Uncommon Sense
462 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -A weekly conversation about politics and current events, international affairs, history, art, books, and the natural world, to illuminate the issues faced by society and explore them in new ways – presented by Amy Mullins.
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Gabriel Shipton On The Ongoing Fight To Free His Brother Julian Assange
March 26, 2024 01:00 - 32 minutes - 74.2 MBJulian Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton joined Amy Mullins to update us as to Julian's state of mind and health ahead of the UK High Court's impending decision, which is to be handed down tonight 9.30pm AEDT (10.30am London time). The court will decide whether Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange will be able to appeal the decision to extradite him from Britain to the United States where he faces 18 charges for publishing US military documents and diplomatic cables and u...
Angela Saini On The Patriarchs – How Men Came to Rule
March 05, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBFor International Women's Day, award-winning author and science journalist Angela Saini joins Amy from New York to talk about her latest book, The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule. Angela delves into the origins of "the patriarchy" and gendered oppression and finds that patriarchal societies are a far more recent historical development than we might imagine. She also talks about our fascination with matriarchy and women-led matrilineal societies and reveals that many different types...
Environment News With Graham Readfearn; Angela Saini On The Patriarchs – How Men Came to Rule; Adrian Martin On Godard's Cinematic Masterpiece, LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963)
March 05, 2024 01:00 - 2 hours - 150 MBGraham Readfearn, the Guardian Australia’s Environment Reporter gives us the latest on local and global environmental news, including a coral bleaching event taking place right now on the Great Barrier Reef. He also tells us about Antarctica’s sea ice reaching alarmingly low levels, a mystery paralysis syndrome afflicting lorikeet populations, and his podcast series, Weight of the World – the climate scientists who saw the crisis coming. For International Women's Day, award-winning...
Adrian Martin On Jean-Luc Godard's Cinematic Masterpiece, LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963)
March 05, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBRenowned Australian-born film critic Adrian Martin joins Amy to discuss the brilliance of Jean-Luc Godard’s cinematic masterpiece, LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963), starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, and Fritz Lang. Filmed in Capri, Italy, LE MÉPRIS depicts the breakdown of a marriage, but it is also about much more than that as you'll hear. It has been newly restored in 4k and is having its Australian premiere at Europa Europa Film Festival in Melbourne...
Richard Denniss On The Simple Truth About Tax Reform; Photojournalist Andrew Quilty On 9 Years In Afghanistan; US Politics With Emma Shortis
February 27, 2024 01:00 - 2 hours - 93.5 MBDr Richard Denniss, Executive Director of The Australia Institute talks about his new essay in The Monthly on tax reform – Richard says tax reform is about democracy, not economics, and reforms should not be centred on what we want, but on who we want to be. He also talks about the intertwined issues of rising company profits, interest rates, the supermarket duopoly, and price gouging. Award-winning photojournalist Andrew Quilty joins Amy for an in-depth conversation about his lates...
Andrew Quilty Reflects On 9 Years As A Photojournalist In Afghanistan
February 27, 2024 01:00 - 53 minutes - 55.3 MBAward-winning photojournalist Andrew Quilty joins host Amy Mullins for an in-depth conversation about his latest book, This Is Afghanistan: 2014–2021. The stunning book is a visual record of the nine years Andrew spent living and working in the complex, beautiful, and war-torn country. Andrew talks about his experiences photographing the War in Afghanistan, capturing life, destruction, conflict and the natural landscape. You can view some of Andrew's work on his website, including s...
The Fish Creek Football Netball Club Rebuilds
February 20, 2024 01:00 - 38 minutes - 87.4 MBAmy speaks with Ray Stefani, Co-President of the Fish Creek Football Netball Club. They chat about the small and very special farming town of Fish Creek in South Gippsland and the footy club’s long and successful history. The Fish Creek Football Netball Club is the most successful country footy club in the state, with its Seniors team winning 37 premierships since its inception in 1903 (well 38, really...). They also talk about the devastating fire that destroyed their clubhouse and...
The Campaign To Save Ballara – Alfred Deakin's Historic Point Lonsdale Home
February 20, 2024 01:00 - 51 minutes - 50.9 MBAmy speaks with Tom Harley, great grandson of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, and Emeritus Professor of Politics Judith Brett. They talk about the Save Ballara campaign, which is under threat of auction and development. Tom is seeking to protect the 1.68 hectare bush garden and historic home of Australia’s second Prime Minister Alfred Deakin. Ballara is a unique early 20th century bungalow home, inspired by Californian and Colonial Indian architectural styles. It was designed b...
Nick Feik On Tasmania's Child Sexual Abuse Scandal; The Campaign To Save Ballara – Alfred Deakin's Historic Home; The Fish Creek Footy Club Rebuilds
February 20, 2024 01:00 - 2 hours - 131 MBPlease note the first interview of this episode contains topics that may distress some listeners, including allegations of child sexual abuse and harm to children. Please see helpline information below. Host Amy Mullins speaks with Nick Feik, freelance journalist and former editor of The Monthly, about his essay in The Monthly which details his own investigations and the findings of a Tasmanian commission of inquiry that uncovered decades of abuse towards young people in the state'...
Greg Jericho On Tax "Reform" In Australia & Stage 3 Tax Cuts; Sara Dowse On The History Surrounding Israel's War On Gaza; Remembering John Pilger
February 06, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBAmy Mullins returns to the airwaves. She speaks with Greg Jericho, Guardian columnist and Chief Economist for The Australia Institute, who dives into tax "reform" and the Stage 3 tax cut changes announced by the Albanese Labor government, as well as Australia's slowing inflation and the extent of the RBA's role in controlling it. Born in Chicago in 1938, author, artist, feminist, and commentator Sara Dowse speaks in-depth about her Jewish family history and how it is intertwined w...
Remembering John Pilger (1939–2023)
February 06, 2024 01:00 - 26 minutes - 60.2 MBWe remember John Pilger, renowned Australian-born independent journalist and filmmaker, who passed away on 30 December 2023, by re-airing an interview Amy conducted with John at the Triple R studios in February 2017 on his prescient documentary, The Coming War On China (free to watch here).
Sara Dowse On The History Surrounding Israel's War On Gaza
February 06, 2024 01:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MBBorn in Chicago in 1938, author, artist, feminist, and commentator Sara Dowse speaks in-depth about her Jewish family history and how it is intertwined with the history of Zionism and specifically the dissenting voices within it who disagreed with the establishment of the state of Israel at the expense of Palestinians – those such as Asher Hirsch Ginsberg who wrote under the pen name Ahad Ha’am ("man of the people"). You can read Sara's columns for John Menadue's Pearls and Irritati...
The Disability Royal Commission & Its Findings; Is China Is A Genuine Threat To Australia?; Melbourne Ghost Signs & Protecting Chiltern's Archival Heritage
October 24, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 132 MBEl Gibbs, writer, disability advocate, and editor of Bluntshovels.au joins Amy to talk about the Disability Royal Commission's final report. The commissioner's handed down their their 222 recommendations in September after extensive hearings detailing the violence, abuse, and neglect of disabled people in Australia. El analyses the Royal Commission's activities, its findings, and what should happen next. She also addresses the ongoing COVID impacts on disabled and chronically ill pe...
James Curran Explains Whether China Is A Genuine Threat To Australia
October 24, 2023 01:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MBJames Curran, international editor of the Australian Financial Review and Professor of Modern History at the University of Sydney, speaks in-depth about his latest essay for Australian Foreign Affairs, 'Excess Baggage: Is China A Genuine Threat To Australia?' James writes that, "Australia’s fears of China... are profoundly shaped by what is being said and discussed in Washington." Are Australia's fears largely unfounded? What are China's intentions toward Taiwan? What is the United ...
Don Watson & Chris Wallace On Federal Politics; The 70th Anniversary Of Britain's Atomic Tests At Emu Field; Claire Deak On Recovering Women Composers Of The Baroque
October 17, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 159 MBDon Watson and Chris Wallace analyse the outcome of the Voice to Parliament referendum in-depth. They also examine Australia's response to the Israel-Palestine conflict and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and Labor's unwavering support of AUKUS, as outlined in Don's recent essay in The Monthly. Don Watson is an award-winning author and former speechwriter to Paul Keating. His books include, Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of P...
Claire Deak On Her Album Sotto Voce – Recovering & Reimagining The Work Of Baroque Women Composers
October 17, 2023 01:00 - 30 minutes - 68.8 MBMelbourne-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Claire Deak talks about her debut solo album, Sotto Voce, and the two women composers of the Baroque whose music she recovered and reimagined – Francesca Caccini (1587-c. 1645) and Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677). Some of their compositions are intuitively sensed and worked into new compositions by Claire using a range of Baroque and modern instruments, as well as innovative modern and analogue recording techniques that bend our concept...
The 70th Anniversary Of Britain's Forgotten Atomic Tests At Emu Field
October 17, 2023 01:00 - 54 minutes - 125 MBTo mark the 70th anniversary of Britain's atomic tests at Emu Field in South Australia – the first on terrestrial land in Australia – author and academic Dr Elizabeth Tynan speaks about her book, The Secret of Emu Field: Britain’s forgotten atomic tests in Australia. It was at Emu Field, SA on October 15, 1953 that a terrifying black mist spread across the land after an atomic bomb detonation (Totem 1), bringing death and sickness to Aboriginal people and other people in its path. S...
Understanding The Voice To Parliament With Thomas Mayo & Kerry O'Brien; What Are Australian Philosophers Thinking?; US Politics With Emma Shortis
October 10, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 138 MBIndigenous leader Thomas Mayo and award-winning journalist Kerry O'Brien sit down with Amy for a special in-depth conversation about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, which Australians will vote on in a referendum this Saturday 14th October 2023. Thomas and Kerry explain the history behind the Voice, why we should support it, and the consequences if we don't. They also debunk the many myths and misconceptions around it. Thomas Mayo is a proud Kaurareg Ab...
The Voice Referendum Roundtable With Daniel James & Rachel Withers; David Marr On Killing For Country; Greg Champion Sings Footy Songs & Reflects On The AFL Grand Final
October 03, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 137 MBTriple R's very own Daniel James and The Monthly's Rachel Withers sit down with Amy to delve into the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, providing an analysis and answer to every question you might have about it before you vote at the upcoming referendum. Daniel James is a Yorta Yorta man, writer, broadcaster, and host of The Mission on 3RRR. Rachel Withers is Contributing Editor of The Monthly and columnist for The Politics. Acclaimed writer and journalist David Marr speaks in-depth a...
David Marr On Killing For Country – Australia's Frontier Wars And The Queensland Native Police
October 03, 2023 01:00 - 37 minutes - 38.4 MBAcclaimed writer and journalist David Marr speaks in-depth about his new book, Killing for Country: A Family Story, which details Marr's great-great grandfather Reg Uhr's involvement in Australia's frontier wars of the nineteenth century as an officer of the Queensland Native Police. Uhr also recruited his two sons into the Native Police. Marr explains how the dispossession of land and massacres of Aboriginal people occurred and how they fought back. He also explains the historical ...
Federal Politics With Chris Wallace; German Forester Peter Wohlleben On The Power Of Trees; Sonya Takau & Alix Livingstone On Why The Dingo Must Be Protected
September 26, 2023 02:00 - 2 hours - 279 MBProfessor Chris Wallace from the University of Canberra talks federal politics, including the latest developments in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum campaign, the widely criticised and newly announced COVID-19 inquiry, and reporting on the Home Affairs Secretary who has stepped aside while an investigation is conducted by the APS Commissioner. Amy's first ever interview for Uncommon Sense was with Peter Wohlleben about his debut book, The Hidden Life of Trees. Now, t...
German Forester Peter Wohlleben On The Power Of Trees & Ancient Forests
September 26, 2023 02:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBAmy's first ever interview for Uncommon Sense was with Peter Wohlleben about his debut book, The Hidden Life of Trees. Now, the German forester, conservationist, and best-selling author returns to discuss his latest book, The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them. Amy and Peter delve into a wide-range of themes from the book. He reveals how together trees can create their own climate and weather systems, how trees communicate with birds and insects to prot...
Micheline Lee on Disability, Humanity And The NDIS
September 19, 2023 02:00 - 52 minutes - 47 MBAuthor and former human rights lawyer Micheline Lee delves into the issues raised in her Quarterly Essay, Lifeboat: Disability, Humanity and the NDIS. Micheline explains that the NDIS, for all its good intentions, has not understood people with disabilities well enough. While government thought the market could do its job, a caring society cannot be outsourced.
Federal Politics With Rachel Withers; Micheline Lee on Disability, Humanity And The NDIS; Geelong's Native Grasslands Under Threat
September 19, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBThe Politics' Rachel Withers joins Amy to talk federal politics, including the latest developments on the Voice referendum campaign. Micheline Lee delves into the issues raised in her Quarterly Essay, Lifeboat: Disability, Humanity and the NDIS. Micheline explains that the NDIS, for all its good intentions, has not understood people with disabilities well enough. While government thought the market could do its job, a caring society cannot be outsourced. Dr Adrian Marshall of the Gr...
Federal Politics With Nick Feik; Why 21st Century Virtues Are Failing Us And Our Democracy; How Great Was Catherine The Great?
September 05, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBNick Feik, freelance journalist and former editor of The Monthly explains why the federal Labor government's response to the 2023 Intergenerational Report and the climate crisis is a sad joke on us all. He also tells us about the lack of whistleblower protections and the newly launched, The Whistleblower Project, Australia’s first dedicated legal service to protect and empower whistleblowers who want to speak up about wrongdoing, offering pro bono legal support and advice for whistl...
Lucinda Holdforth On Why 21st Century Virtues Are Failing Us
September 05, 2023 02:00 - 49 minutes - 66.5 MBLucinda Holdforth, speechwriter and author, tells us what's wrong with 21st century virtues, like Authenticity, Vulnerability, Humility, Self-Care, Empathy, and Transparency, and how they've been captured by neoliberal thinking. Lucinda believes the quest for these attributes encourage people to put self before community and have replaced Courage, Truthfulness, and Integrity. To ensure a healthy democracy, do we need to reconsider what we think of as admirable traits in ourselves? L...
Rembrandt: True To Life – His Prints, Drawings & Paintings At The NGV
August 22, 2023 02:00 - 57 minutes - 51.8 MBThe NGV’s Cathy Leahy, Senior Curator of Prints & Drawings and Conservator of Paintings Caitlin Breare join Amy to discuss the exhibition, Rembrandt: True to Life, featuring the work of 17th century Dutch master, Rembrandt van Rijn. They give us insights into Rembrandt's fascinating life, his print-making, oil paintings, and drawing practice, as well as the pioneering materials and techniques he used. We discuss several of Rembrandt''s works in the exhibition and what they tell us a...
Graham Readfearn With A Global Environment Update; Rembrandt: True To Life – His Prints, Drawings & Paintings At The NGV; Tim Ross On Why He Loves Modernist Architecture
August 22, 2023 02:00 - 2 hours - 126 MBAmy Mullins returns to the airwaves. The Guardian Australia's Graham Readfearn delves into the latest global environment news, including a mass coral bleaching event happening across the Americas, UNESCO's determination on the health of the Great Barrier Reef, Antarctic sea ice at historic lows, and more. The NGV’s Cathy Leahy, Senior Curator of Prints & Drawings and Conservator of Paintings Caitlin Breare join Amy to discuss their exhibition, Rembrandt: True to Life, featuring the ...
Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien With All The Detail You Need On The Voice To Parliament
May 30, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBIndigenous leader and 'Voice' advocate Thomas Mayo and award-winning journalist Kerry O'Brien sit down with Amy for a special in-depth conversation about the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, which the country will vote on in a referendum later this year. Thomas and Kerry explain the history behind the Voice and why we should support it. They also debunk some of the myths and misconceptions around it. Their Voice to Parliament Handbook: All The Deta...
US Politics With Emma Shortis; Thomas Mayo And Kerry O'Brien With All The Detail You Need On The Voice To Parliament; Inequality In China And Its Intimate Consequences
May 30, 2023 02:00 - 2 hours - 124 MBHistorian Dr Emma Shortis talks about the latest in US politics, including the US debt ceiling crisis. Emma is a Research Fellow at the EU Centre of Excellence at RMIT. Indigenous leader and 'Voice' advocate Thomas Mayo and award-winning journalist Kerry O'Brien sit down with Amy for a special in-depth conversation about the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, which the country will vote on in a referendum later this year. Thomas and Kerry explain t...
The End Of Native Forest Logging In Victoria With David Lindenmayer
May 23, 2023 02:00 - 20 minutes - 46.8 MBWorld renowned forest scientist Professor David Lindenmayer discusses the breaking news that the Andrews Labor state government has announced that Victoria will end native forest logging and native forest timber production by January 2024 – 6 years ahead of schedule. David talks about the decades long campaign to end native forest logging in Victoria and the economics and science that supports ceasing it. After being promised a Great Forest National Park in 2014, David shares why we...
Australia’s Welfare System With Luke Henriques-Gomes; Alison Pouliot’s Encounters With Fungi; The End Of Native Forest Logging In Victoria With David Lindenmayer
May 23, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBLuke Henriques-Gomes, Guardian Australia’s social affairs and inequality editor, delves into the urgent issues of inequality in Australia and the latest developments in the social security system, including the rate changes to JobSeeker, program changes to ParentsNext, the significant difficulties for people seeking to access the Disability Support Payment, and more. Ecologist, natural historian, and environmental photographer Alison Pouliot returns to discuss her fascinating ne...
Alison Pouliot’s Encounters With Fungi
May 23, 2023 02:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBEcologist, natural historian, and environmental photographer Alison Pouliot returns to discuss her fascinating new book, Underground Lovers: Encounters with Fungi. Alison takes us into the fungi kingdom and shares her vast knowledge and global experiences of fungi with us. She talks about the conservation of fungi, indigenous uses of fungi, the role of women in fungal lore, and much more.
Federal Budget Analysis With Chris Wallace and Rachel Withers; Dorothy Wickham On The Realities Of Life And Politics In Solomon Islands; Nature Sound Recordist Andrew Skeoch On How To Listen Deeply To Nature
May 16, 2023 02:00 - 2 hours - 129 MBAmy returns with a federal budget analysis and is joined by politics regulars Chris Wallace and Rachel Withers. Solomon Islander journalist Dorothy Wickham speaks from Honiara about what life is really like in Solomon Islands. She explains the political realities and domestic concerns of Solomon Islanders as their country finds itself in the middle of a geopolitical tussle between China, the US and Australia. Dorothy is editor at the Melanesian News Network and her latest essay is...
Dorothy Wickham On The Realities Of Life And Politics In Solomon Islands
May 16, 2023 02:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBSolomon Islander journalist Dorothy Wickham speaks from Honiara about what life is really like in Solomon Islands. She explains the political realities and domestic concerns of Solomon Islanders as their country finds itself in the middle of a geopolitical tussle between China, the US and Australia. Dorothy is editor at the Melanesian News Network and her latest essay, 'The View From Solomon Islands: Our Priority Is Running Water, Not Geopolitics' is published in Australian Foreign ...
Rachel Withers On The Voice To Parliament; Bob Brown Reflects On His Life, Activism And Connection To Nature; Hugh White On AUKUS And Whether Penny Wong Can Prevent Us From Going To War
April 18, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBRachel Withers, The Politics Columnist and Contributing Editor of The Monthly speaks about the latest developments on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Former Leader of the Australian Greens, environmentalist, and giant of the conservation movement Bob Brown speaks in-depth with host Amy Mullins. In a wide-ranging and deep conversation, Bob reflects on his life of activism, protest, and deep personal connection with nature including the giant native trees of Tasmania, as depicte...
Bob Brown, Giant Of The Conservation Movement, Reflects On His Life, Activism & Connection To Nature
April 18, 2023 02:00 - 38 minutes - 88 MBFormer Leader of the Australian Greens, environmentalist, and giant of the conservation movement Bob Brown speaks in-depth with Amy Mullins. In a wide-ranging conversation, Bob reflects on his life of activism, protest, and deep personal connection with nature including the giant native trees of Tasmania, as depicted in an inspiring documentary, THE GIANTS (in cinemas April 20). The film interweaves Bob’s story with the life cycle of the ancient trees he is fighting for. In this con...
Pianist Sophie Hutchings And Organiser Sofia Ilyas Talk All Things Piano Day
March 28, 2023 01:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MBIt's Piano Day across the world on Wednesday 29th March 2023. Composer and contemporary classical pianist Sophie Hutchings and FLOAT Founder and Piano Day organiser Sofia Ilyas speak with host Amy Mullins as they delve into their love for the piano and contemporary piano music in its many forms. An annual worldwide celebration of the piano, Piano Day is held on the 88th day of the year in reference to the 88 keys on a standard piano. Sofia explains the origins of Piano Day in her ki...
Nick Feik On The Great Australian Climate Policy Swindle; Pianist Sophie Hutchings And Organiser Sofia Ilyas Talk All Things Piano Day; Graham Readfearn With The Latest Environment News
March 28, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 119 MBNick Feik, former editor of The Monthly returns to speak about how federal Australian climate policy has been reverse-engineered to protect the interests of the fossil-fuel industry. He takes us through the issues with Labor's climate policy and the details of the safeguard mechanism, as outlined in his latest essay for The Monthly. After extensive negotiations, the safeguard mechanism bill is set to pass the lower house with amendments and the support of the Greens, and then go to ...
Brian Toohey And Emma Shortis Delve Into The Problems With AUKUS And Nuclear Submarines
March 21, 2023 01:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBHistorian Dr Emma Shortis and veteran political journalist Brian Toohey delve into the multi-faceted problems with the AUKUS alliance, Australia's $368 billion nuclear submarines announcement, and former PM Paul Keating's significant intervention in the debate at the National Press Club. They draw out and explore the big picture strategic issues Keating raised. Brian has been writing extensively on national security since 1973.
Emily Millane On The History of Superannuation, Brian Toohey And Emma Shortis On The Problems With AUKUS And Nuclear Submarines, Andrew Hansen On His Thrifty Comedy Show
March 21, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBDr Emily Millane, Economic Security and Governance Lead at Impact Economics and Policy, speaks in-depth about the history of superannuation policy in Australia, the reluctance of governments to tackle major tax reform, plus how the Robodebt Royal Commission has revealed a deeper problem with the way the public service now operates. Historian Dr Emma Shortis and veteran political journalist Brian Toohey delve into the multi-faceted problems with the AUKUS alliance, Australia's $368...
Federal Politics With Chris Wallace; Revisiting The Feminist Revolution With Michelle Arrow, Elizabeth Reid and Sara Dowse; Alix Biggs On Life In Kyiv, One Year Into Russia’s War On Ukraine
March 14, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 114 MBCanberra-born Alix Biggs speaks to Amy while sheltering from a major air raid conducted by Russia in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. Alix explains what life is like on the ground for everyday Ukrainians subject to regular air raid offensives with missiles and drones. She shares how Ukrainians perceive the war and the level of military and humanitarian support provided by Western countries, as well as the way Ukrainians have established a "new normal" in the country's capital. Alix also des...
Alix Biggs On Life In Kyiv, One Year Into Russia's War On Ukraine
March 14, 2023 01:00 - 43 minutes - 101 MBCanberra-born Alix Biggs speaks to Amy while sheltering from a major air raid conducted by Russia in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. Alix explains what life is like on the ground for everyday Ukrainians subject to regular air raid offensives with missiles and drones. She shares how Ukrainians perceive the war and the level of military and humanitarian support provided by Western countries, as well as the way Ukrainians have established a "new normal" in the country's capital. Alix also des...
Where Are The Women In Ancient Philosophy?
March 07, 2023 01:00 - 32 minutes - 75 MBWhy is philosophy so male-dominated? Did female philosophers exist in ancient times? (Yes.) Dr Dawn LaValle Norman talks about the presence and role of women in ancient philosophical dialogues and her project, The Diotima Prize. This playwriting competition seeks to address the lack of women featured in philosophical dialogues. Dawn explains who the priestess and philosopher Diotima was, as she appears through Socrates in Plato's The Symposium. She also tells us about other fascinat...
Federal Politics With Rachel Withers; Saving The Native Forests Of Victoria; Where Are The Women In Ancient Philosophy?
March 07, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 140 MBRachel Withers, Contributing Editor to The Monthly and columnist for The Politics chats about the latest in federal politics, including The Voice to Parliament referendum, Labor's proposed amendments to the climate change "safeguard mechanism," superannuation tax reform, and the Robodebt Royal Commission hearings. Chris Schuringa, Campaign Coordinator for Victorian Forest Alliance, speaks in-depth about the latest developments regarding native forest logging in Victoria, speaking ...
Federal Politics And The Economy With Richard Denniss; Exploring The Geoff Raby Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art; Victoria’s Proposed Digital Health Record With No Opt-Out
February 28, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 112 MBDr Richard Denniss, Executive Director of The Australia Institute, returns to discuss his latest piece in The Monthly on the failures of federal and state COVID-19 policy and Richard tells us what the real causes of inflation and rising interest rates are. There’s no risk to the economy of a wage-price spiral, rather a profit-price spiral. Dr Damian Smith, art historian, curator, and art critic, speaks about a new book he edited, The Geoff Raby Collection of Contemporary Chinese Ar...
Exploring The Geoff Raby Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art
February 28, 2023 01:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBDr Damian Smith, art historian, curator, and art critic, speaks about a new book he edited, The Geoff Raby Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art (La Trobe University Press). Dr Geoff Raby AO was Australia’s Ambassador to China between 2007 and 2011, and donated 174 contemporary Chinese art works to La Trobe University. Raby arrived in Beijing in the 1980s where he first encountered the emerging contemporary art scene and soon became an avid collector. Damian talks about the artists...
Marina Benjamin On The Unsung, Unseen, Undone Work Of Women
February 21, 2023 01:00 - 47 minutes - 53.2 MBAcclaimed London-based writer Marina Benjamin speaks in-depth about her latest memoir, A Little Give: the unsung, unseen, undone work of women (Scribe). Marina talks about these interlinked essays and verse, in which she examines in her own life the tasks once termed, ‘women’s work’. From cooking and cleaning to caring for an ageing relative, Marina shows this kind of unsung and invisible caring work is a site of paradox and conflict, but also of solace and meaning. Marina's previou...
UK politics with Andrew Walter; Marina Benjamin On The Unsung, Unseen, Undone Work Of Women; How Music Can Powerfully Evoke Nature And The Sublime
February 21, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBProfessor Andrew Walter from the University of Melbourne stops by to discuss the recent developments in Scotland with the shock resignation of long-serving First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. He also looks at the latest in UK politics and the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations with the European Union. Acclaimed London-based writer Marina Benjamin speaks in-depth about her latest memoir, A Little Give: the unsung, unseen, undone work of women (Scribe). Marina talks about these inte...
Robodebt Royal Commission With Luke Henriques-Gomes; The Battle For Victoria’s First Safe Injecting Facility; Kinsfolk Farm Talk Kitchen Gardening And Regenerative Farming
February 14, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 94.1 MBLuke Henriques-Gomes, the Guardian Australia's social affairs and inequality editor, speaks in-depth about what have learned from the Robodebt Royal Commission hearings between December 2022 and February 14, in particular the evidence from top public servants and the responsible ministers at the time. He tells us what we’ve learned so far and what we are yet to learn. The final round of hearings commence on February 20 2023. To watch the hearings, visit: robodebt.royalcommission.gov...