Good Weekend Talks cover art

All Episodes

Good Weekend Talks — 108 episodes

#
Title
1

'Accomplishment flows into courage': Rob de Castella on the Indigenous Marathon Project

2

Anna Funder on telling untold stories – and the blowback it sometimes brings

3

Pulitzer novelist Andrew Sean Greer on ‘charm novels’, the Italian life and travel wisdom

4

John Safran on growing up Jewish, free speech, race - and Race Around the World

5

What childless Gen Xer Katrina Strickland wants those stuck in today's baby-making vortex to know

6

From two-up to bingo halls and gaming apps  – Shaun Micallef on our gambling obsession

7

'Angertainers' are dividing society: Author Ed Coper explains why we fall for 'rage bait'

8

300th episode: Bob Brown on finding optimism – live at the Melbourne Writers Festival

9

‘Even today, the cost continues’: Christie Whelan Browne on speaking out

10

Fran Lebowitz on smoking, Trump and today's young people being another species

11

Luke Bateman: Former NRL star and gambling addict, now lumberjack ‘bookfluencer’

12

The New Yorker's Patrick Radden Keefe on investigating 'an unnatural death'

13

Bourdain and Batali's 'right-hand' woman Laurie Woolever on her tell-all book

14

From finance to front row: Australian fashion boss Marianne Perkovic

15

Stephanie Alexander on writing, eating, air-frying – and The Cook’s Companion turning 30

16

Bob Carr on grief and 'the left-over life' after his wife's death

17

Courtney Barnett on songwriting, her deadpan delivery – and what she did next

18

Kathy Lette on female betrayal: ‘More painful than divorce’

19

Todd Sampson on doomsday preppers, aliens and why people reach for the extreme

20

Why we run: Konrad Marshall on 365 days of jogging

21

Brooke Blurton is successful, smart and Indigenous. And still, trolls tell her she's 'on Centrelink'.

22

Martin Luther King III on retaining hope in today’s world: ‘Civility has been temporarily lost’

23

Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett on hope – and comedy – in the midst of a Trump presidency

E
24

Alex de Minaur on the drive to compete, hitting rock bottom, and his classic car obsession

25

Why Helen Garner trained her forensically observant eye on an Aussie rules team - and what she learnt from it

26

You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage

27

From dance floor to ‘orgy room’: What happens on a typical swingers’ night?

28

Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber

29

She was one of the biggest TV stars of the 1980s. What happened next to Tania Lacy?

30

John Polson on bringing ‘Tropfest’ back from the dead, with a little help from Margot Robbie

31

'I didn’t do this for me': The AFL’s first openly queer player on coming out

32

From political fixer to cricket caller: Meet broadcaster Adam Collins

33

Chef Helen Goh on "the three Ps" of baking and psychology: process, patience and presence

34

Jane Harper on backing yourself: "Nobody is going to pluck you out of the crowd"

35

William Dalrymple on India, slavery and “the unsung heroes” helping historians

36

Ita Buttrose on women, men and chasing dreams: 'You can’t waste a moment'

37

Antonia Marran on parenting, family law and adolescent mental health

38

"I'm an accidental musician": Joe Camilleri on singing, songwriting and The Black Sorrows

39

The joys of stoicism (and a top tip from Marcus Aurelius): 'Wellmania' writer Brigid Delaney

40

Introducing: Diagnosing Murder

41

‘This is me, not on general viewing TV’: Melissa Leong’s raw interview on her darkest chapter

42

From hobby dancer to leading choreographer: The ‘luck and pluck’ of Stephanie Lake

43

Ken Done on colour, critics and the 'real reason' he went to art school

44

Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert: 'True grief feels like the end of the world'

45

'I just felt like such a loser': Olympic champion Cate Campbell on loneliness and depression

46

The “fusion of hilarity and horror” that inspired children’s author Andy Griffiths

47

Tracey Holmes: Meeting a Beatle, driving with Pele – and ‘this thing that still exists’ in sport

48

‘Connecting your identity to sport is a dangerous game’: AFLW star Libby Birch

49

From dance floor to ‘orgy room’: What happens on a typical swingers’ night?

50

What worries Sarah Wilson? Nothing less than the collapse of civilisation

51

Meet Hugh de Kretser - president of the Australian Human Rights Commission

52

Soprano singer Danielle de Niese - making opera cool again

53

True crime writer Mark Dapin on cops, Chopper, and the good within bad people

54

Artist Vincent Fantauzzo on fighting, dyslexia – and painting Heath Ledger

55

Crime writer Mark Brandi on the ‘incredibly painful’ experience that changed his life

56

How China ate Apple – and is now weaponising its technology against the West

57

Dos and don’ts of home renos and building: A checklist from Grand Designs’ Anthony Burke

58

'I was so scared': A forced-marriage survivor's harrowing story – and escape

59

Chef prodigy Hugh Allen on his new restaurant, creativity – and recognising critics

60

Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber

61

Novelist Hannah Kent on writing, nightmares – and the ghost who lives with her

62

Meet historian Rutger Bregman – fighting the good fight with 'realistic idealism'

63

Inside the battle to retain Labor's traditional heartland voters

64

You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage

65

Melinda French Gates on perfectionism and pain, parenting and philanthropy

66

‘My goggles filled with tears’: Ellie Cole on medals, motherhood – and silver linings

67

'Crazy, yeah?': Jane Flemming on Aussie athletics' new golden age (including Gout Gout)

68

Meet Matt Kean – the politician who chose the planet over party

69

Curtis Stone on critics, cooking for a crowd – and selling meat pies in LA

70

Finance minister Katy Gallagher on loss, love, politics and pet kangaroos

71

Kara Swisher on Elon, Trump and the tech bros taking over

72

Fear, fun and faceplants: a day in the life of ballet dancer Callum Linnane

E
73

Richard Roxburgh, Peter Greste and 400 days in an Egyptian prison

74

“There’s not one silver bullet to fix things”: Music Australia boss Millie Millgate

75

Processed meats and cancer: How a shock diagnosis of stage four bowel cancer drove Lucie Morris-Marr to investigate the links

76

Why Helen Garner trained her forensically observant eye on an Aussie rules team - and what she learnt from it

77

Australian Open boss Craig Tiley on the highs and lows of running a global event

78

Good Weekend Summer: Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song

79

Good Weekend Summer: Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students

80

Good Weekend Summer: Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film

81

A feature writing masterclass from Good Weekend's Amanda Hooton and Konrad Marshall

82

Stephanie Gilmore's year off competitive surfing

83

Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy on winning gold in Paris, and setting her sights on LA

84

Chinese Australian dissident artist Badiucao on being followed, threatened - and impersonated

85

Hannah Diviney on acting, ableist language and not having to always strive for amazing

86

Gina Chick on the beauty and power of strangeness

87

Kate Winslet on photojournalism, sexism, and women in film

88

Author Joe Aston on what went wrong for the Qantas brand

89

British author Jon Ronson on why psychopaths rule the world - and how we should view Donald Trump

90

Literary editor Jason Steger on 25 years of wrangling books, authors and publishers

91

Mark Manson, author of 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k' on how the self-help industry gets it wrong

92

Norman Swan researched the best way to parent kids under ten. Here's what he reckons

93

Eric Beecher on media, moguls and what it's like to be sued by a Murdoch

94

Tim Minchin on social media, doubt and the surprising advice he gives uni students

E
95

Author Markus Zusak on the magic - and mayhem - of mongrels

96

Missy Higgins on turning adolescent angst and mid-life heartbreak into song

97

From Sydney to Singapore, Melbourne to Manila: meet the man playing Alexander Hamilton in the hit musical

98

What impact has that 'controversial' $443m investment made to the Great Barrier Reef?

99

Best-selling author Roxane Gay on body positivity, Trump and Channing Tatum

100

'Like a hurricane was inside the house': a survivor's tale of the Beirut port explosion

101

Grappling with twin tragedies and tax reform: Allegra Spender's life as a federal MP

102

Debunking milk myths: Farmer and food writer Matthew Evans on the white stuff

103

Solving Australia's chronic housing crisis

104

‘Live, give, get uncomfortable’: Nedd Brockmann on that epic run across Australia - and his next crazy challenge

105

'I've got to work out who the hell this guy is:' The true story behind 'Fake'

106

Athletics champ Tamsyn Manou on Australia’s ‘resurgence’ in the lead-up to Paris 2024

107

Max Chandler-Mather on housing, heckling and the perfect door knock

108

Liz Ellis on healing the wounds within netball