Background Briefing

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Background Briefing brings you true stories not everyone will want you to hear.

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Recent Episodes
  • Long Read | Australia: burnout capital, or how to get a career break right
    May 31, 2025 – 0:20:59
  • 05 Agents of Influence | The letters journalists fear
    May 25, 2025 – 0:36:39
  • 04 Agents of Influence | The powerbroker unseated by ‘traitors’
    May 17, 2025 – 0:37:20
  • 03 Agents of Influence | The man whose name is all over Sydney
    May 10, 2025 – 0:42:09
  • 02 Agents of Influence | The Billionaire's New Sport
    May 3, 2025 – 0:41:51
  • 01 Agents of Influence | The PM's secret strategists
    Apr 18, 2025 – 0:36:16
  • Introducing... Agents of Influence
    Apr 16, 2025 – 0:00:37
  • Long Read | How deepfakes, nudes and teen misogyny have changed growing up
    Apr 12, 2025 – 0:22:23
  • Long Read | The church’s disappearing women
    Apr 5, 2025 – 0:20:37
  • 05 The Invisible Killer | Did police miss a murder?
    Mar 14, 2025 – 0:40:43
  • 04 The Invisible Killer | Under the bed
    Mar 5, 2025 – 0:34:32
  • 03 The Invisible Killer | Reasonable Doubt
    Feb 22, 2025 – 0:42:16
  • 02 The Invisible Killer | 'Who did this?'
    Feb 15, 2025 – 0:34:30
  • 01 The Invisible Killer | Doctor’s discovery
    Feb 15, 2025 – 0:32:31
  • More to the story... Kathy Jackson’s missing millions
    Dec 30, 2024 – 0:14:19
  • More to the story... Who controls the Murdoch empire?
    Dec 30, 2024 – 0:12:16
  • More to the story... Meeting your mum as an adult
    Dec 30, 2024 – 0:11:59
  • More to the story... Sex, lies and 'big coconut balls'
    Dec 17, 2024 – 0:11:22
  • More to the Story... My friend, the cop killer
    Dec 17, 2024 – 0:14:34
  • More to the story... Inside a scam factory
    Dec 17, 2024 – 0:08:26
  • 03 Births, Deaths, and Marriages | ‘Horror stories’ from inside the funeral industry
    Dec 7, 2024 – 0:38:49
  • 02 Births, Deaths and Marriages | Facebook's sperm marketplace
    Nov 30, 2024 – 0:37:45
  • 01 Births, Deaths and Marriages | The Wedding Celebrant
    Nov 23, 2024 – 0:29:28
  • The inconvenient patients
    Nov 16, 2024 – 0:38:04
  • The cop accused of sharing a suspect's explicit video
    Nov 9, 2024 – 0:34:18
  • 03 | Murdoch's Endgame
    Oct 26, 2024 – 0:33:00
  • 02 | Murdoch's Endgame
    Oct 19, 2024 – 0:34:21
  • 01 | Murdoch's Endgame
    Oct 12, 2024 – 0:42:02
  • Introducing... Murdoch's Endgame
    Oct 10, 2024 – 0:01:19
  • Has dot art spread too far?
    Oct 5, 2024 – 0:36:34
  • 'This must be a joke': the homes for sale without owners' knowledge
    Sep 28, 2024 – 0:39:57
  • Stop and Search | 04 The Botched Backyard Operation
    Sep 21, 2024 – 0:26:55
  • Stop and Search | 03 The Numbers Game
    Sep 14, 2024 – 0:35:17
  • Stop and Search | 02 Last Moments Before Gunshots
    Sep 7, 2024 – 0:27:54
  • Stop and Search | 01 Where's Brad?
    Aug 31, 2024 – 0:39:59
  • Dancing with Bulls
    Aug 24, 2024 – 0:35:09
  • Finding Jean Nassif
    Aug 17, 2024 – 0:35:40
  • Sex, lies & 'big coconut balls' — the clinic that sold a fix to getting old
    Aug 10, 2024 – 0:39:37
  • The agency accused of paying bribes for babies
    Aug 3, 2024 – 0:40:02
  • Notorious 08 | My friend, the cop killer pt 2
    Jul 27, 2024 – 0:40:28
  • Notorious 07 | My friend, the cop killer Pt 1
    Jul 20, 2024 –
  • Notorious 06 | From Sydney to a Syrian prison
    Jul 13, 2024 – 0:37:18
  • Notorious 05 | Killers in the suburbs
    Jul 6, 2024 – 0:36:09
  • Notorious 04 | From top gun to wanted man
    Jun 29, 2024 – 0:43:33
  • Notorious 03 - Crafting a Villain
    Jun 22, 2024 – 0:40:01
  • Notorious 02 | The Prankster
    Jun 15, 2024 – 0:39:57
  • Notorious 01 | Inside the scam factory
    Jun 7, 2024 – 0:33:07
  • Introducing... Notorious
    Jun 4, 2024 – 0:01:09
  • The whistleblowers who stared down threats from Australia's biggest bank
    Jun 1, 2024 –
  • The whistleblower who believed his employer was covering up an oil spill
    May 24, 2024 – 0:33:09
Recent Reviews
  • Bilas Peles
    Good listening
    Intelligent investigative reporting on interesting topics, usually, but not always, Australia-based
  • The Dodg
    A joy
    This is just a great great show.
  • Cinavaphotos
    A must Listen!!
    I’ve been listening to this show for almost a year now, and I love it. This show is the definition of real investigative Journalism. The episodes are careful narrated and loaded with information.
  • Boutie
    A Window on Australia
    As a listener in America, the mix of topics and the depth of journalism devoted to each are a welcome window on Australia’s diverse communities, circumstances, and challenges. This show is a weekly delight.
  • Jack_McCoy
    Investigative Journalism Radio
    I wasn’t aware investigative journalism on the radio could be as compelling as this. Really good sound design and editing. Topics are as diverse as sexual abuse at care facilities for the elderly to corrupt concert promoters to financial scams and government waste — and even to a famous naturalist who built his career on a mountain of lies regarding a rare species of parrot. Always interesting, usually infuriating — as investigative journalism should be.
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