The Morning Edition
1,196 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.
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Is this the beginning of the end for Putin?
June 26, 2023 19:01 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBIt’s been a chaotic 48 hours in Russia that put the world’s most notorious leader, Vladimir Putin, in the crosshairs. Putin is no stranger to the headlines, but this story was different. The boss of the notorious Wagner Group, shocked the world by turning his band of ruthless mercenaries on the Kremlin and threatening to march on Moscow. It was a shocking display of belligerence from a man who’d long been an ally of Putin. Now the man who’s pulled Russia’s strings for decades faced, as he d...
How trauma became the new “It” word
June 25, 2023 19:01 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBWhen it comes to understanding trauma, we’ve come a long way from the bad old days. That was back in the 1980s, when we thought war veterans who struggled with flashbacks were suffering from brain damage. Now we know that trauma affects not only our memory, but our immune system. But have we gone too far? Trauma has become the word of our generation. Justin Bieber has referenced it, in speaking about his first year of marriage. Characters who are haunted by their pasts are a hallmark of T...
Good Weekend Talks: Nick McKenzie on war crimes, defamation and Ben Roberts-Smith
June 23, 2023 19:01 - 33 minutes - 31 MBOn 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. H...
Inside Politics: Labor and Greens battle it out on housing
June 22, 2023 19:01 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBThe government wanted its $20 billion Housing Australia Future Fund legislated this week, but the Greens had other plans - they joined forces with the Coalition to defer the vote on the bill until October. The Greens say they won’t support the bill until the government makes concessions - they want a national rental freeze and more taxpayer money directed straight into housing, as opposed to putting it into an investment fund. The government has intimated that the blocking of the bill is...
Roe v Wade shocked the world. What's happened since?
June 21, 2023 19:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBFor nearly 50 years, women in the United States were protected, by federal law, from having to carry an unwanted pregnancy. They gained this right, in 1973, thanks to the historic Supreme Court judgement in the Roe v Wade case. This held until nearly a year ago, when the current Supreme Court overturned that judgement. This weekend marks the one year anniversary of that groundbreaking decision. So, what has life in the United States been like for women since then? Today, North American...
Secrets and lies: If the walls in Parliament House could talk
June 20, 2023 19:01 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBIt’s been a monumental week in parliament. Multiple allegations of sexual harassment have been made about a little-known Victorian senator, David Van. David Van has strenuously denied the allegations. But since they surfaced, a week ago, discussion about who knew about the alleged offences, and how they were managed, has dominated political debate. It’s taken us all back to the political earthquake that was set off in 2021, when former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins alleged that a colleag...
HECS debt: why you don’t need to panic
June 19, 2023 19:01 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBHECS debt. If you’re to believe the countless news reports about it over the last few months, millions of Australians are about to be crippled by it. But what if all the panicked headlines have been misleading us? And, actually, everything will be fine? Today, federal politics reporter Paul Sakkal, on why the current HECS system helps us, rather than hurts us. And what people worried about debt should fight for, instead. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omny...
'A mess of his own making': Donald Trump's second indictment
June 18, 2023 19:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBLast week, Donald Trump became the first former president to be charged with federal crimes. He was arraigned on 37 counts related to his handling of classified documents. The top secret documents, which include information about nuclear programs and military vulnerabilities, were found spread throughout his Mar-a-Lago club and residence. Some documents were stashed in a ballroom, an office, and even in a bathroom. While the former president has pleaded not guilty to all charges, this pas...
Good Weekend Talks: Lucinda Williams on her new memoir, performing with Bruce Springsteen and America as a divided nation
June 16, 2023 19:01 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBOn 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 ...
Inside Politics: Tanya Plibersek on parliament's women problem
June 15, 2023 19:01 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBShe is the longest-serving woman in the House of Representatives - and has been, for many years, one of Labor’s most high profile politicians. Tanya Plibersek entered the federal parliament at just 28 years of age - and since then, has made a name for herself campaigning for social justice reform on issues like paid parental leave and violence against women. She’s held numerous portfolios, including Housing, the Status of Women, and Health. Last year, when the Albanese government was voted ...
How politics became entangled with the Brittany Higgins case
June 15, 2023 02:04 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBIt was a criminal trial unlike any other in recent memory. Former Liberal party staffer Brittany Higgins alleged that she was raped by colleague Bruce Lehrmann inside Parliament House. Lehrmann strongly denied the allegation and pleaded not guilty after he was charged. But since that trial was abandoned last year, due to juror misconduct, the matter has become even more intensely political. Politicians have been lobbing accusations at each other, over who knew what about the allegation an...
Why support for The Voice is lower than ever
June 13, 2023 19:01 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBEarlier this week, new polling results on the Voice came out. For the very first time, a majority of Australians federally say they’ll vote ‘no’ when the referendum comes in October. This comes after months of polls showing that support for the ‘yes’ vote has held the majority. Just seven weeks ago, the ‘Yes’ campaign was ahead in every state and territory. Today, chief political reporter David Crowe and veteran pollster, Jim Reed, who conducted this latest, exclusive, poll, on whether th...
How we got the Myall Creek Massacre so wrong
June 12, 2023 19:01 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBThe massacre of 28 Aboriginal people in 1838 was the first and only time in Australia when white people were arrested, charged and prosecuted for the mass killing of First Nations people. Those people killed at Myall Creek Station in northern NSW were women, children and elderly men known as Wirrayaraay, a tribal clan of the Gamilaraay nation. But while some publications held the perpetrators to account, our papers did not. 185 years on, The Sydney Morning Herald confronts the brutality of...
The Queen remembered (From the archive)
June 11, 2023 19:01 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBFor the first time since 1951, we’re enjoying a long weekend to celebrate a King’s Birthday, rather than a Queen’s Birthday. We don’t yet know what sort of king Charles III will be. Or what impact he’ll have on the Commonwealth. Today on Please Explain, we look back on an episode we originally aired on September 9 2022, the day after the Queen died. Special writer Tony Wright shares his experience meeting the Queen with Julia Naughton, head of Lifestyle, Culture and Travel and Europe cor...
Good Weekend Talks: Marc Fennell on his Pentecostal upbringing, Hillsong and leaving it all behind
June 09, 2023 19:01 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBIn latest episode of Good Weekend Talks, 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, razzle dazzle, to the business model that brings billions of dollars into the church coffers.Hosting this conversation, on everything...
Inside Politics: How bad could the economic crisis get?
June 08, 2023 19:01 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBThe data is in. Australia’s economy is approaching stall speed. Over the first few months of this year, the economy grew by just 0.2 per cent, the slowest rate of growth we’ve seen since the Covid lockdowns. This depressing picture - courtesy of the national accounts figures out Wednesday - came right after the most recent Reserve Bank decision, to raise interest rates again, this time to 4.1 per cent. It’s the 12th increase the Reserve Bank has announced in 13 months. The worsenin...
Pardoned after 20 years in prison
June 07, 2023 19:01 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBKathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison for the death of her four children. For much of that time, she was pilloried as the worst female serial killer in Australian history. Then, on Monday, she was released from prison. In a news conference, the NSW Attorney General announced that Folbigg, now 55, had been pardoned. Today, legal affairs reporter Michaela Whitbourn on what’s been called the largest injustice in Australian legal history, and what will happen now to the woman at the cent...
The rise of superbugs
June 06, 2023 19:01 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBThey could wipe 20 years off average life expectancy. And possibly return modern medicine to a pre-antibiotic era. We’re talking about superbugs, those organisms that have evolved to become resistant to modern medicine. They can cripple us. Or kill us. Right now, millions of people around the world are battling one. The United Nations estimates that by 2050, 10 million people will die every year from superbugs. Today, senior reporter Henrietta Cook on the rise of superbugs, or what one exp...
Hillsong trauma: megachurch refugees on what they left behind
June 05, 2023 19:01 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBA few years ago, Hillsong Church was a byword for glitzy and empowering faith. The global megachurch, which started in Sydney with one small congregation, was the church to the stars. Everyone from Justin Bieber to Chris Pratt worshipped at the church known for its rock concert-like services and gleaming pastors who sported gold watches. But in the last two years, the megachurch has been rocked by a series of explosive allegations. Tax evasion. A pastor fired for infidelity. And, worst of ...
War criminal, bully, disgrace: Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters on exposing Ben Roberts-Smith
June 04, 2023 19:01 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBIn 2018, our newspapers published a story titled ‘SAS soldier accused of killing innocent villager'. It was the first of many articles, which eventually identified Australia’s most decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, and accused him of multiple murders of unarmed civilians. Roberts-Smith proceeded to sue our newspapers - in what’s become known as the defamation trial of the century. It went for more than 100 days, and examined more than 40 witnesses. And on Thursday, a judgement wa...
Inside Politics: Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation case, and Australia's most popular politician resigns
June 01, 2023 19:01 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBNews outlets win defamation case against Ben Roberts-Smith. And earlier this week, Mark McGowan announced that he would be stepping down as Western Australia’s premier. How much has McGowan’s way of doing politics impacted the Labor party - and Anthony Albanese? Plus, there are now calls for former cabinet minister, Stuart Robert, to face the government’s new anti-corruption watchdog. Today, WA Today's state political reporter Hamish Hastie, and chief political correspondent for The Age...
The PwC scandal - is the worst yet to come?
May 31, 2023 19:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MBThe top tax expert at Price Waterhouse Coopers, one of the big four consulting firms, helped the Australian government create a pioneering tax law that would finally crack down on multinational companies that were avoiding paying tax here. At the very same time, that expert shared that confidential information to help the firm’s clients avoid paying that very same tax. This betrayal, which one senator has likened to a “major cancer”, was revealed in January this year. But since then, we’v...
After Clare Nowland’s death, a reckoning on who polices the police
May 30, 2023 19:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBA week ago, Clare Nowland, a 95-year-old great grandmother, died after being tasered. She weighed 43 kilograms, and suffered from dementia. The case has shone a spotlight on NSW Police, which is now battling to regain control. Today, state political reporter Michael McGowan, on who should police the police. And why calls for greater oversight have a history of being ignored. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The poisoned Australian paradise left asking: who's going to die next?
May 29, 2023 19:01 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBFor millennia, Wreck Bay, a tiny Indigenous village on the south coast of NSW, was paradise. But in the last few decades, a remarkable number of residents have died or become sick. They’ve suffered from heart attacks, kidney disease and cancer after cancer. Today, investigative reporter Carrie Fellner on the toxic chemicals that locals argue have poisoned Wreck Bay, and why the Australian government hasn’t banned these dangerous chemicals. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh...
What really happened to Melissa Caddick?
May 28, 2023 19:01 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBWarning: This story contains graphic content. We finally know what happened in the missing persons investigation that captured a nation. Melissa Caddick, the fraudster who stole $23 million from her closest family and friends, is dead. So said the deputy state coroner, who handed down her report last week. But how did she come to this finding? Until now, all we knew was that Caddick’s right foot had washed up on the shores of a remote beach. This was shortly after she went missing, nearly ...
Inside Politics: The Voice debate turns ugly
May 25, 2023 19:01 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThe week in parliament has been dominated by debate over the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The legislation enabling the Voice referendum was introduced to the House of Representatives, and more than 80 MPs spoke during the debate on the bill’s second reading. Opposition leader Peter Dutton kicked off the debate with a no-holds-barred attack on the proposal, saying it would “re-racialise” Australia, and would have an Orwellian effect, making some Australians more equal than others. Mean...
Why is Scott Morrison still in parliament?
May 24, 2023 19:01 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBEver since Scott Morrison was booted as prime minister, exactly a year ago this past weekend, the rumour mill has been in overdrive. When will he leave politics? Calls for his resignation have been coming since Morrison was accused of undermining our democracy. That was last year, when we found out he had secretly appointed himself to five senior ministries when he was in power. Today, national affairs editor James Massola joins Samantha Selinger-Morris to discuss what happens when a forme...
Stan Grant, the ABC, and Australia’s racism problem
May 23, 2023 19:01 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBLast week, Stan Grant announced that he would be leaving the ABC and standing down as the host of its Q+A program. His decision, and the torrent of abuse that prompted it, has led to a reckoning about how responsible the media is for the racism that pervades our culture. Today, culture news editor Osman Faruqi joins Samantha Selinger-Morris to discuss Stan Grant, the ABC and Australia's racism problem. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener f...
18 and over? The plan to ban porn
May 22, 2023 19:01 - 14 minutes - 13 MBWarning: This episode contains graphic content. Australia will soon embark on a debate about whether the government should step in to restrict children’s access to online pornography. For many advocates, it’s not a minute too soon. While the link between young people watching pornography and real-life harm has been disputed for years, numerous experts now say that this long-held truth is starting to come undone. Among them is a president of a children’s court here who now sees sexual assa...
The scathing secret report into Australia’s broken visa system
May 21, 2023 19:01 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBHe's known as the Mr Big of trafficking and for the last few years Binjun Xie has cultivated a lavish lifestyle in Sydney off the back of human misery. Evidence suggests that the crime syndicate boss has been exploiting women in an illegal prostitution ring here, moving them around like cattle from one hotel to another. But did it have to be this way? A report leaked last week reveals that Australian government authorities have failed to heed warnings about corrupt officials within our im...
Inside Politics: When will the Albanese government’s honeymoon period end?
May 18, 2023 19:01 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBOn Sunday, the Albanese government will have been in power for one year. When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese became Prime Minister, he made big promises. He said “no one left behind and no one held back” under his government. And that he would “seek common purpose and promote unity” among Australians. So what exactly has this government achieved so far? Has Albanese lived up to the optimistic promise of his election night victory speech? And what upcoming problems are likely to bring the...
The day Joe Biden snubbed Anthony Albanese
May 17, 2023 19:01 - 11 minutes - 11 MBIt was meant to be a moment of great triumph for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. American president Joe Biden was due to visit our shores next week for a historic meeting, in what would have been the first Australian visit by an American president in a decade. But yesterday, less than nine hours after Albanese confirmed Biden's visit, the American president cancelled. National correspondent Matthew Knott tells Samantha Selinger-Morris why Biden pulled out, and what it means f...
The weight loss drugs sweeping Australia
May 16, 2023 19:01 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBBillionaire tech boss Elon Musk takes a version of it. Model Julia Fox has denied using it. We’re talking, of course, about the new weight-loss drug that has swept the globe. The weekly injection that helps people feel fuller on less food. It is now, say local doctors, shockingly easy to get. But is Ozempic, and other drugs like it, medical magic? Are they the first medications to produce double-digit weight loss without crippling side effects? Or are the drugs and the new online shops no...
Secret Power: Parliament’s mystery lobbyists
May 15, 2023 19:01 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBThanks to recent queries from an independent senator, we now know that nearly 1,800 people have been granted access to lobby our federal government. The kicker? We don’t know who they are. Under a system that is now under great scrutiny, these people have unfettered access to the private corridors of Parliament House in Canberra. With their bright orange passes granted to them by politicians, they have the ability to wander into the offices of ministers, backbenchers and independents at an...
Heating or eating: Inside Australia’s cost-of-living crisis
May 14, 2023 19:01 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBThe “cost of living crisis”. It’s a phrase we constantly hear at the moment. And it was the centrepiece of the budget the federal government handed down last week. But what does that mean for families on the ground who were struggling to make rent and put food on the table for their children, even before the recent record-breaking spike in inflation? Today, Sydney Editor Michael Koziol takes us inside one community cafe that exposes Australia’s devastating cost of living crisis. Subscribe...
Inside Politics: Was this really a budget for women?
May 11, 2023 19:01 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBBefore the budget was handed down earlier this week, Katy Gallagher - the Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service - tweeted that Labor is, “backing Australian women with the most significant single-year investment in women’s equality in at least the last 40 years”. Gallagher said that’s because equality for women isn’t an add-on or a nice to have. That it’s crucial for our prosperity. But what exactly has Labor promised women? And were they really “winners” in this year’s budge...
Mark Latham: From Prime Ministerial hopeful to police investigation
May 10, 2023 19:01 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBMany listeners may have seen recent articles - and there have been many - about how One Nation MP Mark Latham recently wrote a homophobic tweet, aimed at another politician. It could lead to Latham being charged with a criminal offence, or even sent to jail. But how did it come to this, for a politician who was once close to becoming our Prime Minister? Today, state political editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, Alexandra Smith on the damage Mark Latham has wreaked on others during his p...
Budget 2023: Labor’s big balancing act
May 09, 2023 19:01 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBLast night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the Labor government’s second federal budget. While it forecast a $4 billion surplus – the first surplus in 15 years – it also laid bare the challenges the economy is facing, both here and globally. Today, David Crowe and Shane Wright join host Tory Maguire to discuss what the budget will do to ease the economic pressures, who it will help, and what it can tell us about Labor's priorities. #breakingnews #news #budget2023 #auspol #australia #...
Trapped in Sudan
May 08, 2023 19:01 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBA sudden outbreak of violence in Sudan, beginning last month, has killed hundreds of people, and trapped millions in their homes. Bodies lie in the streets and the sounds of gunshots reverberate off concrete walls torn with bullet holes. Many fear starvation. Amid this chaos are hundreds of Australians. More than 230 of them have already been evacuated, but an unknown number are still struggling to leave. Today, senior writer with The Age, Bianca Hall, on the conflict in Sudan - and the A...
Is Sam Kerr Australia’s greatest athlete?
March 07, 2023 18:01 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBWomen’s sport has seen a momentous rise in recent years - and many women have had a hand in that change, from athletes to administrators, journalists to sports agents and sponsors. Some have taken a stand on issues that transcend sport, some made the decisions that determine where the money goes or what sports we see on TV, and others worked in the background to keep the major codes rolling along. On International Women's Day, sports reporter Georgina Robinson joins Marnie Vinall to talk a...
Is Australia prepared for war with China?
March 06, 2023 18:01 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBAre we on a collision course for war with China? Does our military have the weapons it needs to fight a modern war? How useful will the much hyped AUKUS submarines be in a potential conflict? For a day and a half in February this year, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald hosted a gathering of experts to examine Australia’s most urgent & dangerous national security threats. Today, political editor and international editor at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald Peter Hartcher joins Mat...
You’re not hallucinating, psychedelics are back
March 05, 2023 18:01 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBDecades ago, scientists looked at psychedelic drugs as tools that could help improve people’s mental health. Then came counterculture, Woodstock, hallucinogenic trips - and a backlash against the drugs. But now hallucinogens are once again being examined for their unique ability to treat mental health issues that existing pharmaceutical drugs cannot. And Australia is at the forefront of this research. The Age social affairs editor Jewel Topsfield joins Chris Zappone to discuss medicinal p...
The Drop: The 2023 Oscars deep dive
March 03, 2023 18:01 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBThe Academy Awards are just two weeks away. Will Everything Everywhere All At Once clean up? Could Top Gun: Maverick sneak ahead? Will Cate Blanchett pick up her third Oscar? Today on The Drop, a deep dive exploring the state of the race, who's likely to win and the potential upsets. Plus, an interview with Mandy Walker, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer behind Elvis. The Drop is a weekly show tackling the latest in the world of pop culture and entertainment. Join host Osman Faruqi and t...
‘Like the gates of hell had opened’: Fears grow over Ohio toxic train wreck site
March 02, 2023 18:01 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBIt’s been exactly one month since a train carrying hazardous material came off the tracks in Ohio in the United States. Many residents in the affected town of East Palestine say they are still feeling the effects, from respiratory problems and rashes to headaches and unusual odours. But East Palestine isn’t just another story of an American environmental disaster. It’s also a tale of corporate profits, regulation and communities that feel “forgotten”. Today, North America correspondent fo...
Is our health system failing children with eating disorders?
March 01, 2023 18:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBBefore the pandemic, an estimated 1 million Australians had an eating disorder. But this week, we learned that the number of eating disorder patients has exploded over the last three years. Australian children as young as eight are being diagnosed with eating disorders. It's a horrifying scenario for their families who would go to extraordinary lengths to get them the treatment they need. So what happens to these families when the healthcare system buckles under the pressure of overwhelmin...
The superannuation wars heat up
February 28, 2023 18:01 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBYesterday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that the tax on superannuation earnings over $3 million will double from 15 per cent to 30 per cent in two years' time. Australians have about $3.3 trillion in superannuation, but that money is far from evenly divided. At the top end, some accounts have more than $100 million, while the vast bulk of people have less than $100,000. So how generous are the tax concessions? And who has the most to gain or lose from the changes? Today, se...
Should TikTok be banned?
February 27, 2023 18:01 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBBy some measures, TikTok is the most downloaded social media app in the world. Yet even as it wins millions of users, democratic governments worry about the company's ties to the government of the country of its origin: The People's Republic of China. Governments bodies in Australia and in like minded democracies overseas have taken to banning the app over fear of who has access to the data. Today, Co-CEO of Internet 2.0 Robert Potter joins us to discuss the war on TikTok - and whether it...
The Drop: What is the Roald Dahl controversy really about?
February 26, 2023 18:01 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBGender neutral Oompa-Loompa's and banning the word "fat" are just some of the changes that will be made to Roald Dahl's classic children's books. The edits have sparked intense debate in the literary world, with Salman Rushdie condemning them as censorship while others have suggested that it's just about keeping up with the times. So what is really behind these changes, and what will their impact be? The Drop is a weekly show tackling the latest in the world of pop culture and entertainme...
Inside the fight of Charlie Teo’s life
February 23, 2023 18:01 - 15 minutes - 14 MBCharlie Teo is Australia’s most famous neurosurgeon, a man mobbed by adoring supporters, celebrity mates and former patients whose lives he saved on the operating table. But this same doctor is at the centre of a five-day disciplinary hearing, facing multiple allegations of unsatisfactory professional conduct concerning two operations that had disastrous outcomes. Teo denies the allegations. The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief investigative reporter Kate McClymont joins host Kate Aubusson to...
‘I wanted to give up 100 times’: One year after the invasion of Ukraine
February 22, 2023 18:01 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBTomorrow marks one year since Vladimir Putin launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine. Even though it followed eight years of Moscow-fomented war in the nation’s east, and the annexation of Crimea, the brutality, severity and scale of the 2022 invasion has shocked the world. Since then high-intensity fighting has claimed the lives of tens of thousands, Ukrainian civilians have been massacred, and Moscow continues to strike power plants, schools and non-military targets. Today, Marta Bar...