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The Fifth Estate: The World's Largest Party: China

China correspondent John Garnaut chats to Sally Warhaft about the behemoth's changing political guard, and what it me...

Making the News

Margaret Simons, Greg Jericho and Jonathan Holmes consider how journalism can find its way in a tech- and media-savvy...

The Fifth Estate: He Said/He Said

Dennis Altman, Jeff Sparrow and Sally Warhaft discuss life and love in Australia today - from straight and gay male p...

Experimenta: Wired Up World

Abigail Moncrieff, Max Barry, Charlie Sofo and chair Phip Murray explore technology, creativity and human connection.

NonfictioNow Melbourne 2012: Nonfiction: The Art of Truth - Writerly Perspectives

Helen Garner, David Shields, Jose Dalisay Jr and Margo Jefferson join Michael Cathcart to discuss the boundaries and ...

AMERICA: What's So Great About American TV?

Is this truly a golden age of television - and if it is, why are American networks and auteurs at its leading edge? O...

Media in the Land of Stars and Stripes

Sophie Black, Richard Fidler, Julia Baird and Siobhan Heanue discuss the media and cultural empires of the anglophone...

Katherine Boo

Pulitzer winning journalist and New Yorker writer discusses her account of India's Annawadi slum with Jo Case.

The Fifth Estate: Media Meltdown

Join Sally Warhaft, Paul Kelly, Andrew Jaspan and Harold Mitchell for a penetrating discussion about the state of mas...

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Michelle Smith: From Prim to Poledance: Girls, Sex and Popular Culture

Examining outrage over the 'sexualisation' of girls, Michelle Smith explores parallels between the Victorian era and ...

Quarterly Essay - Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott: David Marr

In a very lively, candid appearance hosted by George Megalogenis, David Marr discusses his bold, controversial essay ...

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Clementine Ford: We're All Equal Now, So We Should Shut Up and Go Home

In this polemic, Clementine Ford puts forth a passionate case that we are surprisingly far from achieving equality be...

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Anita Sethi on the Human Experience in the Digital Age: Conversation, Relationships and Social Connection

British writer Anita Sethi considers E M Forster's encouragement to 'only connect', and what it might mean today.

Intelligence Squared: Freedom of Speech is Over-Rated

In this Intelligence Squared Debate, held at Melbourne Town Hall, our panel debates the proposition that Freedom of S...

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Anna Rose on How to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic: A Journey into the Climate Fight

Anna Rose discusses the rise of climate denialism and what motivates the denialist elite: as well as how to change pe...

WikiLeaks, Assange and Defending Democracy

O'Shea, Barns, Keane, Ludlam and Dreyfus discuss the role of media and government, and what the war on WikiLeaks repr...

AWG 50th Anniversary: David Williamson State of the Industry Address

David Williamson celebrates the Australian Writers Guild's 50th anniversary with his State of the Industry Address.

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Michael Shmith: Away with Cliché

Writer and critic Michael Shmith takes clichés to task in this humorous critique of lazy language and woeful writing.

The Fifth Estate: The Numbers Game

In the series debut, Lindsay Tanner and Sally Warhaft discuss political parties, democratic process and media culture.

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Verity Burgmann on the Importance of Being Extreme

In this Lunchbox/Soapbox, Verity Burgmann explores the productive outcomes of extremist challenges to authority.

Kim Barker: The Taliban Shuffle

Kim Barker explores her account of the conflict, danger and irreverence in a warzone. With Karen Middleton.

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Michael Gawenda on The Journalist as Betrayer

Do people who have been the subject of media coverage invariably feel betrayed? Michael Gawenda presents his case.

The Talking Point: Greasy Polls

Join Maxine McKew, John Hewson, Irving Saulwick and George Megalogenis for a talk on polls, politics and the polis.

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Nina Funnell on the Teen Sexting Panic

In a climate of panic about child protection and 'sexting', Nina Funnell considers who this panic serves and controls.

Quarterly Essay: Bad News - Murdoch's 'Australian' and the Shaping of the Nation

Robert Manne discusses his 'Quarterly Essay 43' on 'The Australian', as well as the newspaper's response.

Christine Nixon on the Nature of Leadership

Christine Nixon examines consensus leadership and discusses why 'being open to compromise' is not 'being compromised'.

John Carroll on Violence and the Modern Middle Class

Sociologist and author John Carroll examines the "excessive fearfulness" and paranoia surrounding child abduction.

The Talking Point: Taking Liberties With the Press

Join a panel of leading media commentators and analysts as they turn their eye to Hackgate and its reverberations.

Does WikiLeaks Matter?

Guy Rundle, Eleanor Townsley, Peter Vale and Robert Manne explore the origins, effects, strengths and failures of Wik...

Thomas Friedman

Friedman and Maxine McKew discuss the wane of US power, the new global labour market and "finding your extra".

Julie Posetti on Making Journalism Social: Twitter's Transformative Effect

Journalism researcher Julie Posetti discusses the social transformation of the Fourth Estate.

Griffith Review - Rebel, Public Nuisance and Dreamer: Julian Assange Standing Alone

Barbara Gunnell and Margaret Simons explore power, truth and responsibility via Assange, Wikileaks and their foes.

Bruce Guthrie on 'A Requiem for Newspapers'

Former broadsheet editor Bruce Guthrie talks about 'Man Bites Murdoch' and the future of the daily paper.

Guy Rundle on the New Tabloid Racialism

Amidst the West's crisis of identity, Guy Rundle examines tabloid attacks on the 'other' and the emergent 'new hate'.

Dumbing Down Democracy: Tanner and Megalogenis

Tanner and Megalogenis explore politics and the media, values and pragmatism, and Tanner's new book Sideshow.

The Talking Point: Is Australian Democracy Broken?

Fran Kelly leads Malcolm Fraser, Malcolm Turnbull, Lindsay Tanner and Margaret Simons through a critique of Australia...

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