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Bonus Episode: Live at Triple R with Jeff Sparrow and Sam Wallman

On this special bonus episode of Future Perfect, former Breakfaster Jeff Sparrow and cartoonist Sam Wallman join Dylan for an RRR In Conversation event from Triple R's Performance Space, to discuss the release…

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'Protest in Peril’, the Alice Springs curfews, reclaiming the Wiradyuri language + more

Dylan is joined by David Mejia-Canales, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, to break down his new report ‘Protest in Peril’, which looks at anti-protest trends across various jurisdictions in Australia…

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French and US elections, Melbourne’s new Mayor + more

Dylan is joined by Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at Monash University, to dig into France’s political future following the leftist coalition beating out Marine Le Pen’s far-right party…

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Triple J and the live music crisis, public transport accessibility, housing for young people + more with guest host Ben Harrington

Guest host Ben Harrington is joined by Sam Whiting, lecturer in Creative Industries at the University of South Australia, to discuss the financial crisis facing Australian musicians and the live music sector, and…

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The highway to climate hell, an update on Ukraine, banning kids from social media + more

Dylan is joined by climate scientist and author Joëlle Gergis to dig into her new Quarterly Essay Highway to Hell: Climate Change and Australia’s Future, which confronts what the future holds if…

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Assange wins right to appeal extradition, the moral panic surrounding refugees, Climate Clangers + music chats

Dylan is joined by Julian Assange’s father John Shipton to update on the campaign to free his son, following the London High Court’s ruling to grant Assange the right to appeal his extradition…

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Arrest warrants for Israel and Hamas, why it's unfair to blame the housing crisis on migration, falling Indigenous participation in footy and Bumpy’s busy year

Dylan is joined by Andrea Furger, Graduate Researcher in International Law at The University of Melbourne and former member of staff at the International Criminal Court, to discuss the ICC Chief Prosecutor’s arrest…

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LGBTQIA+ safety in community sport, Palestine solidarity on uni campuses, Australia’s new gas policy and plants on the Moon

Content warning: this episode contains discussion of homophobia and queerphobia in sport - if you find any of this distressing, you can receive specialised peer support via QLife on 1800 184 527 or

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Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon on securing women's safety, 'Not In My Name', community in the digital age and more

Content warning: our first interview this week touches on issues of domestic violence, sexual assault and violence against women in Australia. If any of these topics are sensitive or impact you, or if

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Scrapped safe injecting room, hostage diplomacy, the Great Forest National Park + more

Dylan is joined by Benita Kolovos, Victorian state correspondent for Guardian Australia, who explains the state government’s decision not to proceed with a second safe injecting room in Melbourne, despite an expert report…

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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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