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Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
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- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
The crisis on the US border and surrealism turns 100
Years of neglect on immigration policy in the US means that it will be a big issue in the Presidential election later this year. Surrealism was born out of the…
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The wild ride that was Dick Tamimi's life: from gold smuggler to gold records
What might a Keir Starmer Labor government might look like in the UK. Ian Dunt reveals all. Dick Tamimi had a wild life as a pilot, gold smuggler and record…
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Canberra politics and Timor then and now
Laura Tingle is back with the latest news on Australian politics and Phillip speaks to former First Lady of Timor-Leste Kirsty Sword Gusmao about her…
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Dutton demolition and victorious Vesuvius
Journalist Lech Blaine unpacks Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's 'battle for the burbs' strategy, and whether his strongman persona will see the Liberals win…
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Spies and sleuths
Joey Watson on his investigation into the ASIO nest of cold war moles. And Caitlin Davies on the real life female super- sleuths of the 19th century.
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Bruce Shapiro and Shannon Smith on the mysterious Clive Williams
Bruce Shapiro dives into the latest fault lines in American politics and Dr Shannon Smith recounts the previously untold story of Clive Williams; the…
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Canberra politics, 'Missing' Iraq war documents revealed and Joseph Conrad in Oz
Rachel Withers dishes the latest in Australian politics, and Dr David Lee reveals whether newly released records shed light on how the decision to send…
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Unshackled: true convict stories. Easey street murders: a cold case revisited
Historians Tony Moore and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart guide us through Unshackled: a multi media touring exhibition that tells a new and different story about…
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The art of ghost writing and a microhistory of the Edwin Fox
Liam Pieper recounts how he was forced into ghost writing and then found his way out again to write books in his own name and Boyd Cothran studied an…
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Ian Dunt on UK politics and Gideon Levy on reporting on the war in Gaza
Ian Dunt on the mass exodus of Conservative politicians from Westminster under way and Gideon Levy on the challenges of reporting on the war in Gaza as an…
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Amy Remeikis on Canberra and Yanis Varoufakis
Amy Remeikis brings all the recycled news from Canberra, including utes and nukes, and Yanis Varoufakis shares his ideas on the economies of Australia and…
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IWD special: the great trade union women of Australia's history
This International Women's Day while debate rages about the latest gender pay gap figures, LNL looks back at the women of Australia's history who led the fight…
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Bruce Shapiro's America and Peter Goldsworthy's 'Cancer Finishing School'
Bruce Shapiro on US politics, Super Tuesday primaries and Supreme Court deliberations. Also, Peter Goldsworthy's reflections on being told he has cancer.
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Bob Brown on a life of activism
Former Greens Leader Bob Brown on a life of environmental activism, the role independents might have in the upcoming Tasmanian election, his work in East Timor…
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Laura Tingle on Dunkley plus Matt Noffs on breaking the cycles of youth crime
Laura Tingle looks at the by-election results in the Victorian seat of Dunkley and how the campaign got so nasty. Plus Phillip chats to the man he calls the…
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Peter Frankopan and Polly Toynbee
Historian and author of 'The Silk Roads' and 'The Earth Transformed' Peter Frankopan sits down in the studio with Phillip for their fourth and final chat…
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Nathan Thrall investigates life in the West Bank plus Marwan Barghouti - the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?
Jewish-American journalist Nathan Thrall investigates a tragic bus crash in the West Bank, and finds that it reveals much about the restrictions on everyday…
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Naomi Smith's UK and the global history of opium
Naomi Smith on the latest headaches for Rishi Sunak after by-election loses and a motion on Gaza causes havoc in the House of Commons. Plus Amitav Ghosh on how…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and Margo Kingston on the rise of the independents
Laura Tingle unpacks the big new changes to higher education and Late Night Live alumni Margo Kingston talks about how independents became a force to be…
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The moon unmasked and wealth inequality across the ages
Science writer Rebecca Boyle explains why she loves the moon and how it has contributed to humanity's physical and cultural evolution. Guido Alfani looks back…
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Democratising Poland and a new film 'Damage'
Radoslaw Markowski explains the many measures being taken in Poland to restore democracy since the election. Ali Al Jenabi and Madeleine Blackwell discuss…
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Bruce Shapiro on US politics and film maker Anand Patwardhan
Indian Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan reveals the very personal nature of his latest documentary - The World is my Family and Bruce Shapiro brings us his analysis…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra plus Kate MyClymont on a life investigating crime and corruption
Laura Tingle on the back-to-the-future border wars, and SMH chief investigative reporter Kate McClymont reflects on on a life investigating crime and…
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Lorin Clarke on life with her dad, comedian John Clarke
Lorin Clarke and Phillip Adams share their memories of the brilliant comedian and Lorin's father, John Clarke.
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Julian Assange's next appeal and the links between books and war
Jennifer Robinson on the latest appeal from Julian Assange against his extradition to the USA, and historian Andrew Pettegree looks back on the long and…
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Power shifts in Northern Ireland, and the history of hitchhiking
Ian Dunt dissects the latest in UK politics. What's on the agenda for Northern Ireland's new government? And the long history of hitchhiking - from wholesome…
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Late Night Live
Laura Tingle on the shocking revelations about Home Affairs awarding contracts to companies with suspected links to drugs, firearms and bribery. Plus professor…
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The rush to mine metals and a strange story of a solar pioneer
Christopher Pollon looks back on the dirty history of mining for metals and asks can we do better in the future, as our transition to green energy is dependent…
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How should Australia respond to the ICJ finding and meet Sister Brigid Arthur
Regina Weiss and Ben Saul explain the finding of the International Court of Justice that there was a plausible risk that Israel was committing genocide in…
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Bruce Shapiro on US politics and a panel discussion on the current state of press freedom
Bruce Shapiro examines the chance of Donald Trump being disqualified from running for President by the Supreme Court and Peter Greste, Jodie Ginsberg and Jason…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra plus Marcia Langton on reconciliation and the life of Lowitja O'Donoghue
Laura Tingle looks at Nemesis - the Turnbull years, what Yang Hengjun's death sentence could mean for our relationship with China, and whether the Liberals…
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Détente and de-dollarisation plus the strange tale of a spy called Bill.
As prominent Australians call for a détente with China, Satyajit Das looks at whether the so-called BRICS countries could create their own trade network -…
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The rise of the right in Germany and the resurgence of the magazine
The revelations about the plans of the far right in Germany and their deep networks prompted more than a million people to take to the streets across the…
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Ian Dunt's UK, psychedelic tests and stationery adventures
Ian Dunt on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's battle with Tory rebels, an adventure in stationery and the first treatments psychedelic drugs begin in Australia.
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Bernard Keane's Canberra and an unsolved Australian mystery
Crikey's political editor Bernard Keane gives us his frank assessment on the Albanese government's changes to the Stage 3 tax cuts. Plus, we hunt for answers…
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Henry Reynolds on how the telling of Australia's history of frontier violence has changed
In his lifetime, ground-breaking historian Henry Reynolds has seen a 360 degree change in the telling of Australian history. Some of the most important truths…
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Cooking in the Kremlin and the Peking to Paris race of 1907
Witold Szabłowski tells the history of Russia through the lens of food and Kassia St Clair recounts the infamous Peking to Paris car race in 1907 and its…
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US politics and where the war in Ukraine heads in 2024
Bruce Shapiro and James Fallows join Phillip for a discussion about the increasingly lopsided race for the Republican nomination. Plus, respected Russia…
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The multiple crises facing the government plus the history of politics and the pub
Laura Tingle and Sean Kelly discuss the multiple crises facing the federal government and ask whether changes to stage three tax cuts will be pacify a public…
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LNL Summer: Tom Holland on Rome's golden age of peace
Award-winning historian Tom Holland recounts one of the most dazzling chapters in Roman history - the Pax Romana - when the Empire reached the heights of its…
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Summer: A Wendy Harmer Special
Wendy Harmer has lived a life full of 'firsts' - she was the first female news cadet in an all-male newsroom in Geelong, the first Australian female stand-up…
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LNL Summer: Simon Winchester on the history of sharing knowledge
Simon Winchester takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of how we have shared information: from the book to the library, the encyclopaedia, the…
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LNL Summer: The suprising contributors to the Oxford Dictionary and the defence of the exclamation mark!
Sarah Ogilvie found a notebook containing the names of all the earliest contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary and so she spent the next 8 years finding…
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LNL Summer: The American obsession with conspiracy theories, plus the Dickens-led tourism trend
America was a land born in paranoia, and that has coloured people's thinking ever since, Colin Dickey argues. And what would Charles Dickens make of the…
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Summer: Journalist Chris Masters shares the highs and lows of his career
As well earning him multiple Walkley and Logie awards, the work done by investigative journalist Chris Masters PSM has arguably changed Australia, for the…
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Phillip Adams' Histories of Everything: Organising words
In the final episode of our 'Histories of Everything' series, Phillip Adams explores our obsession with words, and how it led to the invention of the index…
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Phillip Adams' Histories Of Everything: Taking the plunge
The ability to swim, or not, has always been a social divider and often an indicator of cultural power. But there have been periods and places where those who…
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Phillip Adams’ Histories of Everything: Wearing It
Wearing it – the stories and meaning of trench coats, pockets, textiles and fabrics
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Phillip Adams’ Histories of Everything: Taking Stock
Have you ever wondered about the human need to count, measure and quantify?
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Phillip Adams' Histories of Everything: connecting countries
When did humanity start drawing borders? Why have nomadic cultures been so maligned? And how do states wield "soft power" through diplomatic gifts? Guests…
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Phillip Adams' Histories of Everything: social norms
What are the origins of the handshake? When did smiling become fashionable? And are we hard-wired to laugh? In the first episode of this six part series we…
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LNL Summer: The phosphorus paradox and superpowers of trees
In a special summer episode hosted by Sarah Dingle, we examine how we're flushing away one of the earth's most precious resources, and talk to forester Peter…
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LNL Summer: What makes a national dish, and the world's first aquarium
When does a local plate of food become a national dish? Food writer Anya von Bremzen dissects the myths and legends behind the world's most famous dishes…
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LNL Summer: Peter Frankopan on climate and empire
Oxford historian and bestselling author Peter Frankopan joins Phillip Adams for an in-depth discussion about his new book The Earth Transformed: An Untold…
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LNL Summer: Sally Young on Australia's 'Media Monsters'
Political scientist Sally Young discusses how media power in Australia came to be concentrated in the hands of a few men, and how this influenced politics…
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LNL Summer: Andrey Kurkov's diary from Ukraine, and the doctors who got high for science
Andrey Kurkov reflects on the invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing days and weeks. Plus, we meet the 19th century scientists whose experiments with…
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LNL Summer: matriarchs and patriarchs
In this episode we take a fresh look at Germany's formidable former leader Angela Merkel, and award-winning British author Angela Saini hunts down the roots of…
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LNL Summer: medieval manuscripts and secret Soviet x-ray records
Meet the colourful collectors whose singular obsession is illuminated manuscripts, and hear the incredible story of the rebels who recorded forbidden music on…
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LNL Summer: the revolutionary women of the Whitlam era
The Whitlam era saw a great leap forward for women's rights in Australia, driven by Women’s Adviser Elizabeth Reid and a host of female activists, backed by a…
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Best of LNL: the invasion of Iraq, 20 years on
The 19th of March 2003 marked the beginning of the invasion of Iraq by the United States and the 'Coalition of the Willing'. 20 years on, award-winning Iraqi…