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The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

242 episodesEN-AU

Show overview

The Morning Edition launched in 2025 and has put out 242 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 85 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 yesterday, with 216 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 216 episodes published. Published by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.

Episodes
242
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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Coalition’s 'race to the bottom on migration' and former immigration official answers your questions

Oct 8, 202637 min

Godlike worship of AI is happening, and the Pope is its greatest opponent

Oct 7, 202623 min

Inside 'sandpapergate' – cricket's greatest scandal

Oct 6, 202624 min

The royals have a rich history of lawsuits, but Andrew’s action is different

Oct 5, 202624 min

I was a teenage boy online. It took 13 minutes for the manosphere to come

Oct 4, 202615 min

Interest rates and Labor's spending, and the Greens look to Mamdani

Oct 1, 202631 min

Did Trump offer arms to Xi Jinping? What happened on the White House tour

Sep 30, 202623 min

Bogong moths are swarming homes, and their story is miraculous

Sep 29, 202610 min

Another interest rate hike? Experts say there are other ways to curb inflation

Sep 28, 202619 min

How real is Australia's immigration problem?

Sep 27, 202624 min

Guardrails or ‘world leader’: How Anthony Albanese responds to OpenAI’s hack

Sep 24, 202622 min

OpenAI's hack of an Australian government website

Sep 24, 20269 min

Inside the trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon

Sep 23, 202615 min

Trump and Zelensky meet again, and this time, Zelensky has the cards

Sep 22, 202617 min

The surprising prediction for Australia in 40 years

Sep 21, 202616 min

The new terror stalking Ukraine

Sep 20, 202622 min

Introducing Virginia: Our latest investigative podcast

Sep 18, 202639 min

Migration plan revealed: Who comes, who leaves and what it all means

Sep 17, 202618 min

Could Australia join the European Union?

Sep 16, 202621 min

Bestselling author Caitlin Moran on how to have hope when Trump and the world drives you 'crackers"

Sep 15, 202622 min
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