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In 2007, future United States president Donald Trump stepped into the wrestling ring for a showdown with Vince McMahon, then head of World Wrestling Entertainment and Trump’s close friend.
Trump played the villain perfectly.
For decades now, Trump has been shaped by a love affair with professional wrestling. It taught him how to control and manipulate a crowd, how to speak, and how to respond to criticism.
It also shaped his cabinet, with Trump appointing Linda McMahon, Vince’s ex-wife, to the position of secretary of education.
Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Joseph Earp on how Donald Trump brought the art of pro-wrestling to politics.

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Guest: Journalist and author, Joseph Earp.
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For months, Jim Chalmers has been trying to write a budget about the future – productivity, reform, repair.
But events have a way of dragging budgets back into the present. And right now, the present looks expensive.
People are still under pressure. The economy’s been hit by another oil shock. And the Treasurer is trying to make the case for restraint without looking like he’s asking Australians to wear even more pain.
So will Jim Chalmer's upcoming budget be one of reform - or crisis management?
Today, senior economics correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Shane Wright, on what kind of budget this moment demands.

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Guest: Senior economics correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Shane Wright.
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Readers and writers have been left reeling after a horror novel became the first book to be cancelled over AI claims.
The New York Times has reported that an AI detection program indicated that ‘Shy Girl’ was 71 percent AI generated.
The news has shocked the publishing industry, with the novel discontinued in the UK and pulled from publication in America.
So what are the implications for writers, for readers and for the publishing industry as AI seeps into new and frightening corners of our creative industries?
Today, beloved Aussie author Kathy Lette on how AI slop is threatening the future of young writers, and how to protect our art from the onslaught of bots.

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Guest: Author Kathy Lette
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Donald Trump says Cuba's next.
For decades, the United States has tried to isolate the country, but now the language is getting stronger, and a tightening of the oil blockade has brought the island to its knees.
President Trump has said taking the country would be an "honour", and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, says Cuba cannot fix its economy without changing its government.
In Havana, officials are now preparing for the possibility of a U.S. attack.
Today, Havana-based journalist Ruaridh Nicoll, on what people inside Cuba are living through – and fearing might come next.

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Guest: Havana-based journalist Ruaridh Nicoll.
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Jeffrey Hoffman grew up on Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. He was still a boy when the space age began – Sputnik, the first American astronauts, then Apollo. From early on, he knew he wanted to be part of it.
He was. Hoffman went on to fly five Space Shuttle missions, logging more than 1,200 hours in space. And today, he’ll be watching as NASA sends astronauts back around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
While Artemis II won't land on the moon – it's the next step in a plan to return humans to the lunar surface, and eventually establish a more permanent presence there.
And with China wanting to put astronauts on the moon before 2030, we're in the midst of a new space race.
Today, former NASA astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman, on why humanity is racing to the moon once again.

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Guest: Former NASA Astronaut and professor of Aerospace Engineering at MIT, Dr Jeffrey Hoffman.
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