Late Night Live - Full program podcast

Apr 10 2025 250 ep. 54 mins 1.8k
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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.

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'Sorrow, grief, horror': Kate Grenville confronts her settler ancestry

Apr 10 2025 54 mins  
20 years on from her famous novel The Secret River, writer Kate Grenville retraces the footsteps of her settler ancestors, and asks what it means to be on land taken from other people. Guest: Kate Grenville, author of Unsettled, published by Black Inc

Antony Green's last election broadcast, and the path ahead for Syria

Apr 09 2025 54 mins  
Legendary ABC election analyst Antony Green has announced this federal election will be his last in an on-air role. Plus, journalist Nicholas Pelham on what lies ahead for Syria's new government.

Bruce Shapiro's Trumpland, Netanyahu's latest scandal, and the death of the interval

Apr 08 2025 54 mins  
Bruce Shapiro on who is getting rich from Trump's tariffs, Irris Makler on how the Gaza war is playing out inside Israel, plus why the theatre interval is disappearing.

Laura Tingle's Canberra, the Brits baulk on AUKUS, and tariffs in the ancient world

Apr 07 2025 54 mins  
Can Opposition leader Peter Dutton recover from a policy backtrack? What does the UK's AUKUS review mean for the relationship between the three allies? And a look at ancient Rome reveals that tariffs are nothing new, but always messy.

John Howard and the 1998 waterfront dispute, plus Peter Rose on life as a literary editor

Apr 03 2025 54 mins  
An ABC podcast has uncovered new evidence that casts doubt on the Howard governments' claims they knew nothing about plans to sack 1400 wharfies and train a new, non-union workforce in Dubai during the 1998 waterfront dispute. Plus the Australian Book Review's CEO and editor, Peter Rose, reflects on a lifetime shaping the national conversation.

First Nations resistance in the River Country, and is ignorance always bliss?

Apr 02 2025 54 mins  
Historian Stephen Gapps reveals the incredible story of frontier resistance warfare in a huge area of the Murray-Darling river system, across many First Nations’ lands, in a concerted defence of River Country. Plus, Professor of Humanities Mark Lilla on why humans are seduced by ignorance.

Ian Dunt's UK, does the Coalition's gas policy stack up, and Australia's endless rabbit problem

Apr 01 2025 54 mins  
Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.

Laura Tingle's federal election, plus defining antisemitism at universities

Mar 31 2025 54 mins  
As the election campaign gets underway, Laura Tingle looks at the messaging, who is being effective and what role US President Donald Trump plays in it all. Plus why many Australian universities have adopted a definition of antisemitism that includes criticism of Israel.

Gaza and the contradictions of the West, and are priests employees of the Church?

Mar 27 2025 54 mins  
Journalist Omar El Akkad examines what he sees as the moral contradictions of the West in the face of sustained violence in Gaza. Plus, lawyer Judy Courtin on the recent Australian High Court ruling that the Catholic Church is not 'vicariously liable' for a priest's abuse.

Sexual violence perpetrators getting younger, and lost in the Amazon for forty days

Mar 26 2025 54 mins  
Perpetrators of sexual violence are getting younger, and the messaging campaigns aimed at men are only causing a backlash. Jess Hill on why our prevention programs are failing. Plus the real story behind the tale of four children lost in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed.