The Morning Edition

News & Politics Podcasts

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

Episodes

A player suspended, a Pride match bumped: Is the AFL doing more harm than good?

'He's everywhere': Why Tony Abbott is back

A ‘mega ship’ will deliver 30,000 EVs from China. Just how safe is your data?

CGT shemozzle, risk thrown around like 'fairy dust' and...a Teal party?

How Gen Z in India turned an insult into a political uprising

The most powerful man in sport is about to get more powerful

Why running the sniffer dog gauntlet at festivals could be over

A secret, a revelation and a life forever changed for cop turned alleged victim

Most people don’t have trusts, or multiple houses: Bill Shorten on the budget’s tax changes

Now, it’s Putin’s turn. Will Xi Jinping encourage Russia to end the Ukraine war?

Almost 20 years of NAPLAN data has revealed something shocking

What Angus Taylor's immigration plan would really mean

Teens recruited, and a Fagin-like mystery leader: Melbourne’s nightclub attacks

Does a broken promise matter in a broken system, and Angus Taylor’s migrant plan

Taiwan, trade and the balance of power: What’s at stake when Trump meets Xi Jinping

Zoomers, boomers and a federal budget that could fix housing

Will One Nation push Labor to reshape our society?

A fiery air crash in the Top End – and a miracle by Aussie doctors who saved a US Marine

‘Popcorn out’ for Farrer by-election, plus the RBA’s pointed comments on government spending

Once dominant fascist powers, Japan and Germany are now saving democracy