Hi podcast listeners today on the show my conversation with one of Australia's most prominent

commentators Waleid Ali so interesting to hear him say how he thinks the reckoning following the Christ

church massacre may impact the upcoming Australian elections.

Then, a deep dive with the writer and actor Heidi Schregg as she tells me about her hit Broadway play,

what the Constitution means to me, and how her family have inspired

her comedy.

And Alicia talks to New Yorker journalist Ben Taub about his latest work profiling a man who's been held in Guantanamo prison for more

than a decade.

Enjoy the show and. I'm Christina Manpur in London. Extreme

acts of violence can change the fabric of a nation. Think 9-11 in the United

States and New Zealand since the March massacre at two mosques in Christchurch.

That caused an immediate change to tighten up gun laws there.

And in neighboring Australia, where the shooter came from, a new dialogue

has emerged about how race-bating and xenophobia have hijacked political discourse. As Australia

gears up for elections, the public appears to be pushing back, calling for far-right politicians

to be expelled from the nation's parliament.

Walid Ali is one of the country's most prominent commentators and his powerful monologue following

the Christchurch massacres captured the hearts and minds of millions of people.

Now we understand this is not a game. Terrorism doesn't choose its victims selectively.

That we are one community and that everything we say to try to tear people apart

demonize particular groups set them against each other that all has consequences

even if we're not the ones with our fingers on the trigger.

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