From razor-sharp analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture, Late Night Live puts you firmly in the big pict...
The current preoccupations with privacy tend to focus on data and information, but this reduces us as human beings, political philosopher Lowry Pressly argues. True privacy is much deeper - and unknowable.Guest: Lowry Pressly, lecturer, Stanford University.'The right to oblivion: privacy and the good life’ (Harvard University Press, hardback August 2024)
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The tumultuous and celebrated life of poet Dorothy Porter
The late Australian poet Dorothy Porter is best known for her verse novel The Monkey's Mask. Her early life at home, with violence and bullying at the hands of her well-known barrister father, Chester Porter, is laid bare in a memoir written by Dorothy's sister Josie McSkimming.Guest: Josie McSkimming, psychotherapist. Author of 'Gutsy Girls: Love, poetry and sisterhood' (UQP)
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Brazil takes on Big Tech
“Google and Microsoft are like salt. They are on every plate”. Cecilia Rikap is currently advising the Brazilian government on its strategy for digital sovereignty, which aims to equip the country with the tools to reduce its dependence on major tech corporations. Guest: Cecilia Rikap, Professor of Economics, University College London
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Is it ethical to holiday in Antarctica?
One hundred and twenty five thousand people visited Antarctica last year. Can the region cope with an ever growing tourism industry?Guest: Anne Hardy, Professor of Tourism & Society at the University of Tasmania
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Trump lays claim to Gaza
In an astonishing press conference, alongside Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump declared the US would 'take over' the Gaza Strip, and that Palestinians should be resettled elsewhere. The decades-old consensus on a two-state solution now appears to be out the window.
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