- 353
- Episodes
- 54
- Transcribed
- 36
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About The Minefield
In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life.
- Publisher
- ABC Australia
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Nov 2019
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
54 of 353 episodes have a transcript.

4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Did the US midterm elections mark the end of Trumpism?

28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Political charisma — why is it both powerful and perilous?

21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Will the alleged attack on Helen Haines change Australia and its politics?
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Did the US midterm elections mark the end of Trumpism?
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] First of all, winning primaries and becoming Democrat candidates, you know, religious ministers, things like this, becoming part of that. So the range of Democrat candidates means that they start to win localized elections against, you know, in localized areas with localized dispositions and so on and so forth. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Minefield
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Brendon O’Connor
- Rob Manwaring
- Lauren Rosewarne
- Intifar Chowdhury
- Lucinda Holdforth
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 36 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Minefield take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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