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2598 - How Australia changed course on drug policy, and the forgotten boat people of East Timor

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

2598 - How Australia changed course on drug policy, and the forgotten boat people of East Timor

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

Episodes

2598-

How Australia changed course on drug policy, and the forgotten boat people of East Timor

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Thu, 04 Jun 2026

2597-

Is Muskism the new Fordism? Plus, the maverick psychiatrist who studied life after death

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Wed, 03 Jun 2026

2596-

Bruce Shapiro's USA, an Ethiopian philosophy of running, and a Glasgow protest gives hope

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Tue, 02 Jun 2026

2595-

Mark Kenny's Canberra, Syrians return home and Lord Howe Island cockroaches

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Mon, 01 Jun 2026

2594-

When America admired Iran, plus what are conservative environmentalists fighting for?

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Thu, 28 May 2026

2593-

Reckoning with war crimes, plus the women at the Nuremburg trials

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Wed, 27 May 2026

2592-

Ian Dunt's UK, Spain's defiant PM, and Pavlova's tour of Oz

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Tue, 26 May 2026

2591-

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

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Mon, 25 May 2026

2590-

Satayjit Das on how the war in Iran has rocked global markets, plus queer Palestinian writer Tareq Baconi on finding home

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Thu, 21 May 2026

2589-

Roddy Doyle on a lifetime of writing the characters of Dublin

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Wed, 20 May 2026

2588-

Bruce Shapiro's USA, John Safran on when offending goes too far, and was Blind Freddy real?

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Tue, 19 May 2026

2587-

Anna Henderson's Canberra, and translating Shakespeare

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Mon, 18 May 2026

2586-

How royal commissions make a difference, plus cuisine in conflict zones

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Thu, 14 May 2026

2585-

Ian Dunt on Starmer's demise, Antoinette Lattouf on women who win, plus 50 years of Australian film at Cannes

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Wed, 13 May 2026

2584-

Australia's first political assassination, plus the man who led Japan into war

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Tue, 12 May 2026

2583-

Anna Henderson's Canberra, six months in a submarine and the ethics of crisis reporting

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Mon, 11 May 2026

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

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