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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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28:08

Why Western democracies are struggling against...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/10/01

On the weekend, Denmark reported unidentified drones had appeared above its major military bases. It was the country’s third drone alarm in a week and one of five European nations in a month to experience incursions - from either drones suspected of Russian origin or from the Russian Air Force itself. So why is Russia violating Europe’s skies, seemingly with impunity? Political and international editor Peter Hartcher says it’s all part of a "hybrid war", and one that Australia is

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17:16

Click to cancel: How hard should it be to end a...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/30

We all know how annoying it can be to cancel a subscription, whether to a streaming service or gym membership, but when do ‘'subscription traps’', as they’re known, legally cross a line?Consumer advocates, businesses and legislators are puzzling over the question as the government formulates new laws on unfair trading practices. Today, national consumer affairs reporter Elias Visontay on what a ban on subscription traps may actually look like.Subscribe to The Age & SMH:

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15:01

The ‘remarkable breakthrough’ made for Huntington’s...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/29

Researchers say they have, for the first time, dramatically slowed the progression of a cruel and devastating neuron condition called Huntington’s disease.For sufferers, this potentially means getting years of their life back or the lessening of symptoms of a condition that robs them of physical movement and kills their brain cells.Today, Professor Julie Stout from Monash University’s Turner Institute of Brain and Mental Health, on why this clinical trial, which involved a small number

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30:35

Chemtrails to the elitist cabal: Why conspiracy...

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2025/09/28

There was a time when people who believed that the government can control the weather, or that Wi-Fi causes cancer might have been social pariahs.Now, they sit in the higher echelons of power in the United States.So, why are conspiracy theories flourishing now?Today, British journalists Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey, authors ofConspiracy Theory: The Story of An Idea, on the history and psychological pull of conspiracy theories. And thedestructionthey can cause, when they move from the fringe to the

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23:31

Albanese’s warning on tyranny, dictators, and his...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/25

Today we are bringing you a special international episode of the pod. The prime minister has spent the week in New York addressing the United Nations, recognising Palestinian statehood and chasing Donald Trump around Manhattan trying to get a meeting. We talk about all these capers with host Jacqueline Maley and our chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal, who are joined by foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott from New York.Subscribe to The Age & SMH:

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25:07

Trump just insulted almost all world leaders, to...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/24

How to make sense of the last two weeks?Because it isn’t just that Russia has stepped up its global aggression by invading the airspace of various European countries with drones, fighter jets and a surveillance plane.It’s also the tirade US President Donald Trump let rip yesterday to 150 world leaders at the United Nations – a blistering one, even for him. And his silence after King Charles rolled out the red carpet for him in the UK.Today, international and political editor Peter

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20:38

Charlie Kirk memorial: love, hate and Trump’s vow for...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/23

For many people who watched the coverage of Charlie Kirk’s memorial, it was the sounds that struck them the most.The triumphant 60,000 conservatives who erupted with yelps and claps after messages of forgiveness… and hate.Today, North America correspondent Michael Koziol, who attended the memorial, on what Donald Trump and members of his administration said in the Arizona arena, and what it might mean for their agenda, going forward. And what life on the ground in the US, after

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19:29

Life, death and Optus: Should the telcos be trusted...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/22

Optus is in the firing line once again over an outage that left customers unable to call Triple Zero for 13 hours. In that time, four people died – including an eight-week-old baby. Authorities later said they don’t believe the baby’s death is linked to the outage. Today, technology editor David Swan on whether the telcos can be trusted to run Triple Zero.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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15:26

No fry zone: Should councils be able to block fast...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/21

Once upon a time, the dangers of eating too much fast food were at the front of our minds thanks to documentaries like Super Size Me. But that was more than 20 years ago. Since then, the topic may have fallen off the front pages, but fast food chains have been on the march, opening up across Australia. Today, regional editor Benjamin Preiss and senior health reporter Henrietta Cook on the growing movement to halt the growth of the "golden arches" in regional areas.Subscribe to The Age & SMH:

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21:19

Coalition combust over net zero. Will the...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/18

The government announced its 2035 emissions reduction target this week, committing Australia to climate action despite a retreat from the United States. Meanwhile, the Coalition looked a lot like it was about to take up arms in the climate wars - again. Chief political commentator James Massola joins host Jacqueline Maley.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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19:17

A primer on Australia’s climate target

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/17

A flurry of numbers relating to climate change have been tossed around all week. But what do they mean? Today, environment and climate reporter Bianca Hall and climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley on what impact the government’s climate emissions target for 2035 will have on all of us.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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18:59

Why Gen-Z fury led to destruction in Nepal

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2025/09/16

Three years ago, mainstream newspapers in the West had a bit of fun ridiculing so-called nepo-babies, and the unfair advantage enjoyed by the children of the rich and the powerful, like Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter, Apple, or Lenny Kravitz’s daughter, Zoe.But in Nepal, nepobabies are no joking matter.They have just, in part, sparked the most widespread social unrest that the nation has seen in recent years. Last week, this left the prime minister toppled, and the wife of one former prime

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28:47

From children’s entertainer to political celebrity....

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/15

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s charisma has led to her meteoric rise, and also, to her recent relegation to the back bench.Lambasted for her position on various issues including the Stolen Generation, the Black Lives Matter movement, and more recently, immigration, the Indigenous senator is celebrated by some of the most powerful conservatives in the country, and has become the most followed Coalition MP on social media.Today, investigative reporter Patrick Begley and federal political reporter

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28:33

‘The cult of the leader’: The professor who left...

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2025/09/14

US President Donald Trump is a fascist, running an authoritarian regime. We hear this allegation a lot, now. But is he? Really? Fascism expert Jason Stanley says he moved with his family to Canada so that he could leave behind, and protest against, the political climate in the United States. Today, Stanley, a University of Toronto philosophy professor, and author of Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future, argues that American exceptionalism has blinded many Americans

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19:02

Why the sacking of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price could...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/11

Controversial Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was sacked from the Coalition frontbench this week. Price left Opposition Leader Sussan Ley with little choice, after she refused to apologise for comments she made about the Indian community, and then refused to publicly affirm her faith in Ley’s leadership. Chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal and federal political correspondent Natassia Chrysanthos discuss the inside story of the sacking with host Jacqueline Maley, and they also

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20:37

Why Australia is trying to out-woo China for...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/10

When we think of countries trying to show the world their power and influence, we might think of muscular shows of force, like China’s army parading its newest nuclear weapons, missiles and lasers in a military parade in Beijing, last week. But then there was our government scrambling to out-deliver China with a tit-for-tat over, of all things, cars, for a tiny but crucial Pacific nation. Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on why the region Australia long thought was

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20:11

'Like an episode of the Sopranos': Life inside the...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/09

More than a year ago, the CFMEU – one of Australia’s most powerful unions – was placed into administration, after an investigation by our mastheads, and 60 Minutes, revealed that it was infiltrated by bikie gang members and criminals who were guilty of corruption and cronyism. But now, some of the very union officials who have been tasked by the government to stamp out the corruption have themselves been threatened - via arson attacks, vandalism and threats. As one union leader

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25:21

'No remorse, no pity': The sentencing of mushroom...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/08

So now we know: Erin Patterson will be 82 before she gets the chance to get out of jail; if she gets out at all.This will make her one of Victoria’s longest-serving female inmates.But the revelations from Patterson’s sentencing hearing, in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Monday morning, leaned less to the historic, and more to the primal.Today, crime and justice reporter Erin Pearson, on the people impacted by Patterson’s premeditated and pitiless cruelty, and what the judge made

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17:23

The ‘tradwife’ movement: All flax and linen, or a...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/07

Year 9 debaters in South Australia were given a topic for the third round of their debating competition a few months ago. The topic was whether the ''tradwife'' movement, a lifestyle in which women embrace traditional gender archetypes, was good for women. While it was deemed offensive by some, senior writer Jacqueline Maley today outlines why such a debate is worthwhile, and whether the movement is a "frilly version of fascism" or a way to reclaim motherhood. For more, read Maley's article, 'Year

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26:54

The rallies, the neo-Nazis, the flag-draping: How...

The Morning Edition ·

2025/09/04

Political debate was dominated this week by the topic of immigration after anti-immigration rallies in major cities last weekend.Politicians from both major parties tried to strike a balance between listening to people’s legitimate concerns while condemning the extremist fringe of the anti-immigration movement.Chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal and federal political correspondent Natassia Chrysanthos join host Jacqueline Maley.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See

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