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Late Night Live — Full program podcast
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- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Bolsonaro bolts from Brazil, plus the complex legacy of Geoffrey Bardon
After President Lula de Silva's comeback election victory in Brazil, his defeated opponent Flavio Bolsonaro vanished from the country. What now lies ahead for…
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Israel's deadlocked election, plus the lawyers who escaped fascist Europe for Australia
Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live as the votes are tallied after Israel's election - with a deadlock looking increasingly likely. Plus the story…
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Ian Dunt's UK, plus dissecting the failure of the Voice
UK journalist Ian Dunt previews PM Andy Burnham's first budget, plus a new book analyses published and unpublished polling data to understand how and why the…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, France in strife, and the language of bones
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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Can Netanyahu win again? Plus, who was the Queen's favourite president?
Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, days away from the country's elections. Plus, Washington journalist Susan Page details Queen…
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Iraq's fragile future, plus growing up as Suharto's neighbour
Veteran Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad contemplates Iraq's 'impossible predicament' in the wake of the final withdrawal of remaining US personnel and amid…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA, treating Ebola in DRC, plus the secrets of Inca string writing
Bruce Shapiro counts down to the US midterm elections. Dr Rupa Nara of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) returns from a recent mission to the epicentre of the…
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Helen Haines MP attacked, Modi under pressure, plus Aussie yabbies invade Africa
Anna Henderson on the attack on Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines. Plus tensions between the PM and Treasurer Jim Chalmers over credit card payments, and…
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Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, and secret women's business re-visited
A new documentary looks back at the career of fiercely independent journalist and host of Democracy Now ! Amy Goodman and why she thinks independent media and…
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Snow gums on the front line of climate change, plus Susan Orlean's life in writing
Australia's unique alpine eucalypt is starting to die out. The High Country may never be the same again, a new book argues. And longstanding New Yorker…
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Ian Dunt's UK, Yanis Varoufakis and the meaning of zero
Ian Dunt on UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's push for a reset in Britain’s relationship with the EU. Could this be the beginning of the end for Brexit? Yanis…
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Allegra Spender on ending gay discrimination in schools, and the Catholic church reckons with AI
When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was elected he promised to address a gap in federal anti-discrimination law which allowed faith-based schools to sack gay…
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Kate Grenville investigates a colonial cold case, plus who stole Victoria's ceremonial mace?
Two writers investigate two mysteries from 19th Century Australia. Kate Grenville uncovers a bundle of letters in the archives about the NSW country school…
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The real J.R.R. Tolkien and the piano teacher of Montparnasse
The Lord of the Rings made J.R.R. Tolkien one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. But who was the obsessive, conservative and often difficult…
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Bruce Shapiro's US politics, and the stories told by tree rings
Our regular US political commentator on the Cornell University sexual assault case, the failed execution of Christa Pike, and the dire outlook for the…
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Simon Winchester reads the wind, plus Lech Blaine's wild childhood
We revisit two memorable LNL conversations from recent times: Simon Winchester's cultural history of the wind, and Australian writer Lech Blaine's astonishing…
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Naomi Klein's urgent AI warning plus a tour of Indian breakfasts
Confronted with a series of existential threats, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue in their new book that wealthy billionaires, including the so-called "tech…
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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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The race for deep sea riches, plus when trauma is weaponised
A host of new companies are rushing to apply for seabed exploration licences promised by the Trump administration - but are they equipped for this venture?…
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Mark Kenny's Canberra, Volkswagen's huge restructure, and David Marr at Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
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, plus how vanilla went global
Doctors work long hours in hospitals around the world, but visiting doctors in Gaza have to endure just some of what their local peers do: military attack…
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How immigration made Australia, plus our endless hunger for resources
Australia is a nation built by migrants, but immigration has always been politically contested. A new history traces how we came to decide who belongs, who…
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Bruce Shapiro on the looming US midterms, plus Putin's new world order
Bruce Shapiro surveys the path ahead to November's critical US midterm elections, as US President Donald Trump's polling sinks to a new low. Plus, the senior…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, UN leadership race, and in defence of the bandicoot
Anna Henderson is travelling with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as he launches Australia's bid for a seat at the UN security council, does the United…
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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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The birth and death of US foreign aid, plus a tribute to trailblazing judge Mary Gaudron
The U.S.A.I.D program was established by President John F Kennedy in 1961, at the peak of Cold War tensions, but researcher Luke Fletcher says its roots date…
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Ian Dunt's UK, a controversial curator, and the allure of world globes
Our regular UK correspondent appraises Ed Miliband's bold stance on West Bank. Meet Dutch-Australian Kim Sajet, former Smithsonian director who Donald Trump…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert on Israel's future, and the art of a good wine label
Anna Henderson on One Nation’s migration policy, the response to Pauline Hanson's 'derogatory' remarks about Aboriginal people on a podcast, and the…
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Tobacco lobbying in Australia, plus the secret dinners of the Cold War
As Australia grapples with a surging illicit tobacco trade, the Coalition and One Nation have called for a substantial cut to Australia's excise on legal…
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How journalism is wrestling with AI, plus Europe's shrinking rivers
Artificial intelligence presents enormous challenges to the business of journalism in its pursuit of truth and dissemination of credible information. News…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA, Adelaide Parklands row, and the US shadow over Greenland
Bruce Shapiro reflects on the life of American feminist icon, Gloria Steinem, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's attempts to keep current Mayor Zohran…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, Meloni’s record reign, plus the father of ecology
Anna Henderson discusses falling house prices, One Nation's superannuation policy and Nationals' leader Matt Canavan's controversial 'feminisation of the…
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The failed promise of lab-grown meat, plus digging up the campsites of Queensland's Native Mounted Police
By now lab-grown meat was supposed to be a tasty, affordable, ethical food option, reducing the harms of industrial livestock farming. But these hi-tech…
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When corporations harm, who pays? Plus, the man that looted Cambodia
Corporations can cause enormous harm, yet the law often struggles to hold them to account. Law professor Penny Crofts argues that horror helps us understand…
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Ian Dunt's UK, and the radical life of writer Lesbia Harford
There's been a big Tory reshuffle, a bloody one. Our UK politics commentator Ian Dunt analyses what's behind it. And Jeff Sparrow on the radical, socialist…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, separatists in Canada, plus how GPS really works
Anna Henderson looks at One Nation's historic win in Western Australia, securing its first lower house seat in the state. In oil-rich Alberta, a growing…
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How the US became a country for old men, plus the extraordinary encounters of a 1900s cattle station girl
Yale Professor Samuel Moyn argues that the old in the United States have hoarded wealth and power, and that something needs to give. Plus, Australian historian…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastSimon Sebag Montefiore on the making of the modern Middle East
Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore traces 125 years of war, revolution, upheaval and revival in the Middle East. From the final days of the Ottoman Empire to to…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA, who's supplying weapons to Sudan, plus the first camera in Australia
Bruce Shapiro asks if US President Donald Trump has betrayed American cattle farmers, after he eased tariffs on foreign beef. Australia sells weapons to the…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, the Israeli ambassador on Zomi Frankcom, plus the music in our names
One Nation is mopping up after new MP David Farley's 'rookie mistake' on his party's net migration target. Veteran Jerusalem correspondent examines the work of…
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John Cameron Mitchell wants kids to be more punk, plus an apartheid 'native' hospital in Australia
John Cameron Mitchell, American actor, playwright, and film director, directed some of the more outrageous movies of the 2000s, like Hedwig and the Angry Inch…
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Is a classless society impossible? Plus, fresh dirt on the Cambridge Five spies
German philosopher Hanno Sauer argues that class hierarchies are a permanent feature of human societies. So if true equality is elusive, how do we live with…
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Ian Dunt's UK, the KPMG scandal, plus 500 years of nightlife
Our regular UK correspondent on the death of former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday. An accounting and ethics expert who has been following the KPMG case…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, Jordan stuck in the crosshairs of war, plus Gina Rinehart and the press
Political correspondent Anna Henderson surveys a busy sitting week, with the government eager to pass NDIS reforms. The Kingdom of Jordan, a neighbour of…
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Inside the world of sovereign citizens, plus the magic of night music
Sovereign citizens believe they’ve discovered a hidden legal system that can set them free from the state. The new book Outlawed explores the strange world of…
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James Baldwin: The loves that shaped a literary giant
James Baldwin’s writing was inseparable from the people he loved, mentored and collaborated with. A new biography explores the intimate relationships that…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA, Marwan Barghouti to run for Palestinian president, plus a lost cantata rediscovered
Bruce Shapiro looks at the fight inside the Democrats between emerging populists and a conservative group called The Third Way. Imprisoned Palestinian leader…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, the Mecca defence pact, and the history of punctuation
PM Albanese and Opposition Leader AngusTaylor are doing a deal on gambling. Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan have just signed a new NATO-like defence pact…
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Peter Garrett on AUKUS, plus Australia's sugar slaves
Peter Garrent discusses the testimonies being presented at the crowdfunded AUKUS public inquiry which has so far recieved over 500 submissions, and heard from…
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Bernard Keane on Australia's opportunities, plus how wine shaped civilisation
In his new book, Crikey’s political editor, Bernard Keane, turns his eye not just to where Australia has gone wrong, but to how we can best position ourselves…
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Ian Dunt's UK, boycotting The Odyssey, and the last cats of Kangaroo Island
Ian Dunt on Nigel Farage's planned 'Operation Fortress', stopping all illegal boats. The Odyssey film-makers caused offence in an indigenous-owned region that…
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Anna Henderson at Garma, reunifying Cyprus, plus the last butterfly collectors
Anna Henderson recaps an eventful Garma festival in Arnhem Land, which included a blistering speech from Noel Pearson. Is there hope for a reunified Cyprus…
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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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Russia's far-right bikies, plus the afterlives of Sarah Baartman
Established in Moscow in 1989, the 'Night Wolves' motorcycle club continues to operate as a powerful propaganda arm of the Putin regime. Plus, the writer…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA, controversial weed killer Paraquat, and curly questions in the Census
Our regular US commentator, Bruce Shapiro, looks at how President Trump is caught between pressure at home to get out of the Iran war, and pressure from Israel…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, how tech is transforming warfare, and the dark side of Route 66
Anna Henderson on Pauline Hanson's discrimination court loss, and Labor rejecting Ed Husic's genocide motion at their national conference. How technology is…
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How British slave money flowed to Australia, plus Trump's grand designs
Australia likes to think it has no history of slavery, but two-thirds of Australia's colonial governors had links to the slave economy of the British Empire. A…
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One Nation's reinvention, plus the fierce women who built democracy
One Nation is on a transformative mission, intent on professionalising its operation. But can they? Plus the trailblazing, and sometimes gun-blazing, women who…
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Britain's Burnham era begins, the Pentagon's pollution, plus the case for tighter means-testing
Britain has its seventh Prime Minister in ten years as Andy Burnham moves into 10 Downing Street. A new documentary counts the staggering emissions of US…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, US attacks in Somalia, and demolishing Nazi bunkers
Anna Henderson looks at the government's decision to go on the front foot with their AI policy and how it will play out at Labor's upcoming national…