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Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

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    US and Iran show signs of compromise

    The latest on the Middle East and the clearest sign yet of a breakthrough between Washington and Tehran  -  David Rennie, the Geopolitics Editor at The Economist, and Professor David Kilcullen, one of Australia's leading military thinkers, unpack the overnight announcements and meetings. Author and journalist Katherine Stewart looks at the feud between Donald Trump and Pope Leo, and whether it points to something bigger: The fraying of MAGA? Jill Sheppard joins the show to discuss a new book, Landslide: The 2025 Federal Election. Australian journalist Cheng Lei talks about recreating her three years in Chinese detention as a live stage show at Melbourne Arts House.  And nearly 200 people, including renowned Australian artist Lucy Culliton are painting outside this weekend as part of the first ever Art Prize in the country town of Bombala.

    1 h 15 min

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    Iran-US peace talks face steep obstacles

    Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

    1 h 15 min

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    What did the Gulf states make of Trump's prime time address?

    As a search and rescue mission is underway for a crew member from a US fighter jet that was downed in southern Iran, Gregg Carlstrom, the Middle East Correspondent for The Economist, joins Saturday Extra with the latest news from the region. To the stars and the Artemis moon mission with Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. David McCloskey, the co-host of podcast THE REST IS CLASSIFIED takes us into the world of his fourth novel, The Persian. The Queensland outback town of Winton becomes an official Dark Sky Place making it one of the best places on earth to star gaze. Eurovision is expanding into Asia, and the power of Bach's St John Passion this Easter weekend.

    1 h 15 min

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    What would it take to end the Iran war?

    Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

    1 h 14 min

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    Thousands more US Marines head to Middle East as conflict escalates

    The Pentagon is sending more US Marines to the Middle East as the war with Iran escalates and widens  -  Professor Robert Pape explains how the US is falling into an "escalation trap". Economist Stephen Koukoulas on how the oil shock is hitting the Australian economy and whether the government may use the crisis to bring forward economic reform. Andrew Day from The American Conservative, on how the decision to go to war is dividing President Trump's MAGA support base.  How weight loss drugs are changing the world and might they become available to adolescents? Plus the ABC's Annabel Crabb on the South Australian election.

    1 h 15 min

  6. 13 MARS

    Who's winning the war in the Middle East?

    Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

    1 h 15 min

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    Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender'

    Yalda Hakim joins Nick Bryant from Qatar, as Iran continues strikes against Gulf states. Ed Luce, from the Financial Times discusses  how Donald Trump has moved from a "peacemaker" to the pursuit of Iranian regime change. The discovery of a possum and a glider in the forests of West Papua that were thought to be extinct with Professor Tim Flannery.  Magda Szubanski reflects on the life of Ted Emery, a much loved comedy director who died this week who was behind many Australian hit shows, such as Kath and Kim. Plus, Rick Ardon and Susannah Carr - the world's longest-serving television news anchor duo from Perth in Western Australia.

    1 h 16 min

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    How can we stop political violence in Australia?

    Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

    1 h 15 min
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Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

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    ABC Australia
  • Années d’activité
    2006 - 2026
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    375
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