The Radio National Hour
ABC
A weekday magazine-style current affairs program hosted by one of Australia's pre-eminent and loved interviewers. Drawing on Fran's extensive current affairs and cultural knowledge, The Radio National Hour takes a thoughtful, deep dive into the important and challenging issues, and brings insightful and engaging conversations with big names in the arts, sport and culture.
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Oct 27, 2025 • 55min
Is the Coalition playing a net zero sum game?
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
Oct 24, 2025 • 55min
Trump takes a wrecking ball to the White House, literally
A New South Wales MP has taken the extraordinary step of using his parliamentary privilege to name a man who confessed as a teenager to killing three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer after her abduction from Fairy Meadow Beach in Wollongong fifty-five years ago. Jeremy Buckingham says Cheryl's family has been repeatedly failed by the justice system.
Oct 23, 2025 • 55min
Could Australia benefit from having a co-operative supermarket chain?
Compelling conversations on issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.
Oct 22, 2025 • 55min
'There is no diginity for Gazans' - promised aid yet to materialise
The head of the World Health Organization is warning of a 'health catastrophe' that could last 'generations' in Gaza unless aid deliveries are dramatically scaled up. He points not only to the lack of aid but also the injuries that are going untreated and the mental trauma endured by Palestinians. Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam's head of policy for the occupied Palestinian territory says
Oct 21, 2025 • 55min
The PM strikes a critical deal with the US, but was a rare price paid?
Kylie Morris brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge, entertain and inspire us.
Oct 20, 2025 • 55min
How Donald Trump turned the White House into a TV set
Michael Rowland brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
Oct 17, 2025 • 55min
The Radio National Hour
Fran Kelly brings you compelling conversations on issues that challenge,entertain and inspire us.
Oct 16, 2025 • 55min
Malala Yousafzai sheds her 'mythical heroine' cloak
The story of Malala Yousafzai is seared into our memories; the 15 year old school girl shot in the face by the Taliban in 2012. It’s a story that writes itself, but in her new, deeply personal memoir, Finding My Way she shares a very different one.
Oct 15, 2025 • 55min
Can Donald Trump force Hamas to disarm with threats of 'violence'?
“A people in waiting..” that’s how one Palestinian describes hundreds of thousands caught in a holding pattern in Gaza. Relieved by an end to the bombing, but barely able to survive. Hamas has returned to the streets, brandishing weapons.
Oct 14, 2025 • 55min
Palestinian prisoners return to shattered homes and communities
Thousands of Palestinians have been released from Israeli custody in exchange for the hostages taken by Hamas. But Israel is choosing to keep some important figures imprisoned. Palestinian physician and politician Dr Mustafa Barghouti says these people could be future leaders of a Palestinian state.
