2590 - Satayjit Das on how the war in Iran has rocked global markets, plus queer Palestinian writer Tareq Baconi on finding home
Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
2590 - Satayjit Das on how the war in Iran has rocked global markets, plus queer Palestinian writer Tareq Baconi on finding home
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Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
Episodes
2590-
Satayjit Das on how the war in Iran has rocked global markets, plus queer Palestinian writer Tareq Baconi on finding home
Listened
Thu, 21 May 2026
2589-
Roddy Doyle on a lifetime of writing the characters of Dublin
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Wed, 20 May 2026
2588-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, John Safran on when offending goes too far, and was Blind Freddy real?
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Tue, 19 May 2026
2587-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, and translating Shakespeare
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Mon, 18 May 2026
2586-
How royal commissions make a difference, plus cuisine in conflict zones
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Thu, 14 May 2026
2585-
Ian Dunt on Starmer's demise, Antoinette Lattouf on women who win, plus 50 years of Australian film at Cannes
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Wed, 13 May 2026
2584-
Australia's first political assassination, plus the man who led Japan into war
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Tue, 12 May 2026
2583-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, six months in a submarine and the ethics of crisis reporting
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Mon, 11 May 2026
2582-
Fintan O'Toole on Trump's brand of 'crazy,' plus how to escape the Taliban
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Thu, 07 May 2026
2581-
Netanyahu faces a new opposition party, plus the lives of those liberated from the Nazi camp Bergen-Belsen
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Wed, 06 May 2026
2580-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, why community radio matters, and an historic Pitcairn Island document returned
Listened
Tue, 05 May 2026
2579-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, Kim Jong Un's comeback and classical marble statues - in colour
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Mon, 04 May 2026
2578-
Australian writers celebrate David Malouf - friend, mentor, inspiration
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Thu, 30 Apr 2026
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?
Listened
Mon, 27 Apr 2026
2574-
Who are the British elite today? Plus, memories of polio in postwar Australia
Listened
Thu, 23 Apr 2026
2573-
NZ PM's leadership struggle, and the Weintraubs Syncopators' sad end
Listened
Wed, 22 Apr 2026
2572-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, Chernobyl's wildlife thriving and the great convict escape on the Catalpa
Listened
Tue, 21 Apr 2026
2571-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, how best to commemorate war, plus Lake Eyre tourists need fuel
Listened
Mon, 20 Apr 2026
2570-
A Jewish Australian lawyer reckons with state violence. Plus, can corporate scandals be good for the world?
Listened
Thu, 16 Apr 2026
2569-
Ian Dunt's UK, the Colombo plan, and AI publishing scams
Listened
Wed, 15 Apr 2026
2568-
Jon Lee Anderson on Trump's Cuba threats, plus how chokepoints like Hormuz have shaped history
Listened
Tue, 14 Apr 2026
2567-
Australia's fuel import dependency, gay conservatives backing Trump, plus damaged treasures in Iran
Listened
Mon, 13 Apr 2026
2566-
The making of poet A.D. Hope, Australian literary giant
Listened
Thu, 09 Apr 2026
2565-
Sebastian Smee on being laid off by the Washington Post, plus the secret life of famous author Daniel Defoe
Listened
Wed, 08 Apr 2026
2564-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, antibiotic resistance in India, plus Marralwanga's bark paintings
Listened
Tue, 07 Apr 2026
2563-
Henry Reynolds turns Australian history upside down
Listened
Mon, 06 Apr 2026
2562-
Robert Reich's America, plus ten years since the release of the Panama papers
Listened
Thu, 02 Apr 2026
2561-
Ian Dunt's UK, and the Shahs and Ayatollahs of Iran
Listened
Wed, 01 Apr 2026
2560-
Western Australia's GST wins, Israel death penalty for West Bank, and mapping the wilderness
Listened
Tue, 31 Mar 2026
2559-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, Ash Sarkar critques the modern Left, and should daylight savings be permanent?
Listened
Mon, 30 Mar 2026
2558-
The struggle to get aid into the Middle East, plus a great Australian librarian retires
Listened
Thu, 26 Mar 2026
2557-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, Trump’s business in the Gulf, plus the Museum of Failure
Listened
Tue, 24 Mar 2026
2556-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, a tribute to Rhoda Roberts, and making floristry more sustainable
Listened
Mon, 23 Mar 2026
2555-
Guns and God in the USA, plus fresh scrutiny on weedkiller Roundup
Listened
Thu, 19 Mar 2026
2554-
Please explain: Niki Savva, Paul Kelly and Antony Green on the resurgence of Pauline Hanson
Listened
Wed, 18 Mar 2026
2553-
Ian Dunt's UK, Geoffrey Watson finds the NACC wanting and the power of presidential pardons
Listened
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
Listened
Thu, 12 Mar 2026
2550-
Funding Australian TV, and conspiracy theories in Irish politics
Listened
Wed, 11 Mar 2026
2549-
Bruce Shapiro's USA, Christian rhetoric in the US military, and Vanuatu's lost numbering system
Listened
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.
Listened
Mon, 09 Mar 2026
2547-
Yanis Varoufakis on war and drugs, and 200 years of the State Library of NSW
Listened
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
Listened
Tue, 03 Mar 2026
2544-
Anna Henderson's Canberra, Bruce Shapiro on the US attack on Iran, and when books go bad
Listened
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