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Phillip Adams and philosopher Peter Singer sit down for a broad-ranging chat, contemplating everything from how far the animal liberation movement has come since the 1970's, to why public debate has become so challenging, and the ethical conundrums posed by AI.

Naomi Klein’s investigation into why she is constantly mistaken for author of The Beauty Myth and anti-vax campaigner Naomi Wolf, leads her to the world of doppelgangers, conspiracy theories, mis-and-dis-information, how this is playing out in Israel’s attacks on Gaza and why voices on the left have failed to make progress on the key challenge of our time, climate change. 

Guest: Naomi Klein, author of Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World, published by Penguin, and Professor of Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia.

 

In Phillip's last show with his regular contributors, Laura Tingle, Bruce Shapiro and Ian Dunt look at the release of Julian Assange,  the importance of the AUKUS alliance, and the big stories they have covered over their many years on the little wireless program. 

Guests: 
Laura Tingle, Chief Political Correspondent, 7.30
Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine; Executive Director of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University
Ian Dunt, Columnist with the “I” newspaper.

Phillip Adams is joined by comrades Frank Bongiorno, Jon Piccini and Meredith Burgmann for a romp through the history of the political left in Australia and an assessment of what's left of the left today. 

Simon Winchester has appeared on Late Night Live many times over the years to discuss his bestselling books. Now he and Phillip discuss Simon's own phenomenal life - from entering boarding school in England at the age of 4 to having his beehives in Massachusetts raided by bears. 

When the hammer thwacked down at Christie’s New York in November 2017, the ‘Salvator Mundi’ attributed to Leonardo da Vinci went for $450 million, making it the world’s most expensive artwork ever sold. But who bought it, who actually painted it and where is it now? 

Guest: Ben Lewis, art historian and documentary-maker

Ben's book is 'The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting' (Penguin Random House)