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Three years ago, 60 per cent of Australians voted to reject the Voice to Parliament proposal in a referendum. A new book seeks to understand why, through analyses of extensive polling and survey data. Guests:Professor Murray Goot…
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October 27, 2026 · 17 min

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Bones are an archive of human experience, preserving traces of disease, violence, labour and time. In The Language of Bones, forensic anthropology reveals what human remains can tell us about lives long since ended. From ancient ossuaries…
France on the brink: debt, revolt and Marine Le Pen’s moment

October 26, 2026 · 18 min

France’s political crisis is deepening, with a mounting debt burden, a paralysed parliament and growing public anger over the future of the country’s social model. As governments struggle to agree on a budget, Marine Le Pen’s far right is…
Anna Henderson's Canberra: the debate over political violence

October 26, 2026 · 14 min

Anna Henderson discusses the ongoing debate over the connection between the tone of political rhetoric and real world acts of violence, since the attack on Independent MP Helen Haines, the motive for which is still under investigation…

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From Truman to Trump: how Queen Elizabeth II handled 13 US presidents

October 22, 2026 · 26 min

Over her 70 year reign, Queen Elizabeth II encountered 13 US presidents - from Harry S Truman to Donald J Trump. The journalist Susan Page details how the Queen wielded her subtle influence over the world's most powerful men. Guest: Susan…
The countdown to Israel's monumental election

October 22, 2026 · 27 min

Journalist and former correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, days away from the nation's elections. Polling suggests neither Netanyahu's Likud party, nor the challenging bloc lead by Gadi Eisenkot will win enough…
A teenager in the Indonesian coup

October 21, 2026 · 27 min

A rare bystander's view of the 1965 coup where neighbours, including soon to be President Suharto, were key players. Tari Lang's family were radical intellectuals, working for the Sukarno Government. Sukarno was ousted, and their lives…
What's next for Iraq, after final US withdrawal?

October 21, 2026 · 26 min

Veteran Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad surveys Iraq's uncertain future, as the US makes its final withdrawal of personnel, and the Iraqi government unleashes a familiar 'crackdown' on corruption. Guest: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, journalist…
The mysterious Inca code of knotted strings

October 20, 2026 · 17 min

500 years ago, the Incas ruled the western half of South America with the help of a unique form of writing based on coloured and knotted strings. Researchers think they're getting closer to deciphering these strings, known as…
Bruce Shapiro's USA: seats to watch in the midterms plus Trump's strange Russia ploy

October 20, 2026 · 19 min

With two weeks to go before the midterms, Bruce Shapiro runs through which states to watch for changing seats, and why many of them are former Republican strongholds. And he examines President Trump's strange diesel deal with Russia - will…
Children left behind in the Ebola response

October 20, 2026 · 18 min

The current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the largest and most lethal in that country’s history, with 4536 deaths so far from 9415 cases, and it continues to spread at an alarming rate in communities already facing…

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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.