2577 - Ian Dunt on the King's speech to Congress, plus the scandalous life of Dick Meagher
Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
2577 - Ian Dunt on the King's speech to Congress, plus the scandalous life of Dick Meagher
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Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
Episodes
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-
Attacks on culture in the USA, 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
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Tue, 17 Feb 2026
2536-
Meet the new Liberal Party leaders, what future for Hong Kong, and making music from stars
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Mon, 16 Feb 2026
2535-
The US is run by meme lords, and Steven Pinker on common knowledge... and common delusions
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Thu, 12 Feb 2026
2534-
Gaza is a nightmare, but once it was a dream
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Wed, 11 Feb 2026
2533-
What the NSW State response to the Herzog protest represents, the challenge of digging through the Epstein files, and discovering a very old, very famous Italian artist
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Tue, 10 Feb 2026
2532-
Bernard Keane's Canberra, a security pact with Indonesia, and toads most feral
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Mon, 09 Feb 2026
2531-
A portrait of the powerful right wing commentator Tucker Carlson, and celebrating Winnie the Pooh
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Thu, 05 Feb 2026
2530-
Ian Dunt's UK, India cuts trade deals, and the black market in polar bear fur
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Wed, 04 Feb 2026
2529-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, where to now for Iran, and 'Aussie' poster artist Peter Drew
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Tue, 03 Feb 2026
2528-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, Herzog in Australia, and Indigenous circus stars