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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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Canberra politics, Glasgow talks and prosperity in the Gulags
October 11, 2021 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBAmy Remeikis on the latest from Canberra, Tim Buckley looks at the consequences of Australia not engaging at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow and Gerhard Toews examines the legacy of dissidents sent to Gulag camps.
America's increasing inequality and polarisation with Evan Osnos and Alec MacGillis
October 07, 2021 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBEvan Osnos looks at three cities in America to investigate the increasing polarisation of the country that was already happening before President Trump inflamed the situation and Alec MacGillis talks about the huge influence Amazon has in increasing inequality in America and reducing quality of life.
Indigenous update with Amy McQuire, asteroids past and future, and Victoria's convicts
October 06, 2021 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWilcannia's covid disaster was featured on the front page of The Washington Post. Asteroids have had major impacts in the long ago past, and there will be more to come. More information is only now emerging about Victoria's convicts.
Laura Tingle on the Berejiklian exit, Ben Noble on Alexei Navalny and Lisa Sullivan on Frederick McCubbin
October 05, 2021 11:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle discusses the controversial resignation of Gladys Berejiklian, Ben Noble on the threat Alexei Navalny poses to Putin, and Lisa Sullivan previews the McCubbin exhibition at the Geelong Gallery in Victoria.
Gillian Mears, novelist and euthanasia advocate
October 04, 2021 11:05 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBGillian Mears, in a program-length feature interview, is frank, funny and flirtatious as she discusses her life, family, work and facing death.
Bernadette Brennan on her biography of Gillian Mears
September 30, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBernadette Brennan discusses her biography of the brilliant but enigmatic author, Gillian Mears.
Ian Dunt's Britain, and lessons from a devastating bush fire
September 29, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThere are some pressure points in the Australian/UK relationship, and the UK is dealing with a major fuel crisis. Plus, a feature interview with journalist Bronwyn Adcock, who has written a scarifying account of the bushfire on the NSW coast that she and her family lived through, and the opportunities that were missed, to prevent or limit the damage.
US politics, the military's use of social media and the state of food in the world
September 28, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on yet another possible government shutdown, how the military use and misuse social media and facing the opposing problems of malnourishment and obesity across the warming globe.
Laura Tingle's Canberra, elections in Japan and shipping containers
September 27, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle with the latest from Canberra, Roger Pulvers and Koichi Nakano on Japan's upcoming elections and Anna Nagurney on the great shipping container shortage.
JFK, Sukarno and Dulles and socially engaged art
September 23, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBGreg Poulgrain explains how JFK's support for Sukarno threatened the CIA strategy in the region and Gretchen Coombs introduces us to some of the best socially engaged art of our era.
Pacific update, security legislation, and travel writers
September 22, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBPacific wariness of the new AUKUS alliance and the nuclear element. Digital surveillance capacity has been increased by new national security legislation. And travel writers - how they've changed, and where they're headed
US take on AUKUS, Lebanon's new PM and the James Webb telescope
September 21, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBBruce Shapiro on the US analysis of the AUKUS submarine deal, Kareem Chehayeb on the new government in Lebanon and the launch of the James Webb telescope
Laura Tingle's Canberra, the new AUKUS alliance and the rise of stoicism
September 20, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Richard Tanter discusses the strategic implications of the new AUKUS deal and Matthew Sharpe looks at the increasing interest in stoicism.
Sewing to survive in Auschwitz and the fate of the displaced colonial ayahs and amahs
September 16, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLucy Adlington recounts the story of 25 women who sewed to survive in Auschwitz. And the ayahs and amahs who travelled to their colonial employers' home countries - not only to England but also to Australia. What happened to them?
Ian Dunt's Britain, Angela Merkel's legacy, and clocks in history
September 15, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBA UK Cabinet shuffle is hours away, and there's a Brexit-related goods shortage due to a lack of truck drivers. An analysis of the contribution of the remarkable Angela Merkel, Germany's soon-to-depart Chancellor. And 'A history of civilisation in twelve clocks'.
Bruce Shapiro, Myanmar's prodemocracy movement and the work of a colonial illustrator
September 14, 2021 12:05 - 51 minutes - 47 MBThe latest on the recall election in California, the current state of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar and the life and work of George French Angas, a travelling colonial artist.
Laura Tingle, doing business in China and a 9/11 musical
September 13, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBLaura Tingle on the latest from Canberra, Chinese entrepreneur and author Desmond Shum on doing business in China and school teacher Diane Davis on a how her tiny Canadian town became a 9/11 musical
Remembering 9-11 and its aftermath
September 09, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBSharon Premoli tells the remarkable story of her escape from the 80th floor of the World Trade Tower and how it set her on a path for justice. Mahmood Fazal's happy life in Australia was turned on its head when suddenly his Afghan heritage made him, and his Muslim community, the focus of the racism that boiled over after the terror attacks.
Indigenous update, talking to science deniers and researching ancient worlds in Western Australia
September 08, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBShahni Wellington reports on vaccination in indigenous communities, and the new indigenous member of The Wiggles. Boston University philosopher Lee McIntyre has written about science deniers. And a big ARC Linkage project called 'From the Desert to the Sea' will unearth Deep Time secrets and build new connections in WA.
US politics, General Soeharto and unravelling jeans
September 07, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 47.9 MBBruce Shapiro on the latest in US politics, journalist David Jenkins on his new book about former Indonesian President General Soeharto and fashion activist Maxine Bédat on the life and death of a pair of jeans.
Laura Tingle on Canberra, Emily O'Gorman on the Murray Darling and Arnold Zable on PEN
September 06, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBLaura Tingle on the lack of transparency in Canberra, Emily O'Gorman on the Murray Darling wetlands and Arnold Zable on the 100th anniversary of PEN
The brumby wars and modern art and madness
September 02, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe Australian Alps are the location of a bitter battle over the increasing number of brumbies in the area and the story of when modern art and madness meet a different kind of madness in the form of Hitler's Nazi regime.
UK politics, rural GPs in Australia and a land title fight in the Pilbara
September 01, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIan Dunt on the latest UK politics, Dr Michael Clements on the pressure on rural GPs and a David and Goliath battle over mining in the Pilbara.
US politics, future nature and talking rabbits
August 31, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, Elizabeth Kolbert on flawed attempts to control nature and Madlen Ziege on how animals and plants talk to each other
Canberra capers, water trading and Paralympian Kevin Coombs
August 30, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on the latest divisions in Canberra, Stuart Kells on the high risks of water trading and Kevin Coombs on his Paralympic career as a wheelchair basketballer.
The Taliban: their identity and how they will govern
August 26, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWe catch up with Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary who has left Afghanistan and talk to three researchers on Afghanistan who look to the history of the Taliban to describe what life will be like under their rule.
Pacific update, Exxon at Guyana and medieval public health
August 25, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe Pacific Forum chair has made a direct jibe at Australia over climate change. Exxon is running a highly risky oil drilling project off the coast of Guyana. And in public health everything old is new again; preventative disease measures like social distancing and masks were used in medieval times.
US botches Afghanistan, Malaysia's new PM and croc attacks in East Timor
August 24, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the latest in US politics, James Chin on Malaysia's new Prime Minister and Grahame Webb on Australian crocodiles killing East Timorese fisherman.
Canberra capers, part one of a series on the Murray Darling, and what can we learn from ancient skulls about ourselves?
August 23, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on the new geopolitics of Afghanistan, Quentin Beresford on the Murray Darling and Frank Westerman on finding humanity in pre-historic skulls.
The increasing number of Flags of Convenience and the rise of modern spiritualism in the late 19th century
August 19, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWhy is is the land locked country of San Marino joining the club of countries offering Flags of Convenience? And Emily Midorikawa introduces us to some 19th century spiritualists who used their fame to push progressive agendas in surprising ways.
Ian Dunt on the UK and Afghanistan, connecting with China through culture, and the pedestrianism craze of the 19th century
August 18, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThere is anger and distress in Britain over Afghanistan and whether enough is being done to help those left behind. Carillo Gantner, arts patron and former cultural attache to the Beijing embassy, says arts and culture could reboot Australia's relationship with China. And the BBC's Zaria Gorvett has been looking into the very long walks of some British eccentrics in the 1800s.
Bruce Shapiro on Afghanistan, erasing women from economics and documentary funding threats
August 17, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the unravelling of Afghanistan, Jane Gleeson-White discusses how women are missing from economics and Mitzi Goldman warns of funding threats to documentaries.
Laura Tingle from Canberra, Bilal Sarwary from Afghanistan and Ian Lowe on the nuclear industry
August 16, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle with the latest from Canberra, Bilal Sarwary on the Taliban's arrival in Kabul and Ian Lowe asks why nuclear energy and uranium mining are continuing in the current energy market.
A chat with Oliver Stone
August 12, 2021 12:05 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBOliver Stone discusses his early life and career with Phillip Adams including the huge influence his father had on him in choosing his career as a storyteller and film maker.
Indigenous update with Bridget Brennan, Jon Lee Anderson on a new Cuban crisis, and 19th century sex workers in Melbourne
August 11, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBCOVID_19 has arrived at two NSW towns with large Aboriginal populations. There have been unprecedented anti-Government protests in Cuba. And Little Lonsdale Street - 'Little Lon' - was the setting for a thriving sex work trade in Melbourne in the 19th century.
Bruce Shapiro's America, the dark side of the Olympics, and street clashes in Thailand
August 10, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro with the latest on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's sexual assault scandal, as law makers prepare to impeach. University of Sydney lecture Dr Aim Sinpeng discusses the role that COVID-19 and Facebook have had on ongoing unrest in Thailand. David Goldblatt recounts the origins of the Olympics, which are far darker than expected.
Laura Tingle, religion and the census and Lady Mary Montagu
August 09, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBLaura Tingle with the latest on the disputes over vaccination, Heidi Nicholl on responding truthfully on religion in the census and Jo Willett on the innoculation pioneer, Lady Mary Montagu.
The persistence of monarchies and truths behind the myths of underwater worlds
August 05, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBDennis Altman debates the benefits of monarchies whilst remaining a republican and Patrick Nunn reveals that there may be some truth behind the myths of underwater worlds.
Ian Dunt's Britain, climate diplomacy, and writer Nicolas Rothwell on formative influences
August 04, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe British right attacked the main lifeboat charity, and got some major backlash. Australia's diplomacy on climate change has been fuelled by.. fossil fuels. And author Nicolas Rothwell on the role of mentors - particularly two different women - in his new novel.
Bruce Shapiro on America, Manal al-Sharif on Pegasus and David Potter on disruption
August 03, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the divisions among the Democrats, Manal al-Sharif explains why we should care about Pegasus and David Potter on why some disruptions manage to join the mainstream and others do not.
Laura Tingle's Canberra, Vatican corruption and lighting architecture
August 02, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, The Economist correspondent John Hooper on a sensational Vatican trial and architect Mark Major on the light and dark of architecture.
A history of fire and the legacy of Donald Horne
July 29, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe complicated history of humanity's relationship to fire with Stephen Pyne and Nick Horne and Ryan Cropp discuss the legacy of Donald Horne on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Pacific update, French far-right and the power of subtracting
July 28, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBFiji's escalating Covid crisis is being met with 'no jab, no job'. The far right in France has a new poster boy, Eric Zammour. And why the best way to improve something might be not to add, but to subtract.
Bruce Shapiro, pandemics and empires, and Tasmanian First Nations leader Tongelongeter
July 27, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the latest in US politics, political economist John Rapley on pandemics and empires and historian Nicholas Clements on First Nations leader Tongelongeter.
Laura Tingle on Canberra, Julian Cribb on chemical pollution and Alastair Leithead on living off grid
July 26, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle with the latest from Canberra, Julian Cribb explains why we should be worried about chemical pollution and Alastair Leithead on living off the grid in Portugal.
Ian Dunt's Britain, Stella Moris on fiance Julian Assange, and German history wars
July 22, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe Dominic Cummings interview and why everyone's getting 'pinged'; the longtime secret Assange/Moris relationship, and his possible extradition; and did the ancestors of a German prince help Hitler take power?
Indigenous joy, optimism for Africa's youth and twelve statues
July 21, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe joy brought by Ash Barty to Indigenous Australians, why we should be optimistic about Africa's youth taking to the streets and twelve statues are considered for toppling.
Evangelicals, inside Iran and the power of translators
July 20, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBAssociate Professor David Smith gives an update on the changing face of evangelicals in the US, journalist Soraya Lennie discusses life inside Iran and Anne Aslanyan talks about translators who changed the world.
Canberra politics, people smuggling and Juanita Nielsen
July 19, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on carparks and COVID chaos, the complex history of people smugglers and why Juanita Nielsen's disappearance is still an important story.
Fact checking with Snopes and the Countess of Kirribilli
July 15, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBDan Maguill from Snopes, a fact checking website, shares just a few of the unlikely stories he has had to check and Joyce Morgan introduces us to Elizabeth von Arnim, a best selling author who has somehow been lost to history despite her excellent literary connections.