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Latest episode1 June 2026
Future Perfect
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Kae Tempest on words, music, and feeling in touch with the world

 Kae Tempest is a person of deep feeling, with a rare ability to channel life's beauty, pain, and mysteries into moving works of art.

From his roots as an MC and spoken word…

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Antoinette Lattouf on her legal battle with the ABC and Women Who Win

In late 2023, Antoinette Lattouf had a five day contract to host the mornings program on ABC radio Sydney. It’d normally be a light and breezy week of broadcasting in the pre-Christmas wind…

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Francesca Albanese on the Stories, Words, and Wounds of Palestine

Francesca Albanese is a human rights expert, legal scholar, and one of the world's most significant voices on Palestinian struggle.

As the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, she has…

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The manosphere meets the schoolyard: Dr Stephanie Wescott on teachers' experiences of misogyny

Louis Theroux's new Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere has refocused public attention on how toxic masculinity is incubated online. But what whappens when these often violent, sexist attitudes towards women and girls enter…

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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on trust and lessons for a better world

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers across the world, has grown to become one of the most visited sites on the internet.

Dylan Bird is joined by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales…

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Yanis Varoufakis on Israel, Trump, Iran and Resistance

Yanis Varoufakis is an economist and former Greek finance minister. He’s also a best-selling author of titles including Talking to My Daughter: A Brief History of Capitalism, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism…

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Being Stateless, Aboriginal wage theft, 2024’s best speeches + Mikey Young and Alex Macfarlane

On this year’s final episode of Future Perfect, Dylan is joined by David Manne, Executive Director of Refugee Legal, to explore the federal government's new suite of measures cracking down on refugees and…

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Tackling the manosphere, George Megalogenis on the new state of Aus politics, St Vincent + more

Content warning: this episode contains discussion of gendered violence. If you find any of this distressing, you can seek support via 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732.

Dylan is joined by Dr Stephanie Wescott…

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Trump and Australia, Solving Loneliness, Digital Duty of Care and Essays that Changed Australia

Dylan is joined by Jeff Sparrow to walk us through what Donald Trump’s election win could mean for politics in Australia. (1:02)

Psychologist, author and educator Dr Chris Cheers chats all things loneliness…

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What Trump’s return means for Australia and the world, Leaps of Faith + Patrick Ryan on Cantrips

Dylan is joined by Cam Walker, campaigns coordinator at Friends of the Earth, to unpack what the re-election of Donald Trump could mean for global climate and environmental policy amid the annual United…

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170 years of The Age, The Palestine Laboratory, Harvey Sutherland’s ‘Hummingbird’ + more

Dylan is joined by Dave Nichols, Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, to dive into the history of The Age after the newspaper marked 170 years of publication, and pay…

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Talks and interviews spanning current affairs, politics, society, culture, and music.
From the offbeat to the upbeat. The local to the global. 
Taking stock of where we are, where we've been, and where we're going.

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