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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…

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  • 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…

  • Australian yabbies are trashing rivers in Africa

    October 19, 2026 · 13 min

    Hordes of yabbies are trashing rivers in southern Africa - an Australian native crayfish that has rapidly become a devastating pest. Can the crustaceans be curtailed, or is this an unstoppable invasion?

  • Cockroaches: are they good for India's democratic health?

    October 19, 2026 · 25 min

    The youth movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party is testing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's iron grip on power in India. Our guest, a global democracy expert, believes it's the most important challenge to Modi yet, and that the…

  • Independent MP Helen Haines critically injured in 'attack'

    October 19, 2026 · 13 min

    SBS Chief political correspondent Anna Henderson on the attack on Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines. Plus tensions between the PM and Treasurer Jim Chalmers over credit card payments, and why the Nationals won't support the EU trade…

  • Amy Goodman on thirty years of Democracy Now!

    October 15, 2026 · 26 min

    For thirty years reporter Amy Goodman has been dogging presidents, politicians, oil companies, and tyrants of all kinds for her radio and television show Democracy Now ! that’s syndicated to over 1000 public television and radio stations…

  • Sacred women’s business: the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair

    October 15, 2026 · 27 min

    In 1988 developers Tom and Wendy Chapman decided to expand their marina on Hindmarsh Island in the mouth of the Murray river which people usually accessed by ferry. But to get the development approved they needed to build a bridge from the…

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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.