Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
Latest episodes
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Can Netanyahu win again? Plus, who was the Queen's favourite president?
Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, days away from the country's elections. Plus, Washington journalist Susan Page details Queen Elizabeth II's relationsh…
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Iraq's fragile future, plus growing up as Suharto's neighbour
Veteran Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad contemplates Iraq's 'impossible predicament' in the wake of the final withdrawal of remaining US personnel and amid ongoing corruption ba…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA, treating Ebola in DRC, plus the secrets of Inca string writing
Bruce Shapiro counts down to the US midterm elections. Dr Rupa Nara of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) returns from a recent mission to the epicentre of the Ebola crisis. Plus, are…
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Helen Haines MP attacked, Modi under pressure, plus Aussie yabbies invade Africa
Anna Henderson on the attack on Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines. Plus tensions between the PM and Treasurer Jim Chalmers over credit card payments, and why the Nationals won'…
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Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, and secret women's business re-visited
A new documentary looks back at the career of fiercely independent journalist and host of Democracy Now ! Amy Goodman and why she thinks independent media and dissent are what will…
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Snow gums on the front line of climate change, plus Susan Orlean's life in writing
Australia's unique alpine eucalypt is starting to die out. The High Country may never be the same again, a new book argues. And longstanding New Yorker magazine writer Susan Orlean…
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Ian Dunt's UK, Yanis Varoufakis and the meaning of zero
Ian Dunt on UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's push for a reset in Britain’s relationship with the EU. Could this be the beginning of the end for Brexit? Yanis Varoufakis' take on Gr…
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Allegra Spender on ending gay discrimination in schools, and the Catholic church reckons with AI
When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was elected he promised to address a gap in federal anti-discrimination law which allowed faith-based schools to sack gay kids and teachers, bu…
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Kate Grenville investigates a colonial cold case, plus who stole Victoria's ceremonial mace?
Two writers investigate two mysteries from 19th Century Australia. Kate Grenville uncovers a bundle of letters in the archives about the NSW country school teacher Joseph Connor, a…
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The real J.R.R. Tolkien and the piano teacher of Montparnasse
The Lord of the Rings made J.R.R. Tolkien one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. But who was the obsessive, conservative and often difficult man behind Middle-ear…
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Bruce Shapiro's US politics, and the stories told by tree rings
Our regular US political commentator on the Cornell University sexual assault case, the failed execution of Christa Pike, and the dire outlook for the Republicans, four weeks befor…
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Simon Winchester reads the wind, plus Lech Blaine's wild childhood
We revisit two memorable LNL conversations from recent times: Simon Winchester's cultural history of the wind, and Australian writer Lech Blaine's astonishing account of his beauti…
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Naomi Klein's urgent AI warning plus a tour of Indian breakfasts
Confronted with a series of existential threats, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue in their new book that wealthy billionaires, including the so-called "tech bros", have become fo…
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How German history has been shaped by the peasant revolution of 1525
The German Peasants' War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In 1524 and 1525, it swept across Germany with astonishing speed as thous…
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The race for deep sea riches, plus when trauma is weaponised
A host of new companies are rushing to apply for seabed exploration licences promised by the Trump administration - but are they equipped for this venture? Plus, trauma has gone fr…
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Mark Kenny's Canberra, Volkswagen's huge restructure, and David Marr at Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
Mark Kenny reviews PM Anthony Albanese's week at the United Nations in New York, and asks whether the Australian leader should be more assertive in rebuking the US President, on is…
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Australian doctors in Gaza, plus how vanilla went global
Doctors work long hours in hospitals around the world, but visiting doctors in Gaza have to endure just some of what their local peers do: military attack, inadequate resources, in…
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How immigration made Australia, plus our endless hunger for resources
Australia is a nation built by migrants, but immigration has always been politically contested. A new history traces how we came to decide who belongs, who gets in and who is kept…
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Bruce Shapiro on the looming US midterms, plus Putin's new world order
Bruce Shapiro surveys the path ahead to November's critical US midterm elections, as US President Donald Trump's polling sinks to a new low. Plus, the senior Guardian correspondent…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra, UN leadership race, and in defence of the bandicoot
Anna Henderson is travelling with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as he launches Australia's bid for a seat at the UN security council, does the United Nations have a future? And…