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Cuba's leader is defiant in the face of the country's worst humanitarian crisis in decades, while President Trump hints at inflicting more pain. And the Strait of Hormuz is the latest of many maritime chokepoints which, in the past, have destroyed or saved civilisations. Guests: Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer with The New Yorker Damien Valdez, historian from the University of Cambridge
Previous episodes
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2568 - Jon Lee Anderson on Trump's stranglehold over Cuba, and other maritime chokepoints before the Strait of HormuzTue, 14 Apr 2026
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2567 - Australia's fuel import dependency, gay conservatives backing Trump, plus damaged treasures in IranMon, 13 Apr 2026
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2566 - The making of poet A.D. Hope, Australian literary giantThu, 09 Apr 2026
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2565 - Attacks on culture in the USA, plus the secret life of famous author Daniel DefoeWed, 08 Apr 2026
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2564 - Bruce Shapiro's USA, antibiotic resistance in India, plus Marralwanga's bark paintingsTue, 07 Apr 2026
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2563 - Henry Reynolds turns Australian history upside downMon, 06 Apr 2026
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2562 - Robert Reich's America, plus ten years since the release of the Panama papersThu, 02 Apr 2026
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2561 - Ian Dunt's UK, and the Shahs and Ayatollahs of IranWed, 01 Apr 2026
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2560 - Western Australia's GST wins, Israel death penalty for West Bank, and mapping the wildernessTue, 31 Mar 2026
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2559 - Anna Henderson's Canberra, Ash Sarkar critques the modern Left, and should daylight savings be permanent?Mon, 30 Mar 2026
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2558 - The struggle to get aid into the Middle East, plus a great Australian librarian retiresThu, 26 Mar 2026
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2557 - Bruce Shapiro's USA, Trump’s business in the Gulf, plus the Museum of FailureTue, 24 Mar 2026
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2556 - Anna Henderson's Canberra, a tribute to Rhoda Roberts, and making floristry more sustainableMon, 23 Mar 2026
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2555 - Guns and God in the USA, plus fresh scrutiny on weedkiller RoundupThu, 19 Mar 2026
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2554 - Please explain: Niki Savva, Paul Kelly and Antony Green on the resurgence of Pauline HansonWed, 18 Mar 2026
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2553 - Ian Dunt's UK, Geoffrey Watson finds the NACC wanting and the power of presidential pardonsTue, 17 Mar 2026
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2552 - The new Nationals' front bench, where Saudi Arabia sits in the Middle East war, and meet veteran protestor Mag MerrileesMon, 16 Mar 2026
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2551 - Acclaimed historian and author Antony Beevor on Rasputin, and Elon Musk's facilitation of making fake porn with unauthorised imagesThu, 12 Mar 2026
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2550 - Funding Australian TV, and conspiracy theories in Irish politicsWed, 11 Mar 2026
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2549 - Bruce Shapiro's USA, Christian rhetoric in the US military, and Vanuatu's lost numbering systemTue, 10 Mar 2026
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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.Mon, 09 Mar 2026
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2547 - Yanis Varoufakis on war and drugs, and 200 years of the State Library of NSWThu, 05 Mar 2026
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2546 - In conversation with the UK's Ian DuntWed, 04 Mar 2026
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2545 - Gideon Levy on Israel's objectives in Iran, the secret life of batteries, and Australia's earliest desert peopleTue, 03 Mar 2026
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2544 - Anna Henderson's Canberra, Bruce Shapiro on the US attack on Iran, and when books go badMon, 02 Mar 2026
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2543 - Bob Carr on suddenly losing his wife HelenaThu, 26 Feb 2026
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2542 - Bruce Shapiro on Trump's State of the Union, Catholic Church High Court loss and do Australian cities have a guaranteed water supply?Wed, 25 Feb 2026
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2541 - Richard Ackland on the antisemitism Royal Commission, the biodiversity of the high seas, and Mawson's scrawled diariesTue, 24 Feb 2026
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2540 - Anna Henderson's Canberra, and Helen Clark on the UN's missing senior womenMon, 23 Feb 2026
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2539 - A review of the Pacific labour scheme in Australia, and rethinking the gay rights movementThu, 19 Feb 2026
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2538 - Ian Dunt's UK, Germany rearms and politicians who dodge questions.Wed, 18 Feb 2026
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2537 - Gambling's grip on politicians, Cuba's invasion threat and greenwashing green burialsTue, 17 Feb 2026
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2536 - Meet the new Liberal Party leaders, what future for Hong Kong, and making music from starsMon, 16 Feb 2026
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2535 - The US is run by meme lords, and Steven Pinker on common knowledge... and common delusionsThu, 12 Feb 2026
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2534 - Gaza is a nightmare, but once it was a dreamWed, 11 Feb 2026
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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 artistTue, 10 Feb 2026
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2532 - Bernard Keane's Canberra, a security pact with Indonesia, and toads most feralMon, 09 Feb 2026
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2531 - A portrait of the powerful right wing commentator Tucker Carlson, and celebrating Winnie the PoohThu, 05 Feb 2026
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2530 - Ian Dunt's UK, India cuts trade deals, and the black market in polar bear furWed, 04 Feb 2026
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2529 - Bruce Shapiro's USA, where to now for Iran, and 'Aussie' poster artist Peter DrewTue, 03 Feb 2026
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2528 - Anna Henderson's Canberra, Herzog in Australia, and Indigenous circus starsMon, 02 Feb 2026
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2527 - Barry Jones on a life of public service and the state of politics todayThu, 29 Jan 2026
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2526 - The Nationals' split and spill, and American history's banker heroWed, 28 Jan 2026
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2525 - Bruce Shapiro's America: backlash over Minnesota shootings, Mark Carney's Davos moment, and the tiny world of springtailsTue, 27 Jan 2026
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2524 - Australian politics by the numbers, an expansion of Indigenous Protected Areas, and January 26 throughout historyMon, 26 Jan 2026
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2523 - How Oscar Wilde was reclaimed by his grandsonThu, 22 Jan 2026
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2522 - Ian Dunt: Trump’s tariff strategy and the limits of UK influence, and just who is Stephen Miller?Wed, 21 Jan 2026
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2521 - Bruce Shapiro on Trump's first year plus a Royal finance scandalTue, 20 Jan 2026
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2520 - Crikey editor Bernard Keane on the political response to the Bondi shooting, and two legal analysts discuss the hate speech legislationMon, 19 Jan 2026
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2519 - LNL Summer: Tim Minchin on music, fatherhoood, the Internet... and nipplesThu, 15 Jan 2026
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