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.
Bourdain and Batali's 'right-hand' woman Laurie Woolever on her tell-all book
41 mins; April 03, 2026
From finance to front row: Australian fashion boss Marianne Perkovic
33 mins; March 26, 2026
Stephanie Alexander on writing, eating, air-frying â and The Cookâs Companion turning 30
32 mins; March 20, 2026
Bob Carr on grief and 'the left-over life' after his wife's death
39 mins; March 13, 2026
Courtney Barnett on songwriting, her deadpan delivery â and what she did next
35 mins; March 06, 2026
Kathy Lette on female betrayal: âMore painful than divorceâ
39 mins; February 27, 2026
Todd Sampson on doomsday preppers, aliens and why people reach for the extreme
40 mins; February 20, 2026
Why we run: Konrad Marshall on 365 days of jogging
31 mins; February 13, 2026
Brooke Blurton is successful, smart and Indigenous. And still, trolls tell her she's 'on Centrelink'.
36 mins; February 06, 2026
Martin Luther King III on retaining hope in todayâs world: âCivility has been temporarily lostâ
36 mins; January 28, 2026
Pod Save Americaâs Jon Lovett on hope â and comedy â in the midst of a Trump presidency
30 mins; January 23, 2026
Alex de Minaur on the drive to compete, hitting rock bottom, and his classic car obsession
40 mins; January 16, 2026
Why Helen Garner trained her forensically observant eye on an Aussie rules team - and what she learnt from it
36 mins; January 09, 2026
You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage
42 mins; January 02, 2026
From dance floor to âorgy roomâ: What happens on a typical swingersâ night?
31 mins; December 26, 2025
Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber
51 mins; December 19, 2025
She was one of the biggest TV stars of the 1980s. What happened next to Tania Lacy?
44 mins; December 12, 2025
John Polson on bringing âTropfestâ back from the dead, with a little help from Margot Robbie
40 mins; December 05, 2025
'I didnât do this for me': The AFLâs first openly queer player on coming out
54 mins; November 25, 2025
From political fixer to cricket caller: Meet broadcaster Adam Collins
39 mins; November 21, 2025
Chef Helen Goh on "the three Ps" of baking and psychology: process, patience and presence
39 mins; November 14, 2025
Jane Harper on backing yourself: "Nobody is going to pluck you out of the crowd"
34 mins; November 07, 2025
William Dalrymple on India, slavery and âthe unsung heroesâ helping historians
40 mins; October 30, 2025
Ita Buttrose on women, men and chasing dreams: 'You canât waste a moment'
34 mins; October 24, 2025
Antonia Marran on parenting, family law and adolescent mental health
38 mins; October 16, 2025
"I'm an accidental musician": Joe Camilleri on singing, songwriting and The Black Sorrows
43 mins; October 10, 2025
The joys of stoicism (and a top tip from Marcus Aurelius): 'Wellmania' writer Brigid Delaney
36 mins; October 03, 2025
Introducing: Diagnosing Murder
4 mins; October 02, 2025
âThis is me, not on general viewing TVâ: Melissa Leongâs raw interview on her darkest chapter
45 mins; September 27, 2025
From hobby dancer to leading choreographer: The âluck and pluckâ of Stephanie Lake
34 mins; September 19, 2025
Ken Done on colour, critics and the 'real reason' he went to art school
30 mins; September 12, 2025
Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert: 'True grief feels like the end of the world'
59 mins; September 05, 2025
'I just felt like such a loser': Olympic champion Cate Campbell on loneliness and depression
44 mins; August 29, 2025
The âfusion of hilarity and horrorâ that inspired childrenâs author Andy Griffiths
40 mins; August 22, 2025
Tracey Holmes: Meeting a Beatle, driving with Pele â and âthis thing that still existsâ in sport
40 mins; August 15, 2025
âConnecting your identity to sport is a dangerous gameâ: AFLW star Libby Birch
30 mins; August 08, 2025
From dance floor to âorgy roomâ: What happens on a typical swingersâ night?
31 mins; August 01, 2025
What worries Sarah Wilson? Nothing less than the collapse of civilisation
49 mins; July 25, 2025
Meet Hugh de Kretser - president of the Australian Human Rights Commission
49 mins; July 18, 2025
Soprano singer Danielle de Niese - making opera cool again
39 mins; July 11, 2025
True crime writer Mark Dapin on cops, Chopper, and the good within bad people
39 mins; July 04, 2025
Artist Vincent Fantauzzo on fighting, dyslexia â and painting Heath Ledger
44 mins; June 27, 2025
Crime writer Mark Brandi on the âincredibly painfulâ experience that changed his life
39 mins; June 20, 2025
How China ate Apple â and is now weaponising its technology against the West
35 mins; June 13, 2025
Dos and donâts of home renos and building: A checklist from Grand Designsâ Anthony Burke
41 mins; June 05, 2025
'I was so scared': A forced-marriage survivor's harrowing story â and escape
25 mins; May 30, 2025
Chef prodigy Hugh Allen on his new restaurant, creativity â and recognising critics
37 mins; May 23, 2025
Coming soon - the 40/20 NRL podcast
47 secs; May 18, 2025
Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber
51 mins; May 14, 2025
Novelist Hannah Kent on writing, nightmares â and the ghost who lives with her
39 mins; May 08, 2025
Meet historian Rutger Bregman â fighting the good fight with 'realistic idealism'
37 mins; May 02, 2025
Inside the battle to retain Labor's traditional heartland voters
39 mins; April 25, 2025
You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage
42 mins; April 18, 2025
Melinda French Gates on perfectionism and pain, parenting and philanthropy
41 mins; April 11, 2025
âMy goggles filled with tearsâ: Ellie Cole on medals, motherhood â and silver linings
42 mins; April 04, 2025
'Crazy, yeah?': Jane Flemming on Aussie athletics' new golden age (including Gout Gout)
50 mins; March 27, 2025
Meet Matt Kean â the politician who chose the planet over party
36 mins; March 20, 2025
Curtis Stone on critics, cooking for a crowd â and selling meat pies in LA
30 mins; March 14, 2025
Finance minister Katy Gallagher on loss, love, politics and pet kangaroos
35 mins; March 06, 2025
Kara Swisher on Elon, Trump and the tech bros taking over
29 mins; February 28, 2025
Fear, fun and faceplants: a day in the life of ballet dancer Callum Linnane
36 mins; February 21, 2025
Richard Roxburgh, Peter Greste and 400 days in an Egyptian prison
50 mins; February 14, 2025
âThereâs not one silver bullet to fix thingsâ: Music Australia boss Millie Millgate
35 mins; February 07, 2025
Processed meats and cancer: How a shock diagnosis of stage four bowel cancer drove Lucie Morris-Marr to investigate the links
30 mins; January 31, 2025
Why Helen Garner trained her forensically observant eye on an Aussie rules team - and what she learnt from it
36 mins; January 24, 2025
Australian Open boss Craig Tiley on the highs and lows of running a global event
41 mins; January 10, 2025
Good Weekend Summer: Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song
34 mins; January 03, 2025
Good Weekend Summer: Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students
36 mins; December 27, 2024
Good Weekend Summer: Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film
28 mins; December 20, 2024
A feature writing masterclass from Good Weekend's Amanda Hooton and Konrad Marshall
42 mins; December 13, 2024
Stephanie Gilmore's year off competitive surfing
38 mins; December 06, 2024
Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy on winning gold in Paris, and setting her sights on LA
24 mins; November 29, 2024
Chinese Australian dissident artist Badiucao on being followed, threatened - and impersonated
49 mins; November 21, 2024
Hannah Diviney on acting, ableist language and not having to always strive for amazing
39 mins; November 15, 2024
Gina Chick on the beauty and power of strangeness
41 mins; November 08, 2024
Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film
28 mins; October 31, 2024
Author Joe Aston on what went wrong for the Qantas brand
41 mins; October 25, 2024
British author Jon Ronson on why psychopaths rule the world - and how we should view Donald Trump
35 mins; October 18, 2024
Literary editor Jason Steger on 25 years of wrangling books, authors and publishers
36 mins; October 11, 2024
Mark Manson, author of 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k' on how the self-help industry gets it wrong
38 mins; October 04, 2024
Norman Swan researched the best way to parent kids under ten. Here's what he reckons
41 mins; September 27, 2024
Eric Beecher on media, moguls and what it's like to be sued by a Murdoch
49 mins; September 20, 2024
Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students
36 mins; September 13, 2024
Author Markus Zusak on the magic - and mayhem - of mongrels
36 mins; September 06, 2024
Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song
34 mins; August 30, 2024
From Sydney to Singapore, Melbourne to Manila: meet the man playing Alexander Hamilton in the hit musical
39 mins; August 23, 2024
What impact has that 'controversial' $443m investment made to the Great Barrier Reef?
30 mins; August 16, 2024
Best-selling author Roxane Gay on body positivity, Trump and Channing Tatum
35 mins; August 09, 2024
'Like a hurricane was inside the house': a survivor's tale of the Beirut port explosion
39 mins; August 02, 2024
Grappling with twin tragedies and tax reform: Allegra Spender's life as a federal MP
35 mins; July 26, 2024
Debunking milk myths: Farmer and food writer Matthew Evans on the white stuff
31 mins; July 19, 2024
Solving Australia's chronic housing crisis
33 mins; July 12, 2024
âLive, give, get uncomfortableâ: Nedd Brockmann on that epic run across Australia - and his next crazy challenge
32 mins; July 05, 2024
'I've got to work out who the hell this guy is:' The true story behind 'Fake'
39 mins; June 28, 2024
Athletics champ Tamsyn Manou on Australiaâs âresurgenceâ in the lead-up to Paris 2024
34 mins; June 20, 2024
Max Chandler-Mather on housing, heckling and the perfect door knock
31 mins; June 14, 2024
Liz Ellis on healing the wounds within netball
37 mins; June 06, 2024
Did Robert Farquharson kill his three sons? A science-led reappraisal
24 mins; May 31, 2024
Introducing: Trial by Water
4 mins; May 26, 2024
How the world-famous Bondi Icebergs pool became a literal life saver
