The Wheeler Centre

On the eve of Meredith Music Festival – where he’s playing with his band, Shellac – revered sound engineer and musician Steve Albini reflects on his storied career, his cultural and musical influences, recording and independent music, in conversation with broadcaster and music programmer Woody McDonald.

Join this power couple of American literature as they interview each other on family and creativity. Find out how their partnership extends across various aspects of their lives, from raising children, to making marriage work and balancing their literary endeavours.

A conversation with 'comma queen' Mary Norris, The New Yorker's copy editor and grammar guru.

Discuss the complexities of gender and power with the formidable critical faculties of Meghan Daum, Jane Caro, Geraldine Brooks, Nakkiah Lui and Sally Warhaft.

Introducing Better Off Dead – a new podcast from Andrew Denton and the Wheeler Centre. Listen to a preview of our first episode, and visit wheelercentre.com/betteroffdead to hear more.

In an extended conversation, journalist and biographer Kerry O'Brien speaks with former Australian prime minister Paul Keating about reconciliation, a republic, international relations, recollections of time in parliament and the power and value of the arts and culture.

David Marr’s Quarterly Essay 59 examines the background and leadership style of Bill Shorten, the Labor Party and their relationship with the trade union movement and more. Sophie Black joins Marr for a conversation about the man who would be Prime Minister.

What does ‘Aboriginal feminism’ look like, and how might the feminist movement better accommodate difference while still presenting a united front in the fight for broader equality? What are the most pressing issues facing Indigenous women today? With host Maxine Beneba Clarke, Celeste Liddle and Melissa Lucashenko.

Two decades since her diagnosis, Christine Bryden has written several books, been elected to the board of Alzheimer’s Disease International, travelled the world as an advocate in the Alzheimer’s movement and even remarried. Joined by husband Paul Bryden, she shares her remarkable story of defiance and resilience with host Natasha Mitchell.

Host Sophie Cunningham asks how urban sprawl, climate change, Indigenous affairs – even globalisation – affect the way Australian writers view and present the land today. Is the Australian landscape as powerful and evocative a character as ever? And, with such a diverse geography, does it even make sense to regard the land as a single literary subject? With Cate Kennedy and Adrian Hyland.