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The Morning Edition

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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22:13

Is Trump inciting a civil war?

The Morning Edition ·

2025/06/11

It’s hard to keep up with what’s happening in Los Angeles. And why. On Saturday, federal agents were jumping out of an unmarked van near a Home Depot parking lot and began grabbing people. Then we heard that Donald Trump had called in the National Guard. And then the Marines. And then, yesterday afternoon, Californian governor Gavin Newsom delivered a rebuke to Donald Trump in a nationwide address, saying: “What we’re witnessing is not law enforcement - it’s

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23:56

The Big Short author Michael Lewis all but predicted...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/06/10

New York Times bestselling Author Michael Lewis is, as one interviewer recently put it, “a kind of guru of our age”. This is because, in books likeMoneyball,The Big ShortandGoing Infinite, not to mention his own podcast, he has chronicled some of the big social and economic seachanges of our time - from the global financial crisis, to the cryptocurrency market, and how online gambling companies have managed to wage something of a “war against young men”. Sometimes, he even

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15:32

Scott Morrison recognised in King's Birthday Honours...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/06/09

Australia has marked the King’s Birthday long weekend and with it comes honours for 830 people. But there’s one that stands out: former prime minister Scott Morrison’s appointment as a companion of the order of Australia has proved divisive. So why did Morrison get the honour? Does he deserve it? And who are some of the other awardees on the list? Today, senior economics correspondent Shane Wright joins Nick Bonyhady on the people Australia chooses to recognise.Subscribe to The Age

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14:35

Why the humpback whale is an Australian success story

The Morning Edition ·

2025/06/08

Male humpback whales sing to each other, and when they do - over the course of a season - a favourite “hit song” emerges. Each whale passes it along, until all the humpback males in the Southern Ocean sing it. But humpback whales aren’t just amazing creatures, capable of tenderness, and rivalries. They’ve also managed one of Australia’s great comebacks - they numbered less than 100 on the east coast in the 1960s, and now there’s about 40,000 of them. Today,

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24:46

Inside Politics: Why Darinda Cox's Greens defection...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/06/05

The dramatic shakeout from the general election continued this week, this time from the left wing of Australian politics, with WA Greens senator Dorinda Cox defecting to Labor.It was a coup for a triumphant Prime Minister.But will the PM live to regret his new recruit? What does Senator Cox’s defection mean for the much-depleted Greens party? And how does it fit with the PM’s recent approval of the extension of a giant fossil fuel project off the West Australian coast?Chief Political

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17:56

Trump’s MAGA mindset: the US’s biggest export

The Morning Edition ·

2025/06/04

Most of us have, for so long, lived under the shadow of American exports, that we’d be hard-pressed to choose which was the most intrusive. Hollywood rom-coms? Halloween? J.Lo? That list might have been relevant a couple of weeks ago. But now America’s biggest export is Donald Trump’s MAGA mindset, according to international and political editor, Peter Hartcher. Today, he joins 'The Morning Edition' to discuss Trump’s hidden announcement, last week about a new level of

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21:35

‘Ukraine does have the cards’: the unexpected drone...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/06/03

When news broke, over the weekend, that Ukraine launched a devastating and unprecedented attack on Russian air force bases, it shocked analysts around the world. The damage was huge. And it made a mockery of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s expectation, more than three years ago, that he would capture the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, within days. Today, Associate Professor Matthew Sussex, a fellow at the Australia National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, on what impact

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8:26

'Targeted terror attack' in Boulder, Colorado

The Morning Edition ·

2025/06/02

Since October 7, incidents of antisemitism have surged across the globe, with people attacked and synagogues and homes vandalised. It’s with this backdrop that the latest attack has occurred, this time at a pro-Israel event in the United States. Today, world editor Catherine Naylor on the attack in Boulder, Colorado that turned a weekly vigil into what one witness said looked like a “war zone”.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for

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23:59

The lawyer (and author) who represented Palestine in...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/06/01

How are we to make sense of the swirling chaos around us? The multiple wars, accusations of wrongdoing, and human carnage? And how can we possibly have civilised conversations about it all? British barrister and author Philippe Sands, is uniquely placed to guide us through this moment. It’s not just that he’s an expert on crimes against humanity, who has won cases against former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet. But he understands the personal toil of it all; he’s written about

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24:51

Inside Politics: Who lost the game of brinkmanship,...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/29

Well, they fight, they break up, they kiss, they make up. Never before have the lyrics of a Katy Perry song been more relevant to federal politics. After last week’s shock split, this week the Coalition got back together again. But at what cost? What compromises have been made on both sides? And will the Nats and the Libs be able to work constructively together after all the drama? Meanwhile, Labor is moving ahead with plans to hike taxes on super accounts of more than $3 million, and Anthony

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17:11

Is this the beginning of the end of the American empire?

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/28

American debt is growing, fast. As we record this, the United States federal government has borrowed about 36.2 TRILLION American dollars in order to cover its expenses. But, by the time you hear this - that is, less than 24 hours since recording - it will have shot past this. OK, I can hear you asking: So what? Why should we care? What does it matter to usif Donald Trump has a bill passed that will add another three trillion dollars to that debt, as he’s hoping? Because these figures point to

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17:35

What causes food allergies and can we now prevent them?

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/27

A few years ago, Australia earned the unenviable title of allergy capital of the world. This could well have been true, with a World Allergy Organisation review finding Australia had the highest rate of food allergies for children under five. But since then, something happened to turn allergy advice on its head, and parents have been introducing allergens to children at a far younger age than they used to. So, where are we at now? Explainer reporter Jackson Graham is here with us today to discuss

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16:25

How the latest spate of Sydney shootings ignore 'mob...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/26

Shootings in a warring criminal underworld is not a particularly new thing for cities such as Sydney. This type of violence exploded almost two decades ago with the advent of the gang, Brothers For Life, whose method of choice claimed the lives of multiple gang members and seriously injured innocent people in the crossfire. But the violence did slow down once major gang figures had either been killed or placed behind bars. That is until recently, when, as crime reporter Perry Duffin writes, once

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24:47

'Brooklyn' author Colm Tóibín on belonging

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/25

Renowned author Colm Tóibín's international bestseller Brooklyn deals with the agonies of trying to adapt to the customs of a strange new land.When we meet main character Eilis Lacey 20 years later, in Tóibín’s latest novel, Long Island, she again grapples with the pull of her home country Ireland. So what does Tóibín make of our yearning to belong, and how it can twist us internally? How it can drive otherwise rational people to damn entire groups of

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16:00

Inside Politics: Will the Coalition split or stay...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/22

It was high drama this week with the Nationals telling the Liberals they wanted a political divorce.But by Thursday, the separation – like a marriage on the rocks – was placed on hold while further conversations took place.So what happened? And what’s going to be better for both parties, and the political health of the nation?To discuss the drama in this special early episode of Inside Politics, chief political commentator James Massola, and political correspondent Natassia

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15:51

The enhanced games: The 'steroid' Olympics are coming

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/21

For decades, global sporting events like the Olympics and the Tour de France have been rocked by doping scandals that elicited a collective gasp. If the odd athlete used performance enhancing drugs, how was this a fair test of athletic greatness? But there’s a new event that will turn all of that on its head, where athletes will compete while intentionallyon performance enhancing drugs. The “enhanced games”, as they’re called, will take place in Las Vegas next year. The prize

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21:12

The Donald Trump deal you might have missed

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/20

We know, we know, Donald Trump has gone gangbusters in the Middle east, inking hundreds of millions of dollars worth of deals left, right and centre. But hidden within all the details about Trump’s whirlwind trip - the Qatari jet, his bromance with the Saudi crown prince - is one deal that you might have missed. Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher, on Donald Trump’s microchip deal with the UAE government. Its inherent risks, for the world. And potential opportunity,

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15:05

Neo-Nazis in Australia want to form a political...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/19

From afar, many of us saw the odd agitator pop up on the federal election campaign trail, where they yelled at politicians, or others, like an indigenous elder on Anzac Day. They looked like the actions of random ratbags. But watching on was crime reporter, Sherryn Groch, who discovered something unusual. A small but sophisticated group of people, involved in many of these incidents, had links to Neo-Nazis. Today, Groch joins me to discuss the rise of neo-nazis in Australia. And the steps

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0:47

Coming soon - the 40/20 NRL podcast

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/19

40/20 is a brand new NRL podcast from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. During this year's State of Origin and Finals series we'll be breaking down the biggest stories from across the game with the best journalists and NRL insiders from around the country. We'll be giving you press pass access as we breakdown the latest news, controversy and performances from the biggest matches in the Rugby League calendar. To listen to our episodes as soon as they drop follow 40/20 wherever you listen to

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15:41

Pricey pets - why are vet bills skyrocketing?

The Morning Edition ·

2025/05/18

It is one of life’s agonising scenarios; your puppy gets hit by a car. Or your cat develops a tumour. Of course, you want the best care. But what if you’re being quoted $10,000? Or more? And why do prices vary so much from vet to vet? Today, senior reporter Henrietta Cook and national science reporter Liam Mannix on why veterinary bills have skyrocketed over the last few years. And the people who have to sell their furniture, or struggle to make rent, in order to care for their beloved

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