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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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Being human under the AI advance
As artificial intelligence increasingly does what humans can do, and begins to possibly rise above human capabilities, the question is 'what does being human…
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Why First Nations people are dismayed at Brisbane's new Olympic stadium
This month, earthworks commenced on a new stadium for Brisbane's 2032 Olympic Games. After years of debate, reviews, and a political backflip, Victoria Park…
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US-India tensions after strikes kill seafarers in Hormuz
The US has refused to apologise for the deaths of Indian sailors killed by US strikes in the strait of Hormuz, straining relations between the two countries…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: Trump's agenda on the line in Supreme Court
The US and Iran have announced an interim peace deal, but is the deal more spin than substance? Plus, the Supreme Court will reach a series of massive rulings…
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Trump opens America's doors to white South Africans
Why are white South Africans being fast-tracked for refugee status in the US, while millions of other refugees wait in line? Donald Trump's South African…
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Why is Google releasing millions of infected mosquitoes?
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has asked the US government for permission to release millions of mosquitoes in California and Florida which have been…
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Laura Tingle on why Israel isn't backing Trump's Iran peace deal
The terms of the peace deal between the United States and Iran included an immediate halt to fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon; the reopening of the…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastWhy do we fixate on the human face?
What's in a face? The face is where all our senses come together, but we also perceive each other's faces through the prisms of culture and technology…
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Madam War Criminal: 'Serbia's Iron lady' unrepentant at 95
Before the Bosnian war, Biljana Plavšić was a renowned biologist and university dean. She later became the only woman convicted by an international tribunal…
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Soweto: the uprising that changed South Africa
In June 1976, thousands of students took to the streets of Soweto, South Africa, to protest a government decision to make Afrikaans a compulsory language of…
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The campaign to save PNG's Sepik river from an Australian mining company
Deep in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea winds the Sepik river. Rich with crocodiles, eels, turtles, prawns and fish, it’s one of the largest unpolluted…
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Ian Dunt's UK: Henry Nowak's murder sparks immigration backlash
The murder of Henry Nowak by a Sikh man in Southampton last year has sparked protests encouraged by anti-immigration Reform Party leader, Nigel Farage. Now Us…
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Will Switzerland vote to cap its population?
This weekend, the Swiss will vote on a proposal to cap the nation's population at 10 million (it's already at 9.1 million). Polling suggests the result will be…
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The men who want women to be quiet: America's 'masculinist' movement
Journalist for The Atlantic Helen Lewis speaks with key figures of the so-called 'masculinist' movement in the United States - a movement pushing back against…
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Spam spam spam! Why the luncheon meat is still loved in many countries
Spam may be derided in Western countries but in Asia and the Pacific it's still a beloved staple. It was created by Hormel Foods in 1937 to utilise surplus…
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Barcelona's magnificent Sagrada Familia Basilica to be blessed by the Pope
This week, the Pope will be in Barcelona to officially bless the final tower of La Sagrada Familia, the monumental Catholic basilica, which was 144 years in…
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The forgotten Timorese boat people
In 1995, long before the 2001 'Tampa' refugee crisis, a small fishing boat arrived in Darwin, carrying eighteen East Timorese asylum seekers, including a…
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The great illicit drug debate: How Australia changed course
Heroin, cocaine, cannabis and opiates — it’s hard to imagine now, but in 19th-century Australia there were few restrictions on the use of these substances. As…
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The psychiatrist who investigated reincarnation
While Ian Stevenson (1918–2007) was an academic psychiatrist with a strong professional reputation, he became known for researching an unusual topic for a…
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Is 'Muskism' the new Fordism?
Elon Musk is tipped to become the world’s first trillionaire when his company SpaceX goes public on the stock exchange as early as next week. To some, Musk is…
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How Glasgow stopped an immigration raid
In 2021 UK immigration officers carried out a dawn raid in Kenmure St in the culturally diverse Pollokshields area of Glasgow's Southside. They arrested two…
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How nature is the performance enhancer for Ethiopian runners
There are many ways to attain endurance and high performance. The ethos of Ethiopian collective running contrasts sharply with the testosterone supplements…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: Republicans slam Trump's 'slush fund'
Republican Senators are rebelling against Donald Trump using funds from his settlement of a legal case against the IRS, which is being labelled a slush fund…
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Why Lord Howe Island is celebrating a cockroach boom
A new study shows that insect life on Lord Howe Island has significantly increased since the eradication of invasive rodents in 2019. Experts say invertebrates…
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What are Syrian refugees returning home to?
When the brutal Assad regime fell in Syria in 2024 it offered an opportunity for the millions of people displaced by the regime to return home – including the…
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Will the government hold its nerve on tax reform?
A new poll published in the Australian Financial Review has Pauline Hanson's One Nation ahead of Labor and the Coalition on primary vote. Meanwhile, the…
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The young US conservatives trying to redefine environmentalism
The American Conservation Coalition was formed in 2017 to try to attract younger people to the Republican Party. But the Coalition doesn’t seem to be able to…
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Long before 1979: A very different Iran–US relationship
While negotiations over a lasting peace deal remain unpredictable, historian and author, John Ghazvinian argues that the past fifty years of hostility between…
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The women at Nuremberg
Just after World War Two, leading figures from Nazi Germany were tried before an International military tribunal for their crimes against humanity - the murder…
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Janine di Giovanni's reckoning with war criminals
Janine di Giovanni has been a war correspondent for more than thirty years. She's been shot at, kidnapped and held at gunpoint. She’s written about massacres…
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Pedro Sanchez, Spain's defiant PM
Despite mounting pressure at home after his Socialist Party suffered heavy losses in its former Andalusian stronghold, Pedro Sánchez has emerged as one of…
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Ian Dunt's UK: Andy Burnham's big gamble, plus what's wrong with British leadership?
All eyes are on the Makerfield by-election as Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, puts his reputation on the line. Burnham has thrown his weight…
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Ballerina Anna Pavlova's sensational tour of Australia, 100 years on
100 years ago, Russian ballerina and global megastar Anna Pavlova toured Australia and New Zealand, filling theatres and newspaper columns wherever she went…
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Ancient Roman gossip and why it mattered
The Romans were merciless in the way they talked about their rulers. Baldness and body hair, sexual positions and partners, and inebriation and indolence were…
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Does Mamdani offer a 'progressive playbook' for the Left?
The victory of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York's mayoral elections has some heralding the arrival of a new 'progressive playbook' for America's…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: Could the Teals form a new political party?
Teal independents are reportedly in talks to form a new political party amid voter disillusionment that has sparked the resurgence of Pauline Hanson and One…
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Palestinian writer Tareq Baconi on identity, displacement and home
Tareq Baconi grew up in Jordan after his family was expelled first from Palestine and then from Lebanon during the civil war. He became an academic and leading…
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Satyajit Das on the economic fallout from Trump’s war on Iran
Since the US-Israel war on Iran broke out three months ago, the price of oil has jumped at least fifty percent, causing economic pain around the world. The war…
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Roddy Doyle on a lifetime of writing the characters of Dublin
Roddy Doyle reflects on a lifetime telling the stories of working-class people in Dublin, with themes of domestic violence, unplanned pregnancy and life in the…
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Who was Blind Freddy?
The common Australian term 'Blind Freddy', as in 'Blind Freddy could see that', spread quickly and comprehensively. But who was Blind Freddy? An author has…
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What made John Safran question the right to offend?
John Safran has made a career out of blasphemy and offence. With his gonzo-style journalism he placed a “fatwa” on Rove McManus, streaked naked through…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: Trump's rush to redistrict the South, as polls slump
Ahead of November's midterm elections, Republicans are looking to reshape South Carolina's congressional districts, in an effort to create a US House map that…
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The joys and travails of translating Shakespeare
All over the world, people are encountering the timeless work of Shakespeare for the first time, thanks to translators who have managed to distil the essence…
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Where is Gazan doctor Hussam Abu Safiya?
Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, was repeatedly warned to evacuate during the war between Israel and Hamas, but chose to remain…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: battle lines drawn over tax
In the wake of treasurer Jim Chalmers' budget - and opposition leader Angus Taylor's budget reply - the political battle lines have been drawn over tax. The…
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Why food traditions matter in times of conflict
Food traditions are at the core of a culture's history, storytelling and community - but these traditions are continually threatened by conflict, war and…
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Royal commissions in Australia - when have they made a difference?
Since Federation, there have been 141 royal commissions in Australia into various crises and tragedies. Some have brought about meaningful policy change, while…
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Antoinette Lattouf on women who challenged power and won
When Antoinette Lattouf was fighting her own unfair dismissal case against the ABC, she faced some dark moments and intense anxiety. For help and inspiration…
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Fifty years of Australian film at Cannes
For the last fifty years Australians have been making their mark at the Cannes film festival. Spearheaded by people like Phillip Adams and David Stratton…
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Ian Dunt's UK: Starmer on the brink as the King opens parliament
The King has proceeded with his scheduled speech to open the UK parliament, despite the desperate situation of his Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as Labour MPs…
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Tojo Hideki, the Japanese wartime leader we know little about
Hideki Tojo, a senior military officer who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 - 1942, as well as Minister for the Army, had advocated for Japan's alliance…
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastAustralia's first political assassination, and the man still behind bars
In 1994, Cabramatta MP John Newman was shot dead outside his home in a crime billed as Australia's first political assassination. But could the conviction of…
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The trauma trope: can humanitarian journalism do better?
Whether it’s Ukraine, Gaza, Yemen or Sudan, journalists reporting on conflict zones across the world, want their stories of human suffering on the front pages…
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Six months underwater in a submarine
A British nuclear-armed submarine returned home recently after six months submerged, with no fresh air. Its mission is deterrence, with the threat of the worst…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: budget expecations, Farrer fall-out
Anna Henderson looks ahead to the big expectations on Labor to deliver a budget that will appeal to One Nation voters on issues like migration and housing…
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Laila’s story: how to save a mother and her five daughters from the Taliban
When refugee activist and author Mij Tanith was asked to help an Afghan woman and her five daughters escape the Taliban, she hesitated, burned out after years…
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Fintan O'Toole on Trump's madman strategy
That power sends men mad, is a rule of politics and of history that goes way way back before Dr Freud. When riding in triumph through Rome, Caesar’s slave…
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What happened to the survivors of Belsen concentration camp?
Three weeks before the end of WWII, the Germans invited the British to liberate the 60,000 prisoners - mostly Jews - being held at Belsen. But for the starving…
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Netanyahu rivals join forces ahead of Israeli election
The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing the prospect of running against a rightwing-centrist super coalition in elections later this year…
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An old register forges new relations on Norfolk Island
After the infamous mutiny on the Bounty the mutineers settled on remote Pitcairn Island. The Pitcairn Island Register is the original record of births, deaths…