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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
Asia update, Uganda's oil pipeline woes and the history of aquariums
We discuss the latest news from Southeast Asia, how The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is disrupting lives and ecosystems in Uganda and the invention that…
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Ian Dunt's UK, political turmoil in Peru and the weirdest artwork ever made
Ian Dunt on how Rishi Sunak is handling the UK's economic woes, why Peru is entering its eighth week of deadly protests and Edward Brooke-Hitching takes us on…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Australia's new cultural policy and the woman behind an iconic Australian apple
Laura Tingle reviews the political history of arts funding. Meanjin's editor Esther Anatolitis and First Nations artistic director Wesley Enoch dissect the…
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Frank Bongiorno's Dreamers and Schemers
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Indigenous update, Brazil under Lula and a big time Indian art dealer turned thief
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Bruce Shapiro's America, the roots of American individualism, and the legacy of violin teacher Shinichi Suzuki
Bruce Shapiro on California's tragic mass shootings. The history of individualism in America, and the educational legacy of violin teacher Shinichi Suzuki…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Ukraine war enters second year and the comeback of cork
Labor struggles to get political agreement on the Voice, where the war in Ukraine could head in 2023 and why cork is making a comeback. Correction: It was…
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John Farrow and Coral Browne - the Aussie Hollywood stars you should know
John Farrow is the enigmatic, Australian born, Oscar-winning filmmaker who went to the very top in Hollywood, but obscured his past from all who knew him…
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Tracey Holmes special: a stowaway, a diver and an artist
Tracey Holmes brings us three incredible stories: of the first woman to circumnavigate the world, an African American diver uncovering the lost ships of the…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Female foreign correspondents and fairytales
In two riveting conversations, presenter Kylie Morris looks at the contributions that women have made as foreign correspondents and delves into the enduring…
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Josephine Baker's life a a spy and understanding out sense of smell
Elaine Pearson on her life as a human rights campaigner, Paola Totaro re-evaluates her sense of smell and Damien Lewis recounts the life of Josephine Baker -…
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The speeches that would have changed history
Speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum has made it his mission to uncover the greatest speeches that were never delivered. Plus, we head into the afterlife with the…
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Maritime murder and the Crypto Queen
A new book dives into a spectacular case of financial fraud, murder and exploitation in the global shipping industry, and why the glamorous Dr Ruja Ignatova is…
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The Sassoon dynasty and some abandoned wonders of the world
Joseph Sassoon tells the story of his distant relatives that founded the Sassoon dynasty - known as the Rothschilds of the East and Oliver Smith takes us on a…
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The BBC: A birthday celebration
A charming conversation to celebrate the BBC's centenary with the institution's official biographer David Hendy.
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India's turbulent history
Author and India specialist John Zubrzycki on why we need to appreciate India's past, to understand its current delicate geopolitical situation.
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The lesser known histories of Greece and Budapest
James Heneage tells the tales of lesser known, but equally important aspects of Greek history over three millennia and Victor Sebestyen on how Budapest's…
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Reading dangerously and how Christmas Islanders dealt with refugees
Bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi says we must read dangerously and we travel to Christmas Island to see how the locals coped with the…
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Hawaiian justice for girls and the healing power of prison radio
How Hawaii has achieved a goal of having zero young women incarcerated and how prison radio shows around the world empowers people by enabling them to tell…
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Late Night Lagos
Nigerian writer Dipo Faloyin explains why Africa is not a country and Eloghosa Osunde talks about the challenges of living in Lagos for the LGBTQI community.
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Clive Hamilton on life as a provocateur
Professor Clive Hamilton has spent his life as a cage-rattler, speaking uncomfortable truths that have challenged us to review the way we think about the big…
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Happy birthday Auntie
Patrick Mullins and Matthew Ricketson discuss the importance of the ABC to Australian cultural life and John Pickup recounts some of the highlights of his long…
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Knowledge from the world's first astronomers and the forgotten women of Hollywood
First Nations astronomers Krystal de Napoli and Karlie Noon share ancient wisdom about the night skies and Helen O'Hara talks about the early dominance of…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Late Night Live
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
These three young women are changing the climate conversation
In one of our most inspiring discussions of 2022, Gen Z climate activists Anjali Sharma, Mya-Rose Craig and Vanessa Nakate share their hopes for the future…
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Plastic surgery in prisond and pentacostalism on the rise
Zara Stone tells the story of the long history of plastic surgery being performed on prisoners as part of their rehabilitation and Elle Hardy takes us on a…
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Late Night Live
Johann Hari on why our collective attention span is declining rapidly, plus Laurie Winkless explains why the science of friction is so integral to both the…
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A lignocentric journey back in time and immersing yourself in ancient landscapes
Roland Ennos talks to Phillip about the critical role that our relationship with wood has played in our evolution. Thomas Halliday also travels through time to…
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Legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange and free speech
As part of our 'Best Of' series, we revisit a chat that Phillip Adams had with legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange. Plus, in a moving…
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Bob Hawke and Wendy McCarthy
A look at the lives of two of Australia's leaders: former PM Bob Hawke, as seen through the eyes of biographer Troy Bramston, and feminist Wendy McCarthy on…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
What happened to the Liberal Party of Menzies?
In this 'Best Of' edition of Late Night Live, a panel of experts consider the past, present and future of the Liberal Party. Plus, Dr Brian Klaas considers…
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2022 Year in Review: An irreverent look back at an eventful year
It was the year of overturned abortion rights, a federal election, an infamous Oscars slap and a new European war. The year no one could afford a head of…
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Late Night Live
The UK's annus horribilis, could Frank Bainimarama lose the Fiji election? And the history of the great Australian silence on the frontier wars in Tennant…
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US politics wrap and the complicated J Edgar Hoover
Bruce Shapiro and Errin Haines join Phillip to discuss the latest in US politics, and what we can expect in 2023. Then Beverly Gage sheds a new light on J…
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The year in Canberra, the protests in China and Ukrainian art on tour
Laura Tingle and Niki Savva wrap up the year in Federal politics, Jennifer Hsu looks at the protests in China and the death of Jiang Zemin, and Konstantin…
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Honouring our nomads and our scientists
The contributions that nomads have made to human progress and the two Australian scientists who changed the course of World War Two.
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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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Bruce Shapiro's America, India's political prisoners and dealing with Holocaust trauma
Bruce Shapiro brings us the latest on US politics, we look at the latest crackdown on free speech in India and two documentary filmmakers explore the…
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Canberra politics, Satyajit Das on global economic trends and the last violin
Laura Tingle brings us up to speed with the latest news from the Canberra bubble, Satyajit Das gives us an overview of the global economic trends he's watching…
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The CIA's covert war in China and Elizabeth and John Macarthur close up
John de Lury tells the story of captured CIA operative John Downey and what is say about the US and China relationship in the 1950s and historian Alan Atkinson…
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Indigenous News, the history of sportswashing and conversations with birds
Dana Morse reports on the latest Indigenous news from around the country, David Goldblatt explains that the World Cup in Qatar is just the latest example in a…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Bruce Shapiro'a America, the microchip war and the cultural history of the coconut
Bruce Shapiro talks to the muted response to Donald Trump's announcement he would run for President again in 2024, Chris Miller explains the war over microchip…
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George Megalogenis on a polarised Victorian electorate, moving a village in Fiji and the life and work of Mandy Martin
George Megalogenis explains the roots of Victoria's polarised political life, Kate Lyons, Makereta Waqavonovono and Netani Rika explain the challenges of…
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The fragrance hunter and the mystery of the forgotten father of film
Dominique Roques discusses the ethical questions he faces as he roams the world looking for new fragrances and Paul Fischer reveals the mystery behind the…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
UK politics, Fida Jiryis, art vandalism past and present
Ian Dunt on the latest Downing Street drama, Palestinian writer Fida Jiryis tells the story of being a stranger in her own land and the long history of art as…
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Midterm mayhem and the history of polio
Our panel of commentators discuss the messy results of the US midterms and what they might mean for the next election in 2024. Plus, a cultural history of…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Canberra politics and who decides if Australia goes to war?
Laura Tingle is back with the latest news from Canberra (and Bali) and in an LNL special we look at the past, present and future of Australia's war…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
News from the Pacific and Rachel Perkins on The Australian Wars
Tess Newton Cain brings us up to speed with the latest news from the Pacific and Arrernte and Kalkadoon filmmaker Rachel Perkins confronts the horrors of the…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
US midterms; Kazakhstan's history; trench coats in war and film
Bruce Shapiro reports on the trends from the mid-terms, Joanna Lillis on the long and complicated relationship between Russia and Kazakhstan and the history of…
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb
Three Ancient Egyptian scholars dust off their boots and down tools to discuss their incredible discoveries and what life is like as a contemporary…
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Royce Kurmelovs' Canberra, what will COP27 achieve and the case for longtermism
Royce Kurmelovs' Canberra, will COP27 achieve real climate action for Africa and other countries severely impacted by climate change? And Oxford philosopher…
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Dreamers and schemers: a whole program special feature on Australia's political past
Historian and author Professor Frank Bongiorno takes us on a colourful ride through our political evolution, including archival audio excerpts from the 1930s…
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Ian Dunt on UK politics, the consulting behemoth McKinseys, and the New Theatre
Ian Dunt introduces the new UK PM, Rishi Sunak. The hidden influence of the world's most powerful consulting firm. And celebrating a radical cultural…
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US politics with Bruce Shapiro, managing the metaverse, and Sydney's leper colony
Bruce Shapiro on the unwelcome link between Paul Pelosi and Elon Musk. Why 3D virtual universes need regulating, with Catriona Wallace. And author Eleanor…
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Bernard Keane's Canberra plus Paddy Manning on Lachlan Murdoch
Bernard Keane's Canberra, plus Paddy Manning looks at how Lachlan Murdoch will manage his father's empire - if his siblings allow.
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The surprising histories of phobias and the humble banjo
Kate Summerscale delves into the history of phobias and when and why we started to identify them and Kristina Gaddy tells the global story of the banjo and its…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Indigenous budget report, Putin's endgame, how to speak whale
What does Labor's first budget mean for Indigenous Australia? The similarities between Putin's Ukraine strategy to Nixon's in Vietnam, and could humans soon be…
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Bruce Shapiro's America, the end of the war crimes tribunal in Cambodia and for the love of books
Bruce Shapiro on the squeeze Biden is feeling from Congress on Ukraine, the legacy of the war crimes tribunal in Cambodia and we hear about that moment of…
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Canberra politics, UK political turmoil and the elusive Agatha Christie
Laura Tingle previews the Federal Budget, Ian Dunt and Naomi Smith preview the vote for the new Prime Minister of the UK and Lucy Worsley reveals the…
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The editors and enduring influence of literary journals Meanjin and Overland
Jim Davidson has written a new book about the literary lives of the founding editors of Meanjin and Overland, Clem Christesen and Stephen Murray-Smith. Plus…