Late Night Live — Full program podcast

"Our politics is dumb and completely short-sighted and personally obsessed." At 93 Barry Jones, former ALP National President, writer and public intellectual, has a thing or two to say about politics and society. He sits down with David Marr for a long discussion on the nature of parliament, his frustrations about climate inaction, his relationship with Bob Hawke, his view on AUKUS and the numinous experience of hearing the music you love, performed exquisitely. 
Guest: Barry Jones, former ALP politician, writer and social activist.
Producers: David Marr and Catherine Zengerer

The Australian Coalition is no longer, and the newly alone Nationals are rethinking their leadership. We assess the role of the Nationals in the Coalition over the years, and forecast what might happen next. And the little known story of Thomas Willing, who bankrolled – and in the process helped save – the American Revolution, and then fundamentally shaped the financial architecture of the young Republic.

Donald Trump will send his border czar to Minnesota and says his administration is "reviewing everything" in relation to the shooting death of nurse, Alex Pretti, by federal agents in Minneapolis. Bruce Shapiro looks at the political backlash in the US, and what it means for the Trump administration. Plus, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is losing faith in the International rules based order - his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos went viral. And the tiniest creatures you've never heard of- springtails.

What do the numbers tell us about how many Australians are buying into the anti-immigrant rhetoric from the far right? Then, a look at last year's expansion of Indigenous Protected Areas, the biggest in history. Plus, a backwards glance at Australian history through the lens of a single day — January 26 — and the strange, serious, and uncomfortable things that day reveals about our nation.

It’s 125 years since the death of Oscar Wilde. The famous playwright and author died alone in a French hotel in 1900. Since that time, so much has been written about his wit, prose and character. Some of it fact, some of it rumour, much of it, speculation. In his new book called After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal, Oscar Wilde’s grandson, Merlin Holland, sets the record straight. The book is thirty years in the making and is an exploration of Wilde’s posthumous reputation and how his imprisonment for homosexuality affected Wilde's family, friends and literary legacy.
Guest: Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson and author, Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal,
Producer: Ali Benton