Podcasts & Books

Skip the search and dive into 26 of the best Australian podcasts for 2025. With a week's worth of listening, you'll be entertained and inspired.

We've found the best cookbooks so you'll never have to eat out again. Kind of.

Ready to get hot under the headphones? These are the best sex podcasts dishing out steamy stories, expert advice, and laughs to keep things extra satisfying.

Find your inner peace with the best meditation podcasts to stream now. Guided sessions, expert tips and soothing vibes. 

Ready to plug in? These are the best new podcasts to play in 2025. 

Start your self-care era with some of the best self-help books around, as chosen by us.

The best audiobooks to please every ear, from romantasy best sellers to literary classics. 

Ah, France, the nation of l’amour, exceptional fromage and striped bretons; it’s the world’s most travelled to destination for good reason.

When searching for your next podcast binge, turn to Australia’s greatest storytellers—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices—for a truly enriching listen.

Ahead of the highly anticipated drop of Sex Therapy: Sessions with Chantelle Otten, we spoke to Otten about her new series and the intimate dinner she's hosting to celebrate. 

Snacks begin with a refreshing hit of Sydney Rock Oysters, drenched with Roku Gin and tonic granita.

So, whether you want to reminisce about Game of Thrones and The O.C. or find out hot gossip from The Sopranos and The Office–we’ve rounded up the best rewatch podcasts available for listening now.

Whether you’re a life-long bookworm or you’ve never quite gotten into reading, now is the perfect time to fall in love with books. From crime and romantic drama to historical fiction and everything in between, we’ve found your next favourite read.

The truth is, you’d be doing yourself a complete disservice if you didn’t work your way through this essential reading list, stat.

Chances are you’re already dabbling in sustainability by using reusable products and making thoughtful swaps to better our planet. Now it’s time to take things up a notch by giving your reading list some serious cred with our favourite books on sustainability.

Whether you’re a baby feminist or a seasoned equality fighter, this list covers the freshest feminist reads from Australian and international authors alike. From mind-blowing factual works to eye opening fiction and even a few timeless classics, put your reading glasses on and add these prime publications to your to-read list.

There’s nothing more glorious than curling up with a good book.

While the rainbow celebrations, glitter-fuelled performances and drag icons and legends that are set to fill your world are no doubt the highlight, we love that this time is also a chance to really champion, get behind and amplify LGBTQIA+ voices and stories even more. 

The next generation of children’s books guaranteed to keep even the busiest tiny tot occupied.

Summer and reading go hand in hand.

In a world where there are movie adaptations of just about every book ever written, we’re at risk of forgetting the joy actually reading a book can bring. A fancy front cover, the feel of the paper, that new book (or old book) smell – these are things a film just can’t provide.

Essential reading.

 Kleenex Ultra Soft at the ready.

Serious page-turners you won’t be able to steer away from.

We delved into the world of mindfulness and meditation apps and here's what we found. 

Reading is a bullet-proof method for accepting stress, learning how to cope with it, and living happily ever after. 

Cashing in your AL and going on vacay might seem tempting, but these tips will help your craft a healthy foundation for dealing with burnout in the long run. 

We share tips on how to implement achievable goals, ahead of Reason Season with Rob and Lachlan from Funny Business. 

As part of the Evenings module for Reason Season, these our fave reads to unwind before bed to reap all of those relaxing rewards.

Join us for Reason Season to craft healthy daily habits and routines.

 In case you’ve been out of the podcast loop, wellness is the new true crime.

Enter the SBS Emerging Writers' Competition and you could win $5,000.

All the news you really want to hear, none of the fluff.

Whether you consider yourself a Master Chef or a budding apprentice in the kitchen, a good set of cookbooks is essential to any home. 

Barefoot Investor is great and all but have you read these?

If you’re keen to step up your sustainability game and keep the momentum going you've already achieved through this crisis, then look no further than this practical guide to going plastic-free. 

Autobiographies are a window into the soul and sometimes they are so powerful they can change the reader, so and here are our top picks of the 10 you should read at least once in your life.

The REAL STUFF podcast has issued an open invitation to us all, to engage with the hard stuff, and the good stuff, that comes with addressing the challenges of redefining masculinity in 2022.

With International Women’s Day before us, what better way to get yourself prepared than listening to some podcasts that are hosted by women, for women. We’ve put together a list of some of the best podcasts right now that cover a wide variety of topics, both thought-provoking and LOL-worthy. These listens are relatable, entertaining, and are bound to leave you feeling empowered and ready to celebrate International Women’s Day.

 Think new talent, new reads and new voices that are well worth your time.

Bless your ears with these incredible LGBTQI+ podcasts that will make you laugh and cry with their raw, honest and hilarious storytelling. From celebrity hosts and guest stars to award-winning journalists and activists, these queers podcasts are seriously binge-worthy.

Full-blown heart-palpitating terror from start to finish.

Bring on the climax.

No matter what kind of reader you are, we’ve got your bookworm needs covered with all of the best LGBTQI+ books, from romantic comedies to confrontingly honest memoirs and powerful classics.

Get ready to dive into the unruly world of politics.

Your write of passage.

In 2020 we consumed a shedload of podcasts, and the one that truly stuck out for us, was The Dropout. Not familiar? The true crime series chronicled the insane life of Elizabeth Holmes, the former billionaire turned fraudster and jail dweller. 

 Enlighten yourself harder than the 1700s.

When it comes to self-help books, not all are created equal. Some are light and fluffy but offer little solid, tangible advice, and others remind you of a textbook you had to slug your way through at uni. 

These days, it’s almost as if every person and their dog has a podcast. If you really wanted, you could piece one together with the voice recorder on your phone and some shoddy, free-to-download software. 

As we start the new year and we’re all trying to suss out what 2021 has in store for us, we’re furiously reading up on our star signs to see how we’ll get that promotion at work, find our soulmate and survive the next retrograde.  To help you become a zodiac master, we’ve rounded up the best astrology books for you to check out. 

The new true-crime podcast series Chasing Charlie is about as juicy as they come. The seven-part series follows an eight-year chase of New Zealand con artist Paul Bryan Gill, it involves six-figure cash sums, intercontinental escape acts and it’s told by the private investigator who worked the case from day dot, Julia Robson.