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Oct 13, 2026

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Episodes

The Tory leadership race and the US-Australia alliance 19.06.2019

Ian Dunt discusses who's still in the running to become Britain's next prime minister and two defence experts, John Lee and Charles Edel, explore the future of Australia's security alliance with the US.

Bruce Shapiro, Grenfell remembered and digitising art 18.06.2019

Bruce Shapiro gives us his regular update on what is happening in the USA, what has happened in the two years since the Grenfell fire to prevent another disaster and what impact has the digital revolution had on the arts?

LNL Monday 17th June 2019 17.06.2019
Who is Elizabeth Warren, a geologist view of time and how plants think. 13.06.2019

Conservative commentator Daniel McCarthy on the surge of support for Elizabeth Warren and why facebook is bad for the press and freedom.

Hong Kong, bitcoin winners, Iola Matthews 12.06.2019

What effect are the protests having on the business community of Hong Kong, the twins that made money from bitcoin and Iola Mathews and the golden age of the ACTU.

Bruce Shapiro on US politics; security and secrecy - what's behind the media raids; the rise of American Christian fundamentalism 11.06.2019

Bruce Shapiro dissects the latest developments stateside. We go more deeply into the laws, and the jostling for power, behind last week's media raids. And the short history of the Fundamentalist church in America.

Gillian Armstrong 10.06.2019

Gillian Armstrong chats to Phillip Adams about her life and career in film.

Leadership changes in PNG, Webtopia, the Gold rush 06.06.2019

Papua New Guinea has a new Prime Minister - So what will James Marape's new leadership look like? Former ABC correspondent Shane McCleod on the latest from PNG.

Successful public policy and a musical take on La Perouse 05.06.2019

Ian Dunt brings us the latest on Donald Trump's state visit to the UK, we explore public policy successes from Australia and New Zealand and Australian pianist Chris Cody explains how an 18th-century French navigator inspired his latest composition.

American politics, waste politics and the politics of Arthur Calwell 04.06.2019

Bruce Shapiro brings the latest report from America, why Malaysia is turning away Australia's waste and what can we learn from Arthur Calwell's battle with the press.

Laura Tingle's Canberra politics; Drones of war; 17th century Quacks 03.06.2019

Can Labor's new shadow cabinet put political pressure on Scott Morrison's new government? Has drone warfare got more deadly in the past 12 months?

Impeachment and the Mueller report, Science bites back, Remembering Tony Horwitz 30.05.2019

Donald Trump says the Mueller report is "case closed " but is it ? Daniel McCarthy surveys the week in American politics. Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses his new book The Scientific Attitude : defending science from denial, fraud and pseudoscience. Remembering journalist and author Tony Horwitz who died this week.

EU Elections, Huawei and Australian cartooning 29.05.2019

Stan Grant analyses the EU elections, Huawei and a history of Australian cartoons.

Bruce Shapiro, Plan S and Just add Love the Cookbook 28.05.2019

Bruce Shapiro surveys US politics, open access scholarship with Martin Borchert, and Just add Love: Holocaust survivors share their stories and recipes.

Laura Tingle; Sri Lanka war crimes; Chicago gun violence 27.05.2019

Morrison's new cabinet for the LNP's third term. Reconciliation in Sri Lanka. George Gittoes discusses his new film White Light which is about gun violence on the South Side of Chicago.

Elena Kats-Chernin 23.05.2019

Where does Elena Kats-Chernin's music come from?

Ian Dunt's UK, bees and science photography 22.05.2019

Ian Dunt talks us through the latest in British politics, Thomas D. Seeley explains how wild honeybees can save the beekeeping industry and Vanessa Finney delves deep into the photographic archives of the Australian Museum.

American politics, Indian elections and mass extinctions 21.05.2019

Bruce Shapiro discusses the latest from America including the Alabama abortion laws, we find out why women are not standing for election in India and what is happening with mass extinctions here in Australia

Laura Tingle's Federal election report ; Children of Harvey Milk; The Bookshop of the world 20.05.2019

Morrison's election miracle. Andrew Reynolds discusses his new book: The Children of Harvey Milk. Making and trading books in the Dutch golden age.

Dan McCarthy on Trump vs Iran and Roe vs Wade. Why values not economics matter and The Pandemic Century. 16.05.2019

Daniel McCarthy discusses President Trump's stance against Iran and the looming legal battle over abortion. The Australia we want: a new report argues for a focus on values instead of economic indicators, and the Pandemic century: one hundred years of panic, hysteria and hubris.

US-China trade war; Richard Sorge: Master Spy 15.05.2019

'Trade wars are good and easy to win'. The words of President Trump on Monday 13th May after the Chinese government increased tariffs on 60 billion dollars worth of American goods. The reports from Russian spy Richard Sorge back to Moscow were critical in determining the outcome of WW2.

Bruce Shapiro on US politics; ten Federal Elections that shaped Australia; and deciphering corporate euphemisms 14.05.2019

Bruce Shapiro discusses two significant US Supreme Court cases - one against Apple, and the other throwing into question the legal importance of precedent. We revisit ten Federal Elections that shaped Australia. And an analysis of corporate communications reveals how often, and why, euphemisms are deployed.

Election campaign week 5, are the Saudis pushing for war with Iran and ancestral bones returned to Arnhem Land 13.05.2019

Laura Tingle discusses the latest Newspoll results, we ask whether the Saudis are deliberately stirring up tensions with Iran and two documentary-makers explore the story of a notorious bone theft from Arnhem Land in 1948. 

Trump's taxes and the Deutsche bank connection, contested Airbnb listings in the West Bank and the revival of soap box oratory. 09.05.2019

Why President Trump's relationship with Deutsche bank is under scrutiny, Airbnb and the controversial listing of houses in the West Bank. How soap box oratory and Speakers' Corner in Sydney is making a comeback.

Ian Dunt's UK, how social change happens and deep-sea exploration past, present and future 08.05.2019

Ian Dunt brings us the latest on Brexit and British politics, Cass Sunstein explains why some social movements succeed where others fail and marine biologist Alex Rogers reflects on 30 years studying life in the deep ocean.

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