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Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr. This LNL podcast contains the stories in separate episodes. Subscribe to the full podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

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    Winnie-the-Pooh: how the gentle bear left a complicated legacy

    Winnie-the-Pooh, the Bear of Very Little Brain, has been entertaining children for a century this year, but for Pooh's creator, A. A. Milne, the character brought a complicated joy. Milne's real-life son, Christopher Robin, became estranged from his father partly because of the burden of Pooh's fame, and Milne also came to resent how his children's literature obscured the rest of his professional writing.  Guest: Gyles Brandreth, broadcaster, former politician, and author of Somewhere, A Boy And A Bear: A Biography of A. A. Milne and Winnie-The-PoohProducer: Alex Tighe

    26 min

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    Tucker Carlson, the influential broadcaster admired by President Trump

    The US commentator Tucker Carlson began his working life as a respected and brilliant writer on a small conservative magazine. He moved to television commentary, then cable television, and now spreads his controversial views far and wide on streaming services. Biographer Jason Zengerle says one of Carlson's great skills is taking the messaging of far right extremists and making it seem more palatable to a wider audience. Guest: Jason Zengerle, writer with the New Yorker.  Author of 'Hated by all the right people: Tucker Carlson and the unravelling of the conservative mind' (Scribe) Producer: Ann Arnold

    25 min

  3. 3D AGO

    Trade Secret: Polar Bears for sale in a warming world

    Australian filmmaker Abraham Joffe pulls back the curtain on a reality most people don’t realise: Polar Bears are still legally hunted and sold around the world. The documentary "Trade Secret" goes undercover to show chilling scenes of warehouses and showrooms filled to the brim with polar bear skins. Guest: Abraham Joffe, Director, Producer, Trade Secret at the Antenna Documentary Film FestivalProducer: Ali Benton

    17 min

  4. 3D AGO

    Why is everyone rushing to do trade deals with India?

    After twenty years of negotiations, the European Union has suddenly managed to cut a trade deal with India. Not to be out-done, US President Donald Trump quickly followed suit, with he and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi having seemingly patched up their differences and declared their deeply held friendship for each other. “Prime Minister Modi and I are two people that GET THINGS DONE, something that cannot be said for most,” declared Trump on Truth Social. So what’s the rush to get India across the line? And is a new deal with Australia on the cards? Guest: Ravinder Kaur, Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen.Producer: Catherine Zengerer

    19 min

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    Ian Dunt's UK: Anger over Mandelson's Epstein links and a new candidate for Reform

    Former UK Labour powerbroker Peter Mandelson is retiring from the House of Lords amid intense scrutiny over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The move follows the release of documents suggesting Mandelson exchanged emails with Epstein and, at times, shared sensitive political information with him. British police have launched a criminal investigation into whether Mandelson may have committed misconduct in public office connected to those communications. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Mandelson’s actions as “disgraceful” and pushed for political reforms to allow peers to be removed more easily. And the by-election that's going to squeeze UK Labour from the left and the right. Guest: Ian Dunt, columnist with i-news; co-host of the Origin Story podcast  Producer: Ali Benton

    16 min

  6. 4D AGO

    Peter Drew, the 'AUSSIE' poster artist who wants to engage with young right wing men

    Peter Drew's 'Aussie' posters, seen around our cities, have now been copied in Melbourne by someone using a picture of the younger of the two Bondi shooters. Meanwhile Peter has issued a social media callout for young right wingers, and those who fear immigration, to engage with him. Guest: Peter Drew, Adelaide-based artist.Producer: Ann Arnold

    16 min

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    Iran expert says war is likely with the US if Trump gets bored with negotiations

    Iran’s president has signalled a potential diplomatic shift, saying he has directed diplomats to seek negotiations with the United States as fears of a military confrontation appear to subside. President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on social media on Tuesday that he had instructed the foreign minister to pursue “fair and equitable negotiations” with Washington. What does this mean for the future of the Islamic Republic? Guest Ali Ansari, Professor of Iranian History, and director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews, UKProducer Ali Benton

    22 min

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    Bruce Shapiro's America - are the Epstein files another distraction?

    The US Dept. of Justice published over three million additional pages from the Epstein files containing over a thousand references to Donald Trump, as well as photos and references to other high profile people such as Elon Musk and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, but Bruce Shapiro thinks the Trump information is a distraction from the backlash against ICE's killing of nurse Alex Pretti. Meanwhile journalism is under attack in the States, with the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, using a law designed to protect people from anti-abortion protesters, and a Democrat has had a surprise win in Texas. Guest: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma. Producer: Catherine Zengerer

    13 min
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Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr. This LNL podcast contains the stories in separate episodes. Subscribe to the full podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

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