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Nightlife

ABC Australia·88 episodes

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Nightlife with Phil Clark and Suzanne Hill has everything you need to get you through the night, seven nights a week.

Episodes

55 min
Jul 22, 2026
The Nightlife Pop Quiz

Test your knowledge of all things pop culture with the 100% original, custom-built Nightlife Pop Quiz!

32 min
Jul 21, 2026
2026 Andrew Ollie Lecture - Alessandra Galloni - Reuters

The 2026 Andrew Olle Media Lecture was delivered by Reuters Editor-in-Chief, Alessandra Galloni. In Reuters' 175-year history, the only woman to serve as editor-in-chief.

18 min
Jul 21, 2026
Nightlife News Breakdown - Sara Tomevska - ABC Political Reporter

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Sara Tomevska, federal political reporter for ABC based in Canberra.

17 min
Jul 20, 2026
Nightlife Science with Charley Lineweaver

Charley Lineweaver, Astrophysicist at ANU's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, with Philip Clark on Nightlife to discuss the latest science news.

1 hr
Jul 20, 2026
The Challenge: How many men have walked on the moon?

Play The Mighty Challenge, Monday July 20 edition to see if you have the answer!

47 min
Jul 20, 2026
Nightlife Health - Dental Hygiene

How up-to-date are you with your dentist visits? Oral diseases are among the most common and costly health issues affecting Australians and the healthcare system.

15 min
Jul 20, 2026
Nightlife News Breakdown - Emily Barrett - The Saturday Paper

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Emily Barrett, Managing Editor of The Saturday Paper.

18 min
Jul 20, 2026
American Insight with Bruce Wolpe

Bruce Wolpe, Senior fellow at US Studies Centre, formerly with the Democratic staff in the US Congress in President Obama's first term, joins Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife.

12 min
Jul 20, 2026
Nightlife Travel - Ninh Binh in Vietnam

Freelance Travel Writer Fleur Bainger has recently returned from Ninh Binh and tells Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife why it's become her favourite Vietnamese destination.

33 min
Jul 18, 2026
The History Quiz: Which American car manufacturing city earned the nickname 'Motor City'?

Join guest host of Weekend Nightlife Libbi Gorr for The History Quiz, Sunday 19th of July, history of the car edition, to find out if you have the answer correct!

20 min
Jul 18, 2026
Argentina's claims to the Malvinas, nearly 45 years after the Falklands War

Argentinian players unfurled a banner declaring "The Malvinas are Argentina's" after beating England in the World Cup semi-final.

52 min
Jul 17, 2026
The Challenge: Which Greek god was the god of Atlantis?

Play The Mighty Challenge, Friday July 17 edition to find out if you have the answer correct!

31 min
Jul 17, 2026
What's the reality of weight loss drugs?

Should my weight loss be everybody's business?

30 min
Jul 17, 2026
Ten years after loss: Hannah Richell on grief, love and learning to live again

A heartbreaking story of grief, resilience and the love that endures.

14 min
Jul 16, 2026
Open Plan Living - Tips on Downsizing

The Australian Dream has always been the big family home. But with property prices painfully high, despite slow downs, many are adapting their dreams to smaller homes.

48 min
Jul 16, 2026
Motortorque with Toby Hagon

If you're trying to decide which car to buy or want to learn more about the latest EVs on the market, Motortorque can help.

59 min
Jul 16, 2026
The Challenge: What was Blondie's highest charting single in Australia?

Play The Mighty Challenge, Thursday July 16 edition to see if you have the answer!

18 min
Jul 16, 2026
Foreign Correspondent - Steven Erlanger - New York Times

Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times joins Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife from Berlin, with the latest on the conflict in the Middle East.

20 min
Jul 16, 2026
Nightlife News Breakdown - Krishani Dhanji - Guardian Australia

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Krishani Dhanji, political reporter and live blogger for Guardian Australia, based in Canberra.

10 min
Jul 15, 2026
Nightlife Health - Walking When Older

By the time the grey hairs start creeping in, we're considerably more careful and much more easily exhausted by anything but a very small walk. Ever pondered why that is?

47 min
Jul 15, 2026
The evolution of perfume and fragrances

Nightlife welcomes back perfume guru Michael Edwards, who joined Philip Clark and listeners to discuss the fascinating evolution of modern day fragrances.

12 min
Jul 15, 2026
Nightlife Economics with Ian Verrender

Oil prices are again fluctuating with the conflict in Iran dragging on especially after the MOU between Iran and the US ceased to exist. What affect is it having on the markets?

1 hr 28 min
Jul 15, 2026
The Challenge: What is the largest freshwater fish in Australia?

Play The Mighty Challenge, Wednesday July 15 edition to see if you have the answer!

21 min
Jul 15, 2026
Nightlife News Breakdown - Mark Kenny - The Canberra Times

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Mark Kenny, The Canberra Times political analyst and a professor at the ANU's Australian Studies Institute.

16 min
Jul 14, 2026
Nightlife News Breakdown - Katina Curtis - Capital Brief

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Katina Curtis, Senior Political Correspondent for Capital Brief, who has been covering federal politics for over a decade.

15 min
Jul 14, 2026
Nightlife Tech Talk with Peter Marks

Telstra’s mobile outage last week affected ATMs, electric vehicle chargers, and even country trains in Victoria. Blamed on a software bug that caused clocks to go out of sync.

45 min
Jul 14, 2026
The Light on the Hill - Labor's Expansive History

Award-winning historian and speaker, Ross McMullin on his updated version of The Light on the Hill, with Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife, the expansive history that he has painstakingly researched.

1 hr 9 min
Jul 14, 2026
The Challenge: Which Greek-American soprano was known as La Divina?

Play The Mighty Challenge, Tuesday July 14 edition to see if you have the answer!

48 min
Jul 13, 2026
Liver Health

The Liver is the largest gland in our bodies, quite vital for regulation of our blood, disposal of toxins and a range of other metabolic functions. How do we keep it healthy?

20 min
Jul 13, 2026
Nightlife News Breakdown - Michael Pascoe - Michael West Media

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Michael Pascoe, Independent commentator filing for Michael West Media & author of The Summertime of Our Dreams.

1 hr 5 min
Jul 13, 2026
The Challenge: How many players are there in a field hockey team?

Play The Mighty Challenge, Monday July 13 edition to see if you have the answer!

12 min
Jul 13, 2026
Nightlife Science with Dan Lambeth

China has successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform in the hope of breaking US dominance in reusable rockets.

15 min
Jul 13, 2026
Nightlife History - Australia's First Airline Hijacking

Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife are joined by Michael Adams, Creator and Host of the Forgotten Australia podcast to peer into the cockpit that night, and discover the dramatic ending.

21 min
Jul 13, 2026
American Insight with Ray Bonner

Former foreign correspondent with New York Times, Pulitzer and Emmy award winner, Ray Bonner joined Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife with all the latest news from the US.

16 min
Jul 13, 2026
Nightlife Travel - The Keys of Gold in Bendigo

Nightlife listeners and Philip Clark are joined by Thomas Heywood, an internationally lauded organist described by one German critic as the "Iron Man" of the organ world.

53 min
Jul 12, 2026
The History Quiz: What's the name of Dame Edna's long-suffering bridesmaid?

Join Weekend Nightlife guest presenter Libbi Gorr for The History Quiz, Sunday 12th of July, Australian comedy TV edition, to find out if you have the answer correct!

1 hr 1 min
Jul 10, 2026
The Challenge: Warrang is the Dharug name for which city?

Play The Mighty Challenge, Friday July 10 edition to find out if you have the answer correct!

27 min
Jul 10, 2026
Bringing untold stories like Evonne Goolagong to the screen

Screenwriter and co-creator of the Goolagong mini-series Megan Simpson Huberman joins Libbi Gorr.

15 min
Jul 9, 2026
Snakes - Climate Change and Rising Bite-Death Numbers

The risk of snakebites is still increasing across the world as reptiles shift their habitats to cope with rising temperatures and growing human pressures.

48 min
Jul 9, 2026
Will AI take over the world?

AI has become a pervasive feature almost overnight. The rapid rise of AI is creating widespread fears that the technology will take away jobs, especially white-collar ones.

20 min
Jul 9, 2026
Nightlife News Breakdown - John Black - Australian Development Strategies

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by John Black of political profiling firm Australian Development Strategies, with the latest news and issues.

57 min
Jul 9, 2026
The Challenge: The tomato is a member of which plant family?

Play The Mighty Challenge, Thursday July 9 edition to see if you have the answer!

13 min
Jul 9, 2026
International Affairs - Laura Tingle

ABC's Global Affairs Editor, Laura Tingle, with Philip Clark and the latest developments in the Middle East, and where to from here on Nightlife International Affairs.

18 min
Jul 8, 2026
Why do we sweat?

Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Sanjay Sharma explains why sweat is important.

54 min
Jul 8, 2026
The Mighty Challenge: Bluey is set in which Australian city?

Are you into your trivia? Calling all connoisseurs of cryptic to the ONLY quiz played live, all around Australia...Join Nightlife and Christine Layton for The Mighty Challenge!

14 min
Jul 8, 2026
Economics with Ian Verrender

ABC's chief business correspondent Ian Verrender has been looking into Bitcoin's slump.

33 min
Jul 8, 2026
Deconstructing mistakes

Tell me about the BEST mistake you ever made... did you call someone by accident? Did you stumble into the wrong meeting room?

19 min
Jul 8, 2026
Nightlife News Breakdown - Amy Remeikis - the Australia Institute

It was a day of disrupted communications and services across the nation today, with Telstra the latest telco to suffer an outage which it attributed to some faulty timing nodes on its network.

47 min
Jul 7, 2026
Economics and Finance with Saul Eslake

Saul Eslake, an independent economist, with Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife with the latest on new tax changes, house prices, productivity and which states are faring better.

16 min
Jul 7, 2026
Nightlife News Breakdown - Clare Armstrong - ABC News

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Clare Armstrong, the ABC's chief digital political correspondent, based at Parliament House in Canberra.