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The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

164 episodesEN-AU

Show overview

The Morning Edition launched in 2025 and has put out 164 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 60 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 138 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 138 episodes published. Published by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.

Episodes
164
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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In an age of information overload, this is what happens to our brains

Jun 28, 202617 min

High risk or the right time? Zali Steggall on the new teal party

Jun 25, 202626 min

Peter Hartcher on Australian nihilism, fear and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation

Jun 24, 202621 min

Starmer ousted: Why the British government is in turmoil

Jun 23, 202619 min

'Be sensible and keep your mouth shut': The private school facing allegations of control

Jun 22, 202618 min

From dust to dust: Is human composting the new way to bury the dead?

Jun 21, 202620 min

Falsities, nastiness and the Trump ‘vibe’ tapped: Hanson at the Press Club

Jun 18, 202626 min

Ultimate grudge match: Can the Socceroos silence the American hype?

Jun 18, 202613 min

Donald Trump says he has a peace deal with Iran. But does he?

Jun 17, 202617 min

6000 students. 1000 places. Competition for our best schools has never been tougher

Jun 16, 202620 min

‘Breaks every rule’: What the KPMG scandal is all about

Jun 15, 202619 min

How gangsters are still obtaining military-grade guns in Bondi masscre's wake

Jun 14, 202621 min

Polls, the media and what's really driving One Nation’s support

Jun 11, 202623 min

North Korea just made China back down. Is Trump taking note?

Jun 10, 202620 min

'It's the politics of the personal': Behind the latest US-Iran negotiations

Jun 9, 202618 min

The underbelly construction crackdown: Why was Mick Gatto really arrested?

Jun 8, 202614 min

The big baby bust: What happened to Australia’s middle child?

Jun 7, 202623 min

A week of reality checks: ‘Pauline for PM’ and the true state of the AUKUS pact

Jun 4, 202629 min

Don’t say it’s a protest vote’: Pauline Hanson on One Nation’s resurgence

Jun 4, 202631 min

Trump and Putin are showing the world what dumb power can do

Jun 3, 202618 min
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