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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.
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Lalia’s story: how to save a mother and her five daughters from the Taliban
When refugee activist and author Mij Tanith was asked to help an Afghan woman and her five daughters escape the Taliban, she hesitated, burned out aft...
Fintan O'Toole on Trump's madman strategy.
That power sends men mad, is a rule of politics and of history that goes way way back before Dr Freud. When riding in triumph through Rome, Caesar’s s...
What happened to the survivors of Belsen concentration camp?
Three weeks before the end of WWII, the Germans invited the British to liberate the 60,000 prisoners - mostly Jews - being held at Belsen. But for the...
Netanyahu rivals join forces ahead of Israeli election
The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing the prospect of running against a rightwing-centrist super coalition in elections later this y...
An old register forges new relations on Norfolk Island
After the infamous mutiny on the Bounty the mutineers settled on remote Pitcairn Island. The Pitcairn Island Register is the original record of births...
Keeping the signal alive: 2SER’s uncertain future
One of Sydney’s leading community radio stations faces possible closure as early as July, as it works to close a funding gap left by the departure of...
Bruce Shapiro's America: US Supreme Court undermines voting rights; defamation intimidation tactics continue
In another regressive move, the US Supreme Court has made a ruling weakening America's 1965 Voting Rights Act which helped Black and other minority vo...
Colouring the classical past: Mark Bradley and the rediscovery of painted sculpture
Conventional perceptions of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture tend to emphasise the purity of white marble surfaces. However, as classicist Mark Bradl...
The unlikely resurgence of Kim Jong Un
In 2020, North Korea was at a low point. Crippled by COVID border closures, its Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un tried and failed to negotiate sanctions rel...
Anna Henderson's Canberra: Japan PM's visit, plus Alice Springs mourns
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is on her first official visit to Australia to sign agreements on energy, defence and critical minerals. Takaich...
Australian writers celebrate David Malouf - friend, mentor, inspiration
David Malouf, who died last week at 92, was a hugely influential figure in Australian culture. A novelist, poet, teacher, arts advisor and board membe...
Richard Meagher was at the centre of early Australian politics. But he had a scandalous past
In 1895 Sydney solicitor Richard Meagher incited a campaign to free George Dean, a handsome, popular ferryman accused of attempting to poison his own...
Ian Dunt's UK: The King's speech to Congress. Will Trump get the message?
King Charles has address the US Congress with messages in favour of the rule of law, checks and balances on executive power and an anti-war message. M...
The White House shooting attempt, and the 30th anniversary of Port Arthur, remind us how the media should cover mass shootings
On the 30th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre - and in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack - media scholar Dr Glynn Greensmith's timely n...
What does Pakistan gain from its role in the US-Iran peace talks?
Pakistan has taken over from Qatar as the mediator in the US-Iran peace talks. So how did this happen? What's the relationship between Pakistan's Army...
Japanese espionage in Australia
In the years before Pearl Harbour, Australian authorities were convinced that members of the Japanese diplomatic and business community were spying, a...
Radicalised indigenous soldiers
Australian indigenous soldiers who served in World War l were radicalised by the experience. They were shaken and angered by the injustices they exper...
Silence, stigma and survival: polio in postwar Australia
In the 1950s, Australia endured several dangerous outbreaks of polio - a highly infectious disease that threatened lifelong paralysis. Many aging surv...
Silence, stigma and survival: polio in postwar Australia
In the 1950s thousands of Australians contracted polio. Many aging survivors are still living with its impacts, including the mother of Professor Cath...
The false stories the British elite tell about themselves
The British elite present themselves as part of a new, open, dynamic meritocracy. Is that true? Of course not, and two sociologists have the data to p...
The German Jazz band that got stuck in wartime Australia
The Weintraubs Syncopators were Germany's most popular jazz band until 1933, recording much of the music for Marlene Dietrich’s films. As Jewish music...
Why did New Zealand's PM call a leadership vote on himself?
New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon says his leadership is secure after the National Party caucus backed him in an unexpected confidence vote on Monday....
The great escape from WA, on the Catalpa ship
It is 150 years since one of the greatest convict escapes in Australian history. In 1876, a whaling ship called the Catalpa picked up six Irish politi...
40 years on, wildlife is thriving in Chernobyl
It's been 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, when an exploded reactor emitted four hundred times the radioactive material released by the...
Bruce Shapiro's USA: what's Trump's next move on Iran? Plus scandal in the FBI.
As the Iran ceasefire deadline looms, Trump says he's unlikely to extend it without a new deal, but will Iran believe anything he says? Meanwhile ther...
Does Australia's culture of remembrance need updating?
As ANZAC Day approaches, the esteemed Australian military historian Peter Stanley asks whether Australia's remembrance of war reflects the complexion...
Anna Henderson's Canberra: Pocock piles on gas tax pressure
Recent polling shows some interesting results: the PM and the Opposition leader are a close race in one poll, and One Nation is dipping. Plus, Indepen...
Kati-Thanda Lake Eyre is filling up - but will tourists have fuel to get there?
Australia's vast inland salt lake Kati-Thanda Lake Eyre might overflow this year, for the first time since 1974. The spectacle is a once-in-a-lifetime...
What if corporate scandals are actually good for the world?
Two political scientists make the argument that corporate malfeasance, when brought to light, can create a democratic fury that leads to civic renewal...
A family reckoning on law and violence in the Middle East
Legal anthropologist Dr Marika Sosnowski grew up knowing that her grandparents survived the Holocaust. But it was only when she began researching revo...
Dennis Altman's bizarre encounters with AI scam publishers
A veteran writer and scholar has been getting some very flattering and inventive emails, purportedly from people wanting to promote his work, one way...
The forgotten achievements of the Colombo Plan
The Colombo Plan, launched in 1951, is best known in Australia for bringing Asian students to Australian universities on scholarships. But it was a mu...
Ian Dunt's UK: Orban's loss a blow for Europe's far right
Keir Starmer is proposing legislation that would let the UK quickly adopt certain future EU rules using secondary legislation, meaning less parliament...
Ian Dunt's UK: Labour's trade plans for the EU, Starmer says no to Hormuz blockade, and Orban's loss a blow to the European far right
Keir Starmer is proposing legislation that would let the UK quickly adopt certain future EU rules using secondary legislation, meaning less parliament...
Hormuz as a chokepoint of power: the narrow seas that shaped global wars
Control of maritime chokepoints helped decide conflicts like the Gallipoli Campaign and the Suez Crisis; now, renewed tensions and shipping disruption...
US 'may stop by Cuba' after Iran, says Trump
US President Donald Trump has continued to threaten an American invasion of Cuba, telling reporters that US forces 'may stop by Cuba' after they deal...
Magnificent heritage sites damaged in Iran
Last month, US and Israel bombing of Iran caused significant damage to cultural heritage sites - the most serious confirmed damage has been to Tehran’...
The gay conservatives out, loud and proud to vote Trump
The Log Cabin Republicans is a group of LGBTQ+ conservatives in the United States who support Republican policies while also advocating for LGBTQ+ inc...
Australia's fuel import dependency exposed
The Albanese government is seeking to reassure Australians of the nation's fuel security, with multiple supply missions to Asia, and a new $20m ad cam...
The making of poet A.D. Hope, Australian literary giant
Alec Derwent Hope (1907–2000) was one of Australia's most acclaimed poets. His first collection was not published until he was 48 years old, but its r...