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The Last Post Radio Show — 239 episodes

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There's something for you at The Men's Shed...with JPY, The Directors Cut.

2

First of Her Kind...Refugee, trailblazer, proud Australian soldier. The story of Kbora Ali.

3

"Er, um...look, this is a toss of the coin". Michael's back. Also, Ben Eames picks a couple of upsets. The Selection Table.

4

Getting over anger...What happens when we get angry, and ways to stay calm.

5

Performance Politics...Australian politicians and the stories they tell.

6

The Battle of Long Tan - Bradford Mint

7

The travels of Dr Mary Anne Whiting - Mama Mia, the ABBA Museum

8

Sing You Out of Me...Ami Williamson

9

The Selection Table from rural Victoria AFL and NRL selections plus The Best of Michael Bridger

10

Neighbours - Australia and the Pacific. A new vision of the way Australia might relate to its Pacific neighbours.

11

Delicious...food and friendship

12

"We don't have a lot of time..." GOD AI with Toby Walsh

13

"Dolphins are back"...and Bronco's "a rabble"...and, in the AFL, the Wildcard Round. The Selection Table.

14

The Last Post magazine...since 2011

15

Negotiating the unique landscape of veteran mental health with Dr Alex Lim

16

Livin' it Up...Peter O'Doherty dissects the Mentals 2026 reunion tour.

17

September 9 is Giving Day ... Help the fight against cancer and WEHI's research

18

"Making veterans the hammer..." Why the cap must go. Peter Tinley, National President RSL Australia.

19

Getting back from Canberra, an AI poem and Tricky Tindall...Big Tex's farewell, the Berrima Cup and David Hutton from the PAFC. The Selection Table.

20

Melbourne Legacy...Honouring Vietnam War Widows at the Windsor Hotel

21

Vietnam Veterans' Day/60th Anniversary The Battle of Long Tan - A chat with Peter Tinley

22

The Battle of Long Tan - Bradford Mint

23

"Showing that things can be done...and that people with disabilities have the ability to do hard things.

24

Seymour College, bringing generations together on Vietnam Veterans Day

25

The Desert Swimmer. How a sheep station manager confronted depression and took a swim across the English Channel.

26

"I hate giving them credit for anything"....plus, Russell Ebert and, a Brownlow for Horne-Francis? The Selection Table

27

Truth Under Fire ...The story of six war correspondents who shaped the way Australians witnessed and remember war

28

Reckless...The saga of Australian Crawl. A chat with author Jeff Apter.

29

Vietnam Veterans Day and the 60th Anniversary of The Battle of Long Tan - Matt Keogh MP

30

Leaving a function early...and getting on and off and back on the Freo Express. Talking football on The Selection Table

31

Aung San Suu Kyi...a chat with the son of the imprisoned Burmese Myanmar leader

32

Conversations with a Countess...and stories of being related to Kamahl, Tanita Tikaram and working with Agatha Christie's niece.

33

Nuclear Archipelago - British nuclear tests in Australia in the 1950's. A chat with Elizabeth Tynan

34

Telehealth and its role in VAD

35

"He's got a haircut like a skunk..." and talking up Nick Daicos. Ben Eames and Michael Bridger on The Selection Table

36

"It's great to play with a mate..." Troy Cassar Daley and Ian Moss

37

The reading of a will, a Manor, the smuggling of gold and a fighter pilot...Dave Warner From The Suburbs

38

The Travels of Dr Mary Anne Whiting....from the beauty of Cordoba, Spain to London and the Bomber Command Memorial

39

Is communicating with others, the meaning of life? And what is AI's role? Plus the death of the Aussie Shout.

40

"I was glad to get out of that ground" and Tex Walker's 700th goal...The Selection Table

41

Unforgotten: Songs of Australians at War - A chat with Fred Smith

42

Sport as a solution - Invictus Australia

43

Going Down...Stephen Vagg on the 1983 Australian cult classic

44

Pumping up Mason Cox's tyres, taking a spoonful of cement, a reminder of the state-of-origin result and talking up "Marky Mark" The Selection Table

45

Step Up this August with the National Breast Cancer Foundation

46

Presenting The Radio Stores Battery Station....Coming this summer

47

I'll Walk Beside You - Love, loss, the Burma Railway + the human spirit. A chat with author Peter Mitchell.

48

Free and First...the ABC of me - A conversation with Elizabeth Jane

49

Up The Golden Highway to Operation Lustre - Mudgee Arts Precinct Exhibitions.

50

State of Origin...Blue tie, blue socks and a bottle of wine Plus Ben Eames' The Run Home on The Selection Table

51

I've Got Your 6 Foundation (IGY6) Foundation - A chat with Ambassador + Chair, John Giampino

52

The Continuing Travels of Dr. Mary Anne Whiting....Morocco ("What a beautiful experience")

53

NFSA - Nominate now for Sounds of Australia 2027

54

Challenging Anzac - Stories that don't fit the legend.

55

The Selection Table July 2 - Ben speaks about the Freo Train while Michael hopes for a State-of-Origin upset

56

The Voices of Gallipoli Medical Research - Sharing lived experiences

57

To Be There For The Women That Do The Work

58

Voices of Gallipoli Medical Research podcast

59

The travels of Mary Anne...In Spain, Zahara de la Sierra, Granada and the Santa Maria Church

60

The Selection Table - Ben Eames and Michael Bridger give their insights into AFL and NRL matches for the weekend

61

Lustre Force and the Lustre Exhibition - inspired by the Allied campaigns in Greece + Crete 1941.

62

Finding the lyric - poetry as a process for making sense of the experience.

63

The Selection Table, AFL + NRL lowdown with Michael Bridger and Ben Eames

64

Gold Standard? Remembering the Hawke government

65

The Travels of Dr Mary Anne Whiting....

66

The Selection Table - The difficulty of second-guessing and a flogging for the Rabbitohs

67

Rich Kid, Poor Kid...the marketisation of education

68

Sporting guernsey's to honour those that have served...

69

"I was praying and begging him to stay with me, to hold on" - It's Because I Love You

70

THE SELECTION TABLE JUNE 4 - WITH GREG CHAMPION AND NRL AND AFL EXPERTS GIVING THEIR INSIGHTS INTO THE COMING ROUNDS

71

"Attention, attention, all units...'round up the usual suspects"

72

Tim Page - The Very Edge of The Brightest Light.

73

Smoke, Rice, Water - A sensory indulgence into Bengali culture and cuisine

74

The Selection Table - AFL and NRL Tips for the weekend

75

Live from Casablanca....with Wing Commander (retd) Dr Mary Anne Whiting

76

SIRENS...Inside the world of First Responders

77

Could Micro-Suburbs be the solution to the housing crisis?

78

From Wake in Fright to Muriel's Wedding, restoring our cinematographic history

79

The Selection Table - AFL + NRL Matches May 21

80

Energy, spontaneity and risk taking. The story of Fischer Z.

81

Quiet Protest...a chat with Effie Karageorgos

82

They Do Us Proud...a chat with singer-songwriter, Michael G Jones

83

THE SELECTION TABLE - All you want to know about the coming rounds for AFL + NRL

84

Forgotten Australian TV Plays...Outpost, wartime drama, filmed in 1959.

85

The NDIS AND YOU....

86

The Bullwinkel Project

87

The Selection Table - AFL and NRL Tips for the weekend

88

Sailor, Soldier, Vicar, Farmer - The amazing life of Walter Dexter

89

Serving Country...Honouring the service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander's in the ADF

90

The Alchemy of Leadership - Seven Australian PM's in a turbulent 21st century

91

The Selection Table - NRL and AFL Tips and insights for the weekends rounds

92

Come to Singapore, to the Kranji War Memorial + Cemetery for this moving 2026 Anzac Day Dawn Service

93

Accountability and quality, globally...Versatile Construction. A chat with Michael Bridger.

94

The Last Post Radio Show - The Selection Table

95

Conscious Mind Centre...giving veterans access to the full spectrum of care

96

Sharing the gift and making a difference...a military love story

97

Giving expression to what it means to be indigenous...

98

Defending Country on Ancient Oceans

99

Under A Bamboo Sky

100

The Selection Table AFL and NRL matches for the weekend

101

Vasey RSL Care...High quality, veteran focused care. A conversation with Jannette Fleming.

102

Never Forgotten 2...telling veterans stories from experience

103

Supporting our farmers...Rural Aid providing service and support

104

Being part of something special...The Invictus Games, a great thing for Australia

105

Invisible Injuries, the story of veteran Andy Fermo offering hope to others..

106

Surf's Up! Beach Boy Al Jardine talks about his coming Australian Tour...and of getting dumped without a leggy

107

Dennis Lillee, FJ Holden... pinball machines making a comeback

108

Global Book Crawl - April 20-26th. The beauty of bookshops and reading

109

The Last Salute...I Am Woman. 85 years of women in RAAF

110

Big Dog Pet Foods supporting PTSD Dogs supporting those with PTSD

111

Bluesfest going belly up...a cultural tragedy? Celebrating the history of a truly great event.

112

The amazing story of how dogs can help with PTSD

113

"I'm responsible for me...". How movement creates positive things.

114

Fred Smith, a father and son's historical batting partnership and Avive Health's Dr Katelyn Kerr

115

Looking forward to a phone call...checking on vulnerable Australians

116

The great Australian barbi...that wasn't so great and the beauty of cookbooks

117

The Amazing Ollie Wilson...the story of a young man embracing the challenge

118

Live it Up...The Mental As Anything Story, a chat with Peter O'Doherty

119

"A middle-aged man who can't sing, can't dance..."

120

Invictus Australia Health - 2. The value of sport for veterans and their families

121

Like holding a fishing net in the rain....John Schumann

122

How the plastics industry has shifted recycling responsibility onto the consumer

123

Silence isn't neutral...helping us all to be part of the solution.

124

It all started when HMAS Melbourne came to town...

125

A Deputy Prime Minister who loved trains...and the only Australian journalist to be murdered by the underworld

126

Gwen Cherne AM - From Cleveland, Ohio to the now.

127

Live from Canberra...The 75th Anniversary of Australian National Service

128

Better Together...National President RSL Australia, Peter Tinley

129

Sharing veterans stories - The Red Poppy Film Festival March 6-8

130

Bringing veterans unique skills to sport, with Invictus Australia. A live chat with Neil Burgin.

131

Rotten Ronnie's panic attack...

132

What Does "Reading The Room" Really Mean?

133

"Never give in, never give up"...Taylah Gentzen's World Title Fight in Newcastle, UK

134

Surfs Up...The Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine to tour Australia in 2026

135

The Last Post Summer Series - The music, life and culture of Rob Hirst.

136

IGY6 - Life After Service and Women's Veteran Wellness Weekends

137

"It's not about whether I agree with what they've said...it's about their right to say it". Jane Caro speaks about Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, the Adelaide Writers Week and censorship.

138

Veterans Talk - The importance of conversation

139

Living Bridges, February 8, Novotel, Sydney - A story of sexual abuse, sexual trafficking, homelessness,

140

"He woke up and found an aircraft in his front garden..."

141

The Last Post Radio Show Summer Series - Jeff Apter on the life and times of Lee Gordon

142

Jemma Pigott's Connected By Sea and the Duke's Day Weekend, Freshwater Jan 8-10

143

Connected by Sea, a film by Jemma Pigott honouring the life of Duke Kahanamoku

144

My War Father...a conversation with author Jonathan Drane

145

Ho Ho Ho...The 2025 TLP RADIO SHOW XMAS SPECIAL

146

No Secrets, an adoring crowd and the road crews underwear...

147

"$2 will buy 8 loaves of bread...giving kids the chance to go to school"

148

Lithium, John Cade and Changi...

149

A compassion borne from memories of his mother quietly crying...

150

"Howzat!"...The joys of suburban cricket

151

"Jean Shrimpton's mini, with no stockings or hat...conscripting young men not old enough to vote"

152

"The act of creation is a feeling of completeness..." American photographer Lynn Goldsmith.

153

The Last Post Radio Show Xmas Special

154

"It went straight into your neck and you'd be dead in 30 seconds"

155

"Reading opens doors"...Shelley Ware, Indigenous Literacy Foundation Ambassador

156

"Better together...finding meaning and purpose...and creating a space for all veterans"

157

Winsome Nash took a phone call...New revelations about the fall of the Whitlam government

158

George Petrou - The Art of Sacrifice and other stories

159

Safety in the defence workplace

160

Taking care of your own thoughts

161

The Birdon Group

162

"Our minds are amazing things..." Providing Open Arms and military aware mental services

163

Peace In My Time

164

How Nebraska changed his mind...

165

"We were pretty keen to put up our hand and say, 'We're here to help'...."

166

A profound tribute....

167

"You don't know what you're made of...until you need to..."

168

"Bringing something beautiful into the world..."

169

Oliphant, the Australian genius who developed radar and showed Oppenheimer how to build the bomb.

170

The pressure to be perfect...

171

Guts and Glory...owning + expressing a national identity.

172

"Just off the bike..." Day 4 of the Tour de V Centre

173

Weaving a narrative...Fred Smith

174

"We're having a great time on the roads..."

175

Cycling 460 km's for veteran homelessness....The Tour de V Centre Part 2

176

From Warrnambool to Box Hill...Cycling 460 kilometres for veteran housing

177

" I should've fought back...I should've made a fuss". Encouraging women to come forward.

178

"What do you want to be when you leave school?"......"A writer"....50 years on, From the suburbs to London, to The Kimberley. Dave Warner

179

"The Christ of the Thai-Burma Railway..." Peter Fitzsimmons, The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop

180

"It's okay, not to be okay"....Join the fundraising for Bravery Trek this October

181

Mike McClellan - Lessons from and for the heart.

182

"We are behind them and we are supporting them..." Birdon, Bravery Trust and Leidos. Supporting veterans through Bravery Trek

183

"The domino effect of helping others..." The Bravery Trek Month

184

"Follow their path, understand their journey, support our veterans". The Bravery Trek Week kickstarting the Bravery Trek Month.

185

Lee Gordon Presents...how one man changed Australian life forever

186

Encouraging conversations and connection...the 2025 Veteran Games

187

Cybersecurity..."They're gambling with you picking up the phone or opening that email..."

188

Reconciliation in Action - Working Together

189

The Last Post Radio Show South Australian Special Episode

190

Bringing communities together through independent cinema...

191

"The change that needs to occur...and the time is now"

192

"You must leave China immediately..."

193

"The most important thing we need to do is to be here, for veterans"

194

"I want everybody to know what the RSL does..."

195

"There's a state of flow you go into..." The beauty of bookreading.

196

"Just as good as men..." The Surgeon of Royaumont

197

Australian Red Cross Free Webinar 'All About Wills'

198

Vasey RSL Care...having somewhere to call home.

199

Michael Bridger and Versatile, giving back to those that have given.

200

Kalgoorlie Boulder...a deep connection to the military history of Australia.

201

Fortem Australia...ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

202

An Australian film, so authentic and true, it almost evokes the smell of the place...Sunday Too Far Away

203

"There's a change in the balance of power in the Western Pacific...the environment is changing, and so must we"

204

Greater Love...and the beauty of life without war. Canberra, August 15

205

The significance of human rights today...The 2025 Australian Human Rights Awards

206

Veterans...facing unique challenges

207

"There was no-one left alive..."

208

You Can't Win 'Em All - Greg Champion

209

Climbing the unclimbable for Pancare Foundation

210

The voice of an angel...if you put your dreams out there, everything is possible

211

Australia's music darling...a tribute farewell to Marcia Jones

212

"Asking bigger questions of life and the universe...enabling lasting change"

213

Finding art in everyday life...and turning waste into art

214

Veteran Legal, making the whole process seamless

215

Inhibiting inflammation and the fight against cancer...

216

Honouring servicemen + women...

217

Managing stress levels, thoughts and emotions...

218

"Lace up your boots for Bravery Trek and Dusk 'til Dawn...". Bravery Trust's EOFY call-out.

219

Music for playing on the way to Renmark...our chat with Greg Champion

220

A Life of Leadership and Legacy...the Lowitja O'Donoghue Exhibition

221

DISASTER RELIEF'S ANNUAL GIVING DAY - Help make disaster affected communities feel like home again

222

"You get absorbed in the moment...and look at the world differently..."

223

Bringing the history of the battlefields to life...

224

"It was minus ten, minus fifteen degrees..."

225

Make a tax deductible donation and help save lives...

226

"Armed squatters and stockmen and workers went out in massacre parties..."

227

Muriel Cooper, Up Shit Creek In A Barbed Wire Canoe

228

"Where do I go.....?"

229

Providing hope for people on their worst day...

230

Behind The Home Bar - All things cocktail

231

"I always had an interest in human connection and story telling"

232

Celebrating National Volunteer Week - "To bring communities together in times of need..."

233

"If you look at who we are, a lot of it can be traced back to the shores of Gallipoli..."

234

Resilience, recognition and achieving....The Last Post Radio Show speaks with GEWO Chair, Anna Maria Lang

235

"We wanted to enjoy life before we got too bloody old..."

236

Navigating the legal process to get a positive result

237

Anzac Day Special - Gallipoli Medical Research and the benefits of research to enable a successful transition...

238

"We have a duty to make everyone informed and to have a connection to Anzac Day..."

239

"The sacred narrative of Australian virtue..."