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610 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsFrom 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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Indigenous news with Sarah Collard, Bill Browder on Magnitsky and Thomas Halliday on Otherlands
April 13, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBSarah Collard looks at the Indigenous rates of electoral enrolment, Bill Browder talks about how the Magnitsky Acts around the world are working to sanction individual Russians and paleobiologist Thomas Halliday takes us back in time to some ancient landscapes.
Bruce Shapiro's America, Sri Lankan turmoil and costs of bitcoin mining
April 12, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe US grapples with its historic opposition to the International Criminal Court, people are dying in line for fuel during Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis and a re-purposed mine raises questions about the carbon costs of cryptocurrencies.
Laura Tingle's Canberra, Satyajit Das on the impact of China on our economy and just who are the digital nomads?
April 11, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle looks at day one of the Election 2022 campaign, Satyajit Das on the impact of China on our economy and why there's been a worldwide shift in attitude to nomads - especially ones with digital skills from affluent countries.
The Integrity Commission we need, and the extraordinary Sassoon family who made a fortune in India and China
April 07, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBA new book outlines the various steps we need to take to make our democracy more robust, including a strong Integrity Commission. And the success and extravagance of the Sassoon dynasty, whose founders left Baghdad and moved to India in the 19th century.
Ian Dunt's UK, the deadly refugee trade in Libya and Jon Faine on Apollo and Thelma
April 06, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIan Dunt on all the latest news from the UK, Sally Hayden on the deadly refugee business in Libya and Jon Faine on the the true story of siblings, Apollo and Thelma.
Bruce Shapiro's America, French elections and journalist turned academic Emma Jane reflects on her traumatic childhood
April 05, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBAmerica has two historic wins, with Amazon workers in New York voting to form a union and a long overdue anti-lynching law being passed. As the French elections loom, has Emmanuel Macron done enough to remain President of the Republic? And journalist turned academic Emma Jane joins Phillip to discuss her darkly comic memoir.
Laura Tingle's Canberra, could we see a Jose Ramos-Horta comeback in Timor Leste? And the history of the Communist Party of Australia
April 04, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBLaura Tingle unpacks the political punch of Budget 2022, can former President Jose Ramos-Horta make a comeback in Timor Leste? And we delve into the history of the Communist Party in Australia.
A defence of the ABC and a history of art censorship
March 31, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBPatrick Mullins and Matthew Ricketson discuss whether the current criticism of the ABC is warranted and how it compares to other times in its history? Art historian Farah Nayeri analyses how the censorship of art is changing in the age of social media.
The Solomons, China and Pacific aid and the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
March 30, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe Solomons are considering a security agreement with China; a panel discussion about what it says about Australia's relationship with the region. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has only been in public life for five years, but has already made an impact on Washington. What was the secret to her meteoric rise?
The Solomons, China and Pacific aid and the story behind the rise of Alexandra Ocasio Cortez
March 30, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe Solomons are considering a security agreement with China; a panel discussion about what it says about Australia's relationship with the region. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez has only been in public life for five years, but has already made an impact on Washington. What was the secret to her meteoric rise?
Bruce Shapiro's America, the morality of mercenaries in war and the history of the afterlife
March 29, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBPresident Biden steps up his inflammatory Russia rhetoric, the legalities of the use of mercenaries in conflicts and the curious history of heaven, hell and everything in between.
Laura Tingle's Canberra, political turmoil in Pakistan and Australia in the Great Depression
March 28, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBLaura Tingle previews the federal budget 2022, Pakistan’s Prime Minister and former cricket celebrity Imran Khan faces a no confidence vote and historian Joan Beaumont recalls what it was like for Australians living through the dark and foreboding years of the Great Depression.
A controversial modern day military figure, and the Harvard project monitoring the universe for strange sightings
March 24, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBEddie Gallagher took combat to extremes in Iraq. And the astronomer Avi Loeb on the Galileo Project which is looking for unidentified aerial phenomena and interstellar objects in our skies.
Ian Dunt's UK, what is woke capitalism and a brief history of the CWA
March 23, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIan Dunt reports on the latest gaffes from Boris Johnson, Carl Rhodes on why we should be wary of woke capitalism and Liz Harfull gives us a brief history of the Country Women's Association on its 100th anniversary.
Bruce Shapiro's America, the lithium boom and spoken word artist Sukhjit Khalsa
March 22, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBHistoric Supreme Court confirmation hearings are underway for Biden's nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. The pros and cons of the lithium industry in Australia and Chile. And what it's like to grow up Sikh in Australia.
Bernard Keane's Canberra, the real Russian elite and the Stasi poetry circle that tried to bring down capitalism
March 21, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBBernard Keane on the SA election, Anatol Lieven on the real Russian elite and what a peace deal might look like and the Stasi poetry circle which tried to bring down capitalism through verse.
A chat with Wendy McCarthy. Chandran Nair on dismantling white elitism
March 17, 2022 11:05 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBChandran Nair makes the argument that we need to acknowledge and then dismantle global white elitism and Wendy McCarthy talks about the challenges of her careers as a teacher, campaigner, board member and wife and mother.
The Zachary Rolfe trial, climate change and agriculture and Australian author Alice Pung
March 16, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBSarah Collard reports on the responses to the trial for the murder of Kumanjayi Walker, Professor mark Howden talks to the latest IPCC report and the expected impact on agriculture and Alice Pung explores the challenges of being a diverse voice in publishing.
Bruce Shapiro's America, crisis in the arts and social animals
March 15, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on President Biden's options as the war in Ukraine escalates; Australia's arts sector was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic and still faces a crisis. Plus, what can we learn about social cohesion from animals?
Laura Tingle's Canberra, Australia's economic future post-covid and how the pandemic has shaped the English language
March 14, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on flood fury, petrol pain and defending Defence - how the PM has fared this week in politics. Financial markets expert Satyajit Das looks at the challenges facing Australia's economy as we emerge from the pandemic, and how covid has changed our language with Oxford English Professor, Simon Horobin.
Ian Dunt's UK, West Africa's coups and the Black divers unearthing slave shipwrecks and their stories
March 09, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIan Dunt gives us an update on how the United Kingdom is responding to the escalating war in Ukraine. Then Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque gives us an overview of what's been behind the recent political unrest in several West African countries. And finally National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts takes us under the sea, where she and a group of Black divers have been unearthing the stories of the millions of Africans lost on shipwrecks during the transatl...
Bruce Shapiro's America, wheat shortages from exporters Ukraine and Russia, and the tale of stowaway Rose de Freycinet
March 08, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBPresident Joe Biden has to make some big decisions about the US response to Ukraine. Wheat shortages will impact both Ukrainian and Russian populations, and will affect many other countries too. Rose de Freycinet, wife of French explorer and cartographer Louis de Freycinet, stowed away on his ship.
Nour Haydar's Canberra, the nuclear threat in Ukraine and the meanings of sport
March 07, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBNour Haydar's Canberra, the nuclear threat in Ukraine and the legacy of Shane Warne and his place in the history of sport.
New insights on Bob Hawke, and a call for more boldness in Australia
March 03, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBJournalist and author Troy Bramston has written a mammoth biography of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, shedding light on even more of his personal foibles and political achievements. And former publisher and journalist Julianne Schultz's book 'The idea of Australia' combines decades of observations about how our country needs to find its soul, and a more unified sense of purpose.
State of the Union, the Chagos Islands and Judith Wright's essays
March 02, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro gives us his analysis of President Biden's State of the Union, Philippe Sands explains the case for returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and Georgina Arnott looks at the changing ideas of poet Judith Wright through her essays
Pacific update, Youth of Gaza and Mutiny on the Bounty
March 01, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBNews from around the Pacific with Tess Newton Cain and the youth creating job opportunities in Gaza. Plus, a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian tells the true story of the mutiny on the Bounty.
Laura Tingle's Canberra, Ukraine conflict escalates and are we eating ourselves to extinction?
February 28, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on war, floods and the upcoming election, Russian troops advance towards Ukraine's capital Kyiv and are we eating ourselves to extinction?
Older workers in the pandemic, and black British historical icon Mary Seacole
February 24, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe pandemic has caused a worker shortage, yet there's a missed opportunity with older workers. A new book about black British nurse Mary Seacole tackles some of the myths and gaps in the story of her life in the 1800s.
Ian Dunt's UK, 50 years since Nixon went to China and a grandfather's letters of complaint
February 23, 2022 11:05 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBIan Dunt assesses the UK's response to the Ukraine crisis, we go back 50 years to that fateful trip by President Nixon to China and Nick Oliver reads some of his grandfather's letters of complaint.
Bruce Shapiro's America, Ukraine update and the history of cut flowers
February 22, 2022 11:05 - 54 minutes - 50 MBA historic $73 million settlement has been reached for the families of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk provides an update on the unfolding situation following President Putin's announcement recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. Randy Malamud walks us through the rich cultural history of cut flowers.
Amy Remeikis on Canberra politics, Africa-EU summit sees Covid support and the history of diplomatic gifts
February 21, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe PM creates sparks on the campaign trail, the first summit between Africa and the European Union in five years sees a support package aimed at mitigating reliance on China and Russia, and the curious history of diplomatic gifts.
The worldwide spread of Pentecostalism, and a writer delves into his family's mobster past
February 17, 2022 11:05 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBPentecostalism's growth is phenomenal, and in some countries in Africa and South America, it's political, and a form of warfare. Plus author Russell Shorto delves into his family's past to tell the story of his Sicilian mobster grandfather in small town America.
State capture and democracy in Australia and the importance of friction in modern life
February 16, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBHow much industry influence is too much for a democracy like Australia to bear and why the science of friction is so critical to modern life with Laurie Winkless.
Bruce Shapiro's America, Blinken's visit down under and Australian 'sheroes'
February 15, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBAs tensions continue to escalate between Russia and the West, Bruce Shapiro considers what cards are left to play. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has travelled to the Asia-Pacific, so what does that say about the importance of our region? Plus, we'll meet some badass women that have been largely forgotten by Australian history.
Laura Tingle's Canberra, humanitarian crisis unfolds in Afghanistan and the diaries of Chips Channon
February 14, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle reflects on the final sitting days of the 46th parliament, more than half the population of Afghanistan facing starvation and the diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon, attaché to the American Embassy in Paris in the lead up to WWII.
Questionable autopsy work, and plastic surgery in prison
February 10, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBHow one man with major holes in his CV ran South Australia's autopsies for nearly three decades. And the strange but true tale of plastic surgery provided to US prisoners.
Ian Dunt, a history of terrorism in Australia and the WW2 story of the Hutchinson Camp
February 09, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIan Dunt on Boris Johnson's latest gaffe, Kristy Campion on some forgotten history of terrorism in Australia and Simon Parkin on the brilliant refugees that were interned on the Isle of Man during World War Two.
Bruce Shapiro's America, hydrogen hype and the world of psychic-mediums
February 08, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBDebates about free speech sweep the States; hydrogen now comes in green, blue, grey, even pink, but are they all worth the hype? And journalist Gary Nunn explores just how far psychics have infiltrated the media, the corporate world, government, the criminal justice system and beyond.
Text message scandals, does power corrupt and can we have universal ethics?
February 07, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce being embroiled in the text message scandal, political scientist Dr Brian Klaas on the nature of power and philosopher A.C Grayling considers three major threats to humanity and how universal ethics might help.
Celebrating 100 years of the BBC
February 03, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBA new history of the BBC looks back at the people who made it what it is, and the people it serves.
Pacific update, Chile's young new leaders and a history of monoculture
February 02, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBTess Newton Cain reports on how the clean up is progressing in Tonga, John Bartlett on the youthful progressive government newly elected in Chile and Frank Uekotter on what can be learnt from the history of monoculture.
Bruce Shapiro's America, a history of democracy and vale Ann Newmarch and Hossein Valamanesh
February 01, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro sheds some light on Biden's possible Supreme Court picks, political theorist John Keane gives us a potted history of democracy, and art history professor Catherine Speck celebrates the life and work of artists Ann Newmarch and Hossein Valamanesh.
Canberra politics, Guy Rundle's Australia and war in Yemen
January 31, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBCrikey's Bernard Keane takes a look at the week in politics, Guy Rundle reflects on Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and what's behind the recent escalation in Yemen's protracted war?
Ian Dunt's Britain, and Johann Hari on why we struggle to pay attention
January 27, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIan Dunt returns for 2022 to talk Westminster parties and the Ukraine, and Johann Hari explains why a digital detox is harder than you might imagine
An Australian republic - a new model and unfinished business
January 26, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBThe Australian Republic Movement has released its Australian Choice model for Australia to become a republic. Peter FitzSimons, Bob Carr and Anne Twomey debate the direct election model and its suitability for the Australian voter. Megan Davis is also a republican, but she believes that the unfinished business put forward through the Uluru Statement must be addressed first.
Bruce Shapiro's America and how the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established
January 25, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the challenges Biden faces as he enters year two of his presidency, and the remarkable story of how the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established fifty years ago.
Laura Tingle's Canberra, Ukraine-Russia tensions and the disappearing Arctic treeline
January 24, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBLaura Tingle on Scott Morrison's summer of woe, will Russia really go to war with Ukraine and how climate change is affecting the Arctic treeline and those who depend on it.
The untold story of a secret Australian operation in WW2 Borneo. Difficult Women: A history of feminism in 11 fights
January 18, 2022 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBANU anthropologist Christine Helliwell tells the story of a secret mission to infiltrate Borneo, under Japanese occupation.
Flawed forensics. The role of chance in life.
January 17, 2022 11:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBBrandon Garrett chronicles the litany of cases where flawed forensics have put innocent people in gaol and in some cases on death row. Is life preordained or random? Dr Sean Carroll argues that our existence, and that of the world, is the result of pure chance.
The history of the handshake. The rise of Modern Spiritualism
January 13, 2022 11:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWhat is the biological purpose of the handshake and why has it outlasted other forms of greeting?