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.
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?
Aussie Ark's Tim Faulkner explains why he believes the imminent rewilding of the eastern quoll will be successful this time, after 50 years of extinction on the Australian mainland. Social philosopher Anne Manne tells the harrowing story of the Anglican paedophile ring in Newcastle and the brave group of people who brought it down.
In the UK, Ian Dunt reports on the pressure building over the sale of arms to Israel, Stephen Long questions the carbon credits NSW is hoping for in order to save the state's koalas and Judith Keene details the legacies of the Spanish Civil War in both Spain and across the globe.
Crikey's Bernard Keane on how the government has responded to the IDF review into Zomi Frankcom's death. Plus, playwright David Williamson tells Phillip why he has come out of retirement to write a play about the housing crisis and the increasing divide between Australia's haves and have-nots.
Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva explains the significance of adding ecocide to the list of crimes that the ICC can prosecute. And Henry Grabar makes his case for reducing the number of car parks on our planet.
Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American professor and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist. Viet's memoir, A Man Of Two Faces, is published by Black Inc. and Viet will be a guest at the Sydney Writer's Festival later this month. What makes humans so unique? Our ability to learn. So says computer scientist and Harvard Professor Leslie Valiant. His new book is called “The Importance of Being Educable” published by Princeton University Press.
Bruce Shapiro digs into the history of the 1871 Comstock Act being used to argue against the sale of abortion drugs online. Anna Funder reveals the many ways that George Orwell's wife Eileen contributed to his work during their life together.
Phillip Adams and Jack Thompson sit down to chat about Jack's career, how he is living with dialysis, his love of Dylan Thomas and his determination to tell the truth about the frontier wars in this country.
Rupert Read helped found the radical climate protest movement, Extinction Rebellion. Now he says a climate movement is needed that the broader public can feel comfortable with. And Max Leonard explains how ice has changed the world from ice-cubes to ice-bergs.
Years of neglect on immigration policy in the US means that it will be a big issue in the Presidential election later this year. Surrealism was born out of the horrors of World War One and Mark Polizzotti explains why it was so much more than an artistic or literary phenomenon.
What might a Keir Starmer Labor government might look like in the UK. Ian Dunt reveals all. Dick Tamimi had a wild life as a pilot, gold smuggler and record producer. Julien Poulsen has decided to turn his life into a musical.
Laura Tingle is back with the latest news on Australian politics and Phillip speaks to former First Lady of Timor-Leste Kirsty Sword Gusmao about her decades-long fight to improve life for Timorese women.
Journalist Lech Blaine unpacks Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's 'battle for the burbs' strategy, and whether his strongman persona will see the Liberals win back enough territory to claim a future victory. Plus how Vesuvius became a magnet for early adventure tourists.
Joey Watson on his investigation into the ASIO nest of cold war moles. And Caitlin Davies on the real life female super- sleuths of the 19th century.
Bruce Shapiro dives into the latest fault lines in American politics and Dr Shannon Smith recounts the previously untold story of Clive Williams; the Australian preacher, teacher and chiropractor who became one of President Soeharto's closest advisors.
Rachel Withers dishes the latest in Australian politics, and Dr David Lee reveals whether newly released records shed light on how the decision to send Australian troops to Iraq in 2003 came about. Plus, could Joseph Conrad's writing have been heavily influenced by his travels Down Under?
Historians Tony Moore and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart guide us through Unshackled : a multi media touring exhibition that tells a new and different story about convicts, transportation and colonial Australia. Helen Thomas, in her true crime podcast, reviews the evidence in the Easey street murders in Melbourne in the late 1970's
Liam Pieper recounts how he was forced into ghost writing and then found his way out again to write books in his own name and Boyd Cothran studied an unremarkable cargo ship, the Edwin Fox, through the lens of microhistory to tell a wider story.
Ian Dunt on the mass exodus of Conservative politicians from Westminster under way and Gideon Levy on the challenges of reporting on the war in Gaza as an Israeli journalist who has been unable to enter Gaza for 16 years.
Amy Remeikis brings all the recycled news from Canberra, including utes and nukes, and Yanis Varoufakis shares his ideas on the economies of Australia and Greece and how Australia should be positioning ourselves in a world of shifting alliances.
This International Women's Day while debate rages about the latest gender pay gap figures, LNL looks back at the women of Australia's history who led the fight for better wages and conditions, writing letters, leading protests and strikes, taking on male-dominated jobs and challenging our governments and our biggest employers to do better.
Bruce Shapiro on US politics, Super Tuesday primaries and Supreme Court deliberations. Also, Peter Goldsworthy's reflections on being told he has cancer.
Former Greens Leader Bob Brown on a life of environmental activism, the role independents might have in the upcoming Tasmanian election, his work in East Timor and Tibet, and why he wants a statue of forgotten Tasmanian opera singer, Amy Sherwin.
Laura Tingle looks at the by-election results in the Victorian seat of Dunkley and how the campaign got so nasty. Plus Phillip chats to the man he calls the son he never had - Matt Noffs - and what can be done to break the cycles of youth crime.
Historian and author of 'The Silk Roads' and 'The Earth Transformed' Peter Frankopan sits down in the studio with Phillip for their fourth and final chat. Plus, we hear about the extraordinary rabble-rousing characters of journalist Polly Toynbee's life.
Jewish-American journalist Nathan Thrall investigates a tragic bus crash in the West Bank, and finds that it reveals much about the restrictions on everyday life for Palestinians living there. Plus Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is hailed as the West Bank's Nelson Mandela, and the only politician who could bring about democracy and negotiate peace. But he has been imprisoned in Israel for more than twenty years - for murder.
Naomi Smith on the latest headaches for Rishi Sunak after by-election loses and a motion on Gaza causes havoc in the House of Commons. Plus Amitav Ghosh on how the East India company turbo-charged the opium industry and found an infinitely expanding market for opium in China.
Laura Tingle unpacks the big new changes to higher education and Late Night Live alumni Margo Kingston talks about how independents became a force to be reckoned with in Australian politics. Plus, a history of male belly dancing. Yes, you read that right.
Science writer Rebecca Boyle explains why she loves the moon and how it has contributed to humanity's physical and cultural evolution. Guido Alfani looks back on the super wealthy of history and how their responsibilities to society have changed over time.
