This week the jury in Erin Patterson’s months-long triple-murder trial returned a verdict of guilty on all charges. But rather than draw a line under a case that has fascinated the public, the verdict seems to have only fuelled interest and spawned more and more coverage and conjecture. Reged Ahmad speaks to Guardian Australia’s editor, Lenore Taylor, and na ... Show More
Jan 2025
How to win a cost-of-living election
Around the world, soaring inflation has pushed voters to turn on incumbent governments. But one country bucked the trend – Mexico, where the leftwing Morena party recorded a landslide victory. The key to it’s success? A policy platform built on minimum salary rises, labour reform ... Show More
22m 11s
Jan 2025
The tech titans: who’s really in charge of Donald Trump’s America?
Donald Trump’s decision to seat super-rich tech barons Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai in front of his own members of cabinet at his inauguration has sent a strong signal about who holds power in America now. Technology editor Blake Montgomery t ... Show More
21m 49s
Oct 2025
Australia’s mushroom killer trial
It’s been called ‘Australia's trial of the century’. Erin Patterson, the mushroom murderer, was sentenced last month and given a life sentence, but that wasn’t the end of the story. Both the prosecution and the defence are lodging competing appeals. Patterson wants her conviction ... Show More
26m 50s
Jun 2025
Talking Dateline: Center of the Storm
<p>Blayne Alexander sits down with Andrea Canning to talk about her latest episode, “Center of the Storm.” The 2024 trial of Karen Read garnered national attention as she fought allegations that in 2022, she drunkenly backed her SUV into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John ... Show More
21m 24s
Apr 2025
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
<p>Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. In Massachusetts, opening statements in the second trial of the woman accused of running over her police officer boyfriend. In Arizona, a jury returns a verdict at Lori Vallow Daybell ... Show More
30m 21s