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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.

    Johann Hari on the miracle weight loss drugs

    Johann Hari on the miracle weight loss drugs

    Johann Hari explains the health risks and rewards of the new weight loss drugs and looks at the causes of the high demand for these drugs in the affluent west. Brendan Kennedy argues for water rights for native title owners in the Murray Darling Basin.

    • 54 min
    Satyajit Das on the risks of ecotourism and Bruce Shapiro on the Columbia protests

    Satyajit Das on the risks of ecotourism and Bruce Shapiro on the Columbia protests

    Bruce Shapiro reports on the latest from the student protests at Columbia University and Satyajit Das shares the conflicting emotions he feels about the amazing wildlife he has seen on his travels and his concerns for their future.

    • 54 min
    Laura Tingle's Canberra and James Bradley's oceanic love affair

    Laura Tingle's Canberra and James Bradley's oceanic love affair

    7:30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle reflects on a weekend of powerful protests denouncing violence against women. Then, Australian writer James Bradley makes an impassioned plea to save our oceans and the awesome creatures who live there.

    • 54 min
    ANZAC day: Remembering Australia's lost generation and the contribution of women in war

    ANZAC day: Remembering Australia's lost generation and the contribution of women in war

    Two historians remember those who served in the First World War.

    Ross McMullin delves deep into lives of three outstanding individuals; each so full of promise, but tragically, their potential would never be realised. Melanie Oppenheimer considers the overlooked role and contribution of women in the mostly male mythologies of the ANZACs.

    • 54 min
    Yossi Beilin and Hiba Husseini on a possible two state solution plus the Anzac story on the Greek island of Lemnos

    Yossi Beilin and Hiba Husseini on a possible two state solution plus the Anzac story on the Greek island of Lemnos

    About a year ago, longtime friends lawyer Hiba Husseini and former politician Yossi Beilin released a plan to lay the groundwork for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Plus a documentary on a surprising Anzac history on the Greek island of Lemnos.

    • 54 min
    Ian Dunt on the Rwanda deal and Natalie Haynes updates the Greek goddesses

    Ian Dunt on the Rwanda deal and Natalie Haynes updates the Greek goddesses

    Ian Dunt laments the passing of the Rwanda Bill in Westminster which will allow the deportation of immigrants who arrive by boat to Rwanda. Classicist Natalie Haynes reveals why the Greek goddesses have been much maligned and misunderstood.

    • 54 min

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