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Please Explain

A weekly podcast hosted by Tory Maguire, National Editor, and regular contributors. We cut through the noise and give you insight into the stories that drive the nation.

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Hear directly from some of the most experienced journalists in the country such as David Crowe, Peter Hartcher, Adele Ferguson and Stephen Bartholomeusz.

We’ll cover the biggest news events in national affairs, from federal politics, to the banking royal commission, the state of the economy and more. Dropping every Friday, Please Explain will go deep into the news of the week, so you get the full story.

Tory Maguire
National Editor and Host

Tory is the national editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. She has held senior roles at a number of major Australian mastheads and was most recently editor-in-chief of HuffPost Australia for two-and-a-half years.

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Latest Episodes

A customer walks past empty toilet paper shelves at a supermarket in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Australia's four biggest lenders have heeded the prime minister’s plea to "do their bit" to help the country weather the expected economic hit from the coronavirus, by passing on the central bank’s latest interest-rate cut in full.

Coronavirus this week: biosecurity up, toilet paper down

On this week’s episode of Please Explain, Tory Maguire talks to China correspondent Eryk Bagshaw about the federal government's messaging tactics. Later on the show, The Age's health reporter Melissa Cunningham discusses mass panic around toilet paper.

Towns in northern Italy are in lockdown as the coronavirus gains a beachhead in Europe.

How prepared is Australia for the emerging coronavirus crisis?

This week on Please Explain, Tory Maguire discusses the emerging coronavirus threat with SMH Health Editor Kate Aubusson and Europe correspondent Bevan Shields.

High Court of Australia. Inset, Indigenous man Brendan Thoms, whose case was at the centre of last week's ruling.

The meaning of Aboriginal recognition: sovereignty after the High Court ruling

On this week's episode of Please Explain, Sydney Morning Herald editor Lisa Davies talks to Stan Grant and Peter Hartcher.

Bushfires scorched through some 12 million hectares across Australia this summer - just one of the challenges facing communities and ecosystems alike.

Please Explain Summer Series: The season of dread as it unfolded

From bushfires to record heat and the driest year on record, Australia has come under severe stress this summer, as tracked by our Please Explain podcasts.

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