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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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32:27

South Sudanese Australian artist Atong Atem on art,...

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2022/06/17

They say the personal is political – that our own intimate experiences can’t help but inform larger social structures. The same is true in the stunning photographic work of visual artist Atong Atem, whose hyper-saturated images are at once joyous, traditional, surreal and deeply connected to her familial roots in South Sudan. Atong Atem talks art, politics and family with Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland on the latest episode of Good Weekend Talks.Atem is the inaugural recipient of

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34:50

The trailblazers tackling food waste

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/06/03

We’ve all let half a loaf of bread grow mouldy, or purged our fridge of too many spoiled veggies. But you might be shocked by just how much produce we let wither and decompose. The amount of food Australia throws away each year would, in fact, fill the MCG 10 times over. And we outperform other countries in what we throw away. But there are innovative minds trying to solve this problem. That much was detailed in our featured story this week, “Waste not want not” by freelance food

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32:08

Ferocious Kambosos: the Australian sporting hero...

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/05/27

Sydney-born boxer George Kambosos jnr toiled in obscurity for years before becoming the lightweight champion of the world in November. His father, Jim Kambosos, makes no mistake about the source of that success. In this episode, Kambosos snr speaks about what it’s like to manage the career of his champion son, and to be the father of a fighter. Hosting the discussion isThe Sydney Morning Heraldchief sports writer Andrew Webster, the author of our cover story this week, “Lord of the

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39:54

The science behind friendship

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/05/20

Do you remember the moment you met each of your closest friends? Patti Miller has one such memory. The author was on a train, and something clicked between her and another girl – instantaneously – as if the same neural pathways were lighting up.Miller is our guest in this episode, which looksat friendship. If there’s one thing the past two years has taught us, it’s the importance – and fragility – of friendships. Hosting this discussion - which also explores the

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36:25

The AFL umpires fighting back against abuse

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/05/13

Athletes always remember their professional debut. It’s no different for umpires. For veteran AFL umpire Simon Meredith, his first game – Carlton versus North Melbourne in 2004 – was a close match at the MCG in front of 36,273 fans. He remembers the first free kick he paid. Meredith has umpired 422 games (and counting), including 39 finals and six grand finals. But in a wide-ranging discussion on life as an AFL umpire he says it’s incredibly tough and demanding in a way few

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27:53

Aftermath: the grief that bonds the people of Lismore

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/05/06

Dead cows pinned to barbed wire farm fences. Light aeroplanes washed off runways and bent around trees like rubber. Guinea pigs swimming in storm water, saved by townspeople in tinnies. Freelance writer and Northern Rivers resident Candida Baker heard and saw it all during the catastrophic flooding on Australia’s east coast earlier this year. Talking to Greg Callaghan, deputy editor ofGood Weekend, Baker says the power of the water was inconceivable. “Nothing was spared,” she says

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46:38

'Two women had now killed themselves': Anita Jacoby’s...

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/04/29

Anita Jacoby has always been curious about the world, which makes sense for a TV current affairs producer of 40 years’ standing. It’s no wonder then that Jacoby received a shock when she turned her investigative skills upon her beloved late dad. It’s a story that would ultimately become a book - Secrets Beyond the Screen - and is the subject of our feature this week, “Tall tales”, as well as the topic of discussion on this episode.Hosted by the author of that piece,Good

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26:37

The Tragic Death of Kumanjayi Walker

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/04/22

If there are two sides to every story, untangling these perspectives is the often unenviable task faced by a journalist, as it was forBrisbane Times reporter Zach Hope, who followed the Darwin trial of Constable Zach Rolfe over the death of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker. Hope joins us on an episode ofGood Weekend Talks to discuss his magazine cover story - Broken Heart - about Walker, a troubled 19-year-old from Yuendumu who was shot by an Alice Springs policeman after the teenager resisted

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42:21

Sex therapy - what it is, what works, what doesn't

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/04/15

Sex talk is seemingly ubiquitous in 21st century life, yet there's one topic that’s conspicuous by its absence: discussion of sexual problems. “What’s out there often gives the impression that everyone’s doing it all the time, and it’s always fantastic, so people feel so ashamed and embarrassed if they’re having any problems,” says Dr Anita Elias, head of the Sexual Medicine and Therapy Clinic at Monash Health.Elias is our guest on this week's episode, along

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40:48

A just cause: why Suzie Miller quit law to write plays

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/04/08

The thing Suzie Miller loves most about storytelling is the ability to interrogate the systems we’ve constructed as a society. “And of course,” she says, “the biggest one of all of those is the legal system.” Miller and her work are the subject ofGood Weekend’s cover story this week, “Second Act”, by London-based freelance writer Jane Wheatley, who joins the podcast from Britain along with Miller herself. Hosted byGood Weekendeditor Katrina Strickland,

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39:19

The Australian Russians protesting the Ukraine war

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/04/01

President Vladimir Putin’s war has meant that all Russians are at risk of looking like villains. But not all Russians support Vladimir Putin, and many of those who don’t feel a complicated mix of rage and shame – and a determination to do something to help Ukraine and to show the world that not all Russians support their country’s leader. Take Melbourne journalist Sima Tsyskin – a member of Australia’s Russian diaspora and former executive producer for SBS Radio

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49:41

Terror, loneliness, a lovesick guard: Kylie...

Good Weekend Talks ·

2022/03/29

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 only worked after the media started reporting her case), to the difficulty of rebuilding her life at home in Australia. Good Weekend senior writer Jane Cadzow, who was given the first interview

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