It is a privilege to step into what I have long deemed the best job on radio: setting the national agenda every weekday morning and hosting the conversations and interviews that keep RN Breakfast listeners highly informed on the issues that affect them.
This is an election year and the first time since John Howard that a Prime Minister will be judged on their full term in office. The days of Prime Ministerial churn appear to be over, so we can focus on policy and big ideas once again.
I am passionate about getting to the truth and asking questions that I know my listeners want asked, regardless of where they live in Australia.
Whether it is holding those in power to account, talking about arts, culture or sport, I am thrilled to be helming this incredibly powerful show I love.
As we enter our third year of the coronavirus pandemic, we have never been more fatigued and uncertain about what a post-pandemic country and world will look like.
Our show will be the home of the big conversations about that rapidly changing reality.
I am a huge listener and lover of stories that change my world and challenge my thinking. I was floored to hear on RN Breakfast recently about new research which shows that about
half of the world's almost 7,000 languages are endangered, and Australia has one of the worst records when it comes to language loss.
Of more than 250 Indigenous languages in Australia,
half have been silenced and just 12 are taught to children.
Another highlight was
the story of George Orwell's rose garden, and how his unlikely hobby offers us a valuable lesson in happiness.
US author Rebecca Solnit joined Late Night Live to explain what Orwell's roses taught her.
See you on Monday,
Patricia Karvelas, host of RN Breakfast
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