The Conversation Documentaries

The Conversation Documentaries (formerly The Anthill) is podcast from The Conversation. Our documentary series cover everything from science to the environment, politics, culture and economics. We unearth new stories from the world of academia and talk to experts to shed light on some of the big questions of today. The Conversation is a not-for-profit independent media organisation and our journalists work with academics to help share their research knowledge with as many people as possible.

The Conversation Documentaries is a news podcast hosted by The Conversation, with 107 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

The Conversation hosts The Conversation Documentaries, a news show with 107 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  4 | The Making of One Nation: move the centre

  Jun 2, 202619 minS1

  <p>It’s never held government, or even opposition, yet One Nation’s managed to exert an outsized influence on the public policy agenda.</p><p>From borders to migration, multiculturalism to Indigenous affairs, the far-right party has mastered mainstreaming and captured the masses fleeing the Coalition.</p><p>In the fourth instalment of The Making of One Nation, we speak to Josh Sunman, Associate Lecturer in Public Policy at Flinders University and Tim Bale, a Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London.</p><p>This episode was written and hosted by Ashlynne McGhee and produced and edited by I...

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  Episode #3

  3 | The Making of One Nation: survive a scandal

  May 26, 202620 minS1

  <p>We’d all like deeply considered policy and informed debate to be at the heart of politics, but unfortunately controversies and scandals tend to steal the show.</p><p>For most parties, scandals are disastrous: they lose seats, ministers and elections — but not One Nation.</p><p>It's weathered defections and punch-ups (including a memorable smearing of blood on a Senate door), jail and chaos, and thirty years on it's surging.</p><p>This is a party that doesn’t just survive the chaos, but cultivates it and capitalises on it.</p><p>This episode was written and hosted by Ash...

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  Episode #2

  2 | The Making of One Nation: define the enemy

  May 19, 202620 minS1

  <p>You might remember this line in Pauline Hanson's maiden speech: "I'm afraid we're in danger of being swamped by Asians."</p><p>It wasn't the first racist comment she'd made in public and it certainly wasn't the last.</p><p>Over the years, her enemies have changed and she now targets Muslims and elites, but it's the same tactic and it's infiltrated Australian politics.</p><p>This episode was written and hosted by Ashlynne McGhee and produced and edited by Isabella Podwinski. Sound design by Michelle Macklem. Misha Ketchel is the editor of The Conversation Australia.</p><p>If...

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  1 | The Making of One Nation: enter the outsider

  Apr 1, 202625 minS1

  <h2>Listen to the full series by searching and following 'The Making of One Nation'</h2><p>(click here for Spotify or Apple.)</p><p>Nearly thirty years on, Hanson's infamous maiden speech — warning that Australia was "being swamped by Asians" — still echoes through Australian political life.</p><p>But who was Pauline Hanson before she became a phenomenon, and what did she actually represent?</p><p>Was she a cause of a new kind of politics, or a symptom of one already forming?</p>

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  The Making of One Nation: coming soon

  Mar 26, 20262 minS1

  <p>Search for "The Making of One Nation" and follow now.</p><p>From a fish and chip shop in regional Queensland to the heart of Australian politics: this is the unlikely story of the country’s most controversial minor party.</p><p>For thirty years, One Nation and Pauline Hanson have been ridiculed, dismissed and shut out. Now, no one is laughing. This is the story of how a party built on fear and grievance thrived, died and rose again to upend Australian politics.</p><p>We go beyond the headlines and stunts to document how One Nation works an...

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