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Good Weekend Talks

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

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.

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44:25

Michael Cassel on cloud nine moments and the...

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2023/03/17

It’s been a big start to the year for Michael Cassel. The theatrical producer moved the mega-hit Hamilton to Brisbane (and brought creator Lin Manuel Miranda to Australia to meet the team and promote the production). He opened the juggernaut Mary Poppins in Melbourne to rave reviews. Then finally, he launched & Juliet – a Broadway darling based on the songs of international hitmaker Max Martin, who was flown in from Sweden for opening night. In this episode, Good Weekend editor Katrina

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30:51

‘Lead with love. It will return to you tenfold’:...

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2023/03/10

Kon Karapanagiotidis had a nickname growing up. The boy with the unpronounceable surname was dubbed “Mr Alphabet”. As the child of Greek immigrants, the now CEO and founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre thus grew up with an acute appreciation of the otherness experienced by refugees, and the need to wrap your arms around such people. “You understand the importance of what we call ‘philoxenia’ in Greek culture, which is to welcome and accept the stranger,” he says. “Everything I do comes from

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34:11

Michael Mosley on his brush with diabetes and...

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2023/03/03

In this episode we speak with British TV presenter and doctor Michael Mosley, whose brush with type two diabetes introduced him to intermittent fasting and led to a documentary: Eat, Fast and Live Longer, which helped popularise the 5:2 dieting regimen around the world.Mosley is in Australia right now researching sleep and also for a national speaking tour this month. Hosting this chat with him about everything from hunger as the driver of intelligence, to unlocking the power of push ups and squats

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36:19

‘You start at a disadvantage’: Benjamin Law on...

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2023/02/24

Fans of Australian Survivor would have been unsurprised to see writer Benjamin Law voted off the show earlier this week. Law had been on the outs with other players since the beginning, never able to form true alliances despite his best efforts – a necessity when looking to advance in the game – and repeatedly labelled by a number of players as “shifty”. But his exit has kickstarted a larger discussion about the way people of colour can be “disadvantaged” on the show, and the issue of diversity on

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41:16

Are there seven stages to go through after...

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2023/02/17

Do affairs run in families? Are there seven stages to go through after discovering your spouse has cheated on you? What is the best way to move on? Journalist Kate Legge delves into these questions and more - with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland - after discovering not only that her husband had cheated on her, but that their son had cheated on his partner too, and that her husband's father and grandmother had both also had affairs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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41:50

Pro basketballer Isaac Humphries on coming out

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2023/02/09

Isaac Humphries is the only pro male basketball player in the world who is currently playing and publicly gay, having made a tearful, viral announcement to his Melbourne United teammates late last year. The 25-year-old stands 211 centimetres tall and is known for his defensive “beast mode” qualities on court, but in this conversation with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall, Humphries shows his thoughtful side, stepping listeners through the private pain of the coming out process, including

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28:15

Sir Cameron Mackintosh on staging the world’s most...

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2023/02/03

When your resume of theatrical smash hits includes Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Oliver, it might seem safe to assume you have the Midas touch for staging musicals. But the industry’s global doyen, Cameron Mackintosh, takes nothing for granted.Mackintosh is in Melbourne right now for the opening of one of his other shows –Mary Poppins. Recording from within Her Majesty’s Theatre, he chats with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall, about singing and stagecraft – and sales

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31:34

'Writers need more government support': publisher...

Good Weekend Talks ·

2023/01/27

For all the talk about our fractured attention spans and ability to still read books, when a new phenomenon hits the shelves, we crack open the covers. “If Harry Potter is delivered, what do we see? We see kids who are apparently distractible and distracted with their noses in their books - and they can’t be prised away from reading,” says Adelaide Writers’ Week director Louise Adler. In this episode, Adler talks all things books and publishing with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland. A former

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39:00

GWT summer: Acclaimed TV producer Tony Ayres on the...

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2023/01/20

We'll be back in late January 2023 with plenty of exciting interviews booked in the calendar. But for now enjoy one of our most popular episodes from the past year. And remember to subscribe and share. Australia is rushing towards a filmmaking crisis due to the paucity of locally-produced shows on which up-and-coming writers, directors and other key creatives can develop their skills. So says acclaimed producer Tony Ayres, whose hit shows include Glitch, Stateless, The Slap, Barracuda, Seven Types

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43:59

Salute: AFLW star Daisy Pearce on finding fulfilment...

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2023/01/19

On her retirement, we revisit this conversation we had with Daisy Pearce late last year:A premiership medal has so far eluded Melbourne’s captain Daisy Pearce, widely regarded face of the AFLW, but the Demons star says her football journey has been “so much more than that”, as she’s found fulfilment outside the flag dream.Last season, when Melbourne made the grand final for the first time in competition history, a narrative was quickly created around “Do it for Daisy”. Pearce speaks to sports

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36:42

GWT summer: Dylan Alcott on life after tennis, his...

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2023/01/13

We'll be back in late January 2023 with plenty of exciting interviews booked in the calendar. But for now enjoy one of our most popular episodes from the past year. And remember to subscribe and share. Paralympic gold medalist, winner of tennis’s uber-rare Golden Slam and Australian of the Year, Dylan Alcott feared he'd miss tennis when he stopped playing earlier this year. He didn't - not one jot. In this relaunch episode of Good Weekend Talks, Alcott discusses with Konrad Marshall his post-tennis

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49:57

GWT summer: Terror, loneliness, a lovesick guard:...

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2023/01/06

We'll be back in late January 2023 with plenty of exciting interviews booked in the calendar. But for now enjoy one of our most popular episodes from the past year. And remember to subscribe and share. In this special longer-length episode, hosted by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, Kylie Moore-Gilbert talks about everything from the psychotic Revolutionary Guard who fell in love with her, to the federal government’s campaign to get her out of prison via quiet diplomatic means (she argues it

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34:25

GWT summer: Helping kids navigate the online world:...

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2022/12/30

We'll be back in late January 2023 with plenty of exciting interviews booked in the calendar. But for now enjoy one of our most popular episodes from the past year. And remember to subscribe and share. Julie Inman Grant leads the world’s first regulatory agency designed to keep people safe online, after an influential career working with US Congress, as well as in senior positions at Silicon Valley giants Microsoft and Twitter. But she’s also just a mum, albeit one who understands better than most

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47:00

GWT summer: Ben Crowe on the art of being human

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/12/23

We'll be back in late January 2023 with plenty of exciting interviews booked in the calendar. But for now enjoy one of our most popular episodes from the past year. And remember to subscribe and share. Ben Crowe has been mindset coach to the stars (including everyone from Ash Barty and Dylan Alcott, to Dustin Martin and Stephanie Gilmore) in a marketing and mentoring career spanning 25 years. Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe recently profiled Crowe, examining his work counselling everyone

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43:06

Good Weekend feature writers on the art and labour of...

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2022/12/16

It’s been said that in longform journalism, there are no shortcuts. To start, there’s the difficulty in gaining access to high profile subjects, then managing the public relations operatives keen to control any interaction. Next comes the balancing act between reporting and writing - between calling as many as 60 sources for a single story, then shaping that trove of raw material into 5000 words that command attention. It’s a specialist craft, and in the final episode of Good Weekend Talks for

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37:25

Wil Anderson on the ABC's youth conundrum, life with...

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2022/12/09

Wil Anderson has pinballed around the ABC since the early 2000's, hosting multiple TV shows, including The Gruen Transfer and, most recently, Question Everything. He is one of Australia’s most accomplished TV talents, a stand-up comedian with 25 years under his belt and a Gold Logie nominee. In this episode, he speaks with culture reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, Thomas Mitchell, about everything from whether the ABC supports young performers, to what it's like living with osteoarthritis

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33:34

Punk feminist Amy Taylor on finding comfort in...

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2022/12/02

Amy Taylor’s music has taken her all over the world – from the UK to the US, Coachella to Glastonbury – but she definitely wasn’t expecting it to deliver an audience with the Prime Minister. Yet that’s precisely what happened on Wednesday, when the often foul-mouthed and always feminist frontwoman for ascendant Melbourne pub-punk band Amyl and the Sniffers was flown to Canberra for a meeting with Anthony Albanese.In this episode, Taylor chats to Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall, author of

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31:59

Bringing back the Tasmanian tiger

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/11/25

Professor Andrew Pask is head of the TIGRR Lab (short for Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research) at the University of Melbourne, leading the charge to extract DNA from a Tasmanian tiger pelt sample, and genomes from thylacine relatives, to build a new genome for the de-extinction of the Tasmanian tiger - a possibility that’s closer to reality than science fiction.Hosting the podcast conversation this week – about everything from conservation to venture capitalism – is national science

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43:58

AFLW star Daisy Pearce on finding fulfilment outside...

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2022/11/18

A premiership medal has so far eluded Melbourne’s captain Daisy Pearce, widely regarded face of the AFLW, but the Demons star says her football journey has been “so much more than that”, as she’s found fulfilment outside the flag dream.Last season, when Melbourne made the grand final for the first time in competition history, a narrative was quickly created around “Do it for Daisy”. Pearce speaks to sports reporter for The Age, Marnie Vinall, about the upcoming preliminary final against North

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32:34

Graham Arnold on leading the Socceroos to the World Cup

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/11/11

Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has compared his tough upbringing under his late father to that of Jelena Dokic and Andre Agassi but concedes it made him the coach he is today."He was hard on me but I look at it now and there was a method to his madness. That’s how fathers were," Arnold tells chief sports writer of the Sydney Morning Herald, Andrew Webster in this episode. Arnold speaks about Australia's win against Peru earlier this year, family and upbringing, and preparations for the Socceroos

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