Late Night Live - Full program podcast

Laura Tingle's Canberra; the price of life; the puzzling history of the Crossword

Peace and pandemics; France's 'deconfinement'; Newspaper ads in the age of Rembrandt

Ian Dunt's UK; Dawn of an Asian Century post Covid? Behind Bali's tourist veneer

Bruce Shapiro, US Religious Right and Australia's gun history

Bruce Shapiro on the latest from Washington, the power of the Christian nationalists in the USA and a history of guns in Australia

National politics with Laura Tingle. The arts in distress. Kathy Lette's new book - Husband Replacement Therapy.

Laura Tingle surveys the latest in national politics, Playwright David Williamson and arts academic Jo Caust on how to help an arts sector in dire straits. Kathy Lette's new book: HRT (husband replacement therapy).

Madeleine Albright on life's third act & an intimate history of the Victorian economy

America's former secretary of state, Madeleine Albright reflects on her life and work in her latest memoir Hell and Other Destinations and British historian Emma Griffin explores the life and finances of working-class families in 19th-century Britain.

North Korea and COVID 19. Geopolitics during the pandemic. Australia's original Radio Girl

How has North Korea handled the virus and where is leader Kim Jong Un ? Is Russian and Chinese aid to Europe and America entirely altruistic? and the story of Violet Mackenzie- Australia's original radio girl

America, COVID and gender and white fragility

Bruce Shapiro on the latest policy by Twitter, what role does gender play in COVID-19 and Alison Whittaker discusses white fragility.

Canberra with Laura Tingle; History of the WHO; Creator of the Laugh Box

USA with Daniel McCarthy and Shakespeare in America

Daniel McCarthy talks about developments in the United States and their potential ramifications, while James Shapiro considers what Shakespeare can teach us about America.

Tough times in Ian Dunt's UK. Public health, artificial intelligence and surveillance. Traditional Japanese culture under pressure.

Bruce Shapiro's America, globalisation and the pandemic, the Soviet internyet

Bruce Shapiro with the latest from Washington, Ian Goldin on globalisation and the pandemic and Ben Peters on the failure of the Soviet internet in the 1980s.

Britain's state of secrecy; the late, great, John Clarke

Britain's state of secrecy; the late, great, John Clarke

Indonesia and COVID-19, 100 years of the Nats and Churchill and the Blitz

Indonesia grapples with COVID-19, Paddy Manning takes us inside the Nationals and a fresh look at the late, great, Winston Churchill.

Covid-19 in Italy and the world in 1000 AD

The Economist's correspondent John Hooper discusses whether Italy has turned the Covid-19 corner, John Eldridge explains what Covid-19 means for contracts and American historian Valerie Hansen takes us back to the world in 1000 AD.

America, India and preparing for the apocalypse

Bruce Shapiro's America, how India is handling COVID-19 and prepping for the apocalypse

National politics with Laura Tingle. What about the crew on board the cruise ships? The secret lives of extremists.

Laura Tingle assesses the Government's response so far to COVID 19. Natalie Klein considers maritime law and the crew still on the cruise ships. Julia Ebner goes undercover and reveals the secret lives of extremists.

Satyajit Das on COVID 19 and the financial system. Henry Reynolds, history and the costs of war

As a long time observer of global markets and institutions, Satyajit Das outlines what he believes are the inescapable realities the world currently faces.

Covid-19 and politics in Britain; Tom Keneally on Charles Dickens' sons

Covid-19 and politics in Britain with Ian Dunt; Tom Keneally's latest book on Charles Dickens' sons

Covid-19 in America, secrets of superannuation and a history of quarantine

Bruce Shapiro from the current COVID-19 hotspot - America, Richard Denniss on why super funds are so secretive and Peter Hobbins on Australia's history of quarantine.

Laura Tingle; Crisis economics; Harvest

$130 billion Job Keeper payment announced. Crisis economics: or what would Keynes say about the impact of Covid-19?Turning natural oddities into precious commodities

The tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin; Historian Russell Ward and his landmark study The Australian Legend

Margaret Simons on the tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin, and Frank Bongiorno discusses historian Russell Ward and his 1958 landmark study of identity and culture, The Australian Legend.

Covid-19 and Iran, a power struggle in Bolivia and the death of a language in PNG.

Iran is under immense strain but could coronavirus really spell the end of the current regime? Former Bolivian President Evo Morales is living in Argentina but is a return to power likely? And the demise of a culture and language in a remote part of PNG.

The American response to Coronavirus, the history of pandemics and the threats to the Mekong

Bruce Shapiro questions the response to the coronavirus threat, Mark Honigsbaum on what we can learn from the Spanish Flu and Milton Osborne on the threats to the mighty Mekong River.

Canberra politics ; A Magnitsky act for Australia?;Hatred in India today

Canberra manages the Covid-19 National emergency. Does Australia need a Magnitsky Act? Hatred in India today.

Carl Robinson - a memoir of the Vietnam War

Carl Robinson first went to Vietnam to work for USAID, but following the Tet Offensive of 1968, his disillusionment with the entire war led him to quit and become a journalist. Eleven years he stayed in Vietnam, getting married, having children until he was forced to leave in a dramatic helicopter exit in 1975 in Saigon. He settled in Sydney, Australia in 1977 and established the extremely popular Old Saigon Restaurant in Newtown to a city not yet in...

'Whatever it takes' in Ian Dunt's UK, Libya update and a biography of the idealist - Wendell Wilkie.

Ian Dunt assesses the politics and mood of a Great Britain under siege. Rebecca Murray discusses the ongoing conflict in Libya and The Idealist - Samuel Zipp's new biography of Wendall Wilkie, President Roosevelt's international envoy.

America, Afghanistan & the global Mannix

Bruce Shapiro on the latest from America, Andrew Quilty reports from Afghanistan and the global influence of Cardinal Mannix

Laura Tingle; Russian oil politics; Irish wounds

How the coronavirus pandemic has caused a loss of political control. How did a squabble between Saudi Arabia and Russia over oil production targets lead to the ‘nuclear version of a price war’?

Bernard Collaery on East Timor; Politics of trees

Bernard Collaery on our troubled history with East Timor. The politics of trees.

Contagion and stock market volatility. Daniel McCarthy's America. Rats

Financial journalist John Authers on how contagion fears are causing havoc with the world's stock markets. Daniel McCarthy considers America's political response to the virus and we meet rat researcher Michael Parsons.

COVID-19, America, the Indo-Pacific and other threats to humanity

Bruce Shapiro discusses America's response to the coronavirus, Rory Medcalf looks to a future where multi-polar alliances challenge the dominance of China and Toby Ord discusses other threats to humanity.

Canberra Capers with Laura Tingle: Impunity for those who wage war; The Convent

Hong Kong protests: Joe Biden; Remembering Freeman Dyson

Hong Kong new protests and coronavirus. Does tragedy drive Joe Biden? Remembering Freeman Dyson.

4th March 2020

Who will the Democrats choose to take on Donald Trump? Bruce Shapiro looks at the results from Super Tuesday.

Ian Dunt and Arnold Zable

Ian Dunt on the latest trade talks in the UK and Arnold Zable explains why the compelling stories of the 'Luftmensch' need to be told

Yanis Varoufakis on Assange, Brexit, Greece and the health of democracy

Judicial activism and the High Court; A Jewish homeland in the NT?

Judicial activism and the High Court, and a Jewish homeland in the NT?

Cyber attacks, the hacker and the State. The history of drugs and war

Ben Buchanan examines the impact of hacking over the last 20 years and how cyber attacks have become much more overt and common.

US Politics, Malaysian politics and acclimatisation

Pardons and convictions in the USA, Mahathir's latest move in Malaysia and the unintentional consequences of acclimatisation societies.

Canberra capers with Laura Tingle; India's direction; E.H Palmer's Sinai expedition

The return of the Climate wars. India has experienced nationwide demonstrations since the introduction of Citizenship Amendment laws last December, sparking violence, deaths, mass detention, and internet blackouts. Reportedly these laws are meant to fast track citizenship for refugees fleeing into India, but they include all religions, except Islam, sparking fears it could leave millions of Muslims without citizenship. In 1882 Edward Palmer, a British...

John Bell on William Shakespeare

John Bell's talent and passion for Shakespeare saw him found the very successful Bell Shakespeare Company 30 years ago.

ABC loses in AFP raid case, US bases in Australia and ten convict rogues

Denis Muller considers the ABC's loss in the AFP raid case and what it means for journalism. Felicity Ruby assesses the risk of hosting US bases here in Australia. Peter Grose and the rollicking tale of ten rogues and how a group of convicts escape from Tasmania and head for Chile.

Bruce Shapiro, Paul Adler, Bart van Es & Lien de Jong

Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the Democratic primaries, Paul Adler on why democratic socialism is the answer and the story of a young Jewish girl who survived World War 2 in the Netherlands thanks to the courage of the Van Es family - who saved her life twice.

Laura Tingle; Intelligence coup; Time

It's been a turbulent first parliamentary sitting of the year, Leadership tensions in the National Party, continued questions about the management of Sports grants and the the economic impact of the Coronavirus outbreak. Intelligence coup of the century: the CIA's private spying business. Peter Riggs discusses the characteristics of time and outlines some of the latest ideas and theories about it.

US Hegemony, John Pilger and Michael Leunig

Alexander Cooley on the decline of US hegemony, John Pilger on Julian Assange and Kasimir Burgess on his new documentary on Michael Leunig

Bruce Shapiro's America, our disappearing fresh water and is Trump a very stable genius?

Bruce Shapiro looks at the results from the New Hampshire Primary, a grim outlook for fresh water and the new book on Donald Trump - a very stable genius.

Libya, Irish election and Calamity Jane

The latest on the Libyan conflict, the Irish election and the real Calamity Jane.

Laura Tingle; Corporate Power in Australia; Invention of the Time Capsule

Indonesian President Joko Widodo addressed the parliament today to make an historic address while coal, carbon emissions and climate policy continue to confound all the political parties. How do Australia's largest corporations exert political power? Time capsules seem positively old fashioned, even ancient. But the term 'time capsule' was only invented in 1939.

6 February 2020

A profile of the surprise likely winner of the Iowa caucuses, Pete Buttigieg and the wonderful history of some of the lost pianos of Siberia