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

  1. 17h ago

    Bruce Shapiro's USA, who's supplying weapons to Sudan, plus the first camera in Australia

    Bruce Shapiro asks if US President Donald Trump has betrayed American cattle farmers, after he eased tariffs on foreign beef. Australia sells weapons to the United Arab Emirates, but could those weapons be ending up in Sudan? Plus, the story of the first camera that made it to colonial Australia in May 1841.  Guests: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor for The Nation, executive director of the Global Centre for Journalism and TraumaAndrew Bartlett, President of Australians for War Powers Reform and former Democrats and Greens Senator for QueenslandElisa DeCourcy, writer and curator, author of Early Photography in Colonial Australia, Melbourne University Press

  2. 1d ago

    Anna Henderson's Canberra, the Israeli ambassador on Zomi Frankcom, plus the music in our names

    One Nation is mopping up after new MP David Farley's 'rookie mistake' on his party's net migration target. Veteran Jerusalem correspondent examines the work of the Israeli ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman, after an IDF report found that no one would be held criminally liable for the death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and her colleagues in Gaza in 2024. Plus, composer and host of The Music Show Andrew Ford ponders the musical qualities of our names and nicknames. Guests: Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBSIrris Makler, freelance journalist, veteran Jerusalem correspondentAndrew Ford, composer and host of The Music Show on Radio National

  3. 5d ago

    John Cameron Mitchell wants kids to be more punk, plus an apartheid 'native' hospital in Australia

    John Cameron Mitchell, American actor, playwright, and film director, directed some of the more outrageous movies of the 2000s, like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Shortbus. He argues that punk is as relevant than ever, and it is much more than a look. Plus, in the first half of the 20th century, up on the far north coast of WA, Wyndham Native Hospital incarcerated and treated Aboriginal people, because they were not allowed to be treated at the Wyndham District Hospital, known as the 'white' hospital. Guests:  John Cameron Mitchell, American punk icon and multimedia artistAnnabel (A.M.) Stafford, former journalist, teacher, author of 'The wanted and the unwanted' (MUP)

  4. 6d ago

    Is a classless society impossible? Plus, fresh dirt on the Cambridge Five spies

    German philosopher Hanno Sauer argues that class hierarchies are a permanent feature of human societies. So if true equality is elusive, how do we live with class? Plus new revelations on the Cambridge Five - the young men who spied against Britain from the 1930s to the 1950s.  Guests:  Hanno Sauer, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Utrecht University. Guest of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in SydneyAntonia Senior, author, journalist and co-host of the History Book Buffs podcast.  New book is Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire

  5. Aug 18

    Ian Dunt's UK, the KPMG scandal, plus 500 years of nightlife

    Our regular UK correspondent on the death of former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday. An accounting and ethics expert who has been following the KPMG case explains why some of the firm's activities are so controversial. And 'going out' - a colourful romp through the many ways that many cultures enjoy night life. Guests:  Ian Dunt, columnist with i-news; co-host of the Origin Story podcastTom Ravlic, journalist, author and academic who has been writing about the KPMG saga for Crikey, and The MandarinImogen Willetts, author of ‘Up All Night: A History of Going Out'

  6. Aug 17

    Anna Henderson's Canberra, Jordan stuck in the crosshairs of war, plus Gina Rinehart and the press

    Political correspondent Anna Henderson surveys a busy sitting week, with the government eager to pass NDIS reforms. The Kingdom of Jordan, a neighbour of Israel, is trying to stay neutral in the Middle East war, but is caught between the US and Iran. And a look at how mining magnate Gina Rinehart attempts to control her public image.  Guests:  Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBSNabih Bulos, Middle East bureau chief, Los Angeles TimesSarah Martin, senior correspondent for The Guardian Australia

  7. Aug 13

    Inside the world of sovereign citizens, plus the magic of night music

    Sovereign citizens believe they’ve discovered a hidden legal system that can set them free from the state. The new book Outlawed explores the strange world of pseudolaw, and what its rise tells us about trust, power and the law. Plus Late Night Live looks at the abiding popularity of calming 'night' music to help people sleep, and how 19th century composers like John Field, Chopin and others first brought us the musical concept of 'nocturnes'. And Late Night Live pays tribute to former producer, Kris Short. Guests:  Harry Hobbs, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law and Justice at the University of New South Wales, co-author, with Stephen Young, of Outlawed: Responding to the Global Rise of Sovereign Citizens and legal conspiracies.Susan Tomes, award-winning pianist and author of 'Nocturnes, and the fascination of night music'.

  8. Aug 12

    James Baldwin: The loves that shaped a literary giant

    James Baldwin’s writing was inseparable from the people he loved, mentored and collaborated with. A new biography explores the intimate relationships that shaped his novels, essays and plays, and his role in Black and queer literary history.From Harlem and Paris, to Istanbul and the American South, it reveals the private life behind one of the 20th century’s most influential writers. Guest: Nicholas Boggs, author of Baldwin: A Love StoryProducer: Ali Benton

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