Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast

As parliament returns for the first time since the federal election, Annabel Crabb looks at how Labor will use its huge majority.Guest: Annabel Crabb, ABC writer and commentator

Throughout history, women have found ways to end unwanted and dangerous pregnancies, even in the midst of legal crackdowns and moral panics. From Ancient Greece through early Christendom to modern times, attitudes to abortion have ebbed and flowed. In the wake of the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US in 2022, historian Mary Fissel takes a long view of abortion and its history, concluding that these moments of repression never last. Guest: Mary Fissel, Professor of the history of medicine, Johns Hopkins University, author of Abortion, A History

History Professor Chris Wallace is worried about the decline in both enrolments in, and the offering of, history and other humanities subjects at Australian universities, which she says has resulted in a loss of capacity for historical thinking and of decision-making. What happened to the idea of valuing a well-rounded education?GUEST: Chris Wallace, History Professor, University of CanberraPRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer

The Torres Strait Islanders' case against the Federal Government has been lost,  with the Australian Federal Court finding the Government does not owe a duty of care to them,  to mitigate climate change harms. It's the latest in a string of attempts to use the law to steer the Government on environmental issues. The next significant case will be the decision of the International Court of Justice about whether States are responsible for each other's climate harm. Guest: Dr Chris McGrath, Brisbane-based barrister and Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Qld School of the Environment, environmental lawyer who has been involved in multiple climate change litigation cases over the past 20 years Producers: Ann Arnold and Ali Benton

In July 1999, a 33-year old Alaskan tourist named Robert Bogucki dumped his bicycle on the side of a remote desert track in Western Australia, and walked barefoot into the Great Sandy Desert. 43 days later, he was found - emaciated but alive. The new ABC podcast Nowhere Man recounts the thrilling story, tracking down Robert Bogucki to understand why he deliberately walked into this deadly wilderness, triggering a massive search operation and a media circus.Guest: Erin Parke, journalist and producer of Expanse: Nowhere Man

New archaeological discoveries continue to be made at the site of the San Jose shipwreck, 600 metres under the sea off the coast of Colombia. Described as the 'world's richest shipwreck', the Spanish galleon was sunk by the British in 1708, with hundreds of souls aboard and a heavy cargo of gold, silver and jewels from the Americas. But the ship's loot remains contested - with various nations, tribes and even a private salvage company staking a claim. Guest: Ann Coats, Professor of Maritime Heritage, University of Portsmouth

As Australia marks 40 years since the introduction of HIV/AIDS testing, global health leaders are sounding the alarm over sweeping HIV funding cuts announced by Donald Trump, warning of devastating setbacks in the fight against the epidemic.GUEST: Bill Bowtell, Adjunct Professor at UNSW and Chief of staff to the Australian health minister, Dr Neal Blewett from 1983-1987.PRODUCER: Ali Benton  

A hundred years on from a landmark Supreme Court case about teaching evolution in American schools, the court paves the way for the Trump administration to dismantle the federal Department of Education.Guest: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine; Executive Director of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University Producer: Catherine Zengerer 

Despite ambitious attempts, scientists have never been able to fully replicate the evolutionary wonder of the feather. However, avian inspired design has inspired new technologies such as anti-turbulence systems for aircraft, bio-inspired adhesives, and even quieter wind turbines.GUEST: Aerospace engineer and biologist Professor David Lentink, based at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. PRODUCER: Ali Benton

Given a lack of regional cooperation and some members of the IDF refusing to forcibly re-locate Palestinians, how would Trump and Netanyahu realise their plans for the so-called “Humanitarian city”? GUEST: Irris Makler,  freelance journalist and analyst, specialising in the Middle East PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer