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Full Story

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Guardian Australia's daily news podcast. Every weekday, join Guardian journalists for a deeper understanding of the news in Australia and beyond. You can support The Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

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What is Full Story about?

Guardian Australia's daily news podcast. Every weekday, join Guardian journalists for a deeper understanding of the news in Australia and beyond.

Who hosts Full Story?

Full Story is hosted by The Guardian. The show has published 299 episodes to date.

What has Full Story covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Covert recordings and alleged confessions: an update on the murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon" (29 October 2026, 21 minutes), "Alastair Campbell on Trump, political violence and why populist politics doesn’t work" (28 October 2026, 28 minutes), and "Obama v Trump" (28 October 2026, 30 minutes).

How often does Full Story publish?

Full Story publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 299 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Full Story?

Booking probability for Full Story is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Full Story requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Full Story's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Full Story?

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The Guardian hosts Full Story, a news podcast with 299 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Full Story

    Covert recordings and alleged confessions: an update on the murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon

    Oct 29, 202621 min

    As the NSW supreme court trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon reaches its sixth week, the jury has heard covert recordings, witness testimonies and posthumous text messages. The court continues to weigh...

  • Full Story

    Alastair Campbell on Trump, political violence and why populist politics doesn’t work

    Oct 28, 202628 min

    It’s election season: the US midterms are just days away and Israel, Brazil and Serbia have all had consequential elections this week. Alastair Campbell from The Rest is Politics podcast co-host speaks with political...

  • Full Story

    Obama v Trump

    Oct 28, 202630 min

    In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy talk about Barack Obama’s war of words with Donald Trump, after the former president spoke at a campaign rally in...

  • Full Story

    Neck and neck in the 2026 New Zealand election

    Oct 27, 202623 min

    As consequential elections around the world make global headlines, another election closer to home is flying under the radar. New Zealand’s election on 7 November could define the hopes of a country desperate to change...

  • Full Story

    Will Australia ever get Snowy Hydro 2.0?

    Oct 26, 202619 min

    Back in 2017 the then prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced an ambitious expansion of Australia’s towering public infrastructure project, Snowy Hydro 2.0. Estimated at a cost of about $2bn, Turnbull had made the...

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  • Full Story

    Israel votes: Netanyahu’s future on the line

    Oct 25, 202632 min

    Israeli citizens are about to vote in what’s being seen as elections that are almost existential when it comes to the future identity of the country. That’s because since the October 7 attack by Hamas in which about...

  • Full Story

    Do politicians lack the courage to turn the temperature down?

    Oct 23, 202641 min

    Tony Barry and George Megalogenis (filling in for Barrie) examine the response to the horrific alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines this week. While the prime minister pleaded for all to ‘turn the temperature’...

  • Full Story

    Alan Jones on Trial: Alleged victim’s mother “trusted” Jones | Week 11

    Oct 22, 202615 min

    The mother of the youngest complainant wept on the stand after being presented with a note written by her son alleging ‘something happened’ at Alan Jones’s property at Fitzroy Falls. As the prosecution questioned the...

  • Full Story

    Can Japan’s firebrand PM survive a second year in power?

    Oct 21, 202621 min

    One year ago, Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister, taking over a party in crisis. Since then, she’s defied the doubters, not just surviving as leader in a country that struggles with its gender...

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    Katie Zacharia and Trump’s women problem

    Oct 21, 202634 min

    In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad look at how Katie Zacharia broke the record for shortest tenure as White House press secretary. They then examine...

  • Full Story

    Why terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK

    Oct 20, 202628 min

    The bestselling author says her novels will no longer be supplied to British bookshops due to fears of prosecution. Zoe Williams and Haroon Siddique report

  • Full Story

    The allegations against the Greens’ Jordon Steele-John

    Oct 19, 202618 min

    The Greens senator for Western Australia, Jordon Steele-John, has blamed ‘nasty political games’ for the timing of allegations of misconduct towards women spanning nearly a decade. Steele-John has denied all...

  • Full Story

    NAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see

    Oct 18, 202646 min

    Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor on their new film interviewing Israeli military insiders on the vast, AI-assisted systems their sources say are being used to kill civilians in Gaza. They also talk about the political...

  • Full Story

    Black Box: The Chatbots | What I Saw at the Double Six Ranch | Ep 6

    Oct 17, 202648 min

    From his remote property in rural Texas, the millionaire businessman Michael Samadi is plotting a new kind of civil rights movement – for the welfare and protection of AI systems. Guardian journalist Michael Safi spends...

  • Full Story

    Back to Back Barries: Why Josh Frydenberg isn’t the Liberals’ saviour

    Oct 16, 202632 min

    Tony Barry and Niki Savva (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) examine the ‘festival of Josh’ that played out in the media this week as the former treasurer spruiked his new memoir. The two former Liberal party advisers...

  • Full Story

    ‘I couldn’t breathe’: Russell Brand trial hears from first alleged victim

    Oct 16, 202610 min

    Former comedian Russell Brand is on trial facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault against six women, spanning a decade from 1999 to 2009. On Thursday the court heard evidence from a woman who alleged Brand...

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    Alan Jones on trial: Will Alan Jones take the stand? | Week 10

    Oct 15, 202619 min

    After the youngest complainant began giving evidence, Judge Glenn Walsh placed a non-publication order on much of this week’s testimony. In this episode, Guardian Australia media correspondent Amanda Meade and host Nour...

  • Full Story

    Everything you need to know about the midterms

    Oct 14, 202633 min

    In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy take a special look at the midterms which are coming up in early November. All 435 House seats are up in this...

  • Full Story

    How Firmus went from Australia’s AI 'fairytale' to flop

    Oct 13, 202626 min

    It was supposed to be an Australian business success story. Just over a week ago local AI company Firmus was preparing to hit the market with a value that would put the startup in the same league as Woolworths. But last...

  • Full Story

    ‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’ – Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

    Oct 13, 202650 min

    Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? The authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended...

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