When a dead body and bags of heroin washed up on the southern coast of Australia, a dark tale began to unfold...Richard Baker tells the story of The Last Voyage of the Pong Su in a new podcast from The Age & Sydney Morning Herald.Subscribe no

Introducing...Please Explain

Sep 20th, 2018 3m 19s

A new podcast from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, cutting through the noise to give you insight into the stories that drive the nation. Search 'Please Explain' on iTunes now to subscribe.

Introducing our new podcast - Wrong Skin

Jul 3rd, 2018 1m 47s

Wrong Skin: a relationship banned under traditional law. A new podcast from Richard Baker at The Age, Melbourne, investigating an unsolved, suspicious death and a missing person in the Australian outback. Click the link or search 'Wrong Skin' t

Phoebe's Fall - New Laws

Jun 22nd, 2018 6m 55s

Victorian Government announces reforms to Coroner's Act and Phobe's grandfather Lorne responds.

Phoebe's Fall - A Fresh Look

Dec 15th, 2016 9m 30s

The Victorian Government has announced a review of the Coroner's Act amid widespread public concern about the inquest into Phoebe Handsjuk's garbage chute death.

Episode 6: Inquest & Aftermath

Oct 27th, 2016 43m 28s

We dissect the coroner's finding in Phoebe's case, raising serious questions about his conclusion and the methods he used to reach it. We examine the consequences of challenging a poor finding. And we reveal the Facebook post that prompted this

Mini-episode: The mystery phone number and the litany of unanswered questions

Oct 25th, 2016 4m 11s

Seven months after Phoebe Handsjuk died, forensic scientists found a piece of paper in the pocket of the jeans she was wearing when she died. Whose number was it? And what did it mean?

Episode 5: Saying Goodbye

Oct 20th, 2016 31m 18s

Phoebe is remembered by her friends and family. We chronicle the competing memorials and funerals. And we journey to the shores of her Viking farewell.

No time of death for Phoebe

Oct 19th, 2016 4m 54s

We explore the difficulties of establishing Phoebe's time of death, and a debate between police and doctors over the value of trying to estimate when somebody has died.

Episode 4: Policework

Oct 13th, 2016 34m 9s

We explore Phoebe's tumultuous last week and examine what she and her partner, Ant Hampel, did on her final day. Then we put the blowtorch to failings and omissions in the police investigation following her death, and the early conclusion that

Podcast prompts political action

Oct 11th, 2016 3m 2s

Our investigative journalists Richard Baker and Michael Bachelard report back on the tip-offs we've received and the political developments triggered by Phoebe's Fall since we launched.

Episode 3: A Secret Tape

Oct 6th, 2016 29m 26s

Examines the state of Phoebe's mind and the relationship that dominated her life at the time of her death. We find evidence that she was planning to leave her partner, Ant Hampel. And we play audio of a secret recording made by Phoebe's mother

Episode 2: The Chute

Sep 28th, 2016 26m 12s

We walk through the final hours of Phoebe Handsjuk's life, challenge the plausibility of the coroner's findings, and examine the gruesome mechanics of her death in a chilling re-enactment. We also hear from a leading forensic pathologist whom w

Episode 1: Knowing Phoebe

Sep 22nd, 2016 24m 10s

Starts with the mysterious and gruesome death of 24yo Phoebe Handsjuk and the open possibilities that it was either murder, suicide or a tragic accident. Then it steps back to hear from Phoebe herself and then her friends and family describe he

Live Friday, 23 September - The short life and brutal death of Phoebe Handsjuk

Sep 21st, 2016 1m 44s

A major investigation by The Age newsroom in Melbourne, Australia, into the death of Phoebe Handsjuk, who was found at the bottom of a garbage chute in a luxury apartment building.