Episodes

  • Gina: The portrait – episode 5

    Gina: The portrait – episode 5
    Dec 25 2025
    It’s the portrait of Gina Rinehart that launched 1,000 memes, went viral globally and became Australia’s Mona Lisa. But it’s also a symbol of how wealth intersects with other areas of life, including art and sport. How does Rinehart use her money to control her image – and what would she rather you don’t see? This episode of Gina is about power and control, and the colonial history of Australia. It contains references to outdated offensive language and events that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may find distressing. It also contains the names of Indigenous Australians who have died. Listen with care
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Gina: The first-born son – episode 4

    Gina: The first-born son – episode 4
    Dec 24 2025
    Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it’s the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth interview, he explains how his relationship with his mother fell apart and discusses a high-stakes legal case that could threaten the foundations of her empire
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    45 mins
  • Gina: Love and money – episode 3

    Gina: Love and money – episode 3
    Dec 23 2025
    Gina Rinehart has been Australia’s richest person for the last six years in a row. But where does her money come from? In the third episode of Gina, we unpack the bitter rivalries, court battles and family conflicts behind the Hancock fortune – and consider a fundamental question: is Rinehart a mining heiress or is she a self-made mining magnate? We then look at her crowning achievement to date in her time at the helm of Hancock Prospecting – owning and operating her own iron mine at Roy Hill, something her father was never able to do
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Ashes Weekly: how Australia won the Ashes in 11 days

    Ashes Weekly: how Australia won the Ashes in 11 days
    Dec 23 2025
    Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay and Ali Martin to discuss Australia’s victory in the Adelaide Test, which has helped them retain the Ashes – and has left England with a lot of questions about how it all went so wrong
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    53 mins
  • Gina: Like father, like daughter – episode 2

    Gina: Like father, like daughter – episode 2
    Dec 22 2025
    How does Gina Rinehart, like her father before her, use wealth and power to influence politics? Rinehart’s first major foray into the political spotlight was successfully lobbying against Labor’s mining super profit tax during the early 2010s. But what did she learn from Lang Hancock, who campaigned to overturn the iron ore export embargo in the 1950s, setting the foundation for their family fortune?
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    57 mins
  • Gina: Becoming Mrs Rinehart – episode 1

    Gina: Becoming Mrs Rinehart – episode 1
    Dec 21 2025
    Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? In the first episode of Gina, senior correspondent Sarah Martin explores the impact Rinehart could have on Australian politics. Rinehart grew up in the vast expanse of the Pilbara. To understand her story, we delve into her past and how her unique childhood under the influence of Lang Hancock shaped her
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    48 mins
  • Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption?

    Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption?
    Dec 19 2025
    The White House has consistently denied that Donald Trump has ever engaged in conflicts of interest while president. But experts have been tallying up examples of decisions made over the past 12 months which, they say, amount to corruption coming from the highest office. Jonathan Freedland is joined by the anthropologist Prof Janine Wedel as they wade through the most egregious allegations of corruption from Trump’s first year in office
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    29 mins
  • The free birth influencers radicalising women around the world

    The free birth influencers radicalising women around the world
    Dec 18 2025
    The Free Birth Society (FBS) is a multimillion-dollar business that promotes the idea of women giving birth with no medical assistance. Now, a year-long Guardian investigation has revealed the FBS has been linked to baby deaths around the world. Mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors, all while influencers made millions pushing so-called ‘wild’ births. Investigations correspondent Sirin Kale speaks to Reged Ahmad about why so many women find the claims made by the Free Birth Society so appealing but why medical experts say they are dangerous
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    22 mins