
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In this episode, we meet a Sydney socialite whose life was changed forever by an overseas trip. Stephenie Rodriguez speaks with The Sydney Morning Herald journalist Andrew Hornery and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland about the catastrophic chain of events that followed a mosquito bite in Nigeria in 2019.
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In this episode, we discuss fast-bowler Pat Cummins - our new men's Test cricket captain and the subject of our Good Weekend cover story this week. The Age's chief cricket writer Daniel Brettig and associate editor and chief sports columnist Greg Baum join Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall to discuss Cummins the man, Cummins the (very fast) bowler - and what Cummins the captain might have in store.
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How do you take an entire year and extract from it the people who mattered the most to the country: who did something extraordinary that improved the lives of others; who gave us hope, joy and faith in humanity; who made us laugh, cry, and feel collectively better about ourselves; or who did something so out of left field that it floored us all? Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland and senior writer Konrad Marshall discuss the highs and lows of coming up with this year's Who Mattered list - and some of the outcomes.
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It's a hot-button issue in many western countries but just where did cancel culture come from and what are its ramifications? Writer James Button attempts to untangle this highly-politicised issue in conversation with acclaimed theatre director and playwright Wesley Enoch and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland. The podcast episode augments a three part series on the issue that James has written for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, the first part of which appears in Good Weekend on November 20.
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Goodbye period shame and secrecy, farewell clunky sanitary products. Menstruation is out and proud in 2021, thanks to women in their 20s and 30s who will no longer hide this most basic of female bodily functions. The Sydney Morning Herald senior writer Jacqueline Maley and Sydney University political economist Elizabeth Hill join Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland on Good Weekend Talks to discuss how and why the period got politicised, the pros and cons of menstrual leave, period poverty in the third world, and the broader global revolution in attitudes towards reproductive health.
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Year 12 is one of the most important, pivotal years of your life. So what's it like to do it remotely amid a global pandemic? Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott spoke to nine kids from a range of schools across Victoria and New South Wales about how they've handled doing VCE and HSC in lockdown. Joining him on the podcast to discuss the issues these kids raised is The Sydney Morning Herald education writer Jordan Baker, with moderation from Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
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On the eve of the Glasgow Climate Change Conference, we look at the burgeoning political movement to get independent candidates up ahead of the next federal election. Simon Holmes a Court, the son of Australia’s first billionaire, is leading the fundraising charge for such candidates all around Australia. Freelance writer Brook Turner and former Kevin Rudd media advisor Lachlan Harris join us to examine whether this could all lead to a tectonic shift in the political landscape.
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Good coffee and city comforts are increasingly common in country towns, and the pandemic has seen growing numbers of city dwellers choosing to holiday closer to home. Hamish Keith talks about how he and his wife are using their overseas event and hospitality experience to transform their Wilga Station into a luxury accommodation play, while Traveller editor Anthony Dennis sheds light on where the travel industry is headed - urban, regional and international.
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In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations and the #MeToo movement, the use of non-disclosure agreements in sexual assault and harassment cases has come under increasing scrutiny worldwide. Questions are being asked about who they serve, and whether they end up protecting the perpetrator more than the victim. Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins and Good Weekend writer Jane Wheatley discuss the use of NDAs, what can be done to make their use fairer - and why Christmas party season is still the most dangerous time in the work year.
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In recent years the Melbourne Cup has been called Australia's deadliest horse race because of a run of tragedies on the track: 6 horse deaths in seven years. But as chief reporter for The Age, Chip Le Grand and racing writer for The Age, Damien Ractliffe discuss, that's not the only thing that has changed about the Melbourne Cup. COVID restrictions, globalisation and a long trend of fly-in, fly horses have all changed the face of Australia's great race.
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Having just joined the Brooklyn Nets and brought home an Olympic medal for the Boomers, basketball star Patty Mills is at the peak of his powers. But as Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall discovered, his passion for his causes - especially his Torres Strait Island and Aboriginal heritage - runs deep. Roy Ward, a long time sports writer and hoops expert for The Age, first saw Mills on court at 18, and reflects on both his glittering career so far, and what it means for Australian basketball.
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For over 15 years, Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan has been writing about the murders of gay men at the clifftops on the southern headland of Sydney's Bondi. This was the epicentre of a wave of gay hate killings that spread across Sydney at the time. Now Callaghan speaks to Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland about his new podcast which delves into the factors behind this war on gay men and why these murders continue to reverberate as cold cases.
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Escaping the modern world on a multiday walk in nature is an increasingly popular global holiday pastime, but as demand rises are we creating too many trails, huts and lodges within our national parks? Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall and The Age environment reporter Miki Perkins discuss how walks can be made more accessible, without devaluing and degrading the very wilderness that makes them so special
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In Queensland, knife crimes have risen by 40 per cent in the last five years, a trend reflected elsewhere in the country and also in the UK, where they're so common they've been labelled a "scourge". Journalist Frank Robson spoke to the family of Jack Beasley, a 19-year-old who died from a knife wound on a night out in Surfers Paradise, about the son they lost and the charitable foundation they've set up in his name to encourage teens to leave the knives at home. Queensland Police acting inspector Ken Murray joins Robson on the podcast to talk about what's behind this worrying trend - and what the police are doing to encourage better choices.
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Award-winning photojournalist Stephen Dupont has been visiting Afghanistan on and off for more than two decades, covering the troubled country for everyone from France's Le Figaro to the Australian War Memorial, which made him an official war artist to the country in 2012. He talks about his time in Afghanistan in the 1990s and 2000s, what's happening to the country now and where it might end up, with Michelle Griffin, world editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and Greg Callaghan, deputy editor of Good Weekend.
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He's known for his roles as laconic Aussie hard men, but Bryan Brown is also a film producer, family man, volunteer and now, short story writer. Good Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton and Sydney Morning Herald film writer Garry Maddox discuss Brown's journey from working-class Sydney to the heights of the Australian film industry, the influential women in his life, his low-key volunteering and lobbying - and the chocolate cake he never got to eat.
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Nestled in the bush on the banks of the Shoalhaven River, Bundanon is a gift, literally, made to the Australian people by artist Arthur Boyd and his wife Yvonne in 1993. Featuring a homestead, an education centre designed by Glenn Murcutt and a multi-million dollar collection of artworks by Boyd and contemporaries such as Charles Blackman and Sidney Nolan, the place has to date been mostly used for artist residencies and occasional open days.
Now however, thanks to a new $33 million building designed by Melbourne architect Kirstin Thompson, it will be open a lot more often to a lot more of us, as Boyd initially intended. Senior Good Weekend writer Amanda Hooton and Bundanon CEO Deborah Ely discuss the new gallery, the risks of fire and flood that it attempts to mitigate, Boyd's legacy and dream, and the role regional galleries can play in a COVID-constrained world.
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The tiny Queensland town of Biloela made international headlines with its campaign to stop the deportation of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker family who'd become a much-loved part of its community. Senior writer Anne Hyland and one of the campaign's leaders, Angela Fredericks, discuss life in Biloela, the Murugappan family who were taken from their home there and put in detention, and the challenges involved in the fight to keep them in Australia.
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At only 24 Lorde has three albums and global success under her belt. But the Kiwi songstress does things her own way, swearing off social media and choosing to live a quiet life in her home country. Good Weekend's Amanda Hooton and The Sydney Morning Herald senior writer Nathanael Cooper discuss Lorde's songwriting approach, her new album and how similar - and different - she is to her friend and fellow singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift.
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Best known as a MasterChef judge and for promoting the use of indigenous ingredients, Jock Zonfrillo has taken the Australian food world by storm. Good Weekend writer Tim Elliott and food columnist Dani Valent discuss Zonfrillo's fantastical life story, the rise of the celebrity chef, the growing use of indigenous ingredients and who has the right to commercialise them - and what they've each been cooking (or not) in lockdown.
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Michaelia Cash is known as one of the Liberal Party's most aggressive "attack dogs". But as Good Weekend's Jane Cadzow discovered when spending time with Cash in her home town of Perth, the newly-appointed Attorney-General is also a karaoke-singing, coffee-drinking workaholic who loves hugs. Cadzow and Shane Wright, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's chief economics correspondent - who has reported extensively on West Australian politics - discuss Cash the person and Cash the political operator, her role within the Liberal Party both nationally and in her home state, and the difficulties she and other WA-based federal MPs face flying regularly across the country to do their work.
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Marketed as a clean, green superfood, farmed Atlantic salmon is a favourite on dinner plates across the globe. But as Gabriella Coslovich discovered, a growing number are questioning how ethically the fish is farmed in Tasmania, and what that's doing to the state's once-pristine waterways. Leading the charge to clean up the industry is Tasmania's most acclaimed author, Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan, who joins Gabriella to discuss salmon's history in his home state, its impact today, and what the future might hold.
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While the rich cavort in luxury compounds and investors negatively-gear their Airbnb properties, Byron Bay faces a chronic homelessness crisis. Former long-time resident and writer David Leser, together with his photographer daughter Hannah - who grew up there - discuss the forces that shaped Byron into one of Australia's most popular holiday destinations, the challenges it now faces, and the warning they send for other over-loved places nationwide.
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Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe discusses the story of 23-year-old Victorian court clerk Ashleigh Petrie, who died in late 2019 after news of her engagement to Rodney Higgins, a magistrate 45 years her senior, made front page news. A few weeks later, when away in East Gippsland with Higgins for the night, Petrie ran in front of a car. By gaining the trust of Petrie’s mother and brother, tracking down the driver of the car that hit Petrie, and overcoming numerous legal hurdles, Fyfe was able to paint a picture of Petrie's life and untimely death.
Warning: this episode contains graphic content.
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Julia Banks' July 3 feature story 'The party's over' is a candid recollection of her time as a federal Liberal MP, in which she was shocked to find sexism and backroom skulduggery running rife in Canberra. Julia is joined by chief political correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald David Crowe, with moderation from Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, in a conversation about her transition from a successful corporate career into federal politics, the tribalism of party politics and whether quotas for women in the Liberal Party are inevitable. Her Good Weekend piece is an edited extract from her upcoming book Power Play: Breaking Through Bias, Barriers and Boys’ Clubs.
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Konrad Marshall's June 26 cover story 'Metre eater' profiles middle-distance running phenomenon Stewart McSweyn, who is breaking records in relative anonymity - yet will have to overcome long standing East African dominance to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Konrad is joined by senior sports writer for The Age Michael Gleeson with moderation from Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, to discuss what makes this 26-year-old athlete from King Island so good, why runners from places such as Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda dominate the sport and McSwyen's chances of standing on the dais in Japan.
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Tim Elliot's June 19 June cover story 'No way out' looks at father Kamalle Daboussy's fight to bring his daughter Mariam and her three children home after she married into a family of Islamic State sympathisers and then - willingly or unwittingly - crossed the border into Syria, where she has remained for the past six years. Tim is joined by The Age investigations editor Michael Bachelard, who in 2019 travelled to the al-Hawl refugee camp in Syria where Mariam was. Moderated by Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan, they discuss why the federal government continues to resist bringing the "ISIS brides" home to Australia, the desperate conditions within the refugee camps, and the innocent children caught in between.
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Stuart Rintoul's June 12 cover story 'Debunking Dark Emu' argues Bruce Pascoe’s best selling book, Dark Emu, devalues pre-colonial Aboriginal peoples by suggesting they were farmers, irrigators and builders when there is no substantial evidence to prove this. Rintoul interviews veteran anthropologist Peter Sutton and archaeologist Keryn Walsche, whose new book, Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers: The Dark Emu Debate, insists that mainland Aborigines had no interest in tilling the soil, instead valuing their spiritual relationship with the land and respectfully continuing what had gone before. Moderated by Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan, Stuart and Peter acknowledge that Dark Emu has revived interest in Indigenous culture and history, but believe it has become a propagator of misleading information, reinforcing a Eurocentric view of civilisation, with agriculture and technology at the top and hunter-gatherer societies at the bottom.
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Michael Harry's June 5 Food & Drinks issue feature story 'True Brew' explores the burgeoning world of boutique booze brands with low or no alcohol. Joining Harry on the podcast – with moderation from Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland - is freelance writer Brook Turner, who wrote a 2018 Good Weekend cover story 'Hi, sobriety: Our changing relationship with alcohol'. In this episode they discuss the rising trend towards mindful drinking, the idea of "alcohol as the new tobacco”, and the mindshift emerging from Millennials and Gen Z to drink in moderation, or not at all.
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Kate Holden's May 29 story is an excerpt from her book 'The Winter Road' about the killing of environmental compliance officer Glen Turner in northwest New South Wales, for which farmer Ian Turnbull was later sentenced to 35 years in prison. Kate joins Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan to explain how the murder of Turner has been described as a “terrorist act” in the name of a cause, railing against unjust or overly presciptive land management laws and how this tragic case had little impact on the rate of land clearing in NSW.
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Fenella Souter's May 22 feature story 'Breaking Bad' explores honesty in medicine, and the varying opinions on how doctors should deliver a terminal diagnosis. Joining Fenella is Professor Fran Boyle - an oncologist whose "daily bread" is delivering bad news. Moderated by Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan, the discussion covers how doctors can mitigate situations where the patient is faced with end-of-life scenarios, the training medical students receive, and why we are so bad at talking about death and dying.
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Peter Hartcher's May 22 feature story 'Access Denied' and Bill Birtles' April 30 feature story 'A Day to Pack Our Lives and Get Out' examine Australia's tenuous relationship with China from different perspectives. Moderated by Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan, the discussion covers everything from Huawei's threat to national security, President Xi Jinping's leadership style, China's troubling involvement in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and what Australia can do to manage the CCP's agenda.
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Natassia Chrysanthos and David Leser's May 15 cover story 'Boys to Menace' looks at how a wave of sexual assault allegations involving students from some of the country's top private schools underlines the need to foster a healthier brand of manhood. Moderated by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, Natassia and David cover everything from the internet term 'simp', to how a heartfelt apology might be the most powerful tool for restorative justice in some sexual assault cases, to the role porn plays in developing brains, and the need for better sex and consent education.
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Melissa Fyfe's May 8 cover story 'New Tricks' looks at the influence of cartoon TV show Bluey, a global success that is as popular with adults as it is with kids. Joining Melissa is Marc de Rosnay, professor of child development at the University of Wollongong, who says Bluey is rewriting the rules on how to parent four to six-year-olds. Moderated by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, the discussion covers everything from the guilt the show's superdad Bandit elicits in parents to the reasons for the show’s success and the power of play and imagination. Also some good news: parents need not look for an educational outcome from playing with their kids. Play is its own reward.
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Jordan Baker's May 1 cover story 'Survival of the fittest' profiles fitness celebrity Michelle Bridges after a devastating relationship break-up and drink-driving charge. Bridges – the woman who made millions spruiking “body transformation” – was brought low by personal dramas, but is now embracing a different kind of life overhaul, which may yet revive her appeal. Moderated by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, the discussion draws on Bridges’ background and personal brand, her rise to prominence, stumbles and, ultimately, her recovery.
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Kate McClymont's April 24 cover story 'Vanishing Act' looks at the Sydney wealth advisor who managed to rip off family and friends to the tune of $30 million, and how the fraudulent financial scheme she used to do it ultimately brought her unstuck. In conversation with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, McClymont examines the seeds of Melissa Caddick’s undoing, the mechanics of a classic Ponzi scheme, the early warning signs that Caddick was fluid with the truth - and money - and the wreckage left behind.
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Jane Cadzow's 3 April cover story 'I really very much enjoyed being Sharon Stone. But I’m enjoying being myself more' profiles Hollywood’s most famous femme fatale Sharon Stone. Jane was given a rare interview with Stone, who claims director Paul Verhoeven tricked her into removing her white knickers in that notorious up-the-skirt scene from Basic Instinct. Jane is joined by Good Weekend editor, Katrina Strickland, to discuss how Stone’s tough, demanding personality was forged by her challenging childhood including the sexual abuse of her younger sister by their maternal grandfather.
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Konrad Marshall's 10 April cover story 'Playing hardball' profiles Craig Hutchison, founder of the Sports Entertainment Network, which operates 21 radio stations across Australia, with broadcast rights to the AFL, NRL, soccer, cricket, basketball and more. Konrad is joined by Michael Gleeson, an award-winning senior sports writer with The Age, to chart how a former journalist, by dint of hard work and dogged determination, became a successful media proprietor, with the potential some believe to build an Australian version of ESPN.
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Tim Elliott's April 3 cover story 'Union Blues' looks at why rugby union has suffered such a steep decline in popularity and prestige since the glory years of the 1990s. He is joined in conversation by columnist and author Peter FitzSimons, with moderation from Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan. They discuss everything from rugby's private school base and the encroachment of AFL in previous rugby strongholds to the Israel Folau saga and rugby's great new hope, a free-to-air $100 million broadcast deal with Nine.
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Lech Blaine's March 27 cover story 'Black hole in the high beams' looks at a horrific car crash experienced by Lech when he was 17, in which three of his friends died and one was left with a permanent brain injury. Moderated by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, the discussion delves into everything from the dangers of Australian masculinity to the catharsis of writing, which Blaine explored in his debut book, Car Crash: A Memoir.
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Amanda Hooton's February 13 cover story 'Self-care or self loathing' looks at the growing popularity of cosmetic enhancements - from dermabrasion to botox, eyebrow feathering to eyelash extensions - and the potential gateway effect for young women as this spectrum of (sometimes expensive) beauty regimen offerings expands. Amanda is joined in conversation by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald national fashion editor Melissa Singer, moderated by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, to talk about the beauty business boom.
Link to the story: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/i-talk-about-botox-as-a-gateway-drug-the-changing-face-of-the-beauty-business-20201203-p56k9j.html
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Amanda Hooton's March 13 cover story 'The only way is up' profiles Jayne Hrdlicka - the recently appointed CEO of the country’s second major airline, Virgin Australia - and how the new boss is faring in charge of a company that was in trouble even before the COVID-19 pandemic effectively ended global air travel. Joining the discussion with Amanda is Patrick Hatch, business writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, who specialises - among other areas - in aviation stories, and who covered last year’s ructions at Virgin. Moderating the chat is Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
Link to the story: https://www.smh.com.au/national/game-over-life-s-short-virgin-boss-jayne-hrdlicka-clears-the-air-about-past-and-present-turbulence-20201203-p56kge.html
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Jordan Baker's March 6 cover story 'Kids in the crossfire' looks at the heated debate over how best to teach kids to read. The choice between a phonics-led and “balanced literacy” approach has morphed from a brawl about teaching methods into another front in the culture wars. Joining Jordan on the podcast is literacy expert Professor Anne Castles, scientific director of the Macquarie Centre for Reading. Moderated by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, the conversation dives into not just the divided politics of the issue, but how Australian children are faring with reading in general, where dyslexia fits into the discussion, and tips on what parents can do to help their children read well.
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Jane Cadzow's February 2021 cover story 'Aunty’s other top dog' profiles David Anderson, the unassuming boss of the ABC, and the many and varied challenges facing the national broadcaster. Moderated by Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan with expert input from The Age and Sydney Morning Herald media and telecommunications reporter Zoe Samios, the conversation examines the work of a managing director who is accountable not just to ABC audiences and its board, but the Senate estimates committee in Canberra, making his one of the toughest jobs in Australia.
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Good Weekend senior writer Jane Cadzow joins Malcolm Knox, author and Sydney Morning Herald columnist, for a conversation about the state of play in Australian cricket, following a tough summer on and off the field. Cadzow has penned two authoritative Good Weekend features on Australian cricket, namely the 2018 cover story 'What turned Steve Smith into a cheat?' and a 2019 profile of the new Australian coach, 'Can Justin Langer save Australian men’s cricket?' Moderated by Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall (who in 2019 profiled Australian star all-rounder Ellyse Perry), the podcast examines the ructions the national men’s team dealt with over a turbulent summer – from allegations of sledging and racism to hubris and arrogance – and compares that tumult with the poised and popular rise of their all-conquering female counterparts.
Link to the stories: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/what-turned-steve-smith-into-a-cheat-20180618-p4zm57.html and https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/can-justin-langer-save-australian-men-s-cricket-20190121-p50sm2.html
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Nick Bryant's February 2021 cover story 'Hope rising: America’s first female vice-president' looks at Joe Biden’s second-in-command and new right hand, American Vice-President Kamala Harris. Nick is joined in conversation by Matthew Knott, US correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, who has closely followed the ascent of Harris throughout the Trump administration and during the 2020 US presidential election campaign. The discussion ismoderated by Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.
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Stephanie Wood's February 2021 cover story 'How good were koalas? A national treasure in peril' looks at the plight of our cuddly national icon, which is now faced with dire threats including dwindling habitat, climate change and mega-bushfires. Stephanie is joined in conversation by WWF Australia conservation scientist Stuart Blanch - with moderation from Good Weekend deputy editor Greg Callaghan - to discuss the history of systematic koala killings, why the NSW, ACT and Queensland koala populations may be uplisted from their current “vulnerable” status to “endangered”, along with the seeming lack of political will to combat deforestation and development, or to raise adequate funds for their survival.
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Konrad Marshall's January 2021 cover story 'A wonderful thing: what inspired Patricia Piccinini’s biggest creation yet' looks at globally recognised Australian artist Patricia Piccinini in light of her latest creation, the gargantuan hot air balloon known as Skywhalepapa, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia. Konrad is joined by the artist in conversation with moderation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, to talk about both the emotion and criticism her surreal work engenders.
Link to the story: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/a-wonderful-thing-what-inspired-patricia-piccinini-s-biggest-creation-yet-20201123-p56h25.html
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Jacqueline Maley and Nigel Gladstone’s January 2021 cover story 'Want an Order of Australia? It helps to be rich, powerful and male' delves into the hard data behind the Order of Australia honours system to see who has and hasn’t won in the 45 years since its inception. Jacqueline is joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland to discuss how the system skews towards the privileged, in particular wealthy white males, Governor-General David Hurley’s comments on the need for reform, and how the award process could be changed to better reflect the egalitarian spirit of our nation.
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Madonna King's January 2021 feature story 'My friend, she's really skinny, I need to lose weight' … the teenage angst swamping 10-year-old girls' looks at what it's like to be a 10-year-old girl in Australia today. Madonna is joined in discussion by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland and senior writer (and father to three daughters) Tim Elliott, the trio delving into everything from body anxiety to fraught friendships, technological ability to tears, for a look at how "teen" is overtaking "tween" more rapidly than ever.
Link to the story: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/my-friend-she-s-really-skinny-i-need-to-lose-weight-the-teenage-angst-swamping-10-year-old-girls-20201123-p56h15.html
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Konrad Marshall's December 2017 cover story 'Second serve' profiled women’s No. 1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty, who’d returned to the game in 2016 after a three year break in the wake of burn out and depression. Konrad is joined in conversation by The Age sports editor Chloe Saltau and sports writer Scott Spits to discuss the effects of mental health on professional athletes, Barty as a role model for young Indigenous athletes, and her chances at the 2021 Australian Open.
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Reliving History is a special series of Good Weekend Talks hosted by Kamilaroi journalist, Ella Archibald-Binge, which revisits key moments in Australian history through the eyes of First Nations people who lived them. In 1972, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam declared that all Australian soldiers in Vietnam would be home by Christmas. Unbeknownst to the public, however, 28 men were left behind. Among them was Goreng Goreng man Noel Pope, who talks about the experience.
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Tim Elliott's February 2020 cover story 'New dawn' looks at the advent of man-made wave pools and how they could change surfing. Tim is joined in conversation by surfing author Nick Carroll and longtime surf journalist Mike Jennings to discuss the technology and engineering behind wave pools, Kelly Slater's Surf Ranch and whether wave pools will have a lasting effect on surfing.
Discussion starts at 23:00.
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Reliving History is a special series of Good Weekend Talks hosted by Kamilaroi journalist, Ella Archibald-Binge. Each episode will revisit key moments in Australian history through the eyes of First Nations people who lived them. This week Ella talks with the man who captured one of Australia’s most iconic images, in which Gough Whitlam pours sand through the fingers of Vincent Lingiari. Aboriginal photographer Mervyn Bishop tells the story behind the photo and shares his experience of being one of the first Aboriginal news photographers.
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Madonna King's November 2020 cover story "Sins of the father" is about Hannah Clarke, the Brisbane mum brutally killed with her children by her estranged husband in February, and growing calls for coercive control, or "intimate terrorism" as it is sometimes known, to be criminalised. Madonna is joined in conversation about these issues by Jess Hill, author of the award-winning 2019 book See What You Made Me Do, with moderation by Good Weekend associate editor Greg Callaghan.
Discussion starts at 39:00.
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Reliving History is a special series of Good Weekend Talks hosted by Kamilaroi journalist, Ella Archibald-Binge. Each episode will revisit key moments in Australian history through the eyes of First Nations people who lived them. In this episode we relook at The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Long before Black Lives Matter became a catch-cry, the Hawke government announced a landmark inquiry into Aboriginal deaths in custody. Richard Frankland had the grim task of tracking down families to investigate the “horrific” deaths.
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Melissa Fyfe's November 2020 cover story 'Libidos in lockdown: what happens to sex work in a pandemic?' grapples with the many issues facing service providers in 2020. Melissa is then joined in conversation by sex worker Jenna Love and Good Weekend associate editor Greg Callaghan to discuss sex stereotypes, how sex workers adapted to lockdown, and what the different legalities in NSW and Victoria mean for them.
Discussion starts at 29:00.
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Reliving History is a special series of Good Weekend Talks hosted by Kamilaroi journalist, Ella Archibald-Binge. Each episode will revisit key moments in Australian history through the eyes of First Nations people who lived them. In this episode we speak to Elly Chatfield, a stolen child, who was sitting in a Katoomba pub when Kevin Rudd delivered his landmark apology to the Stolen Generations. She shares her remarkable story of loss, discovery and how she formed an unlikely bond with an acclaimed Hollywood director, Baz Luhrmann.
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Brook Turner's April 2020 cover story, ‘Going Nowhere’, looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic led to "the most significant crisis in the history of travel". Brook is then joined in conversation by Traveller editor Anthony Dennis and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland to discuss the uplift in domestic travel, the future of cruising, the opportunities in indigenous tourism - and what's on their bucket lists.
Discussion starts at 31:00.
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Reliving History is a special series of Good Weekend Talks hosted by Kamilaroi journalist, Ella Archibald-Binge. Each episode will revisit key moments in Australian history through the eyes of First Nations people who lived them. In this episode we go back to 1919, when a small Aboriginal community was hit by the Spanish flu, a disaster unlike any they'd seen before. We hear from elders, historians and those who were there.
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Konrad Marshall's September 2020 cover story, 'The man who changed the way we watch television', profiles Netflix boss Reed Hastings. Konrad is then joined in conversation by The Age senior culture writer Michael Lallo and Good Weekend deputy editor Anne Hyland to discuss the future of the TV streaming wars, Netflix's working culture and the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on cinemas.
Discussion starts at 31:00.
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Konrad Marshall's October 2020 cover story, 'On a flank and a prayer', profiles champion Richmond half back flank Bachar Houli. Konrad then chats to media commentators and Tiger tragics Waleed Aly and George Meglogenis on Houli's orthodox Muslim faith, last weekend's grand final, and how the AFL is changing the way it deals with difference.
Discussion starts at 29:30.
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Amanda Hooton's May 2019 cover story, 'Diamonds aren't forever', explores the myth and magic behind one of Australia's most successful raw luxury exports, pink diamonds, and what will happen when the Kimberley mine in which they're found closes next month. Amanda is then joined in conversation by jewellery designer John Calleija, and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, to discuss why pink diamonds are so ridiculously hard to find, cut, polish and set, and what the impending mine closure means for their value.
Discussion starts at 29:30.
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Konrad Marshall's July 2019 cover story, 'Jeepers Creepers', studies the flesh-eating bacteria known as Buruli ulcer, which is causing horrific wounds to local communities along Victoria's coastal towns. Konrad is then joined in conversation by Professor Tim Stinear, one of the world's foremost expert on the ulcer from the Doherty Institute, and Good Weekend associate editor Greg Callaghan, to discuss the origins of Mycobacterium ulcerans and how this "zoonosis" - an infection in animals that spreads to humans - is thought to come from the humble ringtail possum.
Discussion starts at: 27:00.
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Sharon Bradley's poignant February 2020 cover story addresses the fastest-growing cohort of homeless people in Australia - older women - and explores how their lives are increasingly tipped into destitution following an unexpected life event. Sharon is then joined in conversation by Good Weekend deputy editor, Anne Hyland, and a special guest - former PR queen Glen-Marie Frost, who went from society doyenne to public housing tenant. Frost was profiled by Good Weekend senior writer Jane Cadzow in May 2020, and now supports an initiative aimed at alleviating homelessness in older women.
Discussion starts at: 37:00.
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Brook Turner's October 2020 cover story, 'To be or not to be', examines how artists are providing hope and solace for Australians during the pandemic, and the challenges they face to remain solvent. Brook is then joined in conversation by The Sydney Morning Herald arts writer, Linda Morris, and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, to discuss the federal government's $250 million arts stimulus package and the enduring struggle to see the arts as central to Australia’s identity.
Discussion starts at: 35:00.
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Amanda Hooton's February 2020 cover story, 'American Rap-sody', looks at the unlikely success of using rap music to explore the life of US founding father Alexander Hamilton. Amanda is then joined in conversation by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age senior culture writer, Nathanael Cooper, and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, to discuss how the show might translate to Australia, the remarkable talent of its creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, and whether you need a deep knowledge of US politics to enjoy it.
Discussion starts at 30:20.
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Greg Callaghan's September 2020 feature story, "Global Warning", tracks the links from Australia's unprecedented summer of hell through to California’s current fires. Greg then chats with one of Australia's most outspoken firefighters, former NSW Fire and Rescue commissioner, Greg Mullins, along with eminent American fire historian Stephen Pyne, who coined the term “pyrocene” to describe this age of fire.
Discussion starts at 19:15.
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Deborah Snow's September 2020 cover story, "Race of his life", profiles federal Health Minister Greg Hunt, who has gone from the disaster of siding with Peter Dutton in his failed 2018 leadership tilt to being health minister during the biggest medical crisis since the Spanish flu. Deborah is then joined in conversation by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age national affairs editor Rob Harris and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, in a look at how Hunt's professed regard for science and fondness for three-point plans came to the fore in the pandemic response.
Discussion starts at 43:50.
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Brook Turner's September 2020 cover story titled, 'When the loneliness epidemic met the coronavirus pandemic' looks at how society has slowly ignored the value of human connection. Brook is then joined in conversation by Sydney Morning Herald health editor Kate Aubusson and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland to discuss what happens to a society addicted to smartphones, alienated by materialism, cynical about politics, and striving for aspirational ideals of success while remaining disconnected from other humans.
Discussion starts at 31:00.
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Virginia Trioli's 2019 cover story is a rumination on how sleazy politicians and crude bosses still plague us in the workplace. Virginia is then joined in conversation by Sydney Morning Herald senior journalist Jacqueline Maley and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland to discuss AMP's recent #MeToo moment and the explosive allegations against former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon.
Discussion starts at 30:55.
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Amanda Hooton's May 2018 cover story looks at the trend of being 'real' on social media and its authentic stars like comedian Celeste Barber. Amanda is then joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland and Sydney Morning Herald PS columnist Andrew Hornery to discuss the changing nature of social media, how it has democratised celebrity and its authentic new stars.
Discussion starts at 23:20.
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Nick Bryant's August 2020 cover story examines the troubles besetting the United States, and argues that the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016 was the culmination of trends that had been growing for decades, that were subsequently laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nick is then joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland and The Age senior writer Farrah Tomazin, who is covering the US in the lead-up to November's presidential election. The trio discuss the faultlines in American society, from racial division and religious animosity to rising inequality, and ponder whether the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be enough to bridge those divides.
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Nick McKenzie's June 2020 cover story follows former special forces medic Dusty Miller and his emotional attempt to reconcile with the Afghan children of a man allegedly stomped to death by another SAS soldier.
Nick is then joined in conversation by Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall to discuss what Miller's story tells us about service, PTSD and the human spirit; what the independent war crimes inquiry might find; and how the story was borne out of trust and friendship.
Discussion starts at 31:00.
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Melissa Fyfe's July 2020 cover story profiles Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews. Melissa first interviewed Andrews in May when he was surfing a wave of popularity but then COVID-19 turned the tide.
Melissa will then be joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, along withThe Age state political editor Noel Towell to delve into the mistakes and lessons Andrews has learnt from the pandemic.
Discussion starts at 48:00.
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Peter Hartcher's September 2019 cover story profiles the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Philip Lowe. Peter spent time with the unassuming central banker, whose outspoken views have nevertheless thrust him into the spotlight. Peter is then joined in discussion by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, for a chat about what Lowe can or might do to protect our economy in the midst of a pandemic, his working relationship with Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg and explains how negative interest rates work.
Discussion starts at 31:30.
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Amanda Hooton's July 2020 cover story profiles the Melbourne-born, Manhattan-based charity whiz kid Hugh Evans, who set out to eradicate global poverty at age 14 and later founded his charity Global Citizen with the same mission.
Amanda is then joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland as well as Louise Walsh, CEO of Future Generation and former CEO of Philanthropy Australia, to discuss the latest trends in the not-for-profit sector and whether ending global poverty is a realistic goal.
Discussion starts at 32:00.
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Konrad Marshall's story explores the heated debate around the culling of wild horse population of Australia's Snowy Mountains, published in July 2020.
Konrad is then joined by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland and retired CSIRO botanist Dick Williams to discuss how this environmental, social and political debate morphed into a new front in the culture wars. Discussion starts at 34:30.
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Jane Cadzow's story reveals how Ralph and Kathy Kelly turned their family's tragedies into a remarkable crusade to help others.
Jane is then joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, along with Ralph Kelly himself, who is chief executive of Stay Kind, the foundation set up to protect young people like his sons – Thomas Kelly, who was killed in a one-punch attack at age 18, and Stuart Kelly, who also tragically died at age 18 – to discuss how the foundation became a national movement of kindness. This story was published in April 2019. Discussion starts at 31:30.
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Greg Callaghan's story looks at how a sperm donor became a legal father in a landmark High Court legal ruling, published in July 2019.
Greg will then be joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, along with the lawyer who represented the donor, Tahlia Bleier, for a discussion about the legal ramifications for sperm donors, and the women who use them to have children. Discussion starts at 26:00.
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Jane Cadzow's story, published in June 2020, introduces a pair of Melbourne archaeology students who recently found the oldest Homo erectus fossil ever identified: the Drimolen skull, in South Africa.
Sarah Bishop will read the piece, then Jane will be joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland and head of La Trobe University’s department of archaeology and history, Andy Herries - who was part of the discovery team - to discuss how this would rewrite humanity's family tree. Discussion starts at 30:35.
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Konrad Marshall's story speaks to scientists, lawyers, administrators and - most of all - former AFL players who are threatening to sue the AFL for memory loss and other cognitive issues they say stem from on-field concussion, and was published in March 2019.
Konrad will then be joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, along with Age football writer Peter Ryan – for a discussion about this troubling medico-legal sporting conundrum. Discussion starts at 31:25.
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Michael Harry's story looks at one of the country's best chefs, Ben Shewry, and how his three-hat restaurant Attica pivoted to beat the pandemic.
Michael will then be joined in conversation by Good Weekendeditor Katrina Strickland, along with Food + Wine Victoria creative director Pat Nourse, for a discussion about Attica's take-home menu and whether fine dining will survive out the other side. Discussion begins at 25:30
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Konrad Marshall's cover story looks at the challenges of relationships in which one person is from Australia, and the other from abroad, and was published February 2020.
Konrad is then joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, along with a special guest - Konrad's American wife, Nikki - for a chat about the painful sacrifices and bittersweet joys of their long-distance love. Discussion begins at 33:00.
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Jane Cadzow's cover story profiles the most powerful man in rugby league and racing Peter V'landys, and was published in October 2019.
Jane is then joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, along with Sydney Morning Herald chief sports writer Andrew Webster to talk about V'landys' handling of the NRL's planned return, his iron fist rule and his relationship with the media. Discussion begins at 41:00.
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Melissa Fyfe and Henrietta Cook's cover story explores the increasingly menacing behaviour of parents toward school staff, and was published in April 2019.
Melissa is then joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, and Karen Terry - an experienced Victorian secondary school principal - to talk about furious Facebook posts, abusive emails and school sit-ins. Discussion begins at 36:05.
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Amanda Hooton's story is an in-depth profile on Jacinda Ardern, the young, charismatic world leader just after she was elected New Zealand's Prime Minister.
Amanda will be joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, and political editor Peter Hartcher for a discussion on Ardern's handling of the COVID-19 crisis, Christchurch massacre and Christchurch earthquake, and how she compares to other world leaders.
Published in Good Weekend magazine March 2018.
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Konrad Marshall's story profiles the young female footy player and pugilist, Tayla Harris, who stood up to vicious online attacks sparked by a kicking photo.
Konrad will then be joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, along with a special guest - Tayla Harris herself - for a conversation about the future of AFLW and training in isolation, from fighting in the boxing ring to fighting against gendered cyber abuse.
Published in Good Weekend magazine April 2020.
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Melissa Fyfe's story profiles the game-changing doctor who mapped the clitoris and delved into the G-spot, Dr Helen O'Connell.
Melissa will then be joined in conversation by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, along with occupational therapist Anita Brown-Major, to delve deep into some of the most persistent misconceptions about female sexuality, from the nature of the clitoris itself to the mystery of the G-spot.
Published in Good Weekend magazine December 2018.
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Fenella Souter's story, written a century after the Spanish flu pandemic, she examines the lessons we heeded and the learnings we missed from a century ago.
Fenella will then be joined by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland along with expert virologist Professor Kanta Subbarao from the WHO and the Doherty Institute, for a discussion about the deadliest flu event in human history, and what we can apply to the pandemic we now face.
Published in Good Weekend magazine April 2018.
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David Crowe's story examines the tumultuous career of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and his tell-all memoir, A Bigger Picture.
David will then be joined by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland for a freewheeling discussion of the hot-button topics in Mr Turnbull's life and times – from Tony Abbott to climate change failure – through the lens of his memoir.
Published in Good Weekend magazine April 2020.
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Jacqueline Maley's story gives insight into Australia's first Pentecostal Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and the Horizon Church where he and his family congregates.
Joining Katrina Strickland and Jacqueline Maley is Professor Cristina Rocha an expert in religion from Western Sydney University to discuss the rise of this fast-growing Christian movement that’s starkly different to many of its counterparts.
Published in Good Weekend magazine April 2019.
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Konrad Marshall's cover story looks at how COVID-19 has brought out inspiring random acts of kindness around the globe.
Joining Katrina Strickland and Konrad Marshall is Age reporter Tom Cowie who has been covering positive news, to discuss whether we are being kinder or whether we are looking for kindness.
Published in Good Weekend magazine April 2020.
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Tim Elliot's cover story looks at how one hippie town, Mullumbimby, became ground zero for the anti-vaxxer and vaccine hesitant movement.
Joining Katrina Strickland and Tim Elliot is health editor Kate Aubusson to discuss the rise of vaccine hesitancy and the long road to a coronavirus vaccine.
Published in Good Weekend magazine June 2019.
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Konrad Marshall's intimate profile on the AFL chief looks at the hot button social and cultural issues he has had to face, such as Adam Goodes, the AFLW and #MeToo.
Joining Katrina Strickland and Konrad Marshall is senior sports writer Michael Gleeson to discuss how McLachlan has navigated the havoc being wrought by the COVID-19 virus on Australia's biggest sporting league.
Published in Good Weekend magazine September 2019.
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Tim Elliott's cover story is about a rare, but often fatal, genetic illness called mitochondrial disease and the battle some sufferers are waging to access controversial 'three-parent IVF'.
Joining Katrina Strickland and Tim Elliott is Mito Foundation chief executive Sean Murray, to discuss the revolutionary reproductive technology and the ethical minefield it creates.
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