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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Ian Dunt's Britain, and lessons from a devastating bush fire
29/09/2021 Duration: 53minThere are some pressure points in the Australian/UK relationship, and the UK is dealing with a major fuel crisis. Plus, a feature interview with journalist Bronwyn Adcock, who has written a scarifying account of the bushfire on the NSW coast that she and her family lived through, and the opportunities that were missed, to prevent or limit the damage.
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US politics, the military's use of social media and the state of food in the world
28/09/2021 Duration: 53minBruce Shapiro on yet another possible government shutdown, how the military use and misuse social media and facing the opposing problems of malnourishment and obesity across the warming globe.
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, elections in Japan and shipping containers
27/09/2021 Duration: 53minLaura Tingle with the latest from Canberra, Roger Pulvers and Koichi Nakano on Japan's upcoming elections and Anna Nagurney on the great shipping container shortage.
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JFK, Sukarno and Dulles and socially engaged art
23/09/2021 Duration: 53minGreg Poulgrain explains how JFK's support for Sukarno threatened the CIA strategy in the region and Gretchen Coombs introduces us to some of the best socially engaged art of our era.
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Pacific update, security legislation, and travel writers
22/09/2021 Duration: 53minPacific wariness of the new AUKUS alliance and the nuclear element. Digital surveillance capacity has been increased by new national security legislation. And travel writers - how they've changed, and where they're headed
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US take on AUKUS, Lebanon's new PM and the James Webb telescope
21/09/2021 Duration: 53minBruce Shapiro on the US analysis of the AUKUS submarine deal, Kareem Chehayeb on the new government in Lebanon and the launch of the James Webb telescope
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, the new AUKUS alliance and the rise of stoicism
20/09/2021 Duration: 53minLaura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Richard Tanter discusses the strategic implications of the new AUKUS deal and Matthew Sharpe looks at the increasing interest in stoicism.
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Sewing to survive in Auschwitz and the fate of the displaced colonial ayahs and amahs
16/09/2021 Duration: 53minLucy Adlington recounts the story of 25 women who sewed to survive in Auschwitz. And the ayahs and amahs who travelled to their colonial employers' home countries - not only to England but also to Australia. What happened to them?
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Ian Dunt's Britain, Angela Merkel's legacy, and clocks in history
15/09/2021 Duration: 53minA UK Cabinet shuffle is hours away, and there's a Brexit-related goods shortage due to a lack of truck drivers. An analysis of the contribution of the remarkable Angela Merkel, Germany's soon-to-depart Chancellor. And 'A history of civilisation in twelve clocks'.
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Bruce Shapiro, Myanmar's prodemocracy movement and the work of a colonial illustrator
14/09/2021 Duration: 51minThe latest on the recall election in California, the current state of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar and the life and work of George French Angas, a travelling colonial artist.
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Laura Tingle, doing business in China and a 9/11 musical
13/09/2021 Duration: 53minLaura Tingle on the latest from Canberra, Chinese entrepreneur and author Desmond Shum on doing business in China and school teacher Diane Davis on a how her tiny Canadian town became a 9/11 musical
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Remembering 9-11 and its aftermath
09/09/2021 Duration: 53minSharon Premoli tells the remarkable story of her escape from the 80th floor of the World Trade Tower and how it set her on a path for justice. Mahmood Fazal's happy life in Australia was turned on its head when suddenly his Afghan heritage made him, and his Muslim community, the focus of the racism that boiled over after the terror attacks.
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Indigenous update, talking to science deniers and researching ancient worlds in Western Australia
08/09/2021 Duration: 53minShahni Wellington reports on vaccination in indigenous communities, and the new indigenous member of The Wiggles. Boston University philosopher Lee McIntyre has written about science deniers. And a big ARC Linkage project called 'From the Desert to the Sea' will unearth Deep Time secrets and build new connections in WA.
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US politics, General Soeharto and unravelling jeans
07/09/2021 Duration: 53minBruce Shapiro on the latest in US politics, journalist David Jenkins on his new book about former Indonesian President General Soeharto and fashion activist Maxine Bédat on the life and death of a pair of jeans.
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Laura Tingle on Canberra, Emily O'Gorman on the Murray Darling and Arnold Zable on PEN
06/09/2021 Duration: 53minLaura Tingle on the lack of transparency in Canberra, Emily O'Gorman on the Murray Darling wetlands and Arnold Zable on the 100th anniversary of PEN
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The brumby wars and modern art and madness
02/09/2021 Duration: 53minThe Australian Alps are the location of a bitter battle over the increasing number of brumbies in the area and the story of when modern art and madness meet a different kind of madness in the form of Hitler's Nazi regime.
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UK politics, rural GPs in Australia and a land title fight in the Pilbara
01/09/2021 Duration: 53minIan Dunt on the latest UK politics, Dr Michael Clements on the pressure on rural GPs and a David and Goliath battle over mining in the Pilbara.
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US politics, future nature and talking rabbits
31/08/2021 Duration: 53minBruce Shapiro on the latest from the US, Elizabeth Kolbert on flawed attempts to control nature and Madlen Ziege on how animals and plants talk to each other
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Canberra capers, water trading and Paralympian Kevin Coombs
30/08/2021 Duration: 53minLaura Tingle on the latest divisions in Canberra, Stuart Kells on the high risks of water trading and Kevin Coombs on his Paralympic career as a wheelchair basketballer.
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The Taliban: their identity and how they will govern
26/08/2021 Duration: 53minWe catch up with Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary who has left Afghanistan and talk to three researchers on Afghanistan who look to the history of the Taliban to describe what life will be like under their rule.