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The Radio National Hour
ABC Australia
218 episodes
A weekday magazine-style current affairs program hosted by one of Australia's pre-eminent and loved interviewers. Drawing on Fran's extensive current affairs and cultural knowledge, The Radio National Hour takes a thoughtful, deep dive into the important and challenging issues, and brings insightful and engaging conversations with big names in the arts, sport and culture.
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The no names shaking up Serbian politics
Serbia has voted for change, but its new student-led political party has no leader and a caucus that includes opera singers, professors and sportspeople. Is this Europe’s next anti-establishment wave? Victoria’s CFMEU…
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Benjamin Netanyahu's fight for political survival
Israelis head to the polls tomorrow in an election that’s being described as ‘existential’. After nearly 20 years in power, strongman Benjamin Netanyahu is pitching for the security vote, but his rivals say he’s a…
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Position Vacant: America's empty embassies
. Generation Z is angry - in Asia, Africa and more recently Europe. They say governments aren’t listening to their concerns - about housing, jobs and the future they’re inheriting. Oxford University economist Tim…
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The global scramble to fix the internet
Two thirds of the world’s websites use an open source programming language called PHP. For years we’ve known it has some security flaws, but no one was smart enough to exploit them - until - artificial intelligence…
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The community of Indi rallies for 'one of us', local member Helen Haines
Helen Haines' husband Phil has given a heartbreaking update on his wife's condition, confirming she has now had both legs amputated. We take you into her electorate of Indi and speak to the woman who preceded her as…
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Governor General urges Australians to exercise their 'decency muscle' in wake of Helen Haines attack
As the independent member for Indi Helen Haines fights for her life in a Melbourne hospital the Governor General of Australia Sam Mostyn reflects on the ugly forces working to undermine Australian democracy and urges…
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Democrats have a clear midterm edge, but are the polls to be believed?
Democrats are being urged not to count their chickens after the latest Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, which shows President Trump's approval rating has plummeted to a new low of 33%. The Democrats now hold an…
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A shaky start for Trump's new press secretary
It’s one of the most scrutinised jobs in the world. On Tuesday Donald Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia stepped up to the lectern for her first press briefing, an awkward exchange in which she confused her…
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Political junkies and the books they read
Paul Keating once said, "anyone who’s any good never writes about themselves.” Luckily, plenty of others have and last weekend Fran sat down in front of a live audience, with celebrated journalists - Kerry O'Brien,…
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What does the collapse of the Firmus IPO tell us about the hype surrounding AI?
We’re told it’s bigger - much bigger - than any technology revolution that’s come before, but are we buying the AI hype or, perhaps more crucially, are we willing to pay for it? Chief business correspondent Ian…
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Not just a few bad eggs: ACCC sues producers over 'cartel' behaviour
In 2023 oncologist Ophira Ginsburg blew the whistle on the scandal of millions of women dying prematurely because of medical misogyny in cancer care. Three years on she says progress is being made but too many women in…
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'What have I created?' The scientist on a mission to protect our thoughts
More than a decade ago, neuroscientist Rafael Yuste made a startling discovery: enabling the technology that is now being used to read and manipulate human minds. Now he's working to ensure that our neural privacy is…
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Michael Pollan on why humans are squandering the gift of consciousness
When Jenny Bloomfield arrived in Australia from Greece at the age of 12 she felt like an alien landing on a strange planet, little did she know three decades later she would be representing her adopted home as its…
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Work, wages and shopping in the age of AI
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Who's responsibile for the emissions from Australia’s exported coal?
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Adam Liaw's quest to revive the 'everyday' dishes that bring us comfort
It's like something out of a Dickens novel: Australians sleeping rough, veterans, migrants and those suffering severe mental health are being buried in unmarked, mass graves in New South Wales and Queensland because…
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The cruel irony of Christa Pike's botched execution
Tennessee prison authorities tried for more than an hour to kill her with two doses of a lethal poison before doctors intervened to save her life. Murderer Christa Pike remains on life support after last week’s botched…
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Kevin Rudd on what the West and China misunderstand about each other
Former Australian Prime Minister and Ambassador to the United State Kevin Rudd joins The Diplomats to reflect on his differing roles in diplomacy, as well as explore the misinterpretations between the US, the West and…
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'Clowns out, Cowboys in' The meaning behind Pete Hegseth's latest announcement
The latest 'State of the Force' was another firey speech from US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth signposting an American focus on autonomous warfare, 'Fortress America', faith and the promotion of a warrior culture.…
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The Greens choose a new leadership team
With David Shoebridge voted in by his peers as the new federal leader of the Greens, Phil Coorey, Political Editor of The Australian Financial Review looks at where the party could wield its influence in the Senate.…
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What the latest RBA rate rise means for the Australian dream
The Albanese Government wants to help more first home owners get into the market, but the fourth rate rise from the RBA this year just made that more difficult. Dr James Graham, Assistant Professor in the School of…
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A public tip off leads to a suspected terror plot thwarted in the UK
What do we know after a public tip off about three 'suspicious' white vans which led to five arrests near a British airforce base used by the United States in its war against Iran? The UK’s Independent Reviewer of…
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Who are the Houthis and what do they want?
Tracey Holmes brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.
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Rogue AI agents unleash first known hack of government website
OpenAI’s stunning confession that it lost control of its own AI Agents, which broke into Australia's Medicare website, has raised alarm in Canberra and around the world. AI expert Kate Crawford and former national…
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Will the push for global governance of artificial intelligence succeed?
The race for AI dominance has reached fever pitch. Former Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate Rachel Noble explains the threat this technology poses to us right now and what role Australia can play…
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The Radio National Hour
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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The Radio National Hour
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Talking to the Taliban: is it time to re-engage?
Tracey Holmes brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.
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Why the world's fuel buffers are running out
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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In the push for peace in Ukraine, has the west misread Putin?
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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AI, copyright and the battle for Australia's creative future
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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How One Nation's migration plan would hit regional Australia
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Bill Bailey on reviving the lost art of vaudeville
Tracey Holmes brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Will AI destroy us?
At first blush, it was more naughty than scary: a few AI agents escaped their sandbox and hacked into a real world company. but we now know that there were hundreds of them, conniving and cheating to escape and then…
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Two weeks on from catastrophe, hope remains for trapped workers in Nepal
Recent headlines have painted a horrific picture of the levels of domestic and sexual violence afflicting Australia. Today the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin confirmed that despite…
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The Radio National Hour
A chance to prevent atrocities, that’s how one grieving father who lost a son to suicide has described the government’s proposed digital duty of care legislation, which - they say - will make Big Tech accountable for…
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Germany's AfD edges closer to breaking the fabled 'firewall'
A once unthinkable result the far-right party, Alternative for Germany has had a resounding victory in a state election, coming within a hair’s breath of being the first ultra right party to govern since the Nazi era.…
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Three summits, three very different visions of the future
Three summits, three very different visions of the future. From the Pacific Islands Forum to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the G20, we'll examine what this charged week of diplomacy reveals about the…
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Israeli leaders sound alarm over 'ethnic cleansing' in the West Bank
A week on from the deadly floods in Nepal and Tibet the search continues for more than four thousand missing people including 38 Australians. The focus has shifted to retrieving and identifying the hundreds of bodies…
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Disasters don't respect borders, and China's strict control of Tibet could make them worse
Last week's disaster in the Himalayas did not respect borders, but information flows at a trickle between Nepal and China controlled Tibet and, critics like Dibyesh Anand, a professor of international relations at…
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First it was our data, now author Gil Duran says the Tech Bros are coming for democracy
It’s D-Day for the collapsed New South Wales developer Bathla, which needs $20 million in cash to get to the end of the week, if not, the major property developer will be liquidated and with it, the dreams of hundreds…
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Sanjeev Gupta's Whyalla wipeout
The number of missing people in Nepal has risen sharply to more than 4,000, with least 900 confirmed dead. We speak to John Torpey who's leading the emergency response for World Central Kitchen. Computers powered by…
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Why hostage negotiations just aren't like they used to be
The Chair of Universities Australia, Professor Carolyn Evans has spoken out this week about her concerns over creeping government regulation and how populist backlash over issues like migration is already harming…
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Devastation in Nepal as 'glacial tsunami' sweeps through pilgrim valley
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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The Radio National Hour
A quarter of a century ago, hundreds of refugees were rescued from a small fishing boat adrift in the Indian Ocean and taken aboard the Norwegian freighter the MV Tampa. The stand-off that followed up-ended decades of…
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Jon Ronson on the algorithms sucking the life force out of disillusioned men
One Nation voters say Australia is on the wrong track and immigration is to blame. The Labor government would rather we look the other way, but fresh polling says both major parties are bleeding votes over the issue.…
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Do some young men and boys feel 'entitled' to women's bodies?
When teenage boys are accused of sexually assaulting their peers we’re horrified and wonder why and how? But in Australia now, boys are more likely to commit these crimes against their peers than adult men. Global…
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Dame Imelda Staunton on her secret to success on stage and screen
Tracey Holmes brings you compelling conversations with some of the most interesting people from around the world, on the issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.
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Zomi Frankcom and the limits of justice
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina on Prison, Exile and Defying Putin
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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