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- 2135 - Healing the stolen generation and letters from two literary giants
Lorraine and Shaan Peeters are helping to heal the stolen generations and their families with their organisation Marumali. Plus a new book by Susan Wyndham and Brigitta Olubas called "Hazzard and Harrower: The Letters" tells an extraordinary account of two literary luminaries, their complex relationship and the times they lived in.
Thu, 02 May 2024 - 54min - 2134 - Johann Hari on the miracle weight loss drugs
Johann Hari explains the health risks and rewards of the new weight loss drugs and looks at the causes of the high demand for these drugs in the affluent west. Brendan Kennedy argues for water rights for native title owners in the Murray Darling Basin.
Wed, 01 May 2024 - 54min - 2133 - Satyajit Das on the risks of ecotourism and Bruce Shapiro on the Columbia protests
Bruce Shapiro reports on the latest from the student protests at Columbia University and Satyajit Das shares the conflicting emotions he feels about the amazing wildlife he has seen on his travels and his concerns for their future.
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2132 - Laura Tingle's Canberra and James Bradley's oceanic love affair
7:30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle reflects on a weekend of powerful protests denouncing violence against women. Then, Australian writer James Bradley makes an impassioned plea to save our oceans and the awesome creatures who live there.
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2131 - ANZAC day: Remembering Australia's lost generation and the contribution of women in war
Two historians remember those who served in the First World War. Ross McMullin delves deep into lives of three outstanding individuals; each so full of promise, but tragically, their potential would never be realised. Melanie Oppenheimer considers the overlooked role and contribution of women in the mostly male mythologies of the ANZACs.
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2130 - Yossi Beilin and Hiba Husseini on a possible two state solution plus the Anzac story on the Greek island of Lemnos
About a year ago, longtime friends lawyer Hiba Husseini and former politician Yossi Beilin released a plan to lay the groundwork for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Plus a documentary on a surprising Anzac history on the Greek island of Lemnos.
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2129 - Ian Dunt on the Rwanda deal and Natalie Haynes updates the Greek goddesses
Ian Dunt laments the passing of the Rwanda Bill in Westminster which will allow the deportation of immigrants who arrive by boat to Rwanda. Classicist Natalie Haynes reveals why the Greek goddesses have been much maligned and misunderstood.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2128 - Laura Tingle's Canberra and the transformation of Germany
The transformation of Germany over the last 80 years has been something of a marvel. It’s gone from a shattered guilt-ridden pariah of a country to a bastion of democracy and Europe’s fiscal hero. So how did this metamorphosis occur? Can it be continued in the post-Merkel era? Historian Frank Trentmann joins us to answer these questions, and more. Plus, Laura Tingle examines the PM's trip to Kokoda, and why the Opposition has changed its tune on government powers to regulate online content on social media.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2127 - Indigenous authors are winning awards and selling books. Author Tony Birch explains why.
Author, poet and academic Tony Birch celebrates the success of so many First Nations writers but there is always room for improvement in the publishing industry. From the LNL Archive we hear a conversation with Andrew O'Hagan and Karl Miller recorded in Edinburgh in 2012.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2126 - South Africa's ANC under political threat and saffron under attack from climate change
Nelson Mandela's African National Congress has held power for more than thirty years, but that could soon change. And saffron is the world's most expensive spice, revered as sacred in many cultures. But climate change is making the delicate flower that produces it harder than ever to harvest.
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2125 - Trump's day in court and artists challenging history in China
Bruce Shapiro takes us inside Donald Trump's first day in court as a criminal defendant. In China, the Communist Party keeps tight control of the narrative of the history of China. Ian Johnson introduces us to the artists and film makers who are challenging that narrative - at their own peril.
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2124 - Laura Tingle's Canberra and why free will might be an illusion
7:30's chief political correspondent Laura Tingle unpacks the Lehrmann defamation verdict dominating news headlines, and we speak to neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky who makes the provocative argument that we have no free will, at all.
Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2123 - Late Night Live
Sir John Franklin is honoured in Hobart as the discoverer of the infamous North-West passage through the Arctic, but a closer look at the story examines how much he relied on women's help and Indigenous knowledge. Also, in the age of scrolling, is it history for the chapter?
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2122 - Rewildng the Eastern quoll and Newcastle's paedophile ring exposed
Aussie Ark's Tim Faulkner explains why he believes the imminent rewilding of the eastern quoll will be successful this time, after 50 years of extinction on the Australian mainland. Social philosopher Anne Manne tells the harrowing story of the Anglican paedophile ring in Newcastle and the brave group of people who brought it down.
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2121 - UK politics, koala politics and the long reach of the Spanish Civil War
In the UK, Ian Dunt reports on the pressure building over the sale of arms to Israel, Stephen Long questions the carbon credits NSW is hoping for in order to save the state's koalas and Judith Keene details the legacies of the Spanish Civil War in both Spain and across the globe.
Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2120 - Bernard Keane's Canberra and David Williamson on our housing crisis
Crikey's Bernard Keane on how the government has responded to the IDF review into Zomi Frankcom's death. Plus, playwright David Williamson tells Phillip why he has come out of retirement to write a play about the housing crisis and the increasing divide between Australia's haves and have-nots.
Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2119 - Vandana Shiva on ecocide and Henry Grabar on parking
Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva explains the significance of adding ecocide to the list of crimes that the ICC can prosecute. And Henry Grabar makes his case for reducing the number of car parks on our planet.
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2118 - Viet Thanh Nguyen's memoir and computer scientist Leslie Valiant
Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American professor and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist. Viet's memoir, A Man Of Two Faces, is published by Black Inc. and Viet will be a guest at the Sydney Writer's Festival later this month. What makes humans so unique? Our ability to learn. So says computer scientist and Harvard Professor Leslie Valiant. His new book is called “The Importance of Being Educable” published by Princeton University Press.
Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2117 - Bruce Shapiro on US politics and Anna Funder on Eileen Blair
Bruce Shapiro digs into the history of the 1871 Comstock Act being used to argue against the sale of abortion drugs online. Anna Funder reveals the many ways that George Orwell's wife Eileen contributed to his work during their life together.
Tue, 02 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2116 - A chat with Jack Thompson
Phillip Adams and Jack Thompson sit down to chat about Jack's career, how he is living with dialysis, his love of Dylan Thomas and his determination to tell the truth about the frontier wars in this country.
Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 54min - 2115 - Rupert Read on the Climate Majority Project plus the history of ice
Rupert Read helped found the radical climate protest movement, Extinction Rebellion. Now he says a climate movement is needed that the broader public can feel comfortable with. And Max Leonard explains how ice has changed the world from ice-cubes to ice-bergs.
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2114 - The crisis on the US border and surrealism turns 100
Years of neglect on immigration policy in the US means that it will be a big issue in the Presidential election later this year. Surrealism was born out of the horrors of World War One and Mark Polizzotti explains why it was so much more than an artistic or literary phenomenon.
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2113 - The wild ride that was Dick Tamimi's life: from gold smuggler to gold records
What might a Keir Starmer Labor government might look like in the UK. Ian Dunt reveals all. Dick Tamimi had a wild life as a pilot, gold smuggler and record producer. Julien Poulsen has decided to turn his life into a musical.
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2112 - Canberra politics and Timor then and now
Laura Tingle is back with the latest news on Australian politics and Phillip speaks to former First Lady of Timor-Leste Kirsty Sword Gusmao about her decades-long fight to improve life for Timorese women.
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2111 - Dutton demolition and victorious Vesuvius
Journalist Lech Blaine unpacks Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's 'battle for the burbs' strategy, and whether his strongman persona will see the Liberals win back enough territory to claim a future victory. Plus how Vesuvius became a magnet for early adventure tourists.
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2110 - Bruce Shapiro and Shannon Smith on the mysterious Clive Williams
Bruce Shapiro dives into the latest fault lines in American politics and Dr Shannon Smith recounts the previously untold story of Clive Williams; the Australian preacher, teacher and chiropractor who became one of President Soeharto's closest advisors.
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2109 - Canberra politics, 'Missing' Iraq war documents revealed and Joseph Conrad in Oz
Rachel Withers dishes the latest in Australian politics, and Dr David Lee reveals whether newly released records shed light on how the decision to send Australian troops to Iraq in 2003 came about. Plus, could Joseph Conrad's writing have been heavily influenced by his travels Down Under?
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2108 - Unshackled: true convict stories. Easey street murders: a cold case revisited
Historians Tony Moore and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart guide us through Unshackled: a multi media touring exhibition that tells a new and different story about convicts, transportation and colonial Australia. Helen Thomas, in her true crime podcast, reviews the evidence in the Easey street murders in Melbourne in the late 1970's
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2107 - The art of ghost writing and a microhistory of the Edwin Fox
Liam Pieper recounts how he was forced into ghost writing and then found his way out again to write books in his own name and Boyd Cothran studied an unremarkable cargo ship, the Edwin Fox, through the lens of microhistory to tell a wider story.
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2106 - Ian Dunt on UK politics and Gideon Levy on reporting on the war in Gaza
Ian Dunt on the mass exodus of Conservative politicians from Westminster under way and Gideon Levy on the challenges of reporting on the war in Gaza as an Israeli journalist who has been unable to enter Gaza for 16 years.
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2105 - Amy Remeikis on Canberra and Yanis Varoufakis
Amy Remeikis brings all the recycled news from Canberra, including utes and nukes, and Yanis Varoufakis shares his ideas on the economies of Australia and Greece and how Australia should be positioning ourselves in a world of shifting alliances.
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2104 - IWD special: the great trade union women of Australia's history
This International Women's Day while debate rages about the latest gender pay gap figures, LNL looks back at the women of Australia's history who led the fight for better wages and conditions, writing letters, leading protests and strikes, taking on male-dominated jobs and challenging our governments and our biggest employers to do better.
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 55min - 2103 - Bruce Shapiro's America and Peter Goldsworthy's 'Cancer Finishing School'
Bruce Shapiro on US politics, Super Tuesday primaries and Supreme Court deliberations. Also, Peter Goldsworthy's reflections on being told he has cancer.
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2102 - Bob Brown on a life of activism
Former Greens Leader Bob Brown on a life of environmental activism, the role independents might have in the upcoming Tasmanian election, his work in East Timor and Tibet, and why he wants a statue of forgotten Tasmanian opera singer, Amy Sherwin.
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2101 - Laura Tingle on Dunkley plus Matt Noffs on breaking the cycles of youth crime
Laura Tingle looks at the by-election results in the Victorian seat of Dunkley and how the campaign got so nasty. Plus Phillip chats to the man he calls the son he never had - Matt Noffs - and what can be done to break the cycles of youth crime.
Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 53min - 2100 - Peter Frankopan and Polly Toynbee
Historian and author of 'The Silk Roads' and 'The Earth Transformed' Peter Frankopan sits down in the studio with Phillip for their fourth and final chat. Plus, we hear about the extraordinary rabble-rousing characters of journalist Polly Toynbee's life.
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2099 - Nathan Thrall investigates life in the West Bank plus Marwan Barghouti - the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?
Jewish-American journalist Nathan Thrall investigates a tragic bus crash in the West Bank, and finds that it reveals much about the restrictions on everyday life for Palestinians living there. Plus Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is hailed as the West Bank's Nelson Mandela, and the only politician who could bring about democracy and negotiate peace. But he has been imprisoned in Israel for more than twenty years - for murder.
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2098 - Naomi Smith's UK and the global history of opium
Naomi Smith on the latest headaches for Rishi Sunak after by-election loses and a motion on Gaza causes havoc in the House of Commons. Plus Amitav Ghosh on how the East India company turbo-charged the opium industry and found an infinitely expanding market for opium in China.
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2097 - Laura Tingle's Canberra and Margo Kingston on the rise of the independents
Laura Tingle unpacks the big new changes to higher education and Late Night Live alumni Margo Kingston talks about how independents became a force to be reckoned with in Australian politics. Plus, a history of male belly dancing. Yes, you read that right.
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2096 - The moon unmasked and wealth inequality across the ages
Science writer Rebecca Boyle explains why she loves the moon and how it has contributed to humanity's physical and cultural evolution. Guido Alfani looks back on the super wealthy of history and how their responsibilities to society have changed over time.
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2095 - Democratising Poland and a new film 'Damage'
Radoslaw Markowski explains the many measures being taken in Poland to restore democracy since the election. Ali Al Jenabi and Madeleine Blackwell discuss their new film Damage which explores themes of refuge and refugees.
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2094 - Spies and sleuths
Joey Watson on his investigation into the ASIO nest of cold war moles. And Caitlin Davies on the real life female super- sleuths of the 19th century.
Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 54min - 2093 - Laura Tingle's Canberra plus Kate MyClymont on a life investigating crime and corruption
Laura Tingle on the back-to-the-future border wars, and SMH chief investigative reporter Kate McClymont reflects on on a life investigating crime and corruption.
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2092 - Lorin Clarke on life with her dad, comedian John Clarke
Lorin Clarke and Phillip Adams share their memories of the brilliant comedian and Lorin's father, John Clarke.
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2091 - Julian Assange's next appeal and the links between books and war
Jennifer Robinson on the latest appeal from Julian Assange against his extradition to the USA, and historian Andrew Pettegree looks back on the long and complicated connections between books and war.
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2090 - Power shifts in Northern Ireland, and the history of hitchhiking
Ian Dunt dissects the latest in UK politics. What's on the agenda for Northern Ireland's new government? And the long history of hitchhiking - from wholesome adventure to real-life horror.
Tue, 13 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2089 - Late Night Live
Laura Tingle on the shocking revelations about Home Affairs awarding contracts to companies with suspected links to drugs, firearms and bribery. Plus professor Caleb Everett on what linguistic diversity can tell us about human culture - as thousands of languages are disappearing.
Mon, 12 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2088 - The rush to mine metals and a strange story of a solar pioneer
Christopher Pollon looks back on the dirty history of mining for metals and asks can we do better in the future, as our transition to green energy is dependent on mining metals. And Sugandha Srivastav tells the surprising story of a pioneering solar inventor and his apparent kidnapping that stopped his research in its tracks.
Thu, 08 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2087 - How should Australia respond to the ICJ finding and meet Sister Brigid Arthur
Regina Weiss and Ben Saul explain the finding of the International Court of Justice that there was a plausible risk that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. And we meet Sister Brigid Arthur, a nun who has been supporting refugees and children facing court her whole life.
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2086 - Bruce Shapiro on US politics and a panel discussion on the current state of press freedom
Bruce Shapiro examines the chance of Donald Trump being disqualified from running for President by the Supreme Court and Peter Greste, Jodie Ginsberg and Jason Rezaian bring their personal experiences to a discussion on the deteriorating state of press freedom and safety for journalists around the globe.
Tue, 06 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2085 - Laura Tingle's Canberra plus Marcia Langton on reconciliation and the life of Lowitja O'Donoghue
Laura Tingle looks at Nemesis - the Turnbull years, what Yang Hengjun's death sentence could mean for our relationship with China, and whether the Liberals will support the stage three tax cuts. Plus Professor Marcia Langton pays tribute to Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue and reflects on the future for reconciliation.
Mon, 05 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2084 - Détente and de-dollarisation plus the strange tale of a spy called Bill.
As prominent Australians call for a détente with China, Satyajit Das looks at whether the so-called BRICS countries could create their own trade network - excluding the US and us. Plus how a Russian migrant became a Cold War ASIO spy.
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 - 54min - 2083 - The rise of the right in Germany and the resurgence of the magazine
The revelations about the plans of the far right in Germany and their deep networks prompted more than a million people to take to the streets across the country. A panel discusses why magazines are enjoying a resurgence in popularity - is it just about digital fatigue or is it more than that?
Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2082 - Ian Dunt's UK, psychedelic tests and stationery adventures
Ian Dunt on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's battle with Tory rebels, an adventure in stationery and the first treatments psychedelic drugs begin in Australia.
Tue, 30 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2081 - Bernard Keane's Canberra and an unsolved Australian mystery
Crikey's political editor Bernard Keane gives us his frank assessment on the Albanese government's changes to the Stage 3 tax cuts. Plus, we hunt for answers to the decades-old mystery of medieval African coins found in Arnhem land.
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2080 - Henry Reynolds on how the telling of Australia's history of frontier violence has changed
In his lifetime, ground-breaking historian Henry Reynolds has seen a 360 degree change in the telling of Australian history. Some of the most important truths about what really happened on the frontier were first focused on by him. Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival, with additional archival audio later added.
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2079 - Cooking in the Kremlin and the Peking to Paris race of 1907
Witold Szabłowski tells the history of Russia through the lens of food and Kassia St Clair recounts the infamous Peking to Paris car race in 1907 and its influence on the fledgling automobile industry.
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2078 - US politics and where the war in Ukraine heads in 2024
Bruce Shapiro and James Fallows join Phillip for a discussion about the increasingly lopsided race for the Republican nomination. Plus, respected Russia observers Anatol Lieven and Michael Kimmage have a healthy debate about whether now is the time to start talking about a negotiated agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
Tue, 23 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2077 - The multiple crises facing the government plus the history of politics and the pub
Laura Tingle and Sean Kelly discuss the multiple crises facing the federal government and ask whether changes to stage three tax cuts will be pacify a public under stress. Plus the history of politics in the pub in Australia - it's not just about the booze.
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2076 - LNL Summer: Tom Holland on Rome's golden age of peace
Award-winning historian Tom Holland recounts one of the most dazzling chapters in Roman history - the Pax Romana - when the Empire reached the heights of its predatory glory. Guest: Tom Holland, author of 'Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age'. Co-host of The Rest is History podcast. This program was originally broadcast in August 10th 2023.
Thu, 18 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2075 - Summer: A Wendy Harmer Special
Wendy Harmer has lived a life full of 'firsts' - she was the first female news cadet in an all-male newsroom in Geelong, the first Australian female stand-up comedian and the first female co-host on a commercial radio breakfast program. How did she go from a little girl with a cleft palate growing up in rural Victoria to a household name? She reveals all in this broad-ranging interview with Phillip Adams. First broadcast 1 November 2023
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2074 - LNL Summer: Simon Winchester on the history of sharing knowledge
Simon Winchester takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of how we have shared information: from the book to the library, the encyclopaedia, the internet and now to artificial intelligence. Originally broadcast on 24 August 2023.
Tue, 16 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2073 - LNL Summer: The suprising contributors to the Oxford Dictionary and the defence of the exclamation mark!
Sarah Ogilvie found a notebook containing the names of all the earliest contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary and so she spent the next 8 years finding all she could about these varied and fascinating characters. Florence Hazrat provides the history of the exclamation mark and why it should be preserved.
Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2072 - LNL Summer: The American obsession with conspiracy theories, plus the Dickens-led tourism trend
America was a land born in paranoia, and that has coloured people's thinking ever since, Colin Dickey argues. And what would Charles Dickens make of the literary tourism trend he has inspired? Lee Jackson joined the Dickens trail.
Thu, 11 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2071 - Summer: Journalist Chris Masters shares the highs and lows of his career
As well earning him multiple Walkley and Logie awards, the work done by investigative journalist Chris Masters PSM has arguably changed Australia, for the better. He speaks to Phillip Adams about his distinguished career, which culminated in his latest book Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes. First broadcast 13 July 2023
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 - 54min - 2070 - Phillip Adams' Histories of Everything: Organising words
In the final episode of our 'Histories of Everything' series, Phillip Adams explores our obsession with words, and how it led to the invention of the index, the encyclopedia and crossword puzzles.
Tue, 09 Jan 2024 - 53min - 2069 - Phillip Adams' Histories Of Everything: Taking the plunge
The ability to swim, or not, has always been a social divider and often an indicator of cultural power. But there have been periods and places where those who considered themselves superior chose not to swim. And why it wasn't until the mid-20th century that body hair came to be viewed as unhealthy, even filthy. Guests: Karen Eva Carr, Associate Professor (Emerita) in History, Portland State University, Oregon and author of ‘Shifting currents: a world history of swimming’. (Reaktion Books) Rebecca Herzig, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Chair of the Program in Women and Gender Studies at Bates College, Maine.
Mon, 08 Jan 2024 - 52min - 2068 - Phillip Adams’ Histories of Everything: Wearing ItThu, 04 Jan 2024 - 53min
- 2067 - Phillip Adams’ Histories of Everything: Taking StockWed, 03 Jan 2024 - 54min
- 2066 - Phillip Adams' Histories of Everything: connecting countries
When did humanity start drawing borders? Why have nomadic cultures been so maligned? And how do states wield "soft power" through diplomatic gifts? Guests: James Crawford, author, The Edge of the Plain Anthony Sattin, author, Nomads: The wanderers who shaped our world Paul Brummell, author, Diplomatic gifts: a history in 50 presents
Tue, 02 Jan 2024 - 53min - 2065 - Phillip Adams' Histories of Everything: social norms
What are the origins of the handshake? When did smiling become fashionable? And are we hard-wired to laugh? In the first episode of this six part series we look at how social norms evolved through history. Guests: Ella Al-Shamahi, author of The Handshake: a gripping history (2021) Colin Jones, author of The Smile Revolution In Eighteenth Century Paris (2014) Jonathan Silvertown, author of The Comedy of Error (2020)
Mon, 01 Jan 2024 - 52min - 2064 - LNL Summer: The phosphorus paradox and superpowers of trees
In a special summer episode hosted by Sarah Dingle, we examine how we're flushing away one of the earth's most precious resources, and talk to forester Peter Wohlleben about the secret lives and superpowers of trees.
Thu, 28 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2063 - LNL Summer: What makes a national dish, and the world's first aquarium
When does a local plate of food become a national dish? Food writer Anya von Bremzen dissects the myths and legends behind the world's most famous dishes. Plus, historian John Simons on the origins of the modern aquarium.
Wed, 27 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2062 - LNL Summer: Peter Frankopan on climate and empire
Oxford historian and bestselling author Peter Frankopan joins Phillip Adams for an in-depth discussion about his new book The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, a revelatory look at world history through the lens of climate change. First broadcast 9 March 2023
Tue, 26 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2061 - LNL Summer: Sally Young on Australia's 'Media Monsters'
Political scientist Sally Young discusses how media power in Australia came to be concentrated in the hands of a few men, and how this influenced politics during the period 1941-1972. First broadcast 13 June 2023.
Mon, 25 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2060 - LNL Summer: Andrey Kurkov's diary from Ukraine, and the doctors who got high for science
Andrey Kurkov reflects on the invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing days and weeks. Plus, we meet the 19th century scientists whose experiments with mind-altering drugs gave us modern medicine, psychology and philosophy. Originally broadcast in May 2023.
Thu, 21 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2059 - LNL Summer: matriarchs and patriarchs
In this episode we take a fresh look at Germany's formidable former leader Angela Merkel, and award-winning British author Angela Saini hunts down the roots of male domination and makes some surprising discoveries. This program was originally broadcast in April 2023.
Wed, 20 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2058 - LNL Summer: medieval manuscripts and secret Soviet x-ray records
Meet the colourful collectors whose singular obsession is illuminated manuscripts, and hear the incredible story of the rebels who recorded forbidden music on x-rays in the USSR during the Cold War. This program was originally broadcast in April 2023.
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2057 - LNL Summer: the revolutionary women of the Whitlam era
The Whitlam era saw a great leap forward for women's rights in Australia, driven by Women’s Adviser Elizabeth Reid and a host of female activists, backed by a grass roots movement across the country. Their work is being recognised in a book released to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Reid’s appointment. This episode was originally broadcast on 13 April, 2023.
Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2056 - Best of LNL: the invasion of Iraq, 20 years on
The 19th of March 2003 marked the beginning of the invasion of Iraq by the United States and the 'Coalition of the Willing'. 20 years on, award-winning Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reflects on how the invasion transformed his country; and former Australian diplomat to the Middle East Robert Bowker shares his own memories, and considers Australia's legacy in the Arab world. This episode was originally broadcast on 03 March 2023.
Thu, 14 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2055 - Best of LNL: Walter Marsh on the young Rupert Murdoch
The Murdoch media mogul that we've come to know is almost unrecognisable from Rupert Murdoch, the youth. Author Walter Marsh discusses the era that shaped young Rupert, the radical who espoused socialism, kept a bust of Lenin in his uni accommodation and then went on to build his empire from 1950s Adelaide. This episode was originally broadcast on 03 August 2023.
Wed, 13 Dec 2023 - 53min - 2054 - Best of LNL: A tribute to Jimmy Carter, and why rats rule New York
Former speechwriter James Fallows pays tribute to the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Plus, writer Xochitl Gonzalez on New York's unstoppable rats. This program was originally broadcast in March 2023.
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 - 54min - 2053 - Best of LNL: Influencers - Australia's political biographers
Political historian and journalist Chris Wallace investigates how prime ministerial biographies have impacted our leaders throughout Australia's history — for good and ill. This episode was originally broadcast on 09 February 2023.
Mon, 11 Dec 2023 - 00min - 2052 - The Year in Review 2023: The black, the white and the downright colourful
In a year when wars and the referendum on the voice all worked towards dividing us, there were moments of joy and unity that brought us together as a nation. Our end of year panel digs deep to find them. AJ Lamarque, comedian, writer, producer and host of the Kweens of Comedy Alice Fraser, writer and podcast host of Tea with Alice and The Gargle. Carly Williams, national indigenous correspondent with the ABC and a Quandamooka woman from SE Queensland Jonathan Biggins, writer and performer in The Wharf Review currently showing at the Seymour Centre
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 - 53min - 2051 - International Day of Disability: Focus on blindness
To mark International Day Of People With Disability, December 3rd, the ABC is showcasing content featuring people with lived experience of disability. On Late Night Live, we revisit the conversations we had with legally blind writers from either side of the Atlantic, Andrew Leland and Selina Mills.
Wed, 06 Dec 2023 - 53min - 2050 - Bruce Shapiro's America and the woman who challenged our social order
Trump and war - Bruce Shapiro looks back on the year in US politics. And the woman was not anti-social, but anti the social order: the life of Sydney 'originalist' Bee Miles.
Tue, 05 Dec 2023 - 53min - 2049 - The politics of 2023 and celebrating 100 years of RN
Laura Tingle and Nikki Savva look back on 2023 and give a report card for Canberra Politicians. Jock Given and Virginia Madsen help us celebrate 100 years of Radio National and its transformation from ABC Radio 2 to the present day.
Mon, 04 Dec 2023 - 53min - 2048 - Climate change and the "end of Eden", and the female aviator who became a spy
Journalist Adam Welz shares his plea to save what's left of the Earth's magnificent biodiversity, before its too late. And documentarian Mary Haverstick on the mysterious life of Jerrie Cobb - the would-be astronaut who became a spy.
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2047 - The long campaign for Indigenous Rangers and the real power of Roman emperors
A UNESCO award for the Gunditjmara people of Western Victoria but the campaign for Indigenous people to care for their own country carries on, plus how true are the legends about Roman Emperors?
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2046 - Ian Dunt's UK, Pacific priorities at COP28 and the power of eyeliner
Ian Dunt reflects on an eventful year in UK politics and looks ahead to the 2024 election. Joseph Sikulu and Wesley Morgan preview COP28 from a Pacific perspective and Zahra Hankir explains why kohl eyeliner has long been a marker for the intersection between beauty and power.
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2045 - Laura Tingle's Canberra, and the stories told by the paintings of the State Library of NSW
Laura Tingle on the sacking of Mike Pezzullo, and Tanya Plibersek's win on the Murray Darling Basin Plan. And what a close study of oil paintings from the past couple of centuries tells us about colonial, and later, times.
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2044 - Yascha Mounk's Identity Trap. Raimond Gaita on Justice and Hope
Why focusing on identity groups is the wrong prescription to overcome injustice and build a fairer society. Also, moral philosophy and how love can lead to hope.
Thu, 23 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2043 - An hour with Charlie Chaplin
Phillip spends an hour revisiting the life of Charlie Chaplin with biographer Scott Eyman, author of Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex and Politics Collided.
Wed, 22 Nov 2023 - 50min - 2042 - Bruce Shapiro's America, Netanyahu's political future and convict tales with Jim Haynes
Bruce Shapiro asks whether Joe Biden's influence on the Prime Minster of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu is waning while Dahlia Scheindlin discusses the political ramifications of the war in Gaza on Netanyahu's future. Historian Jim Haynes recounts the stories of some of the more notorious convicts that were transported to Australia.
Tue, 21 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2041 - Laura Tingle's Canberra, China's role in the Middle East, and the assassination of Lumumba
Laura Tingle discusses the political fallout from the sonar incident in the South China Sea. Could China help to negotiate a Palestinian peace deal? Plus, what role did the CIA play in the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo.
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2040 - Richard Flanagan on life and love in the nuclear era
Richard Flanagan talks with Phillip Adams about his latest book Question Seven which addresses the questions we should be asking as both writers and readers in the nuclear era.
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2039 - Facial recognition and privacy. Alexandria: The city that changed the world
What the huge advances in facial recognition technology mean for privacy. How the ancient city of Alexandria shaped modern philosophy, science and religion.
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2038 - Ian Dunt on the Big Reshuffle and UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
'I' news columnist Ian Dunt unpacks the explosive UK cabinet reshuffle, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese talks about the human rights violations occurring on both sides of the Israel-Gaza war and author Yepoka Yeebo reveals the story of one of the 20th century's most unbelievable financial scams.
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2037 - Laura Tingle's Canberra, and economist Sean Turnell on his imprisonment in Myanmar
Laura Tingle on Penny Wong's fine line on Israel-Gaza. And Australian economist Sean Turnell in a long chat about his 650 days of imprisonment in Gaza, and what Myanmar could be like under a democracy.
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 - 53min - 2036 - Britain's empire on the brink
A century after the British Empire's zenith, historian Matthew Parker discovers a ruling power be-set by debt and doubt, and on the ground, the sounds of shackles being shrugged off.
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