ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
David Thom talks with some of the smartest minds in Australia to figure out how we got to this weird moment in history. From politics and identity to music and sport, each episode features a new expert as they answer the question: How did we get here?
How We Got Here:
Host: David Thom
Music: Anya Haywood
How We Got Here:
Host: David Thom
Music: Anya Haywood
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
34 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
9 episodes
since May 13, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Why is everyone talking about a gas tax? The idea has caught the attention of some pretty important people across the political spectrum. But does that mean it will actually work. The Australia Institute's CEO Dr Richard Denniss has been leading the conversation on the gas tax and now he joins me t…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
We are living through a crisis of loneliness. As more money than ever flows in and out of our economy we seem to be missing those essential things that make us human. At the same time politicians seem to believe in less and less and aren't even bothering to solve the issues we face.
Sean Kelly …
Australia is a nation defined by its sport. But there is more to our sporting past then many know. On this episode of How We Got Here David Thom sits down with Daryl Adair Associate Professor of Sport Management in the Business School at University of Technology Sydney to discuss.
How We Got Her…
Australian history as we know it didn't just happen, it was delicately crafted. Which perspectives were heard and who's stories we told have shaped us a nation.
On this episode of How We Got Here, I'm joined by historian Anna Clark and author of 'Making Austalian History' to discuss all of this …
Bruce Pascoe is one of the most exciting and controversial minds in Australia. His book Dark Emu broke open the idea the Aboriginal civilisations were primitive nomadic societies. I brought him on to talk about one fascinating question: Over 60,000 years of uninterupted cultural development, can yo…
In 1982 Goanna released Solid Rock, a song that changed the way Australia talked about it's relationship to it's Indigenous people. So where did it come from and where does it still stand?
On this episode of How We Got Here I sit down with Shane Howard, the lead singer of Goanna to discuss.
H…
John Howard is one of Australia's most important prime ministers. But as many look back on his tenure with rose tinted glasses, Amy Remeikis' new book 'Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard' paints a different picture.
On this weeks episode of 'How We Got Here' I'm joined by Amy t…
Warwick Thornton is one of Australia's most exciting filmmakers. Sydney Morning Herald named his 2009 film Samson & Delilah the greatest Australian film of all time.
But his depiction of Australia's frontier history in 2017's Sweet Country and now in 2026's Wolfram makes him one of the most …
What does it mean to be Australian?
On this weeks episode David is joined by Julianne Shultz, emeritus professor at Griffith University of media and culture. She was the founding editor of the Australian literary and current affairs journal Griffith Review. She has been an academic, a journalist,…
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