20 Best SMH & The Age Podcasts

1. Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions

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Since late 2020, the case of missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick has captivated the country. A seemingly successful businesswoman from Sydney's eastern suburbs went missing after authorities raided her Dover Heights home amid questions over an unlicensed financial planning business.Sydney Morning Herald investigative journalist Kate McClymont would reveal key details of a massive Ponzi scheme and a $23 million fraud that ripped off investors including her family and friends as Caddick lived the high life of overseas trips, cars and high end fashion...MORE Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 2.2KFacebook 1.4MTwitter 923.4KInstagram 433.9K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. The Drop

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The Drop is a weekly show tackling the latest in the world of pop culture and entertainment. Why does it seem like everything on television is based on a true story? Why is Kate Bush back in the charts? How did Pete Davidson get so popular? Join host Osman Faruqi and The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's team of culture writers and critics as they answer these questions and more along with interviews with musicians, actors, film makers and everyone involved in the world of culture.MORE Hosts Osman Faruqi, Thomas Mitchell, Meg Watson
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 188Facebook 1.4MTwitter 923.4KInstagram 433.9K Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Good Weekend Talks

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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.MORE Hosts Katrnia Strickland, Konrad Marshall
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 314Facebook 1.4MTwitter 923.4KInstagram 433.9K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Naked City

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Take a journey into the dark depths of the Australian criminal underworld with Australia's most formidable crime reporter - John Silvester.https://www.theage.com.au/topic/naked-city-jbi#crime #truecrime #police #newsMORE Host John Silvester
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 2.8KFacebook 569.3KTwitter 867.3KInstagram 243.4K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

5. The Confession

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The Confession is a podcast where the justice system itself is on trial.At the centre of it all is Katia Pyliotis, accused of bludgeoning a man with a statue of the Virgin Mary. Four years of Katia's life is spent behind bars, until the truth emerges because of a stroke of luck. When an item thought long lost is suddenly found and the spotlight is shifted from Katia to her accusers, the police.Richard Baker tells the story of a murder, a botched trial and the system that allowed it to happen.See our website for more exclusive content: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/the-confession-podcast-6fs2MORE Hosts The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, The Sydney Morning Herald
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 731Facebook 569.3KTwitter 867.3KInstagram 243.4K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. Phoebe's Fall

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A major investigation by The Age newsroom in Melbourne, Australia, into the death of Phoebe Handsjuk, who was found at the bottom of a garbage chute in a luxury apartment building.
Hosts Richard Baker, Michael Bachelard
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 1.5KFacebook 569.3KTwitter 867.3KInstagram 433.9K Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

7. Real Footy

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The best footy writers from The Age and SMH bring you the weekly lowdown on all things AFL.If you like the pod, please take the time to rate & review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. We love to hear from you and it makes it easier for the rest of the podcast world to find us.And, why not become a subscriber? Our supporters power our newsrooms and are critical for the sustainability of news coverage. Becoming a subscriber also gets you exclusive behind-the-scenes content and invitations to special events...MORE Host Michael Gleeson
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 477Facebook 569.3KTwitter 24.8KInstagram 243.4K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Bondi Badlands

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Bondi Badlands, a podcast from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, investigates a series of murders and mysterious disappearances of gay men that happened on the southern headland at Sydney's Bondi Beach in the late 1980s and early 1990s. When a high profile TV newsreader and weatherman disappeared on the Bondi cliff tops on a frigid winter's night in July 1989, it received nationwide news coverage but such a shoddy police investigation that links would not be drawn to a series of other murders at Bondi and across Sydney at the time.More than a decade later, one police investigator wou..MORE Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 323Facebook 1.4MTwitter 923.4KInstagram 433.9K Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Wrong Skin

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Wrong Skin: a relationship banned under traditional law. An investigation into an unsolved suspicious death and a missing person in the Australian outback.
Host Richard Baker
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1.5KFacebook 569.3KTwitter 867.3KInstagram 243.4K Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

10. News with The Age

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Welcome to News with The Age, your daily news briefing from the newspaper in Melbourne everyone turns to.Drawing from the best journalism in the country, News with The Age brings you the most important local, national and world politics, business, sport and entertainment news of the day directly from Australia's most authoritative newsroom.MORE Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 74Facebook 569.3KTwitter 867.3KInstagram 243.4K Get Email Contact

11. Flight of Fancy

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Fun, funny and wise: Flight of Fancy with Ben Groundwater is an exploration of all things travel, for those with a thirst for seeing the world.
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 340 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. Enough

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Being a young person is hard enough, but when you add a global health crisis to the mix things are really tough.Before COVID-19, almost half of Australians aged 18-24 were experiencing moderate to high levels of psychological distress. And this had been on the rise for years. The pandemic has only made it harder...MORE Hosts Sophie Aubrey, Jewel Topsfield
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Reviews 43Facebook 1.4MTwitter 923.4KInstagram 433.9K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. It All Adds Up

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Welcome to It All Adds Up the podcast where we make money easy to understand so that listeners can begin building their financial wealth.We're going to cover topics like: investing for the first time, crypto, how do interest rates work, how to crack into the property market, saving for retirement.Join The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's senior economics writer Jessica Irvine and money editor Dominic Powell from August 25 as they try to help you make it all add up.MORE Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Reviews 63Facebook 1.4MTwitter 923.4KInstagram 433.9K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. The Last Voyage of the Pong Su

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A North Korean dictator, bags of heroin, drug lords, spooks, sailors, Australian cops and a web of lies: Come aboard The Last Voyage of The Pong Su.
Host Richard Baker
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.9KFacebook 569.3KTwitter 867.3KInstagram 243.4K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. News with The Sydney Morning Herald

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Welcome to News with The Sydney Morning Herald, your daily news briefing from the newspaper in Sydney everyone turns to.Drawing from the best journalism in the country, News with The Sydney Morning Herald brings you the most important local, national and world politics, business, sport and entertainment news of the day directly from Australia's most authoritative newsroom.MORE Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 95 Get Email Contact

16. Trial by Water

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Trial by Water is an investigative podcast series about Robert Farquharson, who has been locked up for decades for an unthinkable crime: murdering his three sons in a dam on Father's Day, 2005.Now scientists and lawyers are asking the question: did we get it wrong? And is this man in prison for a crime he didn't commit?MORE Host Michael Bachelard
Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 728 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Inside Politics

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Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age with host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.MORE Hosts Jacqueline Maley, David Crowe
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Apple Reviews 12 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Futurepreneur

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As Australia emerges from its Covid-induced slumber what does the future look like for the companies that will reignite the economy?From the makers of Please Explain, Bondi Badlands and Pheobe's Fall comes Futurepreneur, a new podcast in partnership with Optus that will talk to the people building the future of the Australian economy about the challenges they faced in their business journeys.From hiring and firing, to convincing people to invest, overcoming self doubt and maintaining momentum when they've achieved success, Futurepreneur takes you inside the life of a startup.Hosted by Austra..MORE Producer/Network SMH & The Age
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Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact