Episodes

  • Randa Abdel-Fattah speaks to Nour Haydar about the Adelaide festival

    Randa Abdel-Fattah speaks to Nour Haydar about the Adelaide festival
    Jan 15 2026
    A week after the Adelaide festival disinvited Palestinian Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah from its writers’ week, organisers have issued a complete and unreserved apology. The South Australian event collapsed after the author was dropped from its line-up and more than 180 writers pulled out. Now, with a new board, the organisers have apologised for the harm caused and invited Abdel-Fattah to speak in 2027. Dr Abdel-Fattah spoke to Nour Haydar about why she is considering defamation action against the South Australian premier and what this moment represents
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    28 mins
  • Donald Trump’s new age of empire

    Donald Trump’s new age of empire
    Jan 14 2026
    It started with US forces attacking Venezuela and capturing its sitting president. And almost immediately more American intervention was flagged, in countries such as Cuba, Colombia and Greenland. For the moment Donald Trump’s focus is now on Iran. Senior international correspondent Julian Borger speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether we are seeing a new ramp-up of Trump’s imperialist intentions, or is this simply the same America we’ve always known?
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    20 mins
  • Why AI datacentres are draining our energy and water – Full Story podcast

    Why AI datacentres are draining our energy and water – Full Story podcast
    Jan 13 2026
    Australia wants in on the artificial intelligence boom but datacentres needed to run AI require huge amounts of electricity and water. Climate and environment reporter Petra Stock speaks with Nour Haydar about the increasing concerns over the environmental impact of datacentres
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    15 mins
  • Is this the end of the Iranian regime?

    Is this the end of the Iranian regime?
    Jan 13 2026
    Protests have rocked Iran, a brutal crackdown is under way and Trump has threatened to intervene. Ellie Geranmayeh on a dangerous moment for the country’s leaders
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    27 mins
  • The anxiety of having kids in a climate crisis

    The anxiety of having kids in a climate crisis
    Jan 12 2026
    About 40% of Australian women without kids say they are hesitant to have children because of climate change. Guardian Australia’s climate, environment and science assistant editor, Donna Lu, is among them. Reged Ahmad speaks to Donna about her anxiety – shared by many – about starting a family as global temperatures rise
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    17 mins
  • Albanese bows to Bondi pressure

    Albanese bows to Bondi pressure
    Jan 11 2026
    Over the summer break, calls for a royal commission into the Bondi beach massacre saturated headlines across parts of the media. And last week the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, bowed to the pressure, launching a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion. Nour Haydar speaks with political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy on the political reverberations from the Bondi attack and the tests that lie ahead for Labor in 2026
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    22 mins
  • The Birth Keepers: death plan – episode six

    The Birth Keepers: death plan – episode six
    Jan 11 2026
    A backlash against FBS grows and Emilee and Yolande respond to the growing crisis. This is episode six of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
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    43 mins
  • The Birth Keepers: FBS goes global – episode five

    The Birth Keepers: FBS goes global – episode five
    Jan 10 2026
    Emilee and Yolande had grown an ideology and seeded it globally – a reach investigative reporters Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne could not have fathomed when they started reporting on the story. They set out to see just how far FBS has spread. This is episode five of a year-long investigation
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    32 mins