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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.
Episodes
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Encore: Oscar Wilde's grandson on the scandal that ruined him
The famous writer Oscar Wilde died alone in a French hotel in 1900. Since that time, so much has been written about the man - much of it rumour and…
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Sarah Baartman: a life, a body, a battle over memory
Sarah Baartman’s body was used by European scientists to promote racist ideas that endured for generations. A new essay in Griffith Review revisits her…
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Who are Russia's Night Wolves?
The Night Wolves are a Kremlin-linked, far-right Russian motorcycle club that has served as a paramilitary proxy and propaganda tool for the Russian state in…
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The changes to spot in this year's Census survey
Census night is just two weeks away, and this year, Australians will have the opportunity to answer new questions on sexual orientation and gender. The Census…
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Australia's dependence on the controversial weedkiller paraquat
Last month, after a nearly 30-year review, Australia's chemical regulator finally decided that the herbicide paraquat can continue to be used on Australian…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: Netanyahu's Iran war pressure
LNL's US correspondent Bruce Shapiro looks at whether the latest pause in hostilities with Iran will lead to any outcome as the mid-terms approach and pressure…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast100 years of Route 66 - is it worth celebrating?
It's 100 years since America's fabled highway 'Route 66' was commissioned - the road from Chicago to L.A celebrated in literature and song. But behind the…
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AI, chips and drones- a new kind of geopolitics
The next great power struggle may not be won on the battlefield, but in semiconductor factories, AI labs and satellite networks. In Bytes and Bullets, Steve…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: Pauline Hanson loses appeal over racist tweet
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has lost her appeal against a court ruling which found she racially discriminated against Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi. Plus…
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The Donald Trump school of architecture
From tearing into the White House to make way for a 650-seat ballroom, to declaring war on modern architecture, Donald Trump is remaking America’s symbols of…
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How British slave money flowed to colonial Australia
In 1833, slavery in the British Empire was abolished, but not without a massive compensation scheme paid out to slave owners. Some of that money flowed to…
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Fierce feminists: the trailblazing women who built democracy
Until the early 1900s men did their best to keep women out of parliaments around the world. But the social disruptions of the twentieth century, like war…
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One Nation's internal challenges
One Nation is having the most success it's ever had, but to build on that, it is having to do some rapid re-organising and skill development behind the scenes…
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Is Australia too generous to the rich? The case for tighter means-testing
Why has means-testing fallen out of favour in Australian public policymaking? The idea of means-testing is to direct government support to those who need it…
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Naomi Smith's UK: Can Andy Burnham deliver?
Andy Burnham has become the UK's fifth Prime Minister in five years, promising to reset Labour and end the cycle of political turmoil. His first messages…
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The Pentagon is the biggest polluter on the planet
Journalist Abby Martin and her husband Mike Prysner – a US war veteran - have spent years drawing attention to the wrongdoings of the US military. But when…
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Should a Nazi bunker in Berlin be demolished?
Today, the site of Hitler's bunker is little more than a car park. But nearby, another former Nazi bunker is facing demolition, reigniting debate over whether…
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Did the US kill civilians in Somalia?
An investigation by The Guardian has found that a US air strike in Somalia last November, killed and injured 12 civilians, including eight children. The attack…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: AI and the ALP national conference
Anna Henderson looks at the government's decision to go on the front foot with their AI policy, and whether the opposition has been able to prosecute a good…
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Uprooting olive trees in the West Bank
Palestinians in the West Bank say that Israeli forces are razing olive trees at an unprecedented pace. Prominent writer and lawyer Raja Shehadeh describes a…
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Why India is threatening to cut water supplies to Pakistan
After a terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir in 2025, tensions between India and Pakistan exploded into a four-day war, with the threat of nuclear war prompting…
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Colonising space is for lunatics
If Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have their way, the new space age will bring holidays in orbit, asteroid mining and human colonies on Mars. Musk says humanity must…
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Are Australia's new Pacific treaties built to last?
Australia has just signed new bilateral treaties with Fiji and Vanuatu, which is widely viewed as a diplomatic triumph. But what are the pro's and cons of such…
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The scandals history books forgot
Two historians throw open the archives and leave the dusty corridors of academia behind, hunting through the mess and intrigue of Australia’s past for the…
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How sustainable is IKEA?
Every second a tree is cut down to become an affordable IKEA product. The Swedish mega-company claims it's sustainable, but is that really the case?…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: the death of Senator Lindsey Graham
Bruce Shapiro looks at how the sudden death of US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham will affect the Senate, Trump's attack on several New York Times…
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Why are more of us watching TV with subtitles?
More of us are using subtitles while watching TV and movies - particularly amongst Gen Z and Millennials. Is this a sign of our shrinking attention spans, or…
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The US legal battle over nitrogen gas executions
'Nitrogen hypoxia' has been used by the US state of Alabama at least seven times to execute prisoners on death row. Human rights experts say the method is akin…
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Mark Kenny's Canberra: Angus Taylor takes on Pauline Hanson
Canberra columnist Professor Mark Kenny looks at why Liberal leader Angus Taylor has finally begun to criticise Pauline Hanson and One Nation. Plus a new poll…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastSongs and stories with Roger Knox, the 'Koori King of Country'
Uncle Roger Knox joins David Marr in the studio for an hour of stories and songs: from growing up on the mission, to making his name in Tamworth, surviving two…
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Thomas Jefferson's troubling views on race
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the USA, drafted the words 'all men are created equal', in the US Declaration of Independence. He wanted slavery to…
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Jonathan Swan on the astonishing inner workings of Trump's second presidency
The rules have changed. Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman's Regime Change takes readers inside Donald Trump's second presidency, arguing it marks the most…
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India’s forgotten pedestrians
In India, walking the streets can be a dangerous daily challenge. For decades, roads have been designed around cars and motorbikes, leaving pedestrians to…
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African anti-gay laws on the rise
The criminalising of homosexuality is being either adopted, or strengthened, in one country after another in Africa. That continent has the biggest cluster of…
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Ian Dunt's UK: Nigel Farage resigns as MP to force by-election
Ian Dunt joins David Marr moments before Reform UK's Nigel Farage announces his resignation as MP. Farage is under investigation from Parliament's standards…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastAncient coins reveal more than the faces of dead emperors
Australia is home to one of the world's premier collections of ancient coins, held at The Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies (ACANS), part of…
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From violence to manipulation: how modern tyrants wield power
Where authoritarian leaders once coerced their citizens with brute force, they increasingly rely on public support through manipulation. Misinformation…
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Liberal Party struggling to handle Hanson
Liberal frontbenchers say a coalition with One Nation is not part of party discussions, amid a rise in the minor party's popularity. MPs are distancing…
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America's first president was an aggressive land speculator
As the United States celebrates 250 years of Independence, what were the driving motivations of America's revolutionary leader - and first president - George…
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How the American Revolution drove Britain's colonisation of Australia
Even before the North American colonies declared independence 250 years ago this week, they refused to take Britain's convicts. After losing America, the UK…
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How tiny gardens can feed the world
In the 1800s, 5,000 French farmers working in tiny urban courtyards grew enough food to feed two million Parisians with enough surplus left over to send to…
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When the NT introduced world-first euthanasia laws
30 years ago (July 1, 1996) the Northern Territory became the first place in the world where eligible terminally-ill patients could access a medically-assisted…
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Meet the 'vigilante' cactus hunters
Writer Charlie McCann takes us into the booming global trade in rare succulents and cacti, and the unusual subculture of people who hunt them. Travelling with…
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Who will defend Japan?
Japan's ageing population and declining birth rate have left its Self-Defence Forces facing a growing recruitment crisis. As security tensions rise across East…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: Trump gets more firing power
Bruce Shapiro looks back at key points in the last 250 years of the USA's history ahead of its birthday celebration on July4. Plus a new Supreme Court decision…
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Italy has the most forests since the Middle Ages, but it's not an environmental win
Italy’s countryside is like a giant garden, one that’s been carefully cultivated for thousands of years. But now a third of Italy is covered by forests – the…
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Why France is ditching tech giants Palantir and Microsoft
Both France and Germany are switching from US tech surveillance company, Palantir to French firm ChapsVision, citing a need for digital sovereignty amid…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: Does the Liberal party need a rebrand?
Liberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh says her party needs a rebrand after support for the Coalition hit a new low in the latest opinion polls. The…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastOn the hunt for the next epidemic
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is once again drawing attention to the threat of infectious diseases. But a new report from the…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastHow Murdoch's media wields power and punishment
For many decades, Rupert Murdoch's global media empire has wielded immense power and political influence in Australia and abroad. A new book examines their…
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Reverse extinction: do we want that?
Last month a company in Texas announced it had made an artificial egg, with the hope of bringing back to life extinct birds like the dodo. But there are perils…
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What's next for Lebanon, as UN Peacekeepers prepare to leave?
After nearly five decades, United Nations peacekeepers are preparing to leave Lebanon, bringing one of the organisation's longest-running missions to a close…
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Mariana Mazzucato on making economies work for the common good
Countries around the world are grappling with how to handle the cost of housing, providing health care for an aging population and how to fund the big…
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The soccer-playing Anzacs
Soccer fever is consuming the world right now, and for lots of Australians the game has a strong association with the many cultures who came to Australia in…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: most Australians don't want a 'monoculture'
In her recent address to the National Press Club, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said Australia should be 'monocultural' rather than multicultural. But is…
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The evolution of Islamic State
At its peak between 2015 and 2017, the Islamic State attracted tens of thousands of foreign fighters and inspired attacks worldwide. Today, its caliphate is…
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Ian Dunt's UK: Keir Starmer resigns
After months of turmoil inside the Labour party, plummeting polls and the Reform Party making major gains in local elections, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastRediscovered Birrundudu drawings rewrite the timeline of Aboriginal art
In 1945, sixteen Aboriginal men working at Birrundudu Station created 810 crayon drawings, commissioned by anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt. Using…
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Whatever happened to the Australian Sex Party?
Before Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten co-founded the Australian Sex Party in 2009, they worked the halls of parliament, lobbying against the 1990s censorship of…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastThe first public zoo: what the world learned from the Paris menagerie
Founded during the French Revolution, the Paris menagerie was one of the earliest modern zoos and a model for later European institutions. It grew into an…