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Paula Gerber was in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on her new book Sex, Gender & Identity: Trans Rights in Australia.

Tracy Lee Holmes was in conversation with Phil Coorey on The Eye of the Dragonfly, a candid, wide-ranging and passionate book, part memoir, part manifesto, in which she shares both her stories and her views on sport’s most dramatic issues.

Marian Wilkinson was in conversation with David Pocock on her Quarterly Essay Woodside vs. the Planet. How a Company Captured a Country.

Michael Brissenden was in conversation with Chris Hammer on Michael's new novel, MTA, a dark, gripping thriller that explores the complexities of identity, a search for truth, and the unyielding forces of corruption in a world where lives are lived on the fringe and nothing is as it seems.

Elizabeth Finkel was in conversation with Joan Leach on Elizabeth's new book Prove It: A Scientific Guide for the Post-Truth Era, a compelling journey through science's big breakthroughs, by an award-winning Australian science writer.

Bryan Horrigan was in conversation with James Edelman on Bryan's new book Corporate Social Responsibility in an Age of Existential Threats.

Adam Courtenay was in conversation with Alex Sloan on his moving memoir My Father Bryce.

Dynamic, complex, driven: Bryce Courtenay was all of these as well as one of Australia's most beloved authors. To his son Adam, he was larger than life, mercurial, and impossible to know completely. In this moving, unforgettable memoir, Adam searches for the real Bryce.

Liz Cameron was in conversation with Alex Sloan on her new book Cult Bride How I Was Brainwashed – and How I Broke Free, ‘an intriguing and powerful memoir,’ in which Liz asks how are people like you and me brainwashed into cults?

Katherine Biber was in conversation with Kate Fullagar on her new book, The Last Outlaws, a gripping work of historical true crime and a richly revealing examination of our nation at its birth.

Sam Guthrie was in conversation with Mark Kenny on his gripping new espionage thriller and debut novel, The Peak.

Graeme Turner was in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on his new book Broken: Universities, Politics and the Public Good.

Two times Gold Dagger winning, and twice Edgar short-listed author, Michael Robotham was in conversation with Chris Hammer on Michael's new PC Phil McCarthy crime fiction novel The White Crow.

*This podcast contains explicit language. Listener discretion is advised.

Journalist and recipient of the 2024 Press Freedom Award, Cheng Lei was in conversation with Michael Hertel on her new book Cheng Lei: A Memoir of Freedom, the extraordinary true story of journalist Cheng Lei whose life was abruptly transformed when she was detained in China on false charges of espionage. Harrowing, fierce and often darkly humorous.

Hugh White was in conversation with Allan Behm on his new Quarterly Essay Hard New World: Our Post-American Future. Are we ready for our post-American future?

Toby Walsh was in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his new book The Shortest History of AI, everything you need to know about the origins and future of artificial intelligence through the examination of six key ideas.

Internationally acclaimed epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre was in conversation with Sanjaya Senanayake on her new book Vaccine Nation Science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress, a gripping journey through the past, present and future of vaccines.

Marcel Dirsus was in conversation with Allan Behm on his book How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive.

Strongmen are rising. Democracies are faltering. How does tyranny end? Tyrants project invincibility, but all of them fall. This is because they face critical weaknesses that can form a fatal trap. Whether it's their inner circle turning against them or resentment of elites in the military, the masses alienated by cronyism or revolutionaries plotting in exile, tyrants always have more enemies than friends. And when they fall tyrants don't quietly retire - they face exile, prison or death. What happens in the aftermath can change the fate of a nation.

Ian Rankin was in conversation with Chris Hammer on Midnight and Blue, the latest instalment of the Inspector Rebus series, and reflections on Ian’s bestselling career in crime writing.

Geoff Raby was in conversation with Allan Behm on the updated edition of his book China’s Grand Strategy and Australia’s Future in the New Global Order and his recent publication, Great Game On. The contest for Central Asia and Global Supremacy.

Award-winning biographer Judith Brett was in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on her new book Fearless Beatrice Faust: Sex, Feminism and Body Politics.