Triple R Podcasts

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Politics

Politics

Updated 21 Apr
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated Weekly
News Commentary

News Commentary

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Science

Science

Updated 06/02/2025
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

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Medicine

Medicine

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Society & Culture

Society & Culture

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4 MAY

Deborah Mailman talks WOLFRAM

Flick Ford sits down with Deborah Mailman, who stars in Warwick Thornton's new western WOLFRAM, for a wide-ranging chat about Mailman's storied career.

4 May

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32 min
18 MAY

Antoinette Lattouf on her legal battle with the ABC and Women Who Win

In late 2023, Antoinette Lattouf had a five day contract to host the mornings program on ABC radio Sydney. It’d normally be a light and breezy week of broadcasting in the pre-Christmas wind down. Instead, it became the central flashpoint in a legal saga – when she was taken off air by management two days early, after reposting a Human Rights Watch report about Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. In response, Lattouf sued the ABC for unlawful termination – and won. It was a huge result for the journalist personally, but also one of broader significance, throwing up questions around the power of the pro-Israel lobby, the integrity of ABC management’s decision making processes, and freedom of speech. Antoinette’s new book is called Women Who Win, and it places her struggle in a larger context - of women throughout history who have taken on authority. It’s part memoir, part roadmap for change, asking what it takes to succeed when the odds and systems are stacked against you. “[Establishment media are] so concerned about advertisers or lobby groups – like the ABC running scared of the next attack by the Murdoch Press or the chain of complaints from pro-Israel lobbyists or gas lobbyists … Are they really giving a voice to the voiceless, or are they just making power comfortable? And when journalism in this country walks alongside or in step with powerful institutions and people, then our democracy is in a bit of trouble."

18 May

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46 min
7 MAY

Dinking, Directing & Democracy

Artist and filmmaker Shaun Tan journeys back to his classic book turned exhibition The Red Tree; the team balance the do's and don'ts of dinking; the team go back and forth with theatre director Jessica Arthur about the new Malthouse play GAME. SET. MATCH; distinguished international lawyer Gillian Triggs AC stages a passionate defence of democracy; the team navigate awkward misnomers and author Susan Choi illimunates listeners on her bestselling novel Flashlight for Melbourne Writers Festival. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

7 May

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1hr 16min
21 APR

For ANZAC Day, Hear The Untold, Uncensored Story Of WWII Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel & The Bangka Island Massacre (Extended Interview)

For ANZAC Day, historical detective, author, and distinguished military historian Lynette R. Silver AM MBE delves into the evidence she has uncovered to piece together the untold, uncensored story of Australian nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel. Sister Bullwinkel was the sole survivor of a massacre of 21 Australian nursing sisters at the hands of Japanese soldiers on Radji Beach on Bangka Island, east of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago on 16 February 1942. Lynette's latest book where she details the alleged war atrocities against 22 Australian nurses in World War Two is called, Sister Bullwinkel: The Untold Uncensored Story. It is also a fullsome biography of Bullwinkel's remarkable life and achievements. Hear Sister Vivian Bullwinkel recount the official story of what happened in the Bangka Island massacre in her interview for the National Library of Australia's oral history archives. Lynette Silver writes that Sister Bullwinkel put on a brave face to the world, recounting this "official" but sanitised version of events ever since she was released from a Japanese POW camp in Sumatra at the end of World War II. Vivian revealed the horrific truth of what happened on Radji Beach on Bangka Island to army investigators and was prepared to tell the Tokyo War Crimes Trial but, according to Lynette's research, "they censored her testimony and chose to obliterate it from the record. Despite her best efforts, Vivian was gagged from the outset by her own government and by the Australian army, who ordered her to keep quiet – an order that, as a serving member of the military, she was bound to keep. Vivian was desperate to speak out. She knew that the truth would set her free from the years of torment. Thwarted by higher authorities, by a succession of men who thought that they knew better, she was prevented from doing so." Through extensive research, Lynette Ramsay Silver has uncovered what she believes really happened on Bangka Island. Here's an example of eyewitness testimony published in 1946 (Trove). This is the extended interview, To hear the shorter interview that went to air, listen back here.

21 Apr

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1hr 18min
23 APR

The Good, The Chat and The Gutsy

Author and presenter Melissa Leong spills her Guts on her life in food; Dr Jen sets us up for a scientifically good day; the team go big on small talk; award-winning writer Melissa Manning takes the leap with her debut novel, Frogsong; and Bron makes an appearance on the apps. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

23 Apr

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57 min
12 MAR

Yanis Varoufakis on Israel, Trump, Iran and Resistance

Yanis Varoufakis is an economist and former Greek finance minister. He’s also a best-selling author of titles including Talking to My Daughter: A Brief History of Capitalism, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, and his latest: Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance. During his recent visit to Australia, Yanis sat down with Dylan Bird in the Triple R studios to share his thoughts on the US and Israel’s attack on Iran, the power of the Zionist lobby, the links between Israel and Big Tech, how we might combat the rise of right-wing populism, and Australia's response to Trump's bullying on the world stage. “The mind-numbing cowardice of Anthony Albanese and his government is going to stay as an albatross around the neck of Australia for decades.” Photo credit: supplied.

12 Mar

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40 min
18 MAY

Zero G 1588# Poditzer Prize

We survey Eurovision 2026 for genre content, and check out Daniel Kraus's cross genre Pulitzer Prize winning novel, ANGEL DOWN.

18 May

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42 min
27/11/2025

Ben Smee on the judicial handling of domestic violence cases

Jess and Rachel are joined by Ben Smee, Guardian Australia reporter, delving into the new series Broken Trust. The two-year investigation looks into the handling of domestic violence cases in Queensland, and the alleged failures of the police force and courts. They also talk updates on Victorian politics, in particular, Jess Wilson’s supposed care for housing affordability. If this episode has raised any concerns for you, or someone you know, you can seek help via the below numbers: Lifeline - 131 114 National Domestic Violence and Family Counselling service - 1800 737 732

27/11/2025

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50 min
1 MAY

Francesca Albanese on the Stories, Words, and Wounds of Palestine

Francesca Albanese is a human rights expert, legal scholar, and one of the world's most significant voices on Palestinian struggle. As the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, she has spent years documenting what she and others, including the International Court of Justice, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International have described as genocide. This has made her a target for the pro-Israel lobby. She’s been sanctioned by the US government, threatened with arrest in Germany, and has faced repeated death threats for her unwavering commitment to calling out Israel's attrociies. Her new book is called While the World Sleeps: Stories, Words and Wounds of Palestine – its part memoir, told through the stories of ten people she’s met in her life and career as legal expert on Palestine, and a rallying cry for the world to stop the horrors that the international human rights system is supposed to prevent. In this conversation, she reflects on her life and career spent face to face with human suffering, the moral imperative to mobilise against genocide, and where she finds hope. "Documenting human rights violations in a time of genocide are excrutiating for the mind, for the body....I've been swalling death and horrible things that humans have done to other humans for over three years now. "The genocide has changed my life forever. I don't think there is a way to repair it other than being good, to being caring towards myself, towards my loved ones...I have two young children. Preserving my sanity is something that goes hand in hand with being their mum. "I know that if all good people on Earth did what they could, and what they know they can do, the world will heal sooner than we think."

1 May

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29 min
08/02/2024

How counter-terrorism cops allegedly radicalised a 13 year old autistic youth

The Guardian's Justice and Courts Reporter Nino Bucci, joins the Spin Cycle team to talk about his wild reporting into court findings that an undercover operation by counter-terrorism cops in the AFP may have further radicalised an autistic 13 year old with a "fixation" on ISIS. Plus, the team dive into ABC's Nemesis doc series and experience whiplash from revisiting the Abbott-Turnbull era of modern politics.

08/02/2024

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52 min

Talks and interviews from across the station.