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All Episodes

Nightlife — 156 episodes

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Do Albums Still Matter in the Age of Spotify?

2

This Musical Life: Creedence Clearwater Revival

3

Resting Places: Waverley Cemetery

4

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

5

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

6

Are zero-alcohol drinks changing drinking habits?

7

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

8

The Challenge: The Bismarck was sunk in which ocean?

9

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

10

Natures Echo: Tom Crowther on ecosystem interconnectivity

11

Foreign Correspondent - Rob Watson - BBC

12

Is your neighbourhood gym equipment fit for purpose?

13

Nightlife News Breakdown - Paul Bongiorno - The Saturday Paper

14

The Challenge: Which French chanteuse was nicknamed Little Sparrow?

15

The Challenge of the Future: A.C. Grayling

16

Nightlife Food - Easy Italian

17

Nightlife News Breakdown - Krishani Dhanji - Guardian Australia

18

Nightlife Economics with Gareth Hutchens

19

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

20

Quiet Protests of the Vietnam War

21

Nightlife News Breakdown - Amy Remeikis - Political Analyst

22

Nightlife Budget 2026 Panel: What it Means for You

23

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

24

Nightlife Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

25

Nightlife Travel - Best Towns in Australia

26

Nightlife News Breakdown - Hugh Riminton - Ten News First

27

Nightlife Science with Belinda Smith

28

The Challenge: What does URL stand for?

29

Preventive Cardiology

30

American Insight with Ray Bonner

31

The spy plane that shattered a summit

32

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

33

Love Sicily's mosaics? You can thank the Vikings

34

Why Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley love the blues

35

The colour and humour of Romania's Merry Cemetery

36

The Pop Quiz: Who wrote Waltzing Matilda?

37

The ancient fire Festival of Beltane is still burning today

38

Can travelling be accessible to everyone?

39

How David Attenborough changed documentary filmmaking forever

40

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

41

The Challenge: Where can you find the volcano Krakatoa?

42

Motortorque with Toby Hagon

43

Foreign Correspondent - Steven Erlanger - The New York Times

44

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

45

Nightlife News Breakdown - John Black - Australian Development Strategies

46

Nightlife True Crime - Oldest Unsolved Murders

47

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

48

Sourdough baking made easy

49

The Enigma of the Echidna

50

Nightlife News Breakdown - Michael Pascoe - Michael West Media

51

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

52

Nightlife News Breakdown - Mark Kenny - The Canberra Times

53

The First Brit Buried Down Under

54

Nightlife Finance with Nick Bruining

55

Is your technology spying on you?

56

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

57

American Insight with Bill Wyman

58

Nightlife Science with Jacinta Bowler

59

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

60

Macular Degeneration

61

Nightlife News Breakdown - Clare Armstrong - ABC News

62

The border that opened Europe

63

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

64

Ash Grunwald converts you to the blues

65

The Nightlife Pop Quiz

66

How to start strength training at 50+

67

Turning trash into treasure

68

The secrets families keep

69

The Challenge: What was the Penny Black?

70

The Wonderful World of Whales

71

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

72

Customers Behaving Badly

73

Foreign Correspondent - Matthew Doran - The Middle East

74

Nightlife News Breakdown - Paul Bongiorno - The Saturday Paper

75

The Fragility of Democracy

76

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

77

Nightlife Food - Our Fibre Famine

78

Nightlife News Breakdown - Josh Butler - Guardian Australia

79

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

80

Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

81

Nightlife Finance with Roger Montgomery

82

Nightlife News Breakdown — Ron Mizen, Australian Financial Review

83

Nightlife History - Errol Flynn

84

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

85

Nightlife News Breakdown with Emily Barrett from The Saturday Paper

86

Nightlife Science with Charley Lineweaver

87

Threat from Animal Diseases

88

American Insight with Bruce Wolpe

89

Nightlife Travel — Bhutan

90

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

91

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

92

Operation Eagle Claw: a covert mission, a public failure

93

The Nightlife Pop Quiz

94

Book to TV adaptations

95

Indonesia's New Capital

96

What does propaganda look like in the age of AI?

97

Remembering the Sandakan Death Marches

98

5 book recommendations from Sydney Writers Festival's artistic director

99

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

100

Nightlife True Crime - The Vanishing of Tracey Valesini

101

Foreign Correspondent - Hans van Leeuwen - The Telegraph

102

Nightlife News Breakdown - Katina Curtis - The West Australian

103

The Challenge: What organ is removed during a cholecystectomy?

104

Motortorque with Toby Hagon

105

Nightlife News Breakdown - Ellen Ransley - Courier Mail

106

Lessons from the Hawke Government?

107

The pie now one of Australia's most iconic

108

The Challenge: Daniel was a hit for which musician?

109

Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

110

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

111

Concession Cards and Medicare Benefits

112

AI revolution arrives in software development

113

Nightlife News Breakdown - Amy Remeikis - Political Analyst

114

How Anzac Day commemorations first emerged from Adelaide

115

Artemis and sending humans to the Moon

116

Nightlife Travel - Go Fly a Kite!

117

The Challenge: Which celestial body is tarot card XVIII?

118

Nightlife News Breakdown - Hugh Riminton - Ten News First

119

Tips for Managing Migraine and Headaches

120

American Insight with Bill Wyman

121

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

122

The Simpsons: The cartoon that rewrote the rules

123

History of gaming

124

France's first social housing for LGBTQIA+ seniors

125

The Nightlife Pop Quiz

126

Decluttering for Winter

127

The Writers: Hilary McPhee

128

Why We Garden

129

The Mighty Challenge

130

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

131

The Challenge - Who wrote A Game Of Thrones?

132

Literary Lunch with Candice Fox

133

What are Victoria's new rules around political donations?

134

UK Prime Minister's push for closer EU ties

135

How to make the perfect Mocha Tres Leches

136

Nightlife News Breakdown - The Blockade and federal budget outlook

137

Can Australia be self-sufficient in oil?

138

Wills and Estates Planning with Phillip McGowan

139

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

140

The Nightlife History Quiz: Myths

141

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

142

Nightlife Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

143

Jeff Goldblum shares his favourite jazz songs

144

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

145

Australia's Titanic connection

146

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

147

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

148

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

149

The Challenge: Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

150

Monday Night Travel - Tahiti

151

What did we learn from Artemis II?

152

Powderfinger's Darren Middleton's essential Eagles playlist

153

Missing Artemis II? Watch these space movies

154

The Nightlife Pop Quiz

155

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

156

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