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Bernard Keane on the SA election, Anatol Lieven on the real Russian elite and what a peace deal might look like and the Stasi poetry circle which tried to bring down capitalism through verse. 

Chandran Nair makes the argument that we need to acknowledge and then dismantle global white elitism and Wendy McCarthy talks about the challenges of her careers as a teacher, campaigner, board member and wife and mother.

Sarah Collard reports on the responses to the trial for the murder of Kumanjayi Walker, Professor mark Howden talks to the latest IPCC report and the expected impact on agriculture and Alice Pung explores the challenges of being a diverse voice in publishing.

Bruce Shapiro on President Biden's options as the war in Ukraine escalates; Australia's arts sector was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic and still faces a crisis. Plus, what can we learn about social cohesion from animals?

Laura Tingle on flood fury, petrol pain and defending Defence - how the PM has fared this week in politics. Financial markets expert Satyajit Das looks at the challenges facing Australia's economy as we emerge from the pandemic, and how covid has changed our language with Oxford English Professor, Simon Horobin.

Howard French has written an acclaimed new book putting Africa and Africans front and centre in their contribution to the making of the modern world.

Ian Dunt gives us an update on how the United Kingdom is responding to the escalating war in Ukraine. Then Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque gives us an overview of what's been behind the recent political unrest in several West African countries. And finally National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts takes us under the sea, where she and a group of Black divers have been unearthing the stories of the mill...

President Joe Biden has to make some big decisions about the US response to Ukraine. Wheat shortages will impact both Ukrainian and Russian populations, and will affect many other countries too. Rose de Freycinet, wife of French explorer and cartographer Louis de Freycinet, stowed away on his ship.

Nour Haydar's Canberra, the nuclear threat in Ukraine and the legacy of Shane Warne and his place in the history of sport.

Journalist and author Troy Bramston has written a mammoth biography of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, shedding light on even more of his personal foibles and political achievements. And former publisher and journalist Julianne Schultz's book 'The idea of Australia' combines decades of observations about how our country needs to find its soul, and a more unified sense of purpose.

Bruce Shapiro gives us his analysis of President Biden's State of the Union, Philippe Sands explains the case for returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and Georgina Arnott looks at the changing ideas of poet Judith Wright through her essays

News from around the Pacific with Tess Newton Cain and the youth creating job opportunities in Gaza. Plus, a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian tells the true story of the mutiny on the Bounty.

Laura Tingle on war, floods and the upcoming election, Russian troops advance towards Ukraine's capital Kyiv and are we eating ourselves to extinction?

The pandemic has caused a worker shortage, yet there's a missed opportunity with older workers. A new book about black British nurse Mary Seacole tackles some of the myths and gaps in the story of her life in the 1800s.

Ian Dunt assesses the UK's response to the Ukraine crisis, we go back 50 years to that fateful trip by President Nixon to China and Nick Oliver reads some of his grandfather's letters of complaint.

A historic $73 million settlement has been reached for the families of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk provides an update on the unfolding situation following President Putin's announcement recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. Randy Malamud walks us through the rich cultural history of cut flowers.

The PM creates sparks on the campaign trail, the first summit between Africa and the European Union in five years sees a support package aimed at mitigating reliance on China and Russia, and the curious history of diplomatic gifts.

Pentecostalism's growth is phenomenal, and in some countries in Africa and South America, it's political, and a form of warfare. Plus author Russell Shorto delves into his family's past to tell the story of his Sicilian mobster grandfather in small town America.

How much industry influence is too much for a democracy like Australia to bear and why the science of friction is so critical to modern life with Laurie Winkless.

As tensions continue to escalate between Russia and the West, Bruce Shapiro considers what cards are left to play. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has travelled to the Asia-Pacific, so what does that say about the importance of our region? Plus, we'll meet some badass women that have been largely forgotten by Australian history.

Laura Tingle reflects on the final sitting days of the 46th parliament, more than half the population of Afghanistan facing starvation and the diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon, attaché to the American Embassy in Paris in the lead up to WWII.

How one man with major holes in his CV ran South Australia's autopsies for nearly three decades. And the strange but true tale of plastic surgery provided to US prisoners.

Ian Dunt on Boris Johnson's latest gaffe, Kristy Campion on some forgotten history of terrorism in Australia and Simon Parkin on the brilliant refugees that were interned on the Isle of Man during World War Two.

Debates about free speech sweep the States; hydrogen now comes in green, blue, grey, even pink, but are they all worth the hype? And journalist Gary Nunn explores just how far psychics have infiltrated the media, the corporate world, government, the criminal justice system and beyond.

Laura Tingle on Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce being embroiled in the text message scandal, political scientist Dr Brian Klaas on the nature of power and philosopher A.C Grayling considers three major threats to humanity and how universal ethics might help.