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Background Briefing
ABC listen
242 episodes
4 days ago
Background Briefing tells true stories not everyone will want you to hear. We infuse investigative reporting with captivating drama, following the thread of an individual story only to find that it leads us to something bigger. It's the only podcast in Australia that does this week in, week out. Hosted by Thomas Oriti. We want to hear from you too. If you have a tip-off, please contact us at backgroundbriefing[at]abc.net.au
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Background Briefing tells true stories not everyone will want you to hear. We infuse investigative reporting with captivating drama, following the thread of an individual story only to find that it leads us to something bigger. It's the only podcast in Australia that does this week in, week out. Hosted by Thomas Oriti. We want to hear from you too. If you have a tip-off, please contact us at backgroundbriefing[at]abc.net.au
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Background Briefing
Long Read | The fight over your backyard
The Yes In My Backyard movement is lobbying for denser cities and more housing in places people want to work and live. The YIMBYs want these homes built yesterday, but as Gina Rushton explains, the NIMBYs haven’t given up yet.
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4 days ago
18 minutes 34 seconds

Background Briefing
PRESENTS — Criminal Psychology from All in the Mind
Fascinated by true crime? Or intrigued by what drives people to break the law? Criminal Psychology, a gripping series from All in the Mind, takes you deep inside the minds of those who cross the line into extreme behaviour. In this four-episode series, they explore the psychological drivers behind arson, kleptomania, serial killers and Munchausen by Proxy, with people who work closely on these cases. And find out how understanding the human mind can help us to prevent harm. If you're curious about the corners of criminal human behaviour, this is unmissable listening. Find Criminal Psychology from All in the Mind here. 
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1 week ago

Background Briefing
Long Read | The Summer of Trump
This week, Nick Bryant returns to the US for the first time in four years, finding a country that doesn't want to talk about politics, despite being in the eye of the Trump storm.
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1 week ago
22 minutes 20 seconds

Background Briefing
Dr Mo: The Beast from the Middle East
An Australian doctor sells his car and writes a will — unsure if he’ll ever make it back home. He crosses the concrete walls that surround the Gaza Strip and begins work inside the last functioning hospital in the north. But in the chaos of war, something unfolded that no one, including him, could have predicted.  This week, reporter Marty Smiley brings us the story of Dr Mo's impossible mission.
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2 weeks ago
42 minutes 2 seconds

Background Briefing
04 Beef | YouTube detectives uncover PlayStation guru’s shocking secret
It started with a bizarre customer-service experience and soon transformed into something darker. Outrage rippled across Youtube, spurring an army of online vigilantes into action. But as reporter Maddison Connaughton discovered, the stakes were higher than anyone anticipated.
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1 month ago
39 minutes 17 seconds

Background Briefing
03 Beef | Pensioner takes big bank to court to prove a point
Ian Williams woke up one morning to find $1338 has been stolen from his account. Two years later, the 73-year-old is taking on NAB at the Supreme Court, seeking more than $300m in damages, with no lawyers to help him.
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1 month ago
36 minutes 48 seconds

Background Briefing
02 Beef | Who would shoot a wombat?
Most Aussies see wombats as an iconic native. But reporter Tynan King discovered one regional NSW town where farmers see them through a scope.
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1 month ago
37 minutes 42 seconds

Background Briefing
01 Beef | Big Rob versus just about everyone in town
Big Rob has gone from online vigilante to censured politician, starting little fights that have become big problems for his divided city. 
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1 month ago
43 minutes 25 seconds

Background Briefing
INTRODUCING — Beef
A new series by Background Briefing investigates when small feuds take on a life of their own.  First episode coming June 28.
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1 month ago
37 seconds

Background Briefing
Long Read | The hunt for the next pandemic is on our shores
This week, reporter Catherine Taylor investigates a new strain of avian flu virus that's running rampant across Europe, Asia, South America and the US. How long can we keep it from reaching us?
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2 months ago
19 minutes 4 seconds

Background Briefing
Long Read | Can Wikipedia survive the rise of AI and Trump?
Rhiannon Stevens investigates the existential threats facing Wikipedia from artificial intelligence and Trump’s America.
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2 months ago
25 minutes 14 seconds

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Long Read | Australia: burnout capital, or how to get a career break right
This week, Annie Louey discovers what happens when your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing means your career is no longer worth the money.
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2 months ago
20 minutes 59 seconds

Background Briefing
05 Agents of Influence | The letters journalists fear
There’s something shaping what appears in your newsfeed that you might not be aware of. Reporter Gina McKeon investigates.
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2 months ago
36 minutes 39 seconds

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04 Agents of Influence | The powerbroker unseated by ‘traitors’
This week, reporter Annika Blau  gets the inside story of a union powerbroker’s rise, and the people who risked it all to stop her
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3 months ago
37 minutes 20 seconds

Background Briefing
03 Agents of Influence | The man whose name is all over Sydney
Take a stroll around Sydney and you'll find his name on many venerated buildings. But this man, a 101-year-old billionaire, has also created machines that risk ruining their users' lives.  
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3 months ago
42 minutes 9 seconds

Background Briefing
02 Agents of Influence | The Billionaire's New Sport
A former oil tycoon has just bought the streaming rights to Australia’s great homegrown sports, the AFL and NRL. This week, reporter Marty Smiley investigates one of the richest men in the world - who is Len Blavatnik? 
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3 months ago
41 minutes 51 seconds

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01 Agents of Influence | The PM's secret strategists
We're now living in an age where millennial content makers can influence election outcomes from their home studios. After witnessing the power of podcasts in the US election, our political leaders are lining up to get a piece of the action. 
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4 months ago
36 minutes 16 seconds

Background Briefing
Introducing... Agents of Influence
They're not household names. But they wield serious power under the radar.
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4 months ago
37 seconds

Background Briefing
Long Read | How deepfakes, nudes and teen misogyny have changed growing up
This week, Bri Lee investigates tech-assisted gendered abuse by schoolboys against their peers and teachers. 
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4 months ago
22 minutes 23 seconds

Background Briefing
Long Read | The church’s disappearing women
Three decades after the first ordinations of women to the Anglican priesthood, women are still struggling to reach leadership — and now the congregation is changing too.
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4 months ago
20 minutes 37 seconds

Background Briefing
Background Briefing tells true stories not everyone will want you to hear. We infuse investigative reporting with captivating drama, following the thread of an individual story only to find that it leads us to something bigger. It's the only podcast in Australia that does this week in, week out. Hosted by Thomas Oriti. We want to hear from you too. If you have a tip-off, please contact us at backgroundbriefing[at]abc.net.au