Interview with Andrew Denton

If Australians can agree about one thing, it’s that we’re not that impressed by our politicians. Julie Bishop is one of the very few exceptions to the rule. As foreign minister, it didn’t matter where she was in the world or how jetlagged she might’ve ...

Neil’s a musical legend. Liam’s had his own share of success in a 15 year career that started with the band Betchadupa. Now they’re finally playing together, when Neil can get time off from his Fleetwood mac duties. They recently made an album, Lightsl...

We all remember first seeing Jess as that kid from Darwin on Australian Idol, the shy girl who didn’t need to win that competition to be a star. Her voice and that inner radiance did it all. She’s since had a string of hits, sung with Snoop Dogg, suppo...

The man who has it all. Good looks, loads of talent, a hugely successful musical career, two beautiful kids, an equally smart and successful wife. Ahead of his Australian tour of Graffiti U, he spoke to Andrew from the stage of the Shoreline Amphitheat...

She rode into our hearts as the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup, then followed the win with a rousing speech calling out sexism in racing. Now she reflects on her upbringing as one of ten siblings, a relationship with her tough-love father, and in...

She’s arguably Australia’s most successful porn star, but she may not be what comes to mind when you hear those two words. She uses her real name for a start. She has no shame about what she does. And she’s no easily led dummy. She has an Honours Degre...

Amanda can probably lay claim to being the most successful woman working in Australian show business. No one else has achieved the double of being inducted into the Commercial Radio Hall of Fame and twice being nominated for television’s top a...

In an era of cookie cutter pop stars, Lily Allen stands out. Where others seem obsessed with 24/7 permanent image management, manicuring their public self to the point that it no longer appears to be real, Lily is the opposite: flawed, messy and glorio...

Carl Barron is Australia’s most successful, yet in some ways least known comedian. He’s incredibly funny on stage, but in real life manages to avoid attention wherever possible. This is a rare chance to find out what’s actually going on inside the head...

Five time winner of the Australian Open, Logie-winning TV and radio host, author, disability advocate and organiser of Australia’s most inclusive music festival, Dylan Alcott is a human Energiser Bunny. This rocket-fuelled interview covers his life and...

Well before her 18th birthday, Jade became the youngest person ever to complete what’s known as The Polar Hat Trick, skiing to the North Pole, the South Pole and across the Greenland Ice Cap, braving temperatures below minus 50, mortal danger, constant...

Australian surfing legend Mick Fanning talks about what he learned over his career, about family and the loss of two of his brothers along the way, about surfing under the Northern Lights and off the end of a glacier and, of course, about punching shar...

You loved Stephen Curry in The Castle. You loved him as Graham Kennedy in The King. From his teenage debut in Fast Forward, he’s been a constant presence on our screens. In this revealing interview, you’ll meet the Stephen Currys you may not already kn...

She’s had No. 1 hits in six decades. With husband Sonny Bono, she was the biggest thing on US TV in the early 1970s. She scored an Oscar for her role in Moonstruck. What hasn’t Cher conquered? Now in her 70s, this genuine entertainment icon is still ta...

The good doctor’s bold new approach to surgery is helping hundreds of Aussie amputees to walk again. Inspired by watching The Terminator as a teen, he is now in the business of fusing human and machine, a pioneering specialist in osseointegration, whic...

The winner and first runner-up of Miss First Nations 2018, Lasey and Felicia are indigenous, gay drag queens. As they say themselves, triple minorities. With some guests you know, from the moment you see them, that they will have had experiences the re...

Marking the release of her new album, Madame X, the pop icon sits down for a chat with Andrew in London. This wide-ranging, funny, thoughtful conversation touches on: the Madame X persona and what it means to her; the move to Lisbon and the musical ins...

How would you survive if your worst nightmare came true? Rosie Batty found out when her estranged partner, Greg, killed their only son, Luke. She became the face of the Family Violence cause in Australia, using her own trauma to help others. But at wha...

Sir Michael Caine has two Oscars, more than a hundred movie credits and a life story so long it’s taken three autobiographies to cover it. This conversation with Andrew is wide-ranging, covering the brother he never knew he had, sharing a dole queue wi...

On the back of his novel The Shepherd’s Hut, which tells the story of outback lost boy Jaxie, Australia’s most beloved author talks about toxic masculinity, what he’s learned about our young men and how he thinks they can be helped to have fuller, rich...

Is there a more loved TV actor than Rebecca Gibney? One of our most enduring screen presences, she’s a surprise packet of a human being, a woman secure enough to be open about her anxieties and her challenging background. In this revealing episode of I...

This interview caused an international stir for an early, offhand comment about Kevin Spacey, but the real fascination comes when Guy Pearce explains the breakdown of his 18 year marriage, his subsequent mental darkness and what happened next - unexpec...

What could possibly be left to say about Jimmy Barnes that he hasn’t already said himself? For three years now, Jimmy’s has been in full confession mode, through two bestselling memoirs (Working Class Boy and Working Class Man), a feature length docume...

After struggling with a malformed and painful leg through her childhood and early 20s, Priscilla Sutton chose to have her dysfunctional limb cut off. In a frank and surprisingly funny interview, the ebullient Priscilla talks Andrew through the process ...

TV and newspapers tend to overuse the phrase “every parent’s nightmare”. This is a story that, sadly, really earns that label. Ralph and Kathy Kelly lost their teenage sons, Thomas and Stuart, in devastating circumstances. In 2012, Thomas was killed in...

Some people’s lives have to be heard to be believed. And even then, they sound like they’re made up. Were you, like Denise Scott, part of a hippie nudist commune? Were you a teacher who smoked in class? Did you make your living as a clown? Did your nur...

Andrew sits down with two absolute comedy legends, Steve Martin and Martin Short. The long-time best friends, who met decades ago on The Three Amigos, now make a joyous living insulting each other on stage in their show, Now You See Them, Soon You Won’...

Rebecca Sharrock may well be the most amazing human we’ll ever have on the show. This Brisbane woman has HSAM (Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory) a condition which means she can recall pretty much every day of her life. She’s joined by her mother...

At 63, an age when many would be contemplating retirement, Jacki broke into Hollywood on the back of her extraordinary performance in Animal Kingdom. In the nine years since, she’s made 26 films and appeared in a bunch of TV shows as well. This intervi...

Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped and held hostage by Somali criminals for 15 harrowing months. This powerful interview charts her journey through Hell and back. It’s a story of resilience and rebuilding that will make you proud to be h...

What would you do if you discovered the person you’d been having a six year romance with didn’t actually exist? This is exactly what happened to entertainer Casey Donovan, winner of Australian Idol and I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. The singer wa...

His first acting role was opposite Hugh Jackman. His YouTube vlogging made him a millennial superstar – his coming out video was watched by more than 8 million people. Now, as one of Australia’s most successful pop artists, he’s been to No. 1 in 60 cou...

In a raw and compelling interview, Angry and his daughter Roxy Anderson open up about the loss of their son and brother, and the challenges they’re facing, in the hope that their words will bring comfort to others. When you’ve had a loss of this magnit...

She’s a national treasure. This freewheeling interview deals with Magda Szubanski’s comedy, her world class giggling, the incredible wartime story of her father, the recent loss of her beloved mother and her reluctant emergence as the face of the Marri...

Fragile yet strong, direct yet elusive, guarded yet painfully honest, Daniel Johns is the most mercurial of interviewees. Andrew describes this intense and compelling journey into the mind of one of Australia’s most extraordinary creative forces as “on...

Two people, two chairs, one conversation, no gimmicks. Known for his unique, honest and sometimes comedic interview technique, Andrew Denton gets under the guard of amazing human beings, finding out who they are away from the headlines.