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Good Weekend Talks SMH & The Age
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4.2 • 297 Ratings
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Good Weekend Talks features in-depth conversations with the people fascinating Australians right now, from sport to politics to the arts, business and beyond, interviewed weekly by the country's top journalists. Consider it a magazine for your ears.
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Grappling with twin tragedies and tax reform: Allegra Spender's life as a federal MP
In this episode we speak with the federal member for Wentworth, Allegra Spender, who was swept into Canberra on a "teal wave" at the 2022 election. Spender talks candidly with The Sydney Morning Herald associate editor Deborah Snow about the aftermath of the April stabbings at Bondi Junction, the impact of war in Gaza on her constituents, and her determination to push tax reform onto the national agenda. Spender speaks also about the work ethic she inherited from her mother, the late fashion designer Carla Zampatti, and how her father, former Liberal MP John Spender, urged her not to run.
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Debunking milk myths: Farmer and food writer Matthew Evans on the white stuff
In this episode we speak with Matthew Evans, the Australian chef and restaurant critic turned Tassie farmer and food writer. Evans, who has written a new book called Milk, talks about the science behind dairy products, the truth and lies around them - and answers the curly question of whether cheese dreams are real.
Hosting the conversation, in which Evans also discusses the big issues facing food producers, is the national editor of Good Food, Ardyn Bernoth.
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Solving Australia's chronic housing crisis
In this episode we speak with economics commentator Cameron Murray, author of the book, The Great Housing Hijack, which looks at the factors behind Australia's housing crisis. Murray was one of the few who predicted the boom in home prices after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hosting a conversation that covers Murray's analysis of the underlying causes of the problem, international templates for improvements and the role of social housing in the solution is Good Weekend deputy editor, Greg Callaghan.
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‘Live, give, get uncomfortable’: Nedd Brockmann on that epic run across Australia - and his next crazy challenge
In this episode we speak with Nedd Brockmann. The 25 year old sparky captured the attention of the country in 2022 when he ran from Perth to Sydney, raising $2.5 million for homelessness in the process. With a second book and a Kayo documentary in the works, he’s now come up with a new way to challenge himself - and hopefully break a world record.
Hosting the conversation with Brockmann is Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.
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'I've got to work out who the hell this guy is:' The true story behind 'Fake'
In this episode, we speak with former Good Weekend staff writer Stephanie Wood. Stephanie's 2017 story about her real-life relationship with a man who deceived her with a web of lies received an incredible response from readers, such that she left the magazine to write a book about the experience, Fake, which was published in 2019. That story has now been turned into an eight-part TV series starring Asher Keddie and David Wenham, premiering on Paramount Plus on July 4.
On today's podcast, Wood discusses that long-ago relationship, why she thinks her experience resonated so much with readers, what it's like to see Asher Keddie playing her – and whether this lemons-to-lemonade tale means all the heartache was worth it in the end. With host, Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland.
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Athletics champ Tamsyn Manou on Australia’s ‘resurgence’ in the lead-up to Paris 2024
In this episode we speak to Tamsyn Manou (née Lewis). The former track star long ago traded her running shoes for the microphone, and is headed to France next month as a Nine Wide World of Sports expert athletics commentator.
In this chat, she takes us into everything from the headspace occupied by aspiring Olympians right now, to the things she's most looking forward to seeing in Paris and the rise of middle-distance running in Australia.
Hosting this conversation is chief reporter for The Age, Chip Le Grand.
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Customer Reviews
Debunking Milk
- everyone should listen to this podcast. Extremely interesting and informative. I especially loved his facts on breastfeeding.
Terrific series
This is a great series, but I particularly liked the episode of debunking milk myths. Informative, science based information and presented in an easy to understand manner. Unfortunately the presenter missed the opportunity when it came to minimising food waste to call on Matthew Evans to call on many restaurants to reduce portion sizes and thereby minimise their waste. A small point but an important one I feel
#429 - Excellent episode and podcast.
I’m playing catch-ups and this was such an interesting episode, including a brilliantly executed tour of the Tenement Museum with Tom and Dr Annie Polland.