This week, Mel is joined by poet, philosopher and educator Antonia Pont, to discuss her latest book Plain Life: On thinking, feeling and deciding, released in August 2025.

Plain Life challenges the way…

The team welcomes Daniel back to the show; crime author Jane Harper chats about her latest book Last One Out: No One Stays Forever; Flick Ford shares her review of Constantine Costi’s The…

This Chicken Life returns for its first summer episode, with Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood, author and illustrator of the children’s book Now You Are a Chicken!, joining Fiona and Jessamy in-studio.

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Investigative journalist and author Bri Lee joins Breakfasters to discuss Seed, her new Antarctica-set novel inspired by the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. She reflects on discovering the vault in 2020, just as…

Justine Costigan (filling in for Amy) chats with poet, linguest, translator and technology writer Judith Bishop. She discusses her latest piece for the the ABR, an essay titled A.I Will kill/save us: Hype…

Poet and co-editor of Overland Evelyn Araluen joins Jess, Charlie and Rachel to discuss the sudden closure of Meanjin, after Melbourne University Publishing decided that the 85 year old literary journal was no…

Author Patrick Marlborough shoots straight with his screwball revenge comedy, Nock Loose; Dr Jen joins the dots between our immune systems and brains; Nat lays out her self-imposed rules; Dr Ahona Guha…

Author Peter Coleman confesses his fascination with the Sins of the Filthy Rich; Dr Jen takes time out of her busy schedule to discuss new science surrounding the four-day work week; Breakfaster beauty…

Beacons of local laughter Kyran and Rhys Nicholson crack open the red cordial for Comedy Republic's 5th birthday; uplifting author Jacinta Parsons shares some lessons on living with her new book, A Wisdom…

Celebrated Australian author Helen Garner joins Mel Fulton on Literati Glitterati to discuss her latest book The Season, which follows her and her youngest grandson's under-16s football team.