Late Night Live Tuesday 4 December 2012

** Bruce Shapiro on the latest in U.S. politics

** The newly established Australian Iraq War Inquiry Group is calling for an independent investigation into why we got involved in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003

** How gardens have influenced some of the great writers and thinkers, with philosopher Damon Young

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* Why Alexander was great – even before he conquered such enormous territory http://bit.ly/VezWLJ

* Eisenhower, the overlooked but possibly most important, 20^th century American president http://bit.ly/TDpZIq

* Julian Burnside sheds light on the new/old asylum-seeker debate, and describes a policy that could work. http://goo.gl/lDhvS .

* Hyenas: the magic, myths and rituals surrounding this remarkable, but much maligned animal http://goo.gl/S5W03 .

*A fascinating journey into the human brain with psychiatrist Dr Iain McGilchrist, to understand how our brains have shaped the modern world we live in today http://goo.gl/0Ixgq .

*A reflective hour with Barry Owen Jones, Australian Living Treasure, writer and former Federal Minister for Science http://bit.ly/WmMIZM

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