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#75

Reading romance books after heartbreak, finding nostalgia, and living with cancer and Covid

A writer wonders about a happily ever after. Nostalgia rises after years of rapid tech cha... more

23 Apr 2022

28 MINS

28:02

23 Apr 2022

#74

Taking inspiration from Chrissy Amphlett, Sharon Stone’s stunt double, and a diving superwoman

Meet three Australian women pushing back on the expectations and stereotypes so often plac... more

16 Apr 2022

27 MINS

27:48

16 Apr 2022

#73

‘I am Bob. Just Bob’: could a Wollongong folk hero have had a Nazi past?

The steel city once knew him as a migrant made good who contributed a great gift to the ar... more

09 Apr 2022

27 MINS

27:33

09 Apr 2022

#72

Leading the charge: road-testing Australia’s EV stations on a 2,800km round trip

What are the pleasures and pitfalls of driving an electric car from Sydney to Melbourne an... more

02 Apr 2022

32 MINS

32:08

02 Apr 2022

#71

Travelling lions, sinking islands and the last video store

These are some of our favourite stories from the Guardian Australia Reads audio library. A... more

26 Mar 2022

29 MINS

29:41

26 Mar 2022

#70

In search of Australia’s elusive treasures

Three stories of mystery this week: on the scent of platypus eggs, tracking Australia’s ‘m... more

19 Mar 2022

26 MINS

26:33

19 Mar 2022

#69

An all-female fight camp, a middle-aged guide to surfing and discovering postpartum rage

Three stories about women at major points in their lives – challenging the stories they’ve... more

12 Mar 2022

21 MINS

21:44

12 Mar 2022

#68

‘The good fight’: Roebuck Plains Station and its return to Indigenous owners

The Yawuru people have finally had 530,000 hectares of their traditional country returned ... more

05 Mar 2022

29 MINS

29:45

05 Mar 2022

#67

Meet the superhumans

For four extraordinary people, superpowers are not beyond the imagination – they are an or... more

26 Feb 2022

30 MINS

30:24

26 Feb 2022

#66

‘Stop and enjoy your life’ – how to rethink work after the pandemic

The pandemic has made us re-evaluate what we took for granted. How have Australians made s... more

19 Feb 2022

32 MINS

32:13

19 Feb 2022

#65

Big cats, green sea turtles and 130 different bird species

Three stories take us into the animal kingdom. Meet communities around Australia ‘discover... more

11 Feb 2022

24 MINS

24:46

11 Feb 2022

#64

A bank heist, losing the vroom and an endurance swim

In a new format, Guardian Australia Reads presents three of our best features, read to you... more

04 Feb 2022

33 MINS

33:36

04 Feb 2022

#63

A day at the beach: sex, sharks and ashes

We take you to the beach and get among the sand and saltwater. Hear four very different st... more

28 Jan 2022

23 MINS

23:00

28 Jan 2022

#62

The English teacher and the Nazis: trove of letters in Melbourne reveals network that saved Jews

Frances and Jan Newell painstakingly uncovered their mother’s role in facilitating the esc... more

22 Jan 2022

13 MINS

13:00

22 Jan 2022

#61

Pure heaven, but also hell: my trek to find the Disappearing Tarn

In the mountain by Hobart a lake appears just after heavy rain, then vanishes. Features ed... more

20 Jan 2022

10 MINS

10:28

20 Jan 2022

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