It is little known that when the Titanic, the biggest ocean liner on the seas, sank in 1912, there were eight Chinese passengers on board. Six of them survived. Their story - of survival, and how they were pilloried afterwards - has now been told. Guest: Steven Schwankert, author and documentary maker, Sinophile. Book ‘The Six: the untold story of Titanic’s Chinese survivors’ (The History Press)  Producer: Ann Arnold

Drone warfare and AI are outsmarting traditional large scale military systems. Ukraine and Israel are deploying the new technologies to the greatest effect. They are showing us the future of war.

Guest: Dexter Filkins,  a New Yorker staff writer covering global conflicts and foreign policy. Article  Producer: Ann Arnold

Zane Grey was an American western writer, celebrity and big game-fisherman.  In so many ways, his life was larger than most.  But it was in Australia, in the 1930s, that he sought to make his life even larger – pursuing big game fishing, a secret love affair, and what he hoped would be a movie that would rescue his precarious financial situation. Guest: Vicki Hastrich, author of 'The last days of Zane Grey: the untold story of a Hollywood legend in Australia and his hunt for the great white shark’ (Allen&Unwin)  Producer: Ann Arnold

The largest excavation in a lifetime is underway at the famous archaeological site of Pompeii - the Roman city buried in ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. Remarkable new discoveries continue to be unearthed. 

Iraq's stunning marshlands are believed to be the location of the biblical Garden of Eden, in ancient Mesopotamia. They were destroyed by Saddam Hussein, then restored by the work of Dr Azzam Alwash and the NGO Iraq Nature. Now once again they face disaster thanks to the threat of climate change and a multitude of dams further up the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. 

• GUEST: Dr. Azzam Alwash, Founder and Director of Nature Iraq
• PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer

The Israeli Left, once a dominant political and cultural force, has seen its influence wane dramatically over the past two decades. Leading peace efforts in the 1990s, left-wing parties have struggled to maintain relevance amid a rightward shift in public opinion. 

• GUEST: Zvika Klein, Editor in Chief, Jerusalem Post.
• PRODUCER: Ali Benton

There is speculation US President Donald Trump may offer Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon as the Dept of Justice meets with her in private negotiations. Plus Trump meets with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and comes out with a new ceasefire deadline for Vladimir Putin - but none for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

• Guest:  Bruce Shapiro, Contributing Editor with the Nation and Executive Director at the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia university. 
• Producer: Catherine Zengerer

Veteran Irish journalist Fintan O'Toole looks back on the first 7 months of Donald Trump's presidency and examines whether the US Constitution is holding up under the Make America Great again agenda. Plus what is Benjamin Netanyahu's end game on Gaza?

• GUEST: Fintan O'Toole, regular contributor to the Irish Times and advising editor to the New York Review of Books.
• PRODUCER: Ali Benton

As the world reacts to the powerful images of people being starved in Gaza, the Coalition has held fast to the view that Hamas is to blame and Labor is still taking a cautious approach. Plus why the Coalition is walking away from net zero targets. 

• GUEST: Annabel Crabb, ABC writer and political commentator
• PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer

Former Liberal leader John Hewson says after two years the National Anti-Corruption Commission has failed in its mission to properly investigate allegations of systemic corruption. Hewson takes issue with the lack of action over things like procurement contracts and political pork-barrelling.  He says we need an integrity commission which is prepared to have public meetings and that without that it can't be effective. 

• GUEST: John Hewson, professor at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy and former Liberal opposition leader.
• PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer