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Oxford historian and bestselling author Peter Frankopan joins Phillip Adams for an in-depth discussion about his new book The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, a revelatory look at world history through the lens of climate change. 

In an International Women's Day special, we hear how women have been affected by cyclones in Vanuatu. Professor and Nyikina Warrwa woman Anne Poelina advocates for stronger land rights to combat climate change. Plus, we all know Cleopatra's story, but whatever happened to her daughter?

Bruce Shapiro on whether Joe Biden will run for a second term. Pakistani political royalty Fatima Bhutto on the war on women and whether female leadership makes a difference. Plus how needlepoint, weaving and music influenced Ada Lovelace's thinking on the early concept of computers. 

Laura Tingle on the Government's change to superannuation taxation and Malcolm Turnbull's appearance at the robodebt Royal Commission; the future of New Zealand politics after Cyclone Gabrielle; and how a long mystery in Indigenous art was finally solved. 

Workers are taking to the streets of France to protest a proposal to raise the retirement age; and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst reflects on the transformative power of literature, after receiving a life-changing diagnosis. 

We look at what's been making news in Korea with journalist Jeongmin Kim and the chief White House speechwriter for former president Jimmy Carter, James Fallows, speaks movingly about America's most underrated president. 

Naomi Smith on how UK PM Rishi Sunak is handling Brexit negotiations with Northern Ireland, the EU, and his own party. Why the world's biggest fishing region - Asia - is under threat. Plus the incredible true story of a French archaeologist’s crusade to save some of Egypt’s most priceless antiquities from destruction. 

Laura Tingle on the need to step up cyber-security, proposals to improve whistleblower protection for public servants and the push for press freedom. Italy's new Opposition Leader is a young gay woman - while the young female PM Georgie Meloni is known for her anti-LGBTQI stance. And how Australia led the way on anti-smoking campaigns.   

A case study of a massacre of Aboriginal people illustrates the extent of lying that accompanied that sort of violence. Plus how feminist play Betty can Jump's frank revelations stunned audiences and shocked the 1972 Melbourne theatre world. 

Dana Morse joins us from Adelaide where From the Heart's 'Yes' campaign for the Voice to Parliament is being launched, then we discuss who Nigeria's next president might be after this weekend's elections, and animal behaviourist Ashley Ward takes us on a trip through not five, but fifty-three senses.