One evening, two weeks ago, Natan Mwanza was stabbed and killed at a bus stop in Melbourne’s south-west.

He was 24 years old.

Natan’s family had migrated to Australia from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2008, and his death sparked an outpouring of grief from African diasporic communities in Australia.

Historian and filmmaker Santilla Chingaipe also felt the impact of Natan’s death and sought to understand what had happened.

But it soon became a story about how we write and report on crime – and how Black lives are treated in the media.

Today, Santilla Chingaipe on the life of Natan Mwanza and how Black grief is rendered invisible.

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Guest: Historian and filmmaker, Santilla Chingapie

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When Arthur Sinodinos arrived in Washington as Australia’s ambassador to the United States in 2020, he was told the best way to get things done with Donald Trump was to go straight to the person in the White House handling the issue.

In many cases, that wasn’t a typical official – it was a business figure, a loyalist, or even a family member.

As Trump 2.0 takes shape, his administration is doubling down on an “America First” agenda, with key roles for long-time allies, Republican operatives and influential business figures. According to Sinodinos, Trump sees himself as having “unfettered power” to enact it.

Today, Arthur Sinodinos on negotiating with a Trump administration and Australia’s place in an “America First” world.

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Guest: Former ambassador to the United States Arthur Sinodinos.

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When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in the Oval Office on Friday, they were there to sign a deal that would give the US access to a significant share of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.

Instead, Trump and Vance berated and taunted Zelensky, before asking him to leave.

The deal remained unsigned, and relations between the two countries are now in tatters, with military and aid support for Ukraine from the Trump administration in doubt.

Meanwhile, Russian officials are working on their own set of deals with Trump.

Today, associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University David Szakonyi, on what Vladimir Putin is offering Trump, and the figures behind the Russian deal.

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Guest: Associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University David Szakonyi

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