The Morning Edition

by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
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The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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Recent Episodes
  • Inside Politics: New Labor faces, the divisive Tim Wilson and David Crowe’s farewell
    May 8, 2025 – 24:25
  • Women were once ‘essential’ to the Liberal Party: What happened?
    May 7, 2025 – 18:06
  • Did the Greens become election ‘roadkill’?
    May 6, 2025 – 16:53
  • Inside the Dutton camp: A leader’s downfall
    May 5, 2025 – 18:42
  • Chifley, Hawke, Rudd - Albanese beat them all. But what’s next?
    May 4, 2025 – 19:51
  • A Labor ‘landslide’ and disaster for Dutton
    May 3, 2025 – 24:49
  • Inside Politics: The seats we'll be watching on Saturday
    May 1, 2025 – 22:48
  • Inside Politics Bonus: Inside the challenge for a Liberal Party jewel
    May 1, 2025 – 17:37
  • ‘Have you met Dot yet?’: The AI chatbot luring kids in
    Apr 30, 2025 – 20:57
  • Key moments as Erin Patterson's mushroom murder trial begins
    Apr 30, 2025 – 14:18
  • Do we need a minister for men?
    Apr 29, 2025 – 22:00
  • What Welcome to Country really means
    Apr 28, 2025 – 16:28
  • Inside Politics: Why the environment is MIA in this election
    Apr 29, 2025 – 21:19
  • K’gari dingoes: The danger that can’t be tamed
    Apr 27, 2025 – 21:07
  • Inside Politics: How does polling work and will it be right this time?
    Apr 24, 2025 – 23:10
  • Putin's new 'offer' for Ukraine
    Apr 23, 2025 – 16:32
  • The Australian women being involuntarily sectioned
    Apr 22, 2025 – 21:08
  • 'Just as political as Conclave’: Choosing the next Pope
    Apr 21, 2025 – 17:37
  • Australians love a battler, but crying poor doesn’t work in an election
    Apr 21, 2025 – 20:24
  • Inside Politics: The battle of the teals in Kooyong and Bradfield
    Apr 22, 2025 – 20:55
  • For years doctors dismissed Jenny’s concerns. Now she has months to live
    Apr 20, 2025 – 23:19
  • Inside Politics: Is the campaign getting away from Peter Dutton?
    Apr 17, 2025 – 24:28
  • It's been two weeks since Trump's liberation day. Is the world ok?
    Apr 16, 2025 – 22:36
  • Inside Politics: What we must learn from our 'worst' election campaign
    Apr 16, 2025 – 23:18
  • How the 'worst school in Australia' turned itself around
    Apr 15, 2025 – 17:52
  • 'A pox on your houses': Will new housing policies help first home buyers?
    Apr 14, 2025 – 16:39
  • The Bondi Junction attack: Three minutes to take six lives
    Apr 13, 2025 – 20:19
  • Inside Politics: ‘Gaslighting’ or gas-led recovery?
    Apr 10, 2025 – 21:33
  • Trump’s China tariffs now 125% and the MAGA backlash
    Apr 9, 2025 – 18:29
  • Why gangland figure Tony Mokbel could walk free
    Apr 8, 2025 – 16:54
  • Inside Politics: Dutton’s massive WFH backflip was the ‘right decision’
    Apr 8, 2025 – 21:35
  • Billions wiped: The Australian sharemarket bloodbath
    Apr 7, 2025 – 12:35
  • The private ultrasounds putting mothers and babies at risk
    Apr 6, 2025 – 10:15
  • Inside Politics: What actually happens on the campaign bus
    Apr 3, 2025 – 24:17
  • What do Trump's tariffs mean for Australia?
    Apr 3, 2025 – 10:40
  • Turnbull spoke ‘plain truths’ about Trump. We should probably listen
    Apr 2, 2025 – 18:02
  • More fossil fuels? Dutton’s shock new gas proposal
    Apr 1, 2025 – 21:03
  • Why migration is predicted to plummet
    Mar 31, 2025 – 14:21
  • Inside Politics: The perils of the campaign trail
    Mar 31, 2025 – 20:57
  • Inside Politics Bonus: What to expect from the election campaign
    Mar 28, 2025 – 14:17
  • The dodgy vet, the pet detective and the million-dollar legal battle
    Mar 30, 2025 – 18:44
  • Inside Politics: Peter Dutton’s speech, and let the election begin 
    Mar 27, 2025 – 21:25
  • America is becoming more like China. Is this Trump's end game?
    Mar 26, 2025 – 21:14
  • Budget 2025: Labor’s surprise tax cuts
    Mar 25, 2025 – 23:16
  • What’s wrong with the Botox gold rush happening online
    Mar 24, 2025 – 17:03
  • ‘Never kiss the ring: How Canada is fighting Trump’
    Mar 23, 2025 – 16:55
  • Inside Politics: The budget drop-a-thon
    Mar 20, 2025 – 22:50
  • It's not only Trump, America's inequality is 'savage'
    Mar 19, 2025 – 14:57
  • The tobacco tax causing carnage in our streets
    Mar 18, 2025 – 15:38
  • The subs that launched a thousand...questions. On board the AUKUS submarine
    Mar 17, 2025 – 16:53
Recent Reviews
  • Bilas Peles
    Interesting, mainly Australian topics
    Well presented and concise explanations of topics of importance, using interviews and research. Heavy on Australian and US topics.
  • Chloe Barry-Hang
    An essential
    Love listening in and hearing from such talented reporters. Interesting topics also
  • Brett Goldsmith
    Best podcast available, great job everyone.
    Truly interesting information, very impressive.
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