Journalists Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober on seeking truth in Trump's America
Acclaimed US journalists and podcast collaborators with The Atlantic Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober join David Marr in-studio to discuss the MAGA women who love Trump, the state of the media in post-insurrection America, and the importance of complex human storytelling in journalism. Guests: Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober, co-hosts of the podcast We Live Here Now. Hanna is also Senior Editor at the Atlantic and host of Radio Atlantic Producer: Catherine Zengerer
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Australia's struggle with surging feral deer numbers
Australia's wild deer population is on the rise, but the management of this introduced species remains a vexed issue. In Tasmania and Victoria, deer continues to be classified as a game resource for hunting, rather than a feral pest. An estimated 1-2 million deer now inhabit Australia - and reducing those numbers is both a practical, and political challenge. Guest: Professor Mike Letnic, applied ecologist and conservation biologist, UNSWProducer: Jack Schmidt
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Why isn't Egypt doing more to help the Palestinians?
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is coming under increasing pressure to take a stronger stance on the atrocities unfolding in Gaza. It has take the Egyptian leader months to condemn Israel's actions and he has held firm to the view that Egypt “will not be a gateway for the displacement of the Palestinian people”. A $USD35 billion gas deal with Israel may hold some clues to the complicated relationship between the two countries. GUEST: Farid Y. Farid, AAP journalist formerly based in Egypt with AFP. PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: Trump's DC takeover, and an electoral map fight in Texas
Trump is taking over the police force of Washington, DC — why? Plus, the battle over electoral distributions in Texas.Guest: Bruce Shapiro, Contributing Editor for The Nation, and Executive Director of the Global Center for Journalism and TraumaProducer: Jack Schmidt
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Australia recognises Palestinian statehood
Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, joining the UK, France and Canada. The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a two-state solution is ‘humanity’s best hope’ to end suffering in Gaza. GUEST: Irris Makler, journalist, author, Jerusalem correspondent.
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