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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · 9d

America needs more Dolly Partons - my latest column

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How Dolly Parton can save Trump’s America

The US is a nation crippled by mutual loathing. But no-one can find a bad word to say about the celebrated country singer.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Aug 30

Code red for democracy - my interview with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa on the death of democracy - ABC listen

Under the authoritarian rule of President Rodriguez Duterte in The Philippines, Maria Ressa was targeted online, and had 11 arrest warrants out for her in just over a year. Since then, Duterte has be...

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Aug 30

The updated edition of The Forever War - with chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 campaign - is out in time for Father’s Day.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Trump summer. His presidency in full. My long read on a highly chaotic and highly consequential few months.

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Trump's presidency is fast turning into one of the most consequential in decades

Returning to the US for the first time in four years, I found a country that didn't want to talk about politics, despite being in the eye of the Trump storm.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Jul 27

Delighted that this is now out in the wild - the updated edition of The Forever War: America's Unending Conflicting with Itself.

A new chapter on Trump 2.0, and a new forward on the 2024 presidential election. It's the 250 year story of the rise of Donald Trump.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Jun 7

I post this every year to mark her birthday - a letter to our beautiful daughter Honor. Five years on, she remains an absolute delight - a real joybringer. If I had to pick one piece from my career with the BBC, this would be it.

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A letter to our newborn American daughter - BBC News

You gulped your first lungfuls of air as protesters across America chanted: "I can't breathe."

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Jun 4

It’s a year since The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself was published. Huge thanks to all those who have read it, listened to it or watched me blather on about it. The book is the 250 year backstory of Donald Trump. 📷 Hugh Stewart

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 25

Always a great pleasure to do the Sydney Writers Festival - feels now like a home fixture. And great to share the stage with Barrie Cassidy, Emma Shortis and Peter Beinart

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 16

A packed Saturday Extra - Donald Trump with Thomas Friedman; Middle East @rmslim; the mushroom case with @thomashayes, a local reporter covering his first trial; Oz politics with two historians Judith Brett and @fbongiornoanu Eurovision @dreurovision

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Saturday Extra with Nick Bryant - ABC listen

Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 11

From Donald Trump we get ‘the weave.’ From Peter Dutton we got the unraveling. Voters rejected Americanisation and carried out a collective act of Australianisation.

Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 11

Australia voted for its politics to remain Australian, using its uniquely Australian model of democracy to re-elect an emphatically Australian prime minister. (And Peter Dutton was more Ron DeSantis than Donald Trump.) My latest.

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Spooked by Trump, Aussies stayed close to home and chose ‘dinky-di’ Albo

Voters rejected the Americanisation of our politics, choosing a leader who is characteristically and authentically Australian.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 11

Australia voted for its politics to remain Australian, using its uniquely Australian model of democracy to re-elect an emphatically Australian prime minister. (And Peter Dutton was more Ron DeSantis than Donald Trump.) My latest.

www.smh.com.au/national/spo...

Spooked by Trump, Aussies stayed close to home and chose ‘dinky-di’ Albo

Voters rejected the Americanisation of our politics, choosing a leader who is characteristically and authentically Australian.

www.smh.com.au

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 10

ABC Saturday Extra - Gaza war with former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert; an American pope - Scott Stephens @ABCReligion; Indo-Pakistan - @MichaelKugelman; historical roots of Donald Trump - @sarahchurchwell; Australian election fallout @markgkenny @janeenorman www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Ehud Olmert's peace plan at Jerusalem Peace Summit - ABC listen

Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 8

Thank you Helen. I hope it makes sense of things.

Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 7

Thrilled to be at the Australian book industry awards where The Forever War is up for non-fiction book of the year. And honored to be on shortlist of great authors.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 3

In an election where Australians said they wanted their politics to remain Australian, Anthony Albanese benefited from being authentically and emphatically Aussie. Given the scale of his win, he could become the first PM since John Howard to have the word era attached to his name

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 3

Anti-Trumpism, in Australia and Canada at least, has become a more powerful political force than anti-incumbency.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 2

Saturday Extra Election Special - packed programme, with a health check on Australian democracy - and listen until the end for a national treasure. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Australia Votes: Election Day 2025 - ABC listen

Nick Bryant head to the marginal seat of Bennelong in Sydney and does a health check on the state of Australian democracy with the ANU's Dr Jill Sheppard and Iain Walker from NewDemocracy Foundation. ...

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Apr 24

The Economist hasn’t been pulling any punches

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Apr 22

Thrilled to make this shortlist - the books nominated by the booksellers themselves.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Apr 19

On Saturday Extra, Trump vs Harvard, South Africa, Hanan Khashoggi on her murdered husband, Jamal, campaign 2025 and Colum McCann.

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Harvard v. Trump and Irish author Colum McCann - ABC listen

The showdown between America's elite university and the Trump administration has begun... who will come out on top? Join Nick as well for an emotional interview with the widow of murdered journalist...

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Apr 17

It’s great to see the new movie The Correspondent getting such brilliant reviews. They are richly deserved. The story of the imprisoned journalist @PeterGreste portrayed by Richard Roxburgh. It was a treat to interview them both on Saturday Extra.

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The Correspondent: Richard Roxburgh plays Peter Greste - ABC listen

Based on the true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste's imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, The Correspondent is a gripping thriller about journalism caught in political conflict. While wor...

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Apr 7

We need to rethink the very concept of US isolationism. Conventionally, isolationism has been perceived of as an active American choice.
In the Trump era, however, US isolationism is increasingly being imposed on America from outside.

Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Apr 5

The Upending -my long read on how Donald Trump’s post-American world marks a return to the pre-American world.

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We may be seeing the start of the 'anti-America century'

Some of America’s strongest allies are rethinking their relationship as Donald Trump’s isolationism threats to entirely remake the West.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Apr 5

The Upending -my long read on how Donald Trump’s post-American world marks a return to the pre-American world.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

We may be seeing the start of the 'anti-America century'

Some of America’s strongest allies are rethinking their relationship as Donald Trump’s isolationism threats to entirely remake the West.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Apr 5

A packed Saturday Extra.
Market mayhem with Warwick McKibbin
Myanmar @yogital;
The new film The Correspondent @PeterGreste Richard Roxburgh
Adelaide Cabaret Festival at 25 Virginia Gay
Australian election @ccroucher9 @katinacurtis.bsky.social

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Saturday Extra with Nick Bryant - ABC listen

Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · Mar 19

Thsnks Robbie.