Sally Warhaft

Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year, a Wheeler Centre podcast about Australians' lives in the fog of the Covid-19 pandemic. She is a former editor of the Monthly magazine and the author of the bestselling book Well May We Say: The Speeches that Made Australia.

Sally is a regular host and commentator on ABC radio and has a PhD in anthropology. She did her fieldwork in Mumbai, India, living by the seashore with the local fishing community.

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George Megalogenis is joined by Sally Warhaft for our final Fifth Estate of 2024.

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George Megalogenis: The New Shape of Australian Politics

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Eric Beecher takes on media moguls and the health of our democracy in this special crossover between two long-running Wheeler Centre series, The Fifth Estate and Books and Ideas at Montalto.

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Eric Beecher at Montalto

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Preeminent Australian writer and former political advisor Don Watson examines an event that will make modern history: the 2024 US election.

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Don Watson: On the US Election

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Bestselling historian Peter Frankopan appears in Melbourne to discuss climate change, catastrophe and the history of civilisation.

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Peter Frankopan: The Earth Transformed

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Two of Australia’s most decorated investigative journalists, Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters, unravel the story of Ben Roberts-Smith and the defamation trial of the century.

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Truth, Lies and War Crimes: The Case of Ben Roberts-Smith

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‘When they see us [together], this puts the first crack in the wall. A little light comes in. No one can listen to us and remain the same.’ – Rami Elhanan

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A Crack in the Wall: Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan

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Investigate the ever-shifting cultural and political influence of China internationally, as Sally Warhaft sits down with d acclaimed author Louisa Lim for the June edition of the Fifth Estate.

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Global Coverage: Investigating China’s Cultural Influence

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In this special edition of the Fifth Estate, American author Jeff Goodell joins Sally Warhaft live at the Wheeler Centre for a clear-eyed, urgent conversation about the climate crisis.

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Jeff Goodell: Heat

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Head to the inaugural Sorrento Writers Festival with the Wheeler Centre as broadcaster Sally Warhaft and a panel of esteemed experts investigate the strength of our contemporary democracy.

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Is Democracy Fragile?

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Celebrate the return of the Fifth Estate with Sally Warhaft and Craig Foster–retired soccer player and new chair of Australian Republic Movement–as they discuss Australia’s future with the monarchy.

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Craig Foster: The Republic Question

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Can understanding the past help us predict the future? Sir Antony Beevor, the number one bestselling historian in Britain, reflects on the past to analyse the present and speculate on what lies ahead.

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Antony Beevor: History Lessons

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Over lunch at Montalto, Norman Swan will discuss his career as a medical professional in the public eye and his latest book So You Want To Live Younger Longer? with host Sally Warhaft.

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