The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition

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.

Latest Episode

Wi-Fi on the long-haul: Is the final frontier of silence over? (07.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Free range? Or food fraud? The new tech exposing ‘bogus’ Australian food labels 06.10.2025
  • The deaths at Alva Beach. Was this a case of self-defence? 05.10.2025
  • Introducing: Diagnosing Murder 02.10.2025
  • Can Albanese claim credit for Trump’s peace plan? 02.10.2025
  • Why Western democracies are struggling against Russia's and China’s 'hybrid war' 01.10.2025
  • Click to cancel: How hard should it be to end a subscription? 30.09.2025
  • The ‘remarkable breakthrough’ made for Huntington’s disease 29.09.2025
  • Chemtrails to the elitist cabal: Why conspiracy theories are thriving in the White House 28.09.2025
  • Albanese’s warning on tyranny, dictators, and his selfie with Trump 25.09.2025
  • Trump just insulted almost all world leaders, to their faces, but what does it mean? 24.09.2025
  • Charlie Kirk memorial: love, hate and Trump’s vow for the future 23.09.2025
  • Life, death and Optus: Should the telcos be trusted to run Triple Zero? 22.09.2025
  • No fry zone: Should councils be able to block fast food outlets? 21.09.2025
  • Coalition combust over net zero. Will the anti-climate action stance work? 18.09.2025
  • A primer on Australia’s climate target 17.09.2025
  • Why Gen-Z fury led to destruction in Nepal 16.09.2025
  • From children’s entertainer to political celebrity. The rise of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price 15.09.2025
  • ‘The cult of the leader’: The professor who left America says fascism is flourishing 14.09.2025
  • Why the sacking of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price could turn the senator ‘into a martyr’ 11.09.2025
  • Why Australia is trying to out-woo China for influence in the Pacific 10.09.2025

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