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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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Robert Reich's America, plus ten years since the release of the Panama papers
In his new memoir, Former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, Robert Reich, traces how the Democrats lost the working class and paved the way for Donald…
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Ian Dunt's UK, and the Shahs and Ayatollahs of Iran
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his plan to address fuel prices. And 'The Shah's party, and the Iranian revolution that followed'. Bob Templer on how…
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Western Australia's GST wins, Israel death penalty for West Bank, and mapping the wilderness
The only Australian state with a budget surplus will get an extra $6.6 billion from Australian taxpayers in the coming financial year, under its special GST…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, Ash Sarkar critques the modern Left, and should daylight savings be permanent?
The Australian government will halve the fuel excise for three months, as the energy crisis triggered by the Iran war looks set to drag on. UK journalist…
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The struggle to get aid into the Middle East, plus a great Australian librarian retires
Millions have been made homeless by wars in the Middle East, but with access severely limited, humanitarian agencies are struggling to get aid into the region…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA, Trump’s business in the Gulf, plus the Museum of Failure
Bruce Shapiro on whether Trump now looking for a way-out of the war in Iran, and why the Pentagon has lost its defence of media shut-out rules. Plus the New…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, a tribute to Rhoda Roberts, and making floristry more sustainable
The South Australian election result has got the major parties elsewhere scrambling to understand what the One Nation phenomenon means for them. In tribute to…
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Guns and God in the USA, plus fresh scrutiny on weedkiller Roundup
Journalist and author William J. Kole examines how white evangelicals in the United States have fused the gospel and guns - and are standing in the way of…
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Please explain: Niki Savva, Paul Kelly and Antony Green on the resurgence of Pauline Hanson
Pauline Hanson rose from Ipswich City Council in 1994, to win the federal seat of Oxley in 1996, as a disendorsed Liberal turned independent. Her maiden speech…
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Ian Dunt's UK, Geoffrey Watson finds the NACC wanting and the power of presidential pardons
Ian Dunt on why UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has refused to be drawn into the "wider war" in the Middle East. Geoffrey Watson reflects on the findings of the…
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The new Nationals' front bench, where Saudi Arabia sits in the Middle East war, and meet veteran protestor Mag Merrilees
Our regular Canberra correspondent Anna Henderson on the new-look Nationals. Saudi Arabia is playing a quiet hand so far in the war. And a longtime radical…
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Acclaimed historian and author Antony Beevor on Rasputin, and Elon Musk's facilitation of making fake porn with unauthorised images
The so-called 'mad monk' Rasputin bewitched Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. But their strange and scandalous relationship conceals a riddle, which…
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Funding Australian TV, and conspiracy theories in Irish politics
Australian TV now has to compete with social media, on-demand streaming, and, soon, AI. Our government supports the industry, but the amount of Australian TV…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA, Christian rhetoric in the US military, and Vanuatu's lost numbering system
Donald Trump's war in Iran is certainly taking the world's attention away from the scandals of his administration, including the firing of former Secretary of…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, Economist journalist Sophie Pedder on President Macron's support for Lebanon, and why the power of the mafia - in multiple cultures - still prevails.
Our Canberra correspondent on Australia's delicate positioning with the Middle East War. Why the French President is passionately arguing for no further…
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Yanis Varoufakis on war and drugs, and 200 years of the State Library of NSW
Yanis Varoufakis, the firebrand economist and former Greek Minister of Finance, joins David for a talk about the Iran war, Trump's tariffs and the new drug…
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In conversation with the UK's Ian Dunt
For the first time, Late Night Live UK political commentator Ian Dunt, meets David Marr in person. In this special hour-long conversation, Dunt explores the…
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Gideon Levy on Israel's objectives in Iran, the secret life of batteries, and Australia's earliest desert people
What are Israel's ultimate objectives in Iran, Lebanon and the broader Middle East? The veteran journalist and author Gideon Levy joins the show to discuss…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, Bruce Shapiro on the US attack on Iran, and when books go bad
Australian Government leaders have been taking a cautious 'let's just wait and see what happens' approach to the war in the Middle East. Bruce Shapiro explains…
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Bob Carr on suddenly losing his wife Helena
Former NSW Premier and former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr and his wife Helena were almost inseparable. When she suddenly died, while they…
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Bruce Shapiro on Trump's State of the Union, Catholic Church High Court loss and do Australian cities have a guaranteed water supply?
Our US political commentator Bruce Shapiro has watched the (very long) State of the Union address. The High Court has found the Catholic Church is liable for…
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Richard Ackland on the antisemitism Royal Commission, the biodiversity of the high seas, and Mawson's scrawled diaries
Richard Ackland discusses the scope and ambitions of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, and the challenges facing the enquiry. On the…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, and Helen Clark on the UN's missing senior women
Chief political correspondent for SBS, Anna Henderson, on the ongoing political wrangling over people who do or do not reflect 'Australian values'. And former…
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A review of the Pacific labour scheme in Australia, and rethinking the gay rights movement
The PALM scheme, bringing Pacifika workers to regional Australia to work, has many fans, but significant problems also, a new report finds. Its author Peter…
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Ian Dunt's UK, Germany rearms and politicians who dodge questions.
i Paper's Ian Dunt on Keir Starmer's political future and how UK asylum seeker policy is getting headlines in the tabloids. Plus why Germany is on a mission to…
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Gambling's grip on politicians, Cuba's invasion threat and greenwashing green burials
The Australian Democracy Network says our lobbying laws make it easy for the gambling industry to have the ear of our political leaders. After capturing…
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Meet the new Liberal Party leaders, what future for Hong Kong, and making music from stars
The Liberal Party has to make some big decisions about its direction, and journalist Anna Henderson is watching closely. Author Antony Dapiran on how the…
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The US is run by meme lords, and Steven Pinker on common knowledge... and common delusions
Trump flies over a US city in a jet, dumping excrement on protesters; welcome to the era of government-endorsed AI slop videos. Charlie Warzel from The…
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Gaza is a nightmare, but once it was a dream
Gaza is today in ruins, with over seventy thousand dead and buildings everywhere rendered rubble by the onslaught from Israel since the Hamas attack of October…
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What the NSW State response to the Herzog protest represents, the challenge of digging through the Epstein files, and discovering a very old, very famous Italian artist
NSW Police responded with violence to a Sydney protest against Israeli President Herzog's support of Israel's war on Gaza. An American journalist describes the…
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Bernard Keane's Canberra, a security pact with Indonesia, and toads most feral
In parliament's second sitting week of the year, the Liberals are contemplating "non-existence". Australia recently formalised a major security treaty with…
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A portrait of the powerful right wing commentator Tucker Carlson, and celebrating Winnie the Pooh
An unauthorised biography of US broadcaster Tucker Carlson shows how he wields his influence. And it's 100 years since the creation of Winnie the Pooh.
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Ian Dunt's UK, India cuts trade deals, and the black market in polar bear fur
Ian Dunt does not spare Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the US who was pictured in his underwear in Jeffrey Epstein's mansion and accused of sharing…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA, where to now for Iran, and 'Aussie' poster artist Peter Drew
US politics commentator Bruce Shapiro looks at the aftermath of the ICE killing of Alex Pretti. President Trump's intended intervention in Iran seems less…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, Herzog in Australia, and Indigenous circus stars
As parliament returns, the conservative side of politics is in a moment of upheaval. Leadership questions hang over Littleproud and Ley, and One Nation surges…
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Barry Jones on a life of public service and the state of politics today
"Our politics is dumb and completely short-sighted and personally obsessed." At 93 Barry Jones, former ALP National President, writer and public intellectual…
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The Nationals' split and spill, and American history's banker hero
The Australian Coalition is no longer, and the newly alone Nationals are rethinking their leadership. We assess the role of the Nationals in the Coalition over…
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Bruce Shapiro's America: backlash over Minnesota shootings, Mark Carney's Davos moment, and the tiny world of springtails
Donald Trump will send his border czar to Minnesota and says his administration is "reviewing everything" in relation to the shooting death of nurse, Alex…
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Australian politics by the numbers, an expansion of Indigenous Protected Areas, and January 26 throughout history
What do the numbers tell us about how many Australians are buying into the anti-immigrant rhetoric from the far right? Then, a look at last year's expansion of…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastHow Oscar Wilde was reclaimed by his grandson
It’s 125 years since the death of Oscar Wilde. The famous playwright and author died alone in a French hotel in 1900. Since that time, so much has been written…
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Ian Dunt: Trump’s tariff strategy and the limits of UK influence, and just who is Stephen Miller?
As US President Donald Trump eyes the UK with tariff threats over Greenland, i Paper columnist and UK correspondent, Ian Dunt, examines Keir Starmer’s response…
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Bruce Shapiro on Trump's first year plus a Royal finance scandal
Bruce Shapiro looks back at how US President Donald Trump has changed the world in one year, and how the world is responding to his plans for a "Board of…
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Crikey editor Bernard Keane on the political response to the Bondi shooting, and two legal analysts discuss the hate speech legislation
Bernard Keane looks at the political ramifications of the Bondi shooting, and legal experts Katharine Gelber and Greg Barns discuss the limitations of the…
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LNL Summer: Tim Minchin on music, fatherhood, the Internet... and nipples
Tim Minchin turned fifty this year and just ran a marathon for the first time. He's returned home to Australia, with his new album Time Machine, and his tour…
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LNL Summer: Preventing war in space, plus the rampage of Australia's last outlaws
While we've all been distracted with what's happening on Earth, an Australian lawyer has been helping the United Nations to draft the rules of resources in…
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LNL Summer: Unearthing more of Pompeii, and a Hollywood shark-hunter in 1930s Australia
The Director of Pompeii Archaeological Park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, shares some of the latest discoveries from the buried Roman city, as new areas are excavated…
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LNL Summer: John Menadue critiques Australia's media and our relationship with the United States
John Menadue has been at the heart of Australian public life for over fifty years, working for the Whitlam, Fraser and Hawke governments. He oversaw the…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastLNL Summer: Philippe Sands on war crimes and impunity - from Pinochet to now
In 1998, the former Chilean head of state Augusto Pinochet was arrested on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide. Philippe Sands was called to advise…
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LNL Summer: Living rivers, and our obsession with Mars
Environmental lawyers around the world have successfully made the case that rivers have rights, a movement that renowned science writer Dr. Robert Macfarlane…
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LNL Summer: Journalists Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober on seeking truth in Trump's America
Acclaimed US journalists and podcast collaborators with The Atlantic Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober join David Marr in-studio to discuss the MAGA women who love…
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LNL Summer: Palestinian psychiatrist on the trauma in Gaza, and a yarn about wool and war
Drawing on her expertise in mental health and trauma studies, Palestinian psychiatrist, Doctor Samah Jabr, explores how the trauma of displacement and conflict…
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LNL Summer: An Indigenous way of seeing the past, plus making shade cool again
What can we learn from Indigenous perspectives on Australian history? Two historians, one Indigenous and one not, explore new and very, very old ways of seeing…
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LNL Summer: The feather detective, and the life of Emily Kam Kngwarray
If you left a feather at an American crime scene during the 20th century, chances are that Roxie Laybourne would be called. Laybourne was "The Feather…
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LNL Summer: prison architecture, who invented 'jaywalking', and why keyboards are QWERTY
Should prison architecture be used for punishment, or could it be used to create hope, instead? 'Jaywalking' is being decriminalised in some US states as…
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LNL Summer: Abolishing terra nullius - the legacy of Chief Justice Gerard Brennan
Sir Gerard Brennan served as the 10th Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest judicial position in the country. He was involved in several…
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LNL Summer: farewell Laura Tingle plus our love of outdoor cinema
After 30 years of appearances on Late Night Live Laura Tingle shared her memories of Australian politics and her favourite LNL appearances before she began her…
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LNL Summer: Antarctica, a tourist hotspot? And Dame Harriet Walter on Shakespeare's women
Is over-tourism coming for Antarctica? As more and more people travel south for awe and adventure, our guest has some proposals to keep Antarctica pristine…
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LNL Summer: The Roosevelts deadly panda quest, plus is AI a con?
Linguistics Professor Emily Bender, warns that the big tech companies who promote AI, with an almost spiritual zeal, may be off the mark. Plus the bizarre…
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LNL Summer: Kate Grenville confronts her settler ancestry
20 years on from her famous novel The Secret River, writer Kate Grenville retraces the footsteps of her settler ancestors, and asks what it means to be on land…
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LNL Summer: Was Hitler's filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl complicit in Nazi atrocities?
Leni Riefenstahl has been hailed as one of the greatest directors of all time, even though her most famous films were works of propaganda for Hitler's Reich…