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A new history of the BBC looks back at the people who made it what it is, and the people it serves.

Tess Newton Cain reports on how the clean up is progressing in Tonga, John Bartlett on the youthful progressive government newly elected in Chile and Frank Uekotter on what can be learnt from the history of monoculture.

Bruce Shapiro sheds some light on Biden's possible Supreme Court picks, political theorist John Keane gives us a potted history of democracy, and art history professor Catherine Speck celebrates the life and work of artists Ann Newmarch and Hossein Valamanesh.

Crikey's Bernard Keane takes a look at the week in politics, Guy Rundle reflects on Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and what's behind the recent escalation in Yemen's protracted war? 

Ian Dunt returns for 2022 to talk Westminster parties and the Ukraine, and Johann Hari explains why a digital detox is harder than you might imagine

The Australian Republic Movement has released its Australian Choice model for Australia to become a republic. Peter FitzSimons, Bob Carr and Anne Twomey debate the direct election model and its suitability for the Australian voter. Megan Davis is also a republican, but she believes that the unfinished business put forward through the Uluru Statement must be addressed first.

Bruce Shapiro on the challenges Biden faces as he enters year two of his presidency, and the remarkable story of how the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established fifty years ago.

Laura Tingle on Scott Morrison's summer of woe, will Russia really go to war with Ukraine and how climate change is affecting the Arctic treeline and those who depend on it.

Bernadette Brennan discusses her biography of the brilliant but enigmatic author, Gillian Mears.

Marc David Baer explains why the history of the Ottoman Empire should be considered part of European history and Jamie Mackay takes us through the many empires that left a mark on the island of Sicily