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Ian Dunt surveys the unfathomable political turmoil in the United Kingdom, as a monumental by-election looms for Andy Burnham, the key Labour rival of embattled Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Journalist Maria Ramirez examines the left-wing Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. a defiant political voice on the world stage. Plus, it's been 100 years since Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova first toured Australia, captivating audiences across the country.
Guests:
Ian Dunt, columnist for i-news, cohost of Origin Story podcast
Maria Ramirez, journalist for elDiario, Spain
Emma Sandall, Australian dance artist, producer, writer

Anna Henderson looks at how likely it is that independents like the Teals could form  a new centrist party. Does the success of New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani herald a new era of popular Leftist politics in America? US socialist Bhaskar Sunkara surveys the future. And far from being worthless trivia, the gossip of Ancient Romans revealed a lot about the society and politics of the time. 
Guests: 
Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS World News
Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of Jacobin magazine
Caillan Davenport, Professor of Classics and head of the Centre for Classical Studies at ANU.

Global financial analyst Satyajit Das looks at how the double whammy of Trump's economic warfare and the war on Iran is playing out here and around the world. Writer Tareq Baconi reflects on life growing up as Palestinian refugee in Jordan, coming to terms with being gay. 
Guests: 
Satyajit Das, global financial analyst
Tareq Baconi, Hamas expert and author of Fire in Every Direction: A Memoir

Roddy Doyle reflects on a lifetime telling the stories of working-class people in Dublin, with themes of domestic violence, unplanned pregnancy and life in the IRA. 
Guest: Roddy Doyle, author of The women behind the door, published by Penguin Random House. Roddy is in Australia for Sydney Writers' Festival
Producer: Catherine Zengerer

Bruce Shapiro looks at the Republicans' shaping of South Carolina's congressional districts, in an effort to win the November mid-terms. John Safran's new documentary for SBS explores the notion of offence, and what can and cannot be said in Australia today.  A new book says he may have been an aristocratic Aussie trooper. 
Guests:
Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor for The Nation, executive director of the Global Centre for Journalism and Trauma
John Safran, satirist, documentary maker, journalist, and author
Adrian Mitchell, author of ‘Blind Freddy: the Pottinger Attainment’ (Wakefield Press)