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Long Nights LNL podcast gives you the whole of Late Night Live from start to finish in a continuous mp3 file, as Phillip Adams invites you to eavesdrop on his conversations with the world's brilliant and controversial thinkers.
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Download Now · | Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:00
CLASSIC LNL: Telling Lies About Hilter In this conversation, first broadcast on 1/8/2002, Phillip talks to Professor Richard Evans, who was the expert witness for the defence at the David Irving libel trial at the British High Court in 2000. It was a dramatic trial, in which the controversial right-wing historian David Irving sued another historian, Deborah Lipstadt, after she accused him of lying and falsifying the historical record in relation to Hitler and the Nazis systematic extermination of European Jews. Here he discusses with Phillip Adams how we can tell the difference between truth...
Download Now · | Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:00
Failing in Gaza The media has been preoccupied by the meltdown besetting the world economy, but there's an economy that has been in chronic crisis for the best part of 40 years - Gaza´s. Eighty per cent of the residents of Gaza live at or below poverty level, and with the highest birth-rate in the region coupled with a stalemate in the peace process, things are destined to only get worse. Sara Roy, is a political economist who has worked in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank for over twenty years. The Many Lives of Kenneth Myer A conversation with the biographer of Kenneth Myer, the eldest son...
Download Now · | Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00
Eddin Khoo Southeast Asia correspondent Eddin Khoo talks about the significance of the resignation of the Malaysian minister in charge of judicial reform, Zaid Ibrahim; he also talks about political developments in Thailand and the death of leading Singaporean opposition figure, J.B. Jeyaratnam. Afghanistan: Negotiating with the Enemy Seven years after the US first launched air strikes into Afghanistan, high ranking British officials have commentated on whether US and NATO forces can overpower the Taliban on military strength alone. The other option is to negotiate. Harmonic Singing Dean Frenkel...
Download Now · | Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00
Eddin Khoo Southeast Asia correspondent Eddin Khoo talks about the significance of the resignation of the Malaysian minister in charge of judicial reform, Zaid Ibrahim; he also talks about political developments in Thailand and the death of leading Singaporean opposition figure JB Jeyaratnam. Afghanistan: negotiating with the enemy Seven years after the US first launched air strikes into Afghanistan, high ranking British officials have commented on whether US and NATO forces can overpower the Taliban on military strength alone. The other option is to negotiate. Harmonic Singing Dean Frenkel...
Download Now · | Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:00
Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce talks about the US economy and the US presidential election. Postmodern conservatism During the Howard years, 'postmodernist' was a label often used by the Right to deride the Left. Two young Melbourne academics argue that the conservative agenda of the Howard years is in fact 'postmodernist conservatism'. Real Dirt Real Dirt is James Woodford's memoir of leaving his full-time job as a journalist living in inner-city Sydney and moving onto the land, where he and his partner Prue, and their children, have created an environmentally sustainable existence.
Download Now · | Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:00
Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce talks about the U.S. economy and the U.S. presidential election. Post-Modern Conservatism During the Howard years, 'post-modernist' was a label often used by the Right to deride the Left. Two young Melbourne academics argue that the conservative agenda of the Howard years is in fact 'post-modernist Conservatism'. Real Dirt Real Dirt is James Woodford's memoir of leaving his full-time job as a journalist living in inner-city Sydney and moving onto the land, where he and his partner Prue, and their children, have created an environmentally sustainable existence.
Download Now · | Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:00
Dr Ulita Nair The first in an occasional series, where Phillip talks to people whose names aren't well known but whose life works involve a passionate commitment to the public good. This program features Dr Ulita Nair. As a young child in pre WW2 Malaya, she watched three of her siblings die from preventable illnesses. It was the motivation for her to become a doctor, and this year is her 50th year as a qualified GP, having practised medicine in some of the most challenging health environments in the world: Malaysia, rural Pakistan and remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
Download Now · | Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:00
CLASSIC LNL: Media Forum: Australian Journalism - Doing The Job or Gone To The Dogs? Part 2 The second part of a public forum on the state of Australian journalism, held on 1 July 2002, to mark the 70th birthday of the ABC. In this second part, members of the audience put questions to the panel of journalists.
Download Now · | Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:00
Subprime Solution A conversation with the influential Yale economist about the reasons for the collapsed housing mortgage market in the US, its historical precedents, and its connection to the wider financial industry crisis. Shiller also suggests solutions to avoid another subprime lending disaster. The Kit-Cat Club: friends who imagined a nation For most people a Kit-Kat conjures up a chocolate covered biscuit, and the words from the 1957 TV commercial `Have a Break, have a Kit-Kat'. But the sweet itself was named after a literary club started in 1690s London whose members ambitiously strove...
Download Now · | Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:00
Subprime Solution A conversation with the influential Yale economist about the reasons for the collapsed housing mortgage market in the US, its historical precedents, and its connection to the wider financial industry crisis. Shiller also suggests solutions to avoid another subprime lending disaster. The Kit-Cat Club: friends who imagined a nation For most people a Kit-Kat conjures up a chocolate covered biscuit, and the words from the 1957 TV commercial `Have a Break, have a Kit-Kat'. But the sweet itself was named after a literary club started in 1690s London whose members ambitiously strove...
Download Now · | Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00
Exclusive Brethren Respond A conversation with a senior member of the Exclusive Brethren in Australia, who answers some of the criticisms of the sect such as ... the Brethren doctrine of separation from the world ... party political financial donations despite a Brethren principle that forbids them from voting in elections ... and the many stories that have emerged over the years about the harsh treatment of people who have been ex-communicated, and unable to have any further contact with family members who remain within the sect. The Future of Human Rights in the 21st Century It´s 60 years this...
Download Now · | Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:00
Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce talks about how the rejection of the financial bail-out played out in the House overnight. He says the prime indicator for those rejecting the bail-out were those members who were involved in close elections. Ice, Mud and Blood - a history of climate change A discussion about the historic evidence of climatic change on Earth. Chris Turney believes that to understand the implications of climate change now, we must decipher the dramatic shifts of the past and learn from them. Trachoma Trachoma, the eye disease that can lead to blindness, has been around since the...
Download Now · | Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:00
Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce talks about how the rejection of the financial bail-out played out in the House overnight. He says the prime indicator for those rejecting the bail-out were those members who were involved in close elections. Ice, Mud and Blood - a history of climate change A discussion about the historic evidence of climatic change on Earth. Chris Turney believes that to understand the implications of climate change now, we must decipher the dramatic shifts of the past and learn from them. Trachoma Trachoma, the eye disease that can lead to blindness, has been around since the...
Download Now · | Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:00
Canberra Babylon Guest correspondent Louise Dodson talks about the Productivity Commission report on parental leave; the government's dilemma over the need for infrastructure spending at a time when revenue is expected to fall substantially; and the Opposition's decision to not oppose the government's dismantling of Workchoices. US bailout package: will it work? Last night, US politicians were set to approve an unprecedented $US700 billion plan to revive credit markets. Does the package contain the right ingredients to rescue the economy from the brink? Reflections on mortality In her book Final...
Download Now · | Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:00
Canberra Babylon Guest correspondent Louise Dodson talks about the Productivity Commission report on parental leave; the government's dilemma over the need for infrastructure spending at a time when revenue is expected to fall substantially; and the Opposition's decision to not oppose the government's dismantling of Workchoices. US bailout package: will it work? Last night, US politicians were set to approve an unprecedented $US700 billion plan to revive credit markets. Does the package contain the right ingredients to rescue the economy from the brink? Reflections on mortality In her book Final...
Download Now · | Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00
CLASSIC LNL: Media Forum: Australian Journalism - Doing The Job or Gone To The Dogs? Part 1 The first part of a public forum on the state of Australian journalism, held on July 1st, 2002, to mark the 70th birthday of the ABC.
Download Now · | Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:00
South Africa Post-Mbeki Last weekend, South Africa's ruling ANC withdrew its support for President Thabo Mbeki, after a judge found he'd interfered in a corruption case against his annointed successor, Jacob Zuma. Mbeki was forced to resign and then half his cabinet resigned in protest. It is the worst political crisis the ANC has faced since the end of apartheid and there have been fears the party would split. Today, the South African parliament appointed the ANC´s deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe as interim president until next April´s general election. But what is Mbeki´s legacy? Could internal...
Download Now · | Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:00
South Africa Post-Mbeki Last weekend, South Africa's ruling ANC withdrew its support for President Thabo Mbeki, after a judge found he'd interfered in a corruption case against his annointed successor, Jacob Zuma. Mbeki was forced to resign and then half his cabinet resigned in protest. It is the worst political crisis the ANC has faced since the end of apartheid and there have been fears the party would split. Today, the South African parliament appointed the ANC´s deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe as interim president until next April´s general election. But what is Mbeki´s legacy? Could internal...
Download Now · | Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:00
Democracy: Crisis and Renewal Paul Ginsborg believes that liberal democracy entered into profound crisis in the decade following the fall of the Berlin Wall. In his book Democracy: Crisis and Renewal he explores what's behind the crisis and ideas to improve participatory democracy. The Orange Trees of Baghdad The Orange Trees of Baghdad: In Search of a Vanishing Life is a memoir written by Leilah Nadir about a country she´s never been to and a life she never lived. Leilah is the daughter of an Iraqi father and a British mother, and she grew up in Britain and Canada, but she has written a multi-layered...
Download Now · | Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:00
Democracy: Crisis and Renewal Paul Ginsborg believes that liberal democracy entered into profound crisis in the decade following the fall of the Berlin Wall. In his book Democracy: Crisis and Renewal he explores what's behind the crisis and ideas to improve participatory democracy. The Orange Trees of Baghdad The Orange Trees of Baghdad: In Search of a Vanishing Life is a memoir written by Leilah Nadir about a country she´s never been to and a life she never lived. Leilah is the daughter of an Iraqi father and a British mother, and she grew up in Britain and Canada, but she has written a multi-layered...
Download Now · | Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00
Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce discusses the unfolding economic events over the last week, following the recent financial meltdown on Wall Street. Behind the Exclusive Brethren Until the 2004 Federal election campaign, most Australians had never heard of the small conservative Christian sect the called The Exclusive Brethren. With less that fifteen thousand members in Australia, their huge advertising spend on that election and their seemingly close access to John Howard seemed entirely disproportionate. Especially given the group´s withdrawal from mainstream society and their insistence that...
Download Now · | Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:00
Canberra Babylon This week, Christian Kerr discusses the political pros and cons of the new Opposition leader, Malcolm Turnbull, and some of the key people he has moved into his shadow cabinet. A Short History of the New World Order In his new book What is America? A Short History of the New World Order, Ronald Wright argues that the New World made the modern world and now threatens to undo it. He says he wanted to find out why it is that in just two centuries a tiny colonial outpost of Britain is now the one world superpower. The Luck of the Irish Since 1970, history in the Republic of Ireland...
Download Now · | Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:00
Canberra Babylon This week, Christian Kerr discusses the political pros and cons of the new Opposition leader, Malcolm Turnbull, and some of the key people he has moved into his shadow cabinet. A Short History of the New World Order In his new book What is America? A Short History of the New World Order, Ronald Wright argues that the New World made the modern world and now threatens to undo it. He says he wanted to find out why it is that in just two centuries a tiny colonial outpost of Britain is now the one world superpower. The Luck of the Irish Since 1970, history in the Republic of Ireland...
Download Now · | Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00
CLASSIC LNL: Pontius Pilate Apart from a scant bit of information in the Gospels, we know next to nothing for certain about Pontius Pilate (a broken coin bears his name as do a few small coins), yet Ann Wroe has managed an incredibly compelling read. Using the form of biography, she offers the likeliest version of events from his origins to his famous role in life, before looking at how generations of thinkers, artists, playwrights and poets have portrayed Pilate. Originally broadcast on 24/4/2000. CLASSIC LNL: Convict tattoos In the year 2000 body art, body piercing and tattoos are nothing...
Download Now · | Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00
CLASSIC LNL: Pontius Pilate Apart from a scant bit of information in the Gospels, we know next to nothing for certain about Pontius Pilate (a broken coin bears his name as do a few small coins), yet Ann Wroe has managed an incredibly compelling read. Using the form of biography, she offers the likeliest version of events from his origins to his famous role in life, before looking at how generations of thinkers, artists, playwrights and poets have portrayed Pilate. Originally broadcast on 24/4/2000. CLASSIC LNL: Convict tattoos In the year 2000 body art, body piercing and tattoos are nothing...
