The man behind Sydney’s fireworks
This year, the Sydney New Year’s fireworks were watched by millions of people around the world, but have you ever wondered how it’s put together? We speak to the man behind the fireworks, Fortunato Fo...
1 Jan 202315min
2022: A year in review
A look back on The Year That Was with Tom Tilley, Katrina Blowers, Antoinette Lattouf and Rhianna Patrick. We talk about the biggest stories of the year, including the Queen’s death, the federal elect...
29 Dec 202225min
Best of 2022: BookTok: How TikTok is changing literature
What is the BookTok phenomenon? Is it making reading cool? And how is it affecting book sales? There’s been a big surge in book sales, and publishers are putting it down to a new phenomenon called Boo...
28 Dec 202218min
Best of 2022: Amber Heard's lawyer speaks to The Briefing
In today’s Briefing we look at a perverse twist of 'Me Too'. The wave of abuse stories has come with a wave of defamation lawsuits. London-based barristers Jen Robinson and Keina Yoshida have written ...
27 Dec 202217min
Best of 2022: The deathbed confession of Jane Roe (Roe v Wade)
This year the USA has been rocked by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade - the case that has protected the right to abortion in the US for almost 50 years. Already, states are banning...
26 Dec 202217min
Best of 2022: How to not worry in chaotic times
With rising interest rates, escalating inflation, a war underway in Ukraine and coming out of the pandemic, it’s understandable we’re all a bit more worried. In today’s episode of the Briefing, we tal...
25 Dec 202215min
Inside a Santa training camp and beyond
We all know Santa Claus as a jolly old white man with a grey beard and red suit, but is this version of Mr Claus about to change? Australian director Nick Sweeney, has produced a documentary about the...
22 Dec 202220min
How to teach kids about money with The Barefoot Investor
How do you teach kids about money? That's the question The Barefoot Investor has set out to answer in his new book Barefoot Kids. He covers pocket money, saving, spending and everything else to get ki...
21 Dec 202220min
