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Apr 29, 2024
Laura Tingle's Canberra and James Bradley's oceanic love affair
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7:30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle reflects on a weekend of powerful protests denouncing violence against women. Then, Australian writer James Bradley makes an impassioned plea to save our oceans and the awesome creatures who live there.
Apr 25, 2024
ANZAC day: Remembering Australia's lost generation and the contribution of women in war.
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Two historians remember those who served in the First World War.
Ross McMullin delves deep into lives of three outstanding individuals; each so full of promise, but tragically, their potential would never be realised. Melanie Oppenheimer considers the overlooked role and contribution of women in the mostly male mythologies of the ANZACs.
Apr 24, 2024
Yossi Beilin and Hiba Husseini on a possible two state solution plus the Anzac story on the Greek island of Lemnos
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About a year ago, longtime friends lawyer Hiba Husseini and former politician Yossi Beilin released a plan to lay the groundwork for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Plus a documentary on a surprising Anzac history on the Greek island of Lemnos.
Apr 23, 2024
Ian Dunt on the Rwanda deal and Natalie Haynes updates the Greek goddesses
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Ian Dunt laments the passing of the Rwanda Bill in Westminster which will allow the deportation of immigrants who arrive by boat to Rwanda. Classicist Natalie Haynes reveals why the Greek goddesses have been much maligned and misunderstood.
Apr 22, 2024
Laura Tingle's Canberra and the transformation of Germany
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The transformation of Germany over the last 80 years has been something of a marvel. It’s gone from a shattered guilt-ridden pariah of a country to a bastion of democracy and Europe’s fiscal hero. So how did this metamorphosis occur? Can it be continued in the post-Merkel era? Historian Frank Trentmann joins us to answer these questions, and more. Plus, Laura Tingle examines the PM's trip to Kokoda, and why the Opposition has changed its tune on government powers to regulate online content on social media.
Apr 18, 2024
Indigenous authors are winning awards and selling books. Author Tony Birch explains why.
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Author, poet and academic Tony Birch celebrates the success of so many First Nations writers but there is always room for improvement in the publishing industry. From the LNL Archive we hear a conversation with Andrew O'Hagan and Karl Miller recorded in Edinburgh in 2012.
Apr 17, 2024
South Africa's ANC under political threat and saffron under attack from climate change
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Nelson Mandela's African National Congress has held power for more than thirty years, but that could soon change. And saffron is the world's most expensive spice, revered as sacred in many cultures. But climate change is making the delicate flower that produces it harder than ever to harvest.
Apr 16, 2024
Trump's day in court and artists challenging history in China
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Bruce Shapiro takes us inside Donald Trump's first day in court as a criminal defendant. In China, the Communist Party keeps tight control of the narrative of the history of China. Ian Johnson introduces us to the artists and film makers who are challenging that narrative - at their own peril.
Apr 15, 2024
Laura Tingle's Canberra and why free will might be an illusion
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7:30's chief political correspondent Laura Tingle unpacks the Lehrmann defamation verdict dominating news headlines, and we speak to neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky who makes the provocative argument that we have no free will, at all.
Apr 11, 2024
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Sir John Franklin is honoured in Hobart as the discoverer of the infamous North-West passage through the Arctic, but a closer look at the story examines how much he relied on women's help and Indigenous knowledge. Also, in the age of scrolling, is it history for the chapter?
Apr 29 | 00:54:03
Laura Tingle's Canberra and James Bradley's oceanic love affair
Apr 25 | 00:54:07
ANZAC day: Remembering Australia's lost generation and the contribution of women in war.
Apr 24 | 00:54:07
Yossi Beilin and Hiba Husseini on a possible two state solution plus the Anzac story on the Greek island of Lemnos
Apr 23 | 00:54:07
Ian Dunt on the Rwanda deal and Natalie Haynes updates the Greek goddesses
Apr 22 | 00:54:07
Laura Tingle's Canberra and the transformation of Germany
Apr 18 | 00:54:07
Indigenous authors are winning awards and selling books. Author Tony Birch explains why.
Apr 17 | 00:54:06
South Africa's ANC under political threat and saffron under attack from climate change
Apr 16 | 00:54:04
Trump's day in court and artists challenging history in China
Apr 15 | 00:54:06
Laura Tingle's Canberra and why free will might be an illusion
Apr 11 | 00:54:07
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