Anna Henderson's Canberra, Bhaskar Sunkara on the Left in America, plus why ancient Roman gossip mattered

Anna Henderson looks at how likely it is that independents like the Teals could form  a new centrist party. Does the success of New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani herald a new era of popular Leftist politics in America? US socialist Bhaskar Sunkara surveys the future. And far from being worthless trivia, the gossip of Ancient Romans revealed a lot about the society and politics of the time. 

Guests: 

• Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS World News
• Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of Jacobin magazine
• Caillan Davenport, Professor of Classics and head of the Centre for Classical Studies at ANU.