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The Radio National Hour
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.
Episodes
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Why America's allies in Asia are starting to sweat
At a time when China is testing America's allies across the region, is Donald Trump easing back one of Washington's most important military partnerships?…
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The Afghan women refusing to disappear
Five years since the Taliban swept back into Kabul Afghan women have been erased from public life. One of Afghanistan’s first professional cricketers, Firooza…
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Porn without people: what happens when AI takes over fantasy?
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Lost, found or still searching? The Democrats after Biden
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has survived a second attempt to topple him in less than a year, but questions about his authority inside the…
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AI is already breaking the rules, how will a royal commission help?
South Australia has announced a royal commission into Artificial Intelligence at a critical moment for the technology, with leaders of Big Tech calling on the…
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Across Australia signs of ecological collapse are piling up
Every year thousands of giant cuttlefish put on a dazzling show in the freezing waters of South Australia’s Spencer Gulf. But this year the cuttlefish are…
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Introducing 'The Diplomats' — telling stories of the people power behind the scenes
We have a brand new segment called 'The Diplomats', turning the spotlight on the peacemakers in our world: the people working, mostly out of sight and under…
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How do conspiracy theories like the '15-minute city' take hold?
The Iran war is now in its sixth month and yet again, the US President is doing his best to suggest everything is hunky-dory and the two sides are getting…
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'I'm definitely more cautious' — Coogee shark hero Charlie Verco on returning to the water
When a shark viciously attacked Coogee mum Leah Stewart back in June, Charlie Verco didn’t flinch, he paddled straight towards danger. He joined Fran in the…
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Howzat? Merv Hughes biography among books suspected to have been fed to AI
A folksy Congresswoman is taking on a progressive Muslim dubbed the Mamdani of the Midwest in the high stakes Democratic primary in the US state of Michigan —…
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Why is AstraZeneca giving away a life saving cancer drug for free?
Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has provided access to affordable medicines for nearly 80 years, but recently our tough talking government has met…
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The growing power of psychedelics in mental health
Psychedelics were used to treat mental health disorders like depression long before peace, love and rock n roll. Now decades on, scientists are reclaiming them…
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'A love story to Qantas' — Alan Joyce makes his defence in a new memoir
Alan Joyce is the man Australia came to hate; notorious for firing baggage handlers and and, in the eyes of many, trashing a beloved national icon. When he…
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Edmund Rice Education Australia does 'the right thing' by abuse survivors
With pressure mounting over their billion dollar property holdings, Edmund Rice Education Australia has caved to public pressure, announcing it will pay all…
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Is AI forcing women into early retirement?
Stacey Duguid spent two decades building a career as a fashion editor which took her to the couture houses of Prada and Paul Smith, but 16 months ago that…
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The Tate brothers' manosphere could be about to shrink dramatically
The Tate brothers are blamed for promoting and monetising a culture of often violent misogyny and now Britain is seeking their extradition from the US to face…
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Helen Clark says 'Palestine will disappear before our eyes' if Israeli settlements continue
Britain's new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham wants to bring back hope to Britain. He arrived at Number 10 Downing Street promising to end rough sleeping and…
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WA police nab dozens of wanted people with new facial recognition technology
Police in Western Australia are claiming success following the rollout of controversial facial recognition technology that's already identified dozens of…
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Jennifer Westacott: Australian Jews have been let down by all our leaders
This week it was the turn of University leaders to front up at the Antisemitism Royal Commission.They were challenged and chastened over their failure to…