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What happens when Indigenous communities want to take traditional medicines to market? Plus, the lesser known history of the cradle of Western civilisation: Greece.

The leadership contest in the UK is down to two candidates, so who are Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss? Why are conservatives in the US embracing 'Orbánism' and what will it mean for the American right, and the long history of people coming up with their own ideas about how to stay well. 

Laura Tingle on the tone of the 47th parliament, why we need a feminist foreign policy and the wild food of the Faroe Islands.

Late Night Live goes on an aural adventure to the bustling streets of Lagos and meets two writers who call the city home: Dipo Faloyin and Eloghosa Osunde. Dipo argues that we still have a lot of work to do to shake off stubborn stereotypes of Africa, while Eloghosa gives a voice to Lagos' 'vagabonds'.

Do regenerative agriculture practices hold the key to tackling the growing global food crisis, as well as environmental degradation and climate change? Plus, why it might be better to trust data, over our guts, when it comes to making life choices.

Bruce's take on Biden's fistbump with MBS in Saudi Arabia. Anne Applebaum analyses Russia's war against Ukraine. And Ali Millar on the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Bernard Keane with the latest on Auspol, Sri Lanka's presidential decision, and a friend and fellow film-maker's take on Kurt Vonnegut.

Three contributors to a new book called Lessons from History - Yves Rees, Frank Bongiorno and Carolyn Holbrook - discuss the under-appreciated political value of history. And Australian film-maker Ben Lewin has a new film out, starring Joanna Lumley and Danielle Macdonald; plus other interesting work in the pipeline.

Tess Newton-Cain reports from the Pacific Islands Forum, we find out how regional Victorian town of Yackandandah is getting to 100% renewable energy and Raphael Cormack delights us with stories from the roaring 20s in Cairo.

President Biden bears the brunt of America's bad news. Plus, how Hawaii reached its goal of having no young women in detention. And we meet Australia's quizmaster Brydon Coverdale AKA 'The Shark'.

Bernard Keane on the decision to drop the prosecution of Witness K's lawyer Bernard Collaery. Boris Johnson has finally succumbed to pressure to resign and remembering Shinzo Abe.

91-year-old Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers fame, compares his case to that of Julian Assange. And the evolving European colonist views of Australian mammals.

Tanya Denning-Orman with what's on NITV during NAIDOC week and three guests talk about the power of storytelling through different models of prison radio.

Another Supreme Court decision takes America backwards, this time in terms of action on climate change. Plus, the importance of protesting the new spate anti-protest laws creeping into Australia and the UK, and celebrating The Koori Mail.

Could Australia’s new closer relationship with NATO present us with some difficulties to navigate on the global stage?

To mark the 90th birthday of the ABC, former ABC employee John Pickup recalls just some of his terrifying and moving experiences during his 42 year career - from the Melbourne Olympic Games to his years in Broken Hill. Marion Consadine and Nicola Laurent explain what an ABC archivist does and why their job is so important to both the ABC and the country, particularly when celebrating a milestone l...

Ian Dunt on the Scots new push for independence & the Tories byelection spanking.

Bruce Shapiro unpacks the landmark Supreme Court decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, and what it means for American women and democracy. Then, we take a look at the wave of shareholder activism sweeping Japan and pushing companies to take stronger action on climate change. Plus, how landscape photography shaped settler colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and California.

'The Age' columnist George Megalogenis gives us the lowdown on PM Albanese's NATO attendance, Labor's bad luck with economic timing, and Victoria's new Ministry. A new billionaire was created very 30 hours during the pandemic, according to Oxfam. And a wide-ranging 2011 interview with Frank Moorhouse, who has just died.

Eminent Harvard-based Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy warns that nuclear accidents are a constant threat, as history tells us. And a very different history - the people who shaped the wildlife conservation movement.

Tess Newton Cain with the latest on the Pacific, Marianne Hanson and Alan Kuperman discuss Australia's nuclear submarine program and Sandy George takes on Australianness on screen.

Whispers of a looming recession in the United States are generating similar fears Down Under. Plus, a new report outlines how Australia can re-define its relationship with the Pacific. And the battle royale taking place in the United States between wolf lovers and haters.

The makeup of the Senate is now confirmed, with the addition today of some first-timers. Countries around the world are coming up with innovative ways of tackling migrant labour exploitation. And the thousands of non-British citizens - 'aliens' - who served in WW2, but were not to fire a weapon.

Journalist and academic Margaret Simons reveals why she is more depressed about the profession now than at any other point during her 40-year career, and what she thinks it might take to re-invent and improve our press. And British broadcaster and writer Jonathan Freedland on the first Jew to escape Auschwitz so that he could tell the world what was happening.