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Late Night Live — Full program podcast
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Politics and Covid in Ian Dunt's UK. Fossil fuels and the Bolivian election. Journalist Geoff Kitney's memoirs
As COVID cases rise in UK Ian Dunt assesses the political response. Bret Gustafson considers how fossil fuels have changed Bolivia and what's at stake in this…
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The US election and the midwest, a gold frenzy, and the German botanist
Bruce Shapiro on the latest on the US election, what is behind the current gold frenzy and the German botanist who gathered an Australian collection
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; How can we lay the groundwork for a better, more equitable nation?
Now that the dust has settled, what can we make of the Federal Budget? And, a new book of essays contemplates ideas for a national reconstruction, rather than…
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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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India stifles scrutiny; The view on the US election from Kansas; The tale of Captain Moonlite
Amnesty International is forced to halt its operations in India; Journalist and author Sarah Smarsh on why Kansas shouldn't be dismissed as a red Trump-loving…
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American political chaos, Australians in Mosul and the evolution of comedy
The consequences of President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, the Australians who fought in Mosul and the evolutionary benefit of laughter.
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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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Mary Kostakidis on Assange trial; Preparing for the 'Age of Fire'; Henry Burgh, the man who gave rights to animals
Julian Assange extradition hearing draws to a close; Preparing for the 'Age of Fire'; Henry Bergh and the founding of the animal rights movement
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Ian Dunt's history of liberalism. George Bridgetower: The black violinist who inspired Beethoven.
Ian Dunt's new book 'How to be a Liberal' traces the political philosophy's development over three and a half centuries. Who was George Bridgetower and why did…
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America, Somaliland and learning from evolution
Bruce Shapiro on the latest from America, what we can learn from Somaliland about aid and Ramona Koval takes up back in time to look to the future.
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Karen Middleton's Canberra; Australia's fruit picking crisis; Three perspectives on the British empire
The murky legalities surrounding the Federal government's travel policies; Can the proposed solutions to Australia's labour shortages tackle the systemic…
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Geremie Barmé on China; Science vs. Trump; Can you be an ethical omnivore?
How has China changed under Xi Jinping? Why has Scientific American endorsed a presidential candidate, after 175 years? And, how can we be ethical omnivores?
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Australia takes on big tech over news content, Afghan women and the peace talks, The Good Germans who resisted the Nazi's
Peter Lewis explains why there is such international interest in Australian moves to make Google and Facebook pay the creators of news content. Christina Lamb…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the origin of Armageddon
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and work and the true story of city called Megiddo
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; Women lead the Belarus protests; The ancient amber route
The Government champions a 'gas led recovery'. Why women are spearheading the protest movement in Belarus, and what this might mean for the future of the…
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Pine Gap's peace crimes; the miracle typist of WW2's Polish Army
Pine Gap, national security and how Australia deals with dissent; the miracle typist of WW2's Polish Army, Tolek Klings.
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America, social housing and COVID, Vida Goldstein
Bruce Shapiro discusses the latest revealing book on President Trump and the unprecedented fires that are burning on the West Coast.
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Australia and the Pacific; what's behind humans long connection to oak trees
How well is Australia 'stepping up' in the Pacific, and what's behind humans long connection to oak trees?
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The latest from America, how China censors Hollywood and living mindfully for a year
Bruce Shapiro on the latest protests across America, how China is censoring Hollywood and what living mindfully for a year does to your health.
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; Goats - pest or produce? The life of J.B.S. Haldane
Could we all be getting free COVID-19 vaccines in 2021? Goats hold an uncomfortable place in the Australian landscape, but there is potential for them to…
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Japan after Abe Shinzo; Life and times of E.W.Cole founder of the Melbourne Book Arcade
Japan after Shinzo Abe; Life and times of E.W.Cole, autodidact, philosopher, writer and founder of the Melbourne Book Arcade
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Ian Dunt's UK, Uber in California, the politicisation of intelligence
Ian Dunt offers his assessment on the week in British politics. Jim Stanford explains what's at stake in the fight between Uber and the state of California…
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America, winning elections and chairs
Bruce Shapiro on the latest deadly protests, the secret to winning elections with Chris Matthews and Sara Hendren on the design of chairs
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; Jokowi, man of contradictions; Hugh Mackay's 'The Inner Self'
Our relationship with China is back in the spotlight as Parliament resumes this week; The remarkable rise of Indonesian president Joko Widodo; Hugh Mackay on…
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Where to next for our empty universities? Mussolini's perfect fascist
Campuses today are more like ghost towns so how will the higher education sector adapt to the effects of coronavirus? The perfect fascist: a story of love…
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Has COVID-19 signalled 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 even if President Donald…
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The Republican Convention, white evangelicals and the fight for England's lost wetlands, the Fens
Bruce Shapiro gives a preview of the Republican Convention, Sarah Posner explains why white evangelicals support Trump and James Boyce on the centuries old…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; Putin and the Navalny poisoning; The life and times of Samuel Griffith
Buck-passing has become the order of the day in Canberra; What the disturbing pattern of political poisonings says about Putin's Russia; The Australian judge…
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Bougainville elections; who can save the Uyghurs from genocide; is Jared Kushner Trump's most dangerous enabler?
Bougainville's election, PNG and independence; who can save the Uyghurs from genocide; is Jared Kushner Trump's most dangerous enabler?
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Europe's last dictator, Native American dispossession, the real Joe McCarthy.
Is it the end of the line for Alexander Lukashenko? Former British Ambassador to Belarus, Nigel Gould-Davies, assesses the situation of the man known as…
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Democratic Convention, kicked out of China, who owns the Internet
Bruce Shapiro reports on the Democratic National Convention, Ian Johnson on being kicked out of China and James Ball on how Internet companies can be reined in.
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and Kevin Rudd on US-China relations
Laura Tingle asks whether political lynchings should be a priority right now, and former prime minister Kevin Rudd warns that US-China tension could lead to…
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Ian Dunt's UK. Synthetic media and the danger of deep fakes. The virus and the philosopher.
Ian Dunt surveys the week in politics in the UK, Nina Schick warns of the proliferation of fake audio visual content and how it has serious political and…
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Trump's America, Tory cash and Andrew Boe
Bruce Shapiro brings us the latest constitutional challenge in the USA, Peter Geoghegan on the dark money in UK politics and Andrew Boe on the inequalities in…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; Lebanon crises; Doublespeak Awards
Shocking revelations from the aged care royal commission as Australia sees the deadliest day of the pandemic; Protests rock Lebanon in the wake of the Beirut…
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The crisis of the 2020s and beyond; the Falklands success story
The crisis of the 2020s before the calm, and the success story of the Falklands since the war.
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Did the atom bomb need to be dropped on Japan? Palestine's 100 year war. Australia's traitors and spies.
Roger Pulvers asks if it was necessary to use atomic bombs to end the war — or was Japan already beaten? Rashid Khalidi observes a new era in the Palestinian…
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US politics, rare earth metals, Hemingway's letters
Bruce Shapiro gives his analysis of President Trump's attacks on the US Postal Service, we find out about the risks and rewards of rare earth metals and what…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; Indigenous water rights; Australia's most notorious tabloid
New measures have been introduced in Victoria to tackle the growing crisis; A new study reveals the shocking extent to which Aboriginal Australians are…
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Oliver Stone's autobiography Chasing the Light
As one of Hollywood's most successful screenwriters and directors, multiple Academy award winning director, Oliver Stone has just penned the first instalment…
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Ian Dunt's UK. John Kerr and the Whitlam dismissal. Celebrity, gossip and American culture
Ian Dunt reflects on Boris Johnson's first year as PM. Guy Rundle revisits the Whitlam dismissal and the role of Governor General Sir John Kerr. New York…
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Bruce Shapiro's America; America's unfinished business; 10 drinks that shaped Australia
In the wake of John Lewis' death, Americans seek out 'good trouble'; Irish columnist Fintan O'Toole argues that in order to move forward, America must confront…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; UK's Russia report; Ghost boats and flying squid
The Government's 'glass half full' economic outlook, Kremlin interference in the UK, and the heist of half a billion dollars' worth of squid by Chinese 'dark…
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Political storytellling, Raising the age of criminal responsibility
Political story telling, and the campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 years to 14 years.
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New Zealand and COVID 19. The two or one state solution?
As New Zealand heads to a general election on September 19th, Oliver Hartwich assesses the country's COVID 19 response, its economy and politics..
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Bruce Shapiro's America and President Trump's wars
We remember civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis, and discuss the Middle East wars conducted by President Trump.
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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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Ian Dunt's UK. A long history of electoral interference. Celebrating Zoe Caldwell and Judith Anderson.
Ian Dunt assesses politics in the UK as Brexit draws closer. David Shimer discusses his new book ' Rigged: America, Russia and one hundred years of electoral…
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Bruce Shapiro's America, ethics of vaccines and the lives of houses
Bruce Shapiro on the latest from America, human challenge trials, ethics and COVID-19 and the lives of houses
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Laura Tingle's world; Melbourne towers lockdown; Washington's anti-communist crusades
Laura Tingle asks whether Australia needs to look beyond China-U.S. relations and strengthen ties with our neighbours. We take a look inside Melbourne's locked…
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David Frum's America; Truth and reconciliation in Seychelles; Ned Kelly's gonzo journalists
Should school in the U.S. re-open at President Trump's insistence? An Australian lawyer fights for justice in Seychelles. How the legend of Ned Kelly was…
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Southeast Asia outlook, President Putin forever? An unexpected history of celebrity.
Journalist Erin Cook surveys the events, people and politics this week in Southeast Asia. Oliver Bullough looks at the recent Russian referendum and the very…
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America, Good news for regional newspapers? and dementia in US prisons
Bruce Shapiro with the latest from the USA, some good news for regional newspapers and rising dementia in US prisons
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Laura Tingle's Canberra; the life and work of Ken Inglis, Historian
Laura Tingle reports on the Eden Monaro ByElection; and the life and work of one of Australia's most important historians, Ken Inglis.
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Elections for Tokyo Governor; Why the humanities remain important; The world in 2030, according to Keynes
Elections for Tokyo Governor; Why the humanities remain important; The world in 2030, according to John Maynard Keynes