The Radio National Hour

Are we witnessing the end of democracy in America? That’s the startling claim made by one of Australia’s leading thinkers on US politics, Emma Shortis, after a chain of events that culminated late this week in TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off air for criticising the Trump administration

The government has unveiled a 'goldilocks' emissions reduction target for 2035, describing the range of 62-70% as just right, but both sides of politics say its a fairytale, both too much and too little.

“One of the Lions has passed …” the film world is in mourning today with news of the death of legendary actor, director and activist Robert Redford. 

Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza, according to the "most authoritative assessment" to date.

New guidelines for prostate cancer screening are expected to be announced this month, offering men in their 40s the chance to get tested and get ahead of the curse, which impacts 26 thousand Aussie fellas every year.

If you’re savouring the prospect of a glass of nice whisky this weekend, there’s some sobering news for you. We may be getting to the point of peak peat. The extraction of the vital ingredient is so serious that Scotland is proposing a ban on its sale. 

A moment of peril for the United States after a conservative influencer is assassinated during a public debate at a university in Utah. 

Hamas insists that none of its senior leadership were killed in an Israeli strike on a villa they were staying in, in the Qatari capital Doha. The audacious attack was a big gamble by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, given Qatar's role as a mediator and close ally of the United States. 

The real-life succession drama engulfing the Murdoch family has seemingly been resolved, with the recalcitrant siblings yielding to their father, Rupert’s, wish to give control of his media empire to his anointed successor Lachlan, ensuring that it's conservative vibe will continue for at least the next few decades. Australia is duking it out with Turkiye to win the right to host the COP-31 climate summit with the Pacific. And it started as a crush on a guitarist, now nearly a decade on Spanish singer-songwriter Lau Noah is a darling of the guitar festival scene with her unique baroque folk style. 

Convicted triple murderer Erin Patterson today learned she'll spend at least 33 years in prison - much of it in solitary confinement - for poisoning four of her family members with a meal of beef wellington, laced with death-cap mushrooms in late July 2023. ABC investigative reporter and host of The Mushroom Case Daily, Rachael Brown says the sentencing hearing, which was beamed around the world, was deeply moving. France is, once again, on the precipice of a political crisis, with the national parliament set to vote on a no-confidence motion that will likely see another Prime Minister turfed out for daring to try and rein in a ballooning budget deficit. Political analyst and former advisor advisor to President Nicholas Sarkozy, Natanael Bloch says France's leaders are simply unwilling to compromise. If there’s one Australian actor who can singularly command a stage, surely it’s Noni Hazelhurst. She's embarking on a yet another solo stage show, The Lark written by playwright Daniel Keene.