Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDoc Evatt and the making of Israel, plus the twisted history of rope
Doc Evatt, an influential Australian politician and jurist, played a notable role in shaping Israel’s early international standing. As President of t…
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How Malka Leifer was brought to justice, plus when America went mad for Mars
A new documentary recounts the 15-year struggle of three sisters from Melbourne's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community to bring their abuser and former-he…
5 months, 1 week ago
Ian Dunt's UK, the right to sing in Afghanistan, and how salmon got to Tasmania
UK columnist Ian Dunt surveys the strange world of political party conferences in the UK, plus the emerging role of former PM Tony Blair in plans for…
5 months, 1 week ago
Mark Kenny's Canberra, ASIC and Stablecoin, and the threads of empire
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has wrapped up his three-day visit to the UK, including an appearance at the UK Labour Party conference. He's told th…
5 months, 1 week ago
When 29 nations defied the world's superpowers, plus the pioneering SA cop Kate Cocks
It's been 70 years since 29 nations of Africa and Asia gathered in Bandung Indonesia in 1955 to forge a path beyond Empire, and lay the foundations f…
5 months, 1 week ago
Busting myths about young Australian voters, plus the decline of NGOs
Many assumptions are made about the politics and voting habits of young Australians, but what does the data actually say about generational political…
5 months, 1 week ago
Bruce Shapiro's USA, Nepal in the aftermath of revolution, and Ackland on defamation
The fallout of the Charlie Kirk assassination continues, with dozens of academics fired for their comments and Jimmy Kimmel returning to the air. Kir…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Mark Kenny's Canberra, Trump's corporate clemency, and Muslim-Australian poetry
The ANU's Mark Kenny on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's performance at the UN General Assembly, how US President Donald Trump is going easy on whit…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Questions over the Australian War Memorial literary prize, and trouble for the CIA
The Australian War Memorial has overruled a decision to award a military history literary prize to Chris Masters’ book, Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The politics of humiliation, plus the billionaire outdoorsman who gave it all away
Australian anthropologist Hassan Gage makes the case that humiliation and its counterpart, dignity, are overlooked motivators of politics, both local…
5 months, 2 weeks ago