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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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Divining the meaning of Xi Jinping's latest leadership purge
China’s president Xi Jinping has made a startling power play, purging the military’s top generals including one of his closest confidants on charges of…
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Rethinking bovine intelligence - there's more at steak than you think
For senior Australian of the Year Professor Henry Brodaty the quest to understand, treat and maybe, one day find a cure for dementia is deeply personal. It…
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Could the alcohol-free fad undo thousands of years of human evolution?
Myanmar’s national elections conclude this weekend, but we already know the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party will win, a preordained…
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A National Day of Mourning & Trump dumps on Davos
‘Light will win’ is the message from the organisers of tonight's service of remembrance at the Sydney Opera House, the Chabad of Bondi. As the nation pauses to…
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Palestinians question Trump's vision for the 'Board of Peace'
Anthony Albanese may not have got the bill he wanted through Parliament this week but his fortunes are improving, meanwhile - despite all their protests - the…
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Power: the word that defines the Trump age
US President Donald Trump promised American's a golden age when he was inaugurated for his second term a year ago. Some believe he's making good on that…
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The Bondi attack demands a political response, but is this the right one?
Today parliamentarians came together to remember the 15 people slain as the sun set over Australia’s most iconic beach on December the 14th last year. But as…
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Best of 2025: Political lies, salmon struggles and Josh Pyke
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, Pulitzer Prize winning founder of the website…
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Best of 2025: Deciding to 'disappear', Jeanette Winterson and Hermanos Gutiérrez
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, thousands of people simply vanish in Japan every year…
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Best of 2025: Murdoch drama, dire wolves and flautist Jane Rutter
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, the Murdoch family's real life succession drama, which…
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Best of 2025: Artificial Inteligence, Peter Weir and David Sedaris
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.First, we might look back on 2025 as the year of Artificial…
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Best of 2025: NASA's Parker Solar Probe, Colm Tóibín and Andrea Lam
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.First, a year ago today NASA got closer to the sun than we've…
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Best of 2025: Medical misogyny, Saul Griffith and the Hejaz Railway
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, how medical researchers and practitioners have been…
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Best of 2025: Mosquitos, Guy Pearce and Virginia Giuffre
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, an ethical dilemma, should we eliminate a species of…
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Best of 2025: Cyclone season, political pragmatism and TIME magazine covers
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, it’s cyclone season in Australia which means millions…
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Best of 2025: Firing squads, Axolotl's and photographer Mike Bowers
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, amid growing resistance to the use of the death…
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Best of 2025: South Korea's adopted children, fashion manufacturing and the Enhanced Games
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, South Korea acknowledges human rights of thousands of…
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Australia reels from Bondi terror attack
National Cabinet has agreed to strengthen gun laws across the country in the wake of the Bondi terror attacks, which has left at least 16 people dead and…
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The beautiful game for billionaires
FIFA is under fire over the price of tickets to next year’s Football World Cup. In the initial offer today fans are being asked to pay up to 13 thousand…
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Trump's war on science
The Trump Administration has taken a wrecking ball to America’s science establishment this year, slashing funding for research into cancer, vaccines, climate…
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The debate over immigration is heating up, what can we learn from others experiences?
The Coalition is poised for a fresh debate over immigration, flagging deportations of unlawful migrants, and an Australian values test. It's an issue that’s…
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Building a bushfire proof house is possible & affordable
Dozens of Australian families have been left homeless after bushfires took hold this weekend in communities and towns across three states. But some homes…
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A lonely summer - Australian teens countdown to social media ban
America’s latest national security strategy has landed with a thud in world affairs. According to it, Europe is in civilisational decline, China can be managed…
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Oscar plays it cool on eve of F1 final
After last week’s pit stop pandemonium can Australian Oscar Piastri is still in with a chance to claim the Formula 1 championship. But questions are being…
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Beijing moves to quell the fury after the Hong Kong fire
The anger is growing at pace with the death toll in Hong Kong after fire tore through seven apartment blocks last week. As more details emerge - of the…
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Are Trump's strikes against Venezuela really about drugs?
“It’s a beautiful day for fishing”, that was the final message sent by Colombian man Alejandro Carranza Medina to his family, just hours before he was killed…
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Why is President Trump pardoning a notorious, central American cocaine dealer?
He once boasted he would stuff cocaine right up the noses of the gringos, but the former Honduran president convicted and sentenced to 45 years for drug…
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Cut off from the world: life under Trump sanctions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally asked for a pardon from President Isaac Herzog relating to corruption charges against him. The Prime…
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Why are Imran Khan death rumours circulating online?
In recent days there's been fevered speculation on social media channels in Pakistan and India about the welfare of former Pakistani Prime Minister and…
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Canberra's grand finale: environmental reform and Barnaby cut loose
The long campaign to pass new environmental laws finally ends in the government’s favour, with a little help from the Greens. And Barnaby Joyce, quits the…
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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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'We have paid a very high price' - Ukraine contemplates peace plan
Ukraine is locked in negotiations with US leaders over a proposed peace plan that could see it forced to cede the Donetsk region to Russia. US President Donald…
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Trump's G20 snub
G20 leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have arrived in Johannesburg for the group’s first ever summit in Africa. The US President is a no-show…
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Australia's COP compromise
Australia has succumbed to Turkiye’s pressure in negotiations over who will host next year’s annual global climate meeting. It's a blow for us and our Pacific…
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Ultra-Processed food is making you sick and sad, is it time to take on Big Food?
If that packet of food has more than five ingredients on the label it could be slowly killing you. And if an election were held in Britain tomorrow, right-wing…
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Nirvana Unplugged: the iconic performance that cemented Kurt Cobain as the tortured genius
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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COP that: Australia rejects Turkiye's offer to share climate meet
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Kylie Morris brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Facebook is minting scam ads, are they serious about policing them?
Kylie Morris brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Liberal party overwhelmingly in favour of dumping net zero
Kylie Morris brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Good Gough, why The Dismissal still matters
Kylie Morris brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Neo-Nazis to register as a political party to protect symbols of hate
Kylie Morris brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Icon of human rights movement, Navi Pillay receives Sydney Peace Prize
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Zohran Mamdani's spectacular rise to power in NYC
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Australians fail the government over housing crisis
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Is the government failing the transparency test?
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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When Trump met Xi - power rivals come together as equals
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.
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Australia's new Aged Care Act is huge leap forward, but the devil is in the detail
Compelling conversations on issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.
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Fears thousands massacred in Sudanese city of El-Fasher
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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'A stadium of the gods' - inside hurricane Melissa
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Is the Coalition playing a net zero sum game?
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
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Trump takes a wrecking ball to the White House, literally
A New South Wales MP has taken the extraordinary step of using his parliamentary privilege to name a man who confessed as a teenager to killing three-year-old…
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Could Australia benefit from having a co-operative supermarket chain?
Compelling conversations on issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.
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'There is no diginity for Gazans' - promised aid yet to materialise
The head of the World Health Organization is warning of a 'health catastrophe' that could last 'generations' in Gaza unless aid deliveries are dramatically…
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The PM strikes a critical deal with the US, but was a rare price paid?
Kylie Morris brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.
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How Donald Trump turned the White House into a TV set
Michael Rowland 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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Malala Yousafzai sheds her 'mythical heroine' cloak
The story of Malala Yousafzai is seared into our memories; the 15 year old school girl shot in the face by the Taliban in 2012. It’s a story that writes…