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Jonno Duniam on the 'frenzy' over hate speech laws and the Coalition split
Season 1 Episode 480
The Liberal senator says 'social media influencers' have falsely 'whipped up a frenzy' of misinformation about new hate speech laws limiting freedom …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat: co-opt the military
Season 2 Episode 6
In November, six Democratic lawmakers recorded a video directed at members of the US military and intelligence agencies. In it, they issued a blunt r…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat: suppress the people
Season 2 Episode 5
The list of people Donald Trump has punished or threatened to punish since returning to office is long. It includes the likes of James Comey, Letitia…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat: beat the courts
Season 2 Episode 4
In democratic systems, the courts are a vital check on a leader’s power. They have the ability to overturn laws and, in Donald Trump’s case, the exec…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat: manufacture a crisis
Season 2 Episode 3
Donald Trump has sounded the alarm, over and over again, that the United States is facing an “invasion” by dangerous gang members. He blames immigran…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat: recruit an architect
Season 2 Episode 2
Every autocrat needs a clan of loyalists, strategists, masterminds – these are the figures behind the scenes pulling the strings.
They’re unelected an…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat: hijack a party
Season 2 Episode 1
We used to have a pretty clear idea of what an autocrat was. History is full of examples: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, along with Vladimi…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Making of an Autocrat, coming soon
Season 2
We used to have a pretty clear idea of what an autocrat was. History is full of examples: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, along with Vladimi…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on the Bondi terror attack and the mid-year budget update
Episode 479
The treasurer says the government needs to do more on several fronts: from fighting antisemitism after Sunday's deadly attack, to cracking down on il…
6 months ago
Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky 'fake silver bullet'
Episode 478
The Greens' senator says she's worried kids will end up 'in other online spaces that are even darker and more dangerous' – and Australia should act o…
6 months, 1 week ago