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August 13 · 54 min
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,
August 12 · 54 min
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 Story Producer: Ali Benton
August 11 · 54 min
Bruce Shapiro's USA, Marwan Barghouti to run for Palestinian president, plus a lost cantata rediscovered
Bruce Shapiro looks at the fight inside the Democrats between emerging populists and a conservative group called The Third Way. Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti's son talks about his father plans to run for president of the Palestinian Authority, from jail. Plus how an Australian harpsichord player discovered a three-hundred-year-old cantata by a Venetian contemporary of Antonio Vivaldi, who was a disabled female orphan. Guests: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Natio
August 10 · 54 min
Anna Henderson's Canberra, the Mecca defence pact, and the history of punctuation
PM Albanese and Opposition Leader AngusTaylor are doing a deal on gambling. Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan have just signed a new NATO-like defence pact which commits each country to respond in the event of an attack on the other. So what are the implications for the Gulf conflict? Plus, from hieroglyphs to hashtags, the hidden history of punctuation and the tiny marks that have shaped how we communicate. Guests: Anna Henderson, SBS World News Chief Political Correspondent | National Pres
August 6 · 54 min
Peter Garrett on AUKUS, plus Australia's sugar slaves
Peter Garrent discusses the testimonies being presented at the crowdfunded AUKUS public inquiry which has so far recieved over 500 submissions, and heard from former PMs and ministers. Plus decades after Britain abolished slavery in its colonies, Australia was using Pacific island workers to harvest sugar, with many essentially held captive. Guests: Peter Garrett, Lead Commissioner, AUKUS public inquiry, former Labor Minister Ryan Butta, author of 'Blackbirding: a reckoning with the Australian
August 5 · 54 min
Bernard Keane on Australia's opportunities, plus how wine shaped civilisation
In his new book, Crikey’s political editor, Bernard Keane, turns his eye not just to where Australia has gone wrong, but to how we can best position ourselves to navigate the triple threat of Trump, China and AI. Plus the eight thousand year history of wine - from Georgia to the present day. Guests: Bernard Keane, political editor, Crikey, and author of ‘Seize the Moment - Australia’s real opportunities in an unstable world,’ Kathleen Burk, Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary history
August 4 · 53 min
Ian Dunt's UK, boycotting The Odyssey, and the last cats of Kangaroo Island
Ian Dunt on Nigel Farage's planned 'Operation Fortress', stopping all illegal boats. The Odyssey film-makers caused offence in an indigenous-owned region that Morocco claims as its own. And the push to rid Kangaroo Island of cats, both feral and pet. Guests: Ian Dunt, columnist with i-news, co-host of Origin Story podcast Sarah Yerkes, North Africa specialist and senior fellow with the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peac Michael Pengilly, Mayor of Kangaroo Isla
August 3 · 54 min
Anna Henderson at Garma, reunifying Cyprus, plus the last butterfly collectors
Anna Henderson recaps an eventful Garma festival in Arnhem Land, which included a blistering speech from Noel Pearson. Is there hope for a reunified Cyprus, amid planned UN talks? Plus, why butterfly collectors are a dying breed. Guests: Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS Dr. Erol Kaymak, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Eastern Mediterranean University Emil Leth Beiter, Danish writer and critic
July 30 · 54 min
Encore: Oscar Wilde's grandson on the scandal that ruined him
The famous writer Oscar Wilde died alone in a French hotel in 1900. Since that time, so much has been written about the man - much of it rumour and speculation. In his new book, 'After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal', Oscar Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland sets the record straight. The book is thirty years in the making and is an exploration of Wilde’s posthumous reputation and how his imprisonment for homosexuality affected Wilde's family, friends and literary legacy. Guest: Merlin Holland, Os
July 29 · 54 min
Russia's far-right bikies, plus the afterlives of Sarah Baartman
Established in Moscow in 1989, the 'Night Wolves' motorcycle club continues to operate as a powerful propaganda arm of the Putin regime. Plus, the writer Sisonke Msimang defends the legacy of Sarah "Saartjie" Baartman, the African woman trafficked through early 19th Century Europe as a 'freak show' spectacle. Guests: Dr Olga Boichak, Senior Lecturer in digital cultures, Sydney University Sisonke Msimang, writer and activist, author of 'Defending the dead: the many afterlives of Sarah Baartman
July 28 · 54 min
Bruce Shapiro's USA, controversial weed killer Paraquat, and curly questions in the Census
Our regular US commentator, Bruce Shapiro, looks at how President Trump is caught between pressure at home to get out of the Iran war, and pressure from Israel to stay in it. Plus why use of the agricultural weed killer Paraquat has just been allowed to continue in Australia, despite being banned in many other countries. And this year's Census is getting more personal. Guests: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Tra
July 27 · 54 min
Anna Henderson's Canberra, how tech is transforming warfare, and the dark side of Route 66
Anna Henderson on Pauline Hanson's discrimination court loss, and Labor rejecting Ed Husic's genocide motion at their national conference. How technology is transforming modern warfare and creating a new global arms race. Plus, one hundred years on, LNL looks at the dark side of Route 66. Guests: Anna Henderson, SBS World News Chief Political Correspondent | National Press Club Director Steve Feldstein, author of Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Private Tech, and the New Shape of Modern W
July 23 · 54 min
How British slave money flowed to Australia, plus Trump's grand designs
Australia likes to think it has no history of slavery, but two-thirds of Australia's colonial governors had links to the slave economy of the British Empire. A new book, Legacies of British Slavery in Australia and New Zealand reveals how slave money shaped the colonies. Plus, veteran architecture critic Paul Goldberger examines what Donald Trump's building agenda says about his politics, power and legacy. Guests: Professor Zoe Laidlaw, historian, University of Melbourne, co-editor with Sally
July 22 · 54 min
One Nation's reinvention, plus the fierce women who built democracy
One Nation is on a transformative mission, intent on professionalising its operation. But can they? Plus the trailblazing, and sometimes gun-blazing, women who built democracy around the world - they’re all fierce, all feminists, but not all of them were progressives. Guests: Jordan McSwiney, Senior Research Fellow, Canberra University, who specialises in right wing politics Paula Bartley, historian and author of 'Trailblazers, the first women elected to government’, published by Polity.
July 21 · 54 min
Britain's Burnham era begins, the Pentagon's pollution, plus the case for tighter means-testing
Britain has its seventh Prime Minister in ten years as Andy Burnham moves into 10 Downing Street. A new documentary counts the staggering emissions of US military operations globally. Plus, is Australia becoming a nation of handouts for the rich? A leading economist makes the case for tighter means-testing. Guests: Naomi Smith, commentator and CEO of Best for Britain Abby Martin, journalist and director of Earth's Greatest Enemy Professor Robert Breunig, director of the Tax and Transfer Policy
July 20 · 54 min
Anna Henderson's Canberra, US attacks in Somalia, and demolishing Nazi bunkers
Anna Henderson looks at the government's decision to go on the front foot with their AI policy and how it will play out at Labor's upcoming national conference. The Guardian investigates a US air strike in Somalia which killed and injured 12 civilians, including children. Plus the Nazi bunker that could be destroyed to make way for a block of flats in Berlin. Guests: Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent with SBS Mohamed Gabobe, freelance reporter in Mogadishu. Dr. Caroline Sharples, Se

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