Triple R Podcasts

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Channel • 18 Shows

News Commentary

News Commentary

Updated Weekly
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated Weekly
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated Weekly
Film Reviews

Film Reviews

Updated Weekly
Politics

Politics

Updated 21 Apr
Medicine

Medicine

Updated Weekly
Books

Books

Updated Weekly

18 June

Why no-one at the National Press Club could land a hit on Pauline Hanson

Charlie, fresh from the room itself, joins Rachel to dissect Pauline Hanson's address to the National Press Club, unpacking why the press gallery played it so safe and how even the sharper questions still failed to pin her down. Plus, a roleplay of Tim Wilson's breakfast TV meltdown at Amanda Rishworth.

18 June

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40 min
11 June

Happiness, Willy Lit Fest & Tomato Perfume

Bron loves tomatoes so much, her partner Liss thinks she should smell like one all the time, and writer, storyteller, documentary filmmaker, and former breakfaster, John Safran, was back in the studio to spruik the reboot of Race Around the World. Talking movies, Megan McKeough took us into director Kane Parsons' mysterious Backrooms, and ahead of her event at Willy Lit Fest, Antonia Pont made us rethink happiness. Finally, we question our nose for nightshades as Bron bring in her tomato perfume. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

11 June

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1 hr
15 June

The Music of Doctor Who

Guest host Will Cox is joined by fellow Whovians Thomas Caldwell and Lore Burns to share memories and music from the BBC’s iconic time-traveling sci-fi series. They cover the legendary musique concrète wizardry of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the symphonic stylings of Murray Gold which beckoned in New-Who and much more.

15 June

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40 min
11 June

"Progressive except for Palestine" - Jeff Sparrow unpacks the double standards of reporting on Gaza

Jess and Rachel speak with Jeff Sparrow - Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Advancing Journalism and former Triple R Breakfaster - about his essay for The Conversation examining how liberal media outlets in Australia and the US have applied starkly different standards to coverage of Gaza compared to other conflicts. Plus - why does Dave Hughes care so much about changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax?

11 June

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49 min
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
4 June

Rock Eisteddfods, Sauna Courage & Nits

This week: to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Alice Pung's memoir Unpolished Gem is getting a reissue and the award-winning author joined us in studio to reflect on its journey (and also how many times she's had nits); we reminisce on the long lost era of Rock Eisteddfods; Flick Ford gave a ringing review of Spanish film Deaf/Horda; Khalid Abdalla dropped in to chat about his deeply personal stage show, Nowhere; we learn about letting it all hang out in Sweden and book reviewer Sean O'Beirne bangs the drum for Halle Butler's satire Banal Nightmare. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

4 June

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1hr 4min
4 June

Emily Baker on Byron Bay's rape culture, and Charlie Pickering's Grace Tame non-apology

ABC journalist Emily Baker talks to Jess, Charlie and Rachel about her investigation into sexual violence in Byron Bay in the 2000s. Plus, the team unpacks why Charlie Pickering's decision to call Grace Tame "problematic" was itself pretty problematic — and his non-apology.

4 June

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51 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

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33 min
6 days ago

Artist Zena Cumpston on her new exhibition 'Watch These Hands', currently showing at Heide Museum of Modern Art

Today’s episode features a conversation with Zena Zada Cumpston, who is a Barkandji visual artist, writer, researcher and curator. In 2026 her art will be featured across many projects, including the 'Watch These Hands' Exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art. Zena was recently announced as a finalist in the highly prestigious Churchie emerging artist awards, and the Swan Hill Gallery print and drawing prize.

6 days ago

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16 min
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

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42 min

Talks and interviews from across the station.