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Jan 15, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Hong Jiang |Tegan Nicholls
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Hong Jiang |Tegan Nicholls
In July 2024, British Labour cruised to victory, it won two-thirds of the seats in the House of Commons. But for one well-placed writer, there's a risk in such a triumph. Labour MP Jon Cruddas takes a look at one of the party's most influential but forgotten traditions. This episode first aired on 26 Jun 2024
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Meredith Lake |Rohan Salmond |Tegan Nicholls
Have you had enough? There are lots of ways you could interpret that question, and almost all of them are relevant to the end of the year. It's a time when many of us reassess our priorities and wonder, what does it look like to live "the good life"? Dr Samuel Alexander is co-director of the Simplicity Institute.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Rohan Salmond |Hong Jiang |Tegan Nicholls
The race for the US presidential elections too close to call — and the final outcome will likely be decided by small groups of voters in critical swing states. One group that's been the focus of Kamala Harris' campaign are the Mormons. Why is it notable that the Democrats are targeting this religious group? War in the Middle East continues, and Israel's conflict with Hezbollah has left more than 800,000 people internally displaced in Lebanon.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Tegan Nicholls |David Le May
From social media algorithms to authoritarian despots, is our democracy under threat? In our SOS DEMOCRACY series, meet big thinkers on a rescue mission to resuscitate democracy. In this second episode, the Irish Times columnist and author Fintan O'Toole draws on the Irish experience to explain the rise of populism and authoritarianism in the United States. This event was recorded at the Vice-Chancellor's Democracy Forum at University of Technology Sydney on 26 September 2024.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Meredith Lake |Rohan Salmond |Hong Jiang |Tegan Nicholls
There can be a kind of grief and overwhelm at the violence happening in the world right now. Much of it is distressing — and often it feels like so little can be done on an everyday level. But in the day to day, are there ways we can practise peace, within ourselves, and in our communities? Guests: Michael John Wood is an Anglican chaplain and professional facilitator based in Melbourne. He's also the author of the book Practicing Peace: Theology Contemplation, and Action.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Hong Jiang |Tegan Nicholls
While many are focused on the race for the White House, there's another contest looming. It's to decide the next archbishop of Canterbury, who not only leads 85 million Anglicans worldwide, but gets a seat in UK parliament. To the diminishing number of Christians in the West, why does this matter? In 1994, one of the worst genocides in history occurred in Rwanda. Over 100 days, a million people died at the hands of neighbours, workmates, and even friends.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Michael Williams |Claire Slattery |David Le May |Matthew Crawford |Tegan Nicholls
The median Australian house price is now about $800,000 – almost eight times the average income – and well beyond the reach of many people, without help. So how did we get here, and with a federal election looming, are the political parties game to seriously take this on? "Any solution to housing that is easy and popular won't work." — Alan KohlerPresented at the Sydney Writers Festival and Readings Bookshop.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Tegan Nicholls
The connections between the Caribbean and Australia go back to white settlement, with deep links to the slave trade and British colonialism. What does it mean to be a writer of Caribbean descent in modern Australia? And how can the act of writing and storytelling enable a new sense of belonging and home? This event was recorded at the Callaloo and Wattleseed Symposium at the University of Western Sydney on 3 May 2924.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Hong Jiang |Tegan Nicholls |Russell Stapleton
Italy’s nationalist prime minister Giorgia Meloni has no trouble upsetting her liberal counterparts across Europe. But why is Pope Francis one leader she's been trying to keep onside? In 2008, Brazilian journalist Adriana Carranca arrived in Afghanistan. There, she met a man named Luis, who led her to an underground religious network that resembled a spy ring during the Cold War.
