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Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, is the face of ‘looksmaxxing’, a movement promising young men ‘ascension’ to greater attractiveness that is also considered a pipeline to toxic incel ideology.

Who are ‘looksmaxxers’? And why are they calling other men ‘sub-human’?

Meet the men, and boys, who are smoking crystal meth and risking their fertility in a bid to become their most beautiful selves.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris

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Here and Nighy: “I’ve never listened to a podcast, so I don’t know what the appeal of the show is,” the actor says.

Bill Nighy didn’t want to make a podcast. But now it’s a surprise hit

He’s supposed to be dealing with listeners’ quandaries but on Ill-Advised by Bill Nighy we learn a lot about the English actor himself. 

  • Barry Divola
Joy and Roger Membrey in 2005, with a picture of their daughter, Elisabeth, who was killed in 1994. There is a million-dollar reward for information on the Membrey murder.

A cold case, a new suspect, and fresh hope for a mother desperate for answers

For three decades, Joy has been hunting for answers over the murder of 22-year-old Elisabeth. There have been false dawns but she’s never given up.

  • John Silvester
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has returned to her influencer roots with her new curated online store.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex confirmed to appear on Her Best Life podcast

The Duchess of Sussex will headline a three-day weekend retreat hosted by an Australian podcast – but those who want to attend will have to fork out at least $2699.

  • Michael Idato
“Songwriting helps me process thoughts and emotions and conversations I want to have with people. You’re writing letters to people that you’ll never send.”

Does this childhood experience guarantee success as an adult?

Australian singer Courtney Barnett on the importance of a good music teacher, turning mumbles into lyrics – and how writing songs helps her to process anxiety.

  • Konrad Marshall
Judy Moran’s last ride from freedom in 2009. In police car with Stuart Bateson

A shooting in front of children at a footy clinic shifted everything in the notorious Underbelly war

The gangland wars between Carl Williams and the Moran family dominated Melbourne for years. Now, John Silvester talks to one of the lead police investigators about what it took to put some of them behind bars.

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John Silvester’s Naked City: Market Murders, The Great Bookie Robbery, Russell Street bombing, Neighbourhood Wine, coffee with Carl Williams and the Black Prince of Lygon Street, St Mary Star of the Sea.

A bloody mafia war, a heist and a courthouse execution: The secrets bubbling below a city’s surface

Coffee with Carl Williams, sacred sites where gangsters roam free: This is the dark history of Australia’s underbelly

  • John Silvester and Pablo Barnes
John Taylor, former bomb disposal expert with the special operations group

John Taylor says being little has its advantages when you’re a cop. You can be ‘pushed through small windows’

As part of the elite special operations group, John Taylor chased criminals, defused bombs, and navigated deadly sieges, never letting the fact that he “didn’t look the part” get in the way.

It’s Victorians paying for Ferraris of gangland figures involved in the Big Build project

Victorians have paid for ‘gangland figures to drive Ferraris’ thanks to CFMEU power

“So why was this happening? I mean, we still really haven’t got to the bottom of why the Labor government didn’t protect public funds.”

Darcy wears Christian Kimber jacket; Dee wears Lee Mathews dress, own jewellery.

Darcy Moore was single his whole adult life. A text to Dee Salmin changed everything

The Collingwood captain and Triple J presenter dated quietly for eight months, until listeners of her podcast caught on. Then, they made their Brownlow debut.

  • Melissa Singer