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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
Goodbye Donald Trump, Hello Joe Biden
Bruce Shapiro and Fintan O'Toole discuss America's eventful start to 2021 and what it will take to end the 'uncivil war', then Evan Osnos takes a closer look…
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Marcia Langton and Indigenous storytelling
Marcia Langton discusses the Voice to Parliament and how she feels about current debates about Australia Day and a panel discusses how Indigenous…
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Laura Tingle on Canberra politics, Brian Toohey on Free Speech and frontier encounters
How the Biden administration will effect Australian politics, the threats to free speech in Australia and Tiffany Shellam on three indigenous intermediaries of…
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True ghostly hauntings in Britain post WW1; and Harvard University's papyrus scandal
Between the wars in Britain, seances were hugely popular, so when a young housewife declares she's being haunted by a poltergeist, serious efforts were taken…
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Martin Amis's Inside Story
The latest work by British author Martin Amis, Inside Story: How to Write, takes the death of his closest friend, Christopher Hitchens, as the starting point…
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A chat with Don Watson
Don Watson has been writing for over forty years and his wit and sharp observations of Australian life are always worth a listen.
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Two showmen of their time: EW Cole and PT Barnum
Behind the showmanship of EW Cole was an Australian entrepreneur, author and philosopher. Similarly behind the circus frontman, PT Barnum was a politician and…
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Is it the end of the American era?
Has COVID-19 signalled the end of the American era? Professor Wade Davis argues that the virus reveals what America has become, and that a profoundly polarized…
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Richard Flanagan on his latest book and the true story of Captain Moonlite with Gary Linnell
Gary Linnell on his biography of the intriguing bushranger, Captain Moonlite and Richard Flanagan on his latest novel and the fires that have engulfed us over…
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Paul Salopek's long walk and the the evolutionary purpose of laughter
Paul Salopek on his slow walk retracing the earliest human migration and Jonathan Silvertown on the evolutionary purpose of laughter
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The story of oaks and cooking for dictators
Witold Swablowski on the chefs who cooked for dictators and James Canton on the deep connection humans have to oak trees.
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An intimate history of the Vietnam war
Carl Robinson's auto-biography of his life, career and experience as a war correspondent during the Vietnam war.
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Secrets of the Savoy and the history of liberalism
The incredible story of the Savoy Hotel and Theatre and the family behind them, and the fascinating history of liberalism as told by regular LNL commentator…
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Nature's oddities, the odours of history and the origins of alphabetical order
Nature's oddities, the odours of history and the origins of alphabetical order
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Trailing a Nazi fugitive; the Victorian economy; Australia's first lady of radio
Trailing a Nazi fugitive with Philippe Sands; the Victorian economy; and Australia's first lady of radio
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Oliver Stone - Chasing the Light
The first part of Oliver Stone's autobiography "Chasing the Light" covers the early years up to the phenomenal success of 'Platoon', based on his experiences…
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Arnold Zable's The Watermill. The history and meaning of the street address.
Themes of displacement and dispossession runs through Arnold Zable's non-fiction book "The Watermill". Diedre Mask explains how street addresses tell a grand…
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Matthew Colloff's Landscapes of the Heart. A social history the Budgerigar.
Mathew Colloff reflects on his time as research scientist and his relationship and observations of the Australian environment and its people. The Budgerigar…
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Tom Keneally on Charles Dickens and the colonial connection. Ten drinks that shaped Australia
Tom Keneally tells the story of Charles Dickens' boys and their connection to Australia. Max Allen surveys the long history of fermented drinks in Australia.
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The atomic bomb turns 75
For 75 years, the world has been one 'push of a button' away from nuclear war. Now, it's closer than ever.
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The Falklands today and the lost pianos of Siberia
The success story of the Falklands since the war and how the spread of pianos across Siberia brought stories of love, pain and loss, as well as music.
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Is a two state solution dead? The lives of houses
Peter Beinart argues that the notion of a two state solution for Israel and Palestinian is dead, and that alternatives, such as one state for all, needs to be…
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Australia's censorship system; Convict Valley, NSW Hunter Valley
Australia's draconian censorship system, even more strict than that of Britain's which it sought to emulate, was brought down with Penguin's courageous…
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The first global manhunt and searching for Afropea
On September 11th, 1695, an English pirate reshaped the world after pulling off one of the most audacious and lucrative robberies of all time. And, does the…
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Clarence Thomas and Wendell Willkie
The contradictions of America’s longest serving Supreme Court Judge, Clarence Thomas. And the life of Wendall Willkie, idealist and international envoy to…
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Madeleine Albright and the world in 1000AD
America's first female secretary of state Madeleine Albright talks about navigating life's 'third act', and Yale historian Valerie Hansen takes us back to the…
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Shakespeare's America and Lord Byron's racy relatives
James Shapiro on what Shakespeare can tell us about the increasingly divided America and Emily Brand reveals the scandalous behaviour of the family of poet…
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Bring on the end of 2020
And end of year panel to bringing light to the dark recesses of 2020
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Ian Dunt's UK. David Frum and the remaking of the Republican party. The provocations J. M. Coetzee.
Ian Dunt offers his final commentary on UK politics for 2020. David Frum considers the future for the US Republican party and Anthony Uhlmann's new book The…
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Bruce Shapiro, Stuart Rees on cruelty and the history of Qantas
Bruce Shapiro with his last report from Trump's America, Stuart Rees on state sponsored cruelty and Elizabeth Fysh on the origins of Qantas.
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; James Le Mesurier and the White Helmets; Anne Boleyn through the ages
The Morrison Government uses the final parliamentary siting week to unveil proposed changes to industrial relations laws; The disinformation war that destroyed…
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What is money and what is life?
The history of money with Jacob Goldstein and Paul Nurse explains his definition of life.
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What we learnt from Wikileaks
A one hour panel on how Wikileaks changed journalism and what it taught us about the realities of foreign policy.
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American politics, how war shapes us and biologist Kropotkin
Bruce Shapiro on the end of the Trump show, Margaret MacMillan on how war shapes us and Lydia Syson on Russian biologist and anarchist, Kropotkin
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and Quarterly Essay; JBS Haldane revisited
Australia and New Zealand are often considered close cousins. So why do we know so little about each other, and what can we gain by studying our trans-Tasman…
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Solving the climate emergency; Indigenous storytellers on stage and screen
Tim Flannery on solving the climate emergency; the representation of Indigenous Australians on our stages and screens has become more diverse, more frequent…
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Ian Dunt's UK. The century so far: Indigenous economic empowerment. Remembering Japan's Mishima
Ian Dunt reviews another turbulent fortnight in British politics. The achievements and challenges for Indigenous businesses and entrepreneurs. Roger Pulvers…
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The latest from America and is Indigenous incarceration still on the rise?
President Trump permits the transition to the Biden administration to begin and we look at why Indigenous incarceration rates are still so high despite the…
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Katharine Murphy's Canberra; Crisis in Ethiopia; Megan Davis on 20 years since the Bridge Walk for Reconciliation
The fallout from the explosive Brereton report into alleged war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan continues; The deadly conflict in Ethiopia's…
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Don Watson - A Writing Life
Don Watson’s career in writing has spanned 40 years and has done much to hold a mirror up to ourselves as a nation, with incisive political, historical and…
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Hong Kong Update, Australian perspectives on misinformation, International Brigades and the Spanish civil war.
Anthony Dapiran assesses the situation in Hong Kong after the entire pro-democracy caucus resigned from the Legislature. Fact, fiction or fake: Mathieu O'Neil…
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US Politics, Joseph Banks and the Mutant Project
The President Elect gets to work, Joseph Banks revealed and what is the significance of genetically edited twins Lulu and Nana.
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and 'Out of Eden': Retracing the steps of human migration
After a tumultuous week in Canberra, Prime Minister Scott Morrison heads to Japan for an important visit; One journalist challenges the modern media model by…
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What does NAIDOC mean in 2020? American satirists from the 18th to 21st centuries
What does NAIDOC mean in 2020? When are comedians “just kidding” and when are they telling the truth? Will Kaufman discusses how some of America's greatest…
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Ian Dunt's UK post Trump. Understanding the world from Beijing's perspective. The history of Labassa House
Ian Dunt assesses what a Biden presidency will mean for Britain. Geoff Raby's new book: China's grand strategy and Australia's future in the new global order…
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Us election result tensions, the tarnished Crown and songlines explained
Bruce Shapiro on the latest arguments on the US election results, Stephen Mayne on Crowns casino woes and the way Indigenous songlines work as a memory tool of…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; Operation Condor; Australian women pilots
The Government comes under pressure to lift Australia's climate commitments after Joe Biden's election victory. Inside the vast international terror network…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastBarry Jones on what is to be done next?
Barry Jones' latest book 'What is to be Done? Political Engagement and Saving the Planet' assesses the challenges currently facing Australia and the world…
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US Election Special and Marie Younan's story
Our panel of guests discusses the US results so far and Marie Younan tells her story of courage.
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Bruce Shapiro - America Votes. How are Australian farmers faring? Lowitja O 'Donoghue - the biography of a remarkable Australian.
Bruce Shapiro offers his thoughts on the vote for the next U.S President. Fiona Simson, President of the National Farmers Federation, on the issues and…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; Myanmar elections; How free speech became so complex
Integrity continues to be the issue getting top billing in federal politics, while Queensland's state election has returned some interesting results; On Sunday…
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Conservative view from the US; How the US election could end in disarray, the importance of not burning books
Conservative view from the US; How the US election could end in disarray, the importance of not burning books
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Ian Dunt's UK. America's poisoning of the Pacific. H.G Wells a literary giant
Ian Dunt reviews the week in British politics and explains why Manchester has become a political headache for the PM. Jon Mitchell's new book tells the history…
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Countdown to the US Presidential Election and the real story of Breaker Morant
Bruce Shapiro with the latest on the US Presidential Election and Peter Fitzsimons explodes a few myths in his latest book on Breaker Morant
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Politics with Paul Bongiorno; Towards a nuclear weapons ban; The radical rewilders saving the UK's endangered species
Accountability is the topic of the day in Canberra, as scandals rock the upper echelons of government-owned entities; After a long wait, the United Nations'…
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Fiona Stanley feature interview
Aboriginal health leaders have triumphed over Covid, but we are not hearing much about this success story. Professor Fiona Stanley celebrates that achievement…
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The US election, right wing radio and refinding community
What to expect from the last two weeks of the US Presidential campaign, the influence of right wing talk back radio in American political life and redefining…
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Politics with Paul Bongiorno; Thailand protests; The Living Sea of Waking Dreams with Richard Flanagan
Corruption scandals once again take centre stage as Senate Estimates kick off in Canberra; Protestors are calling for radical change in Thailand, in defiance…