Episodes

  • The Sunday read: a day with Punch the monkey’s Djungelskog toy

    The Sunday read: a day with Punch the monkey’s Djungelskog toy
    Feb 28 2026
    Punch, a baby monkey in a Japanese zoo, has gone viral after bonding with a plush orangutan. That toy, from Ikea’s Djungelskog range, is now in high demand around the world – including in the Guardian Australia newsroom. Education reporter Caitlin Cassidy waits in line to buy a toy and see what the all hype is about
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    6 mins
  • Back to Back Barries: the politics of no sympathy for ‘IS families’

    Back to Back Barries: the politics of no sympathy for ‘IS families’
    Feb 26 2026
    Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine the divisive political debate over the future of the 34 Australian women and children languishing in a Syrian detention camp. They also discuss why capital gains tax is becoming a real pressure point for Labor, Anthony Albanese’s careful words for One Nation voters and why there’s a proliferation of polls
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    34 mins
  • Will Andrew bring down the monarchy?

    Will Andrew bring down the monarchy?
    Feb 26 2026
    As British MPs vote to release the documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as trade envoy, Helen Pidd speaks to Andrew Lownie, author of Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, about the former prince’s antics in the role and whether this scandal will be the monarchy’s last
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    25 mins
  • Exclusive: the Australian children of IS families speak to the Guardian

    Exclusive: the Australian children of IS families speak to the Guardian
    Feb 25 2026
    This week, journalist William Christou made the long journey to al-Roj camp in north-eastern Syria where 2,000 families are detained – including 23 children and 11 women from Australia with links to IS. These Australian citizens attempted to leave the camp last week with the hopes of making it to their homeland, but were forced to turn back. They are now at the centre of a political storm. In this exclusive, you’ll hear from the Australian children stuck in Syria. Christou speaks to Nour Haydar about how he met the children, the conditions they live in and why they want to come home
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    24 mins
  • Ukrainian men on how four years of war has changed them

    Ukrainian men on how four years of war has changed them
    Feb 24 2026
    A DJ turned soldier explains how life has changed for Ukraine’s men while Tracy McVeigh and Shaun Walker report on the impact of the conflict and what could happen next
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    26 mins
  • The UK reckons with Epstein, when will Trump’s America?

    The UK reckons with Epstein, when will Trump’s America?
    Feb 23 2026
    Britain is now debating removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession after the former prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in relation to the Epstein files. He denies all wrongdoing. In the US, however, ‘the Epstein class’ has faced little legal or political reckoning. The Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, speaks to Reged Ahmad about how Mountbatten-Windsor’s UK arrest highlights a lack of action in the US on the Epstein files
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    18 mins
  • Coles in court: the high-stakes battle over the price of your groceries

    Coles in court: the high-stakes battle over the price of your groceries
    Feb 22 2026
    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Coles to the federal court testing allegations the supermarket breached the law by offering “illusory” discounts on many everyday products. Coles denies any wrongdoing. One week into the court battle, business editor Jonathan Barrett tells Reged Ahmad what we’ve learned about how discounts are set and whether the outcome could bring prices down
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    15 mins
  • The Sunday read: Fiona Wright on waiting for your parents to die to own a home

    The Sunday read: Fiona Wright on waiting for your parents to die to own a home
    Feb 21 2026
    Every Sunday, we’ll bring you some of the Guardian’s best stories from the week. Stories we loved, that made us feel happy, sad, or just made us think, read by the people who wrote them. Writer and critic Fiona Wright has often joked with her friends that, in order for them to own homes, they’d have to wait until their parents die. But is there a truth to this dark joke?
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    6 mins