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Dezi Freeman: The Hunt | Ep 2 | Inside the operation
May 4, 2026
22m 27s
Dezi Freeman: The Hunt | Ep 1 | The Final 24 Hours
May 2, 2026
19m 18s
Introducing Dezi Freeman: The Hunt
Apr 30, 2026
1m 30s
The Children in the Pictures Bonus: Jon Rouse, the man behind Taskforce Argos
Apr 27, 2026
53m 15s
The Children in the Pictures | Ep 8 | The Hope and the Good
Apr 22, 2026
30m 54s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/4/26 | ![]() Dezi Freeman: The Hunt | Ep 2 | Inside the operation | Once police received the tip-off that exposed Dezi Freeman’s hideout, they moved in — quietly. For seven days, officers hid in dense bushland, watching the remote property, waiting for the moment to strike. They knew Freeman had already evaded capture once. If he ran again, they might not get a second chance. 7NEWS journalist Michael Usher and Crime Editor Cassie Zervos take you inside the high-stakes surveillance, the planning behind the takedown, and the risks facing officers on the ground, as they closed in on one of Australia’s most wanted fugitives. Dezi Freeman: The Hunt is a 7NEWS and LiSTNR co-production. Listen to the podcast on Secrets We Keep or watch the vodcast on 7Plus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 22m 27s | ||||||
| 5/2/26 | ![]() Dezi Freeman: The Hunt | Ep 1 | The Final 24 Hours✨ | crimemanhunt+4 | Michael Usher | 7NEWSLiSTNR | — | Dezi Freemanmanhunt+5 | — | 19m 18s | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() Introducing Dezi Freeman: The Hunt✨ | crimemanhunt+4 | Cassie Zervos | 7NEWSLiSTNR | Victoria | Dezi Freemanmanhunt+5 | — | 1m 30s | |
| 4/27/26 | ![]() The Children in the Pictures Bonus: Jon Rouse, the man behind Taskforce Argos✨ | child exploitationinvestigative podcast+3 | Jon Rouse | Taskforce ArgosLiSTNR+1 | — | child exploitationTaskforce Argos+5 | — | 53m 15s | |
| 4/22/26 | ![]() The Children in the Pictures | Ep 8 | The Hope and the Good✨ | child exploitationonline safety+4 | — | LiSTNRChildren in the Pictures | — | child exploitationonline safety+5 | — | 30m 54s | |
| 4/20/26 | ![]() The Children in the Pictures | Ep 7 | A Perfect Match✨ | child exploitationinvestigative podcast+4 | — | LiSTNRArgos | AustraliaThe Love Zone | child exploitationinvestigation+6 | — | 41m 42s | |
| 4/15/26 | ![]() The Children in the Pictures | Ep 6 | The Glitch✨ | child exploitationinvestigative podcast+5 | — | LiSTNRArgos | AustraliaThe Love Zone | child exploitationonline abuse+7 | — | 30m 16s | |
| 4/13/26 | ![]() The Children in the Pictures | Ep 5 | The Job of Being Evil✨ | child exploitationonline safety+5 | — | LiSTNRArgos+1 | AustraliaAdelaide | child exploitationonline abuse+6 | — | 30m 35s | |
| 4/8/26 | ![]() The Children in the Pictures | Ep 4 | The Takeover✨ | child exploitationinvestigative podcast+4 | — | LiSTNRThe Love Zone+1 | — | child exploitationinvestigation+5 | — | 32m 26s | |
| 4/6/26 | ![]() The Children in the Pictures | Ep 3 | The Anti-Social Network✨ | child exploitationinvestigative podcast+4 | Akhim Dev | LiSTNRTaskforce Argos | Queensland | child exploitationonline abuse+7 | — | 34m 08s | |
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| 4/1/26 | ![]() The Children in the Pictures | Ep 2 | Crimes Without Borders✨ | child exploitationonline safety+4 | — | Taskforce ArgosLiSTNR | — | child abusedark net+5 | — | 33m 13s | |
| 3/30/26 | ![]() The Children in the Pictures | Ep 1 | Down the Rabbit Hole✨ | child exploitationdark web+4 | Akhim Dev | LiSTNRChildren in the Pictures | Australia | child exploitationdark web+5 | — | 26m 49s | |
| 3/25/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Unmasking the alleged torturer turned Bondi nanny | Part 2✨ | torturehuman rights+5 | Florencia MelgarAdriana Rivas | CIAAugusto Pinochet’s secret police | ChileBondi+1 | CIAtorturer+7 | — | 27m 59s | |
| 3/23/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Unmasking the alleged torturer turned Bondi nanny | Part 1 | A CIA-backed coup. A hidden Australian connection. And a suburban nanny with a secret past. In Part 1 of Unmasking the alleged torturer turned Bondi nanny, Uruguayan-Australian journalist Florencia Melgar takes us inside her groundbreaking investigation, The Other 9/11, and how she uncovered the secret role Australian spies played in the Pinochet coup in Chile in 1973. What began as a deep dive into Cold War espionage led somewhere unexpected: to Bondi, and to a woman accused of being part of Chile’s machinery of torture. More on this story: The Other 9/11 ABC Foreign Correspondent, Facing the Past More on Australia’s involvement in Chile: 'Last thing he wanted was to embarrass the CIA': Inside Whitlam's 'agonising' decision to shut Australian spy operation in Chile Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au. Credits: Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Sound Design: Matt Nikolic Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 21m 31s | ||||||
| 3/16/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Smuggling out proof of the secret war on Australia's doorstep | In this episode of Secrets We Keep: Uncovered, filmmaker Kristo Langker takes us inside the long-running conflict between Indonesia and West Papuans. Embedded with fighters from the West Papua Liberation Army, a small armed independence movement that has been battling Indonesian security forces for decades, Kristo travelled to a remote mountain village where the Indonesian military was allegedly bombing indigenous communities with high-tech explosives and drones. He gathered evidence of these extreme measures right on Australia’s doorstep and smuggled it back to confront a multi-billion-dollar weapons manufacturer about its role in the bloodshed. Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au. Credits: Reporter/Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Sound Design: Matt Curry and Matt Nikolic Fact check: Madeline Larsen Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 25m 27s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Discovering your boyfriend was a cop spying on you | Part 2 | For years, flatmates Wendy and Ellie trusted James. He joined Wendy’s animal rights advocacy group, quickly becoming one of her closest friends — and Ellie’s boyfriend. But James wasn’t who they thought. He was an undercover cop, deployed to spy on them. Part of a secretive UK operation now known as Spy Cops, James was one of many officers who infiltrated activist and protest groups, forming intimate and sexual relationships with their targets -sometimes for years- leaving a trail of betrayal and heartbreak behind. In this two-part tell-all interview, Wendy and Ellie take us through a 17-year-long deception so cruel that it's almost impossible to comprehend. Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au. If this episode raises issues for you, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1322 46 36. Credits: Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Sound Design: Matt Curry Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 22m 48s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Discovering your boyfriend was a cop spying on you | Part 1 | For years, flatmates Wendy and Ellie trusted James. He joined Wendy’s animal rights advocacy group, quickly becoming one of her closest friends — and Ellie’s boyfriend. But James wasn’t who they thought. He was an undercover cop, deployed to spy on them. Part of a secretive UK operation now known as Spy Cops, James was one of many officers who infiltrated activist and protest groups, forming intimate and sexual relationships with their targets -sometimes for years- leaving a trail of betrayal and heartbreak behind. In this two-part tell-all interview, Wendy and Ellie take us through a 17-year-long deception so cruel that it's almost impossible to comprehend. Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au. If this episode raises issues for you, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1322 46 36. Credits: Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Sound Design: Matt Curry Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 25m 35s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Exposing the Bondi gunmen's ISIS links | After a 16-year-old extremist attempted to stab a Bishop at a church in Western Sydney, ABC investigative journalist Sean Rubinsztein‑Dunlop was approached by a man with an extraordinary claim: he was a former undercover ASIO spy who had infiltrated extremist networks in Sydney linked to Islamic State. In this episode of Uncovered, Sean tells the story of ‘Marcus’, the ex-spy who, while undercover, met Naveed Akram and his father, the men allegedly later responsible for the Bondi Beach terror attack. Marcus gathered intelligence, faced life-threatening risks, and witnessed individuals on a path to violence. He says he warned ASIO of Naveed being a potential threat, but authorities disagreed with his assessment. Through Sean’s reporting, we go inside Australia’s hidden world of counterterrorism and see how Marcus’s actions intersected with one of Sydney’s most serious domestic terror plots, offering a rare insight into national security, radicalisation, and the human cost of undercover work. Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au. Four Corners episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHnaHHC8Q9c ASIO's statement in response to the ABC's Four Corners: https://www.asio.gov.au/asio-statement-four-corners Credits: Reporter/Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Fact Check: Holly Mitchell Sound Design: Matt Nikolic Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 42m 24s | ||||||
| 2/23/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Confronting Prince Andrew on Epstein | When BBC's Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis interviewed Prince Andrew, Buckingham Palace was hoping for redemption. Instead, what they got was disastrous interview that shook the British monarchy, spelled the downfall of Prince Andrew and catapulted a global scandal that still reverberates today. In this episode of Uncovered, Emily Maitlis takes us behind the scenes, through the negotiations, careful strategy, and extraordinary moments, as she confronted the now former prince over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations of trafficked victim Virginia Giuffre. What was meant to be a controlled PR exercise instead became a global reckoning, exposing the limits of truth, power and privilege; triggering a call for accountability. Emily Maitlis is appearing at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center in an event hosted by the Wheeler Center on the 5th of March. She'll also be speaking at the All About Women Festival in Sydney on the 8th of March. Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au. Check out The Weekend Briefing's interview with Emily Maitlis here: https://play.listnr.com/podcast/the-briefing/episode/meet-the-journalist-who-brought-down-prince-andrew Credits: Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Fact Check: Madeline Larsen Sound Design: Matt Nikolic Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 34m 50s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Exposing hero surgeon's maggot-infested patient | What happens when a surgeon celebrated as a “hero” leaves some patients to suffer devastating consequences? From maggot-infested wounds to systemic failures that left some paraplegic patients and amputees in worse shape than when they first sought help. In this interview, investigative journalist Charlotte Grieve tells the story of how she uncovered the hidden side behind the halo of a doctor protected by glowing media reports, and how she fought in court to defend the truth. Dr Munjed Al Muderis is scheduled to appeal the court's findings in mid 2026. Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au. Credits: Reporter/Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Fact Check and Production Support: Holly Mitchell Sound Design: Matt Nikolic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 36m 13s | ||||||
| 2/12/26 | ![]() BONUS | Unveiling the motives behind the Christchurch terrorist’s appeal | The Christchurch terrorist has returned to court, seeking to overturn his guilty plea for the 2019 mosque attacks that killed 51 people. He argues that the extreme isolation of a “prison within a prison” inside New Zealand’s most secure facility left him psychologically incapable of making rational decisions when he pleaded guilty. How likely is a judge to grant his request? And what would reopening this case mean for survivors and the families of the victims? Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor host Joey Watson joins The Briefing's Sacha Barbour Gatt for a deep dive into the real motivations that lie behind the terrorist's legal battle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 12m 27s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | ![]() Lone Actor | Investigating the Christchurch terrorist | There are new developments in the case of the Christchurch terrorist — the Australian man who murdered 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 — who is now seeking to overturn his guilty plea and appeal his sentence. The Christchurch massacre remains the deadliest act of extremist violence committed by an Australian. In Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor, journalist Joey Watson retraces the terrorist’s trajectory in the years leading up to the attack, revealing the networks, influences, and failures that shaped one of the most devastating crimes in our region. Joey speaks with survivors, researchers, and those who crossed the attacker’s path, as he begins to uncover a far more complex story. What, or who, led him to violence? Lone Actor | Ep 2 | Shitposting Lone Actor | Ep 3 | In the scene Lone Actor | Ep 4 | The Balkans Lone Actor | Ep 5 | The defence of Europe Lone Actor | Ep 6 | Skull Mask Network Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 30m 40s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Infiltrating an LSD-fuelled neo-Nazi goat sacrifice | To bring down a violent neo-Nazi group, former FBI undercover agent Scott Payne had to become someone else. It was a mission that demanded more than surveillance. He infiltrated a neo-Nazi hate camp and, to prove loyalty, he had to partake into strange rituals, even sacrificing a goat. In this interview, Payne takes us inside the mechanics of extremist recruitment, the psychology of hate, and the perils of going deep cover. Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au. Credits: Reporter/Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Fact Check: Holly Mitchell Sound Design: Matt Nikolic Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 34m 03s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | ![]() SPONSORED | Unravelling memory and evidence in real-world investigations | When you think crime, justice, and police or journalistic investigations, what really goes into unravelling evidence? What skills do professionals need to put the pieces together? In this sponsored episode, Joey Watson sits down with Dr Hayley Cullen, a cognitive and forensic psychology expert, to explore what skills university students in psychology, forensic science, criminal investigation, and related fields learn, and how they apply those skills in real-world investigations. This episode was sponsored by Open Universities Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 16m 09s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | ![]() Uncovered | Exposing the government’s false case for war | As Australia geared up to join the United States in the Iraq War, then intelligence analyst Andrew Wilkie faced an ethical crossroads: the government’s claims to justify the war were untrue. In this interview, the now independent MP speaks candidly about whistleblowing against the official narrative and what it means to challenge power in the lead-up to war. Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au. Credits: Reporter/Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Fact Check: Holly Mitchell Sound Design: Matt Nikolic Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 35m 16s | ||||||
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