Episodes

  • The Birth Keepers: Growing an empire – episode four

    The Birth Keepers: Growing an empire – episode four
    Jan 8 2026
    Within months of the death of Lorren’s baby, Journey Moon, and the public backlash against the Free Birth Society that followed, Emilee Saldaya took the FBS membership private, turning the business into a global multimillion dollar empire. This is episode four of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
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    43 mins
  • Why has Trump seized a Russia-linked oil tanker?

    Why has Trump seized a Russia-linked oil tanker?
    Jan 8 2026
    The US has dramatically seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker between the UK and Iceland, with the support of the UK government. The operation comes after US attacks on Venezuela, the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and threats against Greenland. Lucy Hough speaks to Russian affairs correspondent Pjotr Sauer – watch on YouTube
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    9 mins
  • The Birth Keepers: Journey Moon – episode three

    The Birth Keepers: Journey Moon – episode three
    Jan 7 2026
    When Lorren Holliday got pregnant in 2018, she joined Emilee Saldaya’s Facebook group and quickly became hooked on the Free Birth Society podcasts. It was a decision that led to tragedy. This is episode three of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
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    35 mins
  • The Birth Keepers: When Emilee met Yolande – episode two

    The Birth Keepers: When Emilee met Yolande – episode two
    Jan 6 2026
    Who is Emilee Saldaya, the woman behind the Free Birth Society movement? And how did she meet her business partner, Yolande Norris-Clark? Does either woman have the credentials they are claiming? This is episode two of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
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    41 mins
  • The Birth Keepers episode one: I choose this

    The Birth Keepers episode one: I choose this
    Jan 6 2026
    The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power – by free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes she nearly lost her life to FBS ideology. This is episode one of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
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    37 mins
  • The Descendants episode 2: the search for Tom Wills

    The Descendants episode 2: the search for Tom Wills
    Jan 5 2026
    For some years there have been suggestions that in the 1860s Tom Wills, Australia’s first sports hero and a founder of Australian rules football, may have taken part in the massacres of Gayiri people in central Queensland. Now, in a Guardian Australia investigation, Indigenous affairs reporter Ella Archibald-Binge travels in search of the truth behind the allegations. In this two-part special Full Story, she and Lorena Allam from the University of Technology Sydney’s Jumbunna Institute discuss how families on both sides of the conflict are reckoning with the truth of their ancestors’ colonial past
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    32 mins
  • Trump ousts Venezuela’s President

    Trump ousts Venezuela’s President
    Jan 5 2026
    The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was captured, flown to the US and is facing trial in New York. What does it mean for the country – and the world?
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    28 mins
  • The Descendants episode 1: decoding a massacre

    The Descendants episode 1: decoding a massacre
    Jan 4 2026
    Colonial pastoralist Major Logue is a figure of note in the city of Geraldton, Western Australia. But his diaries, written partly in code, reveal a dark and confronting chapter of Australia’s past – a history that Yamatji people already know all too well. Descendants of some perpetrator families are now challenging what they call ‘colonial silence’. For them, truth-telling is real, personal and local. There are no guidelines or rulebooks, and it can lead to denial and indifference – but it can also be a liberation. In this two-part special Full Story, Guardian Australia’s Indigenous affairs reporter Sarah Collard and Lorena Allam from UTS’s Jumbunna Institute discuss decoding the truth behind Logue’s diaries, and how descendants of colonial violence are coming together to heal from the horrors of the past Warning: This episode contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be distressing to some
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    29 mins