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The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

131 episodesEN-AU

Show overview

The Morning Edition launched in 2025 and has put out 131 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 50 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 25 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 yesterday, with 105 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 105 episodes published. Published by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.

Episodes
131
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
21 min
Cadence
Near-daily

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.

Latest Episodes

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Does a broken promise matter in a broken system, and Angus Taylor’s migrant plan

May 14, 202627 min

Taiwan, trade and the balance of power: What’s at stake when Trump meets Xi Jinping

May 13, 202624 min

Zoomers, boomers and a federal budget that could fix housing

May 12, 202626 min

Will One Nation push Labor to reshape our society?

May 11, 202620 min

A fiery air crash in the Top End – and a miracle by Aussie doctors who saved a US marine

May 10, 202622 min

‘Popcorn out’ for Farrer by-election, plus the RBA’s pointed comments on government spending

May 7, 202627 min

Once dominant fascist powers, Japan and Germany are now saving democracy

May 6, 202619 min

David Attenborough is 100. His legacy may be very different than you think

May 5, 202626 min

Kylie Moore-Gilbert on why Australia's hostage strategy must change

May 4, 202624 min

'This is far from over’: The case of Kumanjayi Little Baby

May 3, 202618 min

Why young people are so angry about housing, and whether this budget will fix it

Apr 30, 202627 min

Mark Butler on the NDIS, private health and vaccine hesitancy

Apr 30, 202647 min

Peter Hartcher answers your questions about Iran, Trump and the state of the world

Apr 29, 202644 min

The Australian philanthropist and the alleged $1.6 million sequin-studded fraud

Apr 28, 202614 min

Trump and the Washington attack: This shooting is different

Apr 27, 202620 min

Airtasker of the underworld, offshore gangs and the uniquely Australian crime

Apr 26, 202613 min

Labor’s baby a ‘honeypot of fraud’ and the gas tax’s viral moment

Apr 23, 202625 min

The ‘axis of upheaval’ that's forming against the West

Apr 22, 202622 min

The likely change to the capital gains tax and the 'Ponzi scheme' of housing

Apr 21, 202620 min

The uprising in women's basketball

Apr 20, 202619 min
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