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Typical programs

News

• AM, PM and the World Today in-depth news and analysis.
• Asia Pacific: current regional affairs in the Asia Pacific region, mirrored on Radio Australia

News and analysis

• Late Night Live, broadcast on Monday to Thursday at 22:00 (hosted by Phillip Adams).
• Breakfast from 6am. News, current affairs and popular culture discussions, interviews and reports hosted by Fran Kelly.
• Background Briefing, broadcast on Sunday at 09:10 and Tuesday 19:10, is an agenda-setting current affairs radio documentary program.
• The National Interest, broadcast on Monday at 13:00 and Sunday at 12:00, has regional analysis.
• The Reports, broadcast on Monday to Friday at 08:30 and 20:00, being The Health Report (Monday), The Law Report (Tuesday), The Religion Report (Wednesday), The Media Report (Thursday) and The Sports Factor (Friday).
• Counterpoint, broadcast on Monday at 16:00, has views from the right of the political spectrum.
• Life Matters, broadcast on Monday to Friday at 09:00, talks with the main people behind our social policies – from workplace reform to education, health, family relationships, and social change. Hosted by Sandy McCutcheon, and includes the Talkback Classroom segment.

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Talkback

• Australia Talks Back:

Arts and music

• The Deep End - What's happening now in new music, art and culture in Australia and around the world. Mon - Fri from 2pm.
• Airplay: radio plays
• Poetica: poetry featured and produced for radio
• Live on Stage: live concerts of music
• The Music Show: latest developments in music, featured music and interviews with performers/composers
• Sound Quality: latest new music in the genre of electronica and others
• The Planet: music from all around the world
• Radio Eye: Radio National's flagship documentary programme
• The Night Air - a new kind of radio program; an ever-changing, 90 minute composition of music, sounds, audio Cut-ups, ideas and stories.

Society

• The Spirit Of Things: features and explores all kinds of religions and spirituality
• All In The Mind: all matters about the mind and mental health

Science

• The Science Show: recent developments in the field of science, presented by Robyn Williams
• The Health Report: presented by Dr Norman Swan - health news and research
• All in the Mind: lateral explorations of the mind, brain and human behaviour presented by Natasha Mitchell
• In Conversation: Personal interviews with scientific thinkers presented by Robyn Williams
• Ockham's Razor: a weekly opinion piece presented by Robyn Williams
• The Buzz: recent developments computing and science relevant to daily life but this program was discontinued in 2005. It's presenter Richard Aedy now presents The Media Report.

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See also

• List of Australian radio stations

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External links

• Radio National website
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation