60 Minutes - Extra Minutes

Amelia Adams and producer Sammi Taylor take a behind-the-scenes look at their investigation into the controversial "tradwife" phenomenon. They unpack the reality behind the perfectly curated social media trend, discuss the feminist backlash, and reveal what it was like interviewing the modern men desperately searching for traditional wives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Hegarty and Laura Sparkes discuss the lasting effects of brain rot and the mental decline in teenagers and young adults who have grown up surrounded by screens. Internationally renowned cognitive neuroscientist Dr Mark Williams has been studying the effects of excessive screen time on a developing brain, and he is one of many experts sounding the alarm on the increasing number of young people...

Adam Hegarty and Anne Worthington discuss the dangerous parasite that is wreaking havoc across bushland on the east coast of Australia. The Eastern Paralysis Tick is responsible for thousands of Australians falling ill, with a growing number of individuals unaware that they may be affected by MMA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tara Brown and Sammi Taylor discuss the reopening of the investigation into Zorro Ranch, thousands of acres of desert land formerly owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Because of its isolation and vastness, what happened in the New Mexico fortress remains unknown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Hegarty and Sammi Taylor read viewer feedback after 60 Minutes’ looksmaxxing interview with Clavicular spreads like wildfire online. Also speaking publicly for the first time, Adam reacts to his newfound fame as the internet’s latest “favourite person”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What’s the day climb up Lizard Island really like? Tara Brown and Lisa Brown retrace the same gruelling hike the Coral Adventurer passengers took in October 2025 when 81-year-old Suzanne Rees was left to die on the trail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Hegarty and Sammi Taylor discuss the new phenomenon targeting young men online - looksmaxxing. Having witnessed the controversial bone-smashing first hand, and talking to prominent and most followed figures in this internet subculture, they raise a very pressing concern about the content young, impressionable men are exposed to. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Abo and Natalie Clancy discuss one of the most moving stories aired on 60 Minutes - the story of Stephanie Browitt, a young woman who survived the devastating 2019 eruption of White Island volcano in New Zealand but lost her father and sister who were with her on the hike. Six years on, healing from severe burns, Stephanie, along with her mother Marie, are living to tell the tale, detailing...

Amelia Adams and Anne Worthington discuss the program's rare media interview with Xiao Qian, China's top diplomat to Australia. On Lunary New Year this year, the 60 Minutes team was invited inside the Chinese embassy where, along with getting a tour of the grounds, Amelia discussed some of the most pressing global issues with the ambassador. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Hegarty and Laura Sparkes discuss the alarming warfare already being deployed in active wars around the world that utilise high tech and artificial intelligence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amelia Adams and Tara Brown discuss what's been uncovered in the Epstein files so far - names of the richest and most powerful people, embarrassing and potentially criminal behaviour involving the dead paedophile, and making sense of the millions of information exposed in the documents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amelia Adams and Natalie Clancy discuss the Australian family drama unfolding in a sleepy Italian town that has public opinion split in half: is the extreme, off-the-grid lifestyle damaging for children? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dimity Clancey and Anne Worthington discuss and reflect on the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary acts of bravery in the midst of Australia's worst terror attack at Bondi Beach in December 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dimity Clancey and Tara Brown discuss the latest developments in the Epstein Files saga, with incredible scenes out of England where the King's brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested by local police, held in custody for 12 hours while raids at his home were conducted, and then released under investigation. The former duke is the first royal to have been held in police custody in more than...

Tara Brown and Stefanie Sgroi read viewer feedback on 60 Minutes' 2019 investigation into Scientology. The program has followed the stories, controversies and mysteries surrounding this church for decades, and to this day there is one question people continue to ask: Where is Shelly Miscavige, the Church of Scientology's high priestess and wife of leader David Miscavige? See omnystudio.com/listene...

Tara Brown and Laura Sparkes read view feedback on 60 Minutes' program about the double tragedy some women have had to endure their whole lives as a result of a "miracle drug" they were forced to take when they were young, unwed and pregnant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Hegarty and Anne Worthington read viewer feedback on 60 Minutes' program about Australia's social media ban - a month into the implementation of the world-first law affecting people under 16 years old. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dimity Clancey and Serge Negus read viewer feedback on 60 Minutes' program about nitazenes - a Chinese-made class of synthetic opioid reportedly 10 to 20 times more potent than fentanyl. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dimity Clancey and Sammi Taylor read viewer feedback on 60 Minutes' program about Rebecca Loos' allegations that she had an affair with football superstar David Beckham 20 years ago resurfacing after Beckham's Netflix documentary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amelia Adams and Natalie Clancy read viewer feedback on 60 Minutes' program about Navy Joan Biden, the grandchild of former US President Joe Biden who, up until 2020 when a paternity test confirmed Hunter Biden as the father, remained a secret. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amelia Adams and Sammi Taylor read viewer feedback on 60 Minutes' program about gender creative parenting - the polarising parenting style where children are raised without an assigned gender, allowing them - when they are ready - to choose for themselves whether they identify as he/him, she/her, they/them or other combinations in the wide gender spectrum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Dimity Clancey and Anne Worthington read viewer feedback on 60 Minutes' program about how children survivors of domestic violence have been forgotten by the system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amelia Adams and Toni Ambrogetti read viewer feedback on 60 Minutes' program about Tesla's Full Self-Driving Supervised cars, which has just rolled out on Australian roads this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Hegarty and Sammi Taylor read viewer feedback on 60 Minutes' program about the growing trend of people falling in love with AI bots, highlighting the tragic story of Sewell Setzer and his experience on Character. AI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Probyn and Anne Worthington discuss everything that went wrong with Taipan military helicopter that was introduced to Australia's Defence fleet in 2007, replacing the old Black Hawks and Sea Kings, but has been plagued by safety issues, culminating in the catastrophic crash during an exercise in 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.