We humans are such complex beasts. Why is it that we can be so wonderful and yet so awful, eccentric and prosaic, enigmatic and obvious, witty and dull, and all of these at once?

All in the Mind, presented by Natasha Mitchell, is Radio National's weekly foray into all things .....[more]

AM is ABC Radio's flagship current affairs program. For 40 years AM has been setting the day's news agenda with concise reports and analysis from journalists around Australia and around the world.

The team puts together editions at 6:05am on Lo .....[more]

Radio National’s weekly arts and culture program, Artworks, looks at the big themes, views, issues and events in the arts here in Australia and overseas.

Artworks features interviews with performing and visual artists, writers, critics and curators on current .....[more]

Australia Talks is a daily national talkback program. It's a forum for the discussion of a specific topic with the involvement of expert guests, Radio National specialists and listeners, who can call on 1300 22 55 76 (1300 CALL RN) for the cost of a local call .....[more]

Awaye! is produced and presented by Aboriginal broadcasters and is Australia's only national Indigenous arts and culture program.

Awaye! covers music (from the yidaki and gumleaf to techno), arts, spirituality, politics, dance, literature, theatre - in short, the healthy and .....[more]

Background Briefing is Radio National's agenda-setting current affairs radio documentary program. It varies from week to week in style and content, sometimes doing straight investigative journalism, sometimes exploring important ideas or social issues in on-the-road documentary style. Yo .....[more]

Big Ideas brings you lectures, conversations, features and special series from Australia and around the world.

Every year Big Ideas broadcasts the Boyer Lectures – where the ABC invites a prominent Australian, or group of Australians to present the result .....[more]

The Book Reading presents the best of classic and contemporary fiction by Australian and world writers, read by some of Australia's finest actors. It has been broadcast on ABC Radio since 1948.

Most contemporary and classic Australian fiction broadcast in The Bo .....[more]

Giving you the most comprehensive coverage and analysis of national and international events - serious, fun, topical and diverse without being overwhelming.

There's AM at 7.10 and ABC News throughout the show, as well as reports from the BBC World Service and CNN.

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Every spirit builds itself a house and beyond a house a world and beyond its world a heaven. Know then that the world exists for you … build therefore your own world. Ralph Waldo Emerson .....[more]

Correspondents Report, broadcast on Radio National every Sunday morning at 8:05am, has built up a solid reputation as one of the most authoritative sources of international news analysis on Australian radio. The program provides a unique insight into the developments shaping .....[more]

This highly acclaimed series explores the connections between religion and life. With an emphasis on a high standard of creative production, Encounter invites the listener to make connections intellectually, emotionally and intuitively across a broad spectrum .....[more]

Hindsight is the only feature program on Australian radio devoted exclusively to social history. Hindsight offers new perspectives on and insights into the past, through stories that may be well known, or may have been ignored, or erased from the public record.

Whether it be mem .....[more]

This young offspring of the Science Show asks one basic question: "You were born, and then what happened?".

Robyn Williams talks not only to scientists, but also to those interested in the subject, about what it's meant to their lives. Everyone from James Watson and .....[more]

Journey 'Into The Music' with ABC Radio National's new program exploring and celebrating all aspects of music. Ranging across the history of music, the lives and experiences of musicians and the practices of music-making, 'Into The Music' .....[more]

Life Matters is a unique daily interview program about social change and day-to-day life. Richard Aedy talks with the main people behind our social policies—from workplace reform to education, health, family relationships, and social change. Specialist .....[more]

Music Deli presents a wide variety of music styles focussing on live performances recorded in studios, and at concerts and festivals around Australia. Australian musicians—new, emerging and established—are a major part of the program.

Music Deli makes recordings at m .....[more]

William of Ockham was an English monk, philosopher, theologian and probable victim of the Black Death, who provided the scientific method with its key principle 700 years ago.

'What can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more,' he said. That is, in explai .....[more]

Perspective is five minutes of expert commentary by opinion-makers from Australia and overseas.

These thought provoking, stimulating and challenging contributions to ideas in Australia follow in the slipstream of recent Radio National series like the Barton, Deakin, Rei .....[more]

PM is one of the grand institutions of Australian public broadcasting. The program celebrated its 30th anniversary last July - three decades of reporting Australia and the world.

It was the first Australian current affairs program to use journalists, no .....[more]

Poetica is dedicated to the performance of poetry and ranges freely among contemporary Australian and overseas work as well as drawing on ancient sources and from bi-lingual programs, live readings, studio-based poetry features and on-location recordings.

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Quiet Space is a place where the music will let you free your mind from the everyday. The music is the narrative, it explains itself while letting you put it in a place.

It is music to help you concentrate; music to accompany your meditations; music that can focus you o .....[more]

Radio Eye presents the best features and documentaries from Australia and around the world. It's dedicated to exploring a wide range of forms and styles—simple stories, complex mixes, exciting sound experiences, imaginative audio essays, docu-dramas (both serious and satirical) and .....[more]

Short Story presents the best of classic and contemporary short fiction from Australian and world writers – read by some of Australia's leading actors. You can hear writers as diverse as Helen Garner, Tim Winton, Varlam Shalamov, W. Somerset Maugham, V.K. Narayan, Isaac Babel and E .....[more]

Why does everything have to fit into a genre?

It doesn't. For 30 years, Tim Ritchie has been seeking out music: the interesting, the evolutionary, the inaccessible and the wonderful.

Sound Quality is a program about music that grabs the mould and gives it a good s .....[more]

Rachael Kohn talks to some of the world's leading religious historians and authors about curious moments in religious history that shatter the usual perception of the past and illuminate the present.

Rachael unveils some curious and intriguing tales that may be significant to .....[more]

Radio National likes to offer interesting ideas, thoughtful responses, informed analysis and an international perspective. That approach applies to our programs on politics, religion, art, science, society ... and music.

Since 1990, The Planet has provided a unique window into th .....[more]

The Health Report appeals to both specialist and mainstream audiences by applying a broad definition of health, and seeing health and medicine within social, scientific and political contexts.

The Health Report is a valued information source for professionals and students in the me .....[more]

The Law Report on ABC Radio National focuses on the law-makers and the law-breakers, examining those who frame the laws and those who have to comply with them.

Breaking legal stories across Australia and overseas, analysing law reform, legal education, test cases, miscar .....[more]

The Media Report is essential listening for those who work in the media industry and for anyone interested in the future of the media.

The weekly half-hour program takes a critical look at the latest developments in the communications industry, including media ownership, industry .....[more]

The Music Show is a mix of music, interviews and information about the latest developments in music, hosted by composer Andrew Ford. It aims to entertain and inform a wide audience about music, providing two hours of essential listening every week.

The Music Show began in 1991 an .....[more]

The National Interest features longer interviews and discussions to look at the major issues of the week. Sometimes these are the events that have made headlines, and sometimes they're issues that haven't received the attention they deserve. Sometimes .....[more]

The Night Air – listening for pleasure: an audio adventure in which ideas, sounds and music are remixed around a new theme each week.

TNA is a listening experience animated by dub versions of ABC Radio National’s distinctive programming. Obliquely connected material is .....[more]

At its heart, philosophy is about asking simple, even silly, questions: the sort of questions you probably asked when you were a kid. What's it all about? Why is there something rather than nothing? Does time stretch infinitely backwards as well as infinitely forward? Sometimes, these si .....[more]

The Religion Report is your guide to religious affairs in Australia and around the world. This weekly half-hour program offers analysis of events shaping the world of religion and the religious events that increasingly seem to be shaping our world.

Listen to the Re .....[more]

The Rhythm Divine is a musical journey through the world of belief.

Join Geoff Wood as he explores the deep river of music and song from the world's religious traditions, from the new spiritual practices, and from the fusion of religion and pop culture.

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The Science Show with Robyn Williams on Radio National is one of the longest running programs on Australian radio. Scientific issues, debates, events, personalities, exposing scientific fraud, discoveries and broadcasting pranks have been the hallmarks of the .....[more]

The Spirit of Things is an adventure into religion and spirituality. It explores contemporary values and beliefs as expressed through ritual, art, music, and sacred texts.

The Spirit of Things focuses on how we discover, celebrate and make sense of spiritual m .....[more]

The Sports Factor debates and celebrates the cultural significance of sport.

From the global spectacle of the Olympic Games, to a local Little Athletics meeting, sport is a dynamic force that both reflects and creates values. The Sports Factor goes beyond the & .....[more]

ABC Radio National offers interesting ideas, thoughtful responses, informed analysis and an international perspective. That approach applies to our programs on politics, religion, art, science, society ... and music.

The Weekend Planet offers a unique, informed musical journey, e .....[more]

As its name implies, The World Today reports Australia's place in the world and the way that international issues affect us.

Broadcast around the nation at lunchtime (at noon on local ABC and Radio National, an hour later in rural Austral .....[more]

Verbatim began in 1999, aiming to chart the history of the 20th century through the oral histories and memories of Australians.

Broadcasting a diverse range of archival and contemporary recorded interviews, Verbatim illuminates the shifts and changes in Australian societ .....[more]