Ian Dunt reflects on the latest reshuffle of the UK Conservative Party leadership. Economist Yanis Varoufakis on his visits to Cuba and Mexico and his defence of Julian Assange. Plus, the origins of the exclamation mark with Dr Florence Hazrat.

Laura Tingle on Peter Dutton's apology for boycotting the Apology and more funding for Closing the Gap initiatives; how the political landscape in Türkiye could impact the earthquake recovery and how alcohol laws have worked - or not - across Australia, from temperance to today.

Political historian and journalist Chris Wallace investigates how prime ministerial biographies have impacted our leaders throughout Australia's history — for good and ill.

Tess Newton-Cain is back with a round-up of the latest news from across the Pacific. Siddharth Kara reveals the shocking truth about how cobalt mined in slavery-like conditions in the Congo is making it into our smartphones, laptops and EVs. Plus, we celebrate 30 years of one of RN's favourite programs: Awaye!

Bruce Shapiro on the Chinese spy balloon saga, Indigenous journalist Amy McQuire on Australia's disappearing black women and the tale of Australia's oldest university publishing house.

Laura Tingle looks at Lidia Thorpe's defection from The Greens and the shame of the Robodebt program; what will it take for Australia to regain its competitive edge in manufacturing and Filipino journalist Maria Ressa on how we can all hold the line against the erosion of democracy.

Re-examining Australia's 1999 military intervention in East Timor; and the history of the encyclopaedia - from ancient Greece to online Wikipedia.

Guests: 

Craig Stockings, Australia’s official historian of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor. Professor of History at UNSW Canberra and author of ‘Born of Fire and Ash: Australian operations in response to the East Timor crisis 1999-2000'

Simon Garfield, journalist and author of All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia

We discuss the latest news from Southeast Asia, how The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is disrupting lives and ecosystems in Uganda and the invention that forever changed our relationship with fish: the aquarium.

Ian Dunt on how Rishi Sunak is handling the UK's economic woes, why Peru is entering its eighth week of deadly protests and Edward Brooke-Hitching takes us on an unconventional tour through the oddities of art history.

Laura Tingle reviews the political history of arts funding. Meanjin's editor Esther Anatolitis and First Nations artistic director Wesley Enoch dissect the nation's new cultural policy. Historian Susan Broomhall shares the story of 'Lady' Maud Williams, the founder of an iconic Australian apple variety