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Reverse extinction: do we want that?
Jun 24, 2026
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What's next for Lebanon, as UN Peacekeepers prepare to leave?
Jun 24, 2026
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Mariana Mazzucato on making economies work for the common good
Jun 23, 2026
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The soccer-playing Anzacs
Jun 23, 2026
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: most Australians don't want a 'monoculture'
Jun 23, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 |  Reverse extinction: do we want that? | Last month a company in Texas announced it had made an artificial egg, with the hope of bringing back to life extinct birds like the dodo. But there are perils with this new scientific realm of ‘de-extinction’, or reverse extinction. One is a concern it shifts the focus from protecting living species now. Guest: Sadiah Qureshi, Chair of Modern British History, University of Manchester, UK. Writer and historian of science, race, and empire. Author of Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction (Penguin, 2025)And an article this year in Aeon magazine, titled ‘Reversing extinction’Producer: Ann Arnold | — | ||||||
| 6/24/26 | What's next for Lebanon, as UN Peacekeepers prepare to leave? | After nearly five decades, United Nations peacekeepers are preparing to leave Lebanon, bringing one of the organisation's longest-running missions to a close. Established in 1978 following Israel's invasion of the country, the force has monitored hostilities, supported security efforts and helped protect civilians Who will fill the vacuum once the peacekeepers are gone?Guest: Ray Murphy – a former United Nations peacekeeper in Lebanon and Professor with the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway Producer: Ali Benton | — | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | Mariana Mazzucato on making economies work for the common good | Countries around the world are grappling with how to handle the cost of housing, providing health care for an aging population and how to fund the big infrastructure changes needed to deal with the poly-crisis of climate change, with the competing demands for spending on defence. These are the kinds of challenges renowned economist Mariana Mazzucato is focused on, and she’s convinced governments can do better than simply step in where markets fail. Her latest book ‘The Common Good Economy - a new compass’ presents a road map for tackling the urgent challenges before us. Guest: Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London and author of The Common Good Economy: A New Compass.Producer: Catherine Zengerer | — | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | The soccer-playing Anzacs | Soccer fever is consuming the world right now, and for lots of Australians the game has a strong association with the many cultures who came to Australia in waves of post-war migration. But historian Dr Ian Sysan says soccer has been in Australia since before the Anzacs, and that as many as 4,000 Anzacs were soccer players. He is currently collating a database of the soccer-playing Anzacs and will write about them in a forthcoming book. Guest: Dr Ian Syson, author of The Game that Never Happened; The Vanishing History of Soccer in Australia Producer: Catherine Zengerer | — | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | Anna Henderson's Canberra: most Australians don't want a 'monoculture' | In her recent address to the National Press Club, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said Australia should be 'monocultural' rather than multicultural. But is that a popular view in the community? Lowy Institute polling has recorded a decline in support for cultural diversity in Australia, albeit from a very high level of support (from 90% in 2024 to 73% in 2026). Lowy also identified a growing belief that migration to Australia is 'too high' (55%). Meanwhile, annual reporting from the Scanlon Foundation has consistently found that a strong majority of Australians 'agree that multiculturalism has been good for the country' (83% of surveyed participants in 2025). Guest: Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS | — | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | The evolution of Islamic State | At its peak between 2015 and 2017, the Islamic State attracted tens of thousands of foreign fighters and inspired attacks worldwide. Today, its caliphate is gone, its Iraq and Syria strongholds have shrunk to a small insurgency, and much of its activity is driven by lone-actor attacks.Guest: Professor Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics at Deakin University.Producer: Ali Benton | — | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | Ian Dunt's UK: Keir Starmer resigns | After months of turmoil inside the Labour party, plummeting polls and the Reform Party making major gains in local elections, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer finally succumbed to pressure to resign, saying he has accepted that his party colleagues no longer feel he is the right person to lead the party. Nominations for a new leader will open on 9 July, but it's likely the only contender will be the former Mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, who was re-elected to parliament on 18 June 2026. GUEST: Ian Dunt, columnist with i-news; co-host of the Origin Story podcastPRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 |  Rediscovered Birrundudu drawings rewrite the timeline of Aboriginal art | In 1945, sixteen Aboriginal men working at Birrundudu Station created 810 crayon drawings, commissioned by anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt. Using this unfamiliar medium, the men documented their extensive knowledge of Country, ancestral creation, history, and ceremonies of the region.GUEST: Dr John Carty, Professor of Museum and Curatorial Studies at the University of Adelaide ; Robert McKay, Djaru man, collaborator on the Birrundudu project. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | Whatever happened to the Australian Sex Party? | Before Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten co-founded the Australian Sex Party in 2009, they worked the halls of parliament, lobbying against the 1990s censorship of X-rated films in Australia. They pulled stunts, courted scandal and confronted political wowserism in their crusade for Australian erotica. A new tell-all book recounts their escapades. | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 |  The first public zoo: what the world learned from the Paris menagerie | Founded during the French Revolution, the Paris menagerie was one of the earliest modern zoos and a model for later European institutions. It grew into an important centre for scientific study and public education, reflecting changing ideas about animals, science, and captivity in the nineteenth century.Guest: Richard W Burkhardt Jnr, Emeritus Professor in the Department of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign The Leopard in the Garden: Animal and Human Lives in Paris at the First Public Zoo of the Modern EraProducer: Ali Benton | — | ||||||
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| 6/17/26 | Being human under the AI advance | As artificial intelligence increasingly does what humans can do, and begins to possibly rise above human capabilities, the question is 'what does being human actually mean, in this era?' Anna Goldsworthy has been thinking long and hard about this era-defining change, for the latest issue of Australian Quarterly.Guest: Anna Goldsworthy, author of the latest Quarterly Essay, ‘The God we made: the threat and promise of artificial intelligence’ Author of several books, including the novel Melting Moments and the memoirs Piano Lessons and Welcome to Your New Life, as well as the 2013 Quarterly Essay Unfinished Business. Dean of the Elder Conservatorium of Music and School of Performing Arts at Adelaide University, and incoming Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music. Producers: Ann Arnold, David Marr | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | Why First Nations people are dismayed at Brisbane's new Olympic stadium | This month, earthworks commenced on a new stadium for Brisbane's 2032 Olympic Games. After years of debate, reviews, and a political backflip, Victoria Park was controversially selected by the current state government as the site for the new stadium. The park is the largest existing green space in Brisbane City and holds special significance to local Indigenous people. Questions remain about the project's scale, cost and how the site's heritage will be respected. Guest: Ray Kherkove, Associate Professor adjunct, University of Queensland, specialist in Indigenous site histories; author of foundational Indigenous heritage report for Victoria Park for Brisbane City Council; participant in the 'Save Victoria Park' campaign. Producer: Jack SchmidtRead Ray Kherkove's piece in The ConversationRead the Queensland government's statement on the commencement of works at Victoria Park, June 1 | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | US-India tensions after strikes kill seafarers in Hormuz | The US has refused to apologise for the deaths of Indian sailors killed by US strikes in the strait of Hormuz, straining relations between the two countries ahead of Indian PM Modi and US President Trump’s meeting at the G7 summit in France this week. So far, Modi has refused to directly condemn the killings, despite outrage from the public and the opposition. Guest: Shruti Pandalai, India Chair, Lowy InstituteProducer: Catherine Zengerer | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | Bruce Shapiro's USA: Trump's agenda on the line in Supreme Court | The US and Iran have announced an interim peace deal, but is the deal more spin than substance? Plus, the Supreme Court will reach a series of massive rulings in the next fortnight - from Trump's attempt to revoke birthright citizenship, to political firings of executive branch officials. Guest: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor for the Nation and executive Director at the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | Trump opens America's doors to white South Africans | Why are white South Africans being fast-tracked for refugee status in the US, while millions of other refugees wait in line? Donald Trump's South African refugee program has sparked fierce debate, with supporters citing persecution and critics calling it a politically charged exception.Guest: Loren Landau, Professor of Migration at Oxford, and chair at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Producer: Ali Benton | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | Why is Google releasing millions of infected mosquitoes? | Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has asked the US government for permission to release millions of mosquitoes in California and Florida which have been infected with a naturally occurring bacteria called Wolbachia. Their aim is to reduce the mosquito populations’ ability to spread diseases like dengue, Zika, and yellow fever virus, as part of the 'Debug' programme, which is using robots and artificial intelligence to separate infected males from females. But there are questions about whether it is appropriate to entrust a private company with a public health operation of this scale, and what could happen if the AI experiments go wrong.Guest: Associate Professor Gordana Rasic, Head of Mosquito Genomics at QIMR Berghofer Producer: Catherine Zengerer | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | Laura Tingle on why Israel isn't backing Trump's Iran peace deal | The terms of the peace deal between the United States and Iran included an immediate halt to fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon; the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz; the lifting of sanctions on Iran; the unfreezing of Iranian funds; and a massive compensation scheme being set up for Iran. But Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz, says IDF security forces will remain in security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely, in defiance of the deal. Guest: Laura Tingle, ABC Global Affairs EditorProducer: Jack Schmidt | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 |  Why do we fixate on the human face?✨ | human facecultural perceptions+3 | Dr Fay Bound-Alberti | King’s College LondonThe Face: A Cultural History | — | human facecultural history+4 | — | 26m 00s | |
| 6/11/26 | Madam War Criminal: 'Serbia's Iron lady' unrepentant at 95✨ | war crimesnationalism+4 | Olivera Simic | Griffith UniversityABC Australia | — | Biljana Plavšićwar criminal+5 | — | 23m 10s | |
| 6/10/26 | Soweto: the uprising that changed South Africa✨ | apartheidstudent protests+4 | Professor Noor NieftagodienSeth Mazibuko | University of the Witwatersrand | SowetoSouth Africa | Sowetouprising+7 | — | 25m 20s | |
| 6/10/26 | The campaign to save PNG's Sepik river from an Australian mining company✨ | environmentindigenous rights+3 | Emmanuel PeniTheonila Roka Matbob | Project SepikABC Australia+1 | Papua New GuineaSepik river+1 | Sepik riverPapua New Guinea+3 | — | 26m 28s | |
| 6/9/26 | Ian Dunt's UK: Henry Nowak's murder sparks immigration backlash✨ | immigrationcrime+3 | Ian Dunt | i-newsReform Party+1 | Southampton | Henry Nowakimmigration backlash+3 | — | 13m 50s | |
| 6/9/26 | Will Switzerland vote to cap its population?✨ | population capSwitzerland+3 | Mercedes Ruehl | Financial Times | SwitzerlandEU | Switzerlandpopulation cap+3 | — | 15m 12s | |
| 6/9/26 | The men who want women to be quiet: America's 'masculinist' movement✨ | masculinist movementfeminism+3 | Helen Lewis | The AtlanticABC Australia | — | masculinist movementfeminism+3 | — | 22m 40s | |
| 6/8/26 | Spam spam spam! Why the luncheon meat is still loved in many countries✨ | food historycultural significance+3 | Kelly Spring | Hormel FoodsHungry Historians+1 | HawaiiGuam+2 | Spamfood historian+3 | — | 27m 44s | |
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