The Radio National Hour

A weekday magazine-style current affairs program hosted by one of Australia's pre-eminent and loved interviewers. Drawing on Fran's extensive current affairs and cultural knowledge, The Radio National Hour takes a thoughtful, deep dive into the important and challenging issues, and brings insightful and engaging conversations with big names in the arts, sport and culture.

The Radio National Hour is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 218 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts The Radio National Hour, a news show with 218 episodes published.

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  The Greens choose a new leadership team

  Sep 30, 202655 min

  With David Shoebridge voted in by his peers as the new federal leader of the Greens, Phil Coorey, Political Editor of The Australian Financial Review looks at where the party could wield its influence in the Senate. Plus Kos Samaras, pollster and director strategy and analytics at Redbridge Group, looks at what the electorate thinks of the Greens and where it does have support, but where its also leaking potential votes. With more tricky economic data showing inflation rising a day after interest rates rose, does the removal of credit card surcharges provide consumers with any relief? Simon Birmingham CEO of the Australian Banking Association details what will change. Plus author Andrew Bailey on how indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye changed Australia's art landscape after picking up a paint brush in her late seventies and without formal arts training.

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  What the latest RBA rate rise means for the Australian dream

  Sep 29, 202655 min

  The Albanese Government wants to help more first home owners get into the market, but the fourth rate rise from the RBA this year just made that more difficult. Dr James Graham, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney and a former economist with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand explains why there's a perfect storm of factors at play working against the government's objective. As the ABC's Foreign Correspondent program trails the fight to track down missing Ukrainian children, abducted during the war, Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health, details the efforts of trying to find tens of thousands of children before they're indoctrinated and conscripted into fighting against their homeland. And it's arguably never been a bleaker time to be a humanitarian worker. James Elder is the Global Spokesperson for UNICEF - the United Nations Children's Fund on what still gives him hope despite several major conflicts and diminishing aid funding.

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  A public tip off leads to a suspected terror plot thwarted in the UK

  Sep 28, 202655 min

  What do we know after a public tip off about three 'suspicious' white vans which led to five arrests near a British airforce base used by the United States in its war against Iran? The UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation Jonathan Hall explains what happens next.Where should Australia turn after OpenAI paused training of its latest AI models, following the revelation its confession that it lost control of its own AI Agents, which broke into Australia's Medicare website last week? Executive Director of the Tech Policy Design Institute Johanna Weaver, who also served as Australia's chief cyber negotiator at the United Nations looks at the options.After a stunning weekend of results across the major football codes, leading sports and performance psychologist Jacqui Louder unpacks the psychology of winning under pressure, following epic results in the AFL Grand Final, NRL preliminary finals, the Wallabies winning the Nelson Mandela plate and the Socceroos against Brazil.

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  Who are the Houthis and what do they want?

  Sep 25, 202655 min

  Tracey Holmes brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.

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  Rogue AI agents unleash first known hack of government website

  Sep 24, 202655 min

  OpenAI’s stunning confession that it lost control of its own AI Agents, which broke into Australia's Medicare website, has raised alarm in Canberra and around the world. AI expert Kate Crawford and former national security adviser to the Department of Home Affairs, Greg Sadler, unpack the fallout. The leaders of the world’s two AI superpowers, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, sit down for talks in Washington later tonight - who holds the upper hand? Head of the Science, Technology and Innovation Program at the Berlin-based think tank MERICS, Rebecca Arcesati previews the meeting. For three decades, June Oscar has fought for the rights, health and dignity of Aboriginal people, especially women and girls. She shares what keeps her hopeful and fighting for change.

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