Synopsis
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.
Episodes
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A controversial modern day military figure, and the Harvard project monitoring the universe for strange sightings
24/03/2022 Duration: 53minEddie Gallagher took combat to extremes in Iraq. And the astronomer Avi Loeb on the Galileo Project which is looking for unidentified aerial phenomena and interstellar objects in our skies.
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Ian Dunt's UK, what is woke capitalism and a brief history of the CWA
23/03/2022 Duration: 53minIan Dunt reports on the latest gaffes from Boris Johnson, Carl Rhodes on why we should be wary of woke capitalism and Liz Harfull gives us a brief history of the Country Women's Association on its 100th anniversary.
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Bruce Shapiro's America, the lithium boom and spoken word artist Sukhjit Khalsa
22/03/2022 Duration: 53minHistoric Supreme Court confirmation hearings are underway for Biden's nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. The pros and cons of the lithium industry in Australia and Chile. And what it's like to grow up Sikh in Australia.
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Bernard Keane's Canberra, the real Russian elite and the Stasi poetry circle that tried to bring down capitalism
21/03/2022 Duration: 53minBernard Keane on the SA election, Anatol Lieven on the real Russian elite and what a peace deal might look like and the Stasi poetry circle which tried to bring down capitalism through verse.
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A chat with Wendy McCarthy. Chandran Nair on dismantling white elitism
17/03/2022 Duration: 01h04minChandran Nair makes the argument that we need to acknowledge and then dismantle global white elitism and Wendy McCarthy talks about the challenges of her careers as a teacher, campaigner, board member and wife and mother.
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The Zachary Rolfe trial, climate change and agriculture and Australian author Alice Pung
16/03/2022 Duration: 53minSarah Collard reports on the responses to the trial for the murder of Kumanjayi Walker, Professor mark Howden talks to the latest IPCC report and the expected impact on agriculture and Alice Pung explores the challenges of being a diverse voice in publishing.
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Bruce Shapiro's America, crisis in the arts and social animals
15/03/2022 Duration: 53minBruce Shapiro on President Biden's options as the war in Ukraine escalates; Australia's arts sector was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic and still faces a crisis. Plus, what can we learn about social cohesion from animals?
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Australia's economic future post-covid and how the pandemic has shaped the English language
14/03/2022 Duration: 53minLaura Tingle on flood fury, petrol pain and defending Defence - how the PM has fared this week in politics. Financial markets expert Satyajit Das looks at the challenges facing Australia's economy as we emerge from the pandemic, and how covid has changed our language with Oxford English Professor, Simon Horobin.
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Howard French: Born in Blackness
10/03/2022 Duration: 53minHoward French has written an acclaimed new book putting Africa and Africans front and centre in their contribution to the making of the modern world.
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Ian Dunt's UK, West Africa's coups and the Black divers unearthing slave shipwrecks and their stories
09/03/2022 Duration: 53minIan Dunt gives us an update on how the United Kingdom is responding to the escalating war in Ukraine. Then Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque gives us an overview of what's been behind the recent political unrest in several West African countries. And finally National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts takes us under the sea, where she and a group of Black divers have been unearthing the stories of the millions of Africans lost on shipwrecks during the transatlantic slave trade.
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Bruce Shapiro's America, wheat shortages from exporters Ukraine and Russia, and the tale of stowaway Rose de Freycinet
08/03/2022 Duration: 53minPresident Joe Biden has to make some big decisions about the US response to Ukraine. Wheat shortages will impact both Ukrainian and Russian populations, and will affect many other countries too. Rose de Freycinet, wife of French explorer and cartographer Louis de Freycinet, stowed away on his ship.
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Nour Haydar's Canberra, the nuclear threat in Ukraine and the meanings of sport
07/03/2022 Duration: 53minNour Haydar's Canberra, the nuclear threat in Ukraine and the legacy of Shane Warne and his place in the history of sport.
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New insights on Bob Hawke, and a call for more boldness in Australia
03/03/2022 Duration: 53minJournalist and author Troy Bramston has written a mammoth biography of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, shedding light on even more of his personal foibles and political achievements. And former publisher and journalist Julianne Schultz's book 'The idea of Australia' combines decades of observations about how our country needs to find its soul, and a more unified sense of purpose.
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State of the Union, the Chagos Islands and Judith Wright's essays
02/03/2022 Duration: 53minBruce Shapiro gives us his analysis of President Biden's State of the Union, Philippe Sands explains the case for returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and Georgina Arnott looks at the changing ideas of poet Judith Wright through her essays
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Pacific update, Youth of Gaza and Mutiny on the Bounty
01/03/2022 Duration: 53minNews from around the Pacific with Tess Newton Cain and the youth creating job opportunities in Gaza. Plus, a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian tells the true story of the mutiny on the Bounty.
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, Ukraine conflict escalates and are we eating ourselves to extinction?
28/02/2022 Duration: 53minLaura Tingle on war, floods and the upcoming election, Russian troops advance towards Ukraine's capital Kyiv and are we eating ourselves to extinction?
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Older workers in the pandemic, and black British historical icon Mary Seacole
24/02/2022 Duration: 53minThe pandemic has caused a worker shortage, yet there's a missed opportunity with older workers. A new book about black British nurse Mary Seacole tackles some of the myths and gaps in the story of her life in the 1800s.
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Ian Dunt's UK, 50 years since Nixon went to China and a grandfather's letters of complaint
23/02/2022 Duration: 51minIan Dunt assesses the UK's response to the Ukraine crisis, we go back 50 years to that fateful trip by President Nixon to China and Nick Oliver reads some of his grandfather's letters of complaint.
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Bruce Shapiro's America, Ukraine update and the history of cut flowers
22/02/2022 Duration: 54minA historic $73 million settlement has been reached for the families of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk provides an update on the unfolding situation following President Putin's announcement recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. Randy Malamud walks us through the rich cultural history of cut flowers.
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Amy Remeikis on Canberra politics, Africa-EU summit sees Covid support and the history of diplomatic gifts
21/02/2022 Duration: 53minThe PM creates sparks on the campaign trail, the first summit between Africa and the European Union in five years sees a support package aimed at mitigating reliance on China and Russia, and the curious history of diplomatic gifts.