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Bruce Shapiro on the protests in America, why efforts to improve policing have failed and an alternative history of Australia.

Laura Tingle's Canberra; Is the US heading towards nuclear chaos under Trump? The Uluru Statement three years after it was rejected by the federal government

Popular Australian television content is being broadcast to Pacific audiences. In the past 60 years France’s military has intervened in Africa over 50 times, but has it been the stabilising force it would like us to believe? And, ever wondered what the Magna Carta or the First Folio of Romeo and Juliet smell like? Researchers at the Institute of Digital Archaeology have managed to extract the scen...

Former George W. Bush speechwriter, David Frum is no fan of the current President and in his new book he details his concerns and outlines how to restore American democracy and the Republican party - post Trump. In the UK this week Dominic Cummings, the PM's closest advisor, faces not only a furious public but also growing hostility across the political spectrum. Cultural historian Lindsay Porter...

Memorial Day in the USA, COVID-19 and psychology of conspiracies and the lock down that was Biosphere 2

Laura Tingle's Canberra, is Covid-19 being used as a chance to reorder the international landscape? and what's so bad about getting old?

Daniel McCarthy discusses just how far Mitch McConnell's influence extends, Zambian economist Dr Dambisa Moyo argues in favour of a modern-day Marshall Plan for Africa and Barbara Freese explores the history of corporate denial from the slave trade to climate change.

Protesters in Hong Kong are re-emerging after the COVID 19 lock down but Anthony Dapiran sees further repression and dark days ahead. Alex Rogers and Helen Rosenbaum outline their concerns over the impacts of deep sea mining. A curious history of Alphabetical order- Judith Flanders looks back at its origins and adoption.

The latest from Washington, a horrific attack in Kabul and the importance of addresses.

The latest in Australian politics, Kerala's rock star health minister and the farmers saving rare breeds and preserving biodiversity.

A botched attempted raid on Venezuela proves truth is stranger than fiction. Keeping the Internet free of the worst violence, hate speech, animal cruelty and child abuse is taking a terrible toll on moderators. Newly discovered records suggest poet Lord Byron's exploits pale in comparison to those of his forebears.

In Britain the message has changed from stay at home to stay alert but what this mean? Ian Dunt tries to figure it out. How the KGB took back Russia and then took on the West - Catherine Belton's expose on Putin's people. Alexandra Shulman, the long serving editor of Vogue in Britain, her new book: Clothes and other things that matter.

Bruce Shapiro's America, Michael Moore's divisive documentary on renewable energy and Sean Scalmer on the forgotten Australian politician, Graham Berry.

Anthony Albanese's major speech; Does Covid-19 discriminate? The plight of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Daniel McCarthy takes America's temperature, Matt Alt explores why Japan has turned to a 19th-century folk legend in its hour of need and Rachel Nuwer discusses whether Covid could curb the global wildlife trade.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is facing mounting criticism and challenges on many fronts. Sarah Maslin assess how the beleaguered country and its leader are faring. John Kirk discusses the history and current deployment of Cuba's medical brigades. Philippe Sands, in his new book The Ratline, follows the trail of a Nazi fugitive, Otto von Wachter.

The latest from the USA, the deep state with David Rohde and the case for a literary stimulus.

Bruce Shapiro on the latest from Washington, the power of the Christian nationalists in the USA and a history of guns in Australia

Laura Tingle surveys the latest in national politics, Playwright David Williamson and arts academic Jo Caust on how to help an arts sector in dire straits. Kathy Lette's new book: HRT (husband replacement therapy).

America's former secretary of state, Madeleine Albright reflects on her life and work in her latest memoir Hell and Other Destinations and British historian Emma Griffin explores the life and finances of working-class families in 19th-century Britain.

How has North Korea handled the virus and where is leader Kim Jong Un ? Is Russian and Chinese aid to Europe and America entirely altruistic? and the story of Violet Mackenzie- Australia's original radio girl

Bruce Shapiro on the latest policy by Twitter, what role does gender play in COVID-19 and Alison Whittaker discusses white fragility.