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Late Night Live — Full program podcast
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- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Indigenous update, Asia's G7 priorities and can anyone own culture?
We get the latest on the Voice debates and hear what an Indigenous Voice might mean from a public health perspective. Plus, the G7 is being held in Japan, but…
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US politics, South Africa's heroic journalists & why we should love flies
Is the US government about to run out of cash? Bruce Shapiro dishes the latest on the dreaded debt ceiling. Plus, we meet two female journalists risking life…
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Amy Remeikis' Canberra, Afghanistan struggles under Talban rule and the 18th century AI chess hoax
Amy Remeikis on the tension between our need for more workers and the national housing crisis, security deteriorates in Afghanistan and the chess robot that…
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An adventure down the Tigris River, and the life of writer Geoffrey Dutton
A small band of adventurers have navigated the entire length of the magnificent Tigris River - through Iraq, Türkiye and Syria. And a new documentary on the…
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Bangladesh's looming carbon catastrophe and E Jean Carroll revisited
We kick off with a fortnightly Asia update, looking at the upcoming elections in Thailand and Cambodia. Plus, why Bangladesh is becoming a dumping ground for…
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Ian Dunt's UK, unrest in Haiti and the curse of the Marquis de Sade
The UK has a newly anointed king and queen, and a new law curtailing the right to protest. Plus, what's behind the escalating gang violence in Haiti? And the…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Bob Carr on Assange and diplomacy, and weird and wonderful understandings of the alphabet
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
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Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov reflects on the war in Ukraine
Plus, we meet the 19th century scientists whose experiments with mind-altering drugs gave us modern medicine, psychology and philosophy.
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Deep sea mining in the Pacific, and the life-saving potential of animals
For our Pacific update, a special focus on deep sea mining, and some of the dilemmas it presents for Pacific countries. And what animal biology can teach us…
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David Frum's America, the ticking Doomsday Clock, and Australia's botanic gardens
US political commentator David Frum reflects on Biden's second run for the White House in 2024, and on Trump's power in the GOP. Why the Doomsday Clock is…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, ten years after the Bangladesh factory collapse, and histories of the heart
Hints abound a week out from the Budget. The factory fire that put the spotlight on the garment industry. And understandings of the heart.
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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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Asia update, Shirley Shackleton's East Timor, and Italy's Cinecittà Studios
An update on news from Japan and South Korea. A new documentary about Shirley Shackleton's investigations into what happened to the Balibo 5, the Australian…
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ANZAC special: Frontier fighters and the truth about East Timor
There's one story of Australian military history that doesn't get told on ANZAC Day – the story of First Nations resistance during the Frontier Wars. Plus…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, the uprising of Dutch farmers, and 'fairy circles' in the Pilbara
Laura Tingle recaps Australia's landmark Defence Strategic Review and the push for long-range missile capabilities. Journalist Rik Rutten explains how the…
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Charles Glass reflects on his time in Syria
Syria is a culturally rich and complicated country battling war, corruption, political interference and Islamic insurrection. Former Chief Middle East…
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Indigenous update, famine in Africa, and the story of slime
The national peak body representing Indigenous children has rebuked Peter Dutton's claims on child abuse in Alice Springs. Meanwhile, water insecurity in…
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Bruce Shapiro's America, NZ on AUKUS, the father of skyscrapers
Abortion is back on the Supreme Court's agenda - this time the result will determine access to the abortion pill. Plus, how do the Kiwis feel about AUKUS? And…
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Canberra politics, Uganda's new anti-LGBT bill, Australia's convict 'orphans'
The Guardian's Amy Remeikis takes us inside the Canberra bubble, we hear about a dangerous new bill that could become the harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation in…
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The revolutionary women of the Whitlam era
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
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Asia update, Maja Göpel is rethinking our world, behind Gould's birds
India is about to surpass China as the world's most populous nation - what does it mean for India's people? Plus, some fresh thinking about everything from how…
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Ian Dunt's UK, Don Winslow vs Donald Trump and a tribute to two Bruces
Ian Dunt on Joe Biden's visit to Northern Ireland, US crime writer Don Winslow on why he abandoned his career to fight Donald Trump full-time and a tribute to…
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Easter special: Simon Sebag Montefiore on history's greatest dynasties
The Medici, the Borgias, the Habsburgs, the Bonapartes, the Kennedys, the Kims... we take a tour of the families that have changed the course of history.
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The medieval manuscripts club 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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Pacific's big climate win and Germany's anti-EV push
A landmark UN resolution represents a big step forward on climate justice, but at the same time Germany's powerful auto industry is pushing back against the…
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Trump is arraigned, Finland joins NATO and could humanism save us?
Bruce Shapiro is back with the latest news on Donald Trump's impending arraignment. In a huge 48 hours, Finland has lost it's progressive young Prime Minister…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, the billionaires behind Israel's new laws, and the history of laundry
Laura Tingle dissects the Liberal Party’s defeat in Aston, and remembers the remarkable Yunupingu, a warrior on Indigenous Rights. The US billionaires behind…
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The journos who flew in WWII bombers, and the enduring power of string, nails and other simple inventions
Five Australian journalists were among the first to be embedded in a war mission, in WWII. And a celebration of some very simple inventions that led to…
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Asia update, turmoil in Israel, secret lives of stones
The Central Asian '-stans' have become the subject of a geopolitical tug-of-war between the US, China and Russia. Plus, what the political turmoil in Israel…
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UK politics, Sri Lanka update and the ancient Buddha found on an Aussie beach
Naomi Smith regales us with tales from the United Kingdom, we take a look behind the headlines at how Sri Lanka's economic crisis is affecting people and the…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, China in the Middle East, and the poetics of terra nullius
7.30 political correspondent Laura Tingle unpacks the climate deal struck between Labor and the Greens. Dina Esfandiary and Jonathan Fulton explain China's…
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The American town that changed the world, and the history of coffee
Author Malcolm Harris tells the story of Palo Alto, the Californian town that became a global powerhouse of capitalism; and Professor Jonathan Morris on the…
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Indigenous update; a broken Lebanon; rats of NYC
The latest on the Voice referendum and food for thought on Maori democratic representation; Rania Abouzeid mourns the Lebanon of her ancestors and asks whether…
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Bruce Shapiro on a possible Trump arrest, why the world is running out of fresh water and the feminist philosophies of Periyar
Bruce Shapiro on Trump's increasingly-likely New York indictment, as the world is running out of fresh water a UN Conference is hoping to find some urgent…
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Laura Tingle on AUKUS and Paul Keating, Satyajit Das says another GFC looms and AFTRS turns 50
Laura Tingle says the substance of Paul Keating's arguments should be the focus of public debate rather than the manner in which he delivers them, former…
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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…
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Asia and AUKUS and Margaret Simons on Tanya Plibersek
We hear the reactions to AUKUS from across the neighbourhood, plus the maestro of political biographies Margaret Simons tells us what makes Tanya Plibersek…
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UK politics, unrest in Georgia, protecting Macquarie Island
Ian Dunt weighs in on AUKUS and the UK's plan to 'stop the boats'; journalist Rayhan Demytrie discusses the future of Georgia, a nation bordering Russia that's…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Scotland after Sturgeon and how borders make and break the world
Laura Tingle on AUKUS and Australia's submarine deal; what the end of Nicola Sturgeon's premiership means for Scottish independence; and how borders have…
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Peter Frankopan on how climate has contributed to the rise and fall of empires
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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Pacific update, Indigenous rights and climate change, Cleopatra's daughter
In an International Women's Day special, we hear how women have been affected by cyclones in Vanuatu. Professor and Nyikina Warrwa woman Anne Poelina advocates…
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Bruce Shapiro's US politics, Fatima Bhutto on the war on women & what needlepoint has to do with Ada Lovelace
Bruce Shapiro on whether Joe Biden will run for a second term. Pakistani political royalty Fatima Bhutto on the war on women and whether female leadership…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, New Zealand after Ardern, and an Indigenous artist mystery solved
Laura Tingle on the Government's change to superannuation taxation and Malcolm Turnbull's appearance at the robodebt Royal Commission; the future of New…
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France's pension age controversy and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst on Metamorphosis: A Life in Pieces
Workers are taking to the streets of France to protest a proposal to raise the retirement age; and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst reflects on the transformative…
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Asia update and a tribute to Jimmy Carter
We look at what's been making news in Korea with journalist Jeongmin Kim and the chief White House speechwriter for former president Jimmy Carter, James…
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Naomi Smith's UK, Asia's fisheries under threat, and the French archaeologist who saved Egypt's treasures
Naomi Smith on how UK PM Rishi Sunak is handling Brexit negotiations with Northern Ireland, the EU, and his own party. Why the world's biggest fishing region -…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Italy under Georgia Meloni and how advertising helped us kick the smoking habit
Laura Tingle on the need to step up cyber-security, proposals to improve whistleblower protection for public servants and the push for press freedom. Italy's…
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Truth and lies in the in the Kimberley plus a feminist revolution in Australian theatre
A case study of a massacre of Aboriginal people illustrates the extent of lying that accompanied that sort of violence. Plus how feminist play Betty can Jump's…
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The 'Yes' campaign, Nigeria's election and a sensory exploration
Dana Morse joins us from Adelaide where From the Heart's 'Yes' campaign for the Voice to Parliament is being launched, then we discuss who Nigeria's next…
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Bruce Shapiro's US politics, Behrouz Boochani on freedom and unraveling the story of fabric
Bruce Shapiro on Biden's lightning visit to Ukraine, Behrouz Boochani on freedom, resistance and the need for a Royal Commission into our treatment of asylum…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and why Gandhi's legacy is troubling Indian PM Modi
Laura Tingle looks at the Yes campaign's week of action, the Defence Strategic Review and plans to change our super. Plus Ramachandra Guha on why Gandhi has…
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The evolving ethics of euthanasia and a global history of swimming
From pious to painless - the radical transformation of what it means to die well; and how the ability to swim has united and divided people around the world.
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Asia update with Emily Feng, new insights into an ancient continent, and a stolen Ethiopian child prince
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
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Ian Dunt's UK, Yanis Varoufakis on Cuba, Mexico and Assange, and the origins of the exclamation mark
Ian Dunt reflects on the latest reshuffle of the UK Conservative Party leadership. Economist Yanis Varoufakis on his visits to Cuba and Mexico and his defence…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, an update on the Türkiye-Syria earthquake and alcohol laws in Australia
Laura Tingle on Peter Dutton's apology for boycotting the Apology and more funding for Closing the Gap initiatives; how the political landscape in Türkiye…
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Influencers: Australia's political biographers
Political historian and journalist Chris Wallace investigates how prime ministerial biographies have impacted our leaders throughout Australia's history — for…
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Pacific update, how blood cobalt powers our lives and 30 years of Awaye!
Tess Newton-Cain is back with a round-up of the latest news from across the Pacific. Siddharth Kara reveals the shocking truth about how cobalt mined in…
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Bruce Shapiro's America, the disappearance of Aboriginal women and Australia's oldest university press
Bruce Shapiro on the Chinese spy balloon saga, Indigenous journalist Amy McQuire on Australia's disappearing black women and the tale of Australia's oldest…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, can Australian manufacturing survive and the history of our oldest university press
Laura Tingle looks at Lidia Thorpe's defection from The Greens and the shame of the Robodebt program; what will it take for Australia to regain its competitive…
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Re-examining Australia's 1999 intervention in East Timor, and the history of the encyclopaedia
Re-examining Australia's 1999 military intervention in East Timor; and the history of the encyclopaedia - from ancient Greece to online Wikipedia. Guests…