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It's 100 years since America's fabled highway 'Route 66' was commissioned -  the road from Chicago to L.A celebrated in literature and song. But behind the neon-lit diners and sunny road trips, lies a grittier history of danger, death and racism. 
Guest: Dr Daniel Milowski, historian at Arizona State University, author of 'Route 66 and the Formation of a National Cultural Icon: Mother Road to Mythic American Byway'
Producer: Jack Schmidt

The next great power struggle may not be won on the battlefield, but in semiconductor factories, AI labs and satellite networks. In Bytes and Bullets, Steve Feldstein explores how technology is transforming modern warfare and creating a new global arms race.
Guest: Steve Feldstein, Senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. Author of,  Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Private Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare
Producer: Ali Benton

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has lost her appeal against a court ruling which found she racially discriminated against Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi. Plus, how did Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emerge from the recent national Labor conference? The conference avoided a debate on Israel-Gaza, after Ed Husic MP failed to secure support to debate an amendment to the Labor platform - to acknowledge a United Nations inquiry that determined Israeli authorities had 'deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide'.
Guest: Anna Henderson, SBS World News Chief Political Correspondent | National Press Club Director

From tearing into the White House to make way for a 650-seat ballroom, to declaring war on modern architecture, Donald Trump is remaking America’s symbols of power, prestige and taste. Architecture critic Paul Goldberger has followed Trump’s rise for more than 40 years. The author of Why Architecture Matters explores what Trump’s buildings reveal about his ambitions, and his vision for America.
Guest Paul Goldberger,  former architecture critic for The New York Times and The New Yorker, and the author of 'Why Architecture Matters.'
Producer Ali Benton

In 1833, slavery in the British Empire was abolished, but not without a massive compensation scheme paid out to slave owners. Some of that money flowed to colonial Australia. Two-thirds of Australia's colonial governors had links to slavery. That money helped fuel vast pastoral enterprises and build prestigious institutions. A new book examines how our supposedly 'slavery-free' nation was shaped by this money. 
You can search the UCL Legacies of British Slavery Database here
Guest: Zoe Laidlaw, Professor of History at the University of Melbourne, co-editor, with Jane Lydon, of Legacies of British Slavery in Australia and New Zealand (Manchester University Press, 2026)
Producer: Ann Arnold