Good Weekend Talks

by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

Good Weekend Talks features in-depth conversations with the people fascinating Australians right now, from sport to politics to the arts, business and beyond, interviewed weekly by the country's top journalists. Consider it a magazine for your ears.

More
Recent Episodes
  • Crime writer Mark Brandi on the ‘incredibly painful’ experience that changed his life
    Jun 20, 2025 – 39:51
  • How China ate Apple – and is now weaponising its technology against the West
    Jun 13, 2025 – 35:53
  • Dos and don’ts of home renos and building: A checklist from Grand Designs’ Anthony Burke
    Jun 5, 2025 – 41:06
  • 'I was so scared': A forced-marriage survivor's harrowing story – and escape
    May 30, 2025 – 25:46
  • Chef prodigy Hugh Allen on his new restaurant, creativity – and recognising critics
    May 23, 2025 – 37:54
  • Coming soon - the 40/20 NRL podcast
    May 19, 2025 – 00:47
  • Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber
    May 15, 2025 – 51:53
  • Novelist Hannah Kent on writing, nightmares – and the ghost who lives with her
    May 9, 2025 – 39:05
  • Meet historian Rutger Bregman – fighting the good fight with 'realistic idealism'
    May 2, 2025 – 37:28
  • Inside the battle to retain Labor's traditional heartland voters
    Apr 25, 2025 – 39:29
  • You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage
    Apr 18, 2025 – 42:06
  • Melinda French Gates on perfectionism and pain, parenting and philanthropy
    Apr 11, 2025 – 41:34
  • ‘My goggles filled with tears’: Ellie Cole on medals, motherhood – and silver linings
    Apr 4, 2025 – 42:28
  • 'Crazy, yeah?': Jane Flemming on Aussie athletics' new golden age (including Gout Gout)
    Mar 28, 2025 – 50:04
  • Meet Matt Kean – the politician who chose the planet over party
    Mar 20, 2025 – 36:58
  • Curtis Stone on critics, cooking for a crowd – and selling meat pies in LA
    Mar 14, 2025 – 30:56
  • Finance minister Katy Gallagher on loss, love, politics and pet kangaroos
    Mar 6, 2025 – 35:27
  • Kara Swisher on Elon, Trump and the tech bros taking over
    Feb 28, 2025 – 29:31
  • Fear, fun and faceplants: a day in the life of ballet dancer Callum Linnane
    Feb 21, 2025 – 36:55
  • Richard Roxburgh, Peter Greste and 400 days in an Egyptian prison
    Feb 14, 2025 – 50:34
  • “There’s not one silver bullet to fix things”: Music Australia boss Millie Millgate
    Feb 7, 2025 – 35:28
  • Processed meats and cancer: How a shock diagnosis of stage four bowel cancer drove Lucie Morris-Marr to investigate the links
    Jan 31, 2025 – 30:51
  • Why Helen Garner trained her forensically observant eye on an Aussie rules team - and what she learnt from it
    Jan 24, 2025 – 36:24
  • Australian Open boss Craig Tiley on the highs and lows of running a global event
    Jan 10, 2025 – 41:42
  • Good Weekend Summer: Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song
    Jan 3, 2025 – 34:53
  • Good Weekend Summer: Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students
    Dec 27, 2024 – 36:56
  • Good Weekend Summer: Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film
    Dec 20, 2024 – 28:36
  • A feature writing masterclass from Good Weekend's Amanda Hooton and Konrad Marshall
    Dec 13, 2024 – 42:27
  • Stephanie Gilmore's year off competitive surfing
    Dec 6, 2024 – 38:05
  • Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy on winning gold in Paris, and setting her sights on LA
    Nov 29, 2024 – 24:41
  • Chinese Australian dissident artist Badiucao on being followed, threatened - and impersonated
    Nov 22, 2024 – 49:13
  • Hannah Diviney on acting, ableist language and not having to always strive for amazing
    Nov 15, 2024 – 39:47
  • Gina Chick on the beauty and power of strangeness
    Nov 8, 2024 – 41:26
  • Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film
    Nov 1, 2024 – 28:19
  • Author Joe Aston on what went wrong for the Qantas brand
    Oct 25, 2024 – 41:21
  • British author Jon Ronson on why psychopaths rule the world - and how we should view Donald Trump
    Oct 18, 2024 – 35:26
  • Literary editor Jason Steger on 25 years of wrangling books, authors and publishers
    Oct 11, 2024 – 36:39
  • Mark Manson, author of 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k' on how the self-help industry gets it wrong
    Oct 4, 2024 – 38:06
  • Norman Swan researched the best way to parent kids under ten. Here's what he reckons
    Sep 27, 2024 – 41:39
  • Eric Beecher on media, moguls and what it's like to be sued by a Murdoch
    Sep 20, 2024 – 49:06
  • Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students
    Sep 13, 2024 – 36:36
  • Author Markus Zusak on the magic - and mayhem - of mongrels
    Sep 6, 2024 – 36:06
  • Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song
    Aug 30, 2024 – 34:35
  • From Sydney to Singapore, Melbourne to Manila: meet the man playing Alexander Hamilton in the hit musical
    Aug 23, 2024 – 39:17
  • What impact has that 'controversial' $443m investment made to the Great Barrier Reef?
    Aug 16, 2024 – 30:18
  • Best-selling author Roxane Gay on body positivity, Trump and Channing Tatum
    Aug 9, 2024 – 35:37
  • 'Like a hurricane was inside the house': a survivor's tale of the Beirut port explosion
    Aug 2, 2024 – 39:51
  • Grappling with twin tragedies and tax reform: Allegra Spender's life as a federal MP
    Jul 26, 2024 – 35:02
  • Debunking milk myths: Farmer and food writer Matthew Evans on the white stuff
    Jul 19, 2024 – 31:16
  • Solving Australia's chronic housing crisis
    Jul 12, 2024 – 33:20
Recent Reviews
  • Brett Goldsmith
    Wonderful podcast, thank you.
    Excellent, very well done.
Similar Podcasts
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork on this page are property of the podcast owner, and not endorsed by UP.audio.