Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr. This LNL podcast contains the stories in separate episodes. Subscribe to the full podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
Latest episodes
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26 min
From Truman to Trump: how Queen Elizabeth II handled 13 US presidents
Over her 70 year reign, Queen Elizabeth II encountered 13 US presidents - from Harry S Truman to Donald J Trump. The journalist Susan Page details how the Queen wielded her subtle…
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27 min
The countdown to Israel's monumental election
Journalist and former correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, days away from the nation's elections. Polling suggests neither Netanyahu's Likud party, nor the…
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27 min
A teenager in the Indonesian coup
A rare bystander's view of the 1965 coup where neighbours, including soon to be President Suharto, were key players. Tari Lang's family were radical intellectuals, working for the…
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26 min
What's next for Iraq, after final US withdrawal?
Veteran Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad surveys Iraq's uncertain future, as the US makes its final withdrawal of personnel, and the Iraqi government unleashes a familiar 'crackd…
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17 min
The mysterious Inca code of knotted strings
500 years ago, the Incas ruled the western half of South America with the help of a unique form of writing based on coloured and knotted strings. Researchers think they're getting…
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18 min
Children left behind in the Ebola response
The current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the largest and most lethal in that country’s history, with 4536 deaths so far from 9415 cases, and it continues t…
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19 min
Bruce Shapiro's USA: seats to watch in the midterms plus Trump's strange Russia ploy
With two weeks to go before the midterms, Bruce Shapiro runs through which states to watch for changing seats, and why many of them are former Republican strongholds. And he examin…
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13 min
Australian yabbies are trashing rivers in Africa
Hordes of yabbies are trashing rivers in southern Africa - an Australian native crayfish that has rapidly become a devastating pest. Can the crustaceans be curtailed, or is this an…
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25 min
Cockroaches: are they good for India's democratic health?
The youth movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party is testing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's iron grip on power in India. Our guest, a global democracy expert, believes i…
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13 min
Independent MP Helen Haines critically injured in 'attack'
SBS Chief political correspondent Anna Henderson on the attack on Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines. Plus tensions between the PM and Treasurer Jim Chalmers over credit card pa…
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26 min
Amy Goodman on thirty years of Democracy Now!
For thirty years reporter Amy Goodman has been dogging presidents, politicians, oil companies, and tyrants of all kinds for her radio and television show Democracy Now ! that’s syn…
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27 min
Sacred women’s business: the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair
In 1988 developers Tom and Wendy Chapman decided to expand their marina on Hindmarsh Island in the mouth of the Murray river which people usually accessed by ferry. But to get the…
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26 min
Writer Susan Orlean on the power of the ordinary
Author of multiple books, and longstanding writer for The New Yorker magazine, Susan Orlean is passionate about telling the stories of ordinary people, and showing why they are int…
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26 min
Snow gums: the treasure we are losing
A new book claims the snow gum, with its twisting form and multi-coloured bark, is the most exquisite tree in Australia. It plays many important roles – storing water, holding back…
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18 min
The story of zero
Zero is one of mathematics’ most profound inventions: a symbol for nothing that made new ways of thinking about numbers possible. Clemency Montelle traces its evolution across civi…
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19 min
Yanis Varoufakis on Greece's defence deals with the US and Israel
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was on a mission when he visited Greece last week: to shore up defence ties between the two countries, to make new energy routes for US LNG export…
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14 min
Ian Dunt's UK: Will Burnham wind back Brexit?
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is pushing for a reset in Britain’s relationship with the EU, arguing Brexit has left the UK worse off and calling for closer economic ties. Guest: I…
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34 min
The Vatican’s warning on AI
Artificial intelligence is raising big questions about power, profit and what it means to be human. Father Paolo Benanti, advisor to the Holy Sea on AI ethics, is in Australia to d…
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18 min
Allegra Spender pushes to end gay discrimination in religious schools
Under federal law, faith schools in Australia have the right to expel pupils and sack teachers who are gay. The Law Reform Commission recommended abolishing the practice several ti…
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26 min
Who stole the mace from Victoria's parliament in 1891?
Writer and historian Sally Young solves the strangest crime in Australian political history: the theft of the ceremonial mace from Victoria's parliament in October 1891.Guest:Sally…