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2582 - Fintan O'Toole on Trump's brand of 'crazy,' plus how to escape the Taliban

Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.

2582 - Fintan O'Toole on Trump's brand of 'crazy,' plus how to escape the Taliban

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Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.

Episodes

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

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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?

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Mon, 27 Apr 2026

2574-

Who are the British elite today? Plus, memories of polio in postwar Australia

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Thu, 23 Apr 2026

2573-

NZ PM's leadership struggle, and the Weintraubs Syncopators' sad end

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Wed, 22 Apr 2026

2572-

Bruce Shapiro's USA, Chernobyl's wildlife thriving and the great convict escape on the Catalpa

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Tue, 21 Apr 2026

2571-

Anna Henderson's Canberra, how best to commemorate war, plus Lake Eyre tourists need fuel

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Mon, 20 Apr 2026

2570-

A Jewish Australian lawyer reckons with state violence. Plus, can corporate scandals be good for the world?

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Thu, 16 Apr 2026

2569-

Ian Dunt's UK, the Colombo plan, and AI publishing scams

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Wed, 15 Apr 2026

2568-

Jon Lee Anderson on Trump's Cuba threats, plus how chokepoints like Hormuz have shaped history

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Tue, 14 Apr 2026

2567-

Australia's fuel import dependency, gay conservatives backing Trump, plus damaged treasures in Iran

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Mon, 13 Apr 2026

2566-

The making of poet A.D. Hope, Australian literary giant

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026

2565-

Sebastian Smee on being laid off by the Washington Post, plus the secret life of famous author Daniel Defoe

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Wed, 08 Apr 2026

2564-

Bruce Shapiro's USA, antibiotic resistance in India, plus Marralwanga's bark paintings

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Tue, 07 Apr 2026

2563-

Henry Reynolds turns Australian history upside down

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Mon, 06 Apr 2026

2562-

Robert Reich's America, plus ten years since the release of the Panama papers

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Thu, 02 Apr 2026

2561-

Ian Dunt's UK, and the Shahs and Ayatollahs of Iran

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Wed, 01 Apr 2026

2560-

Western Australia's GST wins, Israel death penalty for West Bank, and mapping the wilderness

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Tue, 31 Mar 2026

2559-

Anna Henderson's Canberra, Ash Sarkar critques the modern Left, and should daylight savings be permanent?

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Mon, 30 Mar 2026

2558-

The struggle to get aid into the Middle East, plus a great Australian librarian retires

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Thu, 26 Mar 2026

2557-

Bruce Shapiro's USA, Trump’s business in the Gulf, plus the Museum of Failure

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Tue, 24 Mar 2026

2556-

Anna Henderson's Canberra, a tribute to Rhoda Roberts, and making floristry more sustainable

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Mon, 23 Mar 2026

2555-

Guns and God in the USA, plus fresh scrutiny on weedkiller Roundup

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Thu, 19 Mar 2026

2554-

Please explain: Niki Savva, Paul Kelly and Antony Green on the resurgence of Pauline Hanson

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Wed, 18 Mar 2026

2553-

Ian Dunt's UK, Geoffrey Watson finds the NACC wanting and the power of presidential pardons

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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

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Thu, 12 Mar 2026

2550-

Funding Australian TV, and conspiracy theories in Irish politics

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Wed, 11 Mar 2026

2549-

Bruce Shapiro's USA, Christian rhetoric in the US military, and Vanuatu's lost numbering system

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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.

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Mon, 09 Mar 2026

2547-

Yanis Varoufakis on war and drugs, and 200 years of the State Library of NSW

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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

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Tue, 03 Mar 2026

2544-

Anna Henderson's Canberra, Bruce Shapiro on the US attack on Iran, and when books go bad

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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

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Tue, 24 Feb 2026

2540-

Anna Henderson's Canberra, and Helen Clark on the UN's missing senior women

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Mon, 23 Feb 2026

2539-

A review of the Pacific labour scheme in Australia, and rethinking the gay rights movement

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Thu, 19 Feb 2026

2538-

Ian Dunt's UK, Germany rearms and politicians who dodge questions.

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Wed, 18 Feb 2026

2537-

Gambling's grip on politicians, Cuba's invasion threat and greenwashing green burials

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Tue, 17 Feb 2026

2536-

Meet the new Liberal Party leaders, what future for Hong Kong, and making music from stars

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Mon, 16 Feb 2026

2535-

The US is run by meme lords, and Steven Pinker on common knowledge... and common delusions

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Thu, 12 Feb 2026

2534-

Gaza is a nightmare, but once it was a dream

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Wed, 11 Feb 2026

2533-

What the NSW State response to the Herzog protest represents, the challenge of digging through the Epstein files, and discovering a very old, very famous Italian artist

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Tue, 10 Feb 2026

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