Late Night Live — Full program podcast

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. 

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. 

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. 

What the huge advances in facial recognition technology mean for privacy. How the ancient city of Alexandria  shaped modern philosophy, science and religion.

'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. 

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.

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.

Scott Simon recounts the chilling story of how Joseph Goebbels used his own swing and jazz band to create musical propaganda during WW2 and Tess Newton-Cain explains why there are so many observers at this years Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga.

Bruce Shapiro on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's desperate diplomatic mission to the Middle East. Journalist Vincent Bevins explains why the mass protest movements of the 2010s have largely failed to achieve their ends. And Brett Mason shares the riveting story of when John F. Kennedy was rescued in the Solomon Islands during WWII, with the help of Australian Reg Evans. 

Laura Tingle reports on the PM's trip to China, Nic Maclellan reports on the ongoing impacts of 50 years of nuclear testing in the Pacific and Sandy Winterbottom tells the sad history of whaling in the Antarctic, for both the whales and the young whalers.

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

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 Philli...

Naomi Smith on the tensions rising in the UK over the war in Gaza, Scott Bennet talks about the threats to the Great Southern Reef by an approaching marine heatwave and Emma O'Kelly tells the steamy history of the sauna.

Laura Tingle analyses PM Albanese's visit to the US, and how Australia is navigating its Israel/Gaza war response. The low profile Atlas Network  has 500 neo-liberal think tanks in its orbit. And the wild story of the anti-avocado militia in provincial Mexico.

American essayist Phil Klay reflects on the realities of the Israel-Gaza conflict, and the broader ethics of US involvements in wars in the past 20 years. And Brisbane-based historical novelist Melissa Ashley, on the ground-breaking German/Dutch artist and insect aficianado, Maria Merian

Geographer Jay Owens takes us to just some of the sources of dust that we generate and breathe every day. Plus, Robyn Annear's rollicking history of 19th Century Melbourne - from exploding sewers to moral panics over orange-peels. 

Bruce Shapiro on a tumultuous time in US politics, as the Israel-Gaza war escalates and the Speaker's chair in the US House of Representatives remains vacant. Anne Applebaum considers what Poland's surprise election result means for the European Union. Plus, why citizen scientists are critical to protecting Australia's biodiversity. 

Laura Tingle on the PM's travel plans to the US and China. In Kenya, religious extremism saw 400 deaths earlier this year. But how to combat that mindset? And the push in Jamaica to have the Jamaican patois declared an official language alongside English.  

Christopher Clark explains how the revolutions of 1848 changed Europe forever. Aarathi Prasad shares the history and potential of silk and its many extraordinary uses.

Former Tory MP Rory Stewart on the chaos and dysfunction within the UK Conservative party over the past decade. Plus, nature writer Harry Saddler reminds us that Melbourne's Yarra River is far from dead.

Ian Dunt is blunt about the UK's future after a high-speed rail line was axed to the north. How Singapore is working to cool down its citizens in the face of climate change. And could Australia wield greater "soft power" through art and music? 

Laura TIngle and John Paul Janke talk through the hopes for reconciliation now that Australian voters have rejected the voice. James Canton meditates on the long and productive relationship between humanity and the oak tree.

Pulitzer prize winner Ed Yong reveals the astonishing world of animal senses - from dogs who socialise through smell, to fish who taste with their skin. Plus, Marion Gibson recounts the never-ending persecution of women as "witches" - from Salem to the present day. 

Sean Scalmer recounts how Australian workers fought for an eight hour workday, setting a precedent for the rest of the world. Plus, Kate Fullagar unravels the story of two men who shaped the course of Australian history: Wangal man Bennelong and Arthur Phillip - the first Governor of the colony of New South Wales. 

Professor Brendon O'Connor on the US response to the Hamas attacks on Israel. Kristin Surak investigates the lucrative global market for citizenship and passport papers. And Nick Hordern tells the story of Lorraine Murray - the Australian-born Shanghai sex worker who became a counter-intelligence informant.