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Episodes

Bernard Keane's Canberra, Boris exits, stage Benny Hill and remembering Shinzo Abe

July 11, 2022 • 53 mins

Bernard Keane welcomes the decision to drop the prosecution of Witness K's lawyer Bernard Collaery, but says there is unfinished business which should be the subject of a federal ICAC. Boris Johnson has finally succumbed to pressure to resign, but what kind of UK does he leave in his wake? And remembering former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.

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Legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange, and how Australia's mammals were understood - or not - by the first Europeans who saw them.

July 7, 2022 • 53 mins

91-year-old Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers fame, compares his case to that of Julian Assange. And the evolving European colonist views of Australian mammals.

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NAIDOC week on NITV and the power of prison radio

July 6, 2022 • 53 mins

Tanya Denning-Orman with what's on NITV during NAIDOC week and three guests talk about the power of storytelling through different models of prison radio.

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Bruce Shapiro's America, anti-protest laws and Koori Mail wins NAIDOC award

July 5, 2022 • 53 mins

Another Supreme Court decision takes America backwards, this time in terms of action on climate change. Plus, the importance of protesting the new spate anti-protest laws creeping into Australia and the UK, and celebrating The Koori Mail.

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Richard Tanter's Canberra, the plight of the honeybees and the surprising history of women in film

July 4, 2022 • 53 mins

Could Australia’s new closer relationship with NATO present us with some difficulties to navigate on the global stage?

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Late Night Live celebrates the 90th birthday of the ABC

June 30, 2022 • 53 mins

To mark the 90th birthday of the ABC, former ABC employee John Pickup recalls just some of his terrifying and moving experiences during his 42 year career - from the Melbourne Olympic Games to his years in Broken Hill. Marion Consadine and Nicola Laurent explain what an ABC archivist does and why their job is so important to both the ABC and the country, particularly when celebrating a milestone like the 90th anniversary.

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Ian Dunt's UK, Myanmar crackdown and Kalymnos finds new fame

June 29, 2022 • 53 mins

Ian Dunt on the Scots new push for independence & the Tories byelection spanking.

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The end of Roe, shareholders take on corporate Japan and colonial landscape photography

June 28, 2022 • 53 mins

Bruce Shapiro unpacks the landmark Supreme Court decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, and what it means for American women and democracy. Then, we take a look at the wave of shareholder activism sweeping Japan and pushing companies to take stronger action on climate change. Plus, how landscape photography shaped settler colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and California.

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George Megalogenis's Canberra, Pandemic profiteers, and a tribute to Frank Moorhouse

June 27, 2022 • 53 mins

'The Age' columnist George Megalogenis gives us the lowdown on PM Albanese's NATO attendance, Labor's bad luck with economic timing, and Victoria's new Ministry. A new billionaire was created very 30 hours during the pandemic, according to Oxfam. And a wide-ranging 2011 interview with Frank Moorhouse, who has just died.

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So close to nuclear disaster again, and the changing faces of the conservation movement

June 23, 2022 • 53 mins

Eminent Harvard-based Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy warns that nuclear accidents are a constant threat, as history tells us. And a very different history - the people who shaped the wildlife conservation movement.

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Pacific update, nuclear submarines and Australianness on screen

June 22, 2022 • 53 mins

Tess Newton Cain with the latest on the Pacific, Marianne Hanson and Alan Kuperman discuss Australia's nuclear submarine program and Sandy George takes on Australianness on screen.

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Bruce Shapiro's America, Pacific re-set and rewilding wolves

June 21, 2022 • 53 mins

Whispers of a looming recession in the United States are generating similar fears Down Under. Plus, a new report outlines how Australia can re-define its relationship with the Pacific. And the battle royale taking place in the United States between wolf lovers and haters.

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Bernard Keane's Canberra, combatting global migrant wage theft, and the 'aliens' who served in WW2

June 20, 2022 • 53 mins

The makeup of the Senate is now confirmed, with the addition today of some first-timers. Countries around the world are coming up with innovative ways of tackling migrant labour exploitation. And the thousands of non-British citizens - 'aliens' - who served in WW2, but were not to fire a weapon.

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Margaret Simons on Australian journalism and Jonathan Freedland's incredible account of a little known Auschwitz hero

June 16, 2022 • 53 mins

Journalist and academic Margaret Simons reveals why she is more depressed about the profession now than at any other point during her 40-year career, and what she thinks it might take to re-invent and improve our press. And British broadcaster and writer Jonathan Freedland on the first Jew to escape Auschwitz so that he could tell the world what was happening.

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Ian Dunt's UK, rescuing Afghan writers and 'reading' Arctic glaciers

June 15, 2022 • 53 mins

The latest on the 11th-hour intervention in the UK's Rwanda asylum plan and the Northern Ireland Protocol saga, the international efforts to rescue journalists and writers from the Taliban, and inaugural Shackleton Medal winner Dr. Heïdi Sevestre on 'black carbon' in the Artic Circle, and what it means for us all.

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Bruce Shapiro's America, trade in the Pacific and a tribute to missing journalist Dom Phillips

June 14, 2022 • 53 mins

We unpack the first two days of the public hearings of the committee investigating the Capitol riot on January 6th 2021. Then, what will it take to prioritise trade over aid in the Pacific? Plus, a tribute to friend of the program, missing journalist Dom Phillips.

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What happened to Menzies' Liberal Party and Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake in crisis

June 13, 2022 • 53 mins

In the wake of the federal election, are there lessons for the Liberal Party in its Menzian roots? And, a miraculous lake and an ancient way of life in Cambodia are facing a perfect storm of problems.

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Digging Ancient Egypt

June 9, 2022 • 53 mins

Ancient Egyptian scholars Karin Sowada, Dimitri Laboury and Anna-Latifa Mourad-Cizek dust off their boots and down tools to discuss their incredible discoveries and what life is like as a contemporary archaeologist.

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Indigenous News, data leak of detained Uyghurs in China and Emma Smith explains the concept of 'bookhood'

June 8, 2022 • 53 mins

ABC Federal Reporter Dana Morse talks to the post election world for Indigenous Australia, Yaqiu Wang explains the Xinjiang police files data leak and Emma Smith encourages you to think about the functionality of books as well as the words inside.

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Bruce Shapiro's America, mining in Bougainville and the history of Budapest

June 7, 2022 • 53 mins

As the House committee hearings into the January 6 Capitol riot begin, Bruce Shapiro compares and contrasts them to the Watergate hearings. A new report looks at mining company behaviour on Bougainville, as everyone jostles to benefit from the rich seams of copper and gold. And Victor Sebestyen takes us back through the rich history of Budapest.

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Episodes

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.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}Legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange, and how Australia's mammals were understood - or not - by the first Europeans who saw them.

NAIDOC week on NITV and the power of prison radio

Bruce Shapiro's America, anti-protest laws and Koori Mail wins NAIDOC award

Richard Tanter's Canberra, the plight of the honeybees and the surprising history of women in film

Late Night Live celebrates the 90th birthday of the ABC

Ian Dunt's UK, Myanmar crackdown and Kalymnos finds new fame

The end of Roe, shareholders take on corporate Japan and colonial landscape photography

George Megalogenis's Canberra, Pandemic profiteers, and a tribute to Frank Moorhouse

So close to nuclear disaster again, and the changing faces of the conservation movement

Pacific update, nuclear submarines and Australianness on screen

Bruce Shapiro's America, Pacific re-set and rewilding wolves

Bernard Keane's Canberra, combatting global migrant wage theft, and the 'aliens' who served in WW2

Margaret Simons on Australian journalism and Jonathan Freedland's incredible account of a little known Auschwitz hero

Ian Dunt's UK, rescuing Afghan writers and 'reading' Arctic glaciers

Bruce Shapiro's America, trade in the Pacific and a tribute to missing journalist Dom Phillips

What happened to Menzies' Liberal Party and Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake in crisis

Digging Ancient Egypt

Indigenous News, data leak of detained Uyghurs in China and Emma Smith explains the concept of 'bookhood'

Bruce Shapiro's America, mining in Bougainville and the history of Budapest

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Bernard Keane's Canberra, Boris exits, stage Benny Hill and remembering Shinzo Abe

Legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange, and how Australia's mammals were understood - or not - by the first Europeans who saw them.