My Love Letter to Late Night Live - 52 Links
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(This blog lists all of the interviews included in the 1st and 2nd parts of this series. To listen to the interviews, click on any of the hyperlinks below.)
Contents
Public broadcasting
1. Public broadcasting is fundamental to democracy
Public broadcasting is not as simple as ABC — with Kim Williams and Kerry O’ Brien
Program: Big Ideas: 22 Aug 2024:
Guest: ABC Chair Kim Williams
Interviewer: Kerry O’Brien
Presenter: Natasha Mitchell
Producer: Claire Slattery
Science
2. the fascinating history of sugar and its importance across the world
Sugar: the political history of sweetness
Program: LNL: 5 August 2024
Guest: Professor Ulbe Bosma
Presenter: David Marr
Producer: Ann Arnold
3. Fibonacci is so under-appreciated as a mathematician
Classic LNL: Finding Fibonacci
Program: LNL: 2 July 2024 (originally broadcast in 2017)
Guest: Professor Keith Devlin
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Amanda Roberts
4. anthropology can help us understand the human species
Wade Davis on what we can learn from Anthropology
Program: LNL: 18 June 2024
Guest: Professor Wade Davis
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Gail Boserio
5. a powerful defence of the scientific method
Defending science from denial, fraud and pseudoscience
Program: LNL: 30 May 2019
Guest: Dr Lee McIntyre
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Ian Coombe
6. pushing back against science denial
How to talk to a science denier
Program: LNL: 8 September 2021
Guest: Dr Lee McIntyre
Presenter: Jonathan Green
Producer: Ian Coombe
7. a sensational spin on an essential element, phosphorus
LNL Summer: The Devil's Element
Program: LNL 18 May 2023
Guest: Dan Egan
Presenter: Sarah Dingle
Presenter: Taryn Priadko
8. how science and its methods are crucial for finding the truth
Avi Loeb says we're not alone, and we should be preparing for a future in the stars
Program: LNL: 24 March 2022
Guest: Avi Loeb
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Anna Whitfeld
9. communicating with whales within a decade?
Learning to 'speak whale'
Program: LNL 26 October 2022
Guest: Tom Mustill
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Julie Street
10. understanding the role of fungi within the soil
A 'fungi first' approach to climate change
Program: LNL 30 August 2022
Guest: Dr Toby Kiers
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Taryn Priadko
11. an under-qualified forensic pathologist
The case of the underqualified forensic pathologist
Program: LNL 20 February 2022
Guest: Drew Rooke
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Ann Arnold
12. a somewhat flippant interview about a matter that is a very serious national problem
Australia's "invincible" ant problem
Program: LNL: 2 September 2024
Guest: Pam Swepson and Professor Nigel Andrew
Presenter: David Marr
Producer: Jack Schmidt
Democracy
13. threats to democracy around the world
George Monbiot on the invisible forces behind neoliberalism
Program: LNL: 13 June 2024
Guest: George Monbiot
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Catherine Zengerer
14. democratic reforms to restore accountability and trust
The case for a robust federal integrity commission and other vital reforms
Program: LNL: 7 April 2022
Guest: Stephen Charles and Dr Catherine Williams
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Taryn Priadko
Publishing
15. challenges the scam of academic publishing
The big business of academic publishing
Program: LNL: 25 July 2024
Guest: Arash Abizadeh
Presenter: David Marr
Producer: Ann Arnold
16. a self-published book about the injustice faced by Aboriginal people
It wasn't justice, it was revenge - the execution of Charlie Flannigan
Program: LNL: 11 July 2023
Guest: Don Nawurlany Christophersen
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Catherine Zengerer
The ABC
17. the value of the ABC to Australia
Who needs the ABC?
Program: LNL: 31 March 2022
Guests: Patrick Mullins and Matthew Ricketson
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Anna Whitfeld
History
18. how history informs our moment of global chaos
Up close and personal with Peter Frankopan
Program: LNL: 29 February 2024
Guest: Peter Frankopan
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Taryn Priadko
19. Delving into the lives of the Macarthurs
Getting to know Elizabeth and John Macarthur
Program: LNL: 24 November 2022
Guest: Alan Atkinson
Presenter: Jonathan Green
Producer: Ann Arnold
20. the world’s greatest dynasties
The history of the world told through dynasties
Program: LNL: 30 November 2022
Guest: Simon Sebag Montefiore
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Taryn Priadko
21. the importance of time keeping to civilisations
A brief history of time keeping
Program: LNL: 15 September 2021
Guest: David Rooney
Presenter: Jonathan Green
Producer: Julie Street
22. getting to know First Nations history through teaching
Why Henry Reynolds had to find out what really happened on the frontier
Program: LNL: 2 October 2023
Guest: Henry Reynolds
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Ann Arnold
Journalists
23. the foundations of the Murdoch media empire
The young leftie Rupert Murdoch
Program: LNL: 11 July 2024
Guest: Walter Marsh
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: ??
24. the beginning of the Teal independents
Margo Kingston on how Pauline Hanson's One Nation led to the rise of the Teals
Program: LNL: 26 February 2024
Guest: Margo Kingston
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Catherine Zengerer
25. the challenges for journalists around the world
Peter Greste, Jodie Ginsberg and Jason Rezaian on the dire state of press freedom
Program: LNL: 6 February 2024
Guests: Peter Greste, Jodie Ginsberg and Jason Rezaian
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Taryn Priadko
26. searching for the truth
Investigative journalist Chris Masters on his career
Program: LNL: 13 July 2023
Guest: Chris Masters
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Taryn Priadko
27. vulnerability and friendship
Michael Pascoe on men and mortality
Program: LNL: 17 August 2022
Guest: Michael Pascoe
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Ann Arnold
28. distractions
Stolen Focus - why you can't pay attention
Program: LNL: 27 January 2022
Guest: Johann Hari
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Catherine Zengerer
Lobbyists
29. how big money took over big government
US lobbyists have changed how America's political process works
Program: LNL: 30 July 2024
Guest: Brody Mullins
Presenter: David Marr
Producer: Gail Boserio
Economics
30. interest rates and inflation
Satyajit Das on Germany's rescue package as global inflation rises
Program: LNL: 5 September 2022
Guest: Satyajit Das
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Catherine Zengerer
Social issues
31. the cancellation of a piano concert
Should artists have the right to freedom of political expression?
Program: LNL: 21 August 2024
Guests: Jayson Gillham, Violette Ayad, Sverre Pederson and Louise Adler
Presenter: David Marr
Producer: Catherine Zengerer
32. an amazing exposé of philanthropic trusts in Australia
Who manages Australia's charitable trusts?
Program: LNL: 28 August 2024
Guest: Dr Elizabeth Cham
Presenter: David Marr
Producer: Jack Schmidt
Surprising
33. fascinating life story
Classic LNL: Magda Szubanski
Program: LNL: 8 July 2024 (first broadcast in 2013)
Guest: Magda Szubanski
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: ??
34. fresh approach to helping young, troubled people
Matt Noffs on breaking cycles of youth crime
Program: LNL: 4 March 2024
Guest: Matt Noffs
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Jack Schmidt
35. the tentacles of a global conservative network
What is the Atlas Network?
Program: LNL: 30 October 2023
Guest: Dr Jeremy Walker
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Anna Whitfeld
Politics
36. reflecting on the former NSW Labor Premier, Jack Lang
Classic LNL: Paul Keating on the first dismissal
Program: LNL: 4 July 2024 (first broadcast November 17, 2005)
Guests: Paul Keating and Frank Cain
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: ??
37. discussing the fate of the ‘Arab spring’ and other protests
Why did the mass protests of the 2010s fail?
Program: LNL: 7 November 2023
Guest: Vincent Bevins
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: ??
Farming
38. learning to be a hobby livestock farmer
John Connell and the Zen of sheep farming
Program: LNL: 19 June 2024
Guest: John Connell
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Amanda Roberts
39. learn about agronomy from an historian
Can monoculture farming keep feeding us?
Program: LNL: 2 February 2022
Guest: Professor Frank Uekotter
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Catherine Zengerer
40. Learning about livestock farming from a neuroscientist
The secret world of cattle
Program: LNL: 28 August 2024
Guest: Gregory Berns
Presenter: David Marr
Producer: Ann Arnold
41. a fascinating conversation with a prolific author - a favourite of Phillip’s - and a hobby farmer
The adventures of Simon Winchester
Program: LNL: 20 June 2024
Guest: Simon Winchester
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: ??
42. learn about the politics of managing nitrogen in farming
The rise of the Dutch farmers party, and why the EU is taking notice
Program: LNL: 24 April 2023
Guest: Rik Rutten
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Jack Schmidt
43. discussion with a marine biologist and an advocate of regenerative agriculture about how to feed humans
How to feed the planet and tackle climate change
Program: LNL: 20 July 2022
Guest: Professor Jacqueline McGlade and Dr Terry McCosker OAM
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Taryn Priadko
44. about regenerative agriculture – this time, with a millennial writer
How millennial Sam Vincent fell into farming
Program: LNL: 8 August 2022
Guest: Sam Vincent
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Anna Whitfeld
Women
45. raging against the patriarchy!
Isabel Allende and her feminist life
Program: LNL: 13 December 2021
Guest: Isabel Allende
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Julie Street
46. engaging chat with John Clarke’s daughter, Lorin
Lorin Clarke : What my dad taught me about life and humour
Program: LNL: 15 February 2024
Guest: Lorin Clarke
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Claudette Werden
47. who would have thought there might be a gender divide in Wikipedia?
These women are closing Wikipedia's gender gap
Program: LNL: 6 June 2023
Guests: Dr Jess Wade and Annie Reynolds
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Taryn Priadko
USA
48. understand the hate and racism that arose and lingers within America
The Confederate Flag: Tony Horwitz
Program: LNL: 30 May 2019 (originally broadcast on 30 June, 2015)
Guest: Tony Horwitz
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Penny Lomax
Environment
49. scientific evidence for hope in responding to the climate crisis
Where climate scientist Joëlle Gergis finds hope
Program: LNL: 1 September 2022
Guest: Joëlle Gergis
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Anna Whitfeld
Indigenous
50. regular updates on indigenous affairs including fulfilling employment
Indigenous News Wrap
Program: LNL: 1 September 2022
Guest: Dana Morse
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Anna Whitfeld
War
51. open-source investigation of war crimes using smart phone evidence
Bellingcat - an intelligence agency for the people
Program: LNL: 15 March 2021
Guest: Eliot Higgins
Presenter: Phillip Adams
Producer: Gail Boserio
52. military ignored scientific evidence of the cause of brain injuries
High suicide rates in US soldiers linked to brain injuries caused by blast exposure
Program: LNL: 6 Aug 2024
Guest: Dave Phillips
Presenter: David Marr
Producer: Gail Boserio