The Morning Edition
The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Show overview
The Morning Edition launched in 2025 and has put out 206 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 75 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 18 min and 24 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-AU-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 180 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 180 episodes published. Published by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
From the publisher
The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.