Joe Koning

Audio Producer at The Guardian Australia

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Why the key to good sleep can’t be found on TikTok - Full Story podcast

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Nour Haydar |Donna Lu |Karishma Luthria |Joe Koning |Miles Herbert

Social media is rife with hacks that claim to help you sleep better and deeper. From melatonin, feeding your baby butter, and taping your mouth shut – the solutions range from obvious to unexpected. In conversation with Nour Haydar anti-viral columnist Donna Lu breaks down the viral hacks that the internet claims will help you get better sleep• You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
Gina: What does she want? – episode 7 - podcast

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

At 13 years old, a young Gina Rinehart read a book that would help shape her worldview – Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, which is having a moment around the world. The novel’s capitalist underpinnings promote the idea that people should strive to be their best industrial selves. In this episode, we explore how these values are playing out in Rinehart’s life today, including her proposal to build a coalmine in Canada’s Rocky Mountains.
Gina: Mythmaking – episode 7- podcast

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Camilla Hannan |Luca Ittimani |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

Gina Rinehart’s father Lang Hancockis well known asa pioneer of the iron ore industry in Australia but few realise Hancock started his mining career on a smaller scale and digging for a different substance – blue asbestos. Hancock and his partner started the mining operation at Wittenoom in the 1940s before selling it to another company, CSR, which mined the area for 20 more years.
Gina: The DNA request - Full Story podcast

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

In the last episode, we covered historical claims made over the years that Lang Hancock, Gina’s father, had two unacknowledged daughters with separate Indigenous women. Since then, the daughter of Sella Robinson, one of the Indigenous women who claimed to be Hancock’s daughter, has decided to speak publicly for the first time• Listen and subscribe to the Gina Podcast at theguardian.com/gina
Gina: The portrait - episode 5 podcast

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Karishma Luthria |Isabella Lee |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

It’s the portrait of Gina Rinehart that launched 1,000 memes, went viral globally and became Australia’s Mona Lisa. But it’s also a symbol of how wealth intersects with other areas of life, including art and sport. How does Rinehart use her money to control her image – and what would she rather you don’t see? This episode of Gina is about power and control, and the colonial history of Australia.
Gina: The first-born son – episode 4 - podcast

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Luca Ittimani |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it’s the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth interview, he explains how his relationship with his mother fell apart and discusses a high-stakes legal case that could threaten the foundations of her empire• Listen and subscribe to the Gina Podcast at theguardian.com/gina
Gina: Like father, like daughter – episode 2 – podcast

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Luca Ittimani |Isabella Lee |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni |Joe Koning

Contains excerpts from Interview with Lang Hancock by Lady Mary Fairfax obtained from the State Library of Western Australia, reproduced with the permission of the Library Board of Western Australia and the copyright holder WIN. Illustration: Sam Kerr/The Guardian
Gina: Becoming Mrs Rinehart – episode 1 - podcast

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Luca Ittimani |Isabella Lee |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni

Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? In the first episode of Gina, senior correspondent Sarah Martin explores the impact Rinehart could have on Australian politics. Rinehart grew up in the vast expanse of the Pilbara. To understand her story, we delve into her past and how her unique childhood under the influence of Lang Hancock shaped her
Gina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia great - Full Story podcast

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Miles Martignoni |Shelley Hepworth

As we approach the Australian federal election, our new podcast series is exploring how much power and influence Gina Rinehart has in this country. She is a success story, worth almost $40bn. She’s also a climate sceptic, a Trumpette, a litigant – even against her own kids – and the woman who saved Australian swimming. Reged Ahmad speaks to senior correspondent and the host of this new series, Sarah Martin, to ask: who is Gina Rinehart, and what does she want?
Gina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia great - podcast

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Shelley Hepworth |Miles Martignoni |Bridie Jabour

Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? As the federal election approaches, Guardian Australia’s new series explores the impact Australia’s richest person could have on Australian politics. Senior correspondent Sarah Martin investigates decades of family history and infighting to make sense of how she became a mining billionaire, legal warrior and Trump admirer – and what she might do next.