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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
Nigel Biggar on colonialism, and a portrait of Bill Gates
Oxford theologian Nigel Biggar reckons with colonialism and the legacy of Empire. And journalist Anupreeta Das examines the life and power of the billionaire…
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The must-win state of Pennsylvania, and Antony Loewenstein on the weapons of war
Journalist and former resident of Pennsylvania Sarah Smiles Persinger on why her old home town could decide the next President. Plus an update on the campaign…
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Bernard Keane's Canberra, asylum seekers stranded on Nauru, and why we crave apocalypse stories
Bernard Keane on the Teals latest win, and why Labor is yet to introduce political donation reform. Plus the government has been quietly sending asylum seekers…
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Exposing Opus Dei, and learning the language of birds
Journalist Gareth Gore investigates the wealth, power and influence of the Catholic order Opus Dei. And Andrew Turbill and Dan Lyons decode the beautiful…
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Why Russia's Constitution matters, and the Scottish poet hounded out of town
Professor William Partlett uncovers the "constitutional dark arts" that have enabled Russian President Vladimir Putin to consolidate power. Plus, Scottish poet…
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Ian Dunt's UK, Māori Muslims, and food culture in the Balkans
Ian Dunt on the King's imminent visit to Australia. Why are a growing number of Māori in New Zealand finding faith in Islam? And how food and identity…
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Hurricanes and campaigns in Florida, and Jennifer Robinson on Assange's freedom
How will back-to-back hurricanes impact voter turnout in Florida? Plus Julian Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson on his testimony to the European Parliamentary…
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Taiwan's kaleidoscopic story
Taiwan is much more than the debate about whether it's a province of China. Its past is a colourful one, full of visitors and invaders from multiple cultures…
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The Palace Letters, Australia becomes the place of the unfair go and the scandals of the Moulin Rouge
Will King Charles agree to finally release the Palace Letters about the dismissal of Gough Whitlam? Labor MP Andrew Leigh on increasing inequality in…
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US Politics, nature positivity, Wikipedia and AI
Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the US Presidential campaign trail. What is nature positivity and should Australia be legislating for it? Is AI a real threat…
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The family behind the Nobel prizes, and the life of political kingmaker Pamela Churchill Harriman
Author Bengt Jangfeldt reveals the brilliance and resilience of the Swedish Nobel family. And Sonia Purnell recounts the astonishing life of Pamela Churchill…
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Can copyright protect Indigenous art and the downfall of the Maharajas
Since the 1980s, lawyers have used copyright law to protect Indigenous Art, but is it fit for purpose? When India gained its independence, a huge part of the…
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Sri Lanka's new President, America's love of dictators, and the cocaine hippos
Sri Lanka has elected a new President who is not from one of the elite families who have ruled the country since independence, but who is he? America has a…
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Chasing votes in Georgia USA, discrimination in religious schools, and the elusive night parrot
The battle for votes in ultra-marginal Georgia, USA. Anglican Bishop Michael Stead on freedom and discrimination in religious schools, and Dr Penny Olsen on…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, is Hezbollah finished and why we're bored with the space race
Laura Tingle on the challenge for Labor in addressing the housing crisis. Israel has killed military leader Hassan Nasrallah, but will it mean the end of…
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Artificial intelligence at the border, and who was Kosciuszko?
Human rights lawyer Petra Molnar investigates the growing use of artifiicial intelligence at the world's borders. And Anthony Sharwood on the man behind…
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Ian Dunt's UK, and Fintan O'Toole on the perils of political tribalism
Ian Dunt reflects on UK Labour's Party Conference, while Jeremy Corbyn forms a new party of his own. Plus, Fintan O'Toole on how populists are weaponising…
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Bruce Shapiro's America, sedition in Hong Kong, and when Houdini visited Australia
What are the Democrat and Republican ground game strategies in the lead up to election day? How Hong Kong is silencing the pro-democracy movement. And…
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Karen Middleton on Australian politics, Japan's next Prime Minister, and the feelings of plants
Karen Middleton, political editor of The Guardian Australia, on Peter Dutton's nuclear power speech today, and the new populism of the Greens. There are nine…
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Cultural change in the Australian Defence Force, and the secret history of LSD
Why are rates of suicide in the Australian veteran community so persistently high? And what did the CIA learn from Nazi Germany about psychedelics.
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Wisconsin, hydrogen and the lost subways of America
While Wisconsin only provides 10 electoral votes in the US Presidential race, it is one of the key swing states in the upcoming election - how can it be won?…
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The damning robodebt report and tea's significance in Iran's rich cultures
The Public Service Commission is very sorry on behalf of the public service. Journalist Rick Morton updates on the Robodebt findings of the commission, plus…
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Niki Savva's Canberra, Iran's feminist uprising and opal mining under threat
Political analyst Niki Savva says if it doesn't change course, Labor is set to lose its majority and become the first one term government since 1931. Two…
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Eric Beecher on media moguls and the broken promises at Wybalenna
Eric Beecher looks back at some of the media dynasties through history including the Murdochs, how they use and abuse their power. And on Flinders Island in…
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Dissecting the Trump-Harris debate, and the rise of the French Impressionists
Bruce Shapiro dissects the US presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. And art critic Sebastian Smee on how the dazzling light of…
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Ian Dunt on the Grenfell fire report, will Russia and Ukraine negotiate, and celebrating writer Janet Frame
A six year long inquiry has found that the reasons for London's Grenfell Tower block fire were developing over a 25 year period. Analyst Anatol Lieven argues…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Vatican finances, and the politics of portraiture
Political correspondent Laura Tingle on Australia's slow economic growth. Journalist Paola Totaro asks why those convicted of financial crimes in the Vatican…
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Why did the Alfred Dreyfus affair capture the world's attention?
Alfred Dreyfus was an officer in the French Army when he was arrested 130 years ago for treason, convicted and sent to Devils Island for 5 years in solitary…
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Support for Gaza war high, but not for Netanyahu, plus the Aussie women who just loved America
Mass protests in Israel indicate a clear dissatisfaction with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his handling of the hostage situation, but polls show…
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Historian William Dalrymple on India's Golden Road
For more than 1000 years, India was a trading powerhouse across the globe - not only of spices, wild animals and gemstones but also of language, philosophy…
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Canberra Politics, Myanmar's fragmentation and fighting fire ants
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
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The injustice of murdered Indigenous women and re-naming Kosciuszko
In response to the lack of justice for murdered and 'disappeared' Indigenous women, a new grassroots network of specialist family violence organisations has…
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The big business of charitable trusts, the secret lives of cows, and who blew up the Nord Stream pipeline?
Journalist Joerg Schmitt solves the mystery of who blew up the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. Dr Elizabeth Cham on how Australia's trustee…
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Will the Arab vote swing Michigan? And the UK's poet laureate - from Yorkshire
What role is the Arab American vote playing in the US Presidential election so far, particularly in the swing state of Michigan? Plus the Yorkshire lad who…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Malaysia's economic ambitions, and the allure of anchovies
Laura Tingle on the government's deal to pass CFMEU administration laws, plus changes to the NDIS and aged care. Why Malaysia wants to join the BRICS alliance…
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David Runciman on saving democracy, and the resilience of island ecosystems
How did we come to live in a world ruled by - mostly - idiots? And can we fix our struggling democracies by enfranchising children as young as six? Political…
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Should artists have the right to freedom of political expression?
Since the war in Gaza broke out there has been a crisis of censorship in the arts sector around the world, in what the not-for-profit group Freemuse is calling…
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Bruce Shapiro on Biden's speech, what's actually happening in Sudan, and remembering the great Australian literary hoax
President Biden has spoken at the Democratic Convention. Who's fuelling the atrocities in the Sudan? And it's 80 years since the fictitious 'Ern Malley'…
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Laura Tingle on Gaza visas, and why the Voice Referendum failed
Laura Tingle on Peter Dutton's calls for a Gaza visa ban. Constitutional lawyer Shireen Morris on why the Voice referendum failed. Plus, what's it really like…
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Cuba still on the terror blacklist plus the true identity of Australia's first novelist
Cuba is still on the USA's State Sponsors of Terrorism list and the cost to its economy is huge. Plus the true identity of Australia's first novelist revealed…
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Roxane Gay on dissent, despair and hope, plus marking 200 years since martial law was declared in Bathurst
Cultural critic Roxane Gay on dissent, anger, and why despair is a luxury. Plus 200 years after martial law was declared against the Wiradjuri people of the…
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Israeli censorship, inside Guantánamo Bay, and getting 'weird'
Journalist Haggai Matar considers what Israelis aren't hearing about the war in Gaza and Carol Rosenberg takes us inside 'Gitmo' to reveal why chances of it…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, and mapping First Nations languages in Australia
Australia has signed up to a revamped AUKUS agreement, which will allow the submarine deal to be cancelled with as little as a year's notice. Plus, an…
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Maori rights rollback and Guatemalan adoption trade
Maori rights are being whittled away by the new conservative government in New Zealand and in Guatemala private adoption agencies sent huge numbers of babies…
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Who is Tim Walz? The Murdoch succession battle, plus righting wrongs in Australian history
Bruce Shapiro on whether Tim Walz is the right pick for Kamala Harriss's running mate, the epic Murdoch court battle for the succession of the empire, and the…
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UK riots actually pogroms, suicide and brain injury in soldiers and the poetry pentathlon
Ian Dunt says the term 'anti-immigration protests' is woefully insufficient to describe the outbreak of violence in the UK. He says what occurred was a pogrom…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and how sugar shaped the world
At the annual Garma Festival, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he remained committed to Makarrata. But what exactly does that mean? Laura Tingle and David…
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Searching for the soul
What is the soul? Is it a substance, your conscience or simply a creation of the mind? Most societies and religions have some concept of the soul. Historian…
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Venezuelan unrest, exposing the gas industry and celebrating James Baldwin
Venezuelan election of Maduro prompts violent protests, what the oil and gas industry really knew about global warming and celebrating James Baldwin's writings…
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The power of US lobbyists and James Cook's fateful last voyage
.Brody Mullins investigates how lobbyists have changed politics and society in America and Hamilton Sides tells the story of how and why James Cook's last…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Robert Fisk's final work and Olympic myth busting
Laura Tingle on Anthony Albanese's cabinet re-shuffle, Robert Fisk's widow Nelofer on Western interference in the Middle-East and how language around it is…
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Pine Gap, academic publishing and the history of notebooks
A new documentary examines the life of military analyst Des Ball and his role in our understanding of Pine Gap, the big bucks that are being made in academic…
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Is Israel a liberal democracy and was William Shakespeare gay?
Saree Makdisi questions the perceptions by the West of Israel as a liberal democracy and Will Tosh questions whether William Shakespeare was gay, and does it…
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Bruce Shapiro on Kamala Harris, Paul Davies on the benefits of AI and the beauty of the Brisbane River
Bruce Shapiro on how Kamala Harris can turn the Trump campaign on its head, theoretical physicist Paul Davies says there's a lot to be gained from artificial…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, the Brittany Higgins defamation case and was Gaudi a saint?
Laura Tingle on the Opposition's renewed focus on Howard's battlers, Richard Ackland on whether Linda Reynolds should be suing Brittany Higgins over social…
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Who is the new President of Iran and passport paradoxes
How much reform can we expect from the President of Iran while the Ayatollah Khomeini is still the Supreme Leader. How many countries can your passport get you…
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France in flux and how should we remember the war dead
France remains in limbo while deciding on a new Prime Minister and historian Joan Beaumont takes us to the war graves on the island of Ambon and asks how…
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The challenge for Keir Starmer and pioneering nurses in the AIDS crisis
Will British PM Keir Starmer be able to restore faith in politics in the UK? And who will the Tories choose as their next leader? Plus the little told story of…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Bruce Shapiro post Trump assassination attempt and French sub secrets
Laura Tingle on which laws the Albanese government hasn't been able to get through parliament, Bruce Shapiro on the impact of the Trump assassination attempt…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastThe young leftie Rupert Murdoch
The young Rupert Murdoch was a radical who espoused socialism, kept a bust of Lenin in his uni accommodation and then went on to build his empire from 1950s…