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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. This LNL podcast contains the stories in separate episodes.

  1. 3 HR AGO

    Fintan O'Toole on why politics is becoming more tribal

    Veteran Irish journalist Fintan O'Toole asks why democratic systems and values that had been taken for granted are now in such peril.

    37 min

  2. 3 HR AGO

    Ian Dunt's UK - Keir Starmer's promises to the people

    Keir Starmer has laid out his hopes for Britain in his first speech to the Labor Party Conference since his election in July this year. He promised 'national renewal' and 'a Britain that belongs to you'. He also warned that sacrifices would have to be made in order to make the changes that they believe are critical for the future of Britain. Did he make a convincing case? Guest: Ian Dunt, columnist with the "I" and co-host of the Origin Story podcast.

    16 min

  3. 1 DAY AGO

    Houdini's Visit to Australia

    ‘To do a Houdini’ is still used to describe remarkable feats of escapes, yet the great escapologist Harry Houdini was born 150 years ago. In 1910, Houdini visited Australia for a 3 month sell-out tour. He also claimed the title of the first person to successfully fly a powered aircraft in Australia. GUEST: Leann Richards, author of 'Houdini's Tour of Australia'.

    19 min

  4. 1 DAY AGO

    Silence and suppression in Hong Kong

    A 27-year old man who wore a protest T-shirt has become the first person convicted and sentenced under Hong Kong's new national security laws, passed in March this year. Journalists have also been charged with sedition. Meanwhile, pressure mounts on Australian judges serving in Hong Kong to resign their posts.

    16 min

  5. 1 DAY AGO

    Bruce Shapiro's America: winning the ground game

    In an extremely close US election race, getting people to the polls - either on November 5th or via early voting - will prove the difference. The ground game is less about ideology and more about campaign strategy and party machinery. So how are the Democrats and Republicans tackling this challenge in the key swing states?

    15 min

  6. 2 DAYS AGO

    Plants have feelings too. Or do they?

    Have we been underestimating plants? A controversial field of science champions the sentience and intelligence of plants. Acclaimed New Yorker journalist Elizabeth Kolbert has been looking at some recent books on this topic for the October edition of the New York Review of Books.

    20 min

  7. 2 DAYS AGO

    How will the new Prime Minister of Japan be chosen?

    Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that he was stepping down and there are nine candidates now running for the leadership position of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. The leader of the party will automatically become the next Prime Minister of Japan. Commentator on Japan Roger Pulvers explains how the election will play out.  Guest: Roger Pulvers, author, playwright and commentator on Japan

    18 min

  8. 2 DAYS AGO

    Karen Middleton's Canberra: Peter Dutton determined to push nuclear

    Peter Dutton has given a speech to the Committee for Economic Development Australia to push his nuclear policy, saying nowhere in the world has a renewables-only policy worked. And is the Greens focus on housing a populist move?  Guest: Karen Middleton, political editor, Guardian Australia

    11 min
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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. This LNL podcast contains the stories in separate episodes.

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