Triple R Podcasts

•

Channel • 18 Shows

Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated Weekly
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated Weekly
Politics

Politics

Updated 21 Apr
News Commentary

News Commentary

Updated Weekly
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated Weekly
Science

Science

Updated 06/02/2025
Medicine

Medicine

Updated Weekly

14 May

Daddy Issues, Cursed Vaginas & Platypodes

Bron is forced to rethink a fond memory; actress Maria Angelico owns her new role in Birthright; Dr Jen munches on some vitamin C myths; Marieke Hardy reviews Lally Katz’s new memoir, My Cursed Vagina; from Healesville Sanctuary, Dr Jessica Thomas dives into the elusive world of the platypus and the team bounce ideas of what to do with a wrong email. 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/

14 May

•

1hr 9min
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

•

46 min
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

•

32 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

•

1hr 16min
30 Apr

Worry Dolls, Dish Drama & Toilet Data

Book reviewer Marieke Hardy plays nice with Laura McPhee-Browne’s novel Worry Doll; the team all hail Bron's bus driver; Daniel detects something suss in the waste water; author and broadcaster Jacinta Parsons previews Sex, Love and Other Catastrophes, Mon shares a dishwashing nightmare and the trio riff with Rockwiz royalty Brian Nankervis. 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/ Book reviewer Marieke Hardy plays nice with Laura McPhee-Browne’s novel Worry Doll; the team all hail Bron's bus driver; Daniel detects something suss in the waste water; author and broadcaster Jacinta Parsons previews Sex, Love and Other Catastrophes, Mon shares a dishwashing nightmare and the trio riff with Rockwiz royalty Brian Nankervis. 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/

30 Apr

•

1hr 8min
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

•

1hr 18min
7 May

The Liberal Party's Identity Crisis, the Decline of The Australian and the Antisemitism Royal Commission

Charlie and Rachel are joined by writer and author Patrick Marlborough to dissect the Abbott vs Downer battle for the Liberal Party presidency, unpack what Michael Gawenda's factually-challenged essay reveals about the declining standards of The Australian, and examine how media coverage of the interim Antisemitism Royal Commission report has played out.

7 May

•

42 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

•

40 min
14 Apr

Pollster And Analyst Kos Samaras Takes The Political Pulse Of The Nation

RedBridge director, political pollster, and analyst Kos Samaras talks with Amy about their latest research and polling data. Kos reveals the issues that matter to Australians right now and how and why the voting landscape has changed drastically, with parties like Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party back on the rise, and the two-party system in absolute disarray. In fact, according to Redbridge;s latest polling, if a federal election were held today, One Nation would be the official Opposition party, taking over the LNP Coalition. Check out Kos' writing on Substack here. The latest RedBridge | Accent Research MRP, modelling all 150 seats (22/05/2026) If an election were held now:• Labor - 31% primary, 76 seats. A majority government.• One Nation - 28% primary, 53 seats. The Official Opposition.• Coalition - 21% primary, 12 seats.• Independents - 8 seats.• Greens, KAP, Centre Alliance - one seat.

14 Apr

•

33 min
18 May

Asif Kapadi, Mother Mary, Obsession

Documentary filmmaker Asif Kapadi (SENNA, AMY, DIEGO MARADONA) chats about his career so far. Flick Ford and regular guest Thomas Caldwell review two new releases: MOTHER MARY and OBSESSION.

18 May

•

52 min

Talks and interviews from across the station.