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The amount of money going towards subsidising Australian film and TV has gone way up over the last two decades. The number of hours being made has gone way down. Why?Guests: Professor Anna Potter, a professor in Digital Media and Cultural Studies in Queensland University of Technology’s School of Communication; and Simon Nasht, a former political journalist for The Age and the ABC, and now a documentary producer and filmmakerProducer: Alex Tighe

In the early 2000s, esteemed Australian archaeologist Matthew Spriggs made a promise to the community of Aneityum, an island of Vanuatu: he would try to recover their lost numbering system, erased by English missionaries in the mid-1800s. He has now found it, and is returning the knowledge to the community.Guest: Matthew Spriggs, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at The Australian National University (ANU).  Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Honorary Curator of Archaeology at the National Museum of Vanuatu, and Honorary Librarian of the Vanuatu and Pacific Collections at the National Library of Vanuatu.  Producer: Ann Arnold

US military commanders have been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about biblical “end times” to justify involvement in the Iran war to troops. A group called the Military Religious Freedom Foundation based in the US, says it has received more than 200 complaints from service members across the armed forces, about the rise of Christian nationalist rhetoric in the military.Guest: Mikey Weinstein, founder and President of the Military Religious Freedom FoundationProducer: Ali Benton

Will the war in Iran be long or short? According to Donald Trump: both, depending on what day you ask him. Plus, new and scandalous allegations from the Epstein files about Trump, which haven't made the front page due to all the other news. And: the firing of Kristi Noem.Guest: Bruce Shapiro, Contributing Editor with The Nation, and Executive Director at the Global Centre for Journalism and Trauma

In Mafia: A Global History, Ryan Gingeras draws on more than a decade of research to uncover this suppressed underworld history. Crossing centuries and continents, he introduces legendary figures – Al Capone, Pablo Escobar, Du Yuesheng – and explores the conditions, cultures and locales that gave birth to modern mafias.Guest: Ryan Gingeras, author, Mafia: A Global historyProducer: Ali Benton 

“For Lebanon we must act,” said French President Emmanuel Macron last week. “Everything must be done to prevent this country, so close to France, from once again being drawn into war.”  The President is stepping forward to honour the long held ties between France and Lebanon.Guest: Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief for The Economist Producer: Catherine Zengerer

Australia's military capabilities are in focus as the government decides how it can assist Gulf states facing an Iranian retaliatory strike, amid the war in the Middle East. Guest: Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent with SBS

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 SoulProducer: 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 commentatorProducer: Ali Benton