Secrets We Keep podcast

Secrets We Keep

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Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret. Secrets We Keep: Uncovered (Season 9): takes you inside some of the most important investigations of our time, with our expanding network of journalists and sources from around Australia and beyond. Every week, Uncovered pulls back the curtain on the stories powerful people hoped would stay buried, by speaking directly to those who lived and breathed them. Jailbreak (Season 8): Journalist Tim Elliott details the extraordinary story of Darko Desic, a fugitive who lived for 30 years on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Lone Actor (Season 7): Joey Watson traces the radicalisation trajectory of the Christchurch terrorist, asking the question - did he really act alone? By Any Means (Season 6): An investigation into the modern fertility landscape, confronting complex questions about consent, identity and human rights. Should I Spit? (Season 5): The origin story of the multibillion dollar consumer DNA industry. From police hoping to solve cold murder cases, to one of the most powerful churches in the world, everyone seems to want a piece of what makes you, you. Pray Harder (Season 4): investigative journalist Richard Baker uncovers the unbelievable and compelling true story of Australia’s oldest and most hard line Pentecostal Church, the Geelong Revival Centre. Baghdad Nights (Season 3): Richard Baker takes you inside Australia's biggest corruption scandal, finding out how Australia funded a dictator in the lead up to the Iraq War. Nest of Traitors (Season 2): Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War. Shame Lies & Family (Season 1): A mystery photo of Amelia Oberhardt’s mum exposes the practice of shotgun marriages, forced adoption, and quiet abortions carried out in Australia until the 1980s.

Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret. Secrets We Keep: Uncovered (Season 9): takes you inside some of the most important investigations of our time, with our expanding network of journalists and sources from around Australia and beyond. Every week, Uncovered pulls back the curtain on the stories powerful people hoped would stay buried, by speaking directly to those who lived and breathed them. Jailbreak (Season 8): Journalist Tim Elliott details the extraordinary story of Darko Desic, a fugitive who lived for 30 years on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Lone Actor (Season 7): Joey Watson traces the radicalisation trajectory of the Christchurch terrorist, asking the question - did he really act alone? By Any Means (Season 6): An investigation into the modern fertility landscape, confronting complex questions about consent, identity and human rights. Should I Spit? (Season 5): The origin story of the multibillion dollar consumer DNA industry. From police hoping to solve cold murder cases, to one of the most powerful churches in the world, everyone seems to want a piece of what makes you, you. Pray Harder (Season 4): investigative journalist Richard Baker uncovers the unbelievable and compelling true story of Australia’s oldest and most hard line Pentecostal Church, the Geelong Revival Centre. Baghdad Nights (Season 3): Richard Baker takes you inside Australia's biggest corruption scandal, finding out how Australia funded a dictator in the lead up to the Iraq War. Nest of Traitors (Season 2): Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War. Shame Lies & Family (Season 1): A mystery photo of Amelia Oberhardt’s mum exposes the practice of shotgun marriages, forced adoption, and quiet abortions carried out in Australia until the 1980s.

 

#90

Uncovered – How undercover police radicalised an autistic child | Part 2

In this two-part exclusive, Joey Watson speaks to the parents of “Thomas Carrick&rdq... more

08 Dec 2025

30 MINS

30:01

08 Dec 2025


#89

Uncovered – How undercover police radicalised an autistic child | Part 1

In this two-part exclusive, Joey Watson speaks to the parents of “Thomas Carrick&rdq... more

01 Dec 2025

35 MINS

35:38

01 Dec 2025


#88

Uncovered – Unmasking Australia’s most corrupt cop

Hailing from a bikie family to becoming a celebrated cop, former NSW police officer and wh... more

24 Nov 2025

24 MINS

24:55

24 Nov 2025


#87

Uncovered - Secretly recording corrupt politicians in Ibiza

An undercover sting on the Spanish party island of Ibiza involving a far-right political l... more

17 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:02

17 Nov 2025


#86

Uncovered - Blowing the whistle on the Butcher of Bega

When Lorraine Long began logging complaints from patients who claimed to be mistreated by ... more

10 Nov 2025

32 MINS

32:07

10 Nov 2025


#85

Uncovered - Infiltrating ‘get-rich-quick’ hustle culture

What happens when a world-famous prankster journalist decides to put all the TikToks, podc... more

03 Nov 2025

24 MINS

24:18

03 Nov 2025


#84

Uncovered – Exposing the AFP’s secret use of facial recognition

When it became known that a shadowy facial recognition company called Clearview AI had cre... more

27 Oct 2025

30 MINS

30:59

27 Oct 2025


#83

Uncovered - Hunting Australia's Nazi war criminals (Part 2)

Go inside the courtroom as the Special Investigations Unit fights to deliver justice to th... more

20 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:54

20 Oct 2025


#82

Uncovered - Hunting Australia's Nazi war criminals (Part 1)

In the mid1980s, Australiahad to reckon with an uncomfortable truth: that hundreds of susp... more

13 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:02

13 Oct 2025


#81

Introducing Secrets We Keep: Uncovered

From next week, join Joey Watson as he takes you inside some of the most important investi... more

08 Oct 2025

01 MINS

01:39

08 Oct 2025


#80

Jailbreak - Bonus - Antoinette Lattouf speaks to Tim Elliott

Tim Elliott has done what few could - persuading one of Australia's most elusive prison es... more

06 Oct 2025

25 MINS

25:19

06 Oct 2025


#79

Jailbreak - Episode 6 - Free Dougie

Darko is free but trapped in the life of a fugitive. He falls in love but can’t reve... more

29 Sep 2025

37 MINS

37:28

29 Sep 2025


#78

Coming soon - Secrets We Keep: Uncovered

Brought to you by LiSTNR’s team of award-winning journalists, Secrets We Keep: Uncov... more

25 Sep 2025

00 MINS

00:54

25 Sep 2025


#77

Jailbreak - Episode 5 - The Great Escape

Darko methodically prepares an escape plan, taking months to prepare. As Darko readies him... more

22 Sep 2025

33 MINS

33:42

22 Sep 2025


#76

Jailbreak - Episode 4 - Model Prisoner

Darko’s sent to some of Australia’s most notorious prisons, where he acquaints... more

15 Sep 2025

31 MINS

31:49

15 Sep 2025


#75

Jailbreak - Episode 3 - Busted

Darko’s killing it. He uses the proceeds of a successful marijuana crop to buy a new... more

08 Sep 2025

34 MINS

34:00

08 Sep 2025


#74

Jailbreak - Episode 2 - It Was a Boom

After visiting Australia in the 1980s, Darko returns home to Yugoslavia but senses trouble... more

01 Sep 2025

28 MINS

28:44

01 Sep 2025


#73

Jailbreak - Episode 1 - You’ve Been Looking for Me

It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon in 2021, when Darko Desic arrives, unannounced, at a po... more

01 Sep 2025

29 MINS

29:44

01 Sep 2025


#72

Bonus - The 13 year old Australian charged as a terrorist

At just 13 years old, Thomas Carrick was placed under covert surveillance by the Australia... more

29 Aug 2025

55 MINS

55:04

29 Aug 2025


#71

Introducing Jailbreak

In Jailbreak, we hear the extraordinary story of a fugitive who lived for 30 years on the ... more

25 Aug 2025

03 MINS

03:38

25 Aug 2025


#70

Bonus - Joey answers your questions

Why did Joey decide to use the terrorist's name? Where are far-right extremist communities... more

20 Aug 2025

26 MINS

26:34

20 Aug 2025


#69

Bonus - Antoinette Lattouf interviews Joey Watson

Journalist and host of the Weekend Briefing Antointette Lattouf sits down with Joey Watson... more

13 Aug 2025

26 MINS

26:36

13 Aug 2025


#68

Lone Actor - Episode 6 - Skull Mask Network

Having spent years tracing the terrorist, Joey is still left with unanswered questions. Pa... more

06 Aug 2025

38 MINS

38:44

06 Aug 2025


#67

Lone Actor - Episode 5 - The defence of Europe

After the attack, authorities in Austria learnt that the terrorist had been linked to a hi... more

30 Jul 2025

32 MINS

32:56

30 Jul 2025


#66

Lone Actor - Episode 4 - The Balkans

Two trips to the Balkans, in South-Eastern Europe might hold the key to the terrorist's mi... more

23 Jul 2025

39 MINS

39:06

23 Jul 2025


#65

Lone Actor - Episode 3 - In the scene

On the afternoon of the attack, a member of a private Facebook group for Australian extrem... more

16 Jul 2025

36 MINS

36:06

16 Jul 2025


#64

Lone Actor - Episode 2 - Shitposting

The terrorist posted a manifesto and a live stream link on an obscure image board just min... more

09 Jul 2025

36 MINS

36:55

09 Jul 2025


#63

Lone Actor - Episode 1 - March 15

In 2019, a 28-year-old Australian terrorist live-streamed himself murdering 51 people at t... more

09 Jul 2025

29 MINS

29:54

09 Jul 2025


#62

Introducing Lone Actor

On March 15 2019 a gunman opened fire on two mosques in Christchurch, killing 51 people. O... more

29 Jun 2025

02 MINS

02:32

29 Jun 2025


#61

By Any Means - Episode 6 - Baby Brokers

How is international commercial surrogacy being sold to foreign intended parents? Amelia s... more

24 Jun 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:56

24 Jun 2025