Late Night Live — Full program podcast

Australia's new treaties with Fiji and Vanuatu are being hailed as a diplomatic triumph. But how meaningful are they, and are they in the best interests of the wider Pacific? And a philosopher's take on why the push for the New Space Age, when humans will someday be living, working, and vacationing in space, is a mistake.
Guests: 
Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security,  Adelaide University.  Co-author, with Jack Corbett, of ‘Neighbours: Australia and the Pacific’ (La Trobe)
Ben Bramble, lecturer in philosophy at the Australian National University and a mission specialist at ANU’s Institute for Space. Author of ‘Lunacy - Ten False promises of the New Space age’ (NewSouth)

US commentator Bruce Shapiro looks at the death of Senator Lindsey Graham, Trump's attack on New York Times journalists over their Air Force One reporting, and how the US's latest attacks on Iran are being seen ahead of the November primaries. Plus a new documentary by Danish journalist Tom Heinemann investigates Ikea's claims that it's wood from a Romanian forest is sustainable. And 'The dead can't sue', a cheeky new ABC podcast about the scandals and gossip from Australia's past.

Canberra columnist Professor Mark Kenny examines Liberal leader Angus Taylor's fresh criticism of One Nation. In Alabama, there's debate over the use of nitrous oxide as a method to execute death row prisoners. And why are more and more of us watching TV and film with the subtitles on? 
Guests:
Professor Mark Kenny, columnist with the Canberra Times; Director of the Australian Studies Institute at ANU
Deborah Denno, criminologist and Professor at the Fordham University School of Law, New York  
Andy Wright, Oscar-winning sound editor

Uncle Roger Knox joins David Marr in the studio for an hour of stories and songs: from growing up on the mission, to making his name in Tamworth, surviving two plane crashes, and singing the truth about frontier violence. 
Guest: Uncle Roger Knox, Gomeroi Elder and musician; joined by collaborator Toby Martin
Producer: Catherine Zengerer
Sound Engineer: Tegan Nicholls, Harvey O'Sullivan

The hit new book Regime Change offers staggering insights into Donald Trump's second presidency, revealed by New York Times journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman. Plus, historian Nicholas Guyatt exposes the paradox of founding father and early US president Thomas Jefferson -  who opposed slavery politically, yet enslaved more than 600 people. A new book explores his vision of abolition — and racial exclusion.
Guests:
Jonathan Swan, journalist with New York Times and co-author, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Nicholas Guyatt, Professor of North American History, Cambridge University