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Nov 19, 2024 • 54min

Ian Dunt's UK, who is Barron Trump, and the shark that lives forever

Ian Dunt on what the US election result means for security in the UK and Europe. Journalist Jamie Tahsin investigates the online "manosphere" and Trump's courtship of the "bro vote" with the help of son Barron. And the mysteries of the greenland shark, which lives for hundreds of years. 
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Nov 18, 2024 • 54min

Laura Tingle on the Greens' compromise, and Jon Ronson dissects the politics of conspiracy theories

The Australian Greens have dropped their demand for a climate trigger in the Government's proposed environmental reforms. And British/American journalist and cultural commentator on the new power of conspiracy theorists, under Donald Trump.
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Nov 14, 2024 • 54min

How Australia writes its war history, and the lives of medieval women

Acclaimed historian Peter Stanley on how Australia writes its war histories, and our complicated relationship with memorialisation. And a new exhibition at the British library illuminates the lives of medieval women, in their own words. 
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Nov 13, 2024 • 54min

How will Trump handle China and Virginia Woolf's brilliant hoax

China expert Geoff Raby says we are seeing a significant global power shift away from Russia and towards China - but how will Donald Trump handle it? In 1910, Virginia Woolf and her friends gained access to the pride of the British fleet, the HMS Dreadnought disguised as Abyssinian Princes, including blackface. Was this feminist and pacifist writer also racist?
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Nov 12, 2024 • 54min

Bruce Shapiro's America, reporting from crisis zones, and the last witch of England

Bruce Shapiro on why the Democrats lost last week's US presidential election. Veteran Al Jazeera reporter Drew Ambrose calls for a greater focus on Asia. And how the last witch killed in England may have dodged death. 
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Nov 11, 2024 • 54min

Laura Tingle's Canberra, backtrack at the NACC, and Francesca Albanese's latest report

Laura Tingle on how the Australian parliament is preparing for a second Trump presidency. Geoffrey Watson SC on the National Anti-Corruption Commission's handling of Robodebt. And UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's latest report from the Palestinian Occupied Territories. 
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Nov 7, 2024 • 54min

Gaza's damaged heritage, and a biography of Madrid

Archaeologist Ayman Warasnah on the damaged and destroyed cultural sites in Gaza. And a new biography of the the city of Madrid, in which Luke Stegemann argues that its value and cultural riches have been underrated.
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Nov 6, 2024 • 54min

Late Night Live's US election special 2024

Late Night Live's team of experts bring you their analysis of the US election 2024. What went right for Donald Trump? What went wrong for Kamala Harris? 
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Nov 5, 2024 • 54min

Ian Dunt's UK, Japan's gender gap, and a precious bible torn apart

Ian Dunt on the UK Conservative party's new leader and the government's bold new budget. Japan recently elected a record number of female representatives, but a significant gender gap persists. And searching for the fragments of a famous printed bible. 
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Nov 4, 2024 • 54min

Bernard Keane's Canberra, and will Shaun Micallef ever retire?

Bernard Keane says unless we fix housing young people still face huge disadvantage in Australia, even with lower student debt. Plus Shaun Micallef on writing, retirement and when comedy is no longer funny. 

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