Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast

The murder of Henry Nowak by a Sikh man in Southampton last year has sparked protests encouraged by anti-immigration Reform Party leader, Nigel Farage. Now Us Vice President JD Vance and US War Secretary Pete Hegseth have weighed in. 
GUEST: Ian Dunt, columnist with i-news; co-host of the Origin Story podcast
PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer

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 result will be tight, but how the cap would work for an EU member nation is unclear. Could this be Switzerland's "Brexit' moment? 
Guest: Mercedes Ruehl, Switzerland and Austria correspondent, Financial Times
Producer: Jack Schmidt

Journalist for The Atlantic Helen Lewis speaks with key figures of the so-called 'masculinist' movement in the United States - a movement pushing back against feminism, and advocating for a society wherein women live quiet domestic lives, perhaps even deprived of the right to vote. 
Guest: Helen Lewis, journalist for the Atlantic
Producer: Ali Benton

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 utilise surplus pork during the Great Depression, and became a staple of the American military diet during both the second world war and the Korean war. It's still loved in places where America had strong military bases like Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines, and South Korea, where it is considered a luxury good. 
Guest: Kelly Spring, food historian, co-presenter of the Hungry Historians podcast and author of ‘SPAM: a global history’ (2025, Reaktion/New South)
Producer: Ann Arnold

This week, the Pope will be in Barcelona to officially bless the final tower of La Sagrada Familia, the monumental Catholic basilica, which was 144 years in the making. The blessing will coincide with the centenary of architect Antoni Gaudi’s death.  Against the odds, the exterior of his extraordinary temple is finally complete. New Zealand-born architect, Mark Burry AO, spent nearly 40 years working on Gaudi’s masterpiece, after being recruited in Barcelona as a 22 year old student in 1979. 
Guest: Professor Mark Burry, Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University of Technology's School of Design and Architecture, and Senior Faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. 
Producer: Jack Schmidt