Good Weekend Talks

Good Weekend Talks

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.

Latest Episode

The joys of stoicism (and a top tip from Marcus Aurelius): 'Wellmania' writer Brigid Delaney (03.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Introducing: Diagnosing Murder 02.10.2025
  • ‘This is me, not on general viewing TV’: Melissa Leong’s raw interview on her darkest chapter 27.09.2025
  • From hobby dancer to leading choreographer: The ‘luck and pluck’ of Stephanie Lake 19.09.2025
  • Ken Done on colour, critics and the 'real reason' he went to art school 12.09.2025
  • Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert: 'True grief feels like the end of the world' 05.09.2025
  • 'I just felt like such a loser': Olympic champion Cate Campbell on loneliness and depression 29.08.2025
  • The “fusion of hilarity and horror” that inspired children’s author Andy Griffiths 22.08.2025
  • Tracey Holmes: Meeting a Beatle, driving with Pele – and ‘this thing that still exists’ in sport 15.08.2025
  • ‘Connecting your identity to sport is a dangerous game’: AFLW star Libby Birch 08.08.2025
  • From dance floor to ‘orgy room’: What happens on a typical swingers’ night? 01.08.2025
  • What worries Sarah Wilson? Nothing less than the collapse of civilisation 25.07.2025
  • Meet Hugh de Kretser - president of the Australian Human Rights Commission 18.07.2025
  • Soprano singer Danielle de Niese - making opera cool again 11.07.2025
  • True crime writer Mark Dapin on cops, Chopper, and the good within bad people 04.07.2025
  • Artist Vincent Fantauzzo on fighting, dyslexia – and painting Heath Ledger 27.06.2025
  • Crime writer Mark Brandi on the ‘incredibly painful’ experience that changed his life 20.06.2025
  • How China ate Apple – and is now weaponising its technology against the West 13.06.2025
  • Dos and don’ts of home renos and building: A checklist from Grand Designs’ Anthony Burke 05.06.2025
  • 'I was so scared': A forced-marriage survivor's harrowing story – and escape 30.05.2025
  • Chef prodigy Hugh Allen on his new restaurant, creativity – and recognising critics 24.05.2025

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