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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2026 · 55 MIN

New York flaneur Fran Lebowitz on Epstein, Trump and getting old

from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

With the surging popularity of One Nation, the debate over immigration is heating up. With talk of a tougher values tests, a ban on migrants from certain countries - political leaders on the right are in a race to slam the door shut, hard and fast. We consider the policies being suggested with Abul Rizvi, former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Immigration, Anthea Hancocks CEO of the The Scanlon Research Institute and Brendan Coates, the Housing and Economic Security Program Director at the Grattan Institute. And she’s more New York than a yellow cab and even spikier than Lady Liberty, just don’t ask Fran Lebowitz what she really thinks about Donald Trump.  

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With the surging popularity of One Nation, the debate over immigration is heating up. With talk of a tougher values tests, a ban on migrants from certain countries - political leaders on the right are in a race to slam the door shut, hard and fast. We consider the policies being suggested with Abul Rizvi, former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Immigration, Anthea Hancocks CEO of the The Scanlon Research Institute and Brendan Coates, the Housing and Economic Security Program Director at the Grattan Institute.  And she’s more New York than a yellow cab and even spikier than Lady Liberty, just don’t ask Fran Lebowitz what she really thinks about Donald Trump.

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