Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast

Power, crime, and money: the rise of the global mafia

In Mafia: A Global History, Ryan Gingeras draws on more than a decade of research to uncover this suppressed underworld history. Crossing centuries and continents, he introduces legendary figures – Al Capone, Pablo Escobar, Du Yuesheng – and explores the conditions, cultures and locales that gave birth to modern mafias.Guest: Ryan Gingeras, author, Mafia: A Global historyProducer: Ali Benton 

Why France is backing Lebanon in the Middle East War

“For Lebanon we must act,” said French President Emmanuel Macron last week. “Everything must be done to prevent this country, so close to France, from once again being drawn into war.”  The President is stepping forward to honour the long held ties between France and Lebanon.Guest: Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief for The Economist Producer: Catherine Zengerer

Anna Henderson's Canberra: Albanese's call for de-escalation in Middle East

Australia's military capabilities are in focus as the government decides how it can assist Gulf states facing an Iranian retaliatory strike, amid the war in the Middle East. Guest: Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent with SBS

Australia's oldest continuously used library turns 200

The State Library of NSW has had to adapt its collections and philosophy over the years, becoming both a foundation of, and mirror to, broader societal change. Guest: Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian, State Library of NSW. Also Director, Learning, Scholarship & Outreach at the library. Co-editor, with Philippa McGuiness, of ‘The library that made me: 200 years of the State Library of NSW’ (New South)Producer: Ann Arnold

Yanis Varoufakis on the Iran war, drug charges & cancelling Adelaide Writers' Week

Yanis Varoufakis sits down with David Marr to reflect on the war on Iran, the failures of the Democracy in Europe Movement, cancelling his appearance at Adelaide Writers' Week and being charged with promoting drug use for admitting to taking ecstasy at Sydney Mardi Gras nearly forty years ago. Guest: Yanis Varoufakis - leader of the Democracy in Europe Movement, co-host of The Econoclasts podcast, and author of Raise your SoulProducer: Catherine Zengerer