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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
Lara Marlowe on Robert Fisk, Azar Nafisi on reading dangerously
Lara Marlowe reflects on the life and work of her late partner, the great English writer and journalist Robert Fisk in her memoir Love In A Time Of War: My…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastClassic LNL: composer Elena Kats-Chernin AO
The brilliance of Elena Kats-Chernin was first discovered when she was only four years old and from that moment she has been unable to imagine a life without…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastClassic LNL: Magda Szubanski
One of Australia's most beloved performers, Magda Szubanski, star of Kath & Kim, Fast Forward and films including Babe and Goddess, talks to Phillip about her…
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Classic LNL: Paul Keating on the first dismissal
'The Big Fella', Jack Lang, twice premier of NSW, was one of Australia's most controversial politicians and loved and hated with a visceral intensity. During…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastClassic LNL: The revolutionary women of the Whitlam era
The Whitlam era saw a great leap forward for women's rights in Australia, driven by Women’s Adviser Elizabeth Reid and a host of female activists, backed by a…
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Classic LNL: Isabel Allende on feminism and Finding Fibonacci
Phillip and best-selling Chilean author Isabel Allende explores how feminism has shaped her life over the past seven decades. Originally broadcast in 2021…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastClassic LNL: The life of Deborah Cheetham-Fraillon
Deborah Cheetham-Fraillon AO talks to Phillip about composing Australia's first Indigenous opera, Pecan Summer, founding her Short Black Opera Company and her…
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Phillip Adams farewells Late Night Live
In Phillip Adams' last Late Night Live, Laura Tingle turns the tables and interviews Phillip. They discuss how the political conversations and media landscape…
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Naomi Klein’s Doppleganger. Untangling the big ethical issues of our time with Peter Singer.
Naomi Klein on doppelgangers, conspiracy theories and getting mistaken for Naomi Wolf. Plus Philosopher Peter Singer's advice on how we can make our lives…
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Phillip's swansong with Laura Tingle, Bruce Shapiro and Ian Dunt
In Phillip's last show with his regular contributors, Laura Tingle, Bruce Shapiro and Ian Dunt look at the release of Julian Assange, the importance of the…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastLeft for dead? The Australian left, then and now
Phillip Adams is joined by comrades Frank Bongiorno, Jon Piccini and Meredith Burgmann for a romp through the history of the political left in Australia and an…
Late Night Live — Full program podcastThe adventures of Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester has appeared on Late Night Live many times over the years to discuss his bestselling books. Now he and Phillip discuss Simon's own phenomenal…
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Is the world's most expensive painting the real thing? How twelve sheep can give life meaning.
Art historian Ben Lewis' new book The Last Leonardo: The secret lives of the world's most expensive painting.John Connell reflects on life as a shepherd in…
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Ian Dunt's UK plus what we can learn from the Inuit
Ian Dunt on whether Nigel Farage’s Reform party could take a big chunk out of the conservative vote in the upcoming UK election. Plus Wade Davis on how…
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Laura Tingle on Li Qiang and Linda Burney on reconciliation
Laura Tingle discusses the highs and lows of the Chinese Premier's visit - and what it really means for Australia. Then Phillip's successor David Marr makes a…
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George Monbiot on the invisible forces behind neoliberalism
In his new book, George Monbiot says the trend towards neoliberalism began in the 1930s, and has so dominated the political narrative that its now seen as the…
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The NACC disappoints on Robodebt and Paul Gauguin's Pacific works
Geoffrey Watson SC had high hopes for the new National Anti-Corruption Commission, but its first decision on Robodebt has left him disappointed. Nicholas…
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Bruce Shapiro and the story of John S Jacobs - fugitive US slave
Bruce Shapiro gives his analysis of the peace deal that has the support of the UN Security Council, but still has not got approval from Israel and Hamas…
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Kay Kinane: trailblazing broadcaster and educator
Kay Kinane was a school-teacher from Perth who went on to become Deputy Director of the ABC’s Education Department in the 1960s – the first woman to hold such…
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The lost history of Iranian Jews plus clearing the air - of emissions
Iran has shown remarkable restraint in responding to Israel's attacks on Gaza. Professor Ali Ansari says the country is not only caught up in internal issues…
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Who are Amit Shah and Mary Astell?
Narendra Modi has won his third successive election in India, but journalist Atul Dev tells the backstory of his feared and influential wingman, Amit Shah. And…
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Ian Dunt's UK, Mexico's anti-machismo president and preserving the Wollemi pine
Ian Dunt on the first fortnight of the UK election campaign, how Mexico's new President, Claudia Sheinbaum, will take on its machismo culture and thirty years…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and Australia's ongoing fight for equality
7:30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle is back with Phillip to discuss the latest immigration scandal to shake up politics, and historians Michelle…
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The autocrats teaming up with MAGA politicians and the Greek communists "rescued" by Stalin
Anne Applebaum on the connections between Russian and Chinese autocrats and the Trump Republicans seeking to discredit liberalism. Plus how Joseph Stalin…
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Primatologist Jane Goodall and Rwanda under the spotlight
Jane Goodall is most well know for her work with chimpanzees in Tanzania, but she is currently in Australia explaining why she has hope for the climate…
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Bruce Shapiro explains what an upside-down US flag means.
In Bruce Shaprio’s America, Donald Trump’s hush money trial is almost over and what’s going on with the upside- down US flag? Exiled activist Ma Thida on…
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Bernard Keane's Canberra plus Clive Hamilton on privilege
Bernard Keane looks at how the government is navigating the challenges of reconciliation, hate speech, the war in Gaza and the path to net zero. Plus Clive…
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Jordan protests Gaza war plus AC Grayling on who owns the moon
In Jordan both the royal family and Palestinian Jordanians are protesting the war in Gaza, but Jordan's reliance on Israeli water is becoming a political…
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Reporting 5km from the frontline and the history of undersea cables.
Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Alisa Sopova met covering the war in Donetsk back in 2014. Since then they have captured the every day lives of people living close…
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UK politics, Stella Assange and how to fix France
Stella Assange on what the latest court win means for Julian Assange, Ian Dunt assesses the initial pitches from Labor and the Conservatives in the election…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, bird flu scare and Paul Salopek on his world trek
7:30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle unpacks Peter Dutton's Budget reply speech. Then, a new strain of bird flu is wreaking havoc across the…
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Why some people have more luck than others and the most likely path to nuclear war.
Annie Jacobsen describes in chilling detail the steps that might lead to nuclear war and Mark Rank explains why some people are more vulnerable to the vagaries…
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Geoffrey Robinson on Putin and Boyan Slat on The Ocean Cleanup
Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robinson on whether the international community is equipped to respond to war crimes being committed in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza…
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Trump's policy platform and Russia's water problems
The conservative think tank - the Heritage Foundation - has issued a policy manifesto for 2025. Bruce Shapiro and Emma Shortis give their analysis. Flooding…
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Laura Tingle's budget preview plus how India, Israel and Mexico are connected through spyware
Laura Tingle previews the federal budget and whether Labor can manage to navigate burgeoning cost demands in defence, housing and health and the need to bring…
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Should women get extra seats in Pacific parliaments? And Hugh Mackay on a lifetime of observing Australians.
The Pacific has the world’s lowest rate of women’s representation in Parliament, but local women are working to change that, with some innovative - but…
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Roger Pulvers on Japan and Australia's long relationship and Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito
Japanese Philosopher Kohei Saito makes the case for degrowth communism as the radical transformation required to save our planet. Roger Pulvers looks to the…
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Ian Dunt's UK, diplomatic asylum dilemmas and author Robyn Davidson
Ian Dunt reports on the recent UK council elections and how the Tory Party are trying to spin the disastrous results. The uses and abuses of diplomatic asylum…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and the murky business of food barons
7:30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle on the government's response to the impending ground invasion in Rafah, and what's coming up in the federal…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Healing the stolen generation and letters from two literary giants
Lorraine and Shaan Peeters are helping to heal the stolen generations and their families with their organisation Marumali. Plus a new book by Susan Wyndham and…
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Johann Hari on the miracle weight loss drugs
Johann Hari explains the health risks and rewards of the new weight loss drugs and looks at the causes of the high demand for these drugs in the affluent west…
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Satyajit Das on the risks of ecotourism and Bruce Shapiro on the Columbia protests
Bruce Shapiro reports on the latest from the student protests at Columbia University and Satyajit Das shares the conflicting emotions he feels about the…
- Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Laura Tingle's Canberra and James Bradley's oceanic love affair
7:30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle reflects on a weekend of powerful protests denouncing violence against women. Then, Australian writer James…
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ANZAC day: Remembering Australia's lost generation and the contribution of women in war
Two historians remember those who served in the First World War. Ross McMullin delves deep into lives of three outstanding individuals; each so full of…
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Yossi Beilin and Hiba Husseini on a possible two state solution plus the Anzac story on the Greek island of Lemnos
About a year ago, longtime friends lawyer Hiba Husseini and former politician Yossi Beilin released a plan to lay the groundwork for a two-state solution to…
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Ian Dunt on the Rwanda deal and Natalie Haynes updates the Greek goddesses
Ian Dunt laments the passing of the Rwanda Bill in Westminster which will allow the deportation of immigrants who arrive by boat to Rwanda. Classicist Natalie…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and the transformation of Germany
The transformation of Germany over the last 80 years has been something of a marvel. It’s gone from a shattered guilt-ridden pariah of a country to a bastion…
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Indigenous authors are winning awards and selling books. Author Tony Birch explains why.
Author, poet and academic Tony Birch celebrates the success of so many First Nations writers but there is always room for improvement in the publishing…
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South Africa's ANC under political threat and saffron under attack from climate change
Nelson Mandela's African National Congress has held power for more than thirty years, but that could soon change. And saffron is the world's most expensive…
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Trump's day in court and artists challenging history in China
Bruce Shapiro takes us inside Donald Trump's first day in court as a criminal defendant. In China, the Communist Party keeps tight control of the narrative of…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra and why free will might be an illusion
7:30's chief political correspondent Laura Tingle unpacks the Lehrmann defamation verdict dominating news headlines, and we speak to neurobiologist Robert…
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Sir John Franklin is honoured in Hobart as the discoverer of the infamous North-West passage through the Arctic, but a closer look at the story examines how…
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Rewildng the Eastern quoll and Newcastle's paedophile ring exposed
Aussie Ark's Tim Faulkner explains why he believes the imminent rewilding of the eastern quoll will be successful this time, after 50 years of extinction on…
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UK politics, koala politics and the long reach of the Spanish Civil War
In the UK, Ian Dunt reports on the pressure building over the sale of arms to Israel, Stephen Long questions the carbon credits NSW is hoping for in order to…
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Bernard Keane's Canberra and David Williamson on our housing crisis
Crikey's Bernard Keane on how the government has responded to the IDF review into Zomi Frankcom's death. Plus, playwright David Williamson tells Phillip why he…
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Vandana Shiva on ecocide and Henry Grabar on parking
Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva explains the significance of adding ecocide to the list of crimes that the ICC can prosecute. And Henry Grabar makes his case for…
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Viet Thanh Nguyen's memoir and computer scientist Leslie Valiant
Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American professor and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist. Viet's memoir, A Man Of Two Faces, is published by Black…
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Bruce Shapiro on US politics and Anna Funder on Eileen Blair
Bruce Shapiro digs into the history of the 1871 Comstock Act being used to argue against the sale of abortion drugs online. Anna Funder reveals the many ways…
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A chat with Jack Thompson
Phillip Adams and Jack Thompson sit down to chat about Jack's career, how he is living with dialysis, his love of Dylan Thomas and his determination to tell…
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Rupert Read on the Climate Majority Project plus the history of ice
Rupert Read helped found the radical climate protest movement, Extinction Rebellion. Now he says a climate movement is needed that the broader public can feel…