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Good Weekend Talks

Good Weekend Talks features in-depth conversations with the people fascinating Australians right now, from sport to politics to the arts, business and beyond, interviewed weekly by the country's top j... Read more

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Historian Peter Frankopan on future pandemics and the other big ecological threats of our time

Historian Peter Frankopan on future pandemics and the other big ecological threats of our time

On today’s episode, we speak with British historian Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed:... Read more

11 Aug 2023

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Journalist and author David Meagher on childhood sexual abuse and its long-lasting repercussions

Journalist and author David Meagher on childhood sexual abuse and its long-lasting repercussions

On this week’s episode of Good Weekend Talks we speak with journalist David Meagher, who has written a memoir, Secrets &... Read more

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