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Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast
Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr. This LNL podcast contains the stories in separate episodes. Subscribe to the full podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
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Flavio Bolsanaro flees Brazil after losing election
One day after vowing to remain in Brazil after losing the election to Lula da Silva, Brazil's opposition leader, Flavio Bolsonaro, has sought asylum in the…
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Geoffrey Bardon and Papunya art
The prevailing view of the origins of the Aboriginal art movement, as we know it today, is that it was started by Geoffrey Bardon, a white school teacher from…
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The lawyers who fled fascism, and started again in Australia
Around 300 European lawyers fled totalitarian regimes and arrived in Australia between the 1920s and 1950s, only to find their qualifications and experience…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastIsrael's deadlocked election
Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, as the votes continue to be tallied. Neither PM Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main opponent Gadi…
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Was the Voice referendum doomed from the start?
Three years ago, 60 per cent of Australians voted to reject the Voice to Parliament proposal in a referendum. A new book seeks to understand why, through…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastIan Dunt's UK: Britain’s budget, Brexit, and the battle over Reform
The UK prepares for its budget, with the cost of living, public services and a struggling economy high on the agenda. Meanwhile, Andy Burnham has reopened the…
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Decoding the language of bones
Bones are an archive of human experience, preserving traces of disease, violence, labour and time. In The Language of Bones, forensic anthropology reveals what…
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France on the brink: debt, revolt and Marine Le Pen’s moment
France’s political crisis is deepening, with a mounting debt burden, a paralysed parliament and growing public anger over the future of the country’s social…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: the debate over political violence
Anna Henderson discusses the ongoing debate over the connection between the tone of political rhetoric and real world acts of violence, since the attack on…
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From Truman to Trump: how Queen Elizabeth II handled 13 US presidents
Over her 70 year reign, Queen Elizabeth II encountered 13 US presidents - from Harry S Truman to Donald J Trump. The journalist Susan Page details how the…
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The countdown to Israel's monumental election
Journalist and former correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, days away from the nation's elections. Polling suggests neither Netanyahu's…
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A teenager in the Indonesian coup
A rare bystander's view of the 1965 coup where neighbours, including soon to be President Suharto, were key players. Tari Lang's family were radical…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastWhat's next for Iraq, after final US withdrawal?
Veteran Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad surveys Iraq's uncertain future, as the US makes its final withdrawal of personnel, and the Iraqi government…
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The mysterious Inca code of knotted strings
500 years ago, the Incas ruled the western half of South America with the help of a unique form of writing based on coloured and knotted strings. Researchers…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: seats to watch in the midterms plus Trump's strange Russia ploy
With two weeks to go before the midterms, Bruce Shapiro runs through which states to watch for changing seats, and why many of them are former Republican…
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Children left behind in the Ebola response
The current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the largest and most lethal in that country’s history, with 4536 deaths so far from 9415…
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Australian yabbies are trashing rivers in Africa
Hordes of yabbies are trashing rivers in southern Africa - an Australian native crayfish that has rapidly become a devastating pest. Can the crustaceans be…
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Cockroaches: are they good for India's democratic health?
The youth movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party is testing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's iron grip on power in India. Our guest, a global…
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Independent MP Helen Haines critically injured in 'attack'
SBS Chief political correspondent Anna Henderson on the attack on Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines. Plus tensions between the PM and Treasurer Jim…
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Amy Goodman on thirty years of Democracy Now!
For thirty years reporter Amy Goodman has been dogging presidents, politicians, oil companies, and tyrants of all kinds for her radio and television show…
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Sacred women’s business: the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair
In 1988 developers Tom and Wendy Chapman decided to expand their marina on Hindmarsh Island in the mouth of the Murray river which people usually accessed by…
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Writer Susan Orlean on the power of the ordinary
Author of multiple books, and longstanding writer for The New Yorker magazine, Susan Orlean is passionate about telling the stories of ordinary people, and…
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Snow gums: the treasure we are losing
A new book claims the snow gum, with its twisting form and multi-coloured bark, is the most exquisite tree in Australia. It plays many important roles –…
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The story of zero
Zero is one of mathematics’ most profound inventions: a symbol for nothing that made new ways of thinking about numbers possible. Clemency Montelle traces its…
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Yanis Varoufakis on Greece's defence deals with the US and Israel
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was on a mission when he visited Greece last week: to shore up defence ties between the two countries, to make new energy…
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Ian Dunt's UK: Will Burnham wind back Brexit?
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is pushing for a reset in Britain’s relationship with the EU, arguing Brexit has left the UK worse off and calling for closer…
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The Vatican’s warning on AI
Artificial intelligence is raising big questions about power, profit and what it means to be human. Father Paolo Benanti, advisor to the Holy Sea on AI ethics…
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Allegra Spender pushes to end gay discrimination in religious schools
Under federal law, faith schools in Australia have the right to expel pupils and sack teachers who are gay. The Law Reform Commission recommended abolishing…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastWho stole the mace from Victoria's parliament in 1891?
Writer and historian Sally Young solves the strangest crime in Australian political history: the theft of the ceremonial mace from Victoria's parliament in…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastVillain or victim? Kate Grenville investigates a colonial cold case
Kate Grenville's new book, 'The Country Schoolmaster: A Mystery in 88 Letters' began with the discovery of an unassuming bundle of letters in state archives…
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The piano teacher of Montparnasse
A chance encounter in 2003 led Heather Morris to meet 87 year-old Auschwitz survivor Lale Sokolov. For the next three years, Lale told her his story. Heather’s…
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The grumpy genius behind Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien created one of the most intoxicating imaginative worlds of the 20th century, but the man behind Middle-earth remains surprisingly elusive. A…
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What can tree rings tell us about civilisation?
Tree rings are more than a record of a tree’s life. They’re an archive of climate, fire and environmental change. They can take us back thousands of years…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: the Cornell case, a failed execution and Democrats could flip the House
Bruce Shapiro looks at the political fall-out from the Cornell University rape case, how the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee has intensified…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastPub bedrooms and Christian fanatics: Lech Blaine's extraordinary childhood
Australian writer Lech Blaine shares the stranger-than-fiction story of his childhood, growing up with a loving foster family in a rural Queensland pub…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastSimon Winchester on the wind: the invisble force we can't live without
It's invisible, it drives us crazy, and we can't live without it. The wind has been worshipped, feared and cursed across cultures, referenced in the earliest…
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Breakfast in India
This author ate multiple breakfasts in each of ten Indian cities, with the aim of looking at India's diversity and layered societies through its breakfast…
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on why we need urgent controls on artificial intelligence
Confronted with a series of existential threats, like the climate crisis and the potential of AI to end life on earth, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue in…
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How German history has been shaped by the peasant revolution of 1525
The German Peasants' War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In 1524 and 1525, it swept across Germany with…
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How trauma became a weapon in the culture wars
Trauma has become one of the defining languages of our age. Cultural theorist, Catherine Liu argues that our focus on individual suffering can obscure the…
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Deep sea mining, Trump-style
Australian and Canadian-run companies, some with questionable credentials, are trying to cash in on Donald Trump's promotion of deep sea mining licences. The…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastDavid Marr's view of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in flood
David Marr is on holiday in the outback, to see Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in flood. He shares his birdseye view of the rare natural wonder.
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Can Volkswagen return to its former glory?
Volkswagen was once the powerhouse of German industry. Now Chinese car makers are challenging its dominance, while Dieselgate still casts a shadow over the…
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Mark Kenny's Canberra: Is Australia too timid with Trump?
Mark Kenny reviews PM Anthony Albanese's week at the United Nations in New York, and asks whether the Australian leader should be more assertive in rebuking…
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Australian doctors in Gaza
Dozens of Australian and New Zealand doctors and nurses have worked in Gaza over the past two years. They temporarily joined the local medical staff in working…
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Vanilla, an extraordinary bean
A new book tracks this exotic 'spice' from the 16th century, and its origins in the world's only edible orchid, found in Central America, to the widespread use…
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Can we repair an Earth scarred by extraction?
Humanity has extracted more from the Earth in the past 50 years than in all previous history combined. James Crawford explores the global scramble for…
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The 'miracle' of Australia's migration story
Immigration built Australia. Since the 1830s, when free settlers began to outnumber convicts in the colonies, some 12 million migrants have come to Australia…
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Trump's relationship with Putin, the biggest mystery in world politics
It's been 54 months since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Guardian’s senior international correspondent, Luke Harding, has witnessed the war…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: is a 'blue wave' really coming?
As US President Donald Trump's approval ratings hit new lows, are the Republicans facing a Democratic 'blue wave' at the looming midterm elections? Guest…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastWhen Australians hunted bandicoots
Since the early pastoral expansions of colonial Australia, the native bandicoot has attracted the ire of farmers and gardeners, blamed for digging up crops…
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The race for the UN’s top job
António Guterres will step down as UN Secretary-General at the end of the year, after a decade in the job. He leaves a UN under pressure from wars, funding…
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Albanese spruiks digital safety agenda in US
PM Anthony Albanese has visited Apple CEO Tim Cook in Silicon Valley to discuss Australia's digital safety laws, before travelling to New York for a meeting of…
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Istanbul in the age of Erdogan
For millenia, Turkiye’s former capital of Istanbul has been at the centre of world affairs thanks to its geography straddling the Bosphorus, the natural canal…
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Vale Mary Gaudron, Australia's first female High Court judge
Mary Gaudron has died at the age of 83, a giant of the Australian legal profession. She was a woman of many firsts: the first woman to sit on the Australian…
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The birth and death of USAID
On his first day in office in 2025 US President Donald Trump announced a freeze on foreign aid. Billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance stopped flowing…
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World globes, empire, and the making of the world
A world globe looks like a simple object, but look closely and you can see centuries of discovery, error, ambition and empire. The blank spaces, the imaginary…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastKim Sajet, the Smithsonian director targeted by Trump
In May 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that he'd fired Kim Sajet, then Director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, describing her as 'a…
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Ian Dunt's UK: Miliband's Israel sanctions, and Farage recieves record donations
The UK's new Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has announced new sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlements, prompting a furious response from Israel. Plus, UK…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastFormer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on what Netanyahu knew before October 7
What did Benjamin Netanyahu know about the threat from Hamas before October 7? A new Haaretz investigation looks at warnings that reached the prime minister…