- Arts and Culture
- Books and Literature
- Community and Society
- Current Affairs: background and opinion
- Design and Architecture
- Education and Society
- Health
- History
- Indigenous Affairs
- Law, Crime and Justice
- Media and Information
- Music Interviews
- Philosophy
- Religion
- Science
- Sound Art
- Sport
Podcasting Subject Listing
Arts and Culture
Artworks
Artworks, a new program looking at the arts in relation to history, society and ideas, will be heard on Sundays at 10am. Amanda Smith converses with people in the visual and performing arts and presents features on artists' lives and work.
Updates Sundays. File size: 23MB
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AWAYE!
Awaye! brings you diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia, and the best from indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 23MB
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Exhibit A
Julie Copeland talks with artists, thinkers and writers about major works, ideas and events in the visual arts, performance, film, architecture and music.
Updates Sundays. File size: 11MB
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Movie Time
For everyone who loves movies. Julie Rigg brings you a lively, entertaining and comprehensive wrap of movie reviews, interviews and behind-the-scenes news.
Updates Thursdays. File size: 14MB
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The Music Show
The Music Show's interview of the week. Composer Andrew Ford gets the music world talking, from k.d. lang to Baaba Maal, from Philip Glass to Emmylou Harris.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 7MB
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Books and Literature
The Book Show
Ramona Koval guides you through the world of writing and publishing, fiction and non-fiction.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 18MB
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First Person
First Person is a serialised reading of published autobiography, broadcast every weekday.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 8MB
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Lingua Franca
Maria Zijlstra hunts down the people whose business is language new or old, strange or surprising.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 7MB
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Community and Society
AWAYE!
Awaye! brings you diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia, and the best from indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 23MB
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Big Ideas
Big Ideas brings you lectures, conversations, features and special series from Australia and around the world. Prominent people are invited to present the results of their thinking on the major social, cultural, scientific or political issues that affect us all.
Updates Sundays. File size: 23MB
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Bush Telegraph
Our far-flung reporters take us along to experience life in rural and regional Australia - on farms, in towns and in the bush, and we hear first-hand from the people who live there.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 23MB
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Life Matters
Richard Aedy looks at what is affecting our daily health and wellbeing at home, at work and at school.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 25MB
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Radio Eye
In a media world where documentaries and features are endangered species, Radio Eye presents the best of both forms from Australia and around the world.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 18MB
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Street Stories
Ordinary people intrigue us just as much as celebrities do: everyday life stories that connect you to the wider world.
Updates Sundays. File size: 13MB
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Current Affairs: background and opinion
Australia Talks
Find out what everyday Australians (as well as expert guests) think about all kinds of topics, from international politics to the price of eggs, in this talkback hosted by Paul Barclay.
Updates Weekays. File size: 22MB
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Background Briefing
Current affairs investigative journalism: exploring new ideas and analysing society in lively on-the-road documentary style.
Updates Sundays. File size: 22MB
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Breakfast
Comprehensive coverage and analysis of national and international events. Serious, fun, topical and diverse.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 8MB
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Counterpoint
Michael Duffy fields commentary and debate from all sides of Australian society, economics and culture.
Updates Mondays. File size: 22MB
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Correspondents Report
World analysis, from an Australian perspective, by the ABC's on-the-spot reporters.
Updates Sundays. File size: 12MB
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Late Night Live
Phillip Adams invites you to sit in on his conversations with the world's most controversial thinkers.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 25MB
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The National Interest
Issues that shape Australia, from events making national headlines to local stories with significance for the rest of the country.
Updates Sundays. File size: 22MB
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Perspective
Radio National's short commentary program. It's personal, political, historical, and thoughtful. It's an opinionated five minutes of radio.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 4MB
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Rear Vision
We tease out the complex history behind those baffling events in the news.
Updates Sundays. File size: 12MB
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Saturday Extra
Geraldine Doogue calls for analysis of the week's events, focusing on business and foreign affairs.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 36MB
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Design and Architecture
By Design
Alan Saunders looks at how we shape our world, from the ground up.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 22MB
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Exhibit A
Julie Copeland talks with artists, thinkers and writers about major works, ideas and events in the visual arts, performance, film, architecture and music.
Updates Sundays. File size: 11MB
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Education and Society
EdPod
EdPod presents an up-to-date and informative look at education issues, from early childhood to the end of secondary school.
Updates fortnightly on Thursdays. File size: 13MB
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Life Matters
Richard Aedy looks at what is affecting our daily health and wellbeing at home, at work and at school.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 25MB
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Health
All in the Mind
Delving into all things mental: the latest research and expert commentary on our brains and behaviour. And helping you keep your head together is Natasha Mitchell.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 13MB
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The Health Report
A wide range of topics in the area of health and medicine, considered within their social, scientific and political contexts and brought to you by Dr Norman Swan.
Updates Mondays. File size: 14MB
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History
Hindsight
Hear radio documentaries about surprising aspects of Australia's past: the untold stories of our social history, its characters and events.
Updates Sundays. File size: 25MB
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Rear Vision
We tease out the complex history behind those baffling events in the news.
Updates Sundays. File size: 12MB
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Verbatim
Hear Australia's history from the people who made it: true stories told by unknown and well-known figures from our past.
Updates Thursdays. File size: 13MB
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Indigenous Affairs
AWAYE!
Awaye! brings you diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia, and the best from indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 23MB
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Law, Crime and Justice
The Law Report
Clear, jargon-free information about the law and those who make it, break it, and have to comply with it. Presented by Damien Carrick.
Updates Tuesdays. File size: 14MB
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Media and Information
Media Report
A critical look at the latest developments in the communications industry and how the media affects our lives.
Updates Thursdays. File size: 14MB
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Music
The Ark
Rachael Kohn talks to some of the world's leading religious historians and authors about curious moments in religious history.
Updates Sundays. File size: 7MB
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The Music Show
The Music Show's interview of the week. Composer Andrew Ford gets the music world talking, from k.d. lang to Baaba Maal, from Philip Glass to Emmylou Harris.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 7MB
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Philosophy
All in the Mind
Delving into all things mental: the latest research and expert commentary on our brains and behaviour. And helping you keep your head together is Natasha Mitchell.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 13MB
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Late Night Live
Phillip Adams invites you to sit in on his conversations with the world's most controversial thinkers.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 25MB
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Philosopher’s Zone
Alan Saunders explores the big questions and arguments; he looks at the world of philosophy and at the world through philosophy.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 11MB
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Religion
The Ark
Rachael Kohn talks to some of the world's leading religious historians and authors about curious moments in religious history.
Updates Sundays. File size: 7MB
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AWAYE!
Awaye! brings you diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia, and the best from indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 23MB
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Encounter
Explore the connections between religion and life and reflect on the religious experience of multicultural Australia.
Updates Weekdays. File size: 22MB
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Religion Report
Your guide to religious affairs: analysis of the events shaping the world of religion and the religious events that shape our world.
Updates Wednesdays. File size: 14MB
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The Spirit of Things
An adventure in religion and spirituality, exploring contemporary values and beliefs as expressed through ritual, art, music, and sacred texts.
Updates Sundays. File size: 23MB
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Science
All in the Mind
Delving into all things mental: the latest research and expert commentary on our brains and behaviour. And helping you keep your head together is Natasha Mitchell.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 13MB
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In Conversation
Robyn Williams chooses the key players in the world of science, and gets them talking.
Updates Thursdays. File size: 7MB
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The Science Show
RN's science flagship: your essential source of what's making news in the complex world of scientific research, scandal and discovery.
Updates Saturdays. File size: 22MB
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Ockham’s Razor
Thoughtful people have their say, without interruption, on important science-related topics.
Updates Sundays. File size: 5MB
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Sound Art
The Night Air
The Night Air is an ever-changing half hour composition of music, sounds, ideas and stories. A mix of all the best uses of radio in one time-slot.
Updates Sundays. File size: 22MB
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Sport
The Sports Factor
Debating and celebrating the cultural significance of sport with Mick O'Regan: it's much, much more than a game.
Updates Fridays. File size: 14MB
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