Nightlife

Stuart has written a provocative new booklet titled Fragile Prosperity — Australia's Gigantic Monetary Gamble, which examines whether or not we are suffering from a giant, failing experiment with modern money

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Clare Armstrong, the ABC's chief digital political correspondent, based at Parliament House in Canberra. 

Joining Philip Clark on Nightlife is Rob Watson, Political Correspondent for BBC World Service Radio and BBC TV

Waleed Aly examines what happened to liberalism, the rise of new conservative and progressive politics, and why freedom can sometimes feel so unfree.

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Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Jack Quail, political reporter for The Australian in their Parliament House bureau in Canberra. 

Michael Janda, Editor of the ABC News' Business Reporting Team, joined Philip Clark on Nightlife to discuss the latest in economic, business and finance news.  

What might carbon monoxide be doing in the brain that could potentially protect against Parkinson's?

You may be just a black tea drinker but there is quite an astonishing world of teas out there, many you wouldn't have heard of.

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Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Ryan Heath, POLITICO Australia's Launch Editor

Behind the medals and the military legend was a man with his own private story of courage, heartbreak, resilience and determination

What changes are coming to Centrelink and other social security payments from September 20?

Nightlife critic of screens large and small, Wenlei Ma joins Philip Clark to review the latest to watch.

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Emily Barrett, Managing Editor of The Saturday Paper.

What happens to the brain during perimenopause, why are some women more affected than others, and why we need to better understand the connection between hormone health and mental health?

Travel writer Fleur Bainger has found one location where you can still get a lot of bang for your travel buck.

Associate Professor Charley Lineweaver, Astrophysicist at the ANU's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, joined Philip Clark on Nightlife to discuss the latest in science and space.

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Bruce Wolpe, Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre, formerly with the Democratic staff in the US Congress in President Obama's first term, joined Philip Clark for American Insight

Before finding his feet as a commentator, Matt Keenan spent years trying to become a professional cyclist

A desperate and dangerous march towards freedom.

Join the host of Weekend Nightlife Suzanne Hill for The History Quiz, Sunday 13th of September, beds edition, to find out if you have the answer correct! 

Western Gu Gu Yalanji Elder Graham Brady and his nephew Jungaji come from a long lineage of First Nations artists in Far North Queenslad who share their people's stories and struggles with the world through song and art.

Willie Nelson is 93 and has released 18 albums in the last decade. When exactly does a rock star call it a day?

Before the big venues and festivals, the Hopetoun Hotel was a place to watch future Australian music royalty perform for the price of a few beers.

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Former ABC presenter Simon Marnie was presenting Nightlife when the planes hit the World Trade Centre towers in New York.

A prolific writer who produced more than forty novels during his lifetime, Wells was fascinated by the ways he imagined science would shape the future. 

Nightlife's resident demographer suggests net overseas migration should sit around 200,000 with the emphasis shifted from temporary to permanent migrants. 

The hidden cost of our waste

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If you're trying to decide which car to buy or want to learn more about the latest EVs on the market, Motortorque can help.         

There have been calls from across the political spectrum, for One Nation to take down a video which repeatedly calls Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie a 'traitor' for giving evidence in court against accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith in a defamation trial.

Germany has been making headlines this week for two very different reasons: a major breakthrough for the far right in regional elections, and a significant milestone for its emerging space industry.

Paul Barry has spent a good deal of his life charting the slippery shenanigans of corporate crooks, including Alan Bond. 

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Former banker and financial commentator Satyajit Das spoke to ABC Business Daily about the potential for another major global financial crisis — a 'Bondmageddon'. Has the world become too dependent on cheap money, and will the AI boom become another fault line in the financial system?

There's a growing industry of politicians from all persuasions and levels of achievement to write books and give retrospective interviews in order to shape how history will regard them. Is it a noble urge, to ensure history's record is true, or is it fear that if their account isn't recorded and published, then critical views about their political lives and careers will become their legacy?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his undeclared honorary membership of a golf club that promised a taxpayer funded grant, claiming he wasn't aware of it. Liberal frontbencher and former SAS veteran, Andrew Hastie has called Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce "lying cowards", demanding they remove a One Nation cartoon that portrayed him as a traitor.

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