2586 - How royal commissions make a difference, plus cuisine in conflict zones
Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
2586 - How royal commissions make a difference, plus cuisine in conflict zones
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Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
Episodes
2586-
How royal commissions make a difference, plus cuisine in conflict zones
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Thu, 14 May 2026
2585-
Ian Dunt on Starmer's demise, Antoinette Lattouf on women who win, plus 50 years of Australian film at Cannes
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Wed, 13 May 2026
2584-
Australia's first political assassination, plus the man who led Japan into war
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Tue, 12 May 2026
2583-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, six months in a submarine and the ethics of crisis reporting
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Mon, 11 May 2026
2582-
Fintan O'Toole on Trump's brand of 'crazy,' plus how to escape the Taliban
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Thu, 07 May 2026
2581-
Netanyahu faces a new opposition party, plus the lives of those liberated from the Nazi camp Bergen-Belsen
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Wed, 06 May 2026
2580-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, why community radio matters, and an historic Pitcairn Island document returned
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Tue, 05 May 2026
2579-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, Kim Jong Un's comeback and classical marble statues - in colour
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Mon, 04 May 2026
2578-
Australian writers celebrate David Malouf - friend, mentor, inspiration
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Thu, 30 Apr 2026
2577-
Ian Dunt on the King's speech to Congress, plus the scandalous life of Dick Meagher
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Wed, 29 Apr 2026
2576-
Pakistan the negotiator, and reporting mass shootings
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Tue, 28 Apr 2026
2575-
How war fired up indigenous soldiers, and Japanese espionage - fact or fiction?
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Mon, 27 Apr 2026
2574-
Who are the British elite today? Plus, memories of polio in postwar Australia
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Thu, 23 Apr 2026
2573-
NZ PM's leadership struggle, and the Weintraubs Syncopators' sad end
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Wed, 22 Apr 2026
2572-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, Chernobyl's wildlife thriving and the great convict escape on the Catalpa
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Tue, 21 Apr 2026
2571-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, how best to commemorate war, plus Lake Eyre tourists need fuel
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Mon, 20 Apr 2026
2570-
A Jewish Australian lawyer reckons with state violence. Plus, can corporate scandals be good for the world?
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Thu, 16 Apr 2026
2569-
Ian Dunt's UK, the Colombo plan, and AI publishing scams
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Wed, 15 Apr 2026
2568-
Jon Lee Anderson on Trump's Cuba threats, plus how chokepoints like Hormuz have shaped history
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Tue, 14 Apr 2026
2567-
Australia's fuel import dependency, gay conservatives backing Trump, plus damaged treasures in Iran
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Mon, 13 Apr 2026
2566-
The making of poet A.D. Hope, Australian literary giant
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Thu, 09 Apr 2026
2565-
Sebastian Smee on being laid off by the Washington Post, plus the secret life of famous author Daniel Defoe
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Wed, 08 Apr 2026
2564-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, antibiotic resistance in India, plus Marralwanga's bark paintings
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Tue, 07 Apr 2026
2563-
Henry Reynolds turns Australian history upside down
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Mon, 06 Apr 2026
2562-
Robert Reich's America, plus ten years since the release of the Panama papers
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Thu, 02 Apr 2026
2561-
Ian Dunt's UK, and the Shahs and Ayatollahs of Iran
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Wed, 01 Apr 2026
2560-
Western Australia's GST wins, Israel death penalty for West Bank, and mapping the wilderness
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Tue, 31 Mar 2026
2559-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, Ash Sarkar critques the modern Left, and should daylight savings be permanent?
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Mon, 30 Mar 2026
2558-
The struggle to get aid into the Middle East, plus a great Australian librarian retires
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Thu, 26 Mar 2026
2557-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, Trump’s business in the Gulf, plus the Museum of Failure
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Tue, 24 Mar 2026
2556-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, a tribute to Rhoda Roberts, and making floristry more sustainable
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Mon, 23 Mar 2026
2555-
Guns and God in the USA, plus fresh scrutiny on weedkiller Roundup
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Thu, 19 Mar 2026
2554-
Please explain: Niki Savva, Paul Kelly and Antony Green on the resurgence of Pauline Hanson
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Wed, 18 Mar 2026
2553-
Ian Dunt's UK, Geoffrey Watson finds the NACC wanting and the power of presidential pardons
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Tue, 17 Mar 2026
2552-
The new Nationals' front bench, where Saudi Arabia sits in the Middle East war, and meet veteran protestor Mag Merrilees
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Mon, 16 Mar 2026
2551-
Acclaimed historian and author Antony Beevor on Rasputin, and Elon Musk's facilitation of making fake porn with unauthorised images
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Thu, 12 Mar 2026
2550-
Funding Australian TV, and conspiracy theories in Irish politics
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Wed, 11 Mar 2026
2549-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, Christian rhetoric in the US military, and Vanuatu's lost numbering system
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Tue, 10 Mar 2026
2548-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, Economist journalist Sophie Pedder on President Macron's support for Lebanon, and why the power of the mafia - in multiple cultures - still prevails.
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Mon, 09 Mar 2026
2547-
Yanis Varoufakis on war and drugs, and 200 years of the State Library of NSW
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Thu, 05 Mar 2026
2546-
In conversation with the UK's Ian Dunt
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Wed, 04 Mar 2026
2545-
Gideon Levy on Israel's objectives in Iran, the secret life of batteries, and Australia's earliest desert people
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Tue, 03 Mar 2026
2544-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, Bruce Shapiro on the US attack on Iran, and when books go bad
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Mon, 02 Mar 2026
2543-
Bob Carr on suddenly losing his wife Helena
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Thu, 26 Feb 2026
2542-
Bruce Shapiro on Trump's State of the Union, Catholic Church High Court loss and do Australian cities have a guaranteed water supply?
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Wed, 25 Feb 2026
2541-
Richard Ackland on the antisemitism Royal Commission, the biodiversity of the high seas, and Mawson's scrawled diaries
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Tue, 24 Feb 2026
2540-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, and Helen Clark on the UN's missing senior women
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Mon, 23 Feb 2026
2539-
A review of the Pacific labour scheme in Australia, and rethinking the gay rights movement
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026
2538-
Ian Dunt's UK, Germany rearms and politicians who dodge questions.
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Wed, 18 Feb 2026
2537-
Gambling's grip on politicians, Cuba's invasion threat and greenwashing green burials