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Canberra’s newspaper, carefully read aloud.
Radio 1RPH offers patient readings from the Canberra Times and other programs, moving from front-page headlines into local, national, business, health, science, death notices, and sport. The format suits listeners who want the newspaper experience carried aloud with context and care.
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Radio 1RPH’s feed is built around the practical work of reading print aloud. The Canberra Times episodes feel like a guided pass through the day’s paper, with headlines, page references, bylines, and section changes clearly marked along the way. The pacing is measured. Stories are introduced before they are read, so listeners can understand where they are in the newspaper and why the item matters. Recent editions have moved from ACT front pages into public service policy, education, defence, transport, household costs, politics, finance, death notices, public health advice, and sport. The local focus is strong. Canberra businesses, government departments, ACT events, funeral information, Raiders coverage, and public transport figures sit beside national and international developments. That mix gives the show a civic texture rather than a pundit’s rhythm. It is less interested in argument than in access. The readers create a steady path through material that might otherwise remain visual, time-consuming, or difficult to follow while doing something else. There are occasional rough edges, including repeated phrasing and live handoffs, but those moments reinforce the service-like character of the program. Names of readers and presenters change across episodes, giving the feed a rotating-community feel. The format is especially clear when it moves from front-page summaries into longer articles, where a story can breathe without being compressed into a broadcast sound bite. Business and policy items receive the same patient treatment as sport or community notices. The Cosmos episode broadens the catalogue with science writing, including research on exercise, the hippocampus, and memory-related brain waves. That scientific material is presented in the same plain, source-led manner as the newspaper readings. The result is a show for people who value information read carefully more than news performed dramatically. It works as a daily companion, a local briefing, and an accessibility service at once. Its strongest moments come when detail accumulates: names, places, figures, dates, and public decisions forming a spoken map of Canberra’s civic life. For PlayNext listeners, it offers a rare discovery lane into long-form community radio built from newspapers, not studio chatter.
Made for: For listeners who want Canberra Times readings, public affairs, notices, sport, and science read in a steady, accessible audio format. It especially suits people who prefer newspaper breadth without the pace or tone of commercial news talk.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its page-by-page fidelity: article titles, bylines, sections, and notices are treated as part of the listening experience. It sounds like access work rather than commentary, giving public information unusual patience.
A collection of programs from the studios of Radio 1RPH Canberra.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It makes Canberra newspaper coverage and practical public-interest interviews accessible through patient, carefully structured spoken presentation.
Podcasts from the studios of Radio 1RPH turns printed news and focused studio interviews into clear spoken audio. Its Canberra Times editions proceed methodically from front-page stories through death notices and sport, preserving the shape of a newspaper while making its…
This is the show that reads Canberra's front page aloud when print is not on your agenda.
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A calm newspaper reading that moves from NAIDOC Week to AI hiring and politics.
It moves through the Canberra Times with a steady hand, from NAIDOC Week coverage and a front-page photo of Hudson Young to Ray Athwell's story on generative AI and the public service selection-criteria process.
A steady newspaper read that moves from art to markets and vaccination advice with plain, dependable pacing.
This Canberra Times reading opens with art in the new Googan-Gilwin Youth Aboriginal Corporation building before moving to the front-page missile story, with John McIntosh and Craig Robillion reading under Roy Jeeves.
A steady newspaper read linking Canberra public affairs, energy bills, housing and sport.
Canberra Times works like a civic map of the day, moving from the Adult Offenders Register's 238% expansion since 2022 to federal contractor costs, household energy bills, housing pressure and sport.
A grounded account of how liberal arts study can reopen education through patient support and practical guidance.
Clemente is framed through a basic question of access: what the program offers, who it is for, and how it reaches people whose education has been blocked or interrupted.
A clear, measured look at how telescopic glasses and tinted lenses help one driver read traffic signals.
Bioptic driving comes through as a practical piece of low-vision design, explained through Belinda O'Connor's description of a telescopic device that can sit above spectacles or be built into a lens to extend distance vision behind the wheel.
Art historian Tamar Avishai interviews critics, curators, and writers about single paintings and ideas.
Jennifer Dasal narrates art history's overlooked lives, from Picasso's police file to Rauschenberg and Twombly's romance.
Russell Tovey and Robert Diament interview artists about their materials, biography, and process.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins and James Deakins interview film crew about the craft behind specific shots.
Robert Bound interviews artists and reviews new film, book, and music releases with critics.
Sound art from places, recordings, and memory.
Belinda O'Connor drives into the Radio 1RPH car park, and Mary-Anne Gore turns that arrival into the starting point for a grounded chat about bioptic driving and low-vision access in Australia.
Clemente starts with a plain question.
The reading opens with thanks.
Two front-page stories lead the hour.
The front page gets things moving.
Radio 1RPH readers Peter, Penny and Craig cover the Canberra Times on 3 July 2026, beginning with Australia's FIFA World Cup match against Egypt and Canberra's larger Civic viewing screen.
Podcasts from the studios of Radio 1RPH reads the Canberra Times for Thursday July 02 2026, beginning with a Hume Highway crash that destroyed six trucks and drew about 120 firefighters.
This episode is a news reading service from 1RPH covering the Canberra Times, featuring major stories including a manslaughter verdict and Australia's new National Defence Strategy with significant funding increases.
This episode is a news reading service from the Canberra Times covering stories including Prince Harry's visit to the War Memorial and a pay review for top Australian Public Service chiefs.
This episode presents news from the Canberra Times, covering calls for transparency in ATAR scores and how rising fuel prices are leading to additional levies on consumers in Canberra.
This episode is a news reading service from Radio 1RPH, covering front-page headlines from the Canberra Times including a surge in public transport usage in Canberra due to high fuel prices and U.S.
This episode discusses a study showing that a single 20-minute exercise session triggers high-frequency brain waves in the hippocampus, enhancing memory and learning.
This episode explores the challenges advocacy organizations face in making their voices heard amidst media fragmentation and identity politics, featuring insights from leaders in housing justice and LGBTQ+ services.
This episode features an interview with Belinda O'Connor from Bioptic Drivers Australia, explaining how bioptic devices help people with low vision drive by using telescopic attachments on glasses.
This episode explores whether Canberra's streets, transport, and urban centers are broken for people with disabilities and how to fix them, featuring guests from Living Streets Canberra and the Public Transport Association of Canberra.
This episode describes a walkthrough of Canberra's Enlighten Festival, focusing on the animated projection 'Queens of the Desert' by artist Kayleen Whiskey at the National Portrait Gallery.