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The Morning Edition

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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50 episodes

Oct 2, 2025•—

Introducing: Diagnosing Murder

Oct 5, 2025•—

The deaths at Alva Beach. Was this a case of self-defence?

Oct 6, 2025•—

Free range? Or food fraud? The new tech exposing ‘bogus’ Australian food labels

Oct 7, 2025•—

Wi-Fi on the long-haul: Is the final frontier of silence over?

Oct 8, 2025•—

Japan poised to elect first female leader – 'Iron Lady' Sanae Takaichi

Oct 9, 2025•—

Tim Wilson on Hastie's exit, and bringing back that 'big Liberal energy'

Oct 12, 2025•—

A Melbourne father accused of a crime. An American lawyer thinks he's innocent

Oct 13, 2025•—

Hostages free after 737 days, but is the war over?

Oct 14, 2025•—

Will the treasurer’s “humiliating” tax backflip help, or hurt you?

Oct 15, 2025•—

We have them. Trump wants them. Are rare earths Australia’s secret superpower?

Oct 16, 2025•—

Albanese meets with Trump next week. Anything could happen

Oct 19, 2025•—

Victoria's treaty is an Australian first. What will this agreement mean?

Oct 20, 2025•—

They might rescue you from danger. But is Westpac Rescue safe?

Oct 21, 2025•—

Inside the Trump and Albanese meeting: two deals and a humiliation

Oct 22, 2025•—

Have we just seen a tipping point in the US-China fight for supremacy?

Oct 23, 2025•—

Bill Shorten on Albanese's Trump triumph, and the opposition's next move

Oct 26, 2025•—

Fake pubic hair on a g-string for $70, a joke? Not if you're Kim Kardashian

Oct 27, 2025•—

2025 Good Food Guide Awards: The revealing trends and best restaurants

Oct 28, 2025•—

The private powerbroker who has Lachlan Murdoch’s ear

Oct 29, 2025•—

Is Prince Andrew an existential crisis for the monarchy?

Oct 30, 2025•—

Inflation figures were bad, so why focus on Albanese’s T-shirt?

Nov 2, 2025•—

'The most intense attack of my career': Alex Greenwich on what happened with Mark Latham

Nov 3, 2025•—

An impending 'Spermageddon': New study on the everyday chemicals lowering sperm count

Nov 4, 2025•—

A birthing trend is leading to deaths. Why is 'freebirthing' growing in popularity?

Nov 5, 2025•—

Our hospitals and GPs are struggling. Are Albanese’s fixes working?

Nov 6, 2025•—

Jane Hume on rebranding net zero, and Hastie's abortion comments

Nov 9, 2025•—

REDs is the hot topic among athletes and amateurs, but is it real?

Nov 10, 2025•—

John Laws: The power of one Sydney shockjock

Nov 11, 2025•—

Blood and honour: why couldn’t the NSW Government stop a neo-Nazi rally?

Nov 12, 2025•—

The NYT asked if women ruined the workplace. Women had some thoughts

Nov 13, 2025•—

Inside Politics: The Coalition’s net zero word salad, and Ley’s leadership ‘not safe’

Nov 16, 2025•—

Wasting billions: The government system hurting your hip pocket

Nov 17, 2025•—

Trump and Epstein: How significant are the new emails?

Nov 18, 2025•—

The political 'killing season' has begun, so who are the new leaders?

Nov 19, 2025•—

The 'helpers' of Singapore – raising expat children, while never seeing their own

Nov 20, 2025•—

Albanese wants to protect Australia ‘as it is’. But is it good enough?

Nov 23, 2025•—

'Blood oil': How Australia is funding Russia's war

Nov 24, 2025•—

Why the BOM spent $96 million on its website

Nov 25, 2025•—

‘They view it as a contagion’: Why Trump wants our migrant data

Nov 26, 2025•—

'Nice is nice': How a dancing Robert Irwin became America's antidote

Nov 27, 2025•—

Barnaby defects, Hanson offends and Sussan Ley comes on the podcast

Nov 30, 2025•—

How real is the rise of One Nation?

Dec 1, 2025•—

Why shark attacks in Australia are increasing

Dec 2, 2025•—

Will ‘gentle density’ help fix our housing stupidity?

Dec 3, 2025•—

Kate McClymont on the fake accountant, the solicitor, and the stolen millions

Dec 4, 2025•—

$100k flights, uncomfortable truth about PM's wedding, and the fight over social media

Dec 7, 2025•—

Blood on the ground: What’s happening in Sudan

Dec 8, 2025•—

What happens when social media goes ‘dark’ for Australian teens

Dec 9, 2025•—

The sex offenders being protected under secretive orders

Dec 10, 2025•—

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