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#250

LNL Summer: Searching for the soul

What is the soul? Is it a substance, your conscience or simply a creation of the mind? Most societies and religions have some concept of the soul. Historian Paul Ham has looked at how the idea has changed through history and across cultures. Guest: Paul Ham, author of The Soul: A History of the Human Mind (Penguin Random House) Originally broadcast on 1 August 2024 ... Read more

19 Dec 2024

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19 Dec 2024

#249

Exposing Pine Gap, the scam of academic publishing and the brilliance of the notebook

Des Ball had a long and complicated relationship with Pine Gap, which is explored in a new documentary, we ask whether academic publishing should be making big bucks - for the publishers and the contribution of the notebook to the work of some of our literary and scientific geniuses. ... Read more

18 Dec 2024

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18 Dec 2024

#248

LNL Summer: Lobbying in the US and Captain Cooks last voyage

Brody Mullins investigates how lobbyists have changed politics and society in America and Hamilton Sides tells the story of how and why James Cook's last voyage ended up in violence - from the Hawaiian perspective. ... Read more

17 Dec 2024

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17 Dec 2024

#247

LNL Summer: William Dalrymple on India's Golden Road

For more than 1000 years, India was a trading powerhouse across the globe - not only of spices, wild animals and gemstones but also of language, philosophy, religion, mathematics and astronomy. But why is this part of India's history not so well known, and why did its dominance wane about 1200 AD? Guest: William Dalrymple, historian, podcaster and author of The Golden Road How Ancient India Transformed the World (Bloomsbury) Originally broadcast on 3 September 2024 ... Read more

16 Dec 2024

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16 Dec 2024

#246

2024 Year in Review

Chas Licciardello, Sashi Perera and First Dog on the Moon - aka Andrew Marlton - join David Marr to survey the profound and the ridiculous from the year we've just had. ... Read more

12 Dec 2024

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12 Dec 2024

#245

What made Cyprus rich, and the secrets of the deep oceans

A history of Cyprus that's equal parts epic and personal. Plus, Susan Casey on the life that thrives thousands of metres below the surface of the ocean. ... Read more

11 Dec 2024

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54:07

11 Dec 2024

#244

Bruce Shapiro's America, Syria's uncertain future, and our love of Mars

Bruce Shapiro's take on a remarkable year in American politics - and what to expect in the year to come. What's next for Syria after the stunning fall of the Assad regime? Plus humanity's ancient fascination with the red planet. ... Read more

10 Dec 2024

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10 Dec 2024

#243

Canberra Politics, Belgium compensation & Bulgarian villages

Laura Tingle and Niki Savva bring their incisive analysis on the year in politics, why the world is looking at a compensation case playing out in Belgium over their actions in the Congo and then to Bulgaria where research is being done on how nature is overtaking the many abandoned villages. Is it good news for the environment? ... Read more

09 Dec 2024

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09 Dec 2024

#242

Robert Manne's intellectual combat, and a history of sex and Christianity

Robert Manne is one of Australia’s foremost public intellectuals. His new memoir traces his intellectual roots, and his own political shifts over 40 years. And Oxford historian Diarmaid MacCulloch challenges what we know about sex and Christian morality. ... Read more

05 Dec 2024

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05 Dec 2024

#241

The Fairfax dynasty's last hurrah plus what Australia's trees can tell us

The life of James Fairfax, philanthropist, art collector and heir to the Fairfax media dynasty, told through eleven objects, plus what Australia's ancient trees can tell us about our history. ... Read more

04 Dec 2024

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04 Dec 2024

#240

Ian Dunt's UK, Bob Hawke and the Balibo Five, and the patron saint of the Internet

Ian Dunt's final UK report for 2024 looks at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's pre-Christmas political re-set and the Irish election results. Historian Shannon Smith reveals the secret role Bob Hawke played in securing an inquiry into the deaths of the Balibo Five. And how Carlos Acutis went from gamer to saint. Guest: Ian Dunt, columnist with the 'i' news. ... Read more

03 Dec 2024

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03 Dec 2024

#239

Laura Tingle's Canberra, North Korean troops in Russia, and poetry's place in Australia

Laura Tingle casts her eye over the last week in Parliament, and the Prime Minister's relationship with his Environment Minister. Why is North Korea sending troops to fight in Ukraine? And what is the current place of poetry in Australian popular culture. ... Read more

02 Dec 2024

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02 Dec 2024

#238

Why humans think they can subdue nature, and Helen Garner's love of football

Historian Philipp Blom deciphers why humans continue to believe they can subjugate the Earth, tracing ancient stories of dominion back to the Bronze Age. Plus, Australian writer Helen Garner on ageing, being a grandparent and her love of football. ... Read more

28 Nov 2024

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28 Nov 2024

#237

Essays that changed Australia, and beware the Christmas creep

Can an essay change a nation? Meanjin editor Esther Anatolitis believes that some of the essays published over the journal's long history have - including one from Michael Mohammed Ahmed. We also bust a few Christmas myths with Professor of Religion, Carole Cusack. ... Read more

27 Nov 2024

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27 Nov 2024

#236

Bruce Shapiro's America, Australia's submarine fiasco, and the rise of Britishisms

Bruce Shapiro on the dismissal of President-elect Donald Trump's federal cases. We revisit Andrew Fowler's study of Australia's "nuked" submarine deal, recently named the Walkley Book Award winner for 2024. And why Americans are adopting British and Australian vernacular. ... Read more

26 Nov 2024

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54:05

26 Nov 2024

#235

Laura Tingle and George Megalogenis

Laura Tingle gives her analysis of Labor's plans for the last sitting week of 2024, while George Megalogenis looks forward to 2025, and what the parliament may look like after the next Federal election - and why. ... Read more

25 Nov 2024

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25 Nov 2024

#234

Imagining a better Australia, and Lech Blaine's miraculous life

Former federal MPs John Brumby and Cheryl Kernot discuss how Australia can make policy progress and find bipartisanship in a world of growing political division. And Lech Blaine shares the extraordinary story of his childhood, growing up in a Queensland pub, stalked by a pair of Christian fanatics. ... Read more

21 Nov 2024

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54:04

21 Nov 2024

#233

Marcia Langton on truth telling and Sidney Nolan's African paintings

Marcia Langton on the dashed hopes for truth telling in Australia and Sidney Nolan's paintings of Africa tell a deeper story about his concerns for the future of humanity, nature and its wildlife. ... Read more

20 Nov 2024

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54:07

20 Nov 2024

#232

Ian Dunt's UK, who is Barron Trump, and the shark that lives forever

Ian Dunt on what the US election result means for security in the UK and Europe. Journalist Jamie Tahsin investigates the online "manosphere" and Trump's courtship of the "bro vote" with the help of son Barron. And the mysteries of the greenland shark, which lives for hundreds of years. ... Read more

19 Nov 2024

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54:04

19 Nov 2024

#231

Laura Tingle on the Greens' compromise, and Jon Ronson dissects the politics of conspiracy theories

The Australian Greens have dropped their demand for a climate trigger in the Government's proposed environmental reforms. And British/American journalist and cultural commentator on the new power of conspiracy theorists, under Donald Trump. ... Read more

18 Nov 2024

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54:07

18 Nov 2024

#230

How Australia writes its war history, and the lives of medieval women

Acclaimed historian Peter Stanley on how Australia writes its war histories, and our complicated relationship with memorialisation. And a new exhibition at the British library illuminates the lives of medieval women, in their own words. ... Read more

14 Nov 2024

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54:04

14 Nov 2024

#229

How will Trump handle China and Virginia Woolf's brilliant hoax

China expert Geoff Raby says we are seeing a significant global power shift away from Russia and towards China - but how will Donald Trump handle it? In 1910, Virginia Woolf and her friends gained access to the pride of the British fleet, the HMS Dreadnought disguised as Abyssinian Princes, including blackface. Was this feminist and pacifist writer also racist? ... Read more

13 Nov 2024

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54:06

13 Nov 2024

#228

Bruce Shapiro's America, reporting from crisis zones, and the last witch of England

Bruce Shapiro on why the Democrats lost last week's US presidential election. Veteran Al Jazeera reporter Drew Ambrose calls for a greater focus on Asia. And how the last witch killed in England may have dodged death. ... Read more

12 Nov 2024

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54:05

12 Nov 2024

#227

Laura Tingle's Canberra, backtrack at the NACC, and Francesca Albanese's latest report

Laura Tingle on how the Australian parliament is preparing for a second Trump presidency. Geoffrey Watson SC on the National Anti-Corruption Commission's handling of Robodebt. And UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's latest report from the Palestinian Occupied Territories. ... Read more

11 Nov 2024

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54:07

11 Nov 2024

#226

Gaza's damaged heritage, and a biography of Madrid

Archaeologist Ayman Warasnah on the damaged and destroyed cultural sites in Gaza. And a new biography of the the city of Madrid, in which Luke Stegemann argues that its value and cultural riches have been underrated. ... Read more

07 Nov 2024

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54:04

07 Nov 2024

#225

Late Night Live's US election special 2024

Late Night Live's team of experts bring you their analysis of the US election 2024. What went right for Donald Trump? What went wrong for Kamala Harris? ... Read more

06 Nov 2024

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54:07

06 Nov 2024

#224

Ian Dunt's UK, Japan's gender gap, and a precious bible torn apart

Ian Dunt on the UK Conservative party's new leader and the government's bold new budget. Japan recently elected a record number of female representatives, but a significant gender gap persists. And searching for the fragments of a famous printed bible. ... Read more

05 Nov 2024

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54:07

05 Nov 2024

#223

Bernard Keane's Canberra, and will Shaun Micallef ever retire?

Bernard Keane says unless we fix housing young people still face huge disadvantage in Australia, even with lower student debt. Plus Shaun Micallef on writing, retirement and when comedy is no longer funny. ... Read more

04 Nov 2024

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04 Nov 2024

#222

Running an ethical escort agency, and the pen pals across the Iron Curtain

Antonia Murphy recounts how she became the Madam of an escort agency in small town New Zealand. And historian Alexis Peri uncovers ten years of pen pal correspondence between the women of Truman's America and Stalin's Russia. ... Read more

31 Oct 2024

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31 Oct 2024

#221

Who were Australia's black convicts and the truth about absinthe

What truth is there to the mystical powers of absinthe both in the past and its current form? Is it more myth than magic? Evan Rail investigates. And Santilla Chingaipe tells the stories of the 15 convicts of African descent that came with the first fleet, and the hundreds that followed. How does their story fit in the story of the global slave trade? ... Read more

30 Oct 2024

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54:06

30 Oct 2024

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#250

LNL Summer: Searching for the soul

#249

Exposing Pine Gap, the scam of academic publishing and the brilliance of the notebook

#248

LNL Summer: Lobbying in the US and Captain Cooks last voyage

#247

LNL Summer: William Dalrymple on India's Golden Road

#246

2024 Year in Review

#245

What made Cyprus rich, and the secrets of the deep oceans

#244

Bruce Shapiro's America, Syria's uncertain future, and our love of Mars

#243

Canberra Politics, Belgium compensation & Bulgarian villages

#242

Robert Manne's intellectual combat, and a history of sex and Christianity

#241

The Fairfax dynasty's last hurrah plus what Australia's trees can tell us

#240

Ian Dunt's UK, Bob Hawke and the Balibo Five, and the patron saint of the Internet

#239

Laura Tingle's Canberra, North Korean troops in Russia, and poetry's place in Australia

#238

Why humans think they can subdue nature, and Helen Garner's love of football

#237

Essays that changed Australia, and beware the Christmas creep

#236

Bruce Shapiro's America, Australia's submarine fiasco, and the rise of Britishisms

#235

Laura Tingle and George Megalogenis

#234

Imagining a better Australia, and Lech Blaine's miraculous life

#233

Marcia Langton on truth telling and Sidney Nolan's African paintings

#232

Ian Dunt's UK, who is Barron Trump, and the shark that lives forever

#231

Laura Tingle on the Greens' compromise, and Jon Ronson dissects the politics of conspiracy theories

#230

How Australia writes its war history, and the lives of medieval women

#229

How will Trump handle China and Virginia Woolf's brilliant hoax

#228

Bruce Shapiro's America, reporting from crisis zones, and the last witch of England

#227

Laura Tingle's Canberra, backtrack at the NACC, and Francesca Albanese's latest report

#226

Gaza's damaged heritage, and a biography of Madrid

#225

Late Night Live's US election special 2024

#224

Ian Dunt's UK, Japan's gender gap, and a precious bible torn apart

#223

Bernard Keane's Canberra, and will Shaun Micallef ever retire?

#222

Running an ethical escort agency, and the pen pals across the Iron Curtain

#221

Who were Australia's black convicts and the truth about absinthe