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Mark Kenny takes a weekly look at politics and public affairs with expert analysis and discussion from researchers at The Australian National University and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Urgent History brings together leading historians to apply their knowledge of the past to some of the most pressing questions of the present. Season 1, hosted by Dr Filip Slaveski, Senior Lecturer in Russian, Soviet and East European History, covered issues from the fate of face-to-face lectures and the crisis in Australian universities, to the roots of political populism, climate activism, and the cost-of-living squeeze.In Season 2, Emeritus Professor Carolyn Strange, a specialist in criminal justice and gender history, joins Filip Slaveski in new conversations with historians who explore ...