Hedley Thomas’ new podcast: Sick To Death

Hedley Thomas’ new podcast: Sick To Death

From The Teacher's Pet by The Australian

November 17, 2025 · 18 min

About this episode

Hedley Thomas discusses the launch of his new podcast Sick To Death, which explores a surgeon's catastrophic mistakes within a flawed healthcare system.

A blockbuster new podcast from The Australian and our investigative star reporter Hedley Thomas: Sick To Death is the horrifying true story of a surgeon who made catastrophic mistakes - and went unchallenged by a broken system. Hedley Thomas is here for a special episode to mark the launch of Sick To Death, available now in Apple Podcasts and at sicktodeathpodcast.com This is an episode of our daily news podcast The Front,  presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton with Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Claire Harvey

Guest: Hedley Thomas

Topics covered

  • true crime
  • investigation
  • healthcare system
  • medical mistakes
  • podcast launch

Keywords

  • Hedley Thomas
  • Sick To Death
  • surgeon
  • medical errors
  • investigative journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Australian

Books & works: Sick To Death

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