Neil Mitchell Asks Why

Feb 03 2025 83 ep. 45 mins 49
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Neil Mitchell interviews well-known and interesting guests to find out why they made the choices they made.

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NEW EPISODE: Sarah Abo and her dad explain how migration can work

Feb 03 2025 68 mins  
I chat to Sarah Abo, co-host of the Today show, and her father, Fouad Abo, about their family’s escape from Syria in 1990 and how they've come to call Australia home.  Get in touch:   EMAIL: [email protected] X: x.com/3AWNeilMitchell   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 'horrifying' Trump decision nobody seems to have noticed

Jan 29 2025 21 mins  
A recap on everything you missed in the last few months: Neale Daniher awarded Australian of the year  The Tony Jones & Novak Djokovic stoush Fires & floods The war against hate Second Trump presidency begins  Tell me what you think:  EMAIL: [email protected] X: x.com/3AWNeilMitchellSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Best of 2024: 'Bikies are misunderstood'; Former Comanchero boss tells all

Jan 27 2025 63 mins  
As a young man, Jay Malkoun went to jail for 10 years for trafficking heroin. He survived the notorious Pentridge Prison and went on to become president of outlawed bikie gang The Comancheros. Jay Malkoun has been a very serious criminal. But now, he says he's not. You be the judge. In this episode, Jay Malkoun tells me WHY he's written a memoir 'The Consultant' and thrust himself

Best of 2024: The thing 'people don't realise' about Michael Klim

Jan 20 2025 61 mins  
Michael Klim is one of the most physically imposing athletes in Australian history, as well as being one of our greatest swimmers. In this episode Michael Klim tells me how he's made peace with a rare and debilitating disorder called CIDP (a neurological disorder that can cause weakness, wasting and sensory loss in the legs and arms) and WHY he had to drop his ego. Michael's memoir

Best of 2024: The battle to control outer space

Jan 13 2025 52 mins  
Who controls space will control Earth. What happens up there impacts every aspect of modern life: Satellites, GPS, power grids. And there are some weird things going on. In this episode I speak to Rebecca Shrimpton, director of Defence and National Security at ASPI, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. She has a warning of what we stand to gain, and what stands to be lost.See

Best of 2024: Lives of true crime; With Andrew Rule & John Silvester

Jan 06 2025 64 mins  
Andrew Rule and John 'Sly' Silvester are the odd couple of crime. One can write, the other can talk. They've built their careers writing, and talking, about the most unpleasant things in life. Murder. Armed robbery. Gang wars. They revolutionised the way journalists wrote about crime, and they're responsible for bringing one of Australia's most notorious, and now infamous criminals

Best of 2024: Why AI has no conscience and what is means for humanity

Dec 30 2024 57 mins  
There's no denying AI will shape the future of human life: How we work, live and communicate. In this special highlight episode, I speak to Australia's leading expert on Artificial Intelligence, Professor Toby Walsh, the Chief Scientist at the UNSW AI Institute. He's written a number of books on the subject, and been a vocal supporter of AI intelligence - but he has his concerns to

Best of 2024: Why FUNGI will change the world

Dec 23 2024 49 mins  
I dive into the unexpected, unassuming world of fungi - and what I've found is astounding. I speak to Mycologist Dr.Teresa Lebel and discover fungi has the potential to change, save and shape the world like you wouldn't believe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is what I think will matter in 2025

Dec 18 2024 15 mins  
These are my predictions for 2025: Cost of living crisis won't go away, debt set to soar, ABC is in for a shake up and no clear winner of the federal election. Tell me what you think:  EMAIL: [email protected] X: x.com/3AWNeilMitchellSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why Moira Kelly is willing to sacrifice anything

Dec 16 2024 67 mins  
In this episode of Neil Mitchell Asks Why, humanitarian Moira Kelly reveals how she saved her adopted daughter, one of the famously conjoined twin sisters Trishna and Krishna, for a second time.  For more information about Moira’s work, you can visit the Creating Hope Foundation  Here Get in touch:   EMAIL: [email protected] X: x.com/3AWNeilMi