The Morning Edition

By The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

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Subscribers: 556
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 100

James
 Feb 26, 2022
Love the brief, concise direct slice of Australian life which still informs like a deep dive. Highly recommended

Milana
 Apr 21, 2020
Really good insight on the current state of Australian politics and culture. I am particularly enjoying the switch to short form and hope the 10-15 minute segments continue, even if they are not daily.

Peter
 May 9, 2019
Love the focused presentation- clear and concise.

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The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.


Episode Date
Inside politics: Elon Musk, the Prime Minister and a cauldron of poison
Apr 25, 2024
Peter Hartcher on how the US finally re-emerged as an 'indispensable power'
Apr 24, 2024
Why accused killer mushroom cook doesn't want case heard in Melbourne
Apr 23, 2024
Missile strikes, confusion and tension: What’s happening between Israel and Iran?
Apr 22, 2024
Lust, power and hush money: In court with Donald Trump
Apr 21, 2024
Inside Politics: Politicians tested in the wake of Sydney stabbing attacks
Apr 18, 2024
A shopping centre, a church and a city on edge
Apr 17, 2024
Iran’s ‘proxy war’ with Israel is out of the shadows. What happens next?
Apr 16, 2024
Unpacking the extraordinary Bruce Lehrmann judgment
Apr 15, 2024
Nick McKenzie on the Seven expenses affair
Apr 14, 2024
Six dead, many injured: The Westfield attack that shook Sydney
Apr 14, 2024
Inside Politics: What does Australia's shift on Palestinian statehood mean?
Apr 11, 2024
Japan forbid itself from going to war. So why’s it expanding its military?
Apr 10, 2024
Supermarkets could finally be fined billions if they price gouge
Apr 09, 2024
Chasing the story of the 'forever chemicals'
Apr 08, 2024
Trump, trolls and the Kremlin's plot to reshape the U.S election
Apr 07, 2024
Inside Politics: The good, the bad and the ugly in the Albanese government
Apr 04, 2024
The bombshell last-minute twist in Bruce Lehrmann’s case
Apr 03, 2024
She made it big in America. Then her Australian past caught up
Apr 02, 2024
What's the latest AFL drugs scandal all about and who blew the whistle?
Apr 01, 2024
Scared to sleep alone: Ukraine’s children of war
Mar 31, 2024
Inside Politics: Labor's chaotic bid to play god on migration
Mar 28, 2024
Peter Hartcher on why China is tanking its economy on purpose
Mar 27, 2024
The church, the Liberal Party, and the Tax Office raid
Mar 26, 2024
Trump says he’s nasty. But can Kevin Rudd win him over?
Mar 25, 2024
Nick McKenzie reveals the ‘priority target’ of Australian intelligence agencies
Mar 24, 2024
Inside Politics: Another government abandons religious discrimination laws
Mar 21, 2024
The world’s biggest tech firms are enabling the most nauseating crimes imaginable
Mar 20, 2024
TikTok ban — US declares virtual war on China
Mar 19, 2024
Lehrmann and Higgins: Following the evidence trail to discover the truth
Mar 18, 2024
Going nuclear? Canberra divided, but support is on the rise
Mar 17, 2024
Inside Politics: The age-old problem of funding
Mar 14, 2024
Peter Hartcher on whether Australia can Trump-proof itself
Mar 13, 2024
The secret society you didn’t know still existed is tearing itself apart
Mar 12, 2024
Samantha Murphy vanished without a trace. Here's what we know
Mar 11, 2024
Sam Kerr saga: Is it racist to call someone white?
Mar 10, 2024
Inside Politics: Dutton's policy problem
Mar 07, 2024
Peter Hartcher on Putin's nuclear strategy
Mar 06, 2024
Why our spending habits have reverted to the 1940s
Mar 05, 2024
The killing of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies: What we now know
Mar 04, 2024
The most revealing 24 hours for Trump and Biden, and the votes they’ll really care about
Mar 03, 2024
Good Weekend Talks: Former army lawyer David McBride on the cost of being a whistleblower
Mar 01, 2024
Inside Politics: A spy in parliament
Feb 29, 2024
Peter Hartcher on what Nikki Haley gains from losing to Trump
Feb 28, 2024
Is a Gaza ceasefire imminent?
Feb 27, 2024
What happens after a serving police officer is charged with a double murder?
Feb 26, 2024
The crisis of confidence in our supermarkets
Feb 25, 2024
Inside Politics: Booze, boats and borders
Feb 22, 2024
Peter Hartcher on who’s next on Vladimir Putin’s hit list
Feb 21, 2024
Taylor Swift’s Australian shows – and what to expect next
Feb 20, 2024
Is Julian Assange’s fight for freedom at an end?
Feb 19, 2024
Has North Korea declared war on South Korea?
Feb 18, 2024
Inside Politics: What is doxxing, plus Barnaby's spill and a PM's wedding
Feb 15, 2024
Peter Hartcher on the new president who could change Australia’s fortunes
Feb 14, 2024
How do you solve a problem like Barnaby?
Feb 13, 2024
Nick McKenzie on how crooked companies made millions from offshore detention
Feb 12, 2024
The 'existential' fight to free an Australian from China's death row
Feb 11, 2024
An exciting change to the podcast
Feb 09, 2024
Inside Politics: On 'Nemesis' and the tax cut battle ground
Feb 08, 2024
Peter Hartcher on why the US is an unreliable ally
Feb 07, 2024
Bastardry, budgets and broken promises: Ross Gittins on 50 years covering economics
Feb 06, 2024
Inside the government’s new plan to lower emissions on our road
Feb 05, 2024
The secret tapes that exposed a high court judge
Feb 04, 2024
Inside Politics: Has Labor discovered the wedge?
Feb 01, 2024
Has Australian cash gone to a brutal military dictatorship?
Jan 31, 2024
Peter Hartcher on whether the US is about to enter into a war with Iran
Jan 30, 2024
What's next for the ABC?
Jan 29, 2024
Could the US migration crisis upend Biden’s re-election bid?
Jan 28, 2024
Inside Politics: The promise and peril of Labor’s broken promise
Jan 25, 2024
Trump is one big step closer to the White House
Jan 24, 2024
Kate McClymont on the life and death of Australia's most corrupt cop
Jan 23, 2024
How you'll be affected by the stage three tax cuts
Jan 22, 2024
The pope called surrogacy despicable. Does he have a point?
Jan 21, 2024
Inside Politics: Penny Wong walks a tightrope in the Middle East
Jan 18, 2024
Is your data safe from the next big hack?
Jan 17, 2024
Why Beijing tried to sabotage Taiwan's new president-elect
Jan 16, 2024
US airstrikes and a genocide charge: The latest in the Israel-Hamas war
Jan 15, 2024
Are Woolies and Coles ripping you off?
Jan 14, 2024
Wind farm fight blows up in Victoria
Jan 11, 2024
A hole was ripped in an Alaskan Airlines plane mid-air. What caused it?
Jan 10, 2024
America’s highest court weighs in on Donald Trump’s candidacy
Jan 09, 2024
An Australian cricketer’s Gaza protest and the politics of sport
Jan 08, 2024
When doctors are incentivised to prescribe dangerous amounts of cannabis
Jan 07, 2024
Best of 2023: The curious tale of the British Museum's disappearing collection
Jan 04, 2024
Best of 2023: She exposed Australian war crimes. She paid a price
Jan 03, 2024
Best of 2023: The cocaine boom behind Sydney’s gang wars
Jan 02, 2024
Best of 2023: Roe v Wade shocked the world. What's happened since?
Jan 01, 2024
Best of 2023: Was the woman dubbed “Australia’s worst female serial killer” wrongly convicted?
Dec 31, 2023
Best of 2023: Stan Grant, the ABC, and Australia’s racism problem
Dec 28, 2023
Best of 2023: The trial of Malka Leifer
Dec 27, 2023
Best of 2023: How millions of dollars in detention money went to Pacific politicians
Dec 26, 2023
Best of 2023: Why are thousands of students enrolled in college, but not studying?
Dec 25, 2023
Best of 2023: Could an unexpected group of delegates set Julian Assange free?
Dec 24, 2023
Inside Politics: Interest rates, housing affordability and the economy - what can we expect in 2024?
Dec 21, 2023
'A live performance’: Higgins, Lehrmann and the internet trial
Dec 20, 2023
The Democrats chose Biden because he could beat Trump. That was then
Dec 19, 2023
Inside the 'fraud and bribery' that sank a $1b Australian science success story
Dec 18, 2023
Inside the court case that exposed Gina Rinehart’s bitter family feuds
Dec 17, 2023
Inside Politics: Why the Albanese government is now calling for a ceasefire
Dec 14, 2023
The tobacco wars, and rise of a ruthless new kingpin
Dec 13, 2023