Late Night Live - Full Program Podcast

Ian Dunt's final commentary for 2021 on UK politics and society. Playwright David Williamson's warts and all autobiography.

Bruce Shapiro looks back at the successes and failures of 2021 for America and its President, Brendan Borrell recounts the epic race for the COVID-19 vaccine and Dennis Duncan reveals the unexpected history of the book index.

Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, political economist Yanis Varoufakis discusses a difficult year in global politics and Adrian Fisher reveals what life is like as the world's leading maze designer.

Mae Ngai explains how the racism that the thousands of Chinese found on the goldfields of California and Australia in the 19th century has had a lasting influence on East-West relations today, and Rebecca Solnit explains how seeing George Orwell's garden, in particular his roses, changed her whole perception of him.

An acting legend has died, and there's still a push for better protection for indigenous cultural sites. What now for The Solomons, after riots and unrest. And American/Australian scholar Ethan Blue tells a powerful and disturbing story of US deportation.

Bruce Shapiro on the latest court cases holding America's attention, Peter Lewis on creating a digital public square and Marion Maddox on Charles Strong's Australian Church (and on the Religious Discrimination Bill).

Laura Tingle has the latest on Canberra politics, Barat Ali Batoor discusses the long history of Afghan refugees in Australia and Zoe Playdon tells the story of trans trailblazer Ewan Forbes.

Howard French has written an acclaimed new book putting Africa and Africans front and centre in their contribution to the making of the modern world.

The Guardian's diplomatic editor on Boris's bizarre speech and the British role in AUKUS, a close look at Covid restriction protestors, and Australia might not be famous for our mountains but there's lots to appreciate about them.

Bruce Shapiro on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict and what it means for America's open carry gun laws. Andrew Rosser considers whether Australia does enough to engage and connect with its diaspora. Media historian Jeannine Baker looks at the crucial but long-hidden role of the women who made Australian TV happen.

Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra politics, Julian Meyrick discusses how to revive the arts post Covid and David Henkin tells the fascinating history of the seven-day week.

First the history of medical transplants that goes way back further in history than you might imagine, and then we find out the history of the Berndt Collection of notebooks and artefacts gathered in the 1940s and why they are currently inaccessible to the Gurindji people who are the subject of the collection.

Tess Newton Cain surveys reaction across the Pacific to Glasgow's Climate Change Summit. Frank Vogl discusses how the West aids and abets authoritarian rulers who plunder their nations' resources. Gum trees, the Southern Cross or the Boomerang? Historian Richard White discusses the iconic symbols of Australia and considers how they were determined and created.

Bruce Shapiro on the court cases that have America on edge, what is going on at the border between Belarussia and Poland and a memoir about growing up in communist Albania.

Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, lawyer Kieran Pender looks at changes to whistleblower legislation 

Kate Fortmueller and Kevin Sanson explore labor conditions for "below the line" workers in Hollywood and how they impacts sets across the world, and Lynne Carpenter-Boggs discusses her world-first study into composting human bodies.

Bruce Shapiro with the latest from Washington, how the LaTrobe Valley is preparing for the post-coal world and although the dish at Parkes turns 60, it is still being used to monitor space travel.

Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Eddie Snyot discusses deporting Indigenous Australians and James Griffith's new book explores the politics of languages.

Judith Brett discusses the shifts she has seen in the political landscape in her 40 years of observation and writing and Bain Attwood tells the story of William Cooper's petition to the King for Indigenous representation in Federal Parliament almost 75 years ago. He believed that there was an urgent need for someone capable of 'thinking black' in developing government policies.