Plus: Can a wall of trees stop the desert in its tracks?
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If you travel out to remote communities across Central Australia, you'll probably hear desert reggae blaring from car stereos and smartphones. These brassy chords and floating keyboard sounds owe a lot to a legendary South African musician called Lucky Dube. So, who was this reggae star and how did he become "bigger than the Beatles" in the Western Desert? Plus: Jung Chang joins Late Night Live to discuss her latest book: Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister.
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| It borrows its name from the massive stone structure built by the Qin Dynasty. But the purpose of the Green Great Wall is not to hold back the barbarians — it's to stop the ever-encroaching deserts.
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| While he might have been relatively unknown across most of the country, in the remote Aboriginal communities of Central Australia, Lucky Dube was “bigger than the Beatles”. And he left a legacy on the music of the Western Desert – desert reggae.
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| Historically, there has been a particular kind of mocking disdain reserved for female fandom — a disdain rarely applied to screaming male fans at a football match. It's a distinction that both fascinated and frustrated writer and performer Yve Blake.
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| Australians have the world's second largest household debts. We know it, we worry about it, and there is increasing evidence it is changing our way of life. So, where's all this borrowed money going?
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