It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.

Today, it’s cyclone season in Australia which means millions of us are - hopefully -ready to batten down the hatches at short notice. But how do scientists and engineers figure out how to build stronger shelters … at the Cyclone Testing Station of course. 

Also ahead … the problem with political pragmatism … Richard Dennis spoke to Michael Rowland about his essay Dead Centre, How Political Pragmatism Is Killing Us.

And the man behind a thousand Time Magazine covers.