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Nightlife with Phil Clark and Sarah MacDonald has everything you need to get you through the night, seven nights a week.

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    George Eliot lived a scandal filled life but left behind one of English literature's great novels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 22:27


    Virginia Woolf once described Middlemarch as one of the few English novels 'for grown ups'

    What antiques still have value and why?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 38:58


    Thinking of downsizing or sorting through a loved one's estate? Wondering what to do with that old furniture, jewellery, or china cabinet full of “treasures”?

    The Nightlife Mighty Challenge: Friday 27th February

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 46:12


    Are you into your trivia? Calling all connoisseurs of cryptic to the ONLY quiz played live, all around Australia...Join the host of Weekend Nightlife Suzanne Hill for The Mighty Challenge! 

    History of Wikipedia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 53:09


    Founded twenty-five years ago this editable internet encyclopedia is used by millions to pull up instantaneous information on any person and subject. It has been compared to a termite mound, with thousands of people contributing tiny increments to make it immense. Who actually writes it and how can the information be verified as being accurate?

    Nightlife Foreign Correspondent — NATO increases defence spending

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 13:41


    Adam Easton is the BBC's Warsaw Correspondent joined Chris Taylor on Nightlife

    The Mighty Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 68:27


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    What does 'use-by' vs 'best before' mean on food labels?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 14:54


    Australian households could be throwing out up to $2,500 a year of perfectly good food, because of unclear labelling

    Nightlife News Breakdown with Greg Jericho, columnist with the Guardian

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 18:08


    Greg Jericho, columnist with the Guardian and Chief Economist at the Australia Institute joined Chris Taylor for Nightlife News Breakdown

    Thursday night music with Shaun Alexander — Grandmaster Flash

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 27:39


    Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 15:06


    Ian Verrender, ABC's Business and Finance Editor, joined Tim Webster on Nightlife to discuss the latest economic, business and finance news.

    Mitch McTaggart — Crazy moments in Australian Television

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 50:12


    Mitch McTaggart has trawled through the archive, and in his unique comedic style, looks at all of the crazy, strange, and unusual things that made it to air in Australia's television history. 

    Lifting your pie game with Alice Zaslavsky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 11:32


    Alice Zaslavsky, host of A Bite To Eat with Alice,  joined Tim Webster on Nightlife to talk everything pies. 

    Nightlife News Breakdown with Paul Bongiorno, veteran political journalist and columnist with The Saturday Paper"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 21:00


    Paul Bongiorno, veteran political journalist and columnist with "The Saturday Paper" joined Tim Webster for Nightlife News Breakdown

    The Mighty Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 54:20


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    Nightlife News Breakdown with Sara Tomevska, SBS Political correspondent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 16:05


    Sara Tomevska, SBS Political correspondent joined Tim Webster for Nightlife News Breakdown

    Sports Analysis with Warwick Hadfield

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 21:31


    Sports Broadcaster and Author Warwick Hadfield joined Tim Webster on Nightlife to discuss the latest news and issues in sports with his weekly wrap on events.

    The Mighty Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 61:38


    Categories include: Kings & Queens, 1970s Music, Journeys, Here Comes The Brides, Words That Can Go After "Full"

    Nightlife Travel - Vietnam

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 20:42


    Travel Journalist and podcaster Belle Jackson shared the must see places when travelling to Vietnam.

    Global markets with Roger Montgomery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 47:20


    Roger Montomery, the Founder and Chairman of Montgomery Investment Management joined Tim Webster on Nightlife to unpack how global tensions are impacting markets.

    Nightlife Screen Stuff with Wenlei Ma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 11:53


    Critic of screens large and small, Wenlei Ma joins Tim Webster on Nightlife to review the latest to watch.

    Nightlife News Breakdown with Mark Kenny, Canberra Times' political analyst

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 28:38


    Mark Kenny, Canberra Times' political analyst and a professor at the ANU's Australian Studies Institute, and host of  the Democracy Sausage podcast, joined Tim Webster for Nightlife News Breakdown

    Nightlife Science with Zoe Kean

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 28:25


    The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first three images that show the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas and the Virgo Cluster with astronomers saying they are unlike anything they've seen before.

    The Mighty Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 42:49


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    How do we stop teachers leaving the profession in droves?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 50:12


     How do we retain our educators as they leave schools across city and country Australia, amidst what's being called a 'culture of disrespect' in our classrooms? 

    The origins of the Seven Deadly Sins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 24:00


    There were originally eight when a Christian monk came up with the list in the fourth century. Hear more about the origins of the Seven Deadly Sins and how they remain relevant in modern society with Dr Jonathan Zecher, a Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University

    What did the death of three men mean for the Cherokee people?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 26:51


    On this day June 22 1839, the assassination of three men was committed, which brought tragedy to the Cherokee people for years to come. 

    The Nightlife History Quiz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 49:25


    Are you into your trivia? Calling all connoisseurs of cryptic to the ONLY quiz played live, all around Australia...Join the host of Weekend Nightlife Suzanne Hill for The History Quiz! 

    Art on the Screen with Lorraine Kypiotis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 29:40


    Do you pay much attention to the extra symbolic layers of art in movies? Lorraine Kypiotis joins Suzanne Hill on Nightlife to paint a picture.

    The Best Years of Richard Clapton's Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 35:37


    Richard Clapton takes Nightlife on a journey through songs that influenced his career from the 60s to early 2000s.

    Richard Burton's Sixty-Eight Carat Apology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 24:51


    Hollywood's infamously tumultuous love story between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton took the idea of an 'apology gift' to another level. Specifically, by Burton buying Taylor a 68 carat diamond.

    The Nightlife Pop Quiz: Saturday 21st June

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 55:48


    Test your knowledge of all things pop culture with the 100% original, custom-built Nightlife Pop Quiz!

    Cracking the code on packaging symbols! What not to fall for

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 16:38


    For Nightlife's regular session Waste Not Want Not, resident Garbologist Bel Chellingworth focuses on sustainability topics and answering listeners questions.

    The Nightlife Mighty Challenge: Friday 20th June

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 49:37


    Are you into your trivia? Calling all connoisseurs of cryptic to the ONLY quiz played live, all around Australia...Join the host of Weekend Nightlife Suzanne Hill for The Mighty Challenge! 

    Susan Neuhaus Literary Lunch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 23:24


    The literary lunch guest for you is an Australian who worked in Afghanistan as a surgeon with Australia's Armed Forces.

    Australia's flourishing zine scene

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 20:03


    Zines have never been more popular, so what's the appeal of these flimy, idiosyncratic publications? 

    Nightlife Foreign Correspondent — UK ponders response to Mid East crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 12:00


    Rachel Wearmouth, Supervising Producer based in the ABC's Europe bureau joined Tim Webster on Nightlife.

    Nightlife News Breakdown with Tina Quinn, journalist with Seven News

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 19:10


    Tina Quinn , journalist with Seven News and host of The Fourth Estate podcast and radio show joined Tim Webster for Nightlife News Breakdown

    Nightlife Crime — The Gangland War's Public Toll

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 19:29


    Crime Editor for The Daily Telegraph, Mark Morri, joined Tim Webster with the latest and disturbing trend of the gangland wars being played out in public.

    Motortorque with Toby Hagon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 48:42


    Toby Hagon from EV Central joined Tim Webster where he brought us the latest motoring news and answered your questions.The top selling EV in the country is now banned for P-platers in many parts of the country and reports are hinting that a road user charge might be back on the agenda for EVs.

    The Mighty Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 59:09


    Categories include: Where Else But Queensland, Prisoners of War, Horn and Ivory, Pot Luck, Fruit and Veg

    Nightlife News Breakdown with Katina Curtis, Canberra bureau chief for The West Australian

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 20:07


    Katina Curtis, Canberra bureau chief for The West Australian joined Chris Taylor for Nightlife News Breakdown. 

    How AI is being used to detect skin cancer quicker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 7:33


    The detection of melanoma and a range of other skin diseases could become faster and more accurate with a new AI powered tool 

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