Late Night Live
| Country of origin | Australia |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | ABC's Radio National |
| Hosted by | Phillip Adams |
| Opening theme | Violin Concerto in E minor by Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello |
| Website | Officlal site |
| Podcast | Podcast at abc.net.au |
Late Night Live is a radio program broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National and podcast and streamed over the World Wide Web.
Since 1991, the program has been hosted by farmer, writer and public intellectual Phillip Adams, who refers to the program by its acronym 'LNL'. Previous hosts include publisher and journalist Richard Ackland, and Virginia Bell, now a judge of the High Court of Australia.
Often the setting for a serious and learned discussion of politics, science, philosophy and culture, the program aims to host cutting-edge discussion of public debate, and present ideas and issues not yet covered by other Australian media.
In 2011 a special online retrospective was compiled to celebrate 20 years behind the LNL microphone, called "In Bed With Phillip". Over 200 of the best interviews from these years are now available to listen and download. [1]
Regular contributor each Tuesday is Bruce Shapiro, an American journalist and Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Shapiro and Adams usually discuss contemporary USA politics, though the discussion can often be wide-ranging and include global politics. And a weekly discussion with Laura Tingle about the political events of the week. Less frequent regular contributors include the economist Satyajit Das, Beatrix Campbell on British politics.
Include high-profile thinkers, writers, journalists and players from the literary, cultural and political world. Over the past 21 years guests have included Henry Kissinger, Christopher Hitchens, Gore Vidal, Madeleine Albright, Gerry Adams, Jessica Mitford and former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.
Most programs are divided into three segments, each segment delineated by a sting, a short piece of instrumental music lasting about 30 seconds, though occasional one-hour conversations involving one or more guests are becoming more frequent.
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