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The Late Great: Marcus Clarke / Books, reading & writing

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Bill Frelick: Regional Crises, Refugees and Human Rights / Human rights

With Bill Frelick

Icelandic PM weds same-sex partner / Activism

Iceland has stolen the glory from our new female PM with their Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir becoming the first national leader to marry their same sex spouse.

Sigurdardottir married her partner writer Jonina Leosdottir on Sunday, which was the first day Iceland’s new laws allowing same sex marriage came into legislation. Though the couple have enjoyed a civil union for years, the new law…

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The Fifth Estate

Samantha Power on Influence and Idealism / Biography & memoir

With Sally Warhaft and Samantha Power

Podcast episode

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Better Off Dead

12 Velvet Ray / Life & death

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This Is Not a Drill: A Hypothetical Crisis in the South China Sea / International relations & diplomacy

With Ali Moore, Chen Hong, Gareth Evans and 5 others

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Question Time

Population Growth / Economy & development

With Madeleine Morris, Ian Lowe, Lenore Manderson and 2 others

Experimenta: Wired Up World / Technology

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May Blockbusters

Sylvia Nasar and Kate Atkinson / Economics, business & marketing

With Kate Atkinson, Christine Kenneally, and Sylvia Nasar

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The Long Game: Women in Sport Today / Sport

With Ellen van Neerven, Nicole Hayes, Kate Doak and 1 other

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Annabel Crabb: The Wife Drought / Sexual & gender politics

With Annabel Crabb and George Megalogenis

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Kevin Rudd and Kerry O’Brien / Australia

With Kevin Rudd and Kerry O'Brien

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Immersion and Subversion: Azar Nafisi on the Radical Power of Literature / Books, reading & writing

With Azar Nafisi and Jonathan Green

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Hisham Matar / Books, reading & writing

With Hisham Matar and Hilary Harper

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The Fifth Estate

Greg Combet: Unions, Labor and Leadership / Australian politics

With Greg Combet and Sally Warhaft

Podcast episode

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The Fifth Estate

Mark Colvin / Biography & memoir

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The Fifth Estate

Mark Colvin / Australian politics

With Mark Colvin and Sally Warhaft

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Playing the Gender Card: Gillard, Abbott and the Slipper Texts / Government

By Jo Case

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