Podcasts
The Reporter podcast: the story of T3 (Part I)
This week on The Reporter podcast, Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson how he scored a clandestine interview with a secret operative working to sting corrupt police.
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The Reporter podcast: The Head in the Bag
This week on The Reporter podcast, Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson how an ordinary walk with the dog led to a tip-off about the identity of a dismembered body.
My father and my sister died within months of each other. This is what I did next
The realisation that I’d never be able to hear their voices again led to what you might call my “a-ha” moment.
- by Dimity Brassil
The Reporter podcast: Bullimore and the coin toss
This week on The Reporter podcast, Michael Thomson and Gary Adshead discuss the extraordinary rescue of missing round-the-world yachtsman Tony Bullimore.
‘They are just human beings’: The untold story of the Biloela family
You Have Been Told a Lie is the story of the Nadesalingam family, Tamil refugees who were detained for four years despite public protests.
- by Neha Kale
‘I wasn’t supported enough’: How former triple j host dealt with having a stalker
Author and broadcaster Linda Marigliano didn’t want to tell personal stories on air, but she’s crossed that line with her memoir.
- by Hannah Story
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Australians lead world when it comes to podcast listening
An influx of well-produced local content has encouraged millions of Australians to tune into podcasts more frequently than ever.
- by Nell Geraets
It’s surprisingly simple to vanish in Japan
A podcast from the writer of Tokyo Vice tackles the question of how and why 80,000 Japanese people a year disappear without trace.
- by Barry Divola
Would you do sex therapy on a podcast? One session in, I get the appeal
Sexologist Chantelle Otten’s new show features real patients talking about everything from opening up their relationship to premature ejaculation.
- by Meg Watson
Why this BBC radio show sends me to sleep
The Shipping Forecast provides a soothing soporific for the insomniac.
- by Grace Linden
‘This doesn’t scare us’: Why are young women drawn to gruesome true crime?
From podcasts to TikTok and YouTube, gory murders are interrogated by the group most often targeted. Is it fear tourism or a training exercise?
- by Genevieve Novak