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podcasts November 1, 2025
The Last Invention confronts the perils of AI
The Last Invention is a sober investigation of the possibility that artificial intelligence will destroy humanity.
podcasts July 5, 2025
One of the most original Australian podcasts of recent years, Pearl Tan’s award-winning Diversity Work is a savagely funny look at institutional racism.
podcasts April 12, 2025
Janak Rogers’ podcast Australia Fair investigates the legacy of the shameful White Australia policy through the lens of personal experience.
podcasts February 15, 2025
Umwelt explores the fascinating minds of animals
The modest podcast Umwelt, created by Ryan Pemberton as a passion project, is a polished gem that explores the fascinating aspects of animal cognition.
podcasts September 28, 2024
Shell Game probes the perils of AI
Evan Ratliff’s podcast Shell Game is a comic but deeply unnerving investigation into the banal realities of AI.
podcasts July 13, 2024
Why aren’t institutional podcasts great?
Podcasts created by museums, archives and galleries to draw attention to their extraordinary collections have huge potential but too often fail on their promise.
podcasts April 24, 2024
Who Trolled Amber? excavates the vicious online harassment directed against Johnny Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard to reveal a network of global disinformation, including the Saudi government’s ‘ministry of flies’.
podcasts March 2, 2024
Michelle Ransom-Hughes’s podcast about a Melbourne injecting room, Nobody Dies Here, implicates the listener in a process of radical non-judgement.
podcasts December 23, 2023
Best podcasts: Walkley winner a harrowing triumph
The Saturday Paper’s podcast critic looks back at the highlights of 2023.
podcasts November 18, 2023
The podcast Body Electric seeks to undo many of the physical and mental harms of working with technology.
podcasts September 30, 2023
Firebomb and the legacy of hate
Firebomb explores the lasting impact of a violent campaign in the 1980s against Asian Australians, which has been largely forgotten outside the communities affected.
