Good Weekend Talks

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

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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 journalists. Consider it a magazine for your ears.

Latest episodeHamish Blake on his surprising lack of skills – and being comfortable in chaosOctober 30, 2026 · 29 min

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Latest episodes

1. Hamish Blake on his surprising lack of skills – and being comfortable in chaosOctober 30, 2026 · 29 min
2. Mark Seymour on a complicated legacy – and not being in the Hunters & Collectors WhatsApp groupOctober 23, 2026 · 38 min
3. Stoicism is more than discipline, says author Ryan Holiday. It may save the modern worldOctober 16, 2026 · 30 min
4. Bonnie Garmus on why the 'least admired' art – poetry – might end up saving the worldOctober 8, 2026 · 37 min
5. Plants remember and react, but do they mind being eaten? Michael Pollan on sentience in the natural worldOctober 2, 2026 · 37 min
6. Intimacy in the age of porn – and when women are more successful than their partners: playwright Suzie MillerSeptember 24, 2026 · 40 min
7. Judith Lucy on burnout, chasing wellness and knowing you’re both deeply unhappy and a 'privileged wanker'September 18, 2026 · 40 min
8. Alexa Leary on surviving tragedy and living a ‘second life’September 11, 2026 · 25 min
9. Dodging the Taliban, camel spiders and becoming 'impervious to shock': Former special forces soldier Bram ConnollySeptember 4, 2026 · 39 min
10. Up close with the Donald Trump ‘regime’ – New York Times reporter and Australian Jonathan SwanAugust 28, 2026 · 39 min

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