The Quarterly Review: With Tony Jones and Heidi Murphy

We're four months into the year, so i'm roping in friends and colleagues Tony Jones and Heidi Murphy, 'The Jock and the Beast', to re-cap this years events so far, debate and discuss the big issues. 

Why FUNGI will change the world

In this episode, I dive into the unexpected, unassuming world of fungi - and what I've found is astounding.  I speak to Mycologist Dr.Teresa Lebel and discover fungi has the potential to change, save and shape the world like you wouldn't believe. 

Why outer space is the wild west - and what it means for us on earth

Who controls space will control the Earth. What happens up there impacts every aspect of modern life: Satellites, GPS, power grids. And there are some weird things going on.  What's happing in space today could help save the world - but it could also help destroy it.  In this episode I speak to R…

Have Australia's watchdogs lost their teeth?

After ten years as the Victorian Ombudsman, Deborah Glass is now free to explain how the systems designed to keep the bastards honest are working, when they are failing, and WHY they are so important.  In one of her last interviews as Ombudsman, Deborah Glass opens up on the personal side of a lif…

Why Cannabis will be legalised in the next decade

They say it's inevitable. But what sort of world are we heading into with legalised cannabis?  In this episode, former head of the AFP, barrister and advocate for cannabis reform Mick Palmer, and adolescent psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, discuss the PROS and CONS of an Australia where cannabi…

Why media is a 'bulls***ing job': With David Koch

For more than 20 years, David Koch had one of the most recognisable faces in Australian show biz. But very little is known about Kochie since he stepped down from his role as host of Sunrise in 2023, and what he’s planning for the future.  In this episode, David Koch tells Neil Mitchell WHY findin…

The health change that could touch every life in Australia (if only the Government would listen)

If you were terminally ill, what would you pay to survive? It's an ugly question, but life is always above money.  In this episode, multiple myeloma patient Geoff Nyssen and Professor Miles Prince, explain how Geoff's CART T cell treatment in the US saved his life, after he was told he'd only have…

The changing faces of crime: With Andrew Rule & John Silvester

Andrew Rule and John 'Sly' Silvester are the odd couple of crime. One can write, the other can talk. They've built their careers writing, and talking, about the most unpleasant things in life. Murder. Armed robbery. Gang wars. They revolutionised the way journalists wrote about crime, and they're …

Why Australia has reached it's immigration tipping point

Immigration is one of the greatest policy failures of the past 20 years. It's also one of the least understood. In this episode, Victorian Chamber of Commerce boss Paul Guerra and former Deputy Secretary for the Department of Immigration, Abul Rizvi, explain how it works, how it's failing, and wha…

Why this Australian of the Year is risking it all

Professor Richard Scolyer is the world's leading melanoma pathologist, and along with his colleague Professor Georgina Long, has been named co-Australian of the year. Thanks to them, Australia's national cancer, melanoma, has become a curable disease.  Now Richard is on a journey to beat another c…