Until the mid-20th century the Wyndham Native Hospital, on the far north coast of Western Australia, was an apartheid institution where Indigenous men, women and children were imprisoned, left untreated and subjected to experimental treatments without their knowledge and against their will.

• Guest: Annabel (A.M.) Stafford, former journalist, teacher, author of 'The wanted and the unwanted' (MUP)
• Producer: Ann Arnold

John Cameron Mitchell wrote and starred in punk musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch – the tale of a gender queer east German rock and roll singer. He’s now on a mission to bring back punk, saying: “The job of youth is to be punk, meaning to question the status quo in a way where it doesn’t matter if you feel offended, safe…they should be physically safe, mentally unsafe. That is education.”  He tackles cancel culture, identity politics and stories vs facts in this conversation with David Marr. John Cameron Mitchell is appearing at Sydney's Festival of Dangerous Ideas and Melbourne International Film Festival in August, and then at Sydney's Enmore Theatre and Melbourne Recital Centre in September. 

• Guest: John Cameron Mitchell, writer, director and actor.
• Producers: Jack Schmidt

The Cambridge Five have gone down in history as the most notorious spies of the 20th century. For seventeen years, Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, Donald Maclean and John Cairncross got away with leaking top-secret British intelligence to the Soviet Union with disastrous consequences. Now a new book, drawing on recently declassified files, debunks some enduring myths about them.

• Guest: Antonia Senior, author of Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire 

• Producer: Julie Street

Is true social equality an impossible dream? The German philosopher Dr Hanno Sauer argues that class hierarchy is a permanent feature of human societies. Old elites may fall, but new ones fill the void. Rank, hierarchy and privilege, stubbornly persists.

Hanno Sauer appears at Melbourne's The Wheeler Centre on 20 August and at Sydney's Festival of Dangerous Ideas from 22-23 August. 

• Guest: Hanno Sauer, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Utrecht University, author of Klasse, and The Invention of Good and Evil: A History of Morality
• Producer: Jack Schmidt

From Shogun era Japan to the techno bunkers of 90s Berlin, people across time and cultures have always looked to let loose at night. 

• Guest: Imogen Willetts, author of 'Up All Night: A History of Going Out'
• Producer: Ali Benton

An expert guide to the commercial sins that have put the big consultancy under the spotlight, after more information emerged in a parliamentary hearing last week.

• Guest: Tom Ravlic, journalist, author and academic who has been writing about the KPMG saga for Crikey, and The Mandarin. He has previously been involved in the setting of ethical standards and accounting regulation. 

Ian Dunt examines the fallout from the death of Cambridge academic Jason Arday. And Nigel Farage’s Clacton by election victory -  what does it say about his political fortunes? Plus an update on the Andy Burnham 'bounce'. Is it still happening?

• Guest: Ian Dunt, iNews columnist and regular LNL commentator
• Producer: Ali Benton 

In recent weeks, the ABC has removed references to the Australian mining executive Gina Rinehart, following complaints. Guardian reporter Sarah Martin looks back at Rinehart's efforts to defend her public image in recent years. 

• Guest: Sarah Martin, reporter at the Guardian Australia, host of Gina: Becoming Mrs Rinehart
• Producer: Catherine Zengerer

Jordan has been trying to maintain neutrality in the Middle East war, but with a pre-existing military agreement with the US, that is proving increasingly difficult. After Iran sent missile strikes into Jordan recently, prominent Jordanian citzens have been urging the government to shore up sovereignty and neutrality.

• Guest: Nabih Bulos, Middle East bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times
• Producer: Ann Arnold

SBS political correspondent Anna Henderson surveys a busy week ahead in federal parliament, with the government eager to broker a deal to reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

• Guest: Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS

Late Night Live is sad to hear of the passing of Kris Short, who was one of LNL’s most enduring producers. She worked on the show between 1996-2015. Long before that Kris started at the ABC in the typing pool in 1976, becoming a clerk, production assistant, a broadcast production officer in Film Services and the ABC's Education department, where she was talent spotted by Wendy Mcleod to work on a new program called Offspring - the precursor to Life Matters. Before coming to Late Night Live she worked with David Marr on Arts Today where David said she had the difficult job of teaching him how to make radio. "What a woman," Marr said. "She was feisty and indefatigable." 

Wendy McLeod said Kris had a deep understanding of what worked on radio, the practical aspects of studio, writing and scripts, meeting talent and planning OB's. "She was so great to work with and handled our somewhat intense presenter with her quiet intelligence...I loved my time with Kris...she was a great friend. I watched successful career at RN, met up with her occasionally and we remembered those days and shared our love of cats. I can't believe she has left us at such a young age...it was a privilege to be her colleague and her friend," McLeod said. 

But it was on LNL that she stayed. Phillip Adams described Kris as 'delightfully grumpy' and has fond memories of sneaking off to the stairwell with her to eat ice cream. Former LNL Executive Producer, Gail Boserio, said "Kris understood and cared for the ABC and its importance to Australian culture and intellectual life. Sharp as a tack, she had a fine knowledge of grammar and made sure everybody's briefs were up to scratch. Kris was well read, with a cheeky sense of humour and infectious laugh! Phillip Adams used to say who needs google when you've got Kris Short."

Vale Kris, and thanks for all the stories,  many of which can be found here: