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All Episodes

Fourth Estate — 60 episodes

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1

Screw Nice: Amy Remeikis on Anger, Power and the Politics of Civility

2

The Wages Are a Scandal: When Sex Work Pays for Journalism

3

Profile: In Conversation with Caroline Baum (Part 3)

4

Profile: In Conversation with Caroline Baum (Part 2)

5

Profile: In Conversation with Caroline Baum (Part 1)

6

AI, Nepo Babies & Barking Barnaby

7

The Final Chapter of Virginia Giuffre | Remembering Derryn Hinch

8

The Week in Media: Royal Commissions, Big Tech & THAT Podcast

9

The Free Speech and Free Fall of Karl Stefanovic

10

Profile: In Conversation with Barrie Cassidy (Part 2)

11

Please Explain: Pauline Hanson, One Nation and the Media's 30-Year Dilemma

12

Profile: In Conversation with Barrie Cassidy (Part 1)

13

The Stories We Tell Ourselves: China, America and Australian Self-Reliance

14

Sarah Wilson on Complexity, Collapse and Making Art in the Apocalypse

15

One From the Archives: Sophie McNeill and We Can't Say We Didn't Know

16

Red Scares: The Budget and the Backlash

17

Blunt Tools: Rate Rises and Media Tropes

18

A Woman Who Won: Antoinette Lattouf on Taking on the ABC — and Winning

19

2SER on the Brink and Remembering James Valentine

20

Ben Roberts-Smith: How Journalism Took on a War Hero

21

Dispatches from the Picket Line: Behind the ABC Strike

22

Profile: In Conversation with Virginia Trioli (Part 2)

23

Profile: In Conversation with Virginia Trioli (Part 1)

24

Where It All Went Wrong: Amy Remeikis on John Howard

25

Fourth Estate Live: The Women Who Shaped the News

26

The Absence of Nuance in Iran Coverage and a Breakfast Radio Bust-Up

27

One From the Archives: Azadeh Moaveni on Iran and the Plight of “ISIS Brides”

28

Marty Baron on the Gutting of The Washington Post

29

Force and Fallout: The Herzog Visit

30

Terrorism, Epstein and Other Fault Lines in Media-land

31

Rushed Legislation and a Broken Coalition

32

The Campaign for a Royal Commission and the Implosion of a Writers’ Festival

33

Summer Series: Mike Carlton Talks On Air

34

Summer Series: In-Conversation With Lisa Millar

35

Erosion: Press Freedom In The Trump Era

36

When Tragedy Is Weaponised: The Media And Bondi

37

Virginia Haussegger On The Unfinished Revolution In Australia's Media

38

Profile: In Conversation With Liz Hayes (Part 2)

39

Profile: In Conversation With Liz Hayes (Part 1)

40

Empire of the Elite: Condé Nast’s Reign and Reinvention

41

What Remains: Surviving Gaza, Speaking Truth

42

Inside The Room: Fourth Estate At Women in Media 2025

43

Profile: In Conversation With Anna Funder (Part 2)

44

Profile: In Conversation With Anna Funder (Part 1)

45

One From The Archives: 9/11 And The Liberal Media's Dark Legacy

46

Iran, Nauru And What The Media Missed

47

Profile: In Conversation With Laura Tingle

48

The Unified March Which Divided Australia's Media

49

'A Slaughter Not A War': David Leser On The Moral Catastrophe Of Gaza

50

Daniel James On Truth-Telling

51

Jan Fran On Speaking Truth To (Media) Power

52

The Unlawful Sacking Of Antoinette Lattouf

53

One From The Archives: Can The Media Do Better On Palestine?

54

Lindsey Hilsum On The West's Warning Shots To Israel

55

One From The Archives: In Conversation With Lisa Millar

56

Election 2025: A Post-Mortem

57

Election 2025: The Final Stretch

58

Election 2025: Dutton Falters As Albo Obfuscates

59

A Tale Of Two Cities: Reporting From Gaza Vs Jerusalem

60

Impending Cuts At The ABC And That Zoom Call