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Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.
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The Last Thing: Sam Guthrie
Sam Guthrie is a diplomat-turned-international thriller writer.
He joins Saturday Extra for The Last Thing, where he talks through his last grea...
Why is support for multiculturalism declining?
This week's Lowy Institute poll showed the largest drop in support for cultural diversity in Australia on record.
Multiculturalism has long been...
Discovering Australia's hidden Chinese past
It's well known that Australia is a country of migrants, and plenty of historians have traced our multicultural past.
But incredibly, until now...
America at 250: The 'racial disunion' of America
Shelby Steele is one of the foremost African American intellectuals.
He's a child of the civil rights revolution, was a Black radical in the lat...
Why did Keir Starmer have to go?
This week, we saw what is fast becoming an annual rite in the UK: the changing of the prime minister outside 10 Downing Street.
Sir Keir Starmer...
USA 2-0 win over Socceroos
The USA's dominant display proved too much for the Socceroos in Seattle with Australia going down 2-0.
Australia still has a chance to progress...
How should the media treat Pauline Hanson?
Thirty years after she was elected to Federal Parliament, this week Pauline Hanson made her first address to the National Press Club.
When she f...
America at 250: The Native American perspective
As our America at 250 series continues, we examine an important strand of their national story that often gets overlooked and even erased.
The h...
Will 'the King of the North' become the next UK PM?
This week, Andy Burnham has moved one step closer to replacing the UK's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
In a hotly contested by-election, the m...
Who is the real winner from the US-Iran deal?
After intense diplomatic talks at the G7 in Paris this week, Donald Trump surprised many by signing a memorandum of understanding with Iran.
"Ir...
America at 250: Ken Burns on the 'violent birth' of the US
Ken Burns is one of the great chroniclers of US history.
Over a nearly 50-year career, the filmmaker has produced long-form works about America'...
Hosting the enemy: America's FIFA World Cup
FIFA President Gianni Infantino this week strenuously defended America hosting the World Cup, in partnership with Canada and Mexico.
Even befor...
How to deal with misinformation in a 'post-truth world'
Misinformation is everywhere.
And among the most harmful types is scientific misinformation, with all kinds of severe real-world consequences.
Can Donald Trump end the war in Iran?
Is the end of the Iran war in sight?
The Iranian foreign ministry, President Donald Trump and Pakistani mediators all say a deal is close to bei...
Adelaide fundraiser vows to claw back world record for most Marilyn Monroe lookalikes
To celebrate what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday last week, over a thousand die-hard fans donned platinum blonde wigs, red lippy and...
America at 250: how royalists became revolutionaries
As part of our series marking 250 years since American independence, we feature British historian Adam Smith.
In 1775, war broke out between the...
Is theatre and cinema etiquette getting worse?
Last weekend on a London stage, acclaimed actress Rosamund Pike did something very unexpected.
Pike, who is starring in Inter Alia by Australian...
Former Washington Post editor Marty Baron on journalism under Trump 2.0
It's no secret that legacy media is facing a crisis.
Traditional media outlets like newspapers, television and radio stations have had their bus...
Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire?
Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning for what could be its biggest launch yet.
Next week, the rocket, space, and AI company is set to make its initial...
Pacific diplomacy under the microscope
This week, there were signs that Australia-Solomon Islands relations are on the mend, when the new leader of the Solomons Matthew Wale stood alongside...
The Last Thing: Victoria Falconer
Victoria Falconer is the co-artistic director of Hayes Theatre in Sydney's Kings Cross, a tiny venue known for almost entirely putting on musicals.
How Charlottesville became the frontline of an American history war
In August 2017, during the early months of the first Trump presidency, hundreds of white supremacists and neo-Nazis descended on the small Virginian c...
Canberra: love it or hate it?
Last week, an unlikely stoush broke out on X after one user maligned the design of Australia's Parliament House.
Criticism of Canberra (and its...
Can Australia be a leader in sustainable data centres?
This week OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman declared Australia could be a world leader in AI data centres.
While Pope Leo XIV laid out a sweeping vis...
Amid heavy losses, Russia looks to next stage of Ukraine war
On Friday, a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania, a NATO member state.
And earlier in the week, Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones...
Is it 'deal or no deal' for Iran and the US?
Hours after President Donald Trump concluded a Situation Room meeting with his national security team on Iran, the White House has not indicated wheth...
Is mahjong having a moment?
Mahjong is being revived by a younger generation who want to reconnect over the game they grew up watching their families play.
And they've take...
Tasmania's budget: a fiscal precipice?
This week in Tasmania, the minority Liberal government has delivered a budget to cut the state's debt and deficit.
Tasmanian budgets don't usual...
Australian activist claims of abuse while attempting to deliver aid
This week, Israel's security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video of himself waving a large Israeli flag and appearing to taunt activists, who are...
Will President Trump's Republican primary wins undermine their midterm chances?
This week President Trump demonstrated that his grip over the Republican party is tighter than ever.
In Republican primaries, Donald Trump's han...
Tenant Creek home offers a solution to Indigenous housing crisis
In Tennant Creek, a new bespoke home designed by its occupants is the envy of town.
With wide balconies, solar panels, and architecture that acc...
How did Putin's summit with Xi compare with Donald Trump's visit?
The Russian national anthem rang out across Tiananmen Square in Beijing this week to welcome President Vladimir Putin back to the Chinese capital.
The ABC's new AI reporter on how this tech is changing the world
Depending who you ask, AI could be pushing humanity towards its downfall or helping to create some sort of tech utopia.
Whatever you think of AI...
Is the budget as historic as the government claims?
This week Jim Chalmers claimed that the federal budget is the most ambitious in decades, and the one to end generational inequity.
From across...
National recognition for trio of Sydney architects
This week, Durbach Block Jaggers Architects won the Australian Institute of Architects' highest honour – the Gold Medal.
Neil Durbach, Camilla B...
What happens if international students stop coming to Australia?
International students have been a boon for Australia's higher education institutions and the Australian economy more broadly.
But amid changing...
Trump Xi summit concludes
US President Donald Trump left Beijing after a two-day summit with President Xi Jinping, saying he had struck "fantastic trade deals, great for both c...
Latest on UK leadership struggle
Westminster is witnessing the kind of prime ministerial instability which Canberra went through not so long ago, with Sir Keir Starmer facing yet anot...
Is One Nation set for a big by-election win?
The major political parties in Britain are reeling from nationwide local election results which have underscored the rise of the populist right, and i...
Sarah Wilson on giving up hope and living truthfully in a collapsing world
Sarah Wilson has a knack for tapping into the mood of the times.
With headlines dominated by climate catastrophe, fertility decline, nuclear thr...