The evolution of Islamic State
At its peak between 2015 and 2017, the Islamic State attracted tens of thousands of foreign fighters and inspired attacks worldwide. Today,...
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20 of 311 episodesIan Dunt's UK: Keir Starmer resigns
After months of turmoil inside the Labour party, plummeting polls and the Reform Party making major gains in local elections, UK Prime Minis...
Rediscovered Birrundudu drawings rewrite the timeline of Aboriginal art
In 1945, sixteen Aboriginal men working at Birrundudu Station created 810 crayon drawings, commissioned by anthropologists Ronald and Cather...
Whatever happened to the Australian Sex Party?
Before Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten co-founded the Australian Sex Party in 2009, they worked the halls of parliament, lobbying against the 1...
The first public zoo: what the world learned from the Paris menagerie
Founded during the French Revolution, the Paris menagerie was one of the earliest modern zoos and a model for later European institutions. I...
Being human under the AI advance
As artificial intelligence increasingly does what humans can do, and begins to possibly rise above human capabilities, the question is 'what...
Why First Nations people are dismayed at Brisbane's new Olympic stadium
This month, earthworks commenced on a new stadium for Brisbane's 2032 Olympic Games. After years of debate, reviews, and a political backfli...
US-India tensions after strikes kill seafarers in Hormuz
The US has refused to apologise for the deaths of Indian sailors killed by US strikes in the strait of Hormuz, straining relations between t...
Bruce Shapiro's USA: Trump's agenda on the line in Supreme Court
The US and Iran have announced an interim peace deal, but is the deal more spin than substance? Plus, the Supreme Court will reach a series...
Why is Google releasing millions of infected mosquitoes?
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has asked the US government for permission to release millions of mosquitoes in California and Florida wh...
Trump opens America's doors to white South Africans
Why are white South Africans being fast-tracked for refugee status in the US, while millions of other refugees wait in line? Donald Trump's...
Laura Tingle on why Israel isn't backing Trump's Iran peace deal
The terms of the peace deal between the United States and Iran included an immediate halt to fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon; t...
Why do we fixate on the human face?
What's in a face? The face is where all our senses come together, but we also perceive each other's faces through the prisms of culture and...
Madam War Criminal: 'Serbia's Iron lady' unrepentant at 95
Before the Bosnian war, Biljana Plavšić was a renowned biologist and university dean. She later became the only woman convicted by an intern...
Soweto: the uprising that changed South Africa
In June 1976, thousands of students took to the streets of Soweto, South Africa, to protest a government decision to make Afrikaans a compul...
The campaign to save PNG's Sepik river from an Australian mining company
Deep in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea winds the Sepik river. Rich with crocodiles, eels, turtles, prawns and fish, it’s one of the lar...
Ian Dunt's UK: Henry Nowak's murder sparks immigration backlash
The murder of Henry Nowak by a Sikh man in Southampton last year has sparked protests encouraged by anti-immigration Reform Party leader, Ni...
Will Switzerland vote to cap its population?
This weekend, the Swiss will vote on a proposal to cap the nation's population at 10 million (it's already at 9.1 million). Polling suggests...
The men who want women to be quiet: America's 'masculinist' movement
Journalist for The Atlantic Helen Lewis speaks with key figures of the so-called 'masculinist' movement in the United States - a movement pu...
Spam spam spam! Why the luncheon meat is still loved in many countries
Spam may be derided in Western countries but in Asia and the Pacific it's still a beloved staple. It was created by Hormel Foods in 1937 to...