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David George Haskell has spent a lot of time listening to nature. He believes that we can learn a lot about evolution by listening to the noises that all living creatures make. But he is worried that humans are now dominating the soundscape which will have a devastating affect on sound diversity and will lead to further species loss.

Sarah Collard looks at the Indigenous rates of electoral enrolment, Bill Browder talks about how the Magnitsky Acts around the world are working to sanction individual Russians and paleobiologist Thomas Halliday takes us back in time to some ancient landscapes.

The US grapples with its historic opposition to the International Criminal Court, people are dying in line for fuel during Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis and a re-purposed mine raises questions about the carbon costs of cryptocurrencies.

Laura Tingle looks at day one of the Election 2022 campaign, Satyajit Das on the impact of China on our economy and why there's been a worldwide shift in attitude to nomads - especially ones with digital skills from affluent countries.  

A new book outlines the various steps we need to take to make our democracy more robust, including a strong Integrity Commission. And the success and extravagance of the Sassoon dynasty, whose founders left Baghdad and moved to India in the 19th century.

Ian Dunt on all the latest news from the UK, Sally Hayden on the deadly refugee business in Libya and Jon Faine on the the true story of siblings, Apollo and Thelma.

America has two historic wins, with Amazon workers in New York voting to form a union and a long overdue anti-lynching law being passed. As the French elections loom, has Emmanuel Macron done enough to remain President of the Republic? And journalist turned academic Emma Jane joins Phillip to discuss her darkly comic memoir.

Laura Tingle unpacks the political punch of Budget 2022, can former President Jose Ramos-Horta make a comeback in Timor Leste? And we delve into the history of the Communist Party in Australia.

Patrick Mullins and Matthew Ricketson discuss whether the current criticism of the ABC is warranted and how it compares to other times in its history? Art historian Farah Nayeri analyses how the censorship of art is changing in the age of social media.

The Solomons are considering a security agreement with China; a panel discussion about what it says about Australia's relationship with the region. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has only been in public life for five years, but has already made an impact on Washington. What was the secret to her meteoric rise?