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Laura Tingle on the Government's change to superannuation taxation and Malcolm Turnbull's appearance at the robodebt Royal Commission; the future of New Zealand politics after Cyclone Gabrielle; and how a long mystery in Indigenous art was finally solved. 

Workers are taking to the streets of France to protest a proposal to raise the retirement age; and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst reflects on the transformative power of literature, after receiving a life-changing diagnosis. 

We look at what's been making news in Korea with journalist Jeongmin Kim and the chief White House speechwriter for former president Jimmy Carter, James Fallows, speaks movingly about America's most underrated president. 

Naomi Smith on how UK PM Rishi Sunak is handling Brexit negotiations with Northern Ireland, the EU, and his own party. Why the world's biggest fishing region - Asia - is under threat. Plus the incredible true story of a French archaeologist’s crusade to save some of Egypt’s most priceless antiquities from destruction. 

Laura Tingle on the need to step up cyber-security, proposals to improve whistleblower protection for public servants and the push for press freedom. Italy's new Opposition Leader is a young gay woman - while the young female PM Georgie Meloni is known for her anti-LGBTQI stance. And how Australia led the way on anti-smoking campaigns.   

A case study of a massacre of Aboriginal people illustrates the extent of lying that accompanied that sort of violence. Plus how feminist play Betty can Jump's frank revelations stunned audiences and shocked the 1972 Melbourne theatre world. 

Dana Morse joins us from Adelaide where From the Heart's 'Yes' campaign for the Voice to Parliament is being launched, then we discuss who Nigeria's next president might be after this weekend's elections, and animal behaviourist Ashley Ward takes us on a trip through not five, but fifty-three senses. 

Bruce Shapiro on Biden's lightning visit to Ukraine, Behrouz Boochani on freedom, resistance and the need for a Royal Commission into our treatment of asylum seekers. Plus best-selling author Victoria Finlay weaves stories of our relationship with cloth.  

Laura Tingle looks at the Yes campaign's week of action,  the Defence Strategic Review and plans to change our super. Plus Ramachandra Guha on why Gandhi has become a problem for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

From pious to painless - the radical transformation of what it means to die well; and how the ability to swim has united and divided people around the world. 

Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.

Ian Dunt reflects on the latest reshuffle of the UK Conservative Party leadership. Economist Yanis Varoufakis on his visits to Cuba and Mexico and his defence of Julian Assange. Plus, the origins of the exclamation mark with Dr Florence Hazrat.

Laura Tingle on Peter Dutton's apology for boycotting the Apology and more funding for Closing the Gap initiatives; how the political landscape in Türkiye could impact the earthquake recovery and how alcohol laws have worked - or not - across Australia, from temperance to today.  

Political historian and journalist Chris Wallace investigates how prime ministerial biographies have impacted our leaders throughout Australia's history — for good and ill.

Tess Newton-Cain is back with a round-up of the latest news from across the Pacific. Siddharth Kara reveals the shocking truth about how cobalt mined in slavery-like conditions in the Congo is making it into our smartphones, laptops and EVs. Plus, we celebrate 30 years of one of RN's favourite programs: Awaye!

Bruce Shapiro on the Chinese spy balloon saga, Indigenous journalist Amy McQuire on Australia's disappearing black women and the tale of Australia's oldest university publishing house. 

Laura Tingle looks at Lidia Thorpe's defection from The Greens and the shame of the Robodebt program; what will it take for Australia to regain its competitive edge in manufacturing and Filipino journalist Maria Ressa on how we can all hold the line against the erosion of democracy. 

Re-examining Australia's 1999 military intervention in East Timor; and the history of the encyclopaedia - from ancient Greece to online Wikipedia. Guests:  Craig Stockings, Australia’s official historian of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor. Professor of History at UNSW Canberra and author of ‘Born of Fire and Ash: Australian operations in response to the East Timor crisis 19...

We discuss the latest news from Southeast Asia, how The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is disrupting lives and ecosystems in Uganda and the invention that forever changed our relationship with fish: the aquarium.

Ian Dunt on how Rishi Sunak is handling the UK's economic woes, why Peru is entering its eighth week of deadly protests and Edward Brooke-Hitching takes us on an unconventional tour through the oddities of art history.

Laura Tingle reviews the political history of arts funding. Meanjin's editor Esther Anatolitis and First Nations artistic director Wesley Enoch dissect the nation's new cultural policy. Historian Susan Broomhall shares the story of 'Lady' Maud Williams, the founder of an iconic Australian apple variety

Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.

Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.

Bruce Shapiro on California's tragic mass shootings. The history of individualism in America, and the educational legacy of violin teacher Shinichi Suzuki, founder of the Suzuki method. 

Labor struggles to get political agreement on the Voice, where the war in Ukraine could head in 2023 and why cork is making a comeback.  Correction: It was incorrectly stated in the segment ‘Laura Tingles’ Canberra’ that the 1967 referendum gave Aboriginal people the right to vote and citizenship, as well as the right to be included in the Census. Only the latter point is correct.