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From razor-sharp analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture, Late Night Live puts you firmly in the big picture.

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Legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange, and how Australia's mammals were understood - or not - by the first Europeans who saw them.

July 07, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

91-year-old Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers fame, compares his case to that of Julian Assange. And the evolving European colonist views of Australian mammals.

NAIDOC week on NITV and the power of prison radio

July 06, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Tanya Denning-Orman with what's on NITV during NAIDOC week and three guests talk about the power of storytelling through different models of prison radio.

Bruce Shapiro's America, anti-protest laws and Koori Mail wins NAIDOC award

July 05, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Another Supreme Court decision takes America backwards, this time in terms of action on climate change. Plus, the importance of protesting the new spate anti-protest laws creeping into Australia and the UK, and celebrating The Koori Mail.

Richard Tanter's Canberra, the plight of the honeybees and the surprising history of women in film

July 04, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Could Australia’s new closer relationship with NATO present us with some difficulties to navigate on the global stage?

Late Night Live celebrates the 90th birthday of the ABC

June 30, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

To mark the 90th birthday of the ABC, former ABC employee John Pickup recalls just some of his terrifying and moving experiences during his 42 year career - from the Melbourne Olympic Games to his years in Broken Hill. Marion Consadine and Nicola Laurent explain what an ABC archivist does and why their job is so important to both the ABC and the country, particularly when celebrating a milestone like the 90th anniversary. ...

Ian Dunt's UK, Myanmar crackdown and Kalymnos finds new fame

June 29, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Ian Dunt on the Scots new push for independence & the Tories byelection spanking.

The end of Roe, shareholders take on corporate Japan and colonial landscape photography

June 28, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Bruce Shapiro unpacks the landmark Supreme Court decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, and what it means for American women and democracy. Then, we take a look at the wave of shareholder activism sweeping Japan and pushing companies to take stronger action on climate change. Plus, how landscape photography shaped settler colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and California.

George Megalogenis's Canberra, Pandemic profiteers, and a tribute to Frank Moorhouse

June 27, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

'The Age' columnist George Megalogenis gives us the lowdown on PM Albanese's NATO attendance, Labor's bad luck with economic timing, and Victoria's new Ministry. A new billionaire was created very 30 hours during the pandemic, according to Oxfam. And a wide-ranging 2011 interview with Frank Moorhouse, who has just died.

So close to nuclear disaster again, and the changing faces of the conservation movement

June 23, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Eminent Harvard-based Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy warns that nuclear accidents are a constant threat, as history tells us. And a very different history - the people who shaped the wildlife conservation movement.

Pacific update, nuclear submarines and Australianness on screen

June 22, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Tess Newton Cain with the latest on the Pacific, Marianne Hanson and Alan Kuperman discuss Australia's nuclear submarine program and Sandy George takes on Australianness on screen.

Bruce Shapiro's America, Pacific re-set and rewilding wolves

June 21, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Whispers of a looming recession in the United States are generating similar fears Down Under. Plus, a new report outlines how Australia can re-define its relationship with the Pacific. And the battle royale taking place in the United States between wolf lovers and haters.

Bernard Keane's Canberra, combatting global migrant wage theft, and the 'aliens' who served in WW2

June 20, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

The makeup of the Senate is now confirmed, with the addition today of some first-timers. Countries around the world are coming up with innovative ways of tackling migrant labour exploitation. And the thousands of non-British citizens - 'aliens' - who served in WW2, but were not to fire a weapon.

Margaret Simons on Australian journalism and Jonathan Freedland's incredible account of a little known Auschwitz hero

June 16, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Journalist and academic Margaret Simons reveals why she is more depressed about the profession now than at any other point during her 40-year career, and what she thinks it might take to re-invent and improve our press. And British broadcaster and writer Jonathan Freedland on the first Jew to escape Auschwitz so that he could tell the world what was happening. 

Ian Dunt's UK, rescuing Afghan writers and 'reading' Arctic glaciers

June 15, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

The latest on the 11th-hour intervention in the UK's Rwanda asylum plan and the Northern Ireland Protocol saga, the international efforts to rescue journalists and writers from the Taliban, and inaugural Shackleton Medal winner Dr. Heïdi Sevestre on 'black carbon' in the Artic Circle, and what it means for us all.

Bruce Shapiro's America, trade in the Pacific and a tribute to missing journalist Dom Phillips

June 14, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

We unpack the first two days of the public hearings of the committee investigating the Capitol riot on January 6th 2021. Then, what will it take to prioritise trade over aid in the Pacific? Plus, a tribute to friend of the program, missing journalist Dom Phillips.

What happened to Menzies' Liberal Party and Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake in crisis

June 13, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

In the wake of the federal election, are there lessons for the Liberal Party in its Menzian roots? And, a miraculous lake and an ancient way of life in Cambodia are facing a perfect storm of problems.

Digging Ancient Egypt

June 09, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Ancient Egyptian scholars Karin Sowada, Dimitri Laboury and Anna-Latifa Mourad-Cizek dust off their boots and down tools to discuss their incredible discoveries and what life is like as a contemporary archaeologist.

Indigenous News, data leak of detained Uyghurs in China and Emma Smith explains the concept of 'bookhood'

June 08, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

ABC Federal Reporter Dana Morse talks to the post election world for Indigenous Australia, Yaqiu Wang explains the Xinjiang police files data leak and Emma Smith encourages you to think about the functionality of books as well as the words inside.

Bruce Shapiro's America, mining in Bougainville and the history of Budapest

June 07, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

As the House committee hearings into the January 6 Capitol riot begin, Bruce Shapiro compares and contrasts them to the Watergate hearings. A new report looks at mining company behaviour on Bougainville, as everyone jostles to benefit from the rich seams of copper and gold. And Victor Sebestyen takes us back through the rich history of Budapest.

Bernard Keane on Canberra Politics, Oliver Bullough on the UK's dirty money and Rachel Kennedy - a feisty colonial brumby hunter

June 06, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

Bernard Keane on the week in Canberra politics, Oliver Bullough explains how the UK became a butler to the world, and Jeff McGill on Rachel Kennedy - a colonial brumby hunter.

Inside the campaign trail, and a beguiling history of imperial measurement

June 02, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Lech Blaine's cover story for The Monthly takes us on the frenetic Australian election campaign ride. And as Britain considers re-introducing imperial measurements, we look at their international history.

Ian Dunt's Britain, WA's Scarborough gas project, and a pair of unlikely drug smugglers

June 01, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Ian Dunt duly commemorates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, and discusses growing numbers against Boris Johnson. There are multiple threats from WA's huge Scarborough gas project. And the remarkable story, revisited 40 years later, of two older American women who brought a campervan full of hashish into Australia.

Bruce Shapiro's America, Indigenous foreign policy and Churchill's Shadow

May 31, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

There's a renewed push for gun reform in the wake of the latest horrific school shooting in the US. Will this be the turning point? Plus, what an Indigenous-focused foreign policy could look like. And, a provocative book takes a fresh look at Winston Churchill, the man and the myth.

Laura Tingle's Canberra, the role of NATO and returning ancient ceramics from the maritime silk route.

May 30, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Laura Tingle’s Canberra looks at what Labor winning majority government will mean for the influence of the Teals and the Greens. Also, how Putin put the role of NATO back in the spotlight and a new project is examining a huge collection of ceramics salvaged from shipwrecks with the hope of returning them to their countries of origin.

Laura Tingle's Canberra, the role of NATO and returning anceint ceramics from the maritime silk route.

May 30, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Laura Tingle’s Canberra looks at what Labor winning majority government will mean for the influence of the Teals and the Greens. How Putin has put the role of NATO back in the spotlight and a new project is examining a huge collection of ceramics salvaged from shipwrecks with the hope of returning them to their countries of origin.

Host community encounters with asylum seekers, and how to protect our oceans

May 26, 2022 12:05 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MB

The multicultural Christmas Island population has witnessed up close Australia's changing approaches to asylum seekers. And a roadmap to protect our oceans from the many pressures they face.

Pacific news, China-Taliban relations and writer Azar Nafisi

May 25, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB

Tess Newton-Cain discusses the latest news from the Pacific, Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili explores China-Taliban relations and what is happening in the region since the US pulled out and Azar Nafisi on the power of 'reading dangerously'.

Biden in Asia, the origins of Russia's propaganda machine and German film 'The Last Execution'

May 24, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

We retrace President Biden's steps through Asia and discuss the volatile situation in North Korea. Plus, the origins of Russia's propaganda and the roots of the 'Z' campaign we've been seeing; and a new film tracks the life and death of the last man to be executed in the GDR.

The election wrap and a lignocentric view of human history

May 23, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Laura Tingle and Niki Savva give their insights on the election results and the new Prime Minister, and Roland Ennos explains how wood has contributed to human evolution.

The unique family story of Katharine Susannah Prichard

May 19, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

An LNL special feature, with biographer Nathan Hobby, and Karen Throssell, daughter of Ric Throssell and grand-daughter of Katharine Susannah Prichard

Ian Dunt's Britain, the potential oil spill disaster off Yemen, and fractions - why they mess with our thinking

May 18, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

The UK's Northern Ireland Protocol Bill is straining EU relations. An internationally co-ordinated effort is underway to prevent a huge oil spill from a rusting ship off Yemen. And how our poor understanding of fractions allows us to be manipulated by politicians and others.

Bruce Shapiro's America, Marian Wilkinson on coal electorates, and the German Wife

May 17, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

The US has been rocked by a racist mass shooting in Buffalo, investigative journalist Marian Wilkinson has been on the ground in the NSW Hunter region, listening to what voters are being told and promised and the story of a Nazi rocket scientist that ended up working in America after the war.

Election update, biodiversity policies examined and talking about racism

May 16, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Laura Tingle and Niki Savva analyse the last weeks of the election campaign, Euan Ritchie and Sarah Bekessy on the biodiversity policies that should be in place and Antoinette Lattouf on how to have a conversation about racism on a personal and structural level.

India's turbulent history - feature interview

May 12, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Author and India specialist John Zubrzycki on why we need to appreciate India's past, to understand its current delicate geopolitical situation.

Indigenous news, recycled phones saving the rainforest and a history of surgery

May 11, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Sarah Collard reports on the issued that Indigenous Australians would like to see debated, Topher White explains how recycled phones are helping save rainforests and Ira Rutkow on the surprising history of surgery.

Turning rural red states blue; Ireland's arts New Deal; A story of survival through art

May 10, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Two young Democrats who have won unprecedented victories in rural America have written a tough-love letter to their party. While Australia's arts sector suffers, countries like Ireland and the US are making big moves to resuscitate the arts. And Tania De Jong stars in a new musical about her grandparents and their amazing story of escape and survival through art.

Laura Tingle's Election, our housing affordability crisis and the economic risk of relying on housing and minerals.

May 09, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Laura Tingle's Election 2022 looks at the role of independents in two key seats in SA: the state's most marginal seat of Boothby, and the surprise seat of Grey. Will the Senate race in SA see the return of Senator Rex Patrick, and will Nick Xenophon make a come-back ? The economic risks of dependence on the housing system and mineral wealth, and will election promises help with the housing affordability crisis?

The unknown story of nuclear tests at Emu Fields and film maker Lynette Wallworth

May 05, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Elizabeth Tynan has investigated the first nuclear test in Australia that took place not at Maralinga but at Emu Field and Lynette Wallworth talks about her career as a film maker and why she has come out from behind the camera to tell her own story of how she spent four years in a Christian cult.

Ian Dunt's Britain, India's heatwave, and the life of a colonial hangman

May 04, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Ian Dunt canvasses the important election in Northern Ireland this week, where it's expected Sinn Fein will prevail. India is suffering under a heatwave and blackouts and looking to coal for the solution. And colourful and poignant tales of hanging executions in colonial NSW.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr's America; Louisa Lim on defiance in Hong Kong; Reviewing book reviews

May 03, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

A leaked draft reveals that the US Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights; A deeply personal look at the past, present and future of Hong Kong; Plus a review of a book about book reviewers.

Laura Tingle's Election, could the Marcos's return to power and the true story of Calamity Jane

May 02, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

How will the election play out in Queensland? The Marcos family on the cusp of regaining power in Philippines and the true story of Calamity Jane.

Lowering the voting age, and the race to save Ukraine's cultural heritage

April 28, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

David Runciman and Faith Gordon on why young voters matter. And the worldwide race against time to preserve and store Ukraine's cultural artefacts and library materials.

Solomon Islands, division in Sweden and the history of the Persian Empire

April 27, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Tess Newton-Cain explains the significance of security treaty with China for the Solomon Islands, we find out what is behind recent riots in Sweden and how did the history of the Persian Empire get rewritten by the Greeks.

Laura Tingle's election 2022, Bruce Shapiro's America and 1851: a turning point for Charles Dickens

April 26, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Laura Tingle teams up with Dr Martin Drum in Fremantle to bring us the latest from the election campaign. Then Bruce Shapiro on Elon Musk's Twitter bid and the battle between Disney and Florida's governor Ron DeSantis. Plus, 1851 was a year that changed the world and it had a curious impact on the life of Charles Dickens.

A discussion about the anti-war movement to mark ANZAC Day

April 25, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

Since Australia began their participation in international conflicts, there have been many that have opposed sending troops overseas. It was not only pacifists that resisted, but also Australian soldiers demonstrated their anti-war sentiment through desertion and through protest after the war was over. Historians Peter Stanley, Jon Piccini and Douglas Newton discuss why the stories of resistance should be part of Australia's military history. ...

Ian Dunt's UK and two Indigenous astrophysicists explain the skies through their eyes

April 21, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB

Ian Dunt reports on Boris Johnson's police fines and their new Rwanda solution and Indigenous astrophysicists Karlie Noon and Krystal de Napoli explain the connections between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental and cultural practices and the behaviour of the stars.

Bruce Shapiro's America and three childhoods from country Australia

April 20, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Bruce Shapiro on the latest challenges for President Biden - gun violence, climate policy and mask mandates. And Rick Morton, Bridie Jabour and Farz Edraki recount stories from their childhoods spent in country Australia and how they influenced them to become the journalists and writers they are today.

Canberra update, UN Security Council hamstrung on Ukraine and the life of dancer Philippa Cullen.

April 19, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Laura Tingle and Alex Johnston discuss the latest in the election campaign, plus we take a look at the role and limitations of the UN Security Council in the war in Ukraine, and the life of the pioneering Australian dancer Philippa Cullen.

Three international climate activists making it real and Julian Assange's father John Shipton

April 18, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Three women from Uganda, Bangladesh/Britain and Australia are striving to bring the voices of those most affected by the climate crisis to the front and centre. And John Shipton, Julian Assange's father, marks three years of Julian being held in custody, and talks about a new documentary called Ithaka.

Why humans need to make less noise and listen more

April 14, 2022 12:05 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB

David George Haskell has spent a lot of time listening to nature. He believes that we can learn a lot about evolution by listening to the noises that all living creatures make. But he is worried that humans are now dominating the soundscape which will have a devastating affect on sound diversity and will lead to further species loss.

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