Late Night Live - Full program podcast
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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Vanishing freedoms in Hong Kong, the French in Australia and cactus smuggling
July 14, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLouisa Lim discusses the impact of the National Security Legislation in Hong Kong, historian Alexis Bergantz examines the the French connection to Australia and science journalist Rachel Nuwer unpacks global cactus trafficking.
US politics and the case of Ethel Rosenberg
July 13, 2021 12:05 - 52 minutes - 48 MBCommentator Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the US and author Anna Sebba discusses Ethel Rosenberg, the New York housewife sent to the electric chair for being a Russian spy.
Canberra capers, Australia and East Timor's long history and the Jewish commandos of X-Troop
July 12, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle reports on the latest on Canberra's COVID strategy, Peter Job on our long and complicated relationship with East Timor and Leah Garrett tells the remarkable story of the Jewish commandos that formed X-Troop during WW2.
Wayne Quilliam, Indigenous photographer and Narayan Khandekar, master of colour
July 08, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWayne Quilliam picked up his first camera whilst in the navy thirty years ago and has not put it down since, photographing Indigenous communities around Australia and the world. Narayan Khandekar explains how art and science meet when it comes to the world of colour.
UK politics and Doc Evatt
July 07, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIan Dunt with the latest on UK politics and journalist Gideon Haigh on the legal life and legacy of Doc Evatt.
The death of Donald Rumsfeld and Canada's indigenous sorrows
July 06, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBUS commentator Bruce Shapiro discusses the death of Donald Rumsfeld and Canadian journalist Tanya Talaga examines the legacy of residential schools, where the skeletons of more indigenous children are being discovered.
Canberra politics and protecting Indigenous Culture
July 05, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle unravels the four phase strategy announced by the Prime Minister and Terri Janke explains the path to respectful and ethical engagement with Indigenous culture.
Operation Semut in World War 2 in Borneo and Edmund Hillary's trip up the Ganges
July 01, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBChristine Helliwell tells the secret story of Operation Semut which took place during World War 2 in Borneo and Michael Dillon shares his recollections from his hair-raising trip from the mouth of the Ganges River to the mountains in the company of Edmund Hillary and a camera in his hand.
Seabed mining split, the stomp reflex and Don Watson
June 30, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBTess Newton Cain reports on the split in the Pacific on seabed mining, Luke Kemp explains the threat of the stomp reflex and Don Watson on teaching Australian history
US politics, the new crime of ecocide and Goya the painter
June 29, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, human rights lawyer Philippe Sands on the push to make environmental destruction a crime and curator Petra Kayser on the brilliance of Goya.
Troubles in Canberra, Afghanistan and the Chelsea Hotel
June 28, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBLaura Tingle reports from Canberra on COVID and carparks, Bilal Sarway and Andrew Quilty on the Taliban taking rural Afghanistan almost unopposed and the current crisis in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan.
Why did Lalli and Padma die? And the evolutionary advantage of the handshake
June 24, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MB.
The latest on Boris with Ian Dunt and Bolsonaro with Sarah Maslin
June 23, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIan Dunt talks to the troubled waters facing Boris Johnson electorally and Sarah Maslin explains the forces keeping Bolsonaro in power in Brazil, and the story of two Indigenous men that travelled the globe from America and Tahiti to Britain in the 18th century and the man who painted them both.
US updates, drug wars in the Philippines and a radical mum
June 22, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, Sociologist Nicole Curato on the impact of the war on drugs in the Philippines and writer Ianto Ware reflects on his radical mother.
Laura Tingle's Canberra and 100th anniversary of China's Communist Party
June 21, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle's Canberra and Barnaby Joyce the leader of Nats (again), and 100th anniversary of China's Communist Party
The war on the BBC and crashing into Mt Everest
June 17, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBAcademic Patrick Barwise on the ongoing threats to the BBC and author Ed Caesar discusses the life of Maurice Wilson, a World War 1 veteran with a wild plan to climb Mt Everest.
Are we suffering from the fossil fuel order? marine noise pollution, and Van Gogh's sister-in-law
June 16, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBAre we suffering from the fossil fuel order? marine noise pollution, and Van Gogh's sister-in-law
US politics, spy stories and the man who found Alexandria
June 15, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, Rod Barton's discusses his spy career and Edmund Richardson on a mysterious archaeologist.
The imminent threats to our national icon, the koala
June 14, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThe koala is in real danger of extinction and yet politics are preventing any effective action being taken to protect them.
Where the Stasi went and Australian Cooking History
June 10, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWhere did the 91,000 members of the Stasi go after the fall of the Berlin wall? Was there a market for their skills? Ross Dobson is a chef and food writer who has looked through the history of Australian cookery to try and find our national dish.
Indigenous fashion; Christmas Island's radical past, mystery illnesses
June 09, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIndigenous fashion design at Fashion Week, Christmas Island's radical past, and the mystery sleeping illness
US politics, climate change court case and Poker lessons
June 08, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro with the latest on US politics, Antonia Juhasz on Shell being ruled liable for climate change and Alex O'Brien on what playing poker has taught her about life.
Australia's role in the downfall of a Chilean president
June 07, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on the stories from Canberra you may have missed, Clinton Fernandes on his quest to unlock the documents that will reveal Australia's role in ending the Allende Presidency in Chile, and Bri Lee on the forces preventing equal opportunity to education in Australia.
Canberra Capers with Laura Tingle; Australia's role in the downfall of Allende, and what's preventing equal opportunity in education
June 07, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on the stories from Canberra you may have missed, Clinton Fernandes on his quest to unlock the documents that will reveal Australia's role in ending the Allende Presidency in Chile, and Bri Lee on the forces preventing equal opportunity to education in Australia.
The last 100 days of King Richard Nixon
June 03, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBAlmost 50 years after the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there is still much to learn from recently released tapes, of the lies, burglary and backstabbing surrounding Watergate. With Michael Dobbs, former Washington Post journalist, and author of King Richard.
Latest from the UK; nuclear war in Taiwan Strait, Syria's rebel librarians
June 02, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIan Dunt reports on the shocking revelations of Dominic Cummings' lies, Britain's 50 year war on drugs, and whether the UK should come out of lockdown. Robert Ayson analyses the possibility of nuclear war in the Taiwan Straits, and the rebel librarians from Syria's civil war.
America's hidden massacre, China panic and the Cerne Abbas Giant
June 01, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBUS commentator Bruce Shapiro discusses the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, historian David Brophy looks at how Australia can take the middle road with China and New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead reveals new secrets about a giant chalk man etched into an English hill.
Laura Tingle, the mouse plague & voluntary euthanasia
May 31, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on the political fallout from the Melbourne lockdown, safely managing the mouse plague and pushing boundaries on voluntary euthanasia legislation.
Japan's first feminist poet; is the best educated generation also the most ignorant?
May 27, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBYosano Akiko was Japan's very first feminist poet - a trail-blazing, prolific and controversial writer, and A.C Grayling reminds us of the paradox of knowledge: the more we know, the greater becomes the extent of our ignorance
Japan's first feminist poet; is the best educated generation also the most ignorant?
May 27, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBYosano Akiko was Japan's very first feminist poet — a trail-blazing, prolific and controversial writer, and A.C Grayling reminds us of the paradox of knowledge: the more we know, the greater becomes the extent of our ignorance.
Pacific update, reappraising JFK and early photography
May 26, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBTess Newton Cain surveys the politics of the Pacific, Fredrik Logevall and Michael Kazin dissect the myths around J.F.K. and we celebrate the work of travelling 'showman photographer' J.W.Newland.
George Floyd anniversary, tribal ownership of US National Parks and endangered languages
May 25, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBCommentator Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, Ojibwe author and historian David Treuer on returning US National Parks to the tribes and linguist Alexandra Aikhenvald on saving endangered languages.
National politics with Laura Tingle. Conflict in Gaza. Ginger Meggs turns 100.
May 24, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle discusses the Federal impact of the weekend's Upper Hunter state by-election and reviews the Government's COVID response and vaccination strategy. Rashid Khalidi considers the options for a sustainable solution in Gaza and the crucial role to be played by the United States. Ginger Meggs, Australia's longest running cartoon character, turns 100 - Jason Chatfield and Tristan Bancks discuss the red headed boy's enduring appeal. ...
Beyond Sorry, Indigenous design and architecture
May 20, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIn the lead up to National Sorry Day, we look at the ongoing intergeneration trauma among the Stolen Generations, and the principles of Indigenous design and architecture and why our future cities and built environments need to address and incorporate the Aboriginal notion of Country.
Ian Dunt's UK. Norway's homegrown terrorist & a new Robert Menzies bio.
May 19, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIan Dunt dissects the Tories agenda as outlined in the Queen's speech. Norway approaches the 10th anniversary of a domestic terrorist's mass killing. What would Sir Robert Menzies, Australia's longest serving Prime Minister, make of the economic and educational policies of today's Liberal Party?
Bruce Shapiro, anti-Semitism and 19th century China
May 18, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro with the latest from the US, author and historian Deborah Lipstadt on anti-Semitism and writer Edward Rutherfurd discusses his latest epic on China.
Laura Tingle, Clonehenge and polar film-making
May 17, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on what was missing from the budget, Nancy Wisser on Clonehenge and Max Quinn on making films in the polar extremes.
Author Jackie French on women, writing, war and wombats
May 13, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBJackie French chats with Phillip Adams about her remarkable career as an author for children and adults, her books that are writing women back into history and her passion for wombats.
How Indigenous Australians and the National Archives fared under the budget. The story behind the first man in space.
May 12, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBHannah McGlade examines the budget and its priorities for Indigenous Australians. And still on the Budget - David Fricker and Melanie Oppenheimer discuss what a lack of funds mean for the National Archives. Stephen Walker has the astonishing story of the first human to leave our planet and journey into space.
Republican infighting, Syrian elections and the life of Isi Liebler
May 11, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro discusses Republican infighting, Chris Doyle takes a look at the Syrian elections and Suzanne Rutland talks about her biography of the businessman Isi Liebler.
Laura Tingle, Arundhati Roy and Janice Hume
May 10, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBLaura Tingle with a budget preview, Arundhati Roy on COVID in India and Janice Hume on the social history of obituaries.
Film Producer Al Clark on his passion for cinema from Spain to Sydney
May 06, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBFrom a solitary life in Spain where cinema was a passion and escape, Al Clark has forged a successful career as a film producer, after many years in the music industry in London.
Scott Ludlam on the search for the world that comes next.
May 05, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIan Dunt's UK takes in super Thursday where local elections across Britain are about to take place, voters also get ready in Scotland and then there's a crucial by-election in what was once Labour heartland. Former Greens Senator Scott Ludlam discusses his new book Full Circle: the search for the world that comes next.
Bruce Shapiro, Cyprus stalemate and tree tales
May 04, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro has the latest from the US, analyst Fiona Mullen gives an insight into a divided Cyprus and Janine Burke contemplates trees.
Laura Tingle, Myanmar protests and John Bell
May 03, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on the latest from Canberra, two women on the latest protests from Myanmar and John Bell on leadership and Shakespeare.
The Pilbara strike and a history of women's self-portraits
April 29, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBWe mark the 75th anniversary of a very significant strike in the Pilbara region and 500 years of women taking the time to paint their own image.
Pacific update. Grassroots economics in Jakarta. Mental health in Uganda.
April 28, 2021 12:05 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBTess Newton Cain returns for an update on the news and issues in the Pacific region. Anthropologist Doreen Lee offers her observations on how Jakarta's grassroots economy operates. Monsignor David Cappo discusses his journey from senior Catholic Church administrator in Adelaide to his semi retirement in Uganda where runs a mental health NGO.
US update, Tasmanian salmon and convict women
April 27, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, writer Richard Flanagan examines Tasmania's salmon industry and historian Babette Smith discusses convict women.
The climate in Canberra, Afghanistan and Geoffrey Robertson
April 26, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBLaura Tingle on the latest climate policy from Canberra, Bilal Sarwary on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and Geoffrey Robertson explains his plan B for human rights.
Strength of Australia's historical anti-war sentiment
April 22, 2021 12:05 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBOften overlooked in annual Anzac Day commemorations, has been the historical strength of anti-war sentiment among Australian ex-servicemen and women from WW1 to the Gulf War. This program sheds light on the many who resisted war however they could, and reveals the determination of certain leaders to continue prosecuting WW1, despite repeated chances to settle for peace.