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Jay Bahadur / Crime & pulp

With Jay Bahadur and Christine Kenneally

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The Fifth Estate

Public Health and Drug Policy Today / History, politics & current affairs

With Sally Warhaft, Richard Di Natale, and Fiona Patten

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The F Word

Roxane Gay / Sexual & gender politics

With Roxane Gay and Maxine Beneba Clarke

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Not Racist, But …

Why Are We Afraid of Being Called Racist? / Race & multiculturalism

With Beverley Wang, Luke Pearson, Helen Ngo and 1 other

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Gender Cards, Facebook Narcissism and Girls: Anna Goldsworthy on her Quarterly Essay / Sexual & gender politics

By Jo Case

Waleed Aly: The Future of Conservatism / Australian politics

With Waleed Aly

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Lunchbox/Soapbox: David Vann: An Ode to Literary Tradition / Classics

With David Vann

Centenary of International Women’s Day / Sexual & gender politics

By Alex Landragin

It’s the centenary of International Women’s Day today and we thought we’d mark the occasion. We’ve asked novelist Kirsten Tranter to write a piece on the under-representation of women in major literary journals and magazines - read Kirsten’s essay here.

In case you haven’t already caught them, we also thought we’d point you towards some web links we liked. The Bond franchise’s Daniel Craig…

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A League of One’s Own: The AFL, and Women’s Sport / Sport

With Karen Lyon, Susan Alberti, Sam Mostyn and 3 others

Podcast episode

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The Fifth Estate

The Welcome Stranger / Race & multiculturalism

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L for Leather / Sport

With Simon Madden, Don Scott, Luke Ball and 1 other

Podcast episode

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The Wheeler Centre

Jennifer Egan / Books, reading & writing

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Paul Keating / History

With Robert Manne and Paul Keating

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Lunchbox / Soapbox

James Brown on Anzac’s Long Shadow / Defence, military & war

With James Brown

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Fruitful Anxiety and Grey Areas: Helen Garner and Anna Krien / Sport

By Jo Case

Geordie Williamson: The Burning Library / Criticism

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A Question of Identity

The Edge of the World: Australia and Globalism / Identity

With Carrillo Gantner, Josephine Ridge, Gina McColl and 1 other

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The Fifth Estate

Nick Davies: Melbourne / Media

With Nick Davies and Sophie Black

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