Behind the Lines

Come behind the scenes at the Guardian Australia newsroom. We talk to our journalists about the stories they’ve written and how they came to write them. If there are particular articles you’d like us to discuss, please do get in touch

Recent Episodes
  • Introducing Breathless: The Death of David Dungay Jnr
    Jul 27, 2018 – 00:20:45
  • How did we start Guardian Australia? Behind the lines podcast
    May 25, 2018 – 00:20:47
  • Tim Winton on men, boys and writing 'with my heart in my mouth' – Behind the Lines podcast
    Apr 9, 2018 – 01:11:42
  • Introducing Common Ground – Behind the Lines podcast
    Nov 1, 2017 – 00:21:45
  • Brigid Delaney on wellness: yoga, colonics and 'the commodification of spirituality' – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jul 24, 2017 – 00:18:32
  • Sexual assault and Australian universities: how big is the problem? – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jun 21, 2017 – 00:54:25
  • 'Trump can't stop progress on climate change' – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jun 1, 2017 – 00:35:42
  • Black Lives Matter: 'We're trying to re-imagine humanity' – Behind the Lines podcast
    May 22, 2017 – 00:30:29
  • Katharine Viner and Lenore Taylor: Does the truth matter? - Behind The Lines Podcast
    Mar 18, 2017 – 01:09:26
  • Thomas Frank: Donald Trump is right but a hypocrite – Behind the Lines podcast
    Mar 17, 2017 – 00:32:06
  • How 'alt-right' ideology leaked into mainstream Australian politics – Behind the Lines podcast
    Mar 2, 2017 – 00:19:50
  • The lighter side of 2016 – Behind the Lines podcast
    Dec 30, 2016 – 00:25:16
  • Ms Dhu: how an Aboriginal death in custody unfolded – Behind the Lines podcast
    Dec 22, 2016 – 00:19:41
  • What is your teenager doing online? – Behind the lines podcast
    Dec 14, 2016 – 00:18:45
  • 'We need a moratorium on all coalmines': Naomi Klein in conversation – Behind the Lines podcast
    Nov 10, 2016 – 00:47:56
  • 'All they see is your race, because that is what's written on your body' | Christina Ho
    Oct 27, 2016 – 00:25:08
  • Pauline Hanson voters speak: 'I'm utterly disappointed in the way our country is run' – Behind the Lines podcast
    Oct 6, 2016 – 00:19:47
  • David Marr at Fodi: can we solve the asylum seeker crisis? – Behind the Lines podcast
    Sep 7, 2016 – 00:41:38
  • How Guardian Australia broke the Nauru files story – Behind the Lines podcast
    Aug 11, 2016 – 00:20:46
  • Dr Munjed Al Muderis' journey to Australia – Behind the Lines podcast
    Aug 9, 2016 – 00:13:08
  • Kristina Keneally: what has Malcolm Turnbull got himself into? - Behind the Lines podcast
    Jul 8, 2016 – 00:23:18
  • Lenore Taylor and Katharine Murphy on a 'strange, upside-down' election – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jul 2, 2016 – 00:37:53
  • Gay Alcorn in Indi: voices from a divided electorate – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jul 1, 2016 – 00:19:45
  • Attack ads: do they actually work? – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jun 28, 2016 – 00:26:42
  • Is spending billions more on education a price worth paying? – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jun 22, 2016 – 00:25:33
  • How to show 'the stench of death' on the Great Barrier Reef – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jun 15, 2016 – 00:19:46
  • Van Badham: don't fall for the same old neoliberal election ads – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jun 13, 2016 – 00:25:39
  • David Marr: Shorten would be a good Victorian premier, but would he make a good PM?
    Jun 7, 2016 – 00:26:11
  • Kristina Keneally: the truth about election tax cut promises – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jun 7, 2016 – 00:34:35
  • Richard Ackland: 'Where is George Brandis?' – Behind the Lines podcast
    Jun 1, 2016 – 00:15:23
  • Kristina Keneally on why the leaders' debate doesn't matter – Behind the Lines podcast
    May 30, 2016 – 00:27:03
  • David Marr on the one thing that's stopping the Coalition from ruling forever – Behind the Lines podcast
    May 24, 2016 – 00:24:05
  • NBN raids: how independent are the federal police? – Behind the Lines podcast with Kristina Keneally
    May 23, 2016 – 00:31:31
  • David Marr asks: could Bill Shorten win? And why is everyone so scared of the Greens?
    May 18, 2016 – 00:23:44
  • Women in politics in a world ruled by middle-aged white men – Behind the Lines podcast
    May 16, 2016 – 00:31:06
  • How to understand the numbers flying around election 2016 - Behind the Lines Podcast
    May 12, 2016 – 00:22:52
  • How is everyone going to survive an eight-week election campaign? – Behind the Lines podcast
    May 9, 2016 – 00:32:43
  • Why journalists are locked up for the budget - Behind the Lines podcast
    May 3, 2016 – 00:14:00
  • 'Superannuation is a giant rip-off' and other election pitches - Behind the Lines podcast
    May 1, 2016 – 00:32:24
  • Paul Farrell on the 'surprising and disturbing' police investigation of his work – Behind the Lines podcast
    Apr 19, 2016 – 00:14:01
  • Behind the lines podcast: what kind of PM would Shorten make? What will he die in a ditch for?
    Apr 11, 2016 – 00:25:52
  • How personal stories are shaping the debate on marriage equality - Behind the Lines
    Apr 5, 2016 – 00:23:27
  • What can we expect from the report of Victoria's royal commission into family violence? - Behind the Lines podcast
    Mar 28, 2016 – 00:15:02
  • Why do children in remote Indigenous communities need open heart surgery?
    Mar 25, 2016 – 00:12:36
  • David Marr on George Pell: He is not a man to put abused children above the church
    Mar 3, 2016 – 00:20:07
  • Behind the Lines podcast: in the NT, can you really tell if someone has air-con just by looking at them?
    Feb 25, 2016 – 00:22:34
  • Behind the Lines podcast: the day our opinion editor was groped by a stranger at dinner
    Feb 12, 2016 – 00:27:40
  • Behind the Lines podcast: a hoax and a trial
    Jan 28, 2016 – 00:33:34
  • Behind the Lines podcast preview: the Parramatta shooting
    Jan 10, 2016 – 00:03:03
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