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The Pacific Report: Solomon Islands in focus
April 27, 2022 12:05 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBThe confirmation that the Solomon Islands have signed a security treaty with China has landed right in the middle of Australia's election campaign. But what does the treaty mean for the people of the Solomon Islands?
A year in the life of Charles Dickens - 1851
April 26, 2022 12:40 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBIn 1851, the Great Exhibition was held in London in the spectacular Crystal Palace. One person watching how this event changed London was Charles Dickens. At the peak of his powers, Charles Dickens was initially doubtful about the event, despite being one of the exhibits. Did this event change Charles Dickens, London and the world?
Laura Tingle's Election 2022 with Dr Martin Drum
April 26, 2022 12:05 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBHow the loss of high profile Liberals will impact on the election campaign in WA, is Labor's Pacific plan enough to counter Scott Morrison's claims they are weak on China and has the government abandoned its net zero by 2050 climate change policy?
The history of Australian pacifists, resisters and deserters
April 25, 2022 12:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBOften overlooked in annual Anzac Day commemorations, has been the historical strength of anti-war sentiment among Australian ex-servicemen and women from WW1 to the Gulf War. During WW1 there were 23,000 courts martial of Australian soldiers for desertion or going AWOL. This program sheds light on the many who resisted war however they could, and reveals the determination of certain leaders to continue prosecuting WW1, despite repeated chances to sett...
Sky Country: Knowledge from the world's first astronomers
April 21, 2022 12:20 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBEmerging First Nations astrophysicists Krystal de Napoli and Karlie Noon explore the connections between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental and cultural practices and the behaviour of the stars, and what must be done to preserve this knowledge into the future.
Three writers on how their country childhoods influenced them
April 20, 2022 12:20 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBRick Morton, Bridie Jabour and Farz Edraki all grew up in rural Australia and have ended up working as writers and journalists. While their experiences were all very different, they all felt like outsiders at different times in their own communities. They share some experiences from their childhood that have made them the observers and writers that they are today.
Philippa Cullen - the tragic tale of a dancer at the forefront of electronic music
April 19, 2022 12:40 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBPhilippa Cullen was an Australian dancer, choreographer and teacher in the 1960s and early 70s who was at the forefront of the electronic music scene before she died in India, aged 25.
Why can't the UN Security Council save Ukraine?
April 19, 2022 12:20 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBIt has been frustrating for most of the world to watch on as international bodies such as the United Nations Security Council and NATO have not found ways to intervene in Ukraine, despite Ukrainian President Zelensky’s pleas for intervention to happen. What is the UN Security Council, in particular, for? And why can't it be more effective?
Laura Tingle's Election 2022 with Alex Johnston
April 19, 2022 12:05 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBAnthony Albanese's gaffes continue, the campaign gets nasty over the cashless debit card and a new party launches in Tasmania.
Julian Assange begins his 4th year in Belmarsh Prison
April 18, 2022 12:20 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBFor the last three years John Shipton has campaigned tirelessly across the globe to secure the freedom of his son Julian Assange. Now as Julian enters his third year in maximum security at Belmarsh Prison, his fate is in the hands of the UK Home Secretary who still has the final say on whether Julian should be extradited to the USA to face espionage charges. The last few years of John Shipton and Stella Moris's campaign for Julian's release have been ...
Changing the climate conversation with Vanessa Nakate, Anjali Sharma and Mya-Rose Craig
April 18, 2022 12:05 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBWe speak to three impressive young women breaking down barriers and putting the voices of those most affected by the climate crisis at the front and centre of the conversation.
What does evolution sound like?
April 14, 2022 12:05 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBHave you ever wondered about the first living creature to deliberately make a noise? What can we learn from the shape of our own ears about how the first sea creatures evolved to hear. Biologist David George Haskell has though a lot about the sounds found in nature. He believes that the significance of the evolution of sound has long been underestimated and under-researched. Humans need to listen more and make less noise, because the louder humans get...
Otherworlds - prehistoric places
April 13, 2022 12:40 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBWhat were the places and periods of Deep Time actually like? A bestselling new book by first time author Thomas Halliday has been billed by writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben as: ‘as close to time travel as you are likely to get.’
Kimberley Kitching and the Magnitsky legacy
April 13, 2022 12:20 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBThe late Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching's legacy was the enactment of Magnitsky laws. But what are these laws and how are they being used against Russian oligarchs during the war in Ukraine?
What are the reasons behind the low rate of Indigenous electoral enrolment?
April 13, 2022 12:05 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBSarah Collard reports on the low rates of Indigenous Australians on the electoral roll especially in remote communities, and how does the lack of progress on reconciliation and constitutional recognition play into Indigenous disengagement with the electoral process.
Old mines and new: the strange link between Bitcoin and carbon budgets
April 12, 2022 12:40 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBA tiny town in upstate New York has is heading for a showdown between bitcoin miners and a group of citizens looking to stop the industry in its tracks.
Sri Lankan turmoil
April 12, 2022 12:20 - 16 minutes - 15 MBSri Lanka is experiencing its worst ever economic crisis. The entire cabinet resigned last week, and people can’t afford food or fuel. Protestors are focused angrily on the strongman president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. There are fears of a national collapse.
Wherever you lay your laptop, is that home?
April 11, 2022 12:40 - 17 minutes - 16 MBUnlike their earlier iterations, the digital nomad is now being welcomed across many countries as COVID has made working remotely much more acceptable and available. The digital nomad is seen as an economic asset. But what does it mean to our understanding of what home is. Is it wherever you lay your laptop?
Australia's economic choices: China dependence
April 11, 2022 12:20 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBIn the second part of this series drawing on themes discussed in Satyajit Das' new book Fortune's Fool: Australia's Choices we discuss the challenges facing China’s economy, and where this leaves Australia, given our current economic dependence on China.
Laura Tingle's Canberra
April 11, 2022 12:05 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBAnthony Albanese falls at the first hurdle, Scott Morrison has a Tudge problem and where the seats will be won and lost. Laura Tingle unpacks day one of Election 2022.
The Sassoon dynasty
April 07, 2022 12:20 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBThe Sassoon family was a dynasty of traders who had fled Baghdad as Jewish refugees, and carved out enormous wealth in India, China and the UK. They were often, by the 19th century, referred to as the Rothschilds of the East.
The case for a robust federal integrity commission and other vital reforms
April 07, 2022 12:05 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBOver the last few years instances of taxpayers’ money being spent to gain political advantage have continued to come to light. A new book makes a compelling case for the establishment of a strong national anti-corruption body and the enactment of other vital democratic reforms to restore accountability and trust.
Apollo & Thelma
April 06, 2022 12:40 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBThe story of a brother and sister duo who lived extraordinary lives. He was a showman – the Mighty Apollo. She was an outback publican. Jon Faine, best known as a broadcaster, became Apollo's lawyer in the early 1980s. His book is part memoir, part extraordinary tale, and part reflection on Australia and indigenous rights and culture.
My Fourth Time, We Drowned - Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route
April 06, 2022 12:20 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBInvestigative journalist Sally Hayden discovered acts of murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, and persecution in Libyan refugee detention centres which the UN Human Rights Council found ‘may amount to crimes against humanity'.
Ian Dunt's UK: The sale of Channel Four
April 06, 2022 12:05 - 10 minutes - 9.69 MBWhy is the UK Government planning to sell Channel Four and what has Keir Starmer achieved in his two years as the leader of the opposition.
Diagnosis normal - the impact of abuse, mental illness and neurodiversity
April 05, 2022 12:40 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBDr Emma A. Jane discusses her darkly comic memoir 'Diagnosis Normal'
Can Macron win again?
April 05, 2022 12:20 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBEmmanuel Macron became President of France in 2017 in a shock victory that overturned political conventions in France. By claiming the centre, he has pushed other political parties further to the left and right. Has he done enough to retain the trust of the people and remain President of the Republic?
What is the legacy of the golden age of the Communist Party of Australia
April 04, 2022 12:40 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBAfter Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, members of the Communist Party of Australia could now support the war against Hitler and for a brief moment they too could be patriots. The legacy of this golden era can still be felt in Australia today, despite their loss of influence in modern politics. Historian Stuart Macintyre documented the rise and fall of the Communist Party of Australia in his last book before he died in November 2021. ...
Timor-Leste's elections go to a second round
April 04, 2022 12:20 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBFollowing Timor-Leste's presidential election on the 19th of March, Nobel laureate and former president Jose Ramos-Horta looks set to make a comeback. But with no candidate achieving 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is due to be held on the 19th of April. In the meantime, the country's future hangs in the balance.
The changing face of art censorship
March 31, 2022 11:20 - 25 minutes - 23 MBFor centuries, art censorship was a top-down phenomenon. Popes, kings and dictators got to decide which artworks were politically deviant, blasphemous or obscene. But today, thanks to art activists and social media campaigns, art censorship is beginning to happen from the bottom-up.
Who needs the ABC?
March 31, 2022 11:05 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThere are plenty of platforms and voices currently criticising the ABC, but as it begins its 90th year, where are the voices recognising what the ABC achieves not only as a media organisation but also as a cultural institution.
The trailblazing, polarising AOC
March 30, 2022 11:20 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBBarely five years into her public life, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a household name not just in the United States, but around the world. A new biography traces her phenomenal rise and the effect that her polarising presence in Washington has had on both the left and the right.
Will more aid re-secure Australia's position in the Pacific?
March 30, 2022 11:05 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBThe Australian government is increasingly worried about China establishing a military presence in Solomon Islands. Meanwhile development agencies say Australia has dropped the ball on aid to the Pacific and meaningful action on climate change. So will additional measures announced in the federal budget be enough to re-secure our position in the region?
The curious history of the afterlife
March 29, 2022 11:40 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBWhether it be Saint Peter standing at the Pearly gates, Dante’s raging Inferno or the Taoist netherworld of hungry ghosts, images of the afterlife are deeply ingrained in the human psyche. Phillip takes a tour through heavens, hells and phantasmagorical lands of the dead envisioned throughout history.
Russia not the only country to use mercenaries in war
March 29, 2022 11:20 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBThere are reports Russia has been engaging a private security organisation called The Wagner Group to beef up its forces in Ukraine. But Russia is not the only state to engage in such tactics, which can be used to lower official casualty rates and deflect responsibility for acts of war.
Australia's Great Depression
March 28, 2022 11:40 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBHistorian Joan Beaumont recalls what it was like for Australians living through the dark and foreboding years of the Great Depression.
Political turmoil in Pakistan: Imran Khan faces no confidence vote
March 28, 2022 11:20 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBPakistan’s prime minister and former cricket celebrity Imran Khan faces his biggest political challenge yet, with a no-confidence motion tabled today which could see Khan ousted from power before the end of his five-year term. What’s behind the political turmoil, and what are the odds that Imran Khan will survive this challenge?
Are we alone? Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb thinks not
March 24, 2022 11:20 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBAstronomer Avi Loeb discusses the Galileo Project he has set up to monitor for interstellar objects and unidentified aerial phenomena. He also explains his theories about Oamuamua which he believes is an interstellar object from a civilisation in another galaxy.
The soldier who went too far
March 24, 2022 11:06 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBMany scandals have emerged about Australian soldiers' behaviours in recent international conflicts. In the US, one of the most controversial military figures is Eddie Gallagher. He was a Navy SEAL, and a Special Operations Chief, who was accused and acquitted of murdering a badly wounded young Islamic State prisoner in Mosul, in northern Iraq, in 2017. A new book looks at that man, and the military culture he was operating in. It asks broader q...
History of the Country Women's Association (CWA)
March 23, 2022 11:40 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBNext month is the 100th anniversary of the CWA – the Country Women’s Association - which was formed in NSW. Its reputation for scones and handcrafts belies its many other activities, which were sometimes radical for their times, and often in support of the greater needs of the nation.
Woke Capitalism: how corporate morality is sabotaging democracy
March 23, 2022 11:20 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBProfessor Carl Rhodes argues corporations are appropriating progressive causes for their own benefit, creating a polity increasingly dominated by corporate interests, ultimately standing in the way of social progress, economic equality and sovereignty of the people.
No harmony in harmony week
March 22, 2022 11:40 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBHarmony Week was developed out of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, but many people from diverse backgrounds think the reframing around "harmony" is taking the focus off their experience of racism. Sukhjit Khalsa is a slam poet, playwright and director who has developed work around growing up as a Sikh Australian. She is developing a new rap on this issue of reframing and the pigeonholing of people from di...
Lithium
March 22, 2022 11:20 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThere's a lithium boom, and the two biggest sources of lithium are Australia and Chile. We look at the very different industries in the two countries, and what's at stake for both.
The Stasi poetry circle
March 21, 2022 11:40 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBThe leaders of the East German state encouraged all the population to write and set up writing groups in factories and government departments across the country. One of the most surprising was a poetry circle established within the Stasi - the secret police who were monitoring the population's every move. Their goal was to bring down capitalism through verse. Philip Oltermann has dug through the Stasi archives to find this incredible true story. ...
An end to war: could Putin be removed, or a peace deal reached?
March 21, 2022 11:20 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBAs indiscriminate bombings continue and the number of civilian casualties grows, there is hope that Ukraine and Russia might reach a negotiated peace agreement that brings the war to a halt. If that fails, how likely is it that President Putin will be removed from power by the Russian elites themselves?
Bernard Keane's Canberra
March 21, 2022 11:05 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBLabor wins a landslide election in SA, with women leading the way, but One Nation is also on the rise.
Wendy McCarthy - a life fighting for women's rights
March 17, 2022 11:20 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBWendy McCarthy chats with Phillip about her life as an activist, a campaigner and a board member - starting from her days with the Women's Electoral Lobby in the 1970s to the recent decriminalisation of abortion in NSW.
Can you dismantle global white privilege?
March 17, 2022 11:05 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBAs countries like Australia and America struggle with racism within their countries, Chandran Nair wants us to start recognising the global white privilege which manifests in geopolitics, climate change, education, culture and even sport.
Who's telling the story?
March 16, 2022 11:40 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBThe writer Alice Pung says that ‘literature is a good place for us to share our feelings, our language, our inner lives. ‘Literature is a refuge.’ And yet, she says, when marginalised people write books, the treatment of those books can miss much of the nuance that other authors might enjoy.
IPCC warning over impact of climate change on Australian agriculture
March 16, 2022 11:20 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBThe latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change outlines disruption and decline in agricultural production and increased stress in rural communities in Australia.