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Veteran Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad contemplates Iraq's 'impossible predicament' in the wake of the final withdrawal of remaining US personnel and amid ongoing corruption battles. Plus Indonesian writer Tari Lang recalls Indonesia's bloody 1965 coup, and growing up in the same neighbourhood as dictator Suharto. 
Guests:
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, journalist for The Guardian
Tari Lang, author 'My neighbour, the dictator: Coming of age in the shadow of Indonesia's 1965 coup'

Bruce Shapiro counts down to the US midterm elections. Dr Rupa Nara of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) returns from a recent mission to the epicentre of the Ebola crisis. Plus, are researchers finally decoding the mysterious Inca 'language' of knotted strings? 
Guests:
Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor for The Nation, Executive Director for the Global Centre of Journalism and Trauma
Dr Rupa Nara, paediatrician, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
Professor Sabine Hyland, anthropologist from the University of St Andrews
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Anna Henderson on the attack on Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines. Plus tensions between the PM and Treasurer Jim Chalmers over credit card payments, and why the Nationals won't support the EU trade agreement. Also on the show, India's youth movement, the Cockroach Janta Party, is testing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's grip on power. Plus hordes of yabbies are trashing rivers in southern Africa. 
Guests: 
Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS
Maya Tudor, Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Dr Rachael King, specialist in freshwater and marine invertebrates, Head of Research, SA Museum

A new documentary looks back at the career of fiercely independent journalist and host of Democracy Now ! Amy Goodman and why she thinks independent media and dissent are what will save us from despots. Plus another documentary looks back at the fight against the Hindmarsh Island bridge in South Australia, the place where Ngarrindjeri women conducted sacred women's business and refused to back down on their right to keep it secret. 
Guests: 
Tracey Rigney, writer/director KUMARANGK: Sacred Women’s Business and Steve Kenny, one the lawyers who represented the Ngarrindjeri people
Amy Goodman, journalist, co-host of Democracy Now!  Star of the new documentary film Steal this story, Please!
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Australia's unique alpine eucalypt is starting to die out. The High Country may never be the same again, a new book argues. And longstanding New Yorker magazine writer Susan Orlean, author of 'The Orchid Thief' and 'The Library Book', on her fascination with the stories of people who are not famous or powerful.
Guests: 
Ant Sharwood and Anna Langford, co-authors of 'The last snow gum' (Hachette)
Susan Orlean, on a speaking tour of Australia. Her latest book is 'Joyride: a memoir'