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Peter Clarke

Peter Clarke is a Melbourne-based webcaster, writer and educator who has taught at RMIT, Swinburne and Melbourne universities. He pioneered national talkback on Australian radio as the inaugural presenter of Offspring (now Life Matters) on ABC Radio National.

Podcasts Jennifer Doggett, Lesley Russell & Peter Clarke 15 April 2019 Australia’s last big healthcare reform was in the 1970s. As the election campaign gets under way, two analysts discuss urgently needed changes with Peter Clarke
Podcasts Margaret Simons & Peter Clarke 31 December 2018 A decade after her first interview with Inside Story, writer and media analyst Margaret Simons talks to Peter Clarke about ten years of change, and… Podcasts Peter Clarke & Rob Manwaring 18 March 2018 Two political insurgencies — in Batman and in South Australia — failed to live up to expectations this weekend. Peter Clarke talks to political scientist Rob … Podcasts Peter Clarke 24 November 2016 Peter Clarke talks to Bio21 researcher Chris Armstrong about new research that challenges popular views of this enigmatic illness Podcasts Peter Clarke 18 December 2015 In the wake of the Ian Macfarlane affair, Peter Clarke talks to Brian Costar about Barnaby Joyce, Malcolm Turnbull and the balancing act that keeps the Coalition afloat
Podcasts Peter Clarke 5 November 2015 Jane Goodall and Stephen Mills join Peter Clarke to take the temperature of the political interview
Podcasts Peter Clarke 29 March 2015 The Coalition has won a convincing victory in New South Wales. Stephen Mills talks to Peter Clarke about the result and its implications Podcasts Peter Clarke 23 March 2015 Down to the wire? In this fifteen-minute podcast, Peter Clarke talks to psephologist Peter Brent about this Saturday’s NSW election and the federal… Podcasts Peter Clarke 1 February 2015 As the count continues on the day after the election, Inside Story’s election analyst Brian Costar talks to Peter Clarke about a remarkable result and its national repercussions Podcasts Peter Clarke 22 January 2015 The Coalition lost in Victoria and looks like doing less well than expected in Queensland and New South Wales. Peter Clarke discusses why, and what it says about the…
Podcasts Peter Clarke 16 May 2014 Senate voting needs to be simpler and more transparent. Brian Costar talks to Peter Clarke about a plan to fix the system, and looks at the politics of the federal budget
Podcasts Brian Costar & Peter Clarke 27 September 2013 Peter Clarke talks to Brian Costar about why Cathy McGowan is likely to serve more than one term, why the Electoral Commission is under attack, and who should lead the Labor Party Podcasts Peter Clarke 20 August 2013 Peter Clarke talks to Fact Check presenter John Barron about the ABC’s newest project Podcasts Peter Clarke 2 July 2013 With a federal election looming, Peter Clarke talks to the director of ABC News, Kate Torney, about the challenges facing the corporation’s news-gatherers Podcasts Peter Clarke 2 November 2011 The Australian’s online paywall is up and running. The New York Times has announced strong subscriber figures. Peter Clarke discusses the prospects…
Podcasts Peter Clarke 11 October 2011 Peter Clarke talks to Margaret Simons and Tim Dunlop about the federal government’s media inquiry and the fallout from the judgement in the Andrew Bolt case
Podcasts Peter Clarke 23 December 2010 Brian McFarlane talks to Peter Clarke about a lifetime at the movies Podcasts Peter Clarke 16 September 2010 Neither the major parties nor the media coped well with the seventeen days of uncertainty after the election. Peter Clarke talks to Sophie Black and Brian … Podcasts Peter Clarke 30 June 2010 John Bell talks to Peter Clarke about acting, King Lear and the Bell Shakespeare Company Podcasts Peter Clarke 18 June 2010 The story of how two journalists unearthed the Securency scandal shows what would be lost if newspapers stop funding investigative journalism. They talked to Peter Clarke
Podcasts Peter Clarke 28 April 2010 Barack Obama has gone onto the front foot, but did he leave it too late? Political historian David Farber discusses the post–healthcare reform prospects with Peter Clarke
Podcasts Margaret Simons & Peter Clarke 14 April 2010 Margaret Simons (pictured) talks to Peter Clarke about a challenging co-writing project, the political memoirs of Malcolm Fraser Podcasts Peter Clarke 2 December 2009 Chrissy Sharp and Michael Williams talk to Peter Clarke about Melbourne’s new literary hub, the Wheeler Centre Podcasts Peter Clarke 16 November 2009 Six months into the job, the ABC’s director of news, Kate Torney, talks to Peter Clarke about where the national broadcaster is headed Podcasts Peter Clarke 9 November 2009 Australian journalist Martin Chulov tells Peter Clarke about the challenges of reporting from Iraq and the preparations for January’s election
Podcasts Kate Burridge & Peter Clarke 1 October 2009 After nearly a quarter of a century collecting data among the Mennonites of southern Ontario, Kate Burridge is identifying the broader linguistic implications of her…
Podcasts Peter Clarke 15 September 2009 Democracy did not emerge as an historical inevitability, John Keane tells Peter Clarke Podcasts Peter Clarke 31 August 2009 Jack Keating discusses his new report on education with Peter Clarke Podcasts Peter Clarke 9 August 2009 Peter Clarke talks to four journalists and researchers about alternative futures for journalism Podcasts Peter Clarke 20 July 2009 Six months into his presidency, Barack Obama is facing the first major legislative test of his administration, Simon Jackman tells Peter Clarke