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What can tree rings tell us about civilisation?
October 6, 2026 · 26 minTree rings are more than a record of a tree’s life. They’re an archive of climate, fire and environmental change. They can take us back thousands of years, revealing droughts, disasters and even clues to the rise and fall of societies…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: the Cornell case, a failed execution and Democrats could flip the House
October 6, 2026 · 25 minBruce Shapiro looks at the political fall-out from the Cornell University rape case, how the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee has intensified national debate in the US over lethal-injection protocols, and, four weeks out from…
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Pub bedrooms and Christian fanatics: Lech Blaine's extraordinary childhood
October 5, 2026 · 26 minAustralian writer Lech Blaine shares the stranger-than-fiction story of his childhood, growing up with a loving foster family in a rural Queensland pub, haunted by fanatical Christian kidnappers. Guest: Lech Blaine, author, 'Australian…
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Simon Winchester on the wind: the invisble force we can't live without
October 5, 2026 · 26 minIt's invisible, it drives us crazy, and we can't live without it. The wind has been worshipped, feared and cursed across cultures, referenced in the earliest forms of writing. Simon Winchester tells the stories of how we've mastered the…
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Breakfast in India
October 1, 2026 · 21 minThis author ate multiple breakfasts in each of ten Indian cities, with the aim of looking at India's diversity and layered societies through its breakfast foods, makers and consumers. Guest: Priyadarshini Chatterjee, Kolkata-based travel…
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on why we need urgent controls on artificial intelligence
October 1, 2026 · 35 minConfronted with a series of existential threats, like the climate crisis and the potential of AI to end life on earth, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue in their new book that wealthy billionaires, including the so-called "tech bros"…
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How German history has been shaped by the peasant revolution of 1525
September 30, 2026 · 55 minThe German Peasants' War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In 1524 and 1525, it swept across Germany with astonishing speed as thousands of people massed in armed bands to demand a new and…
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How trauma became a weapon in the culture wars
September 29, 2026 · 27 minTrauma has become one of the defining languages of our age. Cultural theorist, Catherine Liu argues that our focus on individual suffering can obscure the deeper forces of class, inequality and power.So has trauma become a new form of…