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Aug 19, 2025 • 55min
Ian Dunt's UK, Imran Kahn's defiance in prison, and rebuilding the past
Columnist Ian Dunt on the UK & European scramble to support Zelenskyy and Ukraine at the White House, after Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska. After two years behind bars, the former PM of Pakistan Imran Khan remains defiant, but at what cost? Plus, should lost buildings be rebuilt, replicated, or left in ruins?

Aug 18, 2025 • 55min
Laura Tingle on Trump & Putin in Alaska, Tuvalu's climate refugees, and why do we have surnames?
Laura Tingle assesses the meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin and where President Zelenskyy fits in the negotiations. A world-first bilateral climate mobility program, will see Tuvalu citizens have the right to apply for Australian visas. Plus the curious and often hilarious origins of British surnames.

Aug 14, 2025 • 55min
How evangelicals transformed Brazil, plus the last letters of French resistance fighters
A new documentary looks at how the evangelical movement began in the US, spread to South America, paved the way for the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro and now poses the threat of a national theocracy. And the last letters of French Resistance fighters before they were executed by the Nazis in World War Two

Aug 13, 2025 • 55min
Journalists Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober on seeking truth in Trump's America
Acclaimed US journalists and podcast collaborators with The Atlantic Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober join David Marr in-studio to discuss the MAGA women who love Trump, the state of the media in post-insurrection America, and the importance of complex human storytelling in journalism. Guests: Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober, co-hosts of the podcast We Live Here Now. Hanna is also Senior Editor at the Atlantic and host of Radio Atlantic Producer: Catherine Zengerer

Aug 12, 2025 • 55min
Bruce Shapiro's USA, why the Egyptians aren't doing more on Gaza, and deer gone feral
Bruce Shapiro looks at the man behind Donald Trump's immigration policy, Stephen Miller. The increasing pressure on Egypt to take action on Gaza. Plus how deer went feral.

Aug 11, 2025 • 55min
Australia to recognise Palestinian statehood, and the first Tasmanians
Australia has announced its recognition of Palestinian statehood, joining a growing number of countries supporting a two-state solution. And historian Shayne Breen, traces the 40,000 years of Aboriginal exploration, land settlement and hunting practices in Tasmania

Aug 7, 2025 • 55min
Satyajit Das on the US debt crisis, plus 100 years of Mein Kampf
US debt is now at a level that some economists call "the death zone". Donald Trump is hoping his tariffs will help, but Satyajit Das thinks disaster is looming. Plus a century since Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison, John Kampfner looks at its impact in Germany and beyond.

Aug 6, 2025 • 55min
Hiroshima and the new nuclear threat, plus inside London's exclusive clubs
Eighty years since Hiroshima a nuclear expert says deterrence policies are no longer enough to deal with the increasing prospect of nuclear escalation. Plus inside London's exclusive clubs - how much have they changed since they were the illegal gambling dens of the eighteenth century?

Aug 5, 2025 • 55min
Ian Dunt's UK, can peace last between Thailand and Cambodia? Plus, remembering the mad cow crisis
Ian Dunt looks at the backlash to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's intention to recognise Palestine. The bombs have stopped on the Thai-Cambodia border but how long can peace last? Plus why the global trade of beef and livestock remains a source of risk and anxiety forty years since the mad cow disease outbreak.

Aug 4, 2025 • 55min
LNL's new theme, lessons from the bridge walk, and Ukraine's corruption woes
After nearly ten years, Late Night Live has changed its tune. Annabel Crabb reflects on the lessons for Australian politicians after the Sydney Harbour bridge walk for Gaza plus Anne Applebaum on Ukraine's corruption issues and the next round of ceasefire talks with Russia.


