The Radio National Hour
Hosted by Fran Kelly · ABC Australia
5.0from 1 ratings
- 387
- Episodes
- 200
- Transcribed
- 1
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About The Radio National Hour
A weekday magazine-style current affairs program hosted by one of Australia's pre-eminent and loved interviewers. Drawing on Fran's extensive current affairs and cultural knowledge, The Radio National Hour takes a thoughtful, deep dive into the important and challenging issues, and brings insightful and engaging conversations with big names in the arts, sport and culture.
- Publisher
- ABC Australia
- Category
- news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Jan 2025
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
200 of 387 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Opportunity knocks: the party shaking up New Zealand politics
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And what are those five bottom lines? Yes, the five things, I'll go through them relatively quickly. But firstly, is around tackling competition to bring the cost of living down. This is an issue that has persisted in New Zealand for a very long time. So supermarkets, banking, construction supplies, insurance. […]
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- James Kirkham
- Alex Crawford
- Marie Hargreaves
- Shirin
- Lance Ferguson
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Fran Kelly host the show. Published by ABC Australia.
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