Alan Jones on Trial: Alleged victim tells court he was ‘groomed for 10 years’

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Alan Jones on trial: Radio rivalry and rabbit holes | Week 5 – Full Story podcast

As talkback titan Ray Hadley took the witness box in Alan Jones’s indecent assault and sexual touching trial, the court heard accounts of a tearful disclosure, a secret contract and decades of professional animosity. Under cross-examination, explosive text messages laid bare the ... Show More

23m 19s

Sep 2

What’s behind the dangerous rise of sexual choking?

The death of a 16-year-old in Sydney’s northern beaches from a suspected act of sexual strangulation has put a spotlight on the dangerous trend – a trend that more than half of people under 40 say they’ve tried. The case raises difficult questions about young people and risky sex ... Show More

26m 6s

Sep 2

Tupac’s murder: solved at last?

Thirty years after Tupac Shakur’s death, a man has been found guilty of killing the hip-hop legend. Helen Pidd talks to William Shaw and Jessica Hill about the conclusion to Tupac’s murder trial, and the star’s life, legacy and untimely death

33m 10s

Sep 2023

Guardian Essential report: the ‘intense game’ between the yes and no campaigns

Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss why the no vote is maintaining pole position in the lead-up to the referendum on the Indigenous voice to parliament, how voters might change their minds and how stressed o ... Show More

28m 22s

Feb 2022

Levelling Shake-Up

Government's plan to tackle regional inequality is published... Adam talks through what it means with the BBC’s Alex Forsyth and Sheffield filmmaker, Mark Herbert. More Tory MPs say they want Johnson out of Downing Street. Laura's got the latest... And the BBC's Jon Kay tells ... Show More

32m 29s

Jun 2022

Pomp and ceremony in the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Crisis talks underway as Australia faces its worst energy crisis in 50 years; The new push to increase wages as the cost of living soars; And, a rare first edition of a Harry Potter book goes under the hammer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11m 57s

Mar 2022

Australia as the 2022 election nears: is there a mood for change?

Katharine Murphy analyses the Guardian Essential poll with Essential’s executive director Peter Lewis. They examine how the major political parties are trying to get their narrative across while the public is focused on floods and the invasion of Ukraine. There have been several ... Show More

45m 16s

Jun 2022

Albanese Government faces huge energy challenge

Labor claims the east coast energy troubles are the result of the former Coalition government's mismanagement, but will this wash with the electorate? Meanwhile, PM Albanese also has a win on the minimum wage, as big business groups raise inflation fears. Plus, the Party Room exp ... Show More

36m 29s

Feb 2024

Essential report: are voters up for cracking down on negative gearing?

Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks to Peter Lewis from Essential Media on the voter responses to Labor’s changes to the stage-three tax cuts. They also discuss changes to Peter Dutton’s and Anthony Albanese’s approval and disapproval ratings, and the impact (if any) Ta ... Show More

23m 10s

Feb 2021

Coups and Cladding

As MPs debate the cladding crisis, Adam and Laura are joined by Sarah Corker and Newscaster Jenni Garratt to discuss how leasholders' woes could destabilise the housing market. And as the military seizes control in Myanmar, Fergal Keane explains how its detained State Counsellor ... Show More

34m 12s

Alan Jones on Trial: Alleged victim tell...