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- 777 - Age of distraction
Are we living through an age of distraction and if we are what cause it? How to have a difficult conversation and how to make a decision.
Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 53min - 776 - We are electric
When talking about African history why do we use the term precolonial? The limits of libertarianism and why men are so unhappy right now. We are electric, so are plants and animals.
Mon, 08 Jan 2024 - 52min - 775 - Censorship, cold, care and concrete
Has the censorship of words gone too far? Cold blooded animals are in trouble, can a fruit fly save them? What was life like for medieval babies? Concrete built the world and now its slowly destroying it.
Mon, 01 Jan 2024 - 54min - 774 - Rotting brains and Nannaria Swiftae
Does social media really rot your brain? Why is stopping the use of coal so difficult. Australian women scientists have had a rotten deal over the years and naming plants and animals after people, good idea or not?
Mon, 25 Dec 2023 - 54min - 773 - Power -in spines, water and people
What is optimistic nihilism and why is it all the rage? How do animals gain and keep power? Just how powerful is water and why are we rewilding invertebrates?
Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 54min - 772 - It's time.
What should Indonesia do with the vast amount of nickel it produces every year? Why the Enlightenment still matters and the history of telling time. Plus would you consider serving an Australian brush turkey at Christmas lunch?
Mon, 11 Dec 2023 - 50min - 771 - Going backwards and forwards - decolonising, AI, fleets and Phar Lap
Just how difficult and dangerous is decolonisation? Is A.I. hysteria out of control and does Australia need a bigger merchant fleet? Plus the wonder that was Phar Lap.
Mon, 04 Dec 2023 - 51min - 770 - A big mistake
Has Xi Jinping made a big mistake when it comes to women in China? A year out from the US election what matters to people in Japan and Australia? It's a very big mistake to not be doing more to protect giant sequoias and it's also a mistake to blame rats for the plague.
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 - 52min - 769 - Back to earth
If you are taking the penalty kick in soccer which way would you go? What happens to your body after a year in space and just how dirty did operating theatres used to be? What's your idea of Utopia and who have you left out?
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 - 52min - 768 - Morality and meaning
Why does a Dubai Sheikh want to take control of vast amounts of land across Africa, and how will 2000 rhinos be rewilded in the next 10 years? Why do our young people not feels safe and is it possible to have a moral change of heart?
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 - 53min - 767 - The Four C's..China, communication, communism and covid
Is China living in Russia's shadow? Can we compare the Gutenberg Bible to the first iPhone? Why did so many friendships fall apart in post communist Europe and why do we name things after people? Hello Mr Coronavirus, Lady Luck is with Hurricane Tammy right now.
Mon, 06 Nov 2023 - 52min - 766 - Censorship and perspective plus lion
The censorship bureaucracy is all around us, how do we break it down? Why are we so gloomy and what is going on in the captive lion industry in South Africa? Would we better off trying to learn other peoples perspective?
Mon, 30 Oct 2023 - 53min - 765 - Cancelled and yet courageous
Who decides the circumstances behind cancelling someone? Why is America electing mostly old men. Energy transitions are difficult but we need to have one. What can we learn from past transitions? Plus tips on how to say no and mean it.
Mon, 23 Oct 2023 - 53min - 764 - China, chickens and fire
Does China have a youth unemployment problem? It does have a problem with Japan but is it real or a bit of a distraction? The world eats a lot of chickens but will eat it chicken grown in a lab? Bushfire season is upon us, will it be as devastating as the ones that have come before or might they be even worse?
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 - 52min - 763 - Disasters and decisions
Libya is cleaning up after an earthquake. Should countries who can afford it give more? What's it like to live in a city with no government? Should we still be going into space and how to make a decision when you have multiple options
Mon, 09 Oct 2023 - 53min - 762 - Got the sniffles..catching a cold from China
If China sneezes will Australia really catch a cold? Incels in Australia are becoming a problem, what can be done? East-West cooperation during the Cold War by scientists and the incredible, not finished history of charisma.
Mon, 02 Oct 2023 - 52min - 761 - Talking and taking credit.
Is the UN climate neutral? Have we lost the art of conversation with each other and it is adding to the political hate we are experiencing? How important are symbols during a war - just ask the Ukranian people about Bakhmut
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 - 53min - 760 - Guns, births and civility
Are we about to see less tanks and more drones in warfare? Should gun violence be treated as public heath issue? Is the Chinese century already over and is civility a sign of weakness? Are you in the exhausted majority or the loud minority?
Mon, 18 Sep 2023 - 51min - 759 - Teeth, a Chinese exodus and embroidery with a message
An optimistic take on the inter-generational report, stem cells that can repair teeth naturally, young Chinese men braving jungles and bandits to enter the US – spies or desperate refugees? And embroidery tells the story of South Africa's domestic violence epidemic.
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 - 52min - 758 - Argentina, EV graveyards and tackling urban loneliness through design
Argentina could be heading in a free market direction with a new and flamboyant potential leader, China’s haunting EV graveyards. How good design could make cities less lonely, and the UK’s new super sniffers.
Mon, 04 Sep 2023 - 52min - 757 - Eroding Asian democracy and the fish that saved a species
Democracy is rapidly becoming an endangered concept in South East Asia. How one tagged tuna set science right and helped save the species. Why the anti-woke shouldn’t get too close to the religious right even when they appear to be in agreement, and good biodiversity news with the discovery of two tiny new mammals.
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 - 52min - 756 - Indonesia fights a flood of plastic
How the dream of geo-engineering weather, redirecting cyclones and creating rain could turn very nasty in the wrong hands, Indonesia gets tough about accepting our old plastic, Iran's lithium discovery and how it could affect the world economy and why we need more birds in our cities.
Mon, 21 Aug 2023 - 52min - 755 - Global boiling – really?
Europe has had a record breaking fire ravaged summer but is calling it global boiling unnecessarily alarming rhetoric? Depressed dogs may need psychiatric help just like humans. PNG is suddenly looking very attractive to the US as the superpower seeks strategic advantage in the Indo Pacific . AI is set to unimaginably change our lives – but could it also affect the way we are governed? And popping the question in style.
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 - 52min - 754 - Psychonauts, Megacities and the pipe dream of EVs for all
Megacities are a glamorous idea but would anyone want to actually live in one? Psychedelics back in vogue but this time it's not peace love and music but as a treatment for depression.
Mon, 07 Aug 2023 - 54min - 753 - Critical race theory won’t solve racism
How the US secretly used women in combat in Afghanistan. 'Zombie' drug fentanyl lays waste to San Francisco. Critical Race theory dismissed as a 'pseudoscience', and why birds love our trash.
Mon, 31 Jul 2023 - 52min - 752 - Beavers, big things and our disappearing moon
Were we actually traumatised by Covid? Dr Michael Scheeringa, author of The Trouble with Trauma says the expanding definition of trauma and PTSD is affecting the world of psychology and psychiatry. Also, Irish writer Aiden Hart takes us on a trip through the big things of history, an underground movement in Britain is helping save the beaver and the moon is moving away from Earth, but no need to stop writing songs about it yet.
Mon, 24 Jul 2023 - 52min - 751 - Heresy, North Korea and the power of the diary
Cancel culture is an echo of heresy, it is encouraging fundamentalist attitudes that threaten freedom of speech. Are there signs of a social revolution in North Korea? We should remember that AI for all its cleverness is still just a tool. Diaries are often the most important record of what was really happening in an era in history.
Mon, 17 Jul 2023 - 52min - 750 - Findings, facts and food
How is the Global South responding to the war in Ukraine and rising tensions between China and The U.S? Should you retract a paper even if the findings are correct? Do bushfires change peoples perceptions on climate change? Hmmm it depends and time for a bowl of hot home made soup.
Mon, 10 Jul 2023 - 52min - 749 - Dissent and falsification
What do we think of ourselves, our nation and the future? The 2023 Lowy Institute Poll knows all. Why are we talking through and over each other and not to each other. Cancelling people isn't new so how did it happen before and why was Stalin so good at it. Plus the terrible effect bushfires have on invertebrates.
Mon, 03 Jul 2023 - 52min - 748 - Being duped
Who is Xi Jinping? What was his childhood like and how much has it effected the man he has become? NATO Is moving into the Indo-Pacific, what does that mean? Nobody likes being duped and the fear of it can make us anxious, why?
Mon, 26 Jun 2023 - 53min - 747 - Incontinent dissent....that's no way to argue
What is the cost of dissent? Why are Indian trade practises holding the country back? Are we all reading news and opinions we agree with and have new niche markets made the polarisation of news even worse? Why did people in ancient Mesopotamia bury their dead under the floor?
Mon, 19 Jun 2023 - 52min - 746 - Out of the nest
Are we moving towards a new world order? What happened when China and Kenya built a railway and should we be naming plants and animals after people? Why do Canadian Jays throw their siblings out of the nest?
Mon, 12 Jun 2023 - 52min - 745 - It's all about class
When it comes to social mobility what's more important class or race? Is A. I. really a scary beast? Instead of being woke how about being compassionate? The best fire management system in the world is right here in Northern Australian.
Mon, 05 Jun 2023 - 52min - 744 - The Great AwokeningMon, 29 May 2023 - 52min
- 743 - Son of anger?
Just how effective can a new treaty on high seas conservation be? Is colonialism all bad and is irritation the song of anger? Plus Pygmy Possums and Bogong moths.
Mon, 22 May 2023 - 52min - 742 - Borders and dams
Russia is moving troops from the Chinese border to fight in Ukraine. What will Xi do? Focusing on yourself is all the rage but where does it leave the rule of law? Why the era of building dams is over and what's best a tractor or a drone?
Mon, 15 May 2023 - 53min - 741 - Hope and hips
Do trigger warnings do more harm than good? Why does South Korea want nuclear weapons? The remarkable story of Hope and what do birds and humans have in common?
Mon, 08 May 2023 - 52min - 740 - Limits and lessons
Are there limits to Libertarianism? Are economic sanctions always bad and why are English Departments around the world in crisis. Plus nature repair markets.
Mon, 01 May 2023 - 53min - 739 - Battles and brimstones
Why can we visit Gallipoli site and why does Turkey take such good care it? Why has language become a battlefield in Ukraine and how do you define masculinity?
Mon, 24 Apr 2023 - 52min - 738 - Changing and growing but still cute
Is it time to end multilateral agreements and enter into minilateral ones? China is transforming from a factory to a market place, what does that mean. Cute authoritarianism is every where but it's not very cuddly.
Mon, 17 Apr 2023 - 53min - 737 - The age of distraction
Is social media really to blame for all of our ills? What happens to solar panels after they have stopped working and how to have a difficult conversation and still be heard and understood.
Mon, 10 Apr 2023 - 53min - 736 - To the brink and back
Can we compare Stalin and Putin and does AUKUS really matter? Why is Europe looking to Africa for fuel and some animals are back from the brink of extinction. How?
Mon, 03 Apr 2023 - 53min - 735 - Corruption, concrete and children.
The looming demographic problem in China and corruption in Cambodia. Medieval baby care and the collapse of concrete.
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 - 00min - 734 - Circle the wagon - mates, media and language
Can China become a media superpower and can Australia and India become better mates? Is banning words and rewriting books really necessary? Can cold blooded survive in a warming world?
Mon, 20 Mar 2023 - 00min - 733 - More or less...energy, education and ecology
We should be using more not less energy to help mitigate the effects of climate change. What is disturbance ecology and how was it shaped by the nuclear tests of the 1940's on. The Japanese concept of hitozukuri, ie a 'made person' was used in their education policies. How did it go?
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 - 00min - 732 - Power, having it and taking it
Who has the most power in Asia right now? Why are Putin and his cronies getting richer and richer? Why is it so hard to quit coal and the terrible experiences of women scientists in Australia have to go through if they want to work in their field.
Mon, 06 Mar 2023 - 00min - 731 - Up up and away: spies, lies and satire.Mon, 27 Feb 2023 - 00min
- 730 - Between the cracks ...war and peace
Should we be preparing to fight wars that we can win? Why do people and countries crack up? What is Italian food really and what's happening at the North Head Sanctuary in Sydney?
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 - 00min - 729 - Normal? What's normal?
Is Beijing in retreat? What are optimistic nihilists and what do they think of the world? Are you normal? There is no such thing. Bio-plastics were supposed to help but they don't, they make it worse.
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 - 00min - 728 - Whacking and gluing - protests and money
Can right-wing terrorist funding be compared to whac-a -mole? Are people who glue themselves to artwork moral toddlers? Why do some seemingly successful farmers fail and what happens when a ship is caught shark finning illegally?
Mon, 06 Feb 2023 - 00min - 727 - Power and movement
Could mental illness be more than dysfunction? How do animals gain and hold power? What does water want and why are rewilding inverterbrates?
Mon, 30 Jan 2023 - 00min - 726 - Look, up in the sky!
Has American life become stupid? If it has what does it have to do with Twitter and Facebook? Why are more and more Chinese moving to the countryside? Superheroes, they have been around forever so why are the cureent movies getting a bit of h
Mon, 23 Jan 2023 - 00min - 725 - Hello fabulous one
Hey you, yes you, you're wonderful. Yes, you really are. Does trashy media rot your brain? Diversity is all the rage but is it worth it and are we really better than animals?
Mon, 16 Jan 2023 - 00min - 724 - Counterpoint
Can we lighten our mental load by being cheerful? What is oikophobia and why might it be dangerous? Are inventors disrupters? Do they need to be? Would you take a placebo? What if it actually worked?
Mon, 09 Jan 2023 - 00min - 723 - Europe, Russia and what's in betweenMon, 12 Dec 2022 - 00min
- 722 - Giving and receiving
Is the European Union still united? Does it matter? Why do Buddhists kill and is there any hidden meaning behind the giving and receiving of gifts? Did you know that moving endangered species might actually save them?
Mon, 05 Dec 2022 - 00min - 721 - Swarms, sand and Stalin
Can we compare the propaganda of culture in Stalinist Russia to today? Why do social media followers resemble birds and can a flood ever be a good thing. Plus the sand battery and how it may just transform clean energy
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 - 00min - 720 - The fall of the Rome Empire
Was the decline of the Roman Empire a very good thing for humanity? We can learn a lot about a population by what they flush down their toilets. Why are Americans so hesitant to engage in waste water studies? How can you argue well and why do you need to and why does the Japanese Navy have a Curry Friday? ?
Mon, 27 Dec 2021 - 53min - 719 - Influential slaves
How much have captives' or slaves influenced those who took them? It turns out, quite a lot! What makes someone a genius? High IQ or something else? Why do we think think that Africa didn't have scripts and what has it got to do with the fall of Carthage? Anyone for a glass of zesty lime green tree ant infused gin?
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 - 49min - 718 - Gunpowder and happiness?
Did gunpowder change the world, especially the Medieval World? What is an emotion and why is it so complicated. The changing nature of loss aversion and poo. We generate a lot of it, what can we do with it?
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 - 49min - 717 - Temptations and wonders
Why is Iran joining the Shanghai Cooperation organisation? How easy is it to succumb to tyranny? The changing way wars will be fought and the remarkable story of Dr Alice Hamilton.
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 - 51min - 716 - Poked and prodded
Right now it seems like everybody wants to be engaged with Southeast Asia, where does Australia fit in? Is longtermism a dangerous way to think? Who was Benjamin Jetsy and what does he have to do with the smallpox vaccine and a new citizen science project in Tasmania that is helping with conservation.
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 - 54min - 715 - Coups and capers
Does ASEAN have a position on Myanmar? Are you a fox or a hedgehog when it comes to globalization? What makes a good literary hoax and is the recent one in Spain harmless or not? Will our dogs survive if humans are no longer on the earth?
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 - 54min - 714 - Positive and negative
Can positive discrimination do more harm than good? Mandatory vaccinations have been around for centuries so just how effective are they? Do humans perceive time differently to nature and why are birds egg coloured?
Mon, 15 Nov 2021 - 54min - 713 - Technology and talk
Is there more to AUKUS than nuclear powered submarines? What is China doing in Guinea in West Africa and what does it mean for Australia? What is the Non-Aligned Movement and what happened at it's 60th anniversary commemorative summit and how does a country chose what its national language will be?
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 - 53min - 712 - Curses and cures
Does the Biden Presidency have a plan for the Indo-Pacific? Doesn't seem like it. Can the Bible be read as work of literature rather than a scripture? How important were female healthcare givers in the medieval world and do humans and animals have the same moral value?
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 - 53min - 711 - Power and possums
Power can good and bad. How can we make sure that it's good? Responsibility is key. Madam Curie changed the world with the discovery of radium including how old the earth could be and how long it might last. Opossums play dead when they need to but what do we mean by playing dead and the wonderful world of birds.
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 - 53min - 710 - Correcting and careers
How did the 'culture wars' begin and what keeps it going? It's more than the left/right divide. How much of Angela Merkel's success can be attributed to the fact she is a scientist? What is tongue therapy and why are being people getting their tongues cut? There is a lot of plastic in the ocean and so far we don't have any method to remove to remove it. Why not?
Mon, 18 Oct 2021 - 54min - 709 - Hybrids and hurdles
Working from home over the last 18 months or so has been one of the greatest disruptions to work in generations, so what have we learnt about the way in which we work? When we say The West what do we actually mean? Can you toilet train a cow and why would you want to? The fabulous tale of a an eagle that lived in South Australia around 25 million years ago.
Mon, 11 Oct 2021 - 54min - 708 - Subs and suds
Is there more to AUKUS than nuclear-powered submarines? The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Australia has depended on ordering vaccines from overseas. Why can't we make our own? Is there a link between cancel culture and torture and can air pollution be captured and turned into something else?
Mon, 04 Oct 2021 - 54min - 707 - Borders and boulders
Do the shifting demands of climate change, COVID and China mean that we need some new thinking around trade, investment and the economy? Is it time to open our borders and stop being fortress Australia? Did you know that adding rock dust to soil can help get carbon into the ground and the fascinating and cautiously optimistic world of tuna.
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 - 54min - 706 - Before and after
Has the US withdrawal from Afghanistan created a power vacuum in the region that will be filled by either China or Russia and what might that mean for the Gulf states? Is there such a thing as the mind and if there is where is it? Indigenous technology could benefit all of society and could help us all connect with Indigenous culture that continues to grow. Is there any future for the fishers and seabirds in Patagonia?
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 - 54min - 705 - Fleeing and flying
After the seemingly chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan should the United States pivot away from nation-building and toward global governance? Mass vaccinations mean that the end of COVID-19 is coming ever closer. Does the thought of reopening society make you anxious? Are the hand gestures that we use when speaking universal and the fascinating history of a most unlikely bird of prey.
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 - 54min - 704 - Bits and Bytes
Are we about to see a new kind of globalisation or it already here? Who is ranked first in the Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe City Index of 2021 and did any cities in Australian make the top ten? The dangers of light pollution and how did the Orangutan get its name?
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 - 54min - 703 - Military and memories.
Although a military conflict between China and Australia is highly unlikely, if it did happen would we be prepared? The story of ANZUS and Percy Spender and might you be a Luddite? Should you be one? Can todays woke ideology be compared to Stalinist Russia?
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 - 54min - 702 - Civil and calm
Has civil society become a luxury good? How can you argue well and why do you need to? Did you know that there are still people who believe that the earth is flat and why has the night sky dimmed?
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 - 54min - 701 - Digging around
Are there foreign agents working in Australia right now and if so, where are they from? We have a huge supply of rare-earth minerals in this country so why are we exporting them rather than manufacturing them? What happened when the smallpox vaccine was rolled out and what do you think birds use to make their nests nowadays?
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 - 54min - 700 - Sense and maybe sensibility
Who are the sense-makers today? It used to be the clergy and the educated class including journalists but who is it now? Does society really benefit by acting in your own self interest or are we more connected than we ever thought possible? Are bees and other insects about to die out, never to return and how much do we really know about Neanderthals and their children?
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 - 54min - 699 - Inner and outer space
Richard Branson started it, Jeff Bezos went further and Elon Musk wants to better them both. Billionaires in space, is it a vanity project or something more? How accurate are press releases based on abstracts, especially science abstracts? Can birds help preserve languages and cultures at risk of extinction and why has the Pangkarlangu returned?
Mon, 02 Aug 2021 - 54min - 698 - A rock and a hard place
When did inequality begin and why has it stayed? The Antarctic Treaty is 60 years old but is it still fit for purpose? Why do we think think that Africa didn't have scripts and what has it got to do with the fall of Carthage? There were large numbers of visitors to our shores before the arrival of Europeans. Recently found rock art explains who they were and why they came.
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 - 54min - 697 - Betwixt and between
China has the world's largest economy and it shares a border with three of the world's least developed economies. What does that mean? Have you read many good stories about the COVID-19 pandemic? The are there even in the midst of the gloom. What happens if the ship you are in the Arctic runs aground and what do you know about Operation Barbarossa?
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 - 54min - 696 - Peace and not so peaceful
How do you build peace and have you heard of Jetson? It's a new military laser that can identify people by their heartbeat at a distance of 200 meters. How important are black swans to both European and Indigenous history? We are running out of room to bury the dead so what will happen to the bodies of those who die?
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 - 54min - 695 - Beautifully brutal
Is America really a white supremacist nation or like almost all other countries does it just have a dominant culture? Are we alone? Do you believe? Are UFO's real or just a trick of clever camera work? What was the Black is Beautiful movement and did it achieve what it wanted to do? How much influence did the Mongol Horde have on Russian civilisation? More than you think.
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 - 53min - 694 - Turning time
What if we're wrong about many things such as some aspects of COVID-19? What if what we have all accepted to be true isn't? How would we know unless someone spoke up? Are our lives ruled by the clock and if so why does it seem that sometimes time stands still? The complicated fascinating history of John James Audubon and his birds and why does the Japanese Navy have a Curry Friday?
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 - 54min - 693 - Freeze peach?
Lone actor or self-activating terrorism has become a major security threat in Europe and around the world. How are they financed? Why has the argument for free speech shifted from one political view to the other? What happened when the first women in America to become dean of a medical school took her students to a clinical medical lecture and how important was Iceland in the second World War?
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 - 54min - 692 - Grabbing and growing
Is there a new kind of war, one that doesn't rely on brute force and aggression? Yes it's called land grabs. How did Ancient Rome treat outsiders and the various ethnic tribes surrounding it? Might the need for clothing, and not food, brought about the beginnings of agriculture and what has new research into the trade of whale bon weapons shown us?
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 - 54min - 691 - Blame and bites
Are humans responsible for the extinction of animals on islands? No we are not! What happened at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal? Is there a clear line between being alive and being declared brain dead or is it all just a bit fuzzy? Did you know that each year around 4.5 million people are bitten by venomous snakes resulting in 138,000 deaths? How can we stop that?
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 - 48min - 690 - Myths and legends
What effect will the dispute in Ladakh have on India's long -term strategic competition with China? Is the tragedy of the commons a myth and can we compare previous pandemics with COVID 19? 100 years after its inception is it more than a dream to suggest that Northern is moving ever closer to unification with Ireland?
Mon, 31 May 2021 - 54min - 689 - Diversity and dynamics
Just how important is diversity in an organisation and can nostalgia be used to create a better workplace? How do you know what the right thing to do is when there is more than one option? Anyone for a glass of zesty lime green tree ant infused gin?
Mon, 24 May 2021 - 53min - 688 - Inextricable links
Globalism or nationalism, does it have to be an either/or or are they inextricably linked? Are high status people more likely to lie to protect their position and are the rest of us more likely to believe them? Better go and get yourselves a big cold glass of milk...or maybe not...perhaps a kidney transplant instead.
Mon, 17 May 2021 - 54min - 687 - Wolf warrior?
Over the last 12 months or so the relationship between China and Australia has been turbulent. Is this because of China's aggressive 'wolf warrior' diplomacy and how has the region responded? Why don't we hear about African terrorism and was the decline of the Roman Empire a very good thing for humanity? We can learn a lot about a population by what they flush down their toilets. Why are Americans so hesitant to engage in waste water studies?
Mon, 10 May 2021 - 54min - 686 - Social and spreading
What happened to social democracy? Individuals today are being seen by the colour of their skin and not the content of their character, but at what cost? Should we be planting more and more trees wherever there is a space or should we be thinking more carefully about where to put them?
Mon, 03 May 2021 - 54min - 685 - Backwards and forwards
In recent years it had seemed that democracy was being embraced in Southeast Asia. What happened? How have cities changed over the last year and after the abolition of slavery what happened in Africa, particularly in West Africa? Can miners and geologists work together to preserve and protect fossils? In New Zealand they .
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 - 54min - 684 - Outages and songs
As we slowly begin to emerge from the COVID_19 pandemic, what kind of shape is Australia in? How effective has the internet and social media been in the Myanmar coup? Very, if you're one of the ruling generals. Normally, if a cow has a disease that effects its ability to reproduce it's put down but what happens in India where cows are sacred? A species of bird is forgetting how to sing, can it be taught how to sing out loud ?
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 - 54min - 683 - Politics and problems
Is democracy under threat and if it is what can we do to reverse the trend and secure it into the future? Government rorts are infuriating. Why do they happen and why does there seem to be nothing can be done to stop them? Have you ever walked out of one room and into another and forgotten why you were there? Can there be some good news from fake news, especially for vulnerable wildlife? Yes there can.
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 - 54min - 682 - Fears and wonders
Can maps be racist? Specifically, is the Mercator Projection, conceived in 1569 to help sailors navigate the oceans, racist? What, if anything, can bankers learn from pastoralists and what can nature teach us to avoid network collapse? Is your bunker ready for the apocalypse? Do you have food, water and medicine stashed away?
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 - 53min - 681 - Today, tomorrow and yesterday
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused world-wide disruption but does this mean that Australia needs to change its strategies, particularly in Asia? In an age of fake news and polarizing political debate do we need to teach students more about, and have them practise, critical thinking? Was there ever really ancient environmental wisdom or is it a myth and are sulpher-crested cockatoos loveable larrikins or noisy pests?
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 - 53min - 680 - Conflicts and power
What has been happening in Tigray, Ethiopia's most northern region, over recent months? Why don't we know more about this conflict and how might it end? In an attempt to overcome racism have we become more racist, however unintentionally? Did you know that in the early 1900's Thomas Edison drove an electric car driven by a nickel-iron battery? 100 years later this battery has come into it's own. Also, it's time to get up, the curious history of waking people up.
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 - 54min - 679 - Past and present
Is Alexei Navalny a serious threat to Vladimir Putin? How innovative is language and just how and why does it change? Have we confused knowledge with critical thinking and what's the difference between them? Scientist are looking to the past to predict the future, so where does a Spruce that was thought to be extinct fit in?
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 - 54min - 678 - Aggressions and questions
What is grey-zone aggression and why is it being used? Angela Merkel has a few months left as Chancellor, what can she achieve or what should be achieved before she does? Did countries in East Asia, with a focus on Japan, accept westernization when it came? Not as much as wight think they did. We hear a lot about England, Scotland and Northern Ireland but what about the other country in the United Kingdom, what about Wales? How has gone since the 1998 devolution?
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