A weekday magazine-style current affairs program hosted by one of Australia's pre-eminent and loved interviewers. Drawing on Fran's extensive current affairs and cultural knowledge, The Radio National Hour takes a thoughtful, deep dive into the important and challenging issues, and brings insightful and engaging conversations with big names in the arts, sport and culture.
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A weekday magazine-style current affairs program hosted by one of Australia's pre-eminent and loved interviewers. Drawing on Fran's extensive current affairs and cultural knowledge, The Radio National Hour takes a thoughtful, deep dive into the important and challenging issues, and brings insightful and engaging conversations with big names in the arts, sport and culture.
Ukraine is locked in negotiations with US leaders over a proposed peace plan that could see it forced to cede the Donetsk region to Russia. US President Donald Trump had given Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky until Thanksgiving - this Thursday - to respond to his 28-point peace plan which demanded many concessions from Kyiv, including relinquishing territory. Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun says as her nation braces for another winter at war, there is room for negotiation but they will not be blackmailed by the US.
G20 leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have arrived in Johannesburg for the group’s first ever summit in Africa. The US President is a no-show, a protest over what he has described as a 'white genocide' unfolding in South Africa. So what does it mean for the economic bloc and who might step into the global leadership role?
Australia has succumbed to Turkiye’s pressure in negotiations over who will host next year’s annual global climate meeting. It's a blow for us and our Pacific neighbours, but the prime minister insists we’ll still play a leading role. And Australian humanitarian Noah Taylor has spent this week travelling in possibly the most dangerous place on earth, Sudan’s El Fasher region. He’s met desperate men, women and children who’ve trekked through the desert for days to find safety.
If that packet of food has more than five ingredients on the label it could be slowly killing you. And if an election were held in Britain tomorrow, right-wing populist leader Nigel Farage would be elected Prime Minister. Does this explain why the British Labour government is lurching to the right on immigration policy?
A weekday magazine-style current affairs program hosted by one of Australia's pre-eminent and loved interviewers. Drawing on Fran's extensive current affairs and cultural knowledge, The Radio National Hour takes a thoughtful, deep dive into the important and challenging issues, and brings insightful and engaging conversations with big names in the arts, sport and culture.
