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Late Night Live — Full program podcast
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The 'echidna' strategy and the race to map the ocean floor
The Lowy Institute's Sam Roggeveen lays out a bold new plan for Australia's foreign policy, and journalist Laura Trethewey takes us on the quest to map the…
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Bruce Shapiro's America, Australia's looming fire season, and the "tradwives" shunning feminism
Bruce Shapiro dissects the first Republican presidential candidates debate, where Trump was a no-show. After a devastating fire season in the northern…
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Simon Winchester is worried about the future of human intelligence
In his latest book Knowing What We Know award-winning writer Simon Winchester explores the history of how humans have passed on knowledge and whether the…
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The Megalodon, a peasant revolution and how the world became a sphere
Before you get in the water again, hear TIm Flannery talk about the Megalodon, Morgan Ody on why we need a global peasant revolution and James Hannam explains…
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Ian Dunt's UK, a new Murray-Darling deal, and America's changing graves
Ian Dunt asks why the British PM and Prince William did not attend the Women's World Cup Final in Australia to support the English team. Professor Jamie…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Albanian migrants in the UK, and finding joy in prehistory
Laura Tingle debriefs on the ALP Conference and the national Cabinet housing meeting. Best-selling author and academic Lea Ypi on the treatment of Albanians in…
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How to embrace failure and the consequences of the coup in Niger
The coup in Niger will likely lead to regional instability as the neighbouring countries disagree on a response and Wagner hopes to benefit from the situation…
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Bruce Shapiro's US and the fate of Afghan women
Our regular US correspondent Bruce Shapiro discusses a landmark climate trial in Montana and the latest Trump indictment. Plus, Afghan academic Farkhondeh…
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Laura Tingle's politics; threats to food security; snow monkeys in Texas
7.30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle brings the latest news from inside the Canberra bubble. Food security expert Joseph Glauber discusses how…
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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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Beirut blast anniversary; David Bridie and George Telek on their friendship
Three years on, Dalal Mawad talks about the women who survived the Beirut bomb blast, and their lives now. Plus Australian musician David Bridie and Papuan…
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Ian Dunt's UK, the rise of online sports betting, and the Black Mambas
Ian Dunt discusses whether the privatisation of the public service is as extensive, and worrying, in the UK as it seems to be in Australia. Drew Rooke…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, saving the Amazon, and when the British tested the atomic bomb off WA
Laura Tingle on the Prime Minister's visit to Garma, and calls to delay or modify the Voice to Parliament Referendum. Can Amazonian leaders save their…
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Walter Marsh on the young Rupert Murdoch
The Murdoch media mogul that we've come to know is almost unrecognisable from Rupert Murdoch, the youth. Author Walter Marsh discusses the era that shaped…
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'Narcas': women of the drug cartels and The Angel Makers: the murderesses of Hungary
Two incredible true crime tales of the powerful women behind Latin America's drug trade, and the unlikely women who formed a notorious murder ring in rural…
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Foreign influence through social media, and what we get wrong about rural Americans
Plus, Bruce Shapiro discusses Donald Trump's mounting legal woes, and how the climate crisis is hitting home this American summer.
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Cambodia's Hun Sen to resign, and the colourful history of flour
Laura Tingle on whether the double dissolution could really happen. Cambodia's longest serving PM hands over to his son. And flour mill photography, flour bag…
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Heat: the silent killer and the surprising practitioners of phrenology
How are we going to deal with an ever-heating planet? Plus the hidden history of phrenology - it was used by white colonisers to justify their claims of…
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Pacific update, an island prison in Honduras, and 4000 years of female monsters
Journalists Tess Newtown-Cain and Robert Iroga provide an update from the Pacific, 20 years since Australia's peacekeeping mission to Solomon Islands. Why does…
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Why the Voice is the right change for the Australian Constitution
Constitutional experts Megan Davis and George Williams explain why they believe putting the Voice in the constitution will result in the best outcomes for…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, the 1960 Hollywood strike, and the Sami fight against windfarms
Laura Tingle on Kathryn Campbell's resignation from her position on the AUKUS advisory panel, Ronald Reagan's surprising role in the Hollywood strike of 1960…
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Who was the real J. Robert Oppenheimer?
As Christopher Nolan's new epic Oppenheimer hits cinema screens, Professor of Philosophy and biographer Ray Monk recounts the true story of scientist J. Robert…
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NATO in Japan, German re-militarisation, and the power of owls
The Japanese view of NATO possibly opening an office in Japan. Germany's commitment to massively extend its military spending - with Australia contributing -…
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Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Ugandan President in trouble, and the Gurindji view on termites
Bruce Shapiro discusses the conspiracy loving Robert F Kennedy, the Ugandan President and his son are in trouble with International Criminal Court and we find…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, and how America conceals its perpetual war
7.30's chief political correspondent Laura Tingle on the new Reserve Bank governor of Australia; and the future of the big four accountancy firms. Plus veteran…
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Journalist Chris Masters on his storied 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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Voice undecideds, Spain's tilt to the right, and the smelly origins of ambergris
Why forming a position on the Voice referendum can be very complicated. Might Spain be about to elect a far-right coalition? And how the fatty contents of a…
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Ian Dunt, Fukushima water release and the tale of Charlie Flannigan
Ian Dunt spills the tea on what's happening in Westminster, we discuss the impending and controversial release of water from Fukushima, and we remember Charlie…
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Laura Tingle on Robodebt, and how Russian artists are responding to war
Laura Tingle on the ongoing political fallout from the report into the Robodebt scheme. Journalist Polina Ivanova on how the Arts sector in Russia has become…
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Protecting Indigenous art from exploitation and the history of tattoos
Two in every three souvenirs claiming to be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander are fake, and Indigenous artists in some of the poorest communities are…
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China and India compete for the Maldives, racial violence in France and Torres Strait treats
Will the Maldives stick with its India First foreign policy in th eupcoming election, what is the historical and cultural context to the battles erupting on…
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Bruce Shapiro's America, corruption in Indonesia, and why we take risks
The latest from Bruce Shapiro on the US Supreme Court, and what those rulings mean for university students across the country. Indonesia's endless struggle…
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Laura Tingle on the NACC, will Mexico's next president be female? And the casualties of war reporting
Laura Tingle on the first week of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). Will Mexico's next president be female? Plus, how reporting on war can have a…
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Australia's treatment of refugee children, and the complex figures of queer history
Dr Jordana Silverstein reflects on Australia's treatment of refugee children that arrive at our borders. And Ben Miller and Huw Lemmey, co-authors of “Bad…
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Bruce Wolpe on Trump's Australia and Shakespeare's first folio turns 400
Another Trump presidency is still a real possibility. What will it mean for Australia? Plus, we celebrate the anniversary of the first printed edition of…
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Boris Johnson's exit, and North Korea's most powerful woman
What lies ahead for the UK Conservative Party after Boris Johnson's exit? Kim Jong Un's sister - Kim Yo-jong - has emerged as the nation's most powerful woman…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, mutiny in Russia and pigment tales from art history
Laura Tingle reflects on the life of former Labor leader Simon Crean, Anatol Lieven on whether the Wagner group's revolt spells disaster for Vladimir Putin…
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Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg, and Kiki the queen of bohemian Paris
The extraordinary whistleblower Daniel Ellsburg, who has died at 92, did an interview with Late Night Live only last year. And Man Ray's muse, Kiki of…
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Blinken in Beijing, the great financial crashes of history, and a grandfather's Nazi past
Will anything come from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with Chinese President Xi in Beijing? Have we learned from the great financial crashes…
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Bruce Shapiro on US politics, the human relationship with Ebola, and the bird-watching diplomat
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, the Kakhova Dam disaster and a Spanish film-maker's commitment to art and music
Laura Tingle on the Voice referendum bill's success in parliament and why the Greens delayed the Housing Future Fund bill. Plus the environmental damage…
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Breathalysing volcanoes, and the real Catherine the Great
An update on the Voice referendum, as polls tighten again. How scientists are "breathalysing" active volcanoes with cheap, accessible technology. And who was…
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UFOs and the real archaeologists more daring than Indiana Jones
Amidst renewed speculation over whether the US has evidence of UFOs, we replay a fascinating chat with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb about his scientific search…
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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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Simon Winchester in conversation about 'Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World'
The best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman explores the rich and complex history of our relationship with the planet's 37 billion acres of…
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Kenan Malik on race, culture and identity politics plus how timekeeping changed the world
British Indian author Kenan Malik takes on the heated debate around race, culture, whiteness and privilege, arguing notions of cultural appropriation and…
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Tensions over Taiwan, the rise of Islamist rule, and why it feels good to sulk
The US has signed a new trade deal with Taiwan, raising the ire of China. From Turkey to Tunisia, what's behind the rise of Islamic governance? And a…
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The history behind Kosovo-Serbia tensions and Wikipedia's gender problem
Since Kosovo seceded from Serbia in 2008 an uneasy status quo has held, but the issue of Kosovo’s Serb-dominated north remains unresolved. International Crisis…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, why digital doesn't always trump paper, and putting the type into typography
Laura Tingle on Ben Roberts-Smith, PM Albanese's Shangri-la speech and the stalled housing bill. Guillaume Pitron demystifies the digital world and tells us…
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The Martin Amis interview
British writer Martin Amis died on the 19th of May, 2023. In this interview with Phillip Adams from 2020 they discuss the last book Martin ever wrote: Inside…
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Power plays in PNG, Hollywood writers fighting AI, and the art of blurbs
World powers are jostling for influence in the Pacific, as Sean Jacobs and Tess Newton-Cain explain. Author Kate Fortmueller on why striking Hollywood writers…
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Big Tech and the global south, and the case for 'tragic' thinking
In our regular US update, Bruce Shapiro discusses whether a debt deal is on the horizon, and looks at Ron DeSantis' chances of winning the Republican…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Timor-Leste's future, and André Dao's powerful family history
Laura Tingle on the shock resignation of WA Premier Mark McGowan. Professor Damien Kingsbury on Timor-Leste's future, following peaceful elections. And writer…
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How the KGB operates, and trees that learn and socialise
Russia has a long tradition of espionage, right up to the present. It tells us a lot about why Putin is the way he is, says investigative journalist Mark…
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Regulating 'forever chemicals' and David Grann's shipwreck tale The Wager
PFAS, known colloquially as 'forever chemicals', seem to be everywhere and in everything. What efforts are taking place globally to regulate their use? Plus…
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Stan Grant exposes Australia's broken media landscape
Plus, we hear from Ian Dunt about what's making news in Westminster, and are we about to enter a world where flying taxis are the new normal?
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One year of PM Albanese, love and inequality in China, and the trouble with human teeth
Clare Armstrong wraps up the past week in Australian politics, as the Albanese government notches up its first year in office. How rising inequality in China…
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Too much yet too little: the phosphorus paradox
Dan Egan explores the history of 'The Devil's Element' and how we've come to the point where we're running out of this essential element, and yet it's…