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  1. HÁ 19 H

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

    Richard Ackland discusses the scope and ambitions of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, and the challenges facing the enquiry. On the high seas, a major treaty aims to protect marine life from overfishing, climate change, shipping, and deep-seabed mining. Why hasn't Australia ratified it yet? Plus, Sir Douglas Mawson kept extensive diaries, which have taken the South Australian Museum 20 years to transcribe. What do Mawson's diaries reveal about one of Australia's greatest explorers?

    55min

  2. HÁ 1 DIA

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

    Chief political correspondent for SBS, Anna Henderson, on the ongoing political wrangling over people who do or do not reflect 'Australian values'. And former New Zealand Prime Minister and former head of the United Nations Development Programme, Helen Clark, says it is high time the UN's top job went to a woman.

    55min

  3. HÁ 5 DIAS

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

    The PALM scheme, bringing Pacifika workers to regional Australia to work, has many fans, but significant problems also, a new report finds. Its author Peter Mares, a long time analyst of immigration policy, also discusses the current political hyperbole around immigration. And Irish author Ronan Macrae on the new sources of opposition to gay rights, and argues the movement needs to rethink its goals.

    54min

  4. HÁ 6 DIAS

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

    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 mission to revamp its military and defence systems. And the art of the dodge and deflect - how politicians spin their way out of answering questions

    54min

  5. 17 DE FEV.

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

    The Australian Democracy Network says our lobbying laws make it easy for the gambling industry to have the ear of our political leaders. After capturing Venezuela's leader, Cuba may be next on Trump's list, and questions are being asked about whether green burials are as environmentally friendly as they claim to be.

    55min

  6. 16 DE FEV.

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

    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 sentencing of publisher Jimmy Lai points to a rapidly changing Hong Kong. And Conny Aerts, a pioneer in making music from the vibrations of stars.

    54min

  7. 12 DE FEV.

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

    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 The Atlantic joins the show to talk about the US's experiment in government-by-meme. Plus: psychologist Steven Pinker argues that what drives society is knowing that what we know is widely know — in his term, "common knowledge". But what if our beliefs about everyone else's inner thoughts turn out to be wrong?

    55min

  8. 11 DE FEV.

    Gaza is a nightmare, but once it was a dream

    Gaza is today in ruins, with over seventy thousand dead and buildings everywhere rendered rubble by the onslaught from Israel since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. Many argue the war on Gaza began at this point, but historian Julie Norman has traced the history of both the land, its people and the terrible wars that have plagued what was once a beautiful and prosperous place for a century and destroyed the dreams of the Palestinian people.  Guest: Julie M. Norman, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at University College London, and an Associate Fellow at Chatham House. Author of Gaza: The Dream and the Nightmare, co-authored with Maia Carter Hallward, Director of the PhD Program in International Conflict Management and Professor of Middle East Politics at Kennesaw State UniversityProducer: Catherine Zengerer

    54min
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Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.

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  • Anos de atividade
    2005 - 2026
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