Late Night Live - Full program podcast podcast

Late Night Live - Full program podcast

From razor-sharp analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture, Late Night Live puts you firmly in the big picture.

From razor-sharp analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture, Late Night Live puts you firmly in the big picture.

 

#250

Bruce Shapiro's America, the potential of prison architecture, and Queensland's rebellious first fem...

Bruce Shapiro is back as measles spreads in Texas, and Columbia University faces drastic d... more

23 hrs Ago

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#249

Laura Tingle's Canberra, the origins of DEI, and who really discovered gold in Australia?

Political Editor Laura Tingle on the potential federal implications of WA's state election... more

Yesterday

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Yesterday


#248

Alan Rusbridger on the perils of political journalism, and Robert Dessaix on life, death, sexuality ...

Alan Rusbridger, the former editor in chief of The Guardian UK on Trump's push to silence ... more

06 Mar 2025

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53:36

06 Mar 2025


#247

The State of the World: the rise of Orbán, Trump and Netanyahu

Has the rise of leaders like Orbán, Trump and Netanyahu finally put paid to the liberal fa... more

05 Mar 2025

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05 Mar 2025


#246

The State of the Self: Have we lost a sense of community in a post pandemic world?

Despite the promise that we were “all in it together”, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a flig... more

04 Mar 2025

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04 Mar 2025


#245

The State of the Nation: has the myth of the 'fair go' been broken?

Has the myth of the Australian fair-go finally been broken? Are social divides deepening a... more

03 Mar 2025

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03 Mar 2025


#244

Trans poet and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon on being banned by Trump

Trans poet and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon on how they use humour to flip the narrative about... more

27 Feb 2025

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27 Feb 2025


#243

The story of Russia through Putin's eyes, and the painting that rocked Australian politics

Three years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, renowned historian Orlando Figes, delves i... more

26 Feb 2025

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26 Feb 2025


#242

Ian Dunt's UK, NT mining royalties slump and how to rescue a hummingbird

Ian Dunt on how the UK is reacting to Trump abandoning Ukraine. What happens to NT Indigen... more

25 Feb 2025

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25 Feb 2025


#241

Laura Tingle's Canberra, the money behind far-right young voices and the charlatan geologist from WA

Laura Tingle on the variation in poll results ahead of the election being called, the big ... more

24 Feb 2025

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24 Feb 2025


#240

Calls to audit Welcomes to Country, and who pays for climate disasters when insurance folds?

 Indigenous Australian theatre and arts director Rhoda Roberts says the backlash against W... more

20 Feb 2025

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20 Feb 2025


#239

A Catholic Bishop's take on the US Immigration crackdown, and the women who revolutionised Australia...

A growing number of Catholic Church leaders have criticised US President Donald Trump's im... more

19 Feb 2025

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19 Feb 2025


#238

Bruce Shapiro's America, Vanuatu deals with multiple earthquakes and are book blurbs just an incestu...

Members of the US Congress are wondering whether President Donal Trump will simply ignore ... more

18 Feb 2025

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18 Feb 2025


#237

Laura Tingle's Canberra, the War Memorial refurbished, and the shipwreck that devastated Darwin

Laura Tingle looks at what role the independents could play in a minority Coalition govern... more

17 Feb 2025

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17 Feb 2025


#236

Political chaos in South Korea and the poet who broke taboos

A declaration of martial law in South Korea, lasting six hours, has created the country’s ... more

13 Feb 2025

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13 Feb 2025


#235

Life in the shadow of Mussolini and how white supremacy infiltrated the wellness industry

The small town of Predappio is Italy’s premier neo-fascist tourist site, with hundreds of ... more

12 Feb 2025

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12 Feb 2025


#234

Ian Dunt's UK, the economics of degrowth, and how relevant are the Oscars?

Calls to "stop the boats" have returned to UK Parliament. What is the degrowth movement, a... more

11 Feb 2025

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11 Feb 2025


#233

Laura Tingle's Canberra, the invention of jaywalking, and unearthing Roman mosaics

Outrage in parliament as the Opposition shuts down Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus during Ho... more

10 Feb 2025

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10 Feb 2025


#232

The wild and talented poet Dorothy Porter and re-thinking privacy

The late Australian poet Dorothy Porter is best known for her verse novel The Monkey's Mas... more

06 Feb 2025

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06 Feb 2025


#231

Trump's plan to 'take over' Gaza, Brazil's feud with tech titans, and Antarctica's tourism boom

ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons digests US President Donald Trump's extraordinary dec... more

05 Feb 2025

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05 Feb 2025


#230

Bruce Shapiro's America, Belarus’ secret program to undermine the EU, and moral panic over female cy...

Bruce Shapiro on Trump's tariff backtrack. How Belarus is weaponising migrants to destabil... more

04 Feb 2025

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04 Feb 2025


#229

Laura Tingle's Canberra, Trump and Netanyahu discuss the West Bank, and Australia's love of cinema

Peter Dutton's political point-scoring on national security and antisemitism. Will Benjami... more

03 Feb 2025

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03 Feb 2025


#228

America's history of expelling migrants, and factchecking in a "post-truth" world

US President Donald Trump’s threatened deportation of up to twenty million immigrants brin... more

30 Jan 2025

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30 Jan 2025


#227

Vancouver's fentanyl epidemic plus the lost languages of Tibet

Vancouver decriminalised possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use in 2023.... more

29 Jan 2025

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29 Jan 2025


#226

Elon Musk and Nigel Farage fall out, plus can Trump really buy Greenland?

Ian Dunt on the fall-out between Nigel Farage and Elon Musk. Plus what Greenlanders think ... more

28 Jan 2025

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28 Jan 2025


#225

Australia by numbers, and a history of the beach shack

As the Australia Day weekend comes to a close, leading social researchers Rebecca Huntley ... more

27 Jan 2025

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27 Jan 2025


#224

When child soldiers grow up and April Ashley - glamour model and trans pioneer

What happens when child soldiers grow up and have children of their own? A new inter-gener... more

23 Jan 2025

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23 Jan 2025


#223

Peter Beinart on being Jewish after the destruction of Gaza, and Coca-Cola's power in China

While anti-Semitic attacks in Australia and America appear to be on the rise, Jewish journ... more

22 Jan 2025

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22 Jan 2025


#222

Bruce Shapiro on Trump's America Mark ll and a journalist returns to Syria

Regular US commentator Bruce Shapiro in an extended segment to talk inauguration and more.... more

21 Jan 2025

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21 Jan 2025


#221

Laura Tingle's Canberra, a fishy deal and eucalypts taking over the world

Laura Tingle looks at how the major parties spent their summer as the shadow election camp... more

20 Jan 2025

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20 Jan 2025