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Abortion is back on the Supreme Court's agenda - this time the result will determine access to the abortion pill. Plus, how do the Kiwis feel about AUKUS? And we'll meet the father of the modern skyscraper.

The Guardian's Amy Remeikis takes us inside the Canberra bubble, we hear about a dangerous new bill that could become the harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation in the world and the hidden stories of Australia's convict 'orphans' are revealed.

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

India is about to surpass China as the world's most populous nation - what does it mean for India's people? Plus, some fresh thinking about everything from how we measure economic growth, to architecture. Plus, the women and First Nations guides behind 'The Birds of Australia'.

Ian Dunt on Joe Biden's visit to Northern Ireland, US crime writer Don Winslow on why he abandoned his career to fight Donald Trump full-time and a tribute to two Bruces: legendary Australian cartoonist Bruce Petty, and former Australian diplomat to South Africa, Bruce Haigh. 

The Medici, the Borgias, the Habsburgs, the Bonapartes, the Kennedys, the Kims... we take a tour of the families that have changed the course of history. 

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.

A landmark UN resolution represents a big step forward on climate justice, but at the same time Germany's powerful auto industry is pushing back against the EU's shift to electric. Plus, a fresh look at the world's most famous trade route, the Silk Road. 

Bruce Shapiro is back with the latest news on Donald Trump's impending arraignment. In a huge 48 hours, Finland has lost it's progressive young Prime Minister Sanna Marin and joined NATO - what does it mean for Finland and Europe? Plus: what is humanism, and could you be a humanist without knowing it? Author Sarah Bakewell tells all. 

Laura Tingle dissects the Liberal Party’s defeat in Aston, and remembers the remarkable Yunupingu, a warrior on Indigenous Rights. The US billionaires behind Israel's controversial new judicial oversight laws. And the history and politics of doing the laundry. 

Five Australian journalists were among the first to be embedded in a war mission, in WWII. And a celebration of some very simple inventions that led to sophisticated machinery and technology.

The Central Asian '-stans' have become the subject of a geopolitical tug-of-war between the US, China and Russia. Plus, what the political turmoil in Israel means for those in the West Bank, and the stones that have shaped human history.

Naomi Smith regales us with tales from the United Kingdom,  we take a look behind the headlines at how Sri Lanka's economic crisis is affecting people and the incredible true story of how a 600-year-old Buddha washed up on a Western Australian beach. 

7.30 political correspondent Laura Tingle unpacks the climate deal struck between Labor and the Greens. Dina Esfandiary and Jonathan Fulton explain China's growing presence in the Middle East, after it brokered a diplomatic deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran. And the haunting poetry of colonial judge Barron Field, who advanced the myth of terra nullius. 

Author Malcolm Harris tells the story of Palo Alto, the Californian town that became a global powerhouse of capitalism; and Professor Jonathan Morris on the history of coffee - from ancient Ethiopia to the world. 

The latest on the Voice referendum and food for thought on Maori democratic representation; Rania Abouzeid mourns the Lebanon of her ancestors and asks whether it can ever emerge from it's nightmare. Plus, the war been waged between man and rat in New York.

Bruce Shapiro on Trump's increasingly-likely New York indictment, as the world is running out of fresh water a UN Conference is hoping to find some urgent solutions and we meet the Indian feminist philosopher Periyar and find out why his ideas are so important today.

Laura Tingle says the substance of Paul Keating's arguments should be the focus of public debate rather than the manner in which he delivers them, former banker Satyajit Das says the collapse of two major banks is another indication we are on the verge of another Global Financial Crisis and Director Gillian Armstrong reflects on why Australia should cherish its national film, TV and radio school. 

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.

We hear the reactions to AUKUS from across the neighbourhood, plus the maestro of political biographies Margaret Simons tells us what makes Tanya Plibersek tick.

Ian Dunt weighs in on AUKUS and the UK's plan to 'stop the boats'; journalist Rayhan Demytrie discusses the future of Georgia, a nation bordering Russia that's caught between east and west; And the long history of threats to Macquarie Island and the new plan to protect it.

Laura Tingle on AUKUS and Australia's submarine deal; what the end of Nicola Sturgeon's premiership means for Scottish independence; and how borders have defined us and divided us for centuries. 

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. 

In an International Women's Day special, we hear how women have been affected by cyclones in Vanuatu. Professor and Nyikina Warrwa woman Anne Poelina advocates for stronger land rights to combat climate change. Plus, we all know Cleopatra's story, but whatever happened to her daughter?

Bruce Shapiro on whether Joe Biden will run for a second term. Pakistani political royalty Fatima Bhutto on the war on women and whether female leadership makes a difference. Plus how needlepoint, weaving and music influenced Ada Lovelace's thinking on the early concept of computers.