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What's the reality of weight loss drugs?

2

Ten years after loss: Hannah Richell on grief, love and learning to live again

3

The Challenge: Which Greek god was the god of Atlantis?

4

Motortorque with Toby Hagon

5

Open Plan Living - Tips on Downsizing

6

Foreign Correspondent - Steven Erlanger - New York Times

7

Nightlife News Breakdown - Krishani Dhanji - Guardian Australia

8

The Challenge: What was Blondie's highest charting single in Australia?

9

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

10

Nightlife News Breakdown - Mark Kenny - The Canberra Times

11

Nightlife Health - Walking When Older

12

The evolution of perfume and fragrances

13

The Challenge: What is the largest freshwater fish in Australia?

14

Nightlife Tech Talk with Peter Marks

15

Nightlife News Breakdown - Katina Curtis - Capital Brief

16

The Challenge: Which Greek-American soprano was known as La Divina?

17

The Light on the Hill - Labor's Expansive History

18

Nightlife News Breakdown - Michael Pascoe - Michael West Media

19

Liver Health

20

The Challenge: How many players are there in a field hockey team?

21

Nightlife Travel - The Keys of Gold in Bendigo

22

Nightlife Science with Dan Lambeth

23

American Insight with Ray Bonner

24

Nightlife History - Australia's First Airline Hijacking

25

The History Quiz: What's the name of Dame Edna's long-suffering bridesmaid?

26

Bringing untold stories like Evonne Goolagong to the screen

27

The Challenge: Warrang is the Dharug name for which city?

28

Nightlife News Breakdown - John Black - Australian Development Strategies

29

International Affairs - Laura Tingle

30

The Challenge: The tomato is a member of which plant family?

31

Will AI take over the world?

32

Snakes - Climate Change and Rising Bite-Death Numbers

33

Why do we sweat?

34

Economics with Ian Verrender

35

The Mighty Challenge: Bluey is set in which Australian city?

36

Nightlife News Breakdown - Amy Remeikis - the Australia Institute

37

Deconstructing mistakes

38

Nightlife News Breakdown - Clare Armstrong - ABC News

39

Nightlife Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

40

The Challenge: Who wrote book The Horse and His Boy?

41

The Perilous Escapes of Anzac POWs in wartime Italy

42

Economics and Finance with Saul Eslake

43

Nightlife News Breakdown - Emily Barrett - The Saturday Paper

44

Nightlife Travel to Secret Japan Destinations

45

Womens Health with Dr Ginni Mansberg

46

The Challenge: Who was the first US president to visit Australia while in office?

47

American Insight with Bill Wyman

48

Space Debris Discovered on Queensland Beaches?

49

The 50 Words Project: Listening to Australia’s ancient languages

50

The Declaration of Independence: The week America became a nation

51

The History Quiz: Which European explorer was the first to cross the Pacific?

52

From Argonauts to Cattleman: Remembering Australia's golden age of radio dramas

53

Visit the Japanese cemetery where a long dead monk is fed three meals a day

54

Vik and Linda Bull on the songs that intertwine with their own life stories

55

Pop Quiz: Which novel features the character Cathy Earnshaw?

56

Is the self-help industry really helping

57

The appeal and risks of alternative medicine for chronic illness

58

Why do liminal spaces feel so unsettling

59

The Challenge: Who did Maya Joint defeat at Wimbledon this week?

60

Motortorque with Toby Hagon

61

SMS changes to stop dodgy text messages

62

Nightlife News Breakdown - Paul Bongiorno - The Saturday Paper

63

Foreign Correspondent - Matthew Doran - ABC Middle East

64

The Challenge: In Norse mythology which god is the father of Thor?

65

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

66

Nightlife News Breakdown - Hugh Riminton - Ten News

67

The Challenge: In ABC series The Cook and the Chef who was the cook?

68

How to grow your own tasty mushrooms at home

69

Koalas and their elusive secrets revealed

70

The Angels share the songs that shaped them

71

Nightlife News Breakdown - Sara Tomevska - ABC Political Reporter

72

The Challenge: The Atlas bear was native to which continent?

73

Concession Cards and Medicare Benefits Changes

74

Ai is about to cost us more than we anticipated

75

Live Sports Broadcast Coverage - Where it Began

76

Nightlife News Breakdown - Josh Butler - Guardian Australia

77

American Insight with Bill Wyman

78

Nightlife Science with Dr Sara Webb - What Are Puff Planets?

79

Nightlife Travel with Rod Eime - The Delights of Fiji

80

Pseudoscience and Human Performance

81

The Challenge: The Sunda Deep is the lowest point of which ocean?

82

Brexit 10 years on

83

Pedestrian crossings offer safety and a blank canvas

84

The History Quiz: Which European country colonised the Congo in the 19th century?

85

Why a king who hated tobacco helped it conquer the world

86

The Titanic Story of Evelyn by Lisa Wilkinson

87

The Pop Quiz: Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?

88

Resting Places: Rome's Crypt of the Capuchin Monks

89

Graphic novelist Lee Lai on the power of anger

90

Bird flu is here in Australia. What can be done to stop it spreading?

91

The Challenge: Which spider produces latrotoxin?

92

The Challenge: Which film was the first to feature Judi Dench as M?

93

Foreign Correspondent - Rob Watson - BBC

94

Made In Australia - Returning Manufacturing?

95

Nightlife True Crime - The Stained Man

96

Nightlife News Breakdown - Greg Jericho - The Guardian

97

The Challenge: What was the Beach Boys first number one hit in Australia?

98

Creepy Crawly Bugs and Why We Need Them

99

Sugar - Is It All That Bad?

100

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

101

Nightlife News Breakdown - Jack Quail - The Australian

102

Can renewables really transform national electricity grids?

103

Nightlife History - Sinophone Australia

104

Nightlife Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

105

The Challenge: After the US, NATO's second-largest army belongs to which country?

106

Simple steps to help stave off Dementia

107

The Challenge: Which film series is primarily set on the fictional moon of Pandora?

108

American Insight with Bruce Wolpe

109

Why Armenia should be on your holiday bucket list

110

UFOs - New revelations from US government

111

Nightlife News Breakdown - Emily Barrett - The Saturday Paper

112

Commercialisation of cannabis leads to increase in use, new research finds

113

Does the full moon make us crazy?

114

The U.S. capture of Guam: One of history's strangest military operations

115

The History Quiz: Which famous building in London's Southwark area burned down in 1613?

116

Robin Hood's tree: Farewell to Sherwood Forest's ancient giant

117

What makes a great world cup song?

118

From Jaws to Disclosure Day: The films of Steven Spielberg

119

Pop Quiz - What band made the mop top haircut famous?

120

Brisbane’s Balmoral Cemetery is an historic oasis of green

121

Being an only child has its benefits

122

The Rise of the Graphic Novel

123

The Challenge: What date is St Stephen's Day?

124

UK by-election paves way for Starmer challenge

125

Cheap fakes and counterfeit goods

126

Nightlife News Breakdown - Amy Remeikis - Political Analyst

127

The Challenge: What is the famous last line of The Wizard of Oz?

128

Motortorque with Toby Hagon

129

Visit the resting place of the Witch Queen of New Orleans

130

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

131

Nightlife News Breakdown - Ellen Ransley - Courier Mail

132

Australia and the Pacific Islands: Diplomacy and Defence

133

Nightlife Health - Stroke Recovery

134

The Challenge: What is the largest terrestrial venomous snake in Australia?

135

Why a 1970s Australian soapie about a women's prison became a ratings success

136

Nightlife News Breakdown - Katina Curtis - The West Australian

137

The unlikely Australian Olympian-of-sorts

138

The Politics of The World Cup

139

The Challenge: Which TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?

140

Nightlife News Breakdown - Michael Pascoe - Michael West Media

141

The Challenge: What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet?

142

200 years of WA's oldest permanent European settlement

143

Busting the myths around hair loss and recovery

144

What spaceborne viruses could astronauts bring back to Earth?

145

American Insight with Bill Wyman

146

Arthur Boyd's Francis of Assisi tapestries are on display together for the first time

147

The History Quiz: Did the rest of Ned Kelly's gang wear helmets?

148

The Night Witches: The female Soviet aviators who terrorised the Nazis

149

Inside the world of Tom Waits

150

Pop Quiz: What is Molly Meldrum's first name?

151

A glimpse into the world of Kalgoorlie's historical sex workers

152

Scams: spotting fake texts and getting your money back

153

The Challenge: Which primate species has the longest gestation period?

154

The first climbers to take on Mount Everest

155

Foreign Correspondent - Tingting Liu - Taiwan

156

Tambora - The Eruption That Changed the World

157

The Challenge: Which year did the Socceroos first compete at the World Cup?

158

Nightlife News Breakdown - Paul Bongiorno - The Saturday Paper

159

The Secret World of Ants

160

The First Inventors - Indigenous Innovation, Ingenuity and Culture

161

Nightlife Health - Allergies

162

The Challenge: Bringing Australia Together was a slogan for which Australian PM?

163

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

164

Nightlife News Breakdown - Krishani Dhanji - Guardian Australia

165

The Challenge: Which US highway was known as the Mother Road?

166

Nightlife Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

167

Why Colonial Australia adopted Brass Bands

168

Nightlife Finance with Roger Montgomery

169

Meaningful Travel for Deeper Understanding

170

The Challenge: Which Oscar-winning actor played petty criminal Jimmy in Two Hands?

171

International Space Station Evacuation Alert

172

Hips and Ankles, Knees and Toes

173

American Insight with Bruce Wolpe

174

Nightlife News Breakdown - Emily Barrett - The Saturday Paper

175

The history of Australian postcodes

176

Alexander the Great: The man who conquered the ancient world before 33

177

The History Quiz: Who created the Little Black Dress?

178

The Pop Quiz: Which 1980s band was Brian Mannix lead singer of?

179

Sex, satire & sequins: Reuben Kaye's conversion to cabaret

180

What do you remember about Australia in 1967?

181

Visit Sydney's oldest cemetery

182

Antiques and old treasures, your questions answered

183

The Challenge: What colour is an orange blossom?

184

Australia's growing problem with construction industry waste

185

Motortorque with Toby Hagon

186

Foreign Correspondent - Karishma Vyas - ABC Asia

187

Nightlife News Breakdown - Greg Jericho - The Guardian

188

Tackling e-waste

189

The Challenge: What is the highest-grossing Broadway musical of all time?

190

Katherine Johnson's ode to Maria Island

191

Honey as a Superfood

192

The Challenge: Which Australian capital was named after Thomas Townshend?

193

Nightlife News Breakdown - Hugh Riminton - Ten News First

194

Bird IQ: Are they smarter than we think?

195

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

196

Nightlife Finance with Nick Bruining

197

Nightlife News Breakdown - Amy Remeikis - Political Analyst

198

The Challenge: In which European capital would you find the Stalingrad train station?

199

The spooky Aussie folklore of Fisher's Ghost

200

Nightlife Tech Talk with Peter Marks

201

Nightlife Health - Food Allergies

202

Nightlife News Breakdown - Clare Armstrong - ABC News

203

Nightlife Travel - Does Insurance Cover War?

204

The Challenge: Mohair is a fabric made from the hair of which animal?

205

Nightlife Science with Jonathan Webb

206

American Insight with Bill Wyman

207

This Week In History: Samuel Pepys writes his final diary entry

208

Greed is a survival instinct, but how much is too much?

209

Do you long for an era when our politicians were more poetic?

210

The History Quiz: White. As part of the War of 1812, which building did British troops set on fire in August 1814?

211

Pop Quiz: Who wrote 'Love in the Time of Cholera' ?

212

When Hollywood turns the camera on itself

213

The island where Port Arthur's convicts were laid to rest

214

How Darian Sahanaja helped Brian Wilson finish the Beach Boys’ unfinished album Smile

215

100 years of Route 66

216

Why nostalgia is good for you

217

Go Betweens' frontman Robert Forster on his first novel

218

The Challenge: Which element has the chemical symbol Mn?

219

Foreign Correspondent - Thorsten Benner - Global Public Policy Institute

220

Rare record collectables as an investment

221

The Challenge: Which English plain is home to Stonehenge?

222

Changes to superannuation and estate planning explained

223

This Week in History: The End of the Boer War

224

Do you really need extra fries with that?

225

Australia's First Female Major Commercial Airline Pilot: Deborah Lawrie

226

Nightlife Economics with Gareth Hutchens

227

The Challenge: Phar Lap's skeleton is on display in which city?

228

The History Quiz: Who was held in Kerobokan Prison from 2005 to 2014?

229

Changes Shaking Up Australian Housing: Will They Work?

230

Hunting the Last of the Nazis

231

Nightlife News Breakdown - Quentin Dempster - Former ABC Presenter

232

The Challenge: How many stars appear on the Australian $2 coin?

233

Nightlife Screen Stuff with Wen Lei Ma

234

American Insight with Bruce Wolpe

235

Interstellar Space Mysteries Uncovered

236

The Great Pyramids of Giza New Discoveries Uncovered

237

The Power of Hormones

238

The Challenge: Which country won the first FIFA World Cup?

239

The Italian Choir Bringing Memories Back

240

What Weight Loss Drugs Could Mean for Heart Disease

241

The Secret Lives of Animal Fanciers

242

Music Special: ABC Classic 100

243

The Nightlife Pop Quiz: When was the video game Pac-man first released?

244

How spending time in nature can combat loneliness

245

How to Get Kids to Eat More Vegetables

246

Roddy Doyle on the character he's been writing since 1994

247

The Challenge: Which country won the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest?

248

Resting Places: Chinese Ancestry

249

International Affairs - Xi, Putin, Trump

250

The Challenge: Who defeated Muhammad Ali in the 1971 Fight of the Century?

251

Are you there? Mobile Reception: Can it be improved?

252

Nightlife News Breakdown - Katina Curtis - The West Australian

253

Motortorque with Toby Hagon

254

Nightlife News Breakdown - Ellen Ransley - Courier Mail

255

Nightlife Economics with Michael Janda

256

The Challenge: Nomophobia is the fear of losing what?

257

Earth Geodynamics and Understanding Earthquakes

258

Your brain structure affected by bad eating habits?

259

Hey boofhead! How did we get that term?

260

The Challenge: The Heartbreakers were which singer's backing band?

261

Nightlife Tech Talk with Peter Marks

262

Nightlife News Breakdown - Sara Tomevska - ABC Political Reporter

263

Nightlife Finance with Stephen Koukoulas

264

What can vampires teach us about investing?

265

The Challenge: What is the name of Superman's home planet?

266

Nightlife Science with Dr Sara Webb

267

Nightlife Travel - Melanesian Expeditions

268

Dr Norman Swan - Latest Health News

269

Nightlife News Breakdown - Josh Butler - Guardian Australia

270

American Insights with Bill Wyman

271

The Dambusters Raid: Courage, controversy and the mission that captivated the world

272

Rivals Trump and President Xi all smiles in China

273

History Quiz: What year did the Beatles perform on the roof of Apple Headquarters?

274

Do Albums Still Matter in the Age of Spotify?

275

This Musical Life: Creedence Clearwater Revival

276

Resting Places: Waverley Cemetery

277

The Nightlife Pop Quiz: Who wrote the famous 1961 novel 'Catch-22'?

278

Ever feel sick when you hear there's a virus going around? Welcome to the nocebo effect

279

Are zero-alcohol drinks changing drinking habits?

280

Canadian author Yann Martel on the Greek Gods and their anger management issues

281

The Challenge: The Bismarck was sunk in which ocean?

282

The Challenge: Which country tops the Olympic golf medal tally?

283

Natures Echo: Tom Crowther on ecosystem interconnectivity

284

Foreign Correspondent - Rob Watson - BBC

285

Is your neighbourhood gym equipment fit for purpose?

286

Nightlife News Breakdown - Paul Bongiorno - The Saturday Paper

287

The Challenge: Which French chanteuse was nicknamed Little Sparrow?

288

The Challenge of the Future: A.C. Grayling

289

Nightlife Food - Easy Italian

290

Nightlife Economics with Gareth Hutchens

291

The true ‘sea change’: The retirees who gave up their home for cruise ship life

292

Quiet Protests of the Vietnam War

293

Nightlife News Breakdown - Amy Remeikis - Political Analyst

294

Nightlife Budget 2026 Panel: What it Means for You

295

The Challenge: Who is the best friend of Bullwinkle the moose?

296

Nightlife Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

297

Nightlife Travel - Best Towns in Australia

298

Nightlife News Breakdown - Hugh Riminton - Ten News First

299

Nightlife Science with Belinda Smith

300

The Challenge: What does URL stand for?

301

Preventive Cardiology

302

American Insight with Ray Bonner

303

The spy plane that shattered a summit

304

The History Quiz: Who did Cleopatra get smuggled in a rolled carpet to meet?

305

Love Sicily's mosaics? You can thank the Vikings

306

Why Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley love the blues

307

The colour and humour of Romania's Merry Cemetery

308

The Pop Quiz: Who wrote Waltzing Matilda?

309

The ancient fire Festival of Beltane is still burning today

310

Can travelling be accessible for everyone?

311

How David Attenborough changed documentary filmmaking forever

312

Argentinian author Mariana Enriquez's fascination with the macabre and supernatural

313

The Challenge: Where can you find the volcano Krakatoa?

314

Foreign Correspondent - Steven Erlanger - The New York Times

315

The Challenge: Codrus was last king of which Greek city-state?

316

Nightlife True Crime - Oldest Unsolved Murders

317

Sourdough baking made easy

318

The Enigma of the Echidna

319

The Challenge: Liberica, robusta and arabica are all types of what?

320

Nightlife News Breakdown - Mark Kenny - The Canberra Times

321

The First Brit Buried Down Under

322

Is your technology spying on you?

323

The Challenge: In photography what is the opposite of portrait?

324

American Insight with Bill Wyman

325

Nightlife Science with Jacinta Bowler

326

The Challenge: Meanjin is the Turrbal name for which Aussie capital?

327

Macular Degeneration

328

Nightlife News Breakdown - Clare Armstrong - ABC News

329

The border that opened Europe

330

The History Quiz: Melbourne designer Colin Rolfe made which frock, which became famous across Australia in 1965?

331

Ash Grunwald converts you to the blues

332

The Nightlife Pop Quiz

333

How to start strength training at 50+

334

Turning trash into treasure

335

The secrets families keep

336

The Challenge: What was the Penny Black?

337

The Wonderful World of Whales

338

The Challenge: Which city is known as the birthplace of jazz?

339

Customers Behaving Badly

340

Foreign Correspondent - Matthew Doran - The Middle East

341

Nightlife News Breakdown - Paul Bongiorno - The Saturday Paper

342

The Fragility of Democracy

343

The Challenge: What is the name of Bluey's mum?

344

Nightlife Food - Our Fibre Famine

345

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

346

Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

347

Nightlife Finance with Roger Montgomery

348

Nightlife News Breakdown — Ron Mizen, Australian Financial Review

349

Nightlife History - Errol Flynn

350

The Mighty Challenge: What is the only element that weighs less than helium?

351

Nightlife News Breakdown with Emily Barrett from The Saturday Paper

352

Nightlife Science with Charley Lineweaver

353

Threat from Animal Diseases

354

American Insight with Bruce Wolpe

355

Nightlife Travel — Bhutan

356

The Mighty Challenge: Which 1984 hit was George Michael's first solo single?

357

The History Quiz: Which stadiums in the US and the UK hosted concerts for Live Aid?

358

Operation Eagle Claw: a covert mission, a public failure

359

The Nightlife Pop Quiz

360

Book to TV adaptations

361

Indonesia's New Capital

362

What does propaganda look like in the age of AI?

363

Remembering the Sandakan Death Marches

364

5 book recommendations from Sydney Writers Festival's artistic director

365

The Challenge: Panthera pardus is the scientific name for which animal?

366

Nightlife True Crime - The Vanishing of Tracey Valesini

367

Foreign Correspondent - Hans van Leeuwen - The Telegraph

368

Nightlife News Breakdown - Katina Curtis - The West Australian

369

The Challenge: What organ is removed during a cholecystectomy?

370

Motortorque with Toby Hagon

371

Lessons from the Hawke Government?

372

The pie now one of Australia's most iconic

373

The Challenge: Daniel was a hit for which musician?

374

The Challenge: When did Prince of Penzance win the Melbourne Cup

375

Concession Cards and Medicare Benefits

376

AI revolution arrives in software development

377

Nightlife News Breakdown - Amy Remeikis - Political Analyst

378

How Anzac Day commemorations first emerged from Adelaide

379

Artemis and sending humans to the Moon

380

Nightlife Travel - Go Fly a Kite!

381

The Challenge: Which celestial body is tarot card XVIII?

382

Nightlife News Breakdown - Hugh Riminton - Ten News First

383

Tips for Managing Migraine and Headaches

384

American Insight with Bill Wyman

385

The History (of visiting royals) Quiz: For which significant event did Queen Elizabeth II visit Sydney in 1973?

386

The Simpsons: The cartoon that rewrote the rules

387

History of gaming

388

France's first social housing for LGBTQIA+ seniors

389

The Nightlife Pop Quiz

390

Decluttering for Winter

391

The Writers: Hilary McPhee

392

Why We Garden

393

The Mighty Challenge

394

Nightlife News Breakdown - the Defence Minister's plan and Geelong's oil fire

395

The Challenge - Who wrote A Game Of Thrones?

396

Literary Lunch with Candice Fox

397

What are Victoria's new rules around political donations?

398

UK Prime Minister's push for closer EU ties

399

How to make the perfect Mocha Tres Leches

400

Nightlife News Breakdown - The Blockade and federal budget outlook

401

Can Australia be self-sufficient in oil?

402

Wills and Estates Planning with Phillip McGowan

403

The Challenge: Which AFL club won the 2007 Grand Final?

404

The Nightlife History Quiz: Myths

405

How Jonas Salk's polio vaccine ended decades of devastating epidemics

406

Nightlife Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

407

Jeff Goldblum shares his favourite jazz songs

408

Nightlife News Breakdown - Taylor's Immigration Plan and Russian oil

409

Australia's Titanic connection

410

The Challenge: The unicorn was a former coin from which country?

411

Nightlife News Breakdown - Strait of Hormuz blockade and the return of Peter Dutton

412

Is there too much pressure on kids to become elite athletes?

413

The Challenge: Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

414

Monday Night Travel - Tahiti

415

What did we learn from Artemis II?

416

Powderfinger's Darren Middleton's essential Eagles playlist

417

Missing Artemis II? Watch these space movies

418

The Nightlife Pop Quiz

419

Michelle Wright's 'eye-opening' experience acting in a prison play inspired her new novel Good Boy

420

The Challenge: The lung fish is native to which state?