Secrets We Keep: How Amelia uncovered her mum's hidden past
Journalist, Amelia Oberhardt, thought she knew her mum, until she died. At her mum’s wake, Oberhardt discovered a photo of her mother as a teenager, wearing a wedding ring, standing beside a man she d...
14 Elo 202319min
History revised: Women were warrior hunters, not homemakers
Sharpen your spears ladies! Research has debunked the hunter-gatherer theory finding a high number of our female ancestors used to hunt too. A group of anthropologists from Washington and Seattle Paci...
13 Elo 202316min
Kemi Nekvapil on power
Welcome to On Topic with the Weekend Briefing, a special series where Jamila Rizvi talks to some of her favourite guests - old and new - about a single, fascinating subject. Over the next two months, ...
11 Elo 202324min
Death cap death trap: Why wild mushrooms can kill
Australia has been gripped by a story out of Victoria where three people died after eating a meal of wild mushrooms. Police investigations are continuing. One man remains in a critical condition in ho...
10 Elo 202320min
The Summer Ahead: What you need to know about this bushfire season
July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record - almost all of Australia was 2-6°C above average temperatures. Australia has battled with bushfire seasons since 1970, with more than 2,000 homes having ...
9 Elo 202321min
"Darwin may become unliveable in the next fifty years"
Forty-five paediatricians have signed a letter warning the government about the risks of fracking to child and infant health. On Tuesday morning health professionals in support of the letter protested...
8 Elo 202320min
Did you know female football was banned? The rise of the World Cup
As the Matilda’s progress to the quarter finals, we take a deep dive on the history of women’s football with Moya Dodd, a former Australian player who rose up to the FIFA Executive. Headlines: Mati...
7 Elo 202320min
The explosion in Australia's outlaw motorcycle gangs
States are throwing millions of dollars to reign in outlaw motorcycle gangs – why are they on the rise? We're told regularly that bikie gangs rule the drug trade - and there were reports last month so...
6 Elo 202322min
