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Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast — 279 episodes

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Spam spam spam! Why the luncheon meat is still loved in many countries

2

Barcelona's magnificent Sagrada Familia Basilica to be blessed by the Pope

3

The forgotten Timorese boat people

4

The great illicit drug debate: How Australia changed course

5

The psychiatrist who investigated reincarnation

6

Is 'Muskism' the new Fordism?

7

How Glasgow stopped an immigration raid

8

How nature is the performance enhancer for Ethiopian runners

9

Bruce Shapiro's USA: Republicans slam Trump's 'slush fund'

10

Why Lord Howe Island is celebrating a cockroach boom

11

What are Syrian refugees returning home to?

12

Will the government hold its nerve on tax reform?

13

The young US conservatives trying to redefine environmentalism

14

Long before 1979: A very different Iran–US relationship

15

The women at Nuremberg

16

Janine di Giovanni's reckoning with war criminals

17

Pedro Sanchez, Spain's defiant PM

18

Ian Dunt's UK: Andy Burnham's big gamble, plus what's wrong with British leadership?

19

Ballerina Anna Pavlova's sensational tour of Australia, 100 years on

20

Ancient Roman gossip and why it mattered

21

Does Mamdani offer a 'progressive playbook' for the Left?

22

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Could the Teals form a new political party?

23

Palestinian writer Tareq Baconi on identity, displacement and home

24

Satyajit Das on the economic fallout from Trump’s war on Iran

25

Who was Blind Freddy?

26

What made John Safran question the right to offend?

27

Bruce Shapiro's USA: Trump's rush to redistrict the South, as polls slump

28

Where is Gazan doctor Hussam Abu Safiya?

29

The joys and travails of translating Shakespeare

30

Anna Henderson's Canberra: battle lines drawn over tax

31

Why food traditions matter in times of conflict

32

Royal commissions in Australia - when have they made a difference?

33

Antoinette Lattouf on women who challenged power and won

34

Fifty years of Australian film at Cannes

35

Ian Dunt's UK: Starmer on the brink as the King opens parliament

36

Tojo Hideki, the Japanese wartime leader we know little about

37

Australia's first political assassination, and the man still behind bars

38

The trauma trope: can humanitarian journalism do better?

39

Six months underwater in a submarine

40

Anna Henderson's Canberra: budget expecations, Farrer fall-out

41

Laila’s story: how to save a mother and her five daughters from the Taliban

42

Fintan O'Toole on Trump's madman strategy

43

What happened to the survivors of Belsen concentration camp?

44

Netanyahu rivals join forces ahead of Israeli election

45

An old register forges new relations on Norfolk Island

46

Keeping the signal alive: 2SER’s uncertain future

47

Bruce Shapiro's USA: Supreme Court weakens voter rights

48

Colouring the classical past: Mark Bradley and the rediscovery of painted sculpture

49

The unlikely resurgence of Kim Jong Un

50

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Japan PM's visit, plus Alice Springs mourns

51

Richard Meagher was at the centre of early Australian politics. But he had a scandalous past

52

Ian Dunt's UK: The King's speech to Congress. Will Trump get the message?

53

Port Arthur reminds us how the media should cover mass shootings

54

What does Pakistan gain from its role in the US-Iran peace talks?

55

The fear of Japanese espionage in wartime Australia

56

How WWI radicalised Indigenous soldiers

57

Silence, stigma and survival: polio in postwar Australia

58

The false stories the British elite tell about themselves

59

The German Jazz band that got stuck in wartime Australia

60

Why did New Zealand's PM call a leadership vote on himself?

61

The great escape from WA, on the Catalpa ship

62

40 years on, wildlife is thriving in Chernobyl

63

Bruce Shapiro's USA: Another Trump cabinet member departs, and FBI's Kash Patel sues The Atlantic

64

Does Australia's culture of remembrance need updating?

65

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Pocock piles on gas tax pressure

66

Kati-Thanda Lake Eyre is filling up - but will tourists have fuel to get there?

67

What if corporate scandals are actually good for the world?

68

A family reckoning on law and violence in the Middle East

69

Dennis Altman's bizarre encounters with AI scam book promoters

70

The forgotten achievements of the Colombo Plan

71

Ian Dunt's UK: Orban's loss a blow for Europe's far right

72

Hormuz as a chokepoint of power: the narrow seas that shaped global wars

73

US 'may stop by Cuba' after Iran, says Trump

74

Magnificent heritage sites damaged in Iran

75

The gay conservatives out, loud and proud to vote Trump

76

Australia's fuel import dependency exposed

77

Daniel Defoe, writer and spy

78

Arts under attack in Trump's America

79

The art of Peter Marralwanga - Old Master and ritual leader

80

The antibiotic explosion in India

81

Bruce Shapiro's USA: Will Trump follow through on his latest Iran threat?

82

A decade after the leak: The lasting impact of the Panama Papers

83

Robert Reich on how the Democrats lost the working class

84

The Shahs and the Ayatollahs - Iran's extreme leaders

85

Ian Dunt's UK: Starmer's plan to address the fuel crisis

86

Mapping the wilderness

87

Israel to use death penalty for West Bank Palestinians

88

Why should WA get so much of the GST?

89

Daylight savings forever? Why B.C, Canada has ditched clock changes

90

Ash Sarkar's message to the Left - get a grip

91

Anna Henderson's Canberra: fuel tax halved, as global energy crisis deepens

92

How the National Library digitises millions of archives, with Dr Marie-Louise Ayres

93

How the Strait of Hormuz closure is threatening aid and food security

94

The museum that celebrates famous flops and failures

95

Skyscrapers to sand dunes: Trump’s business ventures in the Gulf

96

Bruce Shapiro's America: Is Trump really negotiating with Iran?

97

The dark side of floristry

98

Remembering Rhoda Roberts AO

99

Anna Henderson's Canberra: what the SA election result means for the nation

100

Research that claimed Roundup herbicide is safe, retracted by US journal

101

Evangelical Christians are manufacturing the guns used in mass shootings

102

How US presidential pardons are being used as a political tool

103

Not satisfactory at all: Geoffrey Watson on the NACC'S Robodebt findings

104

Ian Dunt's UK: Trump pressures Starmer on Iran war

105

Why pensioners are still protesting in their seventies

106

Will Saudi Arabia be the winners in the war on Iran?

107

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Matt Canavan and his Nationals' front bench

108

Porn, AI, and the internet: social media's new frontier

109

Mystic, manipulator, catalyst: Rasputin and Russia’s Last Tsar

110

Psst: the Irish love a conspiracy theory

111

Why is it so hard to make Australian TV?

112

Lost Vanuatu numbering system

113

Armageddon briefings: US Troops told Iran war is 'God’s plan'

114

Bruce Shapiro's USA: Noem, no more

115

Power, crime, and money: the rise of the global mafia

116

Why France is backing Lebanon in the Middle East War

117

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Albanese's call for de-escalation in Middle East

118

Australia's oldest continuously used library turns 200

119

Yanis Varoufakis on the Iran war, drug charges & cancelling Adelaide Writers' Week

120

Australia's first desert people

121

Batteries, and the power they have over us

122

Gideon Levy on Israel's objectives in Iran, Lebanon, and the broader Middle East

123

Behind the bestseller: feuds, failures, and publishing mishaps

124

Trump attacks Iran: the view from inside America

125

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Australia and the Iran war

126

High Court rules the Catholic Church is liable for a priest's abuse

127

Water in 2026: will Australia learn from our mistakes?

128

Bruce Shapiro's USA: the State of the Union address

129

What do Mawson's diaries reveal about the Flinders Ranges in South Australia?

130

A new treaty for the High Seas

131

What can and can't the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion decide?

132

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark: The UN has a woman problem

133

Anna Henderson's Canberra: ISIS women and children, One Nation policies, and Australian values

134

The end of the gay rights revolution?

135

Immigrant labour from the Pacific: are we getting it right?

136

Deflect, distract, deny: how politicians avoid direct answers

137

The return of Germany as a military power

138

Ian Dunt's UK: is Keir Starmer's leadership is risk?

139

How green are green burials?

140

Washington tightens grip as Cuba faces mounting crisis

141

Democracy for sale: gambling’s grip on politics

142

The music of the stars, with the "founding mother" of asteroseismology

143

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's voice of freedom, will die in prison

144

Anna Henderson's Canberra: what to expect from the new Liberal leadership

145

Steven Pinker on common knowledge... and common delusion

146

The memes are the politics: Charlie Warzel on Trump's Extremely Online administration

147

An old book, a hidden drawing: how Sydney held the answer to an Italian Renaissance mystery

148

How journalists are tackling three million Epstein files - and what they're finding

149

"A moment of reckoning" - NSW police response to Sydney Herzog protest under spotlight

150

Toads most feral: what can Australia do?

151

Indonesia and Australia sign a security pact: what are we worried about?

152

Bernard Keane's Canberra: A Coalition reunification, even as the Liberals contemplate "non-existence"

153

Winnie-the-Pooh: how the gentle bear left a complicated legacy

154

Tucker Carlson, the influential broadcaster admired by President Trump

155

Trade Secret: Polar Bears for sale in a warming world

156

Why is everyone rushing to do trade deals with India?

157

Ian Dunt's UK: Anger over Mandelson's Epstein links and a new candidate for Reform

158

Peter Drew, the 'AUSSIE' poster artist who wants to engage with young right wing men

159

Iran expert says war is likely with the US if Trump gets bored with negotiations

160

Bruce Shapiro's America - are the Epstein files another distraction?

161

Australia's secret indigenous circus royalty

162

The Rafah crossing reopens, and Isaac Herzog visits Australia

163

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Littleproud hangs on, One Nation surges, and Parliament returns

164

America's first central banker was a reluctant revolutionary

165

The Nationals' impact on the Coalition

166

Springtails - the tiniest critters you've never heard of

167

Mark Carney was the hero of Davos, but what is he positioning Canada for?

168

Bruce Shapiro: is the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota a tipping point?

169

We've had 237 Straya Days: what do they say about us?

170

The expansion of Indigenous Protected Areas

171

Multicultural Australia under strain

172

Stephen Miller: the architect of Trump’s immigration agenda

173

Ian Dunt on pulling out of Adelaide Writer's Week and the challenge of tackling Trump's increasing threats

174

Where does King Charles get his money?

175

Bruce Shapiro's America: what's next after Trump's year of chaos?

176

Do the hate speech laws go too far?

177

Bernard Keane's Canberra: can Albanese get hate speech laws through parliament?

178

LNL Summer: The murderous rampage of Joe and Jimmy Governor in 1900 New South Wales

179

LNL Summer: Cooperating over space resources

180

LNL Summer: Zane Grey's shark-hunting adventures in 1930s Australia

181

LNL Summer: Why Pompeii keeps revealing new secrets

182

LNL Summer: A rich man obsessed with Mars? Welcome to the 1890s

183

LNL Summer: Is a river alive?

184

LNL Summer: Fleeced: a story of wool and warfare

185

LNL Summer: Palestinian psychiatrist Dr Samah Jabr on dealing with trauma in Gaza

186

LNL Summer: Have we forgotten the value of shade?

187

LNL Summer: Deep history, an Indigenous way of seeing the past

188

LNL Summer: From Utopia to the Tate - the art of Emily Kam Kngwarray

189

LNL Summer: The woman who solved crimes with birds

190

LNL Summer: Why do we use the QWERTY keyboard?

191

LNL Summer: Is it time to decriminalise jaywalking?

192

LNL Summer: How prison architecture can change lives

193

LNL Summer:Australia's love of cinema, indoors and outdoors

194

LNL Summer: Farewell Laura Tingle

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LNL Summer: Harriet Walter on what Shakespeare's women might have said

196

Is it ethical to holiday in Antarctica?

197

LNL Summer: AI. Don't believe the hype

198

LNL Summer: The Roosevelts deadly hunt for a giant panda

199

LNL Summer: A no-frills history of the Australian beach shack

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LNL Summer: The feminist publishing house that launched Australia's best writers

201

LNL Summer: Robert Dessaix's life reflections

202

LNL Summer: Alan Rusbridger on Trump's threats to journalism

203

LNL Summer: Societies collapse. Will ours?

204

LNL Summer: The Australian workers the union movement left behind

205

LNL Summer: Radio propaganda wars in the Middle East

206

LNL Summer: Omar El Akkad reckons with the West

207

LNL Summer: how 19th Century Americans thought about hair

208

LNL Summer: Blue Poles, when a painting shocked Australia

209

Bush medicine: how Indigenous practice has survived millennia

210

Geoffrey Robertson on the world's failures to prosecute war crimes

211

Ian Dunt's UK: Budget woes and a look back at 2025

212

Bruce Shapiro's USA: how Trump has changed America in 2025

213

The uncertain future of Australia's public pools

214

Anna Henderson's Canberra: a Defence overhaul, a Lodge wedding, plus Hanson and Joyce

215

India's Maoist guerillas surrender after fifty year struggle

216

Crayons in the desert: the breathtaking Birrundudu drawings of 1945, revealed

217

Bill Wallace: the world’s oldest prisoner, who died at 107 in an asylum in Ararat

218

Wooden toes, iron hands: the ancient artistry of prosthetics

219

America's transgender troops take Donald Trump to court

220

How Nauru got rich

221

Haaretz editor, Aluf Benn, on Netanyahu's political survival

222

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Pauline Hanson's burka stunt and environment laws final push

223

Jenny Hocking AM calls for free access to Dismissal archives

224

How the Quarterly Essay reached its 100th edition

225

Wind: the invisble force of nature that we can't live without

226

When foxes went feral

227

Hurricane devastated Jamaica seeks reparations for climate damage and years of slavery

228

Bruce Shapiro's USA: Trump's backflip on the Epstein files

229

Can we stop space from filling up with junk?

230

Calls to reject Myanmar's "sham" election as evidence revealed of torture by the Junta

231

Anna Henderson's Canberra: what next for the Liberal moderates?

232

Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz warns of 'inequality emergency'

233

Gareth Evans says Australia should lead nuclear arms control talks

234

Australia's (very, very) early computer: CSIRAC

235

Ian Dunt's UK: Trump threatens to sue the BBC

236

Brutal police killings in Rio's favelas shock the world as Brazil hosts climate summit

237

The mysterious lost footage of Whitlam's dismissal

238

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Gough Whitlam's statue and net zero fallout continues

239

The fight for gold at the heart of Sudan’s genocide

240

Peter FitzSimons on the life of Weary Dunlop

241

50 years on, do modern Liberals still back Whitlam's dismissal?

242

Author takes on AI company who pirated her book

243

Trump's ballroom blitz

244

Bruce Shapiro's USA: Zohran and a wave of Democrats put Trump on notice

245

The camera in the colony: Australia's oldest photographs

246

From Buddhist teacher to UN Secretary-General: The legacy of U Thant

247

Kryptos: the 30-year code that was accidentally cracked

248

Kids are about to be booted off social media

249

Anna Henderson's Canberra: will the Libs follow the Nationals and abandon net zero?

250

How Australia’s politicians got hooked on gambling

251

Francesca Albanese: genocide in Gaza would not be happening without the complicity of other countries

252

Forgiveness: do we need more or less?

253

Reflecting on the power Patrick White's prose still holds today

254

One hundreds years of Australian anthropology: what have we learned?

255

Locals disrupt Trump's deportation blitz in Chicago

256

Ian Dunt's UK: Prince Andrew fallout and British Labour loses big in Wales

257

Can AI help us talk to whales?

258

The Indonesian surveillance company tracking phones all over the world

259

Anna Henderson's Canberra: why does the Coalition want to split the environment bill in two?

260

The ghost of Stalin

261

Paul Kelly on the political chaos before The Dismissal

262

Did the ancients love like us?

263

Looted Benin Bronzes are returning to West Africa. But will they go on display?

264

Why is the world running out of sand?

265

Suriname – the little South American country that overthrew a despot, elected a woman and discovered oil

266

Bruce Shapiro's USA: Albanese goes to Washington

267

Why did two Australian hospitals cancel Gaza-related speaking events?

268

Bernard Keane's Canberra: What is Barnaby Joyce up to?

269

Journalist Chris Hedges on being cancelled by the National Press Club

270

A way forward for Israel

271

The strategy behind Trump's foreign policy chaos - and where it leaves Australia

272

Come fly with me: women in aviation

273

Madagascar has its own Gen Z protesters

274

Ian Dunt's UK: Keir Starmer in Egypt, and the word on Brexit

275

Esperanto: what happened to the language of optimism?

276

Are cloud patterns changing with the climate?

277

Labor waters down its super tax plan

278

LNL update: Irris Makler on the Gaza peace process

279

Have we forgotten the value of shade?