Good Weekend Talks

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.

Dos and don’ts of home renos and building: A checklist from Grand Designs’ Anthony Burke
Jun 5, 2025 – 41:06
'I was so scared': A forced-marriage survivor's harrowing story – and escape
May 30, 2025 – 25:46
Chef prodigy Hugh Allen on his new restaurant, creativity – and recognising critics
May 23, 2025 – 37:54
Coming soon - the 40/20 NRL podcast
May 19, 2025 – 00:47
Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber
May 15, 2025 – 51:53
Novelist Hannah Kent on writing, nightmares – and the ghost who lives with her
May 9, 2025 – 39:05
Meet historian Rutger Bregman – fighting the good fight with 'realistic idealism'
May 2, 2025 – 37:28
Inside the battle to retain Labor's traditional heartland voters
Apr 25, 2025 – 39:29
You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage
Apr 18, 2025 – 42:06
Melinda French Gates on perfectionism and pain, parenting and philanthropy
Apr 11, 2025 – 41:34
‘My goggles filled with tears’: Ellie Cole on medals, motherhood – and silver linings
Apr 4, 2025 – 42:28
'Crazy, yeah?': Jane Flemming on Aussie athletics' new golden age (including Gout Gout)
Mar 28, 2025 – 50:04
Meet Matt Kean – the politician who chose the planet over party
Mar 20, 2025 – 36:58
Curtis Stone on critics, cooking for a crowd – and selling meat pies in LA
Mar 14, 2025 – 30:56
Finance minister Katy Gallagher on loss, love, politics and pet kangaroos
Mar 6, 2025 – 35:27
Kara Swisher on Elon, Trump and the tech bros taking over
Feb 28, 2025 – 29:31
Fear, fun and faceplants: a day in the life of ballet dancer Callum Linnane
Feb 21, 2025 – 36:55
Richard Roxburgh, Peter Greste and 400 days in an Egyptian prison
Feb 14, 2025 – 50:34
“There’s not one silver bullet to fix things”: Music Australia boss Millie Millgate
Feb 7, 2025 – 35:28
Processed meats and cancer: How a shock diagnosis of stage four bowel cancer drove Lucie Morris-Marr to investigate the links
Jan 31, 2025 – 30:51
Why Helen Garner trained her forensically observant eye on an Aussie rules team - and what she learnt from it
Jan 24, 2025 – 36:24
Australian Open boss Craig Tiley on the highs and lows of running a global event
Jan 10, 2025 – 41:42
Good Weekend Summer: Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song
Jan 3, 2025 – 34:53
Good Weekend Summer: Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students
Dec 27, 2024 – 36:56
Good Weekend Summer: Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film
Dec 20, 2024 – 28:36
A feature writing masterclass from Good Weekend's Amanda Hooton and Konrad Marshall
Dec 13, 2024 – 42:27
Stephanie Gilmore's year off competitive surfing
Dec 6, 2024 – 38:05
Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy on winning gold in Paris, and setting her sights on LA
Nov 29, 2024 – 24:41
Chinese Australian dissident artist Badiucao on being followed, threatened - and impersonated
Nov 22, 2024 – 49:13
Hannah Diviney on acting, ableist language and not having to always strive for amazing
Nov 15, 2024 – 39:47
Gina Chick on the beauty and power of strangeness
Nov 8, 2024 – 41:26
Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film
Nov 1, 2024 – 28:19
Author Joe Aston on what went wrong for the Qantas brand
Oct 25, 2024 – 41:21
British author Jon Ronson on why psychopaths rule the world - and how we should view Donald Trump
Oct 18, 2024 – 35:26
Literary editor Jason Steger on 25 years of wrangling books, authors and publishers
Oct 11, 2024 – 36:39
Mark Manson, author of 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k' on how the self-help industry gets it wrong
Oct 4, 2024 – 38:06
Norman Swan researched the best way to parent kids under ten. Here's what he reckons
Sep 27, 2024 – 41:39
Eric Beecher on media, moguls and what it's like to be sued by a Murdoch
Sep 20, 2024 – 49:06
Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students
Sep 13, 2024 – 36:36
Author Markus Zusak on the magic - and mayhem - of mongrels
Sep 6, 2024 – 36:06
Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song
Aug 30, 2024 – 34:35
From Sydney to Singapore, Melbourne to Manila: meet the man playing Alexander Hamilton in the hit musical
Aug 23, 2024 – 39:17
What impact has that 'controversial' $443m investment made to the Great Barrier Reef?
Aug 16, 2024 – 30:18
Best-selling author Roxane Gay on body positivity, Trump and Channing Tatum
Aug 9, 2024 – 35:37
'Like a hurricane was inside the house': a survivor's tale of the Beirut port explosion
Aug 2, 2024 – 39:51
Grappling with twin tragedies and tax reform: Allegra Spender's life as a federal MP
Jul 26, 2024 – 35:02
Debunking milk myths: Farmer and food writer Matthew Evans on the white stuff
Jul 19, 2024 – 31:16
Solving Australia's chronic housing crisis
Jul 12, 2024 – 33:20
‘Live, give, get uncomfortable’: Nedd Brockmann on that epic run across Australia - and his next crazy challenge
Jul 5, 2024 – 32:24
'I've got to work out who the hell this guy is:' The true story behind 'Fake'
Jun 28, 2024 – 39:00