Trudy Lin is a dentist but also an activist – and her primary measure of success is ensuring everyone has the capacity to eat, speak and smile.

In 1946, sharp-eyed geologist Reg Sprigg noticed some strange patterns in the rocks of the Flinders Ranges. What he had discovered was a groundbreaking a fossil record of complex creatures dating back 550 million years.

The public has spoken and Team Adelaide has been all but vanquished in the city council elections. This week, we take a closer look at this unusual blip in the history of local democracy in Adelaide.

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has focused attention on the social media platform’s worst aspects. But there was a time in Adelaide when the site brought people together.

In this week’s episode, we explore how a partnership between Adelaide researchers, Vanuatu cocoa farmers and Australian chocolate makers has turned a so-so crop into one of the best in the world.

The Mental Health Coalition, which represents non-government organisations in the field, says they want to see more investment in community-based mental health support. Geoff Harris, the executive director of the coalition, joins the podcast in this episode.

Should we be imprisoning children as young as 10 in South Australia? In this week's episode, we explore alternatives to detention for children who come in contact with the justice system.

How did South Australia’s lose its edge in arts and culture infrastructure and what can be done to fix it?

Is there a better litmus test of the life of the city than The Exeter? In this week’s episode, we venture to the front bar of the much-loved Rundle Street pub.

Up and down the coast, you’ll increasingly find South Australians happily jumping into the freezing water, despite our long, cold winter. In this week’s episode we meet some lovers of the cold who believe it’s doing them a world of good.

The pandemic led to a boom in backyard gardening - a historic trend in times of crisis as people turn to things they can control;...

In this week's episode, Simon Royal's exploration of a troubling, unsolved mystery in Adelaide more than 50 years ago, led him to the...

How can South Australia's health system move beyond crisis mode? The problems seems intractable but there are proven...

For the past five years, few people in South Australian public life have had a weight of responsibility as heavy as that of Penny...

Freedom of Information laws are meant to lead to more open government but, in reality, they often have the opposite...