The Irish border, Success with the NDIS, Debating the apostrophe, Judith Lucy vs men, William Boyd on Chekov, Frida Kahlo's photo collection

What it means to be a citizen, author Kristina Olsson on 1960s Australia, the science of wombat poo, feel-good television, parenting with a disability

Lucy the chimp's weird and sad life, author Lee Child on writing and Jack Reacher, the history of autism, Bluey the animated dog, the importance of the Newcastle Museum

Sinatra's sexist spat, Harry Potter and the bible, the American Left, the black hole, Chile the last flamingo in Australia, Vera Brittain, and a breakthrough for spinal injuries

The dark side of bohemian life, the printmaker's 'useless men', a boutique cinema, the legally deaf and blind painter, Eleanor Roosevelt's love life

Why aliens are ignoring us, They Shall Not Grow Old, WWI slang, smelling breath to detect serious diseases, and Kate Atkinson's spy thriller

Superwog, using Classics to justify misogyny, The Moth, Word Up, forest bathing, epigenetics and why science plays it safe.

Elusive family histories, life in 500 words, the cat cafe side hustler, alkaline diets, successful podcasts and gonorrhoea