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Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Eddie Snyot discusses deporting Indigenous Australians and James Griffith's new book explores the politics of languages.

Judith Brett discusses the shifts she has seen in the political landscape in her 40 years of observation and writing and Bain Attwood tells the story of William Cooper's petition to the King for Indigenous representation in Federal Parliament almost 75 years ago. He believed that there was an urgent need for someone capable of 'thinking black' in developing government policies.

Sarah Collard, NITV's political correspondent, has an update on Indigenous news and issues. Political philosopher Jeremy Moss explains why Australia's major carbon exporters have a moral responsibility to share the burden of climate transition. Archaeologist Tamara Lewit goes in search of the children largely missing from the history of ancient Rome.

Bruce Shapiro on the latest court case out of Guantanamo and also Texas where a new law challenging the right to an abortion is heading to the Supreme Court. Lara Marlowe reminisces about her life as a foreign correspondent with Robert Fisk, a regular on Late Night Live who died last year.

Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Rebecca Vincent reports from Julian Assange's extradition appeal and Eddie Mueller discusses the endurance of film noir.

Marc David Baer explains why the history of the Ottoman Empire should be considered part of European history and Jamie Mackay takes us through the many empires that left a mark on the island of Sicily

Ian Dunt sets the UK scene for COP26 starting on Sunday,and discusses the rising Covid hospitalisations. The burgeoning Indian Australian population could reshape ties between the two countries. And Nadia Wassef, one of the founders of the Diwan bookstores in Cairo, has written a book about these iconic cultural oases.

Bruce Shapiro on President Joe Biden's struggle to get his climate policy in place before Glasgow, Rasha Al-Aqeedi on the upcoming Iraqi elections and Sam Knight on the dark side of Britain's stately homes.

Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Helen Sullivan discusses a Syrian seed bank and Martyn Lyons examines the thousands of letters written to Prime Minister Robert Menzies.

Shashi Tharoor on how post-colonial nationalism in India has been perverted under Prime Minister Modi and Paul van Reyk looks at what the history of food in Australia tells us about ourselves.

The realities of PNG's Covid situation in the provinces are emerging. Development plans in the NT are creating controversies over water. And UK writer Alice Hattrick has been examining mystery illness - an experience she knows well.

Bruce Shapiro looks back over the achievements of Colin Powell, Tony Kevin looks back at the sinking of the SIEV-X twenty years ago and Ross Barnett discusses the risks and rewards of bringing the woolly mammoth back to life.

Laura Tingle has the latest on Canberra politics, Lucie Newsome discusses why sons are favoured to inherit the family farm and journalists Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson examine the disappearance of a man from a tiny outback town.

What happened in 1911 when many brilliant minds of the era like Marie Cure and Albert Einstein meet at a conference in Brussels and what we can learn from ancient civilisations about how to live with nature.

The UK's early response to Covid has been condemned, but life now under Covid is relatively 'normal'. Lech Blaine's Quarterly Essay looks at elites' misuse of the larrikin identity.

Bruce Shapiro on the journalists who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Andrew Quilty and Nadene Ghouri report on the latest from Afghanistan and Tom Wright tells the story of Leonard Francis, the scandalous US Navy contractor.

Amy Remeikis on the latest from Canberra, Tim Buckley looks at the consequences of Australia not engaging at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow and Gerhard Toews examines the legacy of dissidents sent to Gulag camps.

Evan Osnos looks at three cities in America to investigate the increasing polarisation of the country that was already happening before President Trump inflamed the situation and Alec MacGillis talks about the huge influence Amazon has in increasing inequality in America and reducing quality of life.

Wilcannia's covid disaster was featured on the front page of The Washington Post. Asteroids have had major impacts in the long ago past, and there will be more to come. More information is only now emerging about Victoria's convicts.

Laura Tingle discusses the controversial resignation of Gladys Berejiklian, Ben Noble on the threat Alexei Navalny poses to Putin, and Lisa Sullivan previews the McCubbin exhibition at the Geelong Gallery in Victoria.

Gillian Mears, in a program-length feature interview, is frank, funny and flirtatious as she discusses her life, family, work and facing death.

Bernadette Brennan discusses her biography of the brilliant but enigmatic author, Gillian Mears.

There are some pressure points in the Australian/UK relationship, and the UK is dealing with a major fuel crisis. Plus, a feature interview with journalist Bronwyn Adcock, who has written a scarifying account of the bushfire on the NSW coast that she and her family lived through, and the opportunities that were missed, to prevent or limit the damage.

Bruce Shapiro on yet another possible government shutdown, how the military use and misuse social media and facing the opposing problems of malnourishment and obesity across the warming globe.

Laura Tingle with the latest from Canberra, Roger Pulvers and Koichi Nakano on Japan's upcoming elections and Anna Nagurney on the great shipping container shortage.