In this episode of our sister podcast, Read This, host Michael Williams speaks with the winner of the 2024 Miles Franklin Award, Alexis Wright. Her epic novel Praiseworthy, also won the Stella Prize and has been described as “an astonishing feat of storytelling and sovereign imagination.

In this episode of our sister podcast, Read This, host Michael Williams speaks with the winner of the 2024 Miles Franklin Award, Alexis Wright. Her epic novel Praiseworthy, also won the Stella Prize and has been described as “an astonishing feat of storytelling and sovereign imagination.

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An independent daily news show. We feature the country&rsquo;s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

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A daily news show from the publisher of The Monthly and The Saturday Paper. Hear from the country’s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

Read This: Alexis Wright Is the 2024 Miles Franklin Winner

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Full of hubris and bravado, the State of the Union Address was classic Trump – the showman who knows how to work a crowd. 

In the chamber there was plenty of love, but on the streets of America the President’s popularity has been falling.

Today, US journalist Steve Clemons, editor at large of The National Interest- on the speech and the spectacle – how did Trump’s state of the union go down, and what does it all mean for the midterms.

 

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Guest: Steve Clemons, Editor at Large of The National Interest

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Full of hubris and bravado, the State of the Union Address was classic Trump &ndash; the showman who knows how to work a crowd.&nbsp;
In the chamber there was plenty of love, but on the streets of America the President&rsquo;s popularity has been falling.
Today, US journalist Steve Clemons, editor at large of The National Interest- on the speech and the spectacle &ndash; how did Trump&rsquo;s state of the union go down, and what does it all mean for the midterms.
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Guest: Steve Clemons, Editor at Large of The National Interest
Photo:&nbsp;Kenny Holston/Pool/Sipa USA

“We’re winning so much”: Trump’s message to Americans

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When Russia struck Ukraine four years ago it kicked off the first full scale war in Europe since World War II.

Now, as Russia knocks out Ukraine’s power grid, and people freeze at temperatures of below minus 20 – is it time for President Zelensky to cut a deal?

Today, Kateryna Argyrou Chair of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations on travelling through a war torn country and whether it is time for Ukraine to cut a deal.

 

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Guest: Kateryna Argyrou, Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations

Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa/Sipa USA

When Russia struck Ukraine four years ago it kicked off the first full scale war in Europe since World War II.
Now, as Russia knocks out Ukraine&rsquo;s power grid, and people freeze at temperatures of below minus 20 &ndash; is it time for President Zelensky to cut a deal?
Today, Kateryna Argyrou Chair of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations on travelling through a war torn country and whether it is time for Ukraine to cut a deal.
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Guest: Kateryna Argyrou, Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations
Photo:&nbsp;Kay Nietfeld/dpa/Sipa USA

Is it time for Ukraine to cut a deal?

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By the time a wide-eyed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was slumped in the back of a Range Rover on his way to the police station last week, the reality had hit home. The man who was once a prince, watching his life crumble before his eyes.

Now, as the world reels from Andrew’s arrest, and the royals scramble to protect themselves from one of the biggest crises the palace has ever faced – a warning from a royal biographer: that Charles could go down too.

Today, royal historian Andrew Lownie, who literally wrote the book on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on what’s next for the former prince – and whether the King could be forced to abdicate the throne.

 

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Guest: Andrew Lownie, historian and royal biographer

Photo: Richard Pohle/The Times Pool via AP

By the time a wide-eyed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was slumped in the back of a Range Rover on his way to the police station last week, the reality had hit home. The man who was once a prince, watching his life crumble before his eyes.
Now, as the world reels from Andrew&rsquo;s arrest, and the royals scramble to protect themselves from one of the biggest crises the palace has ever faced &ndash; a warning from a royal biographer: that Charles could go down too.
Today, royal historian Andrew Lownie, who literally wrote the book on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on what&rsquo;s next for the former prince &ndash; and whether the King could be forced to abdicate the throne.
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Guest: Andrew Lownie, historian and royal biographer
Photo:&nbsp;Richard Pohle/The Times Pool via AP

Could the Andrew scandal bring down the King?

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Read This: Alexis Wright Is the 2024 Miles Franklin Winner

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