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Karla Grant shares her experience of the Sami parliament in Norway, Rodrigo Acuña questions why Australia remains tight lipped on their rumoured involvement in the Pinochet coup in Chile 50 years ago and historians Laura Rademaker and Mavis Kerinaiua tell some surprising stories from the history of the Tiwi Islands.
Bruce Shapiro reflects on Joe Biden's historic visit to Hanoi, and US-Vietnam relations. Plus, Sarah Ogilvie celebrates the thousands of people who helped create the original Oxford English Dictionary - the greatest "crowd-sourcing" achievement in human history.
Bernard Keane canvasses the Government and Greens' housing deal, and the Qantas political missteps. Taiwanese journalist Brian Hioe says the rest of the world should stop amping up the geopolitical pressures on Taiwan. And Anya von Bremzen on six national dishes that aren't all they appear to be.
America was a land born in paranoia, and it's coloured people's thinking ever since, Colin Dickey argues. And what would Charles Dickens make of the literary tourism trend he has sparked? Lee Jackson joined the Dickens trail.
Three experts in regional journalism offer solutions to the rapid decline of local news in both Australia and North America. Plus, Harvard physicist Avi Loeb on why humanity should be preparing for a future in the stars.
Ian Dunt gives an F for the UK governments management of the crumbling school system, how Indonesia and Australia will work together to make electric vehicle batteries and the life of Dorothea Mackellar who wrote those iconic words - I love a sunburnt country...
George Megalogenis and Matt Qvorstrup discuss what's been key to referendum success in the past, both in Australia and overseas. Plus, 100 years on, Roger Pulvers says the tragic Kanto earthquake has an enduring legacy in Japan. And Sarah Goldbloom Zurbo talks about what it was like to grow up with a communist father.
Two stories of trickery that prove the truth is stranger than fiction. Karina Urbach reveals how her grandmother's famous cookbook was stolen and expropriated by the Nazis, and Richard Evans unravels the story of the explorer who claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole.
The Lowy Institute's Sam Roggeveen lays out a bold new plan for Australia's foreign policy, and journalist Laura Trethewey takes us on the quest to map the entire ocean floor by 2030. Plus, we hear about an unsung Australian dynamo and one of the pioneers behind 'Meals on Wheels' - Doris Taylor.
Bruce Shapiro dissects the first Republican presidential candidates debate, where Trump was a no-show. After a devastating fire season in the northern hemisphere, what might be in store for Australia this summer? And the phenomenon of "tradwives" - the young women shunning modern feminism.
In his latest book Knowing What We Know award-winning writer Simon Winchester explores the history of how humans have passed on knowledge and whether the emergence of 'smart' technology will disrupt this age-old process.
Before you get in the water again, hear TIm Flannery talk about the Megalodon, Morgan Ody on why we need a global peasant revolution and James Hannam explains how the world became round (or is it?)
Ian Dunt asks why the British PM and Prince William did not attend the Women's World Cup Final in Australia to support the English team. Professor Jamie Pittock explains what the government's new Murray-Darling deal means for the river basin. And writer Allison C Meier explores the history of American graveyards.
Laura Tingle debriefs on the ALP Conference and the national Cabinet housing meeting. Best-selling author and academic Lea Ypi on the treatment of Albanians in the UK. And how Andrew Sneddon escaped an unhappy childhood among the sleazier residents of Qld's Gold Coast.
The coup in Niger will likely lead to regional instability as the neighbouring countries disagree on a response and Wagner hopes to benefit from the situation. And philosopher Costica Bradatan explains why he believes we should all embrace failure.
Our regular US correspondent Bruce Shapiro discusses a landmark climate trial in Montana and the latest Trump indictment. Plus, Afghan academic Farkhondeh Akbari on the fate of women two years after the fall of Kabul. And we meet nature's greatest lairs and cheats with biologist Lixing Sun.
7.30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle brings the latest news from inside the Canberra bubble. Food security expert Joseph Glauber discusses how developments in the Russia-Ukraine war and El Nino threaten global food supplies. Plus, a story about how a group of snow monkeys found themselves in America's deep south that has to be heard to be believed.
Award-winning historian Tom Holland recounts one of the most dazzling chapters in Roman history - the Pax Romana - when the Empire reached the heights of its predatory glory. The year 69AD was one of civil war, when four Caesars in succession ruled the Empire. But from the chaos emerged an era of unrivalled Roman peace and power.
Guest: Tom Holland, historian and author of Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age. Co-host of The Rest is History podcast.
Three years on, Dalal Mawad talks about the women who survived the Beirut bomb blast, and their lives now. Plus Australian musician David Bridie and Papuan musician George Telek tell Phillip about their enduring friendship, which is the subject of a new documentary.
Ian Dunt discusses whether the privatisation of the public service is as extensive, and worrying, in the UK as it seems to be in Australia. Drew Rooke discusses how online sports betting got its start in Australia, in Alice Springs of all places. Plus, we meet two women who are fighting poaching and gender stereotypes in South Africa.
Guests:
Ian Dunt, columnist at the “i” newspaper.
Drew Rooke, freelance journalist and author.
Leitah Mkhabela, Black Mambas’ supervisor and Ops room Manager.
Felicia Mogakane, Black Mambas’ Ops room Manager and Sergeant.
Laura Tingle on the Prime Minister's visit to Garma, and calls to delay or modify the Voice to Parliament Referendum. Can Amazonian leaders save their rainforest, for the sake of the planet? And the story of Operation Hurricane - when the British first tested their atomic bomb in Australia.
The Murdoch media mogul that we've come to know is almost unrecognisable from Rupert Murdoch, the youth. Author Walter Marsh discusses the era that shaped young Rupert, the radical who espoused socialism, kept a bust of Lenin in his uni accommodation and then went on to build his empire from 1950s Adelaide.
Two incredible true crime tales of the powerful women behind Latin America's drug trade, and the unlikely women who formed a notorious murder ring in rural Hungary. Plus, we get an update on the situation in Myanmar.
Plus, Bruce Shapiro discusses Donald Trump's mounting legal woes, and how the climate crisis is hitting home this American summer.
Laura Tingle on whether the double dissolution could really happen. Cambodia's longest serving PM hands over to his son. And flour mill photography, flour bag art, and many other things you might not know about flour in Australia.
How are we going to deal with an ever-heating planet? Plus the hidden history of phrenology - it was used by white colonisers to justify their claims of superiority, but it was also taken up by other groups in surprising ways.
Journalists Tess Newtown-Cain and Robert Iroga provide an update from the Pacific, 20 years since Australia's peacekeeping mission to Solomon Islands. Why does Honduras want to build a new prison island? And from child-eating demons to singing mermaids - we trace the ancient origins of female monsters.
Constitutional experts Megan Davis and George Williams explain why they believe putting the Voice in the constitution will result in the best outcomes for Indigenous Australians. And Alex Andreou dissects what the latest UK by-elections mean.
Laura Tingle on Kathryn Campbell's resignation from her position on the AUKUS advisory panel, Ronald Reagan's surprising role in the Hollywood strike of 1960 and how the Sami people's fight against damming the Alta river was a turning point for Indigenous rights in Norway.
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
The Japanese view of NATO possibly opening an office in Japan. Germany's commitment to massively extend its military spending - with Australia contributing - follows decades of a prevailing pacifist ethos. And why owls have fascinated writers, artists and ecologists.
Bruce Shapiro discusses the conspiracy loving Robert F Kennedy, the Ugandan President and his son are in trouble with International Criminal Court and we find out about the many talents of the termite in Gurindji country.
7.30's chief political correspondent Laura Tingle on the new Reserve Bank governor of Australia; and the future of the big four accountancy firms. Plus veteran political analyst Norman Solomon on how America's endless war in the Middle East has been made largely invisible to the public.
As well earning him multiple Walkley and Logie awards, the work done by investigative journalist Chris Masters PSM has arguably changed Australia, for the better. He speaks to Phillip Adams about his distinguished career, which culminated in his latest book Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes.
Why forming a position on the Voice referendum can be very complicated. Might Spain be about to elect a far-right coalition? And how the fatty contents of a sperm whale's entrails make their way to luxury perfumes.
Ian Dunt spills the tea on what's happening in Westminster, we discuss the impending and controversial release of water from Fukushima, and we remember Charlie Flannigan - Aboriginal stockman and the first person to be executed in the Northern Territory.
Laura Tingle on the ongoing political fallout from the report into the Robodebt scheme. Journalist Polina Ivanova on how the Arts sector in Russia has become another casualty of war. And the strange survival of the Guinness Book of World Records.
Two in every three souvenirs claiming to be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander are fake, and Indigenous artists in some of the poorest communities are missing out on a market worth $250 million. So what can be done to protect Indigenous culture and knowledge from exploitation? Plus the fascinating stories of those who got inked to show love, loyalty, status and even religious devotion.
Will the Maldives stick with its India First foreign policy in th eupcoming election, what is the historical and cultural context to the battles erupting on the streets of Frances cities, towns and villages, and enjoy a feast of treats from Torres Strait Islander Chef Nornie Bero.
The latest from Bruce Shapiro on the US Supreme Court, and what those rulings mean for university students across the country. Indonesia's endless struggle with corruption. Plus, Thai cave diving hero, Richard ‘Harry’ Harris, on why we take risks.
Laura Tingle on the first week of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). Will Mexico's next president be female? Plus, how reporting on war can have a devastating impact on your relationship.
Dr Jordana Silverstein reflects on Australia's treatment of refugee children that arrive at our borders. And Ben Miller and Huw Lemmey, co-authors of “Bad Gays: A Homosexual History” discuss what can we learn from the more complex queer figures of the past.
Another Trump presidency is still a real possibility. What will it mean for Australia? Plus, we celebrate the anniversary of the first printed edition of Shakespeare's collected plays, and we kick off the episode with an update on how the global economic woes are being felt in the Pacific.
Guests:
Tess Newton-Cain –Pacific Hub, Griffith Asia Institute.
Dr Neelesh Gounder - Senior Lecturer in economics at the University of the South Pacific, Suva.
Bruce Wolpe – Senior Fellow (non-resident) at the United States Studies Centre and author of ‘Trump’s Australia’.
Emma Smith - Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford.
What lies ahead for the UK Conservative Party after Boris Johnson's exit? Kim Jong Un's sister - Kim Yo-jong - has emerged as the nation's most powerful woman and a possible successor.
Plus, the pivotal role of Sierra Leone's African leaders, in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
Laura Tingle reflects on the life of former Labor leader Simon Crean, Anatol Lieven on whether the Wagner group's revolt spells disaster for Vladimir Putin, and the bizarre stories behind the pigments in some of our greatest works of art.
The extraordinary whistleblower Daniel Ellsburg, who has died at 92, did an interview with Late Night Live only last year. And Man Ray's muse, Kiki of Montparnasse - a forgotten bohemian icon.
Will anything come from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with Chinese President Xi in Beijing? Have we learned from the great financial crashes of the past, or is history doomed to repeat? And how does a grandson reconcile his love for a grandfather with a dark past?
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
Laura Tingle on the Voice referendum bill's success in parliament and why the Greens delayed the Housing Future Fund bill. Plus the environmental damage wreaked by the Kakhovka dam explosion in Ukraine and the Spanish film director whom dedicated his life to art, dance and music.
An update on the Voice referendum, as polls tighten again. How scientists are "breathalysing" active volcanoes with cheap, accessible technology. And who was the real life Catherine II, Empress of Russia - the inspiration for the TV series "The Great"?
Guests:
Dana Morse, ABC federal political reporter
Dr Andrew McGonigle, volcanologist
Professor Darius von Guttner, historian, ACU Canberra
Amidst renewed speculation over whether the US has evidence of UFOs, we replay a fascinating chat with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb about his scientific search for extra-terrestrial life. Plus, we hear about modern history's most daring archaeologists and their biggest discoveries.
Guests:
Avi Loeb, Professor of Science at Harvard University and the Head of the Galileo Project.
Michael Scott, Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, broadcaster and author.
Political scientist Sally Young discusses how media power in Australia came to be concentrated in the hands of a few men, and how this influenced politics during the period 1941-1972.
The best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman explores the rich and complex history of our relationship with the planet's 37 billion acres of habitable land: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it, and gave it back.
First broadcast 4 February 2021. Phillip Adams will be speaking to Simon Winchester about his new book Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic at RN's Big Weekend of Books on Sunday June 18th.
British Indian author Kenan Malik takes on the heated debate around race, culture, whiteness and privilege, arguing notions of cultural appropriation and ethnic nationalism have become forms of gatekeeping. And we head into a watchmakers' workshop to learn about our innate sense of time, both in the human world and the animal kingdom.
The US has signed a new trade deal with Taiwan, raising the ire of China. From Turkey to Tunisia, what's behind the rise of Islamic governance? And a philosopher's take on sulking, and why it can feel good.
Guests:
Wen-Ti Sung, political scientist who teaches in the ANU Taiwan Studies Program
Cheng Ting-Fang, chief technology correspondent with Nikkei Asia
Joana Cook, Assistant Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden
Shiraz Maher, a lecturer in non-state actors within the Department of War Studies at Kings College in London
Rebecca Roache, senior lecturer in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London
Since Kosovo seceded from Serbia in 2008 an uneasy status quo has held, but the issue of Kosovo’s Serb-dominated north remains unresolved. International Crisis Group's Marko Prelec explains. Less than 20% of Wikipedia profiles are about women. Annie Reynolds and Dr Jessica Wade are two Wikipedians trying to smash this particular glass ceiling. Plus, we're joined for our regular UK update with the always illuminating Ian Dunt.
Laura Tingle on Ben Roberts-Smith, PM Albanese's Shangri-la speech and the stalled housing bill. Guillaume Pitron demystifies the digital world and tells us why it's not as clean as we like to think. And passionate typographer Stephen Banham on what we can read into letter forms.
British writer Martin Amis died on the 19th of May, 2023. In this interview with Phillip Adams from 2020 they discuss the last book Martin ever wrote: Inside Story, which takes the death of his closest friend, Christopher Hitchens, as it's starting point. Ultimately he covers the hardest questions, such as how to live, how to grieve and how to die.Interview first broadcast 8th of October 2020.
World powers are jostling for influence in the Pacific, as Sean Jacobs and Tess Newton-Cain explain. Author Kate Fortmueller on why striking Hollywood writers are concerned about artificial intelligence. And "blurbist" Louise Willder on the power of a good blurb.
In our regular US update, Bruce Shapiro discusses whether a debt deal is on the horizon, and looks at Ron DeSantis' chances of winning the Republican nomination. Plus a new twist on the tale of Big Tech - the effect it's having, for good and ill, on people in the global south. And a thoughtful discussion about the delusions of the West and why we should return to the great tragic thinkers for fresh policy ideas.Guests:Bruce Shapiro - Contributing editor with The Nation magazine; Executive Director of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.Anup Kaphle - editor in chief, Rest of World.Itika Sharma Punit - Asia editor, Rest of World.Robert D. Kaplan - author of The Tragic Mind: Fear, fate and the burden of power published by Yale University Press
Laura Tingle on the shock resignation of WA Premier Mark McGowan. Professor Damien Kingsbury on Timor-Leste's future, following peaceful elections. And writer André Dao uncovers the truth of his family's history in Vietnam.
Russia has a long tradition of espionage, right up to the present. It tells us a lot about why Putin is the way he is, says investigative journalist Mark Hollingsworth. And forestor and bestselling author Peter Wohlleben on why trees are more complex and sophisticated than most of us realise.
PFAS, known colloquially as 'forever chemicals', seem to be everywhere and in everything. What efforts are taking place globally to regulate their use? Plus, in our fortnightly Asia update we put the spotlight on Pakistan. And we hear the rollicking shipwreck tale of HMS The Wager.
Plus, we hear from Ian Dunt about what's making news in Westminster, and are we about to enter a world where flying taxis are the new normal?
Clare Armstrong wraps up the past week in Australian politics, as the Albanese government notches up its first year in office. How rising inequality in China is affecting the emotional and intimate lives of its people. And why do modern humans have so many teeth problems?
Dan Egan explores the history of 'The Devil's Element' and how we've come to the point where we're running out of this essential element, and yet it's polluting our waterways. Plus, we look at the remarkable women who used art to fight fascism during the Spanish Civil War.
We get the latest on the Voice debates and hear what an Indigenous Voice might mean from a public health perspective. Plus, the G7 is being held in Japan, but will Asian priorities be top of the agenda? And Harvard professor Martin Puchner looks back at 37,000 years of culture and asks: can anyone really own culture and should that be the goal?
Is the US government about to run out of cash? Bruce Shapiro dishes the latest on the dreaded debt ceiling. Plus, we meet two female journalists risking life and limb in South Africa and Bry the Fly Guy reveals why flies are our friends.
Amy Remeikis on the tension between our need for more workers and the national housing crisis, security deteriorates in Afghanistan and the chess robot that fooled the western world, 250 years ago.
A small band of adventurers have navigated the entire length of the magnificent Tigris River - through Iraq, Türkiye and Syria. And a new documentary on the Australian literary giant Geoffrey Dutton sheds light on his life and loves.
We kick off with a fortnightly Asia update, looking at the upcoming elections in Thailand and Cambodia. Plus, why Bangladesh is becoming a dumping ground for the world's fossil fuels and we bring a memorable interview with writer E Jean Carroll out of the archives. DISCLAIMER: Our interview with E Jean Carroll was originally broadcast in 1993 and contains references to sex, drug use and domestic violence.
The UK has a newly anointed king and queen, and a new law curtailing the right to protest. Plus, what's behind the escalating gang violence in Haiti? And the hidden scroll that spawned a literary ponzi scheme.
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
Plus, we meet the 19th century scientists whose experiments with mind-altering drugs gave us modern medicine, psychology and philosophy.
For our Pacific update, a special focus on deep sea mining, and some of the dilemmas it presents for Pacific countries. And what animal biology can teach us about staying well and recovery.
US political commentator David Frum reflects on Biden's second run for the White House in 2024, and on Trump's power in the GOP. Why the Doomsday Clock is closer to the symbolic midnight hour of global catastrophe than ever before. And the changing roles of Australia's botanic gardens.
Hints abound a week out from the Budget. The factory fire that put the spotlight on the garment industry. And understandings of the heart.
In this episode we take a fresh look at Germany's formidable former leader Angela Merkel, and award-winning British author Angela Saini hunts down the roots of male domination and makes some surprising discoveries.
An update on news from Japan and South Korea. A new documentary about Shirley Shackleton's investigations into what happened to the Balibo 5, the Australian journalists killed in East Timor in 1975, including her husband Greg Shackleton. And the hidden history of Rome's famous film studios, Cinecittà.
There's one story of Australian military history that doesn't get told on ANZAC Day – the story of First Nations resistance during the Frontier Wars. Plus, military historian Craig Stockings gives an account of Australia's intervention in East Timor that some have tried to sweep under the rug.
Laura Tingle recaps Australia's landmark Defence Strategic Review and the push for long-range missile capabilities. Journalist Rik Rutten explains how the Dutch farmers party has evolved from a protest movement to a political powerhouse. And we uncover the mystery of 'fairy circles' in the Pilbara desert, thanks to First Nations knowledge and cross-cultural research.
Syria is a culturally rich and complicated country battling war, corruption, political interference and Islamic insurrection. Former Chief Middle East correspondent for the American ABC, Charles Glass, reflects on the lessons he has learned from his time there.
The national peak body representing Indigenous children has rebuked Peter Dutton's claims on child abuse in Alice Springs. Meanwhile, water insecurity in Walgett is affecting the health of First Nations people.In the horn of Africa, 22 million people are starving, but the UN is yet to formally declare an emergency. And we learn about nature's most mysterious substance - slime.
Abortion is back on the Supreme Court's agenda - this time the result will determine access to the abortion pill. Plus, how do the Kiwis feel about AUKUS? And we'll meet the father of the modern skyscraper.
The Guardian's Amy Remeikis takes us inside the Canberra bubble, we hear about a dangerous new bill that could become the harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation in the world and the hidden stories of Australia's convict 'orphans' are revealed.
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
India is about to surpass China as the world's most populous nation - what does it mean for India's people? Plus, some fresh thinking about everything from how we measure economic growth, to architecture. Plus, the women and First Nations guides behind 'The Birds of Australia'.
Ian Dunt on Joe Biden's visit to Northern Ireland, US crime writer Don Winslow on why he abandoned his career to fight Donald Trump full-time and a tribute to two Bruces: legendary Australian cartoonist Bruce Petty, and former Australian diplomat to South Africa, Bruce Haigh.
Meet the colourful collectors whose singular obsession is illuminated manuscripts, and hear the incredible story of the rebels who recorded forbidden music on x-rays in the USSR during the Cold War.
A landmark UN resolution represents a big step forward on climate justice, but at the same time Germany's powerful auto industry is pushing back against the EU's shift to electric. Plus, a fresh look at the world's most famous trade route, the Silk Road.
Bruce Shapiro is back with the latest news on Donald Trump's impending arraignment. In a huge 48 hours, Finland has lost it's progressive young Prime Minister Sanna Marin and joined NATO - what does it mean for Finland and Europe? Plus: what is humanism, and could you be a humanist without knowing it? Author Sarah Bakewell tells all.
Laura Tingle dissects the Liberal Party’s defeat in Aston, and remembers the remarkable Yunupingu, a warrior on Indigenous Rights. The US billionaires behind Israel's controversial new judicial oversight laws. And the history and politics of doing the laundry.
Five Australian journalists were among the first to be embedded in a war mission, in WWII. And a celebration of some very simple inventions that led to sophisticated machinery and technology.
The Central Asian '-stans' have become the subject of a geopolitical tug-of-war between the US, China and Russia. Plus, what the political turmoil in Israel means for those in the West Bank, and the stones that have shaped human history.
Naomi Smith regales us with tales from the United Kingdom, we take a look behind the headlines at how Sri Lanka's economic crisis is affecting people and the incredible true story of how a 600-year-old Buddha washed up on a Western Australian beach.
7.30 political correspondent Laura Tingle unpacks the climate deal struck between Labor and the Greens. Dina Esfandiary and Jonathan Fulton explain China's growing presence in the Middle East, after it brokered a diplomatic deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran. And the haunting poetry of colonial judge Barron Field, who advanced the myth of terra nullius.
Author Malcolm Harris tells the story of Palo Alto, the Californian town that became a global powerhouse of capitalism; and Professor Jonathan Morris on the history of coffee - from ancient Ethiopia to the world.
The latest on the Voice referendum and food for thought on Maori democratic representation; Rania Abouzeid mourns the Lebanon of her ancestors and asks whether it can ever emerge from it's nightmare. Plus, the war been waged between man and rat in New York.
Bruce Shapiro on Trump's increasingly-likely New York indictment, as the world is running out of fresh water a UN Conference is hoping to find some urgent solutions and we meet the Indian feminist philosopher Periyar and find out why his ideas are so important today.
Laura Tingle says the substance of Paul Keating's arguments should be the focus of public debate rather than the manner in which he delivers them, former banker Satyajit Das says the collapse of two major banks is another indication we are on the verge of another Global Financial Crisis and Director Gillian Armstrong reflects on why Australia should cherish its national film, TV and radio school.
The 19th of March 2003 marked the beginning of the invasion of Iraq by the United States and the 'Coalition of the Willing'. 20 years on, award-winning Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reflects on how the invasion transformed his country; and former Australian diplomat to the Middle East Robert Bowker shares his own memories, and considers Australia's legacy in the Arab world.
We hear the reactions to AUKUS from across the neighbourhood, plus the maestro of political biographies Margaret Simons tells us what makes Tanya Plibersek tick.
Ian Dunt weighs in on AUKUS and the UK's plan to 'stop the boats'; journalist Rayhan Demytrie discusses the future of Georgia, a nation bordering Russia that's caught between east and west; And the long history of threats to Macquarie Island and the new plan to protect it.
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
Oxford historian and bestselling author Peter Frankopan joins Phillip Adams for an in-depth discussion about his new book The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, a revelatory look at world history through the lens of climate change.
In an International Women's Day special, we hear how women have been affected by cyclones in Vanuatu. Professor and Nyikina Warrwa woman Anne Poelina advocates for stronger land rights to combat climate change. Plus, we all know Cleopatra's story, but whatever happened to her daughter?
Bruce Shapiro on whether Joe Biden will run for a second term. Pakistani political royalty Fatima Bhutto on the war on women and whether female leadership makes a difference. Plus how needlepoint, weaving and music influenced Ada Lovelace's thinking on the early concept of computers.
Laura Tingle on the Government's change to superannuation taxation and Malcolm Turnbull's appearance at the robodebt Royal Commission; the future of New Zealand politics after Cyclone Gabrielle; and how a long mystery in Indigenous art was finally solved.
Workers are taking to the streets of France to protest a proposal to raise the retirement age; and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst reflects on the transformative power of literature, after receiving a life-changing diagnosis.
We look at what's been making news in Korea with journalist Jeongmin Kim and the chief White House speechwriter for former president Jimmy Carter, James Fallows, speaks movingly about America's most underrated president.
Naomi Smith on how UK PM Rishi Sunak is handling Brexit negotiations with Northern Ireland, the EU, and his own party. Why the world's biggest fishing region - Asia - is under threat. Plus the incredible true story of a French archaeologist’s crusade to save some of Egypt’s most priceless antiquities from destruction.
Laura Tingle on the need to step up cyber-security, proposals to improve whistleblower protection for public servants and the push for press freedom. Italy's new Opposition Leader is a young gay woman - while the young female PM Georgie Meloni is known for her anti-LGBTQI stance. And how Australia led the way on anti-smoking campaigns.
A case study of a massacre of Aboriginal people illustrates the extent of lying that accompanied that sort of violence. Plus how feminist play Betty can Jump's frank revelations stunned audiences and shocked the 1972 Melbourne theatre world.
Dana Morse joins us from Adelaide where From the Heart's 'Yes' campaign for the Voice to Parliament is being launched, then we discuss who Nigeria's next president might be after this weekend's elections, and animal behaviourist Ashley Ward takes us on a trip through not five, but fifty-three senses.
Bruce Shapiro on Biden's lightning visit to Ukraine, Behrouz Boochani on freedom, resistance and the need for a Royal Commission into our treatment of asylum seekers. Plus best-selling author Victoria Finlay weaves stories of our relationship with cloth.
Laura Tingle looks at the Yes campaign's week of action, the Defence Strategic Review and plans to change our super. Plus Ramachandra Guha on why Gandhi has become a problem for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
From pious to painless - the radical transformation of what it means to die well; and how the ability to swim has united and divided people around the world.
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
Ian Dunt reflects on the latest reshuffle of the UK Conservative Party leadership. Economist Yanis Varoufakis on his visits to Cuba and Mexico and his defence of Julian Assange. Plus, the origins of the exclamation mark with Dr Florence Hazrat.
Laura Tingle on Peter Dutton's apology for boycotting the Apology and more funding for Closing the Gap initiatives; how the political landscape in Türkiye could impact the earthquake recovery and how alcohol laws have worked - or not - across Australia, from temperance to today.
Political historian and journalist Chris Wallace investigates how prime ministerial biographies have impacted our leaders throughout Australia's history — for good and ill.
Tess Newton-Cain is back with a round-up of the latest news from across the Pacific. Siddharth Kara reveals the shocking truth about how cobalt mined in slavery-like conditions in the Congo is making it into our smartphones, laptops and EVs. Plus, we celebrate 30 years of one of RN's favourite programs: Awaye!
Bruce Shapiro on the Chinese spy balloon saga, Indigenous journalist Amy McQuire on Australia's disappearing black women and the tale of Australia's oldest university publishing house.
Laura Tingle looks at Lidia Thorpe's defection from The Greens and the shame of the Robodebt program; what will it take for Australia to regain its competitive edge in manufacturing and Filipino journalist Maria Ressa on how we can all hold the line against the erosion of democracy.
Re-examining Australia's 1999 military intervention in East Timor; and the history of the encyclopaedia - from ancient Greece to online Wikipedia.Guests: Craig Stockings, Australia’s official historian of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor. Professor of History at UNSW Canberra and author of ‘Born of Fire and Ash: Australian operations in response to the East Timor crisis 1999-2000'Simon Garfield, journalist and author of All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia
We discuss the latest news from Southeast Asia, how The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is disrupting lives and ecosystems in Uganda and the invention that forever changed our relationship with fish: the aquarium.
Ian Dunt on how Rishi Sunak is handling the UK's economic woes, why Peru is entering its eighth week of deadly protests and Edward Brooke-Hitching takes us on an unconventional tour through the oddities of art history.
Laura Tingle reviews the political history of arts funding. Meanjin's editor Esther Anatolitis and First Nations artistic director Wesley Enoch dissect the nation's new cultural policy. Historian Susan Broomhall shares the story of 'Lady' Maud Williams, the founder of an iconic Australian apple variety
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
Bruce Shapiro on California's tragic mass shootings. The history of individualism in America, and the educational legacy of violin teacher Shinichi Suzuki, founder of the Suzuki method.
Labor struggles to get political agreement on the Voice, where the war in Ukraine could head in 2023 and why cork is making a comeback.
John Farrow is the enigmatic, Australian born, Oscar-winning filmmaker who went to the very top in Hollywood, but obscured his past from all who knew him. Coral Browne began her life in 1930's Melbourne and went on to Hollywood fame, known for her outrageous private life and fabulous persona.
Tracey Holmes brings us three incredible stories: of the first woman to circumnavigate the world, an African American diver uncovering the lost ships of the transatlantic slave trade and the great female artists worthy of celebration.
In two riveting conversations, presenter Kylie Morris looks at the contributions that women have made as foreign correspondents and delves into the enduring magic of fairytales.
Elaine Pearson on her life as a human rights campaigner, Paola Totaro re-evaluates her sense of smell and Damien Lewis recounts the life of Josephine Baker - the spy.
Speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum has made it his mission to uncover the greatest speeches that were never delivered. Plus, we head into the afterlife with the wonderful Edward Brooks-Hitching.
A new book dives into a spectacular case of financial fraud, murder and exploitation in the global shipping industry, and why the glamorous Dr Ruja Ignatova is now on the FBI’s top ten most wanted fugitives list.
Joseph Sassoon tells the story of his distant relatives that founded the Sassoon dynasty - known as the Rothschilds of the East and Oliver Smith takes us on a tour of some of the eerie and fascinating abandoned wonders of the world.
A charming conversation to celebrate the BBC's centenary with the institution's official biographer David Hendy.
Author and India specialist John Zubrzycki on why we need to appreciate India's past, to understand its current delicate geopolitical situation.
James Heneage tells the tales of lesser known, but equally important aspects of Greek history over three millennia and Victor Sebestyen on how Budapest's geography has shaped the city torn between looking East to Russia and West to Europe.
Bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi says we must read dangerously and we travel to Christmas Island to see how the locals coped with the influx of asylum seekers, some of whom died on their shores.
How Hawaii has achieved a goal of having zero young women incarcerated and how prison radio shows around the world empowers people by enabling them to tell their own stories.
Nigerian writer Dipo Faloyin explains why Africa is not a country and Eloghosa Osunde talks about the challenges of living in Lagos for the LGBTQI community.
Professor Clive Hamilton has spent his life as a cage-rattler, speaking uncomfortable truths that have challenged us to review the way we think about the big issues.
Patrick Mullins and Matthew Ricketson discuss the importance of the ABC to Australian cultural life and John Pickup recounts some of the highlights of his long ABC career including covering the Melbourne Olympic Games.
First Nations astronomers Krystal de Napoli and Karlie Noon share ancient wisdom about the night skies and Helen O'Hara talks about the early dominance of women in Hollywood.
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
In one of our most inspiring discussions of 2022, Gen Z climate activists Anjali Sharma, Mya-Rose Craig and Vanessa Nakate share their hopes for the future with Phillip Adams. Plus, diplomat Paul Brummell takes us on a journey through the fascinating history of diplomatic gifts.
Zara Stone tells the story of the long history of plastic surgery being performed on prisoners as part of their rehabilitation and Elle Hardy takes us on a ride across the globe and back in history to explain the rise of pentacostalism.
Johann Hari on why our collective attention span is declining rapidly, plus Laurie Winkless explains why the science of friction is so integral to both the modern and natural world.
Roland Ennos talks to Phillip about the critical role that our relationship with wood has played in our evolution. Thomas Halliday also travels through time to immerse us in the ancient landscapes he recreates through his research as a paleobiologist.
As part of our 'Best Of' series, we revisit a chat that Phillip Adams had with legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange. Plus, in a moving conversation, Jonty Claypole talks about his lifelong speech impediment and makes the case for disfluency.
A look at the lives of two of Australia's leaders: former PM Bob Hawke, as seen through the eyes of biographer Troy Bramston, and feminist Wendy McCarthy on her life as an activist, a campaigner and a board member.
In this 'Best Of' edition of Late Night Live, a panel of experts consider the past, present and future of the Liberal Party. Plus, Dr Brian Klaas considers that perennial question: do the corrupt seek power, or does power corrupt?
It was the year of overturned abortion rights, a federal election, an infamous Oscars slap and a new European war. The year no one could afford a head of lettuce and the year a lettuce outlived a British Prime Minister. Join an all-star cast for a tour of the highs and lows of 2022.
The UK's annus horribilis, could Frank Bainimarama lose the Fiji election? And the history of the great Australian silence on the frontier wars in Tennant Creek.
Bruce Shapiro and Errin Haines join Phillip to discuss the latest in US politics, and what we can expect in 2023. Then Beverly Gage sheds a new light on J Edgar Hoover.
Laura Tingle and Niki Savva wrap up the year in Federal politics, Jennifer Hsu looks at the protests in China and the death of Jiang Zemin, and Konstantin Akinsha explains how an exhibition of Ukrainian art made its way safely to Madrid.
The contributions that nomads have made to human progress and the two Australian scientists who changed the course of World War Two.
The Medici, the Borgias, the Habsburgs, the Bonapartes, the Kennedys, the Kims... we take a tour of the families that have changed the course of history.
Bruce Shapiro brings us the latest on US politics, we look at the latest crackdown on free speech in India and two documentary filmmakers explore the intergenerational trauma of the Holocaust.
Laura Tingle brings us up to speed with the latest news from the Canberra bubble, Satyajit Das gives us an overview of the global economic trends he's watching as we head towards 2023 and one of Australia's greatest violin makers gets ready to hang up his tools.
John de Lury tells the story of captured CIA operative John Downey and what is say about the US and China relationship in the 1950s and historian Alan Atkinson shares his analysis on the complex and fascinating relationship between colonial figures, Elizabeth and John Macarthur.
Dana Morse reports on the latest Indigenous news from around the country, David Goldblatt explains that the World Cup in Qatar is just the latest example in a long history of 'Sportswashing' and Priyanka Kumar explains the importance of conversing with birds.
Bruce Shapiro talks to the muted response to Donald Trump's announcement he would run for President again in 2024, Chris Miller explains the war over microchip production and Mary Newman looks back on the cultural history of the humble coconut.
George Megalogenis explains the roots of Victoria's polarised political life, Kate Lyons, Makereta Waqavonovono and Netani Rika explain the challenges of moving a village affected by climate change in Fiji and Tom Griffiths and Jason Smith talk about the brilliant life and work of Australian artist Mandy Martin.
Dominique Roques discusses the ethical questions he faces as he roams the world looking for new fragrances and Paul Fischer reveals the mystery behind the first man to make a camera - and his name was Louis le Prince - not Thomas Edison.
Ian Dunt on the latest Downing Street drama, Palestinian writer Fida Jiryis tells the story of being a stranger in her own land and the long history of art as the victim of protest.
Ian Dunt on the latest Downing Street drama, Palestinian writer Fida Jiryis tells the story of being a stranger in her own land and the long history of art as the victim of protest.
Our panel of commentators discuss the messy results of the US midterms and what they might mean for the next election in 2024. Plus, a cultural history of polio.
Our panel of commentators discuss the messy results of the US midterms and what they might mean for the next election in 2024. Plus, a cultural history of polio.
Laura Tingle is back with the latest news from Canberra (and Bali) and in an LNL special we look at the past, present and future of Australia's war decision-making.
Laura Tingle is back with the latest news from Canberra (and Bali) and in an LNL special we look at the past, present and future of Australia's war decision-making.
Tess Newton Cain brings us up to speed with the latest news from the Pacific and Arrernte and Kalkadoon filmmaker Rachel Perkins confronts the horrors of the frontier wars and her own family's past.
Tess Newton Cain brings us up to speed with the latest news from the Pacific and Arrernte and Kalkadoon filmmaker Rachel Perkins confronts the horrors of the frontier wars and her own family's past.
Bruce Shapiro reports on the trends from the mid-terms, Joanna Lillis on the long and complicated relationship between Russia and Kazakhstan and the history of the trench coat.
Bruce Shapiro reports on the trends from the mid-terms, Joanna Lillis on the long and complicated relationship between Russia and Kazakhstan and the history of the trench coat.
Three Ancient Egyptian scholars dust off their boots and down tools to discuss their incredible discoveries and what life is like as a contemporary archaeologist.
Three Ancient Egyptian scholars dust off their boots and down tools to discuss their incredible discoveries and what life is like as a contemporary archaeologist.
Royce Kurmelovs' Canberra, will COP27 achieve real climate action for Africa and other countries severely impacted by climate change? And Oxford philosopher William MacAskill makes the case for longtermism.
Royce Kurmelovs' Canberra, will COP27 achieve real climate action for Africa and other countries severely impacted by climate change? And Oxford philosopher William MacAskill makes the case for longtermism.
Historian and author Professor Frank Bongiorno takes us on a colourful ride through our political evolution, including archival audio excerpts from the 1930s onwards.
Historian and author Professor Frank Bongiorno takes us on a colourful ride through our political evolution, including archival audio excerpts from the 1930s onwards.
Ian Dunt introduces the new UK PM, Rishi Sunak. The hidden influence of the world's most powerful consulting firm. And celebrating a radical cultural institution - the New Theatre.
Bruce Shapiro on the unwelcome link between Paul Pelosi and Elon Musk. Why 3D virtual universes need regulating, with Catriona Wallace. And author Eleanor Limprecht on the mostly forgotten leper colony at Sydney's Little Bay.
Bernard Keane's Canberra, plus Paddy Manning looks at how Lachlan Murdoch will manage his father's empire - if his siblings allow.
Kate Summerscale delves into the history of phobias and when and why we started to identify them and Kristina Gaddy tells the global story of the banjo and its roots in rebellion and religion.
What does Labor's first budget mean for Indigenous Australia? The similarities between Putin's Ukraine strategy to Nixon's in Vietnam, and could humans soon be speaking to whales?
Bruce Shapiro on the squeeze Biden is feeling from Congress on Ukraine, the legacy of the war crimes tribunal in Cambodia and we hear about that moment of transition from oral story telling to fixing those stories on stone and paper.
Laura Tingle previews the Federal Budget, Ian Dunt and Naomi Smith preview the vote for the new Prime Minister of the UK and Lucy Worsley reveals the surprising side of Agatha Christie.
Jim Davidson has written a new book about the literary lives of the founding editors of Meanjin and Overland, Clem Christesen and Stephen Murray-Smith. Plus, we meet the new Editor of Meanjin, powerhouse arts and culture advocate Esther Anatolitis.
UK PM Liz Truss may not last the week in the leadership, but does the Tory party have someone to replace her? Plus Margaret Throsby on 55 years behind the microphone and the most notable interviews of her career.
Bruce Shapiro looks at the what the Alex Jones ruling means for defamation laws and whether Donald Trump will honour the January 6 Committees' subpoena. Plus Climate 200 Convenor Simon Holmes à Court on how the Teals stormed the 2022 election.
Bernard Keane on the challenge of another flood disaster as we head into the budget, Ben Schneiders on how Australian businesses are structuring themselves to avoid paying the minimum wage and Dr Antonio Padilla takes us on a journey through the most fascinating numbers in the universe.
Coral Browne was an Australian born star of the stage and screen whose forgotten career is now being recognised and actor and singer Paul Robeson may have never got to China, but his rendition of their national anthem still resonates.
Pacific News with Tess Newton Cain, how stable is Xi Jinping's grip on power as he enters his third term and a journey through the world's forgotten wonders.
Joe Biden's response to Ukraine and Putin, Indonesia 20 years after the Bali bombing, and WA film-maker Tim Mummery on the extraordinary Worrorra artist, the late D Woolagoodja.
Laura Tingle's Canberra, Iran's growing protest movement, and putting women back into the art record.
An inside look at the complicated relationship between Barack Obama and Joe Biden plus Producer Al Clark on how film-making has changed since he came to Australia.
Less than one month into her premiership, Liz Truss is already in trouble. Plus, Clinton Fernandes questions Australia's independence when it comes to our foreign policy and we look at the cities going billboard-free.
A new Supreme Court term begins with trepidation in the US, and a panel of experts debate fresh ideas for the future of welfare in Australia.
A speechwriter has scoured the world for the speeches that would have changed history, but were never heard. Plus, a new look at the life of former prime minister Harold Holt.
Professor Clive Hamilton has spent his life as a cage-rattler, speaking uncomfortable truths that have challenged us to review the way we think about the big issues.
Dana Morse reports on the latest news from Indigenous Australia, Daniel Pick delves into the murky history of brainwashing and Ellie Marney tells the story of the young women coders who worked in Arlington Hall in the US decoding messages from Japan.
US Politics, the foreign fighters of Syria and the brilliant work of Tasmanian artist Patricia Giles.
Laura Tingle gives her analysis of the first day back in parliament after the death of the Queen, Sarah Maslin previews the election in Brazil and a tribute to Hilary Mantel.
Al Clark had a wild career in the music industry in the UK managing bands like The Sex Pistols before switching to film and moving to Australia.
How will the UK and India respond to the fact that Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in Ukraine, announcing 'partial mobilisation' and possible nuclear retaliation? Plus, inside the extraordinary mind of inventor Buckminster Fuller.
A humanitarian crisis is building in America's northern cities as Venezuelan asylum seekers are sent from southern states without warning. Plus, we talk to some of Australia's most impressive female foreign correspondents who tell us what it's like to report through their eyes.
The politics of the Queen's funeral, the republic and Indigenous grief. Could the military breakthrough in Kharkiv amount to a turning point in the war in Ukraine? And we meet some passionate fairy tale aficionados.
A fascinating look at the last 100 days of the Nixon Presidency and the character traits of Richard Nixon that brought him down.
Pacific leaders call for climate action, the history & myths of Angas Downs and the secret life of Josephine Baker.
Bruce Shapiro's America, Italy looks set to elect a neo-fascist coalition and the emotional toll of being a human rights campaigner.
Three fascinating women - Nell Frizzell on the future of the monarchy, Maya Jasanoff looks back on the empire and Paola Totaro on anosmia.
How wire-tapping was invented by criminals to be used by law enforcement and Nornie Bero takes you to the Torres Strait via the kitchen.
What can we expect from Britain's newest PM? Plus, Pakistan is reeling after horrific floods and we meet the man who suffered a ten-moth migraine and lived to tell the tale.
President Biden took aim at Trump and MAGA Republicans in an ominous speech. Ghana is, literally, a goldmine - yet the profits aren't flowing to the people. Plus, Australia's French connection.
The latest political news from Canberra, Satyajit Das on whether interest rates can tackle global inflation and the hidden women who made Melbourne what it is today.
Basketball giant Shaquille O'Neal causes a flurry, and where to find hope in the climate debate.
Eminent historian Sheila Fitzpatrick reflects on the life and legacy of the late Mikhail Gorbachev, and we bring you a conversation between Phillip and Gorbachev from the archives.
Discussions on politics, science, philosophy and culture, with fascinating and often controversia...
It's crime night on Late Night Live, as we hear the story of a global maritime conspiracy, and a billion dollar cryptocurrency con and the woman who got away with it.
Ros Taylor previews the change of PM in the UK, Rory Cormac takes us behind the scenes of staging a coup, and documenting the mystery behind the life of film maker John Farrow.
Bruce Shapiro's America, the enormous Saudi Arabian megalopolis of NEOM and why women have been misdiagnosed and medically misunderstood throughout history.
Laura Tingle on the fall-out from the Morrison Ministry scandal, the ripple effects of the Partition of India 75 years on and we follow the trench coat from the military to the movies.
Meet the young media operators who have decided to take a different approach to attract the next generation of news consumers. David Horner discusses how Australia decides to go to war.
Tess Newton Cain with the latest Pacific news. Two women advocating for a greater refugee voice in policy-making. Journalist Michael Pascoe reflects on mortality, masculinity and family.
As Liz Cheney's primary gets underway, Bruce reports on the further splitting among Republicans. A panel discussion on 20 years of Guantanamo. And our interview with Salman Rushdie on.. freedom of speech.
Laura Tingle has been trying to untangle, along with every other political journalist, the surprising multi-portfolio move by Morrison as PM. We learn more about who the Myanmar regime is, as they execute activists and exacerbate the civil war. And Joy McCann tells us Australian stories of the Antarctic.
In a special ABC Arts Week discussion, writer Maxine Beneba-Clarke, musician PilAto and art historian and curator Aindrea Emelife on using art to change perceptions. And, in the wake of recent executions in Myanmar Barry Jones on his updated edited collection of essays on the death penalty.
The Tory leadership race continues as the UK heads towards recession, Stephen McDonell takes us inside China and Mike Carlton on Australia's war in the Mediterranean.
What's behind the apparent FBI raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort? Plus, how a network of mates is making Australia unequal, and why we need to shake off our obsession with fluency.
John Barilaro tells a NSW parliamentary inquiry that he is the 'victim' of a scandal involving his appointment to lucrative New York trade role. Plus, one man's positive vision for an ecological democracy and the a millennial writer who left inner-city life to take over the family farm.
Three women risked their lives to protect diaries to implicate Hitler, and a journey through history to explain the mysteries of Japanese humour.
Journalist and photographer Andrew Quilty tells the story of the fall of Kabul through the eyes of its citizens and Glenn R Cooke tells the history of Queensland through its tea towels.
Bruce Shapiro talks tensions with the Taliban over the assassination of al-Zawahiri, we look at the progress of the PNG election and a new documentary looks back at the Franklin Dam protests of the 1980s.
Jack Latimore explains the many speed bumps to be overcome on the way to a referendum on the Voice, the arguments against the Mulga Rock uranium mine in WA and we remember polymath and creator of the Gaia theory James Lovelock.
What happens when Indigenous communities want to take traditional medicines to market? Plus, the lesser known history of the cradle of Western civilisation: Greece.
The leadership contest in the UK is down to two candidates, so who are Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss? Why are conservatives in the US embracing 'Orbánism' and what will it mean for the American right, and the long history of people coming up with their own ideas about how to stay well.
Laura Tingle on the tone of the 47th parliament, why we need a feminist foreign policy and the wild food of the Faroe Islands.
Late Night Live goes on an aural adventure to the bustling streets of Lagos and meets two writers who call the city home: Dipo Faloyin and Eloghosa Osunde. Dipo argues that we still have a lot of work to do to shake off stubborn stereotypes of Africa, while Eloghosa gives a voice to Lagos' 'vagabonds'.
Do regenerative agriculture practices hold the key to tackling the growing global food crisis, as well as environmental degradation and climate change? Plus, why it might be better to trust data, over our guts, when it comes to making life choices.
Bruce's take on Biden's fistbump with MBS in Saudi Arabia. Anne Applebaum analyses Russia's war against Ukraine. And Ali Millar on the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Bernard Keane with the latest on Auspol, Sri Lanka's presidential decision, and a friend and fellow film-maker's take on Kurt Vonnegut.
Three contributors to a new book called Lessons from History - Yves Rees, Frank Bongiorno and Carolyn Holbrook - discuss the under-appreciated political value of history. And Australian film-maker Ben Lewin has a new film out, starring Joanna Lumley and Danielle Macdonald; plus other interesting work in the pipeline.
Tess Newton-Cain reports from the Pacific Islands Forum, we find out how regional Victorian town of Yackandandah is getting to 100% renewable energy and Raphael Cormack delights us with stories from the roaring 20s in Cairo.
President Biden bears the brunt of America's bad news. Plus, how Hawaii reached its goal of having no young women in detention. And we meet Australia's quizmaster Brydon Coverdale AKA 'The Shark'.
Bernard Keane on the decision to drop the prosecution of Witness K's lawyer Bernard Collaery. Boris Johnson has finally succumbed to pressure to resign and remembering Shinzo Abe.
91-year-old Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers fame, compares his case to that of Julian Assange. And the evolving European colonist views of Australian mammals.
Tanya Denning-Orman with what's on NITV during NAIDOC week and three guests talk about the power of storytelling through different models of prison radio.
Another Supreme Court decision takes America backwards, this time in terms of action on climate change. Plus, the importance of protesting the new spate anti-protest laws creeping into Australia and the UK, and celebrating The Koori Mail.
Could Australia’s new closer relationship with NATO present us with some difficulties to navigate on the global stage?
To mark the 90th birthday of the ABC, former ABC employee John Pickup recalls just some of his terrifying and moving experiences during his 42 year career - from the Melbourne Olympic Games to his years in Broken Hill. Marion Consadine and Nicola Laurent explain what an ABC archivist does and why their job is so important to both the ABC and the country, particularly when celebrating a milestone like the 90th anniversary.
Bruce Shapiro unpacks the landmark Supreme Court decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, and what it means for American women and democracy. Then, we take a look at the wave of shareholder activism sweeping Japan and pushing companies to take stronger action on climate change. Plus, how landscape photography shaped settler colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and California.
'The Age' columnist George Megalogenis gives us the lowdown on PM Albanese's NATO attendance, Labor's bad luck with economic timing, and Victoria's new Ministry. A new billionaire was created very 30 hours during the pandemic, according to Oxfam. And a wide-ranging 2011 interview with Frank Moorhouse, who has just died.
Eminent Harvard-based Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy warns that nuclear accidents are a constant threat, as history tells us. And a very different history - the people who shaped the wildlife conservation movement.
Tess Newton Cain with the latest on the Pacific, Marianne Hanson and Alan Kuperman discuss Australia's nuclear submarine program and Sandy George takes on Australianness on screen.
Whispers of a looming recession in the United States are generating similar fears Down Under. Plus, a new report outlines how Australia can re-define its relationship with the Pacific. And the battle royale taking place in the United States between wolf lovers and haters.
The makeup of the Senate is now confirmed, with the addition today of some first-timers. Countries around the world are coming up with innovative ways of tackling migrant labour exploitation. And the thousands of non-British citizens - 'aliens' - who served in WW2, but were not to fire a weapon.
Journalist and academic Margaret Simons reveals why she is more depressed about the profession now than at any other point during her 40-year career, and what she thinks it might take to re-invent and improve our press. And British broadcaster and writer Jonathan Freedland on the first Jew to escape Auschwitz so that he could tell the world what was happening.
The latest on the 11th-hour intervention in the UK's Rwanda asylum plan and the Northern Ireland Protocol saga, the international efforts to rescue journalists and writers from the Taliban, and inaugural Shackleton Medal winner Dr. Heïdi Sevestre on 'black carbon' in the Artic Circle, and what it means for us all.
We unpack the first two days of the public hearings of the committee investigating the Capitol riot on January 6th 2021. Then, what will it take to prioritise trade over aid in the Pacific? Plus, a tribute to friend of the program, missing journalist Dom Phillips.
In the wake of the federal election, are there lessons for the Liberal Party in its Menzian roots? And, a miraculous lake and an ancient way of life in Cambodia are facing a perfect storm of problems.
Ancient Egyptian scholars Karin Sowada, Dimitri Laboury and Anna-Latifa Mourad-Cizek dust off their boots and down tools to discuss their incredible discoveries and what life is like as a contemporary archaeologist.
ABC Federal Reporter Dana Morse talks to the post election world for Indigenous Australia, Yaqiu Wang explains the Xinjiang police files data leak and Emma Smith encourages you to think about the functionality of books as well as the words inside.
As the House committee hearings into the January 6 Capitol riot begin, Bruce Shapiro compares and contrasts them to the Watergate hearings. A new report looks at mining company behaviour on Bougainville, as everyone jostles to benefit from the rich seams of copper and gold. And Victor Sebestyen takes us back through the rich history of Budapest.
Bernard Keane on the week in Canberra politics, Oliver Bullough explains how the UK became a butler to the world, and Jeff McGill on Rachel Kennedy - a colonial brumby hunter.
Lech Blaine's cover story for The Monthly takes us on the frenetic Australian election campaign ride. And as Britain considers re-introducing imperial measurements, we look at their international history.
Ian Dunt duly commemorates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, and discusses growing numbers against Boris Johnson. There are multiple threats from WA's huge Scarborough gas project. And the remarkable story, revisited 40 years later, of two older American women who brought a campervan full of hashish into Australia.
There's a renewed push for gun reform in the wake of the latest horrific school shooting in the US. Will this be the turning point? Plus, what an Indigenous-focused foreign policy could look like. And, a provocative book takes a fresh look at Winston Churchill, the man and the myth.
Laura Tingle’s Canberra looks at what Labor winning majority government will mean for the influence of the Teals and the Greens. How Putin has put the role of NATO back in the spotlight and a new project is examining a huge collection of ceramics salvaged from shipwrecks with the hope of returning them to their countries of origin.
The multicultural Christmas Island population has witnessed up close Australia's changing approaches to asylum seekers. And a roadmap to protect our oceans from the many pressures they face.
Tess Newton-Cain discusses the latest news from the Pacific, Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili explores China-Taliban relations and what is happening in the region since the US pulled out and Azar Nafisi on the power of 'reading dangerously'.
We retrace President Biden's steps through Asia and discuss the volatile situation in North Korea. Plus, the origins of Russia's propaganda and the roots of the 'Z' campaign we've been seeing; and a new film tracks the life and death of the last man to be executed in the GDR.
Laura Tingle and Niki Savva give their insights on the election results and the new Prime Minister, and Roland Ennos explains how wood has contributed to human evolution.
An LNL special feature, with biographer Nathan Hobby, and Karen Throssell, daughter of Ric Throssell and grand-daughter of Katharine Susannah Prichard
The UK's Northern Ireland Protocol Bill is straining EU relations. An internationally co-ordinated effort is underway to prevent a huge oil spill from a rusting ship off Yemen. And how our poor understanding of fractions allows us to be manipulated by politicians and others.
The US has been rocked by a racist mass shooting in Buffalo, investigative journalist Marian Wilkinson has been on the ground in the NSW Hunter region, listening to what voters are being told and promised and the story of a Nazi rocket scientist that ended up working in America after the war.
Laura Tingle and Niki Savva analyse the last weeks of the election campaign, Euan Ritchie and Sarah Bekessy on the biodiversity policies that should be in place and Antoinette Lattouf on how to have a conversation about racism on a personal and structural level.
Author and India specialist John Zubrzycki on why we need to appreciate India's past, to understand its current delicate geopolitical situation.
Sarah Collard reports on the issued that Indigenous Australians would like to see debated, Topher White explains how recycled phones are helping save rainforests and Ira Rutkow on the surprising history of surgery.
Two young Democrats who have won unprecedented victories in rural America have written a tough-love letter to their party. While Australia's arts sector suffers, countries like Ireland and the US are making big moves to resuscitate the arts. And Tania De Jong stars in a new musical about her grandparents and their amazing story of escape and survival through art.
Laura Tingle's Election 2022 looks at the role of independents in two key seats in SA: the state's most marginal seat of Boothby, and the surprise seat of Grey. Will the Senate race in SA see the return of Senator Rex Patrick, and will Nick Xenophon make a come-back ? The economic risks of dependence on the housing system and mineral wealth, and will election promises help with the housing affordability crisis?
Elizabeth Tynan has investigated the first nuclear test in Australia that took place not at Maralinga but at Emu Field and Lynette Wallworth talks about her career as a film maker and why she has come out from behind the camera to tell her own story of how she spent four years in a Christian cult.
Ian Dunt canvasses the important election in Northern Ireland this week, where it's expected Sinn Fein will prevail. India is suffering under a heatwave and blackouts and looking to coal for the solution. And colourful and poignant tales of hanging executions in colonial NSW.
Ian Dunt canvasses the important election in Northern Ireland this week, where it's expected Sinn Fein will prevail. India is suffering under a heatwave and blackouts and looking to coal for the solution. And colourful and poignant tales of hanging executions in colonial NSW.
A leaked draft reveals that the US Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights; A deeply personal look at the past, present and future of Hong Kong; Plus a review of a book about book reviewers.
A leaked draft reveals that the US Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights; A deeply personal look at the past, present and future of Hong Kong; Plus a review of a book about book reviewers.
How will the election play out in Queensland? The Marcos family on the cusp of regaining power in Philippines and the true story of Calamity Jane.
How will the election play out in Queensland? The Marcos family on the cusp of regaining power in Philippines and the true story of Calamity Jane.
David Runciman and Faith Gordon on why young voters matter. And the worldwide race against time to preserve and store Ukraine's cultural artefacts and library materials.
David Runciman and Faith Gordon on why young voters matter. And the worldwide race against time to preserve and store Ukraine's cultural artefacts and library materials.
Tess Newton-Cain explains the significance of security treaty with China for the Solomon Islands, we find out what is behind recent riots in Sweden and how did the history of the Persian Empire get rewritten by the Greeks.
Tess Newton-Cain explains the significance of security treaty with China for the Solomon Islands, we find out what is behind recent riots in Sweden and how did the history of the Persian Empire get rewritten by the Greeks.
Laura Tingle teams up with Dr Martin Drum in Fremantle to bring us the latest from the election campaign. Then Bruce Shapiro on Elon Musk's Twitter bid and the battle between Disney and Florida's governor Ron DeSantis. Plus, 1851 was a year that changed the world and it had a curious impact on the life of Charles Dickens.
Laura Tingle teams up with Dr Martin Drum in Fremantle to bring us the latest from the election campaign. Then Bruce Shapiro on Elon Musk's Twitter bid and the battle between Disney and Florida's governor Ron DeSantis. Plus, 1851 was a year that changed the world and it had a curious impact on the life of Charles Dickens.
Since Australia began their participation in international conflicts, there have been many that have opposed sending troops overseas. It was not only pacifists that resisted, but also Australian soldiers demonstrated their anti-war sentiment through desertion and through protest after the war was over. Historians Peter Stanley, Jon Piccini and Douglas Newton discuss why the stories of resistance should be part of Australia's military history.
Ian Dunt reports on Boris Johnson's police fines and their new Rwanda solution and Indigenous astrophysicists Karlie Noon and Krystal de Napoli explain the connections between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental and cultural practices and the behaviour of the stars.
Ian Dunt reports on Boris Johnson's police fines and their new Rwanda solution and Indigenous astrophysicists Karlie Noon and Krystal de Napoli explain the connections between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental and cultural practices and the behaviour of the stars.
Bruce Shapiro on the latest challenges for President Biden - gun violence, climate policy and mask mandates. And Rick Morton, Bridie Jabour and Farz Edraki recount stories from their childhoods spent in country Australia and how they influenced them to become the journalists and writers they are today.
Bruce Shapiro on the latest challenges for President Biden - gun violence, climate policy and mask mandates. And Rick Morton, Bridie Jabour and Farz Edraki recount stories from their childhoods spent in country Australia and how they influenced them to become the journalists and writers they are today.
Laura Tingle and Alex Johnston discuss the latest in the election campaign, plus we take a look at the role and limitations of the UN Security Council in the war in Ukraine, and the life of the pioneering Australian dancer Philippa Cullen.
Laura Tingle and Alex Johnston discuss the latest in the election campaign, plus we take a look at the role and limitations of the UN Security Council in the war in Ukraine, and the life of the pioneering Australian dancer Philippa Cullen.
Three women from Uganda, Bangladesh/Britain and Australia are striving to bring the voices of those most affected by the climate crisis to the front and centre. And John Shipton, Julian Assange's father, marks three years of Julian being held in custody, and talks about a new documentary called Ithaka.
Three women from Uganda, Bangladesh/Britain and Australia are striving to bring the voices of those most affected by the climate crisis to the front and centre. And John Shipton, Julian Assange's father, marks three years of Julian being held in custody, and talks about a new documentary called Ithaka.
David George Haskell has spent a lot of time listening to nature. He believes that we can learn a lot about evolution by listening to the noises that all living creatures make. But he is worried that humans are now dominating the soundscape which will have a devastating affect on sound diversity and will lead to further species loss.
David George Haskell has spent a lot of time listening to nature. He believes that we can learn a lot about evolution by listening to the noises that all living creatures make. But he is worried that humans are now dominating the soundscape which will have a devastating affect on sound diversity and will lead to further species loss.
Sarah 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.
Sarah 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.
The 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.
The 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 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.
Laura 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.
A 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.
A 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 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.
Ian 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.
America 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.
America 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 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.
Laura 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.
Patrick 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 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?
President 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 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.
Eddie 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 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.
Historic 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 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.
Chandran 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.
Sarah 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 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 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.
Howard French has written an acclaimed new book putting Africa and Africans front and centre in their contribution to the making of the modern world.
Ian 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 transatlantic slave trade.
President 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 legacy of Shane Warne and his place in the history of sport.
Journalist 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.
Bruce 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
News 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 on war, floods and the upcoming election, Russian troops advance towards Ukraine's capital Kyiv and are we eating ourselves to extinction?
The 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 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.
A 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.
The 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.
Pentecostalism'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.
How 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.
As 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 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.
How 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 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.
Debates 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.
Debates 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.
Laura 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.
Laura 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.
A new history of the BBC looks back at the people who made it what it is, and the people it serves.
A new history of the BBC looks back at the people who made it what it is, and the people it serves.
Tess 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.
Tess 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 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.
Bruce 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.
Crikey'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?
Crikey'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 returns for 2022 to talk Westminster parties and the Ukraine, and Johann Hari explains why a digital detox is harder than you might imagine
Ian 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
The 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.
The 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 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.
Bruce 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 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.
Laura 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.
Bernadette Brennan discusses her biography of the brilliant but enigmatic author, Gillian Mears.
Bernadette Brennan discusses her biography of the brilliant but enigmatic author, Gillian Mears.
Marc David Baer explains why the history of the Ottoman Empire should be considered part of European history and Jamie Mackay takes us through the many empires that left a mark on the island of Sicily
Marc David Baer explains why the history of the Ottoman Empire should be considered part of European history and Jamie Mackay takes us through the many empires that left a mark on the island of Sicily
ANU anthropologist Christine Helliwell tells the story of a secret mission to infiltrate Borneo, under Japanese occupation.
ANU anthropologist Christine Helliwell tells the story of a secret mission to infiltrate Borneo, under Japanese occupation.
Brandon 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.
Brandon 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.
What is the biological purpose of the handshake and why has it outlasted other forms of greeting?
What is the biological purpose of the handshake and why has it outlasted other forms of greeting?
Edmund Richardson recounts the story of Charles Masson, a self-taught archaeologist, and his quest to find the lost city of Alexandria.
Edmund Richardson recounts the story of Charles Masson, a self-taught archaeologist, and his quest to find the lost city of Alexandria.
Clothing historian Lucy Adlington on the ‘The Dressmakers of Auschwitz' and Charlie English's account of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill.
Clothing historian Lucy Adlington on the ‘The Dressmakers of Auschwitz' and Charlie English's account of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill.
They're very resource hungry and yet skyscrapers are, and will remain essential to future living, and the hounding of singer Billie Holiday by the FBI.
They're very resource hungry and yet skyscrapers are, and will remain essential to future living, and the hounding of singer Billie Holiday by the FBI.
Environmental historian Emily O’Gorman explains why it's a mistake to set wetlands aside as areas not available for human interaction and use. Philosopher Lee McIntyre urges a push back against science denial and disinformation. David Rooney on how clocks have been deployed as instruments of faith, money and power, imposing social order and regulating behaviour.
Environmental historian Emily O’Gorman explains why it's a mistake to set wetlands aside as areas not available for human interaction and use. Philosopher Lee McIntyre urges a push back against science denial and disinformation. David Rooney on how clocks have been deployed as instruments of faith, money and power, imposing social order and regulating behaviour.
Stuart Kell, author of Sold down the River: How robber barons and Wall Street traders cornered Australia’s water market. Gideon Haigh looks at Doc Evatt's legal rather than political legacy.
Stuart Kell, author of Sold down the River: How robber barons and Wall Street traders cornered Australia’s water market. Gideon Haigh looks at Doc Evatt's legal rather than political legacy.
Quentin Beresford analyses the environmental history of the basin. Anne Sebba's 'Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy'
Quentin Beresford analyses the environmental history of the basin. Anne Sebba's 'Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy'
Richard Beasley's provocative account of what has gone wrong in the Murray Darling Basin. Hal Whitehead on how sperm whales communicate. Nancy Wisser's weird and wonderful world of Stonehenge replicas.
Richard Beasley's provocative account of what has gone wrong in the Murray Darling Basin. Hal Whitehead on how sperm whales communicate. Nancy Wisser's weird and wonderful world of Stonehenge replicas.
Phillip Adams sits down with Peter Cosgrove for a wide ranging discussion about Australia, its democracy and its future.
Phillip Adams sits down with Peter Cosgrove for a wide ranging discussion about Australia, its democracy and its future.
Wayne 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.
Wayne 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.
The koala is in real danger of extinction and yet politics are preventing any effective action being taken to protect them.
The koala is in real danger of extinction and yet politics are preventing any effective action being taken to protect them.
So often the complex issue of justice is viewed through the legal prism of criminal, distributive or procedural justice. But Dr Rowan Williams and Mary Zournazi argue that justice needs to confront individuals' suffering as well as the deep patterns of violence and denial in society.
So often the complex issue of justice is viewed through the legal prism of criminal, distributive or procedural justice. But Dr Rowan Williams and Mary Zournazi argue that justice needs to confront individuals' suffering as well as the deep patterns of violence and denial in society.
Stephen Pyne's history of fire and humanity's complicated love-hate relationship with it. Patrick Nunn explores the possibility that some stories of drowned civilisations might shed light on actual geological events that happened multiple millennia ago.
Stephen Pyne's history of fire and humanity's complicated love-hate relationship with it. Patrick Nunn explores the possibility that some stories of drowned civilisations might shed light on actual geological events that happened multiple millennia ago.
Jackie 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.
Jackie 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.
Where 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.
Where 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.
Jon Lee Anderson has been a foreign correspondent for over 40 years and Staff writer with the New Yorker Magazine. He shares with Phillip the highs and lows of an extraordinary career across continents.
Jon Lee Anderson has been a foreign correspondent for over 40 years and Staff writer with the New Yorker Magazine. He shares with Phillip the highs and lows of an extraordinary career across continents.
Ashley Gray tells the untold story of the rebel West Indian cricketers who toured apartheid South Africa. Australia’s ‘scuba-diving philosopher’ Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the evolution of animal consciousness.
Ashley Gray tells the untold story of the rebel West Indian cricketers who toured apartheid South Africa. Australia’s ‘scuba-diving philosopher’ Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the evolution of animal consciousness.
Simon Winchester on how people's relationship to land, its borders and its ownership have changed over time and geography.
Simon Winchester on how people's relationship to land, its borders and its ownership have changed over time and geography.
Isabel Allende explores how feminism has shaped her life over the past seven decades. Jennifer Higgie documents the lives of women artists and their self-portraits.
Isabel Allende explores how feminism has shaped her life over the past seven decades. Jennifer Higgie documents the lives of women artists and their self-portraits.
Our cheery panel find the humour in some of the most challenging parts of a difficult year.
Our cheery panel find the humour in some of the most challenging parts of a difficult year.
Ian Dunt's final commentary for 2021 on UK politics and society. Playwright David Williamson's warts and all autobiography.
Ian Dunt's final commentary for 2021 on UK politics and society. Playwright David Williamson's warts and all autobiography.
Bruce Shapiro looks back at the successes and failures of 2021 for America and its President, Brendan Borrell recounts the epic race for the COVID-19 vaccine and Dennis Duncan reveals the unexpected history of the book index.
Bruce Shapiro looks back at the successes and failures of 2021 for America and its President, Brendan Borrell recounts the epic race for the COVID-19 vaccine and Dennis Duncan reveals the unexpected history of the book index.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, political economist Yanis Varoufakis discusses a difficult year in global politics and Adrian Fisher reveals what life is like as the world's leading maze designer.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, political economist Yanis Varoufakis discusses a difficult year in global politics and Adrian Fisher reveals what life is like as the world's leading maze designer.
Mae Ngai explains how the racism that the thousands of Chinese found on the goldfields of California and Australia in the 19th century has had a lasting influence on East-West relations today, and Rebecca Solnit explains how seeing George Orwell's garden, in particular his roses, changed her whole perception of him.
Mae Ngai explains how the racism that the thousands of Chinese found on the goldfields of California and Australia in the 19th century has had a lasting influence on East-West relations today, and Rebecca Solnit explains how seeing George Orwell's garden, in particular his roses, changed her whole perception of him.
An acting legend has died, and there's still a push for better protection for indigenous cultural sites. What now for The Solomons, after riots and unrest. And American/Australian scholar Ethan Blue tells a powerful and disturbing story of US deportation.
An acting legend has died, and there's still a push for better protection for indigenous cultural sites. What now for The Solomons, after riots and unrest. And American/Australian scholar Ethan Blue tells a powerful and disturbing story of US deportation.
Bruce Shapiro on the latest court cases holding America's attention, Peter Lewis on creating a digital public square and Marion Maddox on Charles Strong's Australian Church (and on the Religious Discrimination Bill).
Bruce Shapiro on the latest court cases holding America's attention, Peter Lewis on creating a digital public square and Marion Maddox on Charles Strong's Australian Church (and on the Religious Discrimination Bill).
Laura Tingle has the latest on Canberra politics, Barat Ali Batoor discusses the long history of Afghan refugees in Australia and Zoe Playdon tells the story of trans trailblazer Ewan Forbes.
Laura Tingle has the latest on Canberra politics, Barat Ali Batoor discusses the long history of Afghan refugees in Australia and Zoe Playdon tells the story of trans trailblazer Ewan Forbes.
Howard French has written an acclaimed new book putting Africa and Africans front and centre in their contribution to the making of the modern world.
Howard French has written an acclaimed new book putting Africa and Africans front and centre in their contribution to the making of the modern world.
The Guardian's diplomatic editor on Boris's bizarre speech and the British role in AUKUS, a close look at Covid restriction protestors, and Australia might not be famous for our mountains but there's lots to appreciate about them.
The Guardian's diplomatic editor on Boris's bizarre speech and the British role in AUKUS, a close look at Covid restriction protestors, and Australia might not be famous for our mountains but there's lots to appreciate about them.
Bruce Shapiro on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict and what it means for America's open carry gun laws. Andrew Rosser considers whether Australia does enough to engage and connect with its diaspora. Media historian Jeannine Baker looks at the crucial but long-hidden role of the women who made Australian TV happen.
Bruce Shapiro on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict and what it means for America's open carry gun laws. Andrew Rosser considers whether Australia does enough to engage and connect with its diaspora. Media historian Jeannine Baker looks at the crucial but long-hidden role of the women who made Australian TV happen.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra politics, Julian Meyrick discusses how to revive the arts post Covid and David Henkin tells the fascinating history of the seven-day week.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra politics, Julian Meyrick discusses how to revive the arts post Covid and David Henkin tells the fascinating history of the seven-day week.
First the history of medical transplants that goes way back further in history than you might imagine, and then we find out the history of the Berndt Collection of notebooks and artefacts gathered in the 1940s and why they are currently inaccessible to the Gurindji people who are the subject of the collection.
First the history of medical transplants that goes way back further in history than you might imagine, and then we find out the history of the Berndt Collection of notebooks and artefacts gathered in the 1940s and why they are currently inaccessible to the Gurindji people who are the subject of the collection.
Tess Newton Cain surveys reaction across the Pacific to Glasgow's Climate Change Summit. Frank Vogl discusses how the West aids and abets authoritarian rulers who plunder their nations' resources. Gum trees, the Southern Cross or the Boomerang? Historian Richard White discusses the iconic symbols of Australia and considers how they were determined and created.
Tess Newton Cain surveys reaction across the Pacific to Glasgow's Climate Change Summit. Frank Vogl discusses how the West aids and abets authoritarian rulers who plunder their nations' resources. Gum trees, the Southern Cross or the Boomerang? Historian Richard White discusses the iconic symbols of Australia and considers how they were determined and created.
Bruce Shapiro on the court cases that have America on edge, what is going on at the border between Belarussia and Poland and a memoir about growing up in communist Albania.
Bruce Shapiro on the court cases that have America on edge, what is going on at the border between Belarussia and Poland and a memoir about growing up in communist Albania.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, lawyer Kieran Pender looks at changes to whistleblower legislation
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, lawyer Kieran Pender looks at changes to whistleblower legislation
Kate Fortmueller and Kevin Sanson explore labor conditions for "below the line" workers in Hollywood and how they impacts sets across the world, and Lynne Carpenter-Boggs discusses her world-first study into composting human bodies.
Kate Fortmueller and Kevin Sanson explore labor conditions for "below the line" workers in Hollywood and how they impacts sets across the world, and Lynne Carpenter-Boggs discusses her world-first study into composting human bodies.
Bruce Shapiro with the latest from Washington, how the LaTrobe Valley is preparing for the post-coal world and although the dish at Parkes turns 60, it is still being used to monitor space travel.
Bruce Shapiro with the latest from Washington, how the LaTrobe Valley is preparing for the post-coal world and although the dish at Parkes turns 60, it is still being used to monitor space travel.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Eddie Snyot discusses deporting Indigenous Australians and James Griffith's new book explores the politics of languages.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Eddie Snyot discusses deporting Indigenous Australians and James Griffith's new book explores the politics of languages.
Judith Brett discusses the shifts she has seen in the political landscape in her 40 years of observation and writing and Bain Attwood tells the story of William Cooper's petition to the King for Indigenous representation in Federal Parliament almost 75 years ago. He believed that there was an urgent need for someone capable of 'thinking black' in developing government policies.
Judith Brett discusses the shifts she has seen in the political landscape in her 40 years of observation and writing and Bain Attwood tells the story of William Cooper's petition to the King for Indigenous representation in Federal Parliament almost 75 years ago. He believed that there was an urgent need for someone capable of 'thinking black' in developing government policies.
Sarah Collard, NITV's political correspondent, has an update on Indigenous news and issues. Political philosopher Jeremy Moss explains why Australia's major carbon exporters have a moral responsibility to share the burden of climate transition. Archaeologist Tamara Lewit goes in search of the children largely missing from the history of ancient Rome.
Sarah Collard, NITV's political correspondent, has an update on Indigenous news and issues. Political philosopher Jeremy Moss explains why Australia's major carbon exporters have a moral responsibility to share the burden of climate transition. Archaeologist Tamara Lewit goes in search of the children largely missing from the history of ancient Rome.
Bruce Shapiro on the latest court case out of Guantanamo and also Texas where a new law challenging the right to an abortion is heading to the Supreme Court. Lara Marlowe reminisces about her life as a foreign correspondent with Robert Fisk, a regular on Late Night Live who died last year.
Bruce Shapiro on the latest court case out of Guantanamo and also Texas where a new law challenging the right to an abortion is heading to the Supreme Court. Lara Marlowe reminisces about her life as a foreign correspondent with Robert Fisk, a regular on Late Night Live who died last year.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Rebecca Vincent reports from Julian Assange's extradition appeal and Eddie Mueller discusses the endurance of film noir.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Rebecca Vincent reports from Julian Assange's extradition appeal and Eddie Mueller discusses the endurance of film noir.
Marc David Baer explains why the history of the Ottoman Empire should be considered part of European history and Jamie Mackay takes us through the many empires that left a mark on the island of Sicily
Marc David Baer explains why the history of the Ottoman Empire should be considered part of European history and Jamie Mackay takes us through the many empires that left a mark on the island of Sicily
Ian Dunt sets the UK scene for COP26 starting on Sunday,and discusses the rising Covid hospitalisations. The burgeoning Indian Australian population could reshape ties between the two countries. And Nadia Wassef, one of the founders of the Diwan bookstores in Cairo, has written a book about these iconic cultural oases.
Ian Dunt sets the UK scene for COP26 starting on Sunday,and discusses the rising Covid hospitalisations. The burgeoning Indian Australian population could reshape ties between the two countries. And Nadia Wassef, one of the founders of the Diwan bookstores in Cairo, has written a book about these iconic cultural oases.
Bruce Shapiro on President Joe Biden's struggle to get his climate policy in place before Glasgow, Rasha Al-Aqeedi on the upcoming Iraqi elections and Sam Knight on the dark side of Britain's stately homes.
Bruce Shapiro on President Joe Biden's struggle to get his climate policy in place before Glasgow, Rasha Al-Aqeedi on the upcoming Iraqi elections and Sam Knight on the dark side of Britain's stately homes.
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Helen Sullivan discusses a Syrian seed bank and Martyn Lyons examines the thousands of letters written to Prime Minister Robert Menzies.
Shashi Tharoor on how post-colonial nationalism in India has been perverted under Prime Minister Modi and Paul van Reyk looks at what the history of food in Australia tells us about ourselves.
The realities of PNG's Covid situation in the provinces are emerging. Development plans in the NT are creating controversies over water. And UK writer Alice Hattrick has been examining mystery illness - an experience she knows well.
Bruce Shapiro looks back over the achievements of Colin Powell, Tony Kevin looks back at the sinking of the SIEV-X twenty years ago and Ross Barnett discusses the risks and rewards of bringing the woolly mammoth back to life.
Laura Tingle has the latest on Canberra politics, Lucie Newsome discusses why sons are favoured to inherit the family farm and journalists Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson examine the disappearance of a man from a tiny outback town.
What happened in 1911 when many brilliant minds of the era like Marie Cure and Albert Einstein meet at a conference in Brussels and what we can learn from ancient civilisations about how to live with nature.
The UK's early response to Covid has been condemned, but life now under Covid is relatively 'normal'. Lech Blaine's Quarterly Essay looks at elites' misuse of the larrikin identity.
Bruce Shapiro on the journalists who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Andrew Quilty and Nadene Ghouri report on the latest from Afghanistan and Tom Wright tells the story of Leonard Francis, the scandalous US Navy contractor.
Amy 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.
Evan 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.
Wilcannia'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 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, in a program-length feature interview, is frank, funny and flirtatious as she discusses her life, family, work and facing death.
Bernadette Brennan discusses her biography of the brilliant but enigmatic author, Gillian Mears.
There 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.
Bruce 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 with the latest from Canberra, Roger Pulvers and Koichi Nakano on Japan's upcoming elections and Anna Nagurney on the great shipping container shortage.
Greg 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 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
Bruce 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 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.
Lucy 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?
A 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'.
The 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 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
Sharon 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.
Shahni 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.
Bruce 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 the lack of transparency in Canberra, Emily O'Gorman on the Murray Darling wetlands and Arnold Zable on the 100th anniversary of PEN
The 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.
Ian 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.
Bruce 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
Laura 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.
We 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.
The 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.
Bruce 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.
Laura Tingle on the new geopolitics of Afghanistan, Quentin Beresford on the Murray Darling and Frank Westerman on finding humanity in pre-historic skulls.
Why 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.
There 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 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 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.
Oliver 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.
COVID_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 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 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.
Dennis 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.
The 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 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 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.
The 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.
Fiji'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 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 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.
The 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?
The 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.
Associate 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.
Laura Tingle on carparks and COVID chaos, the complex history of people smugglers and why Juanita Nielsen's disappearance is still an important story.
Dan 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.
Louisa 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.
Commentator 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.
Laura 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 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.
Ian Dunt with the latest on UK politics and journalist Gideon Haigh on the legal life and legacy of Doc Evatt.
US 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.
Laura 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.
Christine 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.
Tess 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
Bruce 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.
Laura 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.
Ian 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.
Bruce 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 Barnaby Joyce the leader of Nats (again), and 100th anniversary of China's Communist Party
Academic 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
Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, Rod Barton's discusses his spy career and Edmund Richardson on a mysterious archaeologist.
The koala is in real danger of extinction and yet politics are preventing any effective action being taken to protect them.
Where 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 design at Fashion Week, Christmas Island's radical past, and the mystery sleeping illness
Bruce 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.
Laura 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.
Almost 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.
Ian 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.
US 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 on the political fallout from the Melbourne lockdown, safely managing the mouse plague and pushing boundaries on voluntary euthanasia legislation.
Yosano 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.
Tess 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.
Commentator 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.
Laura 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.
In 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 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 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 on what was missing from the budget, Nancy Wisser on Clonehenge and Max Quinn on making films in the polar extremes.
Jackie 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.
Hannah 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.
Bruce 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 with a budget preview, Arundhati Roy on COVID in India and Janice Hume on the social history of obituaries.
From 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.
Ian 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 has the latest from the US, analyst Fiona Mullen gives an insight into a divided Cyprus and Janine Burke contemplates trees.
Laura Tingle on the latest from Canberra, two women on the latest protests from Myanmar and John Bell on leadership and Shakespeare.
We 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.
Tess 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.
Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, writer Richard Flanagan examines Tasmania's salmon industry and historian Babette Smith discusses convict women.
Laura 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.
Often 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.
Ian Dunt surveys the political and social landscape in Britain. Ed Caesar tells the disturbing story of how North Korea coordinates hackers to steal and wreck havoc around the world. Sarah Krasnostein's new book Believers: encounters with love, death and faith.
We speak to Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, including the trial into George Floyd's death, and catch up with Australian novelist and journalist Geraldine Brooks.
Laura Tingle on the latest from National Cabinet, David Phinnemore on what's behind the recent violence in Northern Ireland and Jon Drori on eighty remarkable plants.
30th anniversary of the report from the Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in Custody; Recycling oil rigs, and how 2600 Jewish families escaped from Lithuania during WW2
Staff writer with the New Yorker Magazine, Jon Lee Anderson has been a foreign correspondent for over 40 years, and shares with Phillip the highs and lows of an extraordinary career across continents.
Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, Shankar Kasynathan and Ali Al Bataat on community refugee programs and Kate Crawford on the perils of artificial intelligence.
Laura Tingle on the latest adjustment to the COVID vaccine rollout, Satyajit Das on modern monetary theory and Meredith Burgmann and Nadia Wheatley on the 60s radicals.
Brandon 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.
Ian Dunt assesses Keir Starmer's first year as Labour party leader. Julian Assange's father, John Shipton, discusses the campaign to free his son from gaol and stop his extradition to the USA. Helen Lewis introduces us to some of the most difficult feminists in history.
Bruce Shapiro on the latest from America, Libya's newly-elected interim government and Russian migration to Australia during the Cold War.
So often the complex issue of justice is viewed through the legal prism of criminal, distributive or procedural justice. But Dr Rowan Williams and Mary Zournazi argue that justice needs to confront individuals' suffering as well as the deep patterns of violence and denial in society.
Phillip Adams sits down for a wide ranging discussion about Australia, its democracy and its future.
Tess Newton Cain surveys the issues, politics and people of the Pacific. Stan Grant discusses his new book With the Falling of the Dusk: A Chronicle of the World in Crisis. Background Briefing journalist Alex Mann previews his report on white right wing extremists.
Bruce Shapiro has the latest from the US, Journalist Farid Farid and International Chamber of Shipping's Guy Platten discuss the Suez saga and Alexander Bell's misguided war on sign language and deaf culture.
Amy Remeikis from the Guardian on Canberra politics, Andrew Quilty reports on the Afghan perspective on the Brereton Report and Hal Whitehead on sperm whales.
The growing popularity of 'Doughnut Economics', and the story of rebel West Indian cricketers who toured apartheid South Africa.
Ian Dunt on the Scottish election, Mustafa Qadri on the millions of migrant workers in the Gulf and bringing artist A H Fullwood back to life
Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, journalist and author Gavin Esler on how Britain ends and we remember writer and activist Nawal El Saadawi.
Against a backdrop of reports of lewd behaviour in Parliament House - Laura Tingle reviews the week in national politics. PNG's health system struggles as COVID cases soar. The stories of two overlooked members of an 1872 expedition to Cape York as told by their descendants.
How is it that the world's richest country, the United States, also has the highest levels of poverty? And how the past is remembered in Spain and in Australia.
Jack Latimore's update on Indigenous news and issues. Trevor Todd tells the story of Edith Cowan's centenary as Australia's first female member of Parliament. Lisandro Claudio examines the rise of authoritarianism in South-East Asia and discusses liberalism and the push back against the autocrats.
Bruce Shapiro surveys another week in US politics. Richard Beasley's lively and provocative account of what has gone wrong with the water plan for the Murray Darling basin. Anne- Marie Tosolini discusses her research on the fossil record in the Antarctic and it's relevance for climate change today.
Bruce Shapiro discusses the latest from the US, author Richard Beasley on the Murray Darling and Palaeontologist Anne-Marie Tosolini on fossils in Antarctica.
Laura Tingle on the marches across Australia, Eliot Higgins on Bellingcat and Mahmood Fazal on Omar bin Laden
Ten years after the Fukushima earthquake disaster, Japan plans to expand its nuclear power sector; and the impossible history of Australia's Argyle diamonds, its 'pinks' in particular.
Ian Dunt's update on British politics and society. Fadzie Mushonga observes the effect that the militarisation of conservation is having on workers and local populations. Jane Montgomery previews an epic 8 hour performance of Homer's Illiad this weekend in Melbourne.
Bruce Shapiro with the latest from the US, Andrew Wilson on the politics of Belarus and Giovanni Catelli discusses the death of French philosopher Albert Camus.
Laura Tingle on the latest from Canberra, a new doco on the pioneer women of surfing and the women journalists who reported from the Vietnam War
They're very resource hungry and yet skyscrapers are, and will remain essential to future living, and the hounding of singer Billie Holiday by the FBI