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Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
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Isabel Allende's promise, and Louise Adler tackles antisemitism
Isabel Allende has sold more than 80 million books, drawing on a life shaped by exile, political upheaval and personal tragedy. Now, in her eighties, she reflects on the art of storytelling, the power of …
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Isabel Allende has sold more than 80 million books, drawing on a life shaped by exile, political upheaval and personal tragedy. Now, in her eighties, she reflects on the art of storytelling, the power of imagination and why she believes stories matter in an age of rising authoritarianism. Plus, Louise Adler and Bishop George Browning examine the impact of the Israel-Palestine conflict on Australian society and politics, which is the subject of the Manning Clark and Dymphna Clark Lecture they will jointly deliver on 17 November, 2026.
Guests:
- Isabel Allende, writer
- Louise Adler, former publisher, former Adelaide Writers’ Week Director and member of the Jewish Council of Australia’s Advisory Committee.
- Bishop George Browning - Anglican Bishop of Canberra Goulburn (retired), former President and now Patron of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN), Patron of Palestinian Christians in Australia, patron of Jerusalem-based Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center.
Get in touch: Email us at [email protected]
The telephone patent wars, plus the films lost to history
The arrival of the telephone changed the world. In the USA, the first country to rapidly commercialise everyday phone usage, one company dominated that rollout: Bell. Alexander Graham Bell, while not the sole …
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The arrival of the telephone changed the world. In the USA, the first country to rapidly commercialise everyday phone usage, one company dominated that rollout: Bell. Alexander Graham Bell, while not the sole inventor of the phone, led its development, and secured the patent. Plus, writer Simon Miraudo, unearths cinema’s lost history, from films destroyed in fires to entire works erased from existence.
Guests:
- James Gleick, science writer and historian, Author of 'The Telephone: A New History' (Picador)
- Simon Miraudo, writer and film critic.
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Ian Dunt's UK, Poland's court crisis, and when rock arches collapse
Our regular UK political commentator Ian Dunt on why his country should temper its reaction to the US midterm results. How a dispute over which judges dominate a court could determine who rules Poland. And the …
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Our regular UK political commentator Ian Dunt on why his country should temper its reaction to the US midterm results. How a dispute over which judges dominate a court could determine who rules Poland. And the world's rock arches are precious, but inevitably, will fall.
Guests:
- Ian Dunt, columnist with i-news, co-host of the Origin Story podcast
- Bartosz Brzesinski, senior reporter for Politico Europe
- Jeffrey Moore, hiker, and Professor of Geology and Physics, University of Utah
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Can Gadi Eisenkot end the Netanyahu era? Plus Richard Dawkins on AI and selfish genes
Israel's opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has been asked to form the next government, putting an end to Benjamin Netanyahu's long political dominance. The former army chief now faces the task of assembling a …
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Israel's opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has been asked to form the next government, putting an end to Benjamin Netanyahu's long political dominance. The former army chief now faces the task of assembling a governing coalition and navigating Israel's deep political divisions. Plus, Professor Richard Dawkins reflects on fifty years since writing The Selfish Gene, where developments in artificial intelligence might take us, and whether he's at risk of a death-bed conversion to believing in god.
Guests:
- Irris Makler, veteran Israel correspondent
- Professor Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and author
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Why pessimism is growing in Australia, plus when to join a war and when to exit one
The newly-published 20th annual Scanlon Foundation report into Australia's social cohesion has found that more and more Australians are feeling pessimistic about the future, amid growing financial pressures …
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The newly-published 20th annual Scanlon Foundation report into Australia's social cohesion has found that more and more Australians are feeling pessimistic about the future, amid growing financial pressures. But social cohesion remains fairly robust, with most Australia broadly supportive of immigration. Plus, the former Australian soldier and military strategist Professor David Kilcullen considers when (if ever) it is justified for a nation to intervene in the affairs of another - with troops, money or force.
Guests:
- Dr James O'Donnell, demographer at ANU; lead investigator, Scanlon Foundation
- Dr David Kilcullen, Professor of War Studies at the University of New South Wales; Professor of Practice at Arizona State University, and CEO of the geopolitical risk analysis firm Cordillera Applications Group
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Bruce Shapiro's US midterms wrap, plus gun control in Renaissance Italy
US correspondent Bruce Shapiro brings his analysis of the 'blue wave' that saw the Democrats take both the House and the Senate in a resounding repudiation of Trumpian politics in the US mid-term elections. Did …
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US correspondent Bruce Shapiro brings his analysis of the 'blue wave' that saw the Democrats take both the House and the Senate in a resounding repudiation of Trumpian politics in the US mid-term elections. Did any potential presidential candidates emerge? What's the future for the Republicans, and what can the Democrats achieve with Donald Trump threatening to veto their legislation? Plus in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries technological developments meant guns became small enough and affordable enough to be used by ordinary men. Italy led the way, helped along by Leonardo da Vinci. They caused havoc, and posed a difficult question for rulers - how to balance their need for defence versus how to control the use of guns in everyday life.
Guests:
- Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma.
- Catherine Fletcher, author of The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires
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The Uyghurs found fighting in Syria, plus the Sally Rooney censorship furore
When the Assad regime fell in Syria in 2024, NPR correspondent Emily Feng was surprised to find thousands of Uyghurs amongst the victorious rebel forces. What were they doing there and why were they fighting? …
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When the Assad regime fell in Syria in 2024, NPR correspondent Emily Feng was surprised to find thousands of Uyghurs amongst the victorious rebel forces. What were they doing there and why were they fighting? Plus, bestselling author Sally Rooney and her publisher have pulled he books from UK shelves, while legislation continues to designate the group 'Palestine Action' as a terror organisation. Does this amount to censorship?
Guests:
- Emily Feng, NPR correspondent and author of 'Our hearts burned from home: Uyghur militants in Syria's civil war'
- Tanjil Rashid, culture editor at the New Statesman
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, Singapore's smoke haze and bones to the highest bidder
Anna Henderson reveals an Australian doctor from Perth who worked in ISIS medical centres could face the death penalty in Iraq. She and David also discuss antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal's report which has …
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Anna Henderson reveals an Australian doctor from Perth who worked in ISIS medical centres could face the death penalty in Iraq. She and David also discuss antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal's report which has called out what Segal describes as "progressive antisemitism", and whether One Nation will run a candidate against Nationals leader Matt Canavan in the Queensland seat of Capricornia. Plus Singapore is threatening to prosecute companies responsible for some of the worst fires in years in neighbouring Indonesia, as the region grows increasingly frustrated with a persistent, toxic smoke haze. And the latest craze for billionaires - purchasing dinosaurs rare fossils.
Guests
- Anna Henderson, SBS, Chief political correspondent, SBS.
- Sean Tseng, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) at National University Singapore
- Conor O'Keeffe, Science Journalism Fellow, ABC.
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Bolsonaro bolts from Brazil, plus the complex legacy of Geoffrey Bardon
After President Lula de Silva's comeback election victory in Brazil, his defeated opponent Flavio Bolsonaro vanished from the country. What now lies ahead for the giant South American nation, under the 81 …
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After President Lula de Silva's comeback election victory in Brazil, his defeated opponent Flavio Bolsonaro vanished from the country. What now lies ahead for the giant South American nation, under the 81 year-old Lula? Plus, a new biography explores the complexities of Geoffrey Bardon, the white Australian school teacher who became a key figure in the contemporary Indigenous art movement of the 1970s, while battling his own demons.
Guests:
- Deborah Barros Leal Farias, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales
- Kitty Hauser, author of 'Art Mania: Geoffrey Bardon and the Painting Men of Papunya', Giromondo Press
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Israel's deadlocked election, plus the lawyers who escaped fascist Europe for Australia
Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live as the votes are tallied after Israel's election - with a deadlock looking increasingly likely. Plus the story behind the European lawyers, who fled to Australia …
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Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live as the votes are tallied after Israel's election - with a deadlock looking increasingly likely. Plus the story behind the European lawyers, who fled to Australia after World War Two.
Guests:
- Irris Makler, veteran Middle East Correspondent
- Katherine Biber, historian and Professor of Law, University of Technology, Sydney
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Ian Dunt's UK, plus dissecting the failure of the Voice
UK journalist Ian Dunt previews PM Andy Burnham's first budget, plus a new book analyses published and unpublished polling data to understand how and why the 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum failed to win …
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UK journalist Ian Dunt previews PM Andy Burnham's first budget, plus a new book analyses published and unpublished polling data to understand how and why the 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum failed to win the majority support of the Australian public.
Guests:
- Ian Dunt, columnist for i-news, co-host of Origin Story podcast
- Professor Murray Goot, Macquarie University and Professor Emeritus Tim Rowse, Western Sydney University, co-authors 'The Year Our Voice Broke' (2026)
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, France in strife, and the language of bones
Anna Henderson discusses the ongoing debate over the connection between the tone of political rhetoric and real world acts of violence, since the attack on Independent MP Helen Haines, plus whether the …
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Anna Henderson discusses the ongoing debate over the connection between the tone of political rhetoric and real world acts of violence, since the attack on Independent MP Helen Haines, plus whether the government's use of algorithms in aged care assessments shows it has learned the lessons of Robodebt. France’s debt is mounting, its governments are paralysed and public anger is spilling into the streets. As the political centre falters, far-right leader Marine Le Pen is waiting to capitalise. Plus, bones are an extraordinary record of human life, holding clues to our histories, our societies and the ways we die. From forensic science to Europe’s vast ossuaries, what can the dead tell us about the living?
Guests:
- Anna Henderson, Chief Political Correspondent, SBS
- James Waterhouse, BBC Paris Correspondent
- Carla Valentine, author, The Language of Bones
Can Netanyahu win again? Plus, who was the Queen's favourite president?
Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, days away from the country's elections. Plus, Washington journalist Susan Page details Queen Elizabeth II's relationship with 13 US presidents, from …
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Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, days away from the country's elections. Plus, Washington journalist Susan Page details Queen Elizabeth II's relationship with 13 US presidents, from Truman to Trump.
Guests:
- Irris Makler, journalist and former Jerusalem correspondent, France24
- Susan Page, Washington, D.C. bureau chief for USA Today, author of 'The Queen and Her Presidents'
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Iraq's fragile future, plus growing up as Suharto's neighbour
Veteran Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad contemplates Iraq's 'impossible predicament' in the wake of the final withdrawal of remaining US personnel and amid ongoing corruption battles. Plus Indonesian writer …
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Veteran Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad contemplates Iraq's 'impossible predicament' in the wake of the final withdrawal of remaining US personnel and amid ongoing corruption battles. Plus Indonesian writer Tari Lang recalls Indonesia's bloody 1965 coup, and growing up in the same neighbourhood as dictator Suharto.
Guests:
- Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, journalist for The Guardian
- Tari Lang, author 'My neighbour, the dictator: Coming of age in the shadow of Indonesia's 1965 coup'
Bruce Shapiro's USA, treating Ebola in DRC, plus the secrets of Inca string writing
Bruce Shapiro counts down to the US midterm elections. Dr Rupa Nara of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) returns from a recent mission to the epicentre of the Ebola crisis. Plus, are researchers finally decoding …
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Bruce Shapiro counts down to the US midterm elections. Dr Rupa Nara of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) returns from a recent mission to the epicentre of the Ebola crisis. Plus, are researchers finally decoding the mysterious Inca 'language' of knotted strings?
Guests:
- Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor for The Nation, Executive Director for the Global Centre of Journalism and Trauma
- Dr Rupa Nara, paediatrician, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
- Professor Sabine Hyland, anthropologist from the University of St Andrews
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Helen Haines MP attacked, Modi under pressure, plus Aussie yabbies invade Africa
Anna Henderson on the attack on Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines. Plus tensions between the PM and Treasurer Jim Chalmers over credit card payments, and why the Nationals won't support the EU trade …
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Anna Henderson on the attack on Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines. Plus tensions between the PM and Treasurer Jim Chalmers over credit card payments, and why the Nationals won't support the EU trade agreement. Also on the show, India's youth movement, the Cockroach Janta Party, is testing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's grip on power. Plus hordes of yabbies are trashing rivers in southern Africa.
Guests:
- Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS
- Maya Tudor, Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
- Dr Rachael King, specialist in freshwater and marine invertebrates, Head of Research, SA Museum
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, and secret women's business re-visited
A new documentary looks back at the career of fiercely independent journalist and host of Democracy Now ! Amy Goodman and why she thinks independent media and dissent are what will save us from despots. Plus …
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A new documentary looks back at the career of fiercely independent journalist and host of Democracy Now ! Amy Goodman and why she thinks independent media and dissent are what will save us from despots. Plus another documentary looks back at the fight against the Hindmarsh Island bridge in South Australia, the place where Ngarrindjeri women conducted sacred women's business and refused to back down on their right to keep it secret.
Guests:
- Tracey Rigney, writer/director KUMARANGK: Sacred Women’s Business and Steve Kenny, one the lawyers who represented the Ngarrindjeri people
- Amy Goodman, journalist, co-host of Democracy Now! Star of the new documentary film Steal this story, Please!
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Snow gums on the front line of climate change, plus Susan Orlean's life in writing
Australia's unique alpine eucalypt is starting to die out. The High Country may never be the same again, a new book argues. And longstanding New Yorker magazine writer Susan Orlean, author of 'The Orchid Thief' …
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Australia's unique alpine eucalypt is starting to die out. The High Country may never be the same again, a new book argues. And longstanding New Yorker magazine writer Susan Orlean, author of 'The Orchid Thief' and 'The Library Book', on her fascination with the stories of people who are not famous or powerful.
Guests:
- Ant Sharwood and Anna Langford, co-authors of 'The last snow gum' (Hachette)
- Susan Orlean, on a speaking tour of Australia. Her latest book is 'Joyride: a memoir'
Ian Dunt's UK, Yanis Varoufakis and the meaning of zero
Ian Dunt on UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's push for a reset in Britain’s relationship with the EU. Could this be the beginning of the end for Brexit? Yanis Varoufakis' take on Greece's recent multi-billion …
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Ian Dunt on UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's push for a reset in Britain’s relationship with the EU. Could this be the beginning of the end for Brexit? Yanis Varoufakis' take on Greece's recent multi-billion dollar defence deals with the US and Israel. Plus mathematics professor Clemency Montelle takes us through the history and the importance of zero.
Guests:
- Ian Dunt, iNews columnist and regular LNL commentator
- Yanis Varoufakis - leader of the Democracy in Europe Movement and co-host The Econoclasts podcast
- Clemency Montelle - professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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Allegra Spender on ending gay discrimination in schools, and the Catholic church reckons with AI
When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was elected he promised to address a gap in federal anti-discrimination law which allowed faith-based schools to sack gay kids and teachers, but he has thus far failed to do …
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When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was elected he promised to address a gap in federal anti-discrimination law which allowed faith-based schools to sack gay kids and teachers, but he has thus far failed to do so. Now Independent MP for Wentworth, Allegra Spender, has introduced a bill to end the right of religious schools and universities to punish gay and trans pupils and staff. Plus, as AI reshapes society, what does it mean to be human? Father Paolo Benanti, advisor to the Holy Sea on AI Ethics is in Australia to examine the moral questions posed by artificial intelligence.
Guests:
- Allegra Spencer, Member for Wentworth
- Father Paolo Benanti, Professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University, in Rome, and advisor to the Holy Sea on AI Ethics
Kate Grenville investigates a colonial cold case, plus who stole Victoria's ceremonial mace?
Two writers investigate two mysteries from 19th Century Australia. Kate Grenville uncovers a bundle of letters in the archives about the NSW country school teacher Joseph Connor, accused of beating his …
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Two writers investigate two mysteries from 19th Century Australia.
Kate Grenville uncovers a bundle of letters in the archives about the NSW country school teacher Joseph Connor, accused of beating his students. Was he a monster or the victim of a small-town vendetta? And Sally Young solves Australia's strangest political crime: the theft of the ceremonial mace from Victoria's state parliament in 1891.
Guests:
- Kate Grenville, author, 'The Country Schoolmaster: A Mystery in 88 Letters'
- Sally Young, author, 'The Curious Case of the Stolen Mace: Solving Australia's Strangest Political Crime'
The real J.R.R. Tolkien and the piano teacher of Montparnasse
The Lord of the Rings made J.R.R. Tolkien one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. But who was the obsessive, conservative and often difficult man behind Middle-earth? And Heather Morris, author …
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The Lord of the Rings made J.R.R. Tolkien one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. But who was the obsessive, conservative and often difficult man behind Middle-earth? And Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, has a new and equally remarkable true story to tell. In 1942 in Nazi-occupied Paris, the Nazis arrest a Jewish family, but their 11-year-old daughter escapes to her piano teacher, Andrée Levallois. Andrée is secretly a French Resistance operative who risks everything, including her own family, to hide the child.
Guests:
- DJ Taylor, author of The King under the Mountain
- Heather Morris, author of The Piano teacher of Montparnasse
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Bruce Shapiro's US politics, and the stories told by tree rings
Our regular US political commentator on the Cornell University sexual assault case, the failed execution of Christa Pike, and the dire outlook for the Republicans, four weeks before the midterms.Valerie Trouet …
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Our regular US political commentator on the Cornell University sexual assault case, the failed execution of Christa Pike, and the dire outlook for the Republicans, four weeks before the midterms.
Valerie Trouet, a paleo-climate scientist, compares tree rings from living trees with historical and archaeological wood to reconstruct climate patterns going back thousands of years. It enables her to look at how climate has influenced wars, empires and natural disasters.
Guests:
- Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma
- Valerie Trouet, professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona. Book 'Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings'
Simon Winchester reads the wind, plus Lech Blaine's wild childhood
We revisit two memorable LNL conversations from recent times: Simon Winchester's cultural history of the wind, and Australian writer Lech Blaine's astonishing account of his beautiful, terrifying childhood …
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We revisit two memorable LNL conversations from recent times: Simon Winchester's cultural history of the wind, and Australian writer Lech Blaine's astonishing account of his beautiful, terrifying childhood - growing up in Queensland pubs stalked by Christian fanatics.
Guests:
- Simon Winchester, journalist and author of The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
- Lech Blaine, author of Australian Gospel
Naomi Klein's urgent AI warning plus a tour of Indian breakfasts
Confronted with a series of existential threats, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue in their new book that wealthy billionaires, including the so-called "tech bros", have become focused not on how we can deal …
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Confronted with a series of existential threats, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue in their new book that wealthy billionaires, including the so-called "tech bros", have become focused not on how we can deal with those threats, but who will best survive them. They warn there is an urgent need for far more limits on dangerous technologies than US President Donald Trump's Whitehouse accord. Plus meet the author who breakfasted in ten Indian cities, to discover how Indian culture is reflected through its breakfast foods, makers and consumers.
Guests:
- Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, co-authors, End times fascism and the fight for the living world
- Priyadarshini Chatterjee, Kolkata-based travel, culture and food writer
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How German history has been shaped by the peasant revolution of 1525
The German Peasants' War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In 1524 and 1525, it swept across Germany with astonishing speed as thousands of people massed in armed …
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The German Peasants' War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In 1524 and 1525, it swept across Germany with astonishing speed as thousands of people massed in armed bands to demand a new and more egalitarian order. The response from feudal overlords was brutal, but while the rebellion was suppressed, it would continue to influence subsequent revolts, contribute to the emergence of peasant and worker movements in the following centuries and serve as a precursor to larger social and political transformations in Europe.
- Guest: Professor Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, Oxford University and author of Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War, published by Hachette
- Producer: Catherine Zengerer
The race for deep sea riches, plus when trauma is weaponised
A host of new companies are rushing to apply for seabed exploration licences promised by the Trump administration - but are they equipped for this venture? Plus, trauma has gone from the clinic to the culture …
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A host of new companies are rushing to apply for seabed exploration licences promised by the Trump administration - but are they equipped for this venture? Plus, trauma has gone from the clinic to the culture wars, but is a politics built around personal suffering crowding out class, power and solidarity?
Guests
- Todd Woody, Reporter, Bloomberg News
- Catherine Liu, Professor of Film & Media Studies at the University of California, Author of Traumatised: The New Politics of public suffering
Mark Kenny's Canberra, Volkswagen's huge restructure, and David Marr at Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
Mark Kenny reviews PM Anthony Albanese's week at the United Nations in New York, and asks whether the Australian leader should be more assertive in rebuking the US President, on issues like the regulation of …
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Mark Kenny reviews PM Anthony Albanese's week at the United Nations in New York, and asks whether the Australian leader should be more assertive in rebuking the US President, on issues like the regulation of AI. Volkswagon is cutting jobs, considering factory closures, and even turning one car plant towards defence production. Can the company reinvent itself before its glory days become history? And David Marr takes you to the outback, to see Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in flood.
Guests
- Mark Kenny, Director of the Australian Studies Institute, host of Democracy Sausage podcast;
- Jack Ewing, Journalist, New York Times
- David Marr, Late Night Live presenter
Australian doctors in Gaza, plus how vanilla went global
Doctors work long hours in hospitals around the world, but visiting doctors in Gaza have to endure just some of what their local peers do: military attack, inadequate resources, inadequate food, and a starving …
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Doctors work long hours in hospitals around the world, but visiting doctors in Gaza have to endure just some of what their local peers do: military attack, inadequate resources, inadequate food, and a starving, distressed population.
Plus, the curious history of vanilla - and how, despite its exotic flavouring and difficult cultivation, "vanilla" became a term for bland.
Guests:
- Dr Bushra Othman, Palestinian Australian General Surgeon from Naarm/Melbourne. Has done three stints in Gaza, and edited the book.
- Dr Amy Neilson, QLD-based specialist in rural and remote , tropical, and emergency medicine. Visiting Medical Officer in the NSW Hunter/New England regions. Senior lecturer in medical education at James Cook University, Cairns. Spent two weeks in Gaza in 2025.
- Professor Eric Jennings, historian, University of Toronto. Author of 'Vanilla: the history of an extraordinary bean’ (Yale University Press)
How immigration made Australia, plus our endless hunger for resources
Australia is a nation built by migrants, but immigration has always been politically contested. A new history traces how we came to decide who belongs, who gets in and who is kept out, right back to the early …
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Australia is a nation built by migrants, but immigration has always been politically contested. A new history traces how we came to decide who belongs, who gets in and who is kept out, right back to the early days of the colony. Plus, historian James Crawford explores what happens when the resources that underpin modern life become harder to find, harder to extract and harder to replace.
Guests
- Mark Cully, author of Waves of Plenty: Immigration and the Making of Australia, published by Black Inc
- James Crawford, author of The Vanishing Earth: A journey through the last days of Abundance
Australia is a nation built by migrants, but immigration has always been politically contested. A new history traces how we came to decide who belongs, who gets in and who is kept out, right back to the early days of the colony. Plus, historian James Crawford explores what happens when the resources that underpin modern life become harder to find, harder to extract and harder to replace.
Guests
- Mark Cully, author of Waves of Plenty: Immigration and the Making of Australia, published by Black Inc
- James Crawford, author of The Vanishing Earth: A journey through the last days of Abundance
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