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It is a diverse mix of news and current affairs, lifestyle and entertainment. Money matters, science and technology, spiritual questions, human and family issues are discussed with experts, and listeners are given many opportunities for interaction and...

Insomniacs, shift workers, truck drivers, and fishermen are some of the people Madeleine Randall keeps company on ABC Local Radio's Early Morning program across Australia. Madeleine joined the ABC in 1983, presenting radio in Hobart, Newcastle, across...

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...

The program is a seductive mix of forms ranging through short monologues, songs, dialogues, essays, poems, short stories, cut-ups, columns, speeches, recipes, sound art, rants, environmental recordings, weather reports and instrumental music.

Airplay is Radio National's weekly program of new Australian radio writing and performance. Airplay's half-hour dramatic fictions experiment with form and explore a wide range of subjects, genres and styles, aiming to offer programs which are innovative...

What's witty, smart, entertaining, informative and new? Its the Quiz, right here on Radio National, with your host, Michael Cathcart. Each Saturday afternoon, tune in to test your wits against our panel of contestants as they delve into the mysteries...

For more than 30 years distinguished broadcaster John Cargher has presented this popular program with great singers of the world. With an aim to broaden the horizons of music lovers John selects popular arias, and lesser known works – creating a rich...

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. PoeticA...

In a media world where documentaries and features are endangered species, Radio Eye presents the best of both forms from Australia and around the world.

The Makers follows the creative process as artists, musicians, directors and performers struggle to give their ideas form or to re-work and re-interpret existing material. You can hear The Makers as part of Sunday Morning with Julie Copeland after 10am,...

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 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.

First Person is a serialised reading of a published autobiography, broadcast every weekday. We aim to broadcast the best of current and classic personal narratives - including memoirs, travel writing, diaries and letters. We choose books for fine writing...

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

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 results...