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The Age and Sydney Morning Herald 345 - Alexa Leary on surviving tragedy and living a ‘second life’

Good Weekend Talks features in-depth conversations with the people fascinating Australians right now, from sport to politics to the arts, business and beyond, interviewed weekly by the country's top journalists. Consider it a magazine for your ears.

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Published 11 Sep 2026

Duration 25:26

Episodes

345-

Alexa Leary on surviving tragedy and living a ‘second life’

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11 Sep 2026

344-

Dodging the Taliban, camel spiders and becoming 'impervious to shock': Former special forces soldier Bram Connolly

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04 Sep 2026

343-

Up close with the Donald Trump ‘regime’ – New York Times reporter and Australian Jonathan Swan

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28 Aug 2026

342-

Comedian Myf Warhurst turns serious – about everything

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21 Aug 2026

341-

George Megalogenis on immigration, instability and the 'three shocks' shifting modern society

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14 Aug 2026

340-

Maria Ressa on journalism, the new internet, and AI ‘strip-mining our humanity’

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07 Aug 2026

339-

Anthony LaPaglia on therapy, chasing zen – and realising 'there's nothing to be afraid of'

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31 Jul 2026

338-

Introducing Virginia

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29 Jul 2026

337-

Journalist Neil Mercer and the true stories of wrongful convictions in Australia

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24 Jul 2026

336-

Comedian Arj Barker on Letterman, the Conchords, and 'babygate'

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17 Jul 2026

335-

‘I know enough to be dangerous’: Boost Juice founder Janine Allis on failure and success

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10 Jul 2026

334-

‘I’ve mellowed a little bit’: Peter Singer on the limit of free speech and his guidance for giving

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03 Jul 2026

333-

'Accomplishment flows into courage': Rob de Castella on the Indigenous Marathon Project

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26 Jun 2026

332-

Anna Funder on telling untold stories – and the blowback it sometimes brings

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19 Jun 2026

331-

Pulitzer novelist Andrew Sean Greer on ‘charm novels’, the Italian life and travel wisdom

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12 Jun 2026

330-

John Safran on growing up Jewish, free speech, race - and Race Around the World

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05 Jun 2026

329-

What childless Gen Xer Katrina Strickland wants those stuck in today's baby-making vortex to know

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29 May 2026

328-

From two-up to bingo halls and gaming apps – Shaun Micallef on our gambling obsession

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22 May 2026

327-

'Angertainers' are dividing society: Author Ed Coper explains why we fall for 'rage bait'

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15 May 2026

326-

Bob Brown on finding optimism – live at the Melbourne Writers Festival

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09 May 2026

325-

‘Even today, the cost continues’: Christie Whelan Browne on speaking out

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01 May 2026

324-

Fran Lebowitz on smoking, Trump and today's young people being another species

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24 Apr 2026

323-

Luke Bateman: Former NRL star and gambling addict, now lumberjack ‘bookfluencer’

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17 Apr 2026

322-

The New Yorker's Patrick Radden Keefe on investigating 'an unnatural death'

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10 Apr 2026

321-

Bourdain and Batali's 'right-hand' woman Laurie Woolever on her tell-all book

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03 Apr 2026

320-

From finance to front row: Australian fashion boss Marianne Perkovic

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26 Mar 2026

319-

Stephanie Alexander on writing, eating, air-frying – and The Cook’s Companion turning 30

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20 Mar 2026

318-

Bob Carr on grief and 'the left-over life' after his wife's death

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13 Mar 2026

317-

Courtney Barnett on songwriting, her deadpan delivery – and what she did next

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06 Mar 2026

316-

Kathy Lette on female betrayal: ‘More painful than divorce’

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27 Feb 2026

315-

Todd Sampson on doomsday preppers, aliens and why people reach for the extreme

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20 Feb 2026

314-

Why we run: Konrad Marshall on 365 days of jogging

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13 Feb 2026

313-

Brooke Blurton is successful, smart and Indigenous. And still, trolls tell her she's 'on Centrelink'.

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06 Feb 2026

312-

Martin Luther King III on retaining hope in today’s world: ‘Civility has been temporarily lost’

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28 Jan 2026

311-

Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett on hope – and comedy – in the midst of a Trump presidency

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23 Jan 2026

310-

Alex de Minaur on the drive to compete, hitting rock bottom, and his classic car obsession

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16 Jan 2026

309-

Why Helen Garner trained her forensically observant eye on an Aussie rules team - and what she learnt from it

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09 Jan 2026

308-

You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage

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02 Jan 2026

307-

From dance floor to ‘orgy room’: What happens on a typical swingers’ night?

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26 Dec 2025

306-

Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber

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19 Dec 2025

305-

She was one of the biggest TV stars of the 1980s. What happened next to Tania Lacy?

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12 Dec 2025

304-

John Polson on bringing ‘Tropfest’ back from the dead, with a little help from Margot Robbie

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05 Dec 2025

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'I didn’t do this for me': The AFL’s first openly queer player on coming out

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25 Nov 2025

302-

From political fixer to cricket caller: Meet broadcaster Adam Collins

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21 Nov 2025

301-

Chef Helen Goh on "the three Ps" of baking and psychology: process, patience and presence

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14 Nov 2025

300-

Jane Harper on backing yourself: "Nobody is going to pluck you out of the crowd"

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07 Nov 2025

299-

William Dalrymple on India, slavery and “the unsung heroes” helping historians

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31 Oct 2025

298-

Ita Buttrose on women, men and chasing dreams: 'You can’t waste a moment'

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24 Oct 2025

297-

Antonia Marran on parenting, family law and adolescent mental health

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16 Oct 2025

296-

"I'm an accidental musician": Joe Camilleri on singing, songwriting and The Black Sorrows

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10 Oct 2025