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How Murdoch's media wields power, plus the epidemics we've averted

25 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A new book interrogates how Rupert Murdoch's global media empire shapes politics and public opinion in Australia and beyond. Plus, as the current out...

UN to leave Lebanon, and Sadiah Qureshi on bringing lost species back to life

24 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

UN peacekeepers are leaving southern Lebanon after 40 years, which makes former peacekeeper, Professor Ray Murphy feel very sad for that region. And ...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, economist Mariana Mazzucato on the common good, and Australia's longstanding love of soccer

23 Jun 2026

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Our Auspol commentator Anna Henderson on n multiculturalism, and the Opposition's response to Pauline Hanson's speech. International economist Marian...

British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer quits Number 10, and the rise and fall of Islamic State.

22 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After months of political pressure, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, has resigned. Late Night Live's UK correspondent, Ian Dunt, joins the show f...

Whatever happened to the Australian Sex Party? Plus, the drawings that rewrite Aboriginal art history

18 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A new tell-all book recounts the colourful escapades of adult industry lobbyists Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten, in the lead up to the formation of the...

Anna Goldsworthy on being human in the era of AI, plus the wonders of the Paris Menagerie

17 Jun 2026

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The rapid advance of artificial intelligence is making writer and musician Anna Goldsworthy feel both more human - valuing what it is that differenti...

Bruce Shapiro's USA, the Indian sailors killed by the US, and First Nations anger at Brisbane Olympic site

16 Jun 2026

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Bruce Shapiro on the Iran-US deal, and where Benjamin Netanyahu sits within that. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under pressure to confront D...

Laura Tingle: Israel's response to the Iran/US peace deal, Trump vs South Africa, and Google's mosquito hunt

15 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

ABC's Global Affairs editor, Laura Tingle returns to Late Night Live, to examine Israel's response to the Iran/US peace deal. Can it hold? And Donald...

'Serbia's Iron Lady' unrepentant for war crimes, plus how humans read faces

11 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Biljana Plavšić  became the only woman convicted for mass atrocities in the Bosnian War. Still alive, in her 90s, a Bosnian-Australian law profess...

Saving the Sepik and remembering the Soweto uprising

10 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When a proposed mine threatens Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River, the Sepik people resist the mine on their own terms, but will they succeed? And fift...

Ian Dunt's UK, America's 'masculinist' movement, and could Switzerland cap its population?

09 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Dunt on the continued fallout over the death of 18 year old Southampton University student Henry Nowak. In the US, a radical movement known as ‘...

Sagrada Familia finished and why people still love Spam

08 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Against the odds, the exterior of Antoni Gaudi's extraordinary Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona is finished, and Pope Leo will bless the newly c...

How Australia changed course on drug policy, and the forgotten boat people of East Timor

04 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Teenage vaping, pill testing, injecting rooms, medicinal cannabis and the opioid crisis: a look at Australia's efforts to manage illicit drug use. An...

Is Muskism the new Fordism? Plus, the maverick psychiatrist who studied life after death

03 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk looks set to become the world's first trillionaire when his company SpaceX goes public on the stock exchange. A new book asks if we're livi...

Bruce Shapiro's USA, an Ethiopian philosophy of running, and a Glasgow protest gives hope

02 Jun 2026

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Bruce Shapiro looks at the Republican backlash to Donald Trump's so-called IRS slush fund. How Ethiopian runners win over performance enhanced athlet...

Mark Kenny's Canberra, Syrians return home and Lord Howe Island cockroaches

01 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A new poll published in the Australian Financial Review has Pauline Hanson's One Nation ahead of Labor and the Coalition on primary vote, and Mark Ke...

When America admired Iran, plus what are conservative environmentalists fighting for?

28 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Historian and author John Ghazvinian argues that the past fifty years of hostility between the U.S. and Iran are an exception in a much longer relati...

Reckoning with war crimes and the women at Nuremburg

27 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Veteran war correspondent Janine di Giovanni has set up a project that trains journalists and researchers to gather evidence that can be used to pros...

Ian Dunt's UK, Spain's defiant PM, and Pavlova's tour of Oz

26 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Dunt surveys the unfathomable political turmoil in the United Kingdom, as a monumental by-election looms for Andy Burnham, the key Labour rival o...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, Bhaskar Sunkara on Left prospects and why ancient Roman gossip mattered

25 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anna Henderson looks at how likely it is that independents like the Teals could form  a new centrist party. Internationally, does the rise of the po...

Satayjit Das on the Iran war fall-out and Tareq Baconi on being a gay Palestinian Hamas expert

21 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Global financial analyst Satyajit Das looks at how the double whammy of Trump's economic warfare and the war on Iran is playing out here and around t...

Roddy Doyle on a lifetime of writing the characters of Dublin

20 May 2026

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Roddy Doyle reflects on a lifetime telling the stories of working-class people in Dublin, with themes of domestic violence, unplanned pregnancy and l...

Bruce Shapiro's USA, John Safran on when offending goes too far and was Blind Freddy real?

19 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bruce Shapiro looks at the Republicans' shaping of South Carolina's congressional districts, in an effort to win the November mid-terms. John Safran'...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, and translating Shakespeare

18 May 2026

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Anna Henderson looks at why the government remains unpopular despite popular support for changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax in the bud...

How royal commissions make a difference, plus cuisine in conflict zones

14 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There have been 141 royal commissions in Australia since Federation, but not all of them have brought about meaningful policy change. Plus, a new boo...

Ian Dunt on Starmer's demise, Antoinette Lattouf on women who win, plus 50 years of Australian film at Cannes

13 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Dunt on the political demise of Keir Starmer: even if he hasn't yet resigned, Ian says, he's already dead. How Antoinette Lattouf found inspirati...

Australia's first political assassination, plus the man who led Japan into war

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist Debbie Whitmont revisits the 1994 murder of John Newman MP - a crime billed as Australia's first political assassination - and the man sti...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, six months in a submarine and the ethics of crisis reporting

11 May 2026

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Anna Henderson looks at One Nation's victory in the Farrer by-election. What does the result say about the growing frustration with the major parties...

Fintan O'Toole on Trump's brand of 'crazy,' plus how to escape the Taliban

07 May 2026

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Acclaimed journalist and author, Fintan O'Toole argues Trump’s political power lies in projecting the “right amount of crazy”. Plus how to help...

Netanyahu faces a new opposition party, plus the lives of those liberated from the Nazi camp Bergen-Belsen

06 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu may come up against a rightwing-centrist super coalition in elections later this year, after two of his...

Bruce Shapiro's USA, why community radio matters, and an historic Pitcairn Island document returned

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Our regular US commentator looks at recent political attempts to use defamation law to silence American media. 2SER, a Sydney community radio station...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, Kim Jong Un's comeback and classical marble statues - in colour

04 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anna Henderson on the Japanese PM's visit and the tragedy of Kumanjayi Little Baby's death in Alice Springs. Plus 2020 wasn’t a good year for North...

Australian writers celebrate David Malouf - friend, mentor, inspiration

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

David Malouf, who died last week at 92, was a hugely influential figure in Australian culture. A novelist, poet, teacher, arts advisor and board memb...

Ian Dunt on the King's speech to Congress, plus the scandalous life of Dick Meagher

29 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Dunt looks at King Charles' address to US Congress and the subtle anti-Trump messages within it. Plus, a new biography details the life of Richar...

Pakistan the negotiator, and reporting mass shootings

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Why is Pakistan the new deal broker in the US-Iran war? And what do cryptocurrency and critical minerals deals have to do with their new-found role? ...

How war fired up indigenous soldiers, and Japanese espionage - fact or fiction?

27 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Indigenous soldiers who fought in WW felt betrayed when they returned, then formed the first radical Aboriginal political organisation. And, before t...

Who are the British elite today? And a tribute to David Malouf

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

How the British elite see themselves is not what the data reveals. An historian of medicine, whose mother had polio, is revisiting the experiences of...

NZ PM's leadership struggle, and the Weintraubs Syncopaters' sad end

22 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon survives a no confidence vote, but how long can he hang on to the leadership? Plus why the Musician's Union of Austr...

Bruce Shapiro's USA, Chernobyl's wildlife thriving and the great convict escape on the Catalpa

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Trump contemplates his next move on Iran as the ceasefire deadline looms, while at home his administration is dealing with yet more scandal, this tim...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, how best to commemorate war, plus Lake Eyre tourists need fuel

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Our regular Canberra correspondent on the latest polling, and Independent David Pocock's new focus on taxing gas. Historian Peter Stanley argues for ...

A Jewish Australian lawyer reckons with state violence. Plus, can corporate scandals be good for the world?

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Melbourne legal scholar Marika Sosnowski spent many years researching violence and the law in Syria. Now she reckons with her own family's proxim...

Ian Dunt's UK, the Colombo plan and AI publishing scams

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Dunt examines what Viktor Orban's loss in Hungary means for the EU and looks at questions around Donald Trump's mental capacity. There once was a...

Jon Lee Anderson on Trump's stranglehold over Cuba, and other maritime chokepoints before the Strait of Hormuz

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Cuba's leader is defiant in the face of the country's worst humanitarian crisis in decades, while President Trump hints at inflicting more pain. And ...

Australia's fuel import dependency, gay conservatives backing Trump, plus damaged treasures in Iran

13 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Mark Kenny reflects on Australia's record fuel price hike and the Australian government's unfolding response. We meet the Log Cabin Republi...

The making of poet A.D. Hope, Australian literary giant

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Alec Derwent Hope (1907–2000) was one of Australia's most acclaimed poets. His first collection was not published until he was 48 years old, but it...

America’s arts in freefall under Donald Trump and Daniel Defoe's secret life before he wrote Robinson Crusoe

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Pulitzer prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee, looks at the state of the arts in Trump's America, and the story of Daniel Defoe's secret life as a...

Bruce Shapiro's USA, antibiotic resistance in India, plus Marralwanga's bark paintings

07 Apr 2026

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Bruce Shaprio on the US President's latest ultimatum for Iran.  Prof.Assa Doron reveals how India has become the global epicentre for the world's an...

Henry Reynolds turns Australian history upside down

06 Apr 2026

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The writing of Australian history has tended to focus on the south-eastern corner of the continent, but the story of colonisation north of the Tropic...

Robert Reich's America and ten years since the release of the Panama papers

02 Apr 2026

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In his new memoir, Former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, Robert Reich, traces how the Democrats lost the working class and paved the way for ...

Ian Dunt's UK, and the Shahs and Ayatollahs of Iran

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his plan to address fuel prices. And 'The Shah's party, and the Iranian revolution that followed'. Bob Templ...

Western Australia's GST wins, Israel death penalty for West Bank, and mapping the wilderness

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The only Australian state with a budget surplus will get an extra $6.6 billion from Australian taxpayers in the coming financial year, under its spec...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, Ash Sarkar critques the modern Left, and should daylight savings be permanent?

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian government will halve the fuel excise for three months, as the energy crisis triggered by the Iran war looks set to drag on. UK journa...

The struggle to get aid into the Middle East, plus a great Australian librarian retires

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Millions have been made homeless by wars in the Middle East, but with access severely limited, humanitarian agencies are struggling to get aid into t...

Bruce Shapiro's USA, Trump’s business in the Gulf, plus the Museum of Failure

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bruce Shapiro on whether Trump now looking for a way-out of the war in Iran, and why the Pentagon has lost its defence of media shut-out rules. Plus ...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, a tribute to Rhoda Roberts, and making floristry more sustainable

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The South Australian election result has got the major parties elsewhere scrambling to understand what the One Nation phenomenon means for them. In t...

Guns and God in the USA, plus fresh scrutiny on weedkiller Roundup

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist and author William J. Kole examines how white evangelicals in the United States have fused the gospel and guns - and are standing in the w...

Please explain: Niki Savva, Paul Kelly and Antony Green on the resurgence of Pauline Hanson

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Pauline Hanson rose from Ipswich City Council in 1994, to win the federal seat of Oxley in 1996, as a disendorsed Liberal turned independent. Her mai...

Ian Dunt's UK, Geoffrey Watson finds the NACC wanting and the power of presidential pardons

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Dunt on why UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has refused to be drawn into the "wider war" in the Middle East. Geoffrey Watson reflects on the findi...

The new Nationals' front bench, where Saudi Arabia sits in the Middle East war, and meet veteran protestor Mag Merrilees

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Our regular Canberra correspondent Anna Henderson on the new-look Nationals. Saudi Arabia is playing a quiet hand so far in the war. And a longtime r...

Acclaimed historian and author Antony Beevor on Rasputin, and Elon Musk's facilitation of making fake porn with unauthorised images

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The so-called 'mad monk' Rasputin bewitched Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. But their strange and scandalous relationship conceals a riddle...

Funding Australian TV, and conspiracy theories in Irish politics

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Australian TV now has to compete with social media, on-demand streaming, and, soon, AI. Our government supports the industry, but the amount of Austr...

Bruce Shapiro's USA, Christian rhetoric in the US military, and Vanuatu's lost numbering system

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump's war in Iran is certainly taking the world's attention away from the scandals of his administration, including the firing of former Sec...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, Economist journalist Sophie Pedder on President Macron's support for Lebanon, and why the power of the mafia - in multiple cultures - still prevails.

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Our Canberra correspondent on Australia's delicate positioning with the Middle East War. Why the French President is passionately arguing for no furt...

Yanis Varoufakis on war and drugs, and 200 years of the State Library of NSW

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Yanis Varoufakis, the firebrand economist and former Greek Minister of Finance, joins David for a talk about the Iran war, Trump's tariffs and the ne...

In conversation with the UK's Ian Dunt

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time, Late Night Live UK political commentator Ian Dunt, meets David Marr in person. In this special hour-long conversation, Dunt explo...

Gideon Levy on Israel's objectives in Iran, the secret life of batteries, and Australia's earliest desert people

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What are Israel's ultimate objectives in Iran, Lebanon and the broader Middle East? The veteran journalist and author Gideon Levy joins the show to d...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, Bruce Shapiro on the US attack on Iran, and when books go bad

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Government leaders have been taking a cautious 'let's just wait and see what happens' approach to the war in the Middle East. Bruce Shapir...

Bob Carr on suddenly losing his wife Helena

26 Feb 2026

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Former NSW Premier and former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr and his wife Helena were almost inseparable. When she suddenly died, whil...

Bruce Shapiro on Trump's State of the Union, Catholic Church High Court loss and do Australian cities have a guaranteed water supply?

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Our US political commentator Bruce Shapiro has watched the (very long) State of the Union address.  The High Court has found the Catholic Church is ...

Richard Ackland on the antisemitism Royal Commission, the biodiversity of the high seas, and Mawson's scrawled diaries

24 Feb 2026

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Richard Ackland discusses the scope and ambitions of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, and the challenges facing the enquiry....

Anna Henderson's Canberra, and Helen Clark on the UN's missing senior women

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Chief political correspondent for SBS, Anna Henderson, on the ongoing political wrangling over people who do or do not reflect 'Australian values'.An...

A review of the Pacific labour scheme in Australia, and rethinking the gay rights movement

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The PALM scheme, bringing Pacifika workers to regional Australia to work, has many fans, but significant problems also, a new report finds. Its autho...

A review of the Pacific labour scheme in Australia, and rethinking the gay rights movement

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The PALM scheme, bringing Pacifika workers to regional Australia to work, has many fans, but significant problems also, a new report finds. Its autho...

Ian Dunt's UK, Germany rearms and politicians who dodge questions.

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

i Paper's Ian Dunt on Keir Starmer's political future and how UK asylum seeker policy is getting headlines in the tabloids. Plus why Germany is on a ...

Gambling's grip on politicians, Cuba's invasion threat and greenwashing green burials

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian Democracy Network says our lobbying laws make it easy for the gambling industry to have the ear of our political leaders. After captur...

Meet the new Liberal Party leaders, what future for Hong Kong, and making music from stars

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Liberal Party has to make some big decisions about its direction, and journalist Anna Henderson is watching closely. Author Antony Dapiran on how...

The US is run by meme lords, and Steven Pinker on common knowledge... and common delusions

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Trump flies over a US city in a jet, dumping excrement on protesters; welcome to the era of government-endorsed AI slop videos. Charlie Warzel from T...

Gaza is a nightmare, but once it was a dream

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Gaza is today in ruins, with over seventy thousand dead and buildings everywhere rendered rubble by the onslaught from Israel since the Hamas attack ...

What the NSW State response to the Herzog protest represents, the challenge of digging through the Epstein files, and discovering a very old, very famous Italian artist

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

NSW Police responded with violence to a Sydney protest against Israeli President Herzog's support of Israel's war on Gaza. An American journalist des...

Bernard Keane's Canberra, a security pact with Indonesia, and toads most feral

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In parliament's second sitting week of the year, the Liberals are contemplating "non-existence". Australia recently formalised a major security treat...

A portrait of the powerful right wing commentator Tucker Carlson, and celebrating Winnie the Pooh

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

An unauthorised biography of US broadcaster Tucker Carlson shows how he wields his influence. And it's 100 years since the creation of Winnie the Poo...

Ian Dunt's UK, India cuts trade deals, and the black market in polar bear fur

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Dunt does not spare Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the US who was pictured in his underwear in Jeffrey Epstein's mansion and accused o...

Bruce Shapiro's USA, where to now for Iran, and 'Aussie' poster artist Peter Drew

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

US politics commentator Bruce Shapiro looks at the aftermath of the ICE killing of Alex Pretti. President Trump's intended intervention in Iran seems...

Anna Henderson's Canberra, Herzog in Australia, and Indigenous circus stars

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As parliament returns, the conservative side of politics is in a moment of upheaval. Leadership questions hang over Littleproud and Ley, and One Nati...

Barry Jones on a life of public service and the state of politics today

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Our politics is dumb and completely short-sighted and personally obsessed." At 93 Barry Jones, former ALP National President, writer and public inte...

The Nationals' split and spill, and American history's banker hero

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian Coalition is no longer, and the newly alone Nationals are rethinking their leadership. We assess the role of the Nationals in the Coal...

Bruce Shapiro's America: backlash over Minnesota shootings, Mark Carney's Davos moment, and the tiny world of springtails

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump will send his border czar to Minnesota and says his administration is "reviewing everything" in relation to the shooting death of nurse,...

Australian politics by the numbers, an expansion of Indigenous Protected Areas, and January 26 throughout history

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What do the numbers tell us about how many Australians are buying into the anti-immigrant rhetoric from the far right? Then, a look at last year's ex...

How Oscar Wilde was reclaimed by his grandson

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s 125 years since the death of Oscar Wilde. The famous playwright and author died alone in a French hotel in 1900. Since that time, so much has ...

Ian Dunt: Trump’s tariff strategy and the limits of UK influence, and just who is Stephen Miller?

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As US President Donald Trump eyes the UK with tariff threats over Greenland, i Paper columnist and UK correspondent, Ian Dunt, examines Keir Starmer’...

Bruce Shapiro on Trump's first year plus a Royal finance scandal

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bruce Shapiro looks back at how US President' Donald Trump has changed the world in one year, and how the world is responding to his plans for a "Boa...

Crikey editor Bernard Keane on the political response to the Bondi shooting, and two legal analysts discuss the hate speech legislation

19 Jan 2026

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Bernard Keane looks at the political ramifications of the Bondi shooting, and legal experts Katharine Gelber and Greg Barns discuss the limitations o...

LNL Summer: Tim Minchin on music, fatherhoood, the Internet... and nipples

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Minchin turned fifty this year and just ran a marathon for the first time. He's returned home to Australia, with his new album Time Machine, and ...

LNL Summer: Preventing war in space, plus the rampage of Australia's last outlaws

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

While we've all been distracted with what's happening on Earth, an Australian lawyer has been helping the United Nations to draft the rules of resour...

LNL Summer: Unearthing more of Pompeii, and a Hollywood shark-hunter in 1930s Australia

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Director of Pompeii Archaeological Park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, shares some of the latest discoveries from the buried Roman city, as new areas are ...

LNL Summer: John Menadue critiques Australia's media and our relationship with the United States

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

John Menadue has been at the heart of Australian public life for over fifty years, working for the Whitlam, Fraser and Hawke governments. He oversaw ...

LNL Summer: Philippe Sands on war crimes and impunity - from Pinochet to now

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 1998, the former Chilean head of state Augusto Pinochet was arrested on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide. Philippe Sands was called...

LNL Summer: Living rivers, and our obsession with Mars

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Environmental lawyers around the world have successfully made the case that rivers have rights, a movement that renowned science writer Dr. Robert Ma...

LNL Summer: Journalists Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober on seeking truth in Trump's America

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Acclaimed US journalists and podcast collaborators with The Atlantic Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober join David Marr in-studio to discuss the MAGA women ...

LNL Summer: Palestinian psychiatrist on the trauma in Gaza, and a yarn about wool and war

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Drawing on her expertise in mental health and trauma studies, Palestinian psychiatrist, Doctor Samah Jabr, explores how the trauma of displacement an...