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The extraordinary whistleblower Daniel Ellsburg, who has died at 92, did an interview with Late Night Live only last year. And Man Ray's muse, Kiki of Montparnasse - a forgotten bohemian icon.

Will anything come from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with Chinese President Xi in Beijing? Have we learned from the great financial crashes of the past, or is history doomed to repeat? And how does a grandson reconcile his love for a grandfather with a dark past?

Analysis of current events to the hottest debates in politics, science, philosophy and culture.

Laura Tingle on the Voice referendum bill's success in parliament and why the Greens delayed the Housing Future Fund bill. Plus the environmental damage wreaked by the Kakhovka dam explosion in Ukraine and the Spanish film director whom dedicated his life to art, dance and music.

An update on the Voice referendum, as polls tighten again. How scientists are "breathalysing" active volcanoes with cheap, accessible technology. And who was the real life Catherine II, Empress of Russia - the inspiration for the TV series "The Great"?

Guests:

Dana Morse, ABC federal political reporter

Dr Andrew McGonigle, volcanologist

Professor Darius von Guttner, historian, ACU Canberra

Amidst renewed speculation over whether the US has evidence of UFOs, we replay a fascinating chat with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb about his scientific search for extra-terrestrial life. Plus, we hear about modern history's most daring archaeologists and their biggest discoveries.

Guests:

Avi Loeb, Professor of Science at Harvard University and the Head of the Galileo Project.  

Michael Scott, Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, broadcaster and author.

Political scientist Sally Young discusses how media power in Australia came to be concentrated in the hands of a few men, and how this influenced politics during the period 1941-1972.

The best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman explores the rich and complex history of our relationship with the planet's 37 billion acres of habitable land: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it, and gave it back.

First broadcast 4 February 2021. Phillip Adams will be speaking to Simon Winchester about his new book Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic at RN's Big Weekend of Books on Sunday June 18th.

British Indian author Kenan Malik takes on the heated debate around race, culture, whiteness and privilege, arguing notions of cultural appropriation and ethnic nationalism have become forms of gatekeeping. And we head into a watchmakers' workshop to learn about our innate sense of time, both in the human world and the animal kingdom. 

The US has signed a new trade deal with Taiwan, raising the ire of China. From Turkey to Tunisia, what's behind the rise of Islamic governance? And a philosopher's take on sulking, and why it can feel good. 

Guests:

Wen-Ti Sung, political scientist who teaches in the ANU Taiwan Studies Program

Cheng Ting-Fang, chief technology correspondent with Nikkei Asia

Joana Cook, Assistant Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden

Shiraz Maher, a lecturer in non-state actors within the Department of War Studies at Kings College in London 

Rebecca Roache, senior lecturer in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London