Breakfast with Papers

Today's guests are Peter Frankopan, Kate McBride and Tim Williams. Hosted by Tory Shepherd.

Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University. He is also UNESCO Professor of Silk Roads Studies at King's College, Cambridge. Frankopan is a member of the Advisory Board of the Sevgi Gönül Center for Byzantine Studies at Koç University, Istanbul. A Fellow of multiple Royal Societies, Frankopan is President of the Royal Society of Asian Affairs.

Kate McBride is a fifth-generation farmer, born and brought up on a 500,000-acre sheep property located on the Lower Darling-Barka River. After witnessing the collapse of the river she grew up alongside, she has become a familiar face in the fight for better water policy in this country. She has been working for The Australia Institute as a researcher on rural issues such as health and services in regional Australia and climate change.

Tim Williams is deputy editor for The Advertiser. He was previously head of news after a long stint as education reporter.

Tory Shepherd is a senior reporter at Guardian Australia. Before the Guardian, she worked for the ABC, Crikey, Cosmos Magazine, and Gourmet Traveller, and before that she spent about 16 years at The Advertiser, including a stint as the political editor commuting between Adelaide and Canberra. 

Todays guests are Sarah Ferguson, Richard Glover and Ben Hyde. Hosted by Jonathan Green.

Sarah Ferguson is the presenter of the ABC’s 7.30. She has won four Walkleys, including the Gold Walkley in 2011, the Melbourne Press Club Gold Quill Award, four Logies for most outstanding public affairs report, the George Munster Award for Independent Journalism and the Queensland Premier's Literary Award. She is the author of The Killing Season and On Mother. 

Richard Glover has written a number of bestselling books, including Love, Clancy, The Land Before Avocado, Flesh Wounds and The Mud House. He writes regularly for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Washington Post, as well as presenting the comedy program Thank God It's Friday on ABC Local Radio.

Ben Hyde: Bio coming soon.

Jonathan Green has been an editor, writer, commentator and broadcaster in a 40-year career. Jonathan has worked for The Age, Crikey and the ABC as founding editor of The Drum and as editor of Meanjin. He now presents Blueprint for Living on ABC Radio National and the ABC podcast Return Ticket. He is the author of Around Australia In 80 Days and The Year My Politics Broke.

Today's guests are Richard Beasley, Lisa Millar and David Washington. Hosted by Tory Shepherd.

Richard Beasley is a Senior Counsel at the New South Wales Bar. He is the author of five novels, including Hell Has Harbour Views, which was adapted for TV and screened by the ABC. Beasley's most recent book about the Murray Darling Basin, Dead in the Water, is his first work of non-fiction.

Lisa Millar is the co-host of ABC TV's News Breakfast. Millar returned to the ABC in Australia after finishing a decade-long posting as bureau chief in both London and Washington DC, covering some of the world's biggest stories. She began her career at the Gympie Times in 1988 and has worked in print, TV and radio. She won a Walkley Award in 2005 for investigative reporting.

David Washington is Editorial Director of Solstice Media, the South Australian publisher of InDaily, SALIFE and CityMag. He began his career in journalism more than 30 years ago and has been a federal political reporter, food writer, public servant and small business operator. His reporting interests include the media, transport policy and politics.

Tory Shepherd is a senior reporter at Guardian Australia. Before the Guardian, she worked for the ABC, Crikey, Cosmos Magazine, and Gourmet Traveller, and before that she spent about 16 years at The Advertiser, including a stint as the political editor commuting between Adelaide and Canberra. 

Today's guests are Patrick McGorry, Michael McGuire and Polly Toynbee. Hosted by Jonathan Green.

Prof Patrick McGorry is the Executive Director of Orygen, Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and a Founding Director of headspace in Australia. McGorry has published over 700 papers, edited eight books, and is Editor-in-Chief of Early Intervention in Psychiatry. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science.

Michael McGuire is a senior writer with The Advertiser. He has written extensively for SA Weekend, profiling all sorts of different people and covering all manner of subjects. But he’d rather be watching Celtic or the Swans. He’s also the author of the novels Never a True Word and Flight Risk.

Polly Toynbee is a journalist and author. A Guardian columnist and broadcaster, she was formerly the BBC's social affairs editor. She has written for the Observer, the Independent and Radio Times and has been an editor at the Washington Monthly. She has won numerous awards including a National Press Award and the Orwell Prize for Journalism. 

Jonathan Green has been an editor, writer, commentator and broadcaster in a 40-year career. Jonathan has worked for The Age, Crikey and the ABC as founding editor of The Drum and as editor of Meanjin. He now presents Blueprint for Living on ABC Radio National and the ABC podcast Return Ticket. He is the author of Around Australia In 80 Days and The Year My Politics Broke.

Today's guests are Amy Bissett, Martin Flanagan and David Marr. Hosted by Tory Shepherd.

Amy Bissett: is The Advertiser’s Audience Growth Editor, following a 20-year career in media as the former digital head of Australia’s leading TV channel, a tabloid journalist on London’s red top papers and a glossy magazine news editor in Sydney.

Martin Flanagan was born in 1955 and graduated in law from the University of Tasmania in 1975. He has written many books, a play and two film treatments. From 1985 to 2017, he wrote for the Melbourne Age on sport and other subjects. 

David Marr has written for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian and The Monthly, and has served as editor of The National Times, reporter for Four Corners and presenter of ABC TV's Media Watch. His books include Patrick White: A Life, The High Price of Heaven, Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson), Panic and six bestselling Quarterly Essays. His most recent book is Killing For Country: A Family Story. 

Tory Shepherd is a senior reporter at Guardian Australia. Before the Guardian, she worked for the ABC, Crikey, Cosmos Magazine, and Gourmet Traveller, and before that she spent about 16 years at The Advertiser, including a stint as the political editor commuting between Adelaide and Canberra. 

Today's guests are Andrew Hough, Katrina Strickland and Nathan Thrall. Hosted by Jonathan Green.

Andrew Hough is The Advertiser’s award-winning investigations editor. As a senior journalist with more than two decades of experience, he has covered stories all over the world. Reporting across Britain and Europe from 2006, he covered the London riots, Wimbledon, death of Margaret Thatcher and royal family. He returned to Adelaide in 2013 and most recently led The Advertiser’s coverage of SA’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. He is a regular guest on Sky News, ABC Radio, including its popular “Spin Cycle” segment, and FiveAA radio. He has been on the SA Press Club board since 2020.

Katrina Strickland is the editor of Good Weekend magazine, which she has helmed since June 2017. Prior to that she was editor of The Australian Financial Review Magazine and has held arts editor roles at both the AFR and The Australian. 

Nathan Thrall is the author of A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, which was named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Time, The New Statesman, and the Financial Times. He spent a decade at the International Crisis Group, where he was director of the Arab-Israeli Project, and has taught at Bard College. Originally from California, he lives in Jerusalem.

Jonathan Green has been an editor, writer, commentator and broadcaster in a 40-year career. Jonathan has worked for The Age, Crikey and the ABC as founding editor of The Drum and as editor of Meanjin. He now presents Blueprint for Living on ABC Radio National and the ABC podcast Return Ticket. He is the author of Around Australia In 80 Days and The Year My Politics Broke.