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Politics with Paul Bongiorno; Towards a nuclear weapons ban; The radical rewilders saving the UK's endangered species

Accountability is the topic of the day in Canberra, as scandals rock the upper echelons of government-owned entities; After a long wait, the United Nations' treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to enter into force; A small band of maverick breeders are taking the extinction crisis in the United Kingdom into their own hands.

Fiona Stanley feature interview

Aboriginal health leaders have triumphed over Covid, but we are not hearing much about this success story. Professor Fiona Stanley celebrates that achievement, in a wide-ranging interview about ideas for a healthier and better society, and about her life's work. Professor Stanley is an epidemiologist and pioneering researcher who has focussed on the health of children and young people, and Aboriginal people in particular. ...

Indigenous news and issues. A history of Egyptology.

The US election, right wing radio and refinding community

What to expect from the last two weeks of the US Presidential campaign, the influence of right wing talk back radio in American political life and redefining and reconnecting communities in Australia

Politics with Paul Bongiorno; Thailand protests; The Living Sea of Waking Dreams with Richard Flanagan

Corruption scandals once again take centre stage as Senate Estimates kick off in Canberra; Protestors are calling for radical change in Thailand, in defiance of authorities; Richard Flanagan talks about his waking dreams and nightmares.

America, if Trump wins again; Yanis Varoufakis' post-capitalist world

Politics and Covid in Ian Dunt's UK. Fossil fuels and the Bolivian election. Journalist Geoff Kitney's memoirs

As COVID cases rise in UK Ian Dunt assesses the political response. Bret Gustafson considers how fossil fuels have changed Bolivia and what's at stake in this weekend's election. In his new memoir, Beyond the Newsroom, Geoff Kitney looks back some of the big stories he covered during his fifty years as a journalist.

The US election and the midwest, a gold frenzy, and the German botanist

Bruce Shapiro on the latest on the US election, what is behind the current gold frenzy and the German botanist who gathered an Australian collection

Laura Tingle's Canberra; How can we lay the groundwork for a better, more equitable nation?

Now that the dust has settled, what can we make of the Federal Budget? And, a new book of essays contemplates ideas for a national reconstruction, rather than simply a restoration, in the wake of the pandemic.

India stifles scrutiny; The view on the US election from Kansas; The tale of Captain Moonlite

Amnesty International is forced to halt its operations in India; Journalist and author Sarah Smarsh on why Kansas shouldn't be dismissed as a red Trump-loving state; The life and crimes of the Australian bushranger self-styled 'Captain Moonlite'.

American political chaos, Australians in Mosul and the evolution of comedy

The consequences of President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, the Australians who fought in Mosul and the evolutionary benefit of laughter.

Mary Kostakidis on Assange trial; Preparing for the 'Age of Fire'; Henry Burgh, the man who gave rights to animals

Julian Assange extradition hearing draws to a close; Preparing for the 'Age of Fire'; Henry Bergh and the founding of the animal rights movement

Ian Dunt's history of liberalism. George Bridgetower: The black violinist who inspired Beethoven.

Ian Dunt's new book 'How to be a Liberal' traces the political philosophy's development over three and a half centuries. Who was George Bridgetower and why did Beethoven wipe him from the sonata he wrote for him and therefore from history?

America, Somaliland and learning from evolution

Bruce Shapiro on the latest from America, what we can learn from Somaliland about aid and Ramona Koval takes up back in time to look to the future.

Karen Middleton's Canberra; Australia's fruit picking crisis; Three perspectives on the British empire

The murky legalities surrounding the Federal government's travel policies; Can the proposed solutions to Australia's labour shortages tackle the systemic problems in the horticulture industry? Meet two men who defied the British empire and the man who decided to paint them.

Geremie Barmé on China; Science vs. Trump; Can you be an ethical omnivore?

How has China changed under Xi Jinping? Why has Scientific American endorsed a presidential candidate, after 175 years? And, how can we be ethical omnivores?

Australia takes on big tech over news content, Afghan women and the peace talks, The Good Germans who resisted the Nazi's

Peter Lewis explains why there is such international interest in Australian moves to make Google and Facebook pay the creators of news content. Christina Lamb discusses the Afghan Government and Taliban peace talks and what it might mean for women. Catrine Clay tells the stories of the many brave Germans who resisted Hitler and the Nazi reign of terror.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the origin of Armageddon

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and work and the true story of city called Megiddo

Laura Tingle's Canberra; Women lead the Belarus protests; The ancient amber route

The Government champions a 'gas led recovery'. Why women are spearheading the protest movement in Belarus, and what this might mean for the future of the country. Meet the man who followed amber's ancient journey from the Baltic to the Adriatic Sea.

Pine Gap's peace crimes; the miracle typist of WW2's Polish Army

Pine Gap, national security and how Australia deals with dissent; the miracle typist of WW2's Polish Army, Tolek Klings.

Ian Dunt's UK. Australian farmers look beyond China. The secret life of the Savoy Hotel.

America, social housing and COVID, Vida Goldstein

Bruce Shapiro discusses the latest revealing book on President Trump and the unprecedented fires that are burning on the West Coast.

Laura Tingle; The Lonely Century; Blood, oil and MBS

Australia and the Pacific; what's behind humans long connection to oak trees

How well is Australia 'stepping up' in the Pacific, and what's behind humans long connection to oak trees?

Julian Assange’s extradition hearing. Is the end of oil closer than you think? Andrew Wakefield: the doctor who fooled the world .

The latest from America, how China censors Hollywood and living mindfully for a year

Bruce Shapiro on the latest protests across America, how China is censoring Hollywood and what living mindfully for a year does to your health.

Laura Tingle's Canberra; Goats - pest or produce? The life of J.B.S. Haldane

Could we all be getting free COVID-19 vaccines in 2021? Goats hold an uncomfortable place in the Australian landscape, but there is potential for them to become a major commodity; The radical life and restless politics of the famous British geneticist J.B.S Haldane.

Japan after Abe Shinzo; Life and times of E.W.Cole founder of the Melbourne Book Arcade

Japan after Shinzo Abe; Life and times of E.W.Cole, autodidact, philosopher, writer and founder of the Melbourne Book Arcade

Ian Dunt's UK, Uber in California, the politicisation of intelligence

Ian Dunt offers his assessment on the week in British politics. Jim Stanford explains what's at stake in the fight between Uber and the state of California. Justin McPhee examines the long history of the politicisation of intelligence material in Australia.

America, winning elections and chairs

Bruce Shapiro on the latest deadly protests, the secret to winning elections with Chris Matthews and Sara Hendren on the design of chairs

Laura Tingle's Canberra; Jokowi, man of contradictions; Hugh Mackay's 'The Inner Self'

Our relationship with China is back in the spotlight as Parliament resumes this week; The remarkable rise of Indonesian president Joko Widodo; Hugh Mackay on finding one's authentic 'inner self'.

Where to next for our empty universities? Mussolini's perfect fascist

Campuses today are more like ghost towns so how will the higher education sector adapt to the effects of coronavirus? The perfect fascist: a story of love, power and morality in Mussolini’s Italy.

Has COVID-19 signalled the end of the American era?

Has COVID-19 signalled the end of the American era? Professor Wade Davis argues that the virus reveals what America has become, and even if President Donald Trump is defeated, a profoundly polarized nation may not be able to find a way forward.

The Republican Convention, white evangelicals and the fight for England's lost wetlands, the Fens

Bruce Shapiro gives a preview of the Republican Convention, Sarah Posner explains why white evangelicals support Trump and James Boyce on the centuries old fight for the Fens, England's lost wetlands

Laura Tingle's Canberra; Putin and the Navalny poisoning; The life and times of Samuel Griffith

Buck-passing has become the order of the day in Canberra; What the disturbing pattern of political poisonings says about Putin's Russia; The Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia.

Bougainville elections; who can save the Uyghurs from genocide; is Jared Kushner Trump's most dangerous enabler?

Bougainville's election, PNG and independence; who can save the Uyghurs from genocide; is Jared Kushner Trump's most dangerous enabler?

Europe's last dictator, Native American dispossession, the real Joe McCarthy.

Is it the end of the line for Alexander Lukashenko? Former British Ambassador to Belarus, Nigel Gould-Davies, assesses the situation of the man known as 'Europe's last dictator'. Claudio Saunt examines the history of Native dispossession in America. Who was the real Senator Joe McCarthy ? Louis Menand discusses the man and the myth.

Democratic Convention, kicked out of China, who owns the Internet

Bruce Shapiro reports on the Democratic National Convention, Ian Johnson on being kicked out of China and James Ball on how Internet companies can be reined in.

Laura Tingle's Canberra and Kevin Rudd on US-China relations

Laura Tingle asks whether political lynchings should be a priority right now, and former prime minister Kevin Rudd warns that US-China tension could lead to 'hot war'.

The promise of a President Biden; The grifters of Mar-a-Largo

Ian Dunt's UK. Synthetic media and the danger of deep fakes. The virus and the philosopher.

Ian Dunt surveys the week in politics in the UK, Nina Schick warns of the proliferation of fake audio visual content and how it has serious political and social implications. French Philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy offers his insights on the virus and the human condition.

Trump's America, Tory cash and Andrew Boe

Bruce Shapiro brings us the latest constitutional challenge in the USA, Peter Geoghegan on the dark money in UK politics and Andrew Boe on the inequalities in the legal system.

Laura Tingle's Canberra; Lebanon crises; Doublespeak Awards

Shocking revelations from the aged care royal commission as Australia sees the deadliest day of the pandemic; Protests rock Lebanon in the wake of the Beirut explosion; The contenders for an award celebrating misleading language.

The crisis of the 2020s and beyond; the Falklands success story

The crisis of the 2020s before the calm, and the success story of the Falklands since the war.

Did the atom bomb need to dropped on Japan? Palestine's 100 year war. Australia's traitors and spies.

Roger Pulvers asks if it was necessary to use atomic bombs to end the war or was Japan already beaten? Rashid Khalidi observes a new era in the Palestinian struggle and explains why its focus is no longer just on a two-state solution. Former intelligence officer John Fahey discusses Australia's traitors and spies and tells the story of espionage and corruption in high places 1901-50.

Did the atom bomb need to be dropped on Japan? Palestine's 100 year war. Australia's traitors and spies.

Roger Pulvers asks if it was necessary to use atomic bombs to end the war — or was Japan already beaten? Rashid Khalidi observes a new era in the Palestinian struggle and explains why its focus is no longer just on a two-state solution. Former intelligence officer John Fahey discusses Australia's traitors and spies and tells the story of espionage and corruption in high places 1901-50.

US politics, rare earth metals, Hemingway's letters

Bruce Shapiro gives his analysis of President Trump's attacks on the US Postal Service, we find out about the risks and rewards of rare earth metals and what does Ernest Hemingway's correspondence reveal about him?

Laura Tingle's Canberra; Indigenous water rights; Australia's most notorious tabloid

New measures have been introduced in Victoria to tackle the growing crisis; A new study reveals the shocking extent to which Aboriginal Australians are excluded from the water market; the truth behind 'Truth', Australia's most notorious rag.

Oliver Stone's autobiography Chasing the Light

As one of Hollywood's most successful screenwriters and directors, multiple Academy award winning director, Oliver Stone has just penned the first instalment of his autobiography, "Chasing the Light".

Ian Dunt's UK. John Kerr and the Whitlam dismissal. Celebrity, gossip and American culture

Ian Dunt reflects on Boris Johnson's first year as PM. Guy Rundle revisits the Whitlam dismissal and the role of Governor General Sir John Kerr. New York gossip columnist Ben Widdicombe on celebrity and American culture.