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Malcolm Turnbull faces another difficult day as leader, we discuss whether it is time for a National Indigenous Theatre Company and we find out just how close Napoleon came to invading Port Jackson.

Ahead of the November mid term elections, the polls are all over the place. The man who discovered penicillin warned against its over-use, now what he feared has come to pass as antibiotics prove increasingly ineffective against 'superbugs'. The rise - and rise - of the alt right.

James Ricketson is still in jail in Cambodia. How bad for our health is big data? The woman helping white people own their own racism.

Bruce Shapiro's regular report on the week's news and politics from the US.As the Turkish lira keeps falling in value, the fear of financial contagion returns. Melting glaciers and increased Chinese mining are threatening the existence of Tibet's nomads.

Laura Tingle does her best to explain the politics of the NEG, the Turkish economy goes into freefall and we find out just which algorithms you can trust.

Ian Dunt talks burquas and Boris; does Sky News have a plan - and what is it? the pleasures of manuscripts.

The Banking Royal Commission is attempting to shine a spotlight into the murky corners of super. Australia's superannuation industry is worth $2.6 trillion, but the complexity and opaqueness of the system means consumers can easily be taken advantage of. To date, the Commission has found evidence of hidden fees, fees for no service and a startling lack of regulation. So why have superfunds been "l...

Bruce Shapiro's regular report on the week's news and politics from the US. Can we have a new national drought policy in Australia , or do we simply repackage old policies from over a hundred years ago?

The Prime Minister faces numerous climate challenges, the Zimbabwean elections turned violent after the polls closed and Berlin's theatre scene is under attack from the far right.

Daniel McCarthy explains how lobbying and Paul Manafort's luxe lifestyle came to be on trial in Washington DC, we ask what motivated Australia's participation in WW1 and meet the activist architects rebuilding communities in the world's worst disaster zones.

Trump promises a showdown with Iran, but then promises to talk 'without preconditions'. As the US withdraws from global leadership, the big question is what - and who - comes next?

Bruce Shapiro on all the news from the US. Feminist and human rights campaigner Julie Bindel says sex work is badly paid, exploitative and a poor choice for women - her views have riled feminists and activists who see it as a legitimate career. What drew women like Carolyn Layton into the aura of Jim Jones, the man responsible for the mass suicide in Guyana?

Laura Tingle joins us for her analysis of Super Saturday, we find out what the Chinese take on the US-China trade war is and the scandal that has rocked the Nobel Prize Academy.

Just months after media laws were changed, Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment have announced a planned merger - who wins and who loses from the deal? Few journalists have made it into Yemen to report on the almost invisible war there but Jane Ferguson managed to get behind rebel lines to witness a disaster unfolding first hand. Majok Tulba was nine years old when he first saw a book, now he's an...

Bruce decodes the US and Iran's mother of all Twitter wars, we uncover the truth about South Sudanese 'crime gangs' and meet the former al-Qaeda bomb-maker who went undercover for M16.

Laura Tingle joins us from the campaign trail in Longman, the election in Pakistan is unravelled and we explore the curious history of how birds were named.

Curiosity can lead to danger, but also into discovery.

Shashi Tharoor describes the de-industrialisation of India under British rule and Lina Khan discusses the rise and rise of Amazon.

Kate Summerscale has won the prestigious Samuel Johnson Award for non-fiction. Her recent book covers Victorian era crimes including child murder.

In August 1917 around 100,000 workers went on strike to protest against changes to working conditions. This panel of experts discuss the causes and consequences of this infamous strike.

The questions raised in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein remain relevant today.

Bruce profiles new Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M Kavanaugh, we ask what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's win means for US socialism and backtrack to one of England's greatest political scandals of all time.

What's going on with the polls, a look at legislation passed and proposed to protect us from terrorists and cyber attack and the spookiness of the wide open land of Australia.