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All Episodes

Fourth Estate — 54 episodes

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The Final Chapter of Virginia Giuffre | Remembering Derryn Hinch

2

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

3

The Free Speech and Free Fall of Karl Stefanovic

4

Profile: In Conversation with Barrie Cassidy (Part 2)

5

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

6

Profile: In Conversation with Barrie Cassidy (Part 1)

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

Red Scares: The Budget and the Backlash

11

Blunt Tools: Rate Rises and Media Tropes

12

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

13

2SER on the Brink and Remembering James Valentine

14

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

15

Dispatches from the Picket Line: Behind the ABC Strike

16

Profile: In Conversation with Virginia Trioli (Part 2)

17

Profile: In Conversation with Virginia Trioli (Part 1)

18

Where It All Went Wrong: Amy Remeikis on John Howard

19

Fourth Estate Live: The Women Who Shaped the News

20

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

21

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

22

Marty Baron on the Gutting of The Washington Post

23

Force and Fallout: The Herzog Visit

24

Terrorism, Epstein and Other Fault Lines in Media-land

25

Rushed Legislation and a Broken Coalition

26

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

27

Summer Series: Mike Carlton Talks On Air

28

Summer Series: In-Conversation With Lisa Millar

29

Erosion: Press Freedom In The Trump Era

30

When Tragedy Is Weaponised: The Media And Bondi

31

Virginia Haussegger On The Unfinished Revolution In Australia's Media

32

Profile: In Conversation With Liz Hayes (Part 2)

33

Profile: In Conversation With Liz Hayes (Part 1)

34

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

35

What Remains: Surviving Gaza, Speaking Truth

36

Inside The Room: Fourth Estate At Women in Media 2025

37

Profile: In Conversation With Anna Funder (Part 2)

38

Profile: In Conversation With Anna Funder (Part 1)

39

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

40

Iran, Nauru And What The Media Missed

41

Profile: In Conversation With Laura Tingle

42

The Unified March Which Divided Australia's Media

43

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

44

Daniel James On Truth-Telling

45

Jan Fran On Speaking Truth To (Media) Power

46

The Unlawful Sacking Of Antoinette Lattouf

47

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

48

Lindsey Hilsum On The West's Warning Shots To Israel

49

One From The Archives: In Conversation With Lisa Millar

50

Election 2025: A Post-Mortem

51

Election 2025: The Final Stretch

52

Election 2025: Dutton Falters As Albo Obfuscates

53

A Tale Of Two Cities: Reporting From Gaza Vs Jerusalem

54

Impending Cuts At The ABC And That Zoom Call