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Society & Culture

Official website: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/as-she-rises

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Climate change can feel overwhelming. Wonder Media Network's As She Rises highlights stories of climate progress led by women to give us the hope we need to keep going. From the Pacific Northwest to the Samoan islands, the show, hosted by Grace Lynch, celebrates and acknowledges the incredible work it takes to move one step forward in protecting our planet, and the people on it. A new season starts today.

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Society & Culture

Official website: https://play.acast.com/s/the-food-that-built-america

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_With Acast:_ The Food That Built America has returned for Season 2. The podcast tells the extraordinary true stories of titans who revolutionised the food industry and transformed American life and culture in the process. Expect the dramas and breakthroughs of some of the most recognisable brands on the planet, taking place behind the scenes yet making it all the way to our plates.

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History

Official website: www.messageheard.com

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The award-winning Untold Killing returns for a second series, this time exploring the story of Prijedor - one Bosnian municipality’s descent from a peaceful, multi-ethnic society into a collection of burning towns and torture-filled concentration camps. It's produced by Message Heard.

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Science

Official website: https://www.discovery.com

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Curiosity Daily is back - in less than 15 minutes, the show can give you all the interesting tidbits about the most covered or obscure topics of our day, while making you smarter in just a few minutes. The show has new hosts - Calli Gade and Nate Bonham. Today's episode talks volcanoes, salt in batteries, and 'how scientists have no idea why animals keep evolving into crabs'.

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News

Official website: https://www.9news.com.au/politics

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Australia is just about to go into a federal election, and On The Trail: Election 2022 is the first of a number of podcasts we'd expect to launch about 'Scomo vs Albo'. On The Trail is from 9 News, and hosted by Charles Croucher; it's a weekly show with some of Nine's radio stars and 9 News's Political Editor, Chris Uhlmann.

News

Official website: https://www.2gb.com/show/afternoons-with-deborah-knight/

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Also new from Nine Radio, Deb Knight’s Pollie Waffle is an in-depth long-form interview series, hosted by 2GB's Deb Knight, interviewing pollies - over a plate of waffles. (Genuinely.)

© 2026 2GB

True Crime

Official website: http://www.deadandgonepodcast.com/

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Is the description "Deadhead" sometimes a bit too literal? From Tenderfoot and Double Elvis, Dead and Gone is returning for a new season. The show focuses on mysterious deaths of fans of the band Grateful Dead, and will look at three tragedies that have taken place over twenty years.

© 2020 Tenderfoot TV & Double Elvis Productions. All Rights Reserved.

Education, Science

Official website: http://www.epiafterdark.com

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Epi After Dark launches today. An educational and scientific podcast about the dark and mysterious world of the most fascinating pathogens, we're told it's a "whirlwind of powerful information - imagine going on a psychedelic adventure through hell where your tour guide is a mysterious entity who may be trying to sacrifice you, set to the backdrop of a dilapidated circus where the previous ringmaster was eaten by lions".

© 2022 T "Snack Pax" Hardy

Fiction

Official website: https://stak.london/shows/jackie-the-ripper/

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_From Acast:_ Jackie the Ripper is a comedy-drama retelling of the infamous Whitechapel killings of the 19th century — but in this modern twist, men are the victims of the dark, grisly murders. Season two started this week.

© Stakhanov Industries Ltd

News

Official website: https://www.vox.com/todayexplained

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Today, Explained is now on the radio, with more than twelve public radio stations in the US taking the show. The story from _Current_ highlights some of the reasons some stations aren't taking the show: fear of competition, or "not made here".

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