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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
Washington wrap, the Nancy Pelosi story and changing perceptions of ageing.
Bruce Shapiro joins us for the latest from Washington, the story behind Nancy Pelosi and her remarkable negotiation skills and how can we age better now that…
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The politics of an election year. Rethinking western dominance
With an election in the wind, Laura Tingle discusses how Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten have started the year.
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India Now: architecture and Democracy. The Assassination final
India Now: India's cities are higgledy-piggledy places, seemingly without logic. Should they be redesigned and rebuilt or are their 'unfinished edges' suited…
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Heritage & UNESCO, the poisons squad and episode 9 of the Assassins
Has the value of world heritage been corrupted and how poisons were first removed from food and episode 9 of The Assassination.
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LNL 15th January 2019
How the protection of economic interests is critical in the making of Australian foreign policy Sergei Esenin is the Dylan Thomas of Russia, only much…
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Thomas Cromwell: A Life and The Assassination Episode 7: The Funeral
Henry VIII's henchman. Protestant reformer. Master politician. According to Wolf Hall author Hillary Mantel, 'This is the biography we have been awaiting for…
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India now: Love Indian style. Where does all the garbage go? The Assassination Episode 6
There's a social and sexual revolution sweeping through the sub-continent - and changing the way couples court, marry and live together. How do cultural…
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Original Siamese twins, Hugh Stretton's legacy and episode 5 of The Assassination
The true story of the original Siamese twins, a new look at the legacy of Hugh Stretton and episode 5 of The Assassination.
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LNL 8th January , 2019
They explain, they defend, they deny, and they cry. New York Times best-selling author Robin DiAngelo on why it's so hard for white people to talk about their…
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Michio Kaku on the future of humanity; A coveted possession; The Assassination: Episode 3: The Call
New York Times best-selling physicist Michio Kaku on terraforming Mars, interstellar travel, immortality and our destiny beyond earth
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India Now: media. Episode Two of The Assassination
If you're a media junkie, India has you covered with 16,000 daily newspapers and over 400 news channels. But a spate of attacks on journalists calls into…
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The value of engineers and Ep 1 of the Assassination
Roma Agrawal shares the secrets of engineering and we meet Benazir Bhutto in the first episode of the BBC series - The Assassination.
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Deep Fakes; Spying on Whales; Library of Everything
Beware the cry of Deep Fake news. We dive into the secret lives of whales, tracking one of the world’s most enigmatic creatures from its four-legged…
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Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, The personality brokers
Netanyahu's story is Israel's story.
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India now: caste and the rise of the Bollygarchs
India Now - one in every six people in India is a Dalit or 'untouchable'. One of them is Sujatha Gidla, whose recent memoir opens a lid on the long fight for…
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David Christian on the idea of Big History
David Christian's new book explores the idea of a shared humanity in which our Paleolithic ancestors and Neolithic farmers play as important a role as the…
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The long strange history of psychedelics; Jellyfish
Can psychedelic drugs change our world view - and if so, how? Author Michael Pollan delves into the spiritual and therapeutic implications of LSD, magic…
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The real life spy who came in from the cold; The dark world of wildlife trafficking
A global poaching epidemic is threatening the existence of countless species including rhinos, tigers, savannah elephants - and the lesser-known pangolin; Oleg…
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India Now - corruption. Call centres.
PM Modi came to power in India on the back of a promise to fight corruption, but four years after his victory how much has changed? The subcontinent's Gen Y…
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Moon Mining; Little Women
The race for space has been accelerating in the last few years, and astronomer and planetary scientist Ian Crawford says the moon is a vital launching point…
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The mystery of mermaids and Alt-America
Mermaids appear in every culture - from indigenous Australian to European. Why do they have such huge and enduring appeal? The rise - and interminable rise -…
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The Road to Modi, low carbon living.
When Narendra Modi became PM of the world's biggest democracy in 2014, his victory illustrated the forces of change sweeping through India - political…
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Big data and health and Simon Winchester on precision
Can the algorithms applied to health care be regulated and follow the remarkable progression of precision over history.
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Bats and drought in Australia
Why has chiropterophobia been so prevalent in art and literature in the West? Is it time to rehabilitate the bat? Can we have a new national drought policy in…
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Expats and existentialists in Paris; Samuel Beckett and political propaganda and Climate change threatening Tibet
We journey back in time to wander Paris’s Left Bank, the epicenter of ‘haute culture’ in the 1940s and 1950s, discuss Samuel Beckett and the politics of…
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70th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights; Bank Banks; Extinction update
Claire Mallinson, National Director of Amnesty International Australia on the past, present and future of the UN Declaration of Human Rights
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LNL 4TH December, 2018
All the not so fake news from Trumplandia. The gold rushes of the 19th century created new wealth and communities. But at what price? Stanford University…
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Canberra capers, Martin Chulov on Khashoggi and the history of women at the BBC
Paddy Manning joins us with his take on Malcolm Turnbull's latest contributions, Martin Chulov updates us on the latest leaks on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi…
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Daniel McCarthy's USA 2018, the Ukraine-Russia clash and Peter Frankopan on the New Silk Roads
We ask what the year in US politics looked like for Trump supporters, explore what lies behind the current battle on the Black Sea and rove the New Silk Roads…
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Havana syndrome, Interpol chief goes AWOL, who was Bennelong?
The American embassy in Cuba seemed to be making its staff sick - then things got really weird. Multiple scandals erupt at Interpol. Who was Bennelong and why…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA; Yellow vest protests; Power button
All the not so fake news from Trumplandia. France has a long history of street protests, but has Emmanuel Macron's fuel tax sparked a 'high-vis' uprising of a…
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The Victorian election and 10 years since the Mumbai attacks
The Liberal Party is divided over what went wrong in Victoria and now they are in minority government in Canberra and ten years on from the tragic attacks in…
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Ian Dunt, the California wildfires, books that saved my life
Can Theresa May survive the latest Brexit debacle? Every year the fires burn and so do debates about how to deal with them. Michael McGirr on the books that…
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The Greens implode, America's alt-right goes unchecked and how 'scientific' is food science?
We look at Green infighting as Australia's election season hots up, discuss why America's alt-right has gone largely unmonitored and ask how you can tell food…
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LNL 20th November, 2018
All the not so fake news from Trumplandia. The traditional coloured shirts and smiles belie a tense APEC Meeting in Port Moresby. The political fantasies of…
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Re-writing herstory and running for change
How would the history of the world look if it was written from the perspective of women and how training for a marathon has changed the life of Indigenous…
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Bruce Shapiro, are we more or less secure? Dog cloning
Bruce Shapiro on all the un-fake news from the US; what happened to the idea of open government and freedom of information - judging by current events it's…
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David Marr on Patrick White
Unlike many of his contemporaries Patrick White chose Australia over London or the US - and in doing that he showed Australians that we were part of a global…
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From the halls of power in Canberra to those in the court of Henry VIII
Laura Tingle reports on the latest policy reversal from Prime Minister Morrison and the always fascinating life and times of Thomas Cromwell.
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Kate McClymont at the Scone literary festival
Broadcasting from the Scone writer's festival, Phillip is in conversation with Australia's leading investigative journalist, Kate McClymont.
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William McMahon biography; Trust, lies and financial disasters
William McMahon, who was until recently derided as Australia's worst prime minister, has finally had his biography published. Understanding the recent…
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Shapiro on the US midterm results; Dinosaur on trial; Michio Kaku on the future of humanity
It's a return to divided government, as Democrats win the House, and Republicans increase their Senate majority.
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Ian Dunt; Exxon Mobil lawsuit; Tony Wheeler
Ian Dunt on Kremlin spies in London and the murky dealings of Brexit bankroller Arron Banks. Some of the world's biggest fossil fuel companies - including…
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The news from Canberra, Australian Research Council grants under scrutiny and the inner lives of dogs
Will bringing asylum seeker families from Nauru to Australia restart the people smuggling trade, does the Australian Research Council grant process need to be…
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Donna Zuckerberg, top Australian elections
Which federal elections helped shape Australia? A new books argues that losses as much as wins had a lasting influence on the country. Donna Zuckerberg - yes…
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Who is Brazil's new President; the global epidemic of anger and Colm Tóibín on the fathers of great Irish writers.
We look at what led Brazilians to vote for a far-right President, explore the origins of the Age of Anger and ask author Colm Tóibín why fathers are a…
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Pittsburgh massacre; Covert action; How special are we?
All the week's political news from the US. Once covert action was planned to be secret. Plausible denial was all the rage. Now intelligence services want…
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Canberra update, an insider on Nauru, and the history of fabric
David Crowe on Canberra, Shaun Hanns argument from inside on ending offshore detention and how critical fabric has been in shaping history.
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Bruce Shapiro, Marilyn Waring, Damon Kitney
Bombs arrive in the mail for several prominent US Democrats. Thirty years after the publication of a landmark study showing economic models favour patriarchy…
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Ian Dunt on the UK; The future of heritage; The Poison Squad
Ian Dunt brings us the latest on UK politics from the People's Vote march to Teresa May's Titanic struggle to get Brexit over the line; Has the high value of a…
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Migrant caravans from Central America; Native Americans and the midterms; Can AI create art?
What's caused 7,000 people to march from Central America to the US? Are Republicans stopping Native Americans from voting in the midterms? Christie’s is about…
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The Wentworth by-election, Davos in the desert and Iranian cinema
The Wentworth decision, Davos in the desert deserted and we meet a star of Iranian cinema
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Daniel McCarthy, China's big brother state, Russia's Dylan Thomas
Splits in the Republican ranks over Jamal Khashoggi - and in the Democratic ranks over early presidential candidates. In China's Xinxiang region the local…
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Should Australia go nuclear, who won this year's Man Booker and growing up white and broke in Kansas.
Is it time for Australia to re-think its defence system, will this year's winner of the Man Booker restore the prize's mojo and why Kansas's white working poor…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA; Disinformation: Moscow style; Utzon's legacy
The Midterms in the South and how the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi could affect US/Saudi relations. Disinformation, Moscow style and why it’s causing so…
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Wentworth, defence and arson
Laura Tingle dissects the campaign for Wentworth, Patrick Walters dissects our defence policies and organisations and Claire Hooper gets into the mind of the…
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Losing soft power in Asia. Tim Flannery
With the loss of the ABC's Asia-Pacific broadcasting, China's CGTN is now taking the lead on soft power. Is climate change worse than we think? Tim Flannery…
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The dark world of wildlife trafficking; The real life spy who came in from the cold
A global poaching epidemic is threatening the existence of countless species including rhinos, tigers, savannah elephants - and the lesser-known pangolin; Oleg…