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The so-called 'mad monk' Rasputin bewitched Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. But their strange and scandalous relationship conceals a riddle, which casts an intriguing light on the controversial 'great man' theory of history. And, in a push to deepen engagement with Grok, the chatbot on the X platform, Elon Musk allowed AI to generate porn from public images of people, including children.
Previous episodes
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2551 - Acclaimed historian and author Antony Beevor on Rasputin, and Elon Musk's facilitation of making fake porn with unauthorised imagesThu, 12 Mar 2026
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2550 - Funding Australian TV, and conspiracy theories in Irish politicsWed, 11 Mar 2026
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2549 - Bruce Shapiro's USA, Christian rhetoric in the US military, and Vanuatu's lost numbering systemTue, 10 Mar 2026
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2548 - Anna Henderson's Canberra, Economist journalist Sophie Pedder on President Macron's support for Lebanon, and why the power of the mafia - in multiple cultures - still prevails.Mon, 09 Mar 2026
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2547 - Yanis Varoufakis on war and drugs, and 200 years of the State Library of NSWThu, 05 Mar 2026
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2546 - In conversation with the UK's Ian DuntWed, 04 Mar 2026
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2545 - Gideon Levy on Israel's objectives in Iran, the secret life of batteries, and Australia's earliest desert peopleTue, 03 Mar 2026
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2544 - Anna Henderson's Canberra, Bruce Shapiro on the US attack on Iran, and when books go badMon, 02 Mar 2026
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2543 - Bob Carr on suddenly losing his wife HelenaThu, 26 Feb 2026
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2542 - Bruce Shapiro on Trump's State of the Union, Catholic Church High Court loss and do Australian cities have a guaranteed water supply?Wed, 25 Feb 2026
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2541 - Richard Ackland on the antisemitism Royal Commission, the biodiversity of the high seas, and Mawson's scrawled diariesTue, 24 Feb 2026
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2540 - Anna Henderson's Canberra, and Helen Clark on the UN's missing senior womenMon, 23 Feb 2026
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2539 - A review of the Pacific labour scheme in Australia, and rethinking the gay rights movementThu, 19 Feb 2026
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2538 - Ian Dunt's UK, Germany rearms and politicians who dodge questions.Wed, 18 Feb 2026
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2537 - Gambling's grip on politicians, Cuba's invasion threat and greenwashing green burialsTue, 17 Feb 2026
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2536 - Meet the new Liberal Party leaders, what future for Hong Kong, and making music from starsMon, 16 Feb 2026
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2535 - The US is run by meme lords, and Steven Pinker on common knowledge... and common delusionsThu, 12 Feb 2026
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2534 - Gaza is a nightmare, but once it was a dreamWed, 11 Feb 2026
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2533 - What the NSW State response to the Herzog protest represents, the challenge of digging through the Epstein files, and discovering a very old, very famous Italian artistTue, 10 Feb 2026
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2532 - Bernard Keane's Canberra, a security pact with Indonesia, and toads most feralMon, 09 Feb 2026
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2531 - A portrait of the powerful right wing commentator Tucker Carlson, and celebrating Winnie the PoohThu, 05 Feb 2026
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2530 - Ian Dunt's UK, India cuts trade deals, and the black market in polar bear furWed, 04 Feb 2026
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2529 - Bruce Shapiro's USA, where to now for Iran, and 'Aussie' poster artist Peter DrewTue, 03 Feb 2026
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2528 - Anna Henderson's Canberra, Herzog in Australia, and Indigenous circus starsMon, 02 Feb 2026
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2527 - Barry Jones on a life of public service and the state of politics todayThu, 29 Jan 2026
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2526 - The Nationals' split and spill, and American history's banker heroWed, 28 Jan 2026
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2525 - Bruce Shapiro's America: backlash over Minnesota shootings, Mark Carney's Davos moment, and the tiny world of springtailsTue, 27 Jan 2026
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2524 - Australian politics by the numbers, an expansion of Indigenous Protected Areas, and January 26 throughout historyMon, 26 Jan 2026
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2523 - How Oscar Wilde was reclaimed by his grandsonThu, 22 Jan 2026
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2522 - Ian Dunt: Trump’s tariff strategy and the limits of UK influence, and just who is Stephen Miller?Wed, 21 Jan 2026
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2521 - Bruce Shapiro on Trump's first year plus a Royal finance scandalTue, 20 Jan 2026
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2520 - Crikey editor Bernard Keane on the political response to the Bondi shooting, and two legal analysts discuss the hate speech legislationMon, 19 Jan 2026
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2519 - LNL Summer: Tim Minchin on music, fatherhoood, the Internet... and nipplesThu, 15 Jan 2026
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2518 - LNL Summer: Preventing war in space, plus the rampage of Australia's last outlawsWed, 14 Jan 2026
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2517 - LNL Summer: Unearthing more of Pompeii, and a Hollywood shark-hunter in 1930s AustraliaTue, 13 Jan 2026
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2516 - LNL Summer: John Menadue critiques Australia's media and our relationship with the United StatesMon, 12 Jan 2026
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2515 - LNL Summer: Philippe Sands on war crimes and impunity - from Pinochet to nowThu, 08 Jan 2026
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2514 - LNL Summer: Living rivers, and our obsession with MarsWed, 07 Jan 2026
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2513 - LNL Summer: Journalists Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober on seeking truth in Trump's AmericaTue, 06 Jan 2026
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2512 - LNL Summer: Palestinian psychiatrist on the trauma in Gaza, and a yarn about wool and warMon, 05 Jan 2026
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2511 - LNL Summer: An Indigenous way of seeing the past, plus making shade cool againThu, 01 Jan 2026
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2510 - LNL Summer: The feather detective, and the life of Emily Kam KngwarrayWed, 31 Dec 2025
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2509 - LNL Summer: prison architecture, who invented 'jaywalking', and why keyboards are QWERTYTue, 30 Dec 2025
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2508 - LNL Summer: Abolishing terra nullius - the legacy of Chief Justice Gerard BrennanMon, 29 Dec 2025
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2507 - LNL Summer: farewell Laura Tingle plus our love of outdoor cinemaThu, 25 Dec 2025
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2506 - LNL Summer: Antarctica, a tourist hotspot? And Dame Harriet Walter on Shakespeare's womenWed, 24 Dec 2025
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2505 - LNL Summer: The Roosevelts deadly panda quest, plus is AI a con?Tue, 23 Dec 2025
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2504 - LNL Summer: Kate Grenville confronts her settler ancestryMon, 22 Dec 2025
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2503 - LNL Summer: Was Hitler's filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl complicit in Nazi atrocities?Thu, 18 Dec 2025
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2502 - LNL Summer: A legendary Australian publisher, and saving the beach shackWed, 17 Dec 2025
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