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Peter Drew's 'Aussie' posters, seen around our cities, have now been copied in Melbourne by someone using a picture of the younger of the two Bondi shooters. Meanwhile Peter has issued a social media callout for young right wingers, and those who fear immigration, to engage with him.Guest: Peter Drew, Adelaide-based artist.Producer: Ann Arnold

Iran’s president has signalled a potential diplomatic shift, saying he has directed diplomats to seek negotiations with the United States as fears of a military confrontation appear to subside. President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on social media on Tuesday that he had instructed the foreign minister to pursue “fair and equitable negotiations” with Washington. What does this mean for the future of the Islamic Republic?Guest Ali Ansari, Professor of Iranian History, and director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews, UKProducer Ali Benton

The US Dept. of Justice published over three million additional pages from the Epstein files containing over a thousand references to Donald Trump, as well as photos and references to other high profile people such as Elon Musk and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, but Bruce Shapiro thinks the Trump information is a distraction from the backlash against ICE's killing of nurse Alex Pretti. Meanwhile journalism is under attack in the States, with the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, using a law designed to protect people from anti-abortion protesters, and a Democrat has had a surprise win in Texas.Guest: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma. Producer: Catherine Zengerer

When the Colleano circus family came to town, it was a big deal. Their acrobatic skills took them from Lightning Ridge, to New York and London in the 1920s and 30s. Circus life, kept the Colleano’s relatively safe. The family outmanoeuvred punitive and racist Australian laws to travel the world, concealing their Indigenous heritage. Part creativity, part survival. Pauline Clague calls herself the " Black Nancy Drew". She's made a documentary about the family, called The Colleano Heart.Guest: Director and filmmaker, Pauline ClagueProducer: Ali Benton Check out SBS on Demand or the Antenna Documentary Film Festival to watch The Colleano Heart

Israel reopens the Gaza-Egypt crossing at Rafah, under strict conditions. Plus: on February 8 the Israeli president Isaac Herzog will be arriving in Australia, beginning a five-day trip to honour the victims of the Bondi terror attack. But Herzog's visit has become a focal point for those protesting Israel's war in Gaza.Guest: Irris Makler, veteran Jerusalem correspondent for ABC, SBSProducer: Catherine Zengerer

What is going on with the conservative side of politics? A motion to spill the leadership of the Nationals failed on Monday afternoon, and by the end of the day David Littleproud had met with Sussan Ley to discuss a possible reunification of the Coalition. The infighting comes as a Redbridge poll puts One Nation's primary vote at a whopping 26 per cent.

Barry Jones, 93, veteran Australian politician, writer and public intellectual. He rails against short-term, personality-driven politics. He recalls a life of teaching, science advocacy and cultural campaigning. He reflects on friendships with Hawke and Keating, fights like abolition of capital punishment, concerns about climate inaction and his misgivings about AUKUS. He also muses on the numinous power of music.

Thomas Willing was a merchant trader, America’s first bank president, and its first central banker. Willing bankrolled – and in the process helped save – the American Revolution and then fundamentally shaped the financial architecture of the young Republic. Yet at a decisive moment in Willing's life he voted against independence, as a clash between Pennsylvania's moneyed elite and the emergent lower and middle classes embroiled the politics of 1776 in bitter class conflict. Guest: Richard Vague, author of “The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821”,  published by PolityProducer: Catherine Zengerer

With the National Party leaving the Coalition, and a Nats leadership spill pending, we look at the disproportionate power the Nats have wielded in the Coalition. 

Springtails are pretty much everywhere, and all over the world. They are important nutrient recyclers, but not many people know about them.Guest: Mark Stevens, Senior research scientist at the South Australian Museum. Affiliate associate professor at Adelaide University’s School of Biological Sciences. Co-author, with Cyrille D’Haese of Sorbonne University, of an article on springtails for The Conversation Producer: Ann Arnold