Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast

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 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 Soul Producer: Catherine Zengerer

For the first time, Late Night Live UK political commentator Ian Dunt, meets David Marr in person. In this special hour-long conversation, Dunt explores the parallels and distinctions between political developments in the United Kingdom and Australia, analyses the strains in relations between the UK and the US over the Iran conflict, and examines the recent Greens by-election win, in a long-held UK Labour seat.   Guest: Ian Dunt: iNews columnist and regular LNL commentator Producer: Ali Benton 

Sometimes described as a 'phantom population', because so little is known about them, the first settlers across the arid interior of Australia are coming to life through a research project which is systematically documenting and dating cultural sites. The researchers say the evidence is very strong that people lived in even the most difficult landscapes well over 50,000 years ago. Guest: Peter Veth, ARC Laureate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Western Australia, leading a multi-party long term research project on the ancient desert people of Australia Producer: Ann Arnold

The green energy future depends on batteries. But batteries are not exactly a low-footprint technology; a massive mining and industrial operation will be required to make all of the batteries we need. And: is it worth recycling AA batteries? Guest: Jay Turner, Professor of Environmental Studies at Wellesley College, President of the American Society for Environmental History, and the author of Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future Producer: Alex Tighe