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Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-10-06

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:40:51 -0400

Dr Ulita Nair The first in an occasional series, where Phillip talks to people whose names aren't well known but whose life works involve a passionate commitment to the public good. This program features Dr Ulita Nair. As a young child in pre WW2 Malaya, she watched three of her siblings die from preventable illnesses. It was the motivation for her to become a doctor, and this year is her 50th year as a qualified GP, having practised medicine in some of the most challenging health environments in the world: Malaysia, rural Pakistan and remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.

Front Row Highlights: FrontRow: David Walliams, Bette Midler, Craig Cash & Phil Mealey, Stephen Fry 03 Oct 08

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:20:08 -0400

David Walliams discusses Little Britain USA and his West End stage debut; Stephen Fry on driving through all fifty states of the USA in a London cab; Kirsty Lang meets comedian and actress Bette Midler; and Craig Cash and Phil Mealey, the writers of Early Doors, tell John Wilson about their working relationship.

Ockham's Razor: 2008-10-05 Good bugs gone bad

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:40:14 -0400

Science journalist Dr Peter Lavelle from ABC Health Online looks at the history of disease and some of the terrible epidemics that have swept through societies throughout history.

Radio Eye: 2008-10-04 The Bells of Toledo

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:56:02 -0400

A passionate cinephile's idiosyncratic homage to the great Spanish film-maker Luis Buñuel.Because of copyright restrictions this program is not available as a podcast. Best known perhaps for his scathing, surrealistic satires of middle class mores in films such as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel, Buñuel was a savage critic of the Catholic Church and the military dictatorship in Spain, and his subjects ranged from urban poverty to sexual fantasy. His career spanned fifty years, and began with a shocking 'bang' -- the avant garde short film he made with Salvador Dali, Un chien andalou (1929), infamous for its image of a woman's eye being sliced open with a razor blade and well known to every student of film for the last 50 years. Australian artist and film academic John Conomos sends a fan's love letter to a film-maker who has kept him spellbound in the front stalls for more than forty years. Featuring the voices of Virginia Baxter, Ruben Fernández and William Zappa. WriterJohn Conomos Sound engineerRussell Stapleton ProducerTony MacGregor

Philosopher's Zone: 2008-10-04 - Music and the Enlightenment

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:28:23 -0400

The age of a great movement of ideas, the Enlightenment, was also a great age of music: Bach and Handel, Mozart and Haydn. But how did Enlightenment thinkers reflect on music and how does their belief in progress relate to our views of art today?

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-10-02

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:28:04 -0400

Subprime Solution A conversation with the influential Yale economist about the reasons for the collapsed housing mortgage market in the US, its historical precedents, and its connection to the wider financial industry crisis. Shiller also suggests solutions to avoid another subprime lending disaster. The Kit-Cat Club: friends who imagined a nation For most people a Kit-Kat conjures up a chocolate covered biscuit, and the words from the 1957 TV commercial `Have a Break, have a Kit-Kat'. But the sweet itself was named after a literary club started in 1690s London whose members ambitiously strove to reform and re-define English culture. The Kit-Cats took on everything from literature, music, architecture, gardening, interior design, portraiture, cookery, manners, parliamentary politics and philosophy. In Horace Walpole's words The Kit-Cat club comprised wits and 'patriots that saved Britain'.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-10-03

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:28:04 -0400

CLASSIC LNL: Media Forum: Australian Journalism - Doing The Job or Gone To The Dogs? Part 2 The second part of a public forum on the state of Australian journalism, held on 1 July 2002, to mark the 70th birthday of the ABC. In this second part, members of the audience put questions to the panel of journalists.

In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg: IOT: The Translation Movement

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:56:08 -0400

Melvyn discusses the monumental impact of the Graeco-Arabic translation movement which began in the 8th century in Baghdad. His guests this week are Peter Adamson,Reader in Philosophy at King's College London; Amira Bennison, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge; and Peter Pormann, Wellcome Trust Assistant Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-30

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:04:21 -0400

Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce talks about how the rejection of the financial bail-out played out in the House overnight. He says the prime indicator for those rejecting the bail-out were those members who were involved in close elections. Ice, Mud and Blood - a history of climate change A discussion about the historic evidence of climatic change on Earth. Chris Turney believes that to understand the implications of climate change now, we must decipher the dramatic shifts of the past and learn from them. Trachoma Trachoma, the eye disease that can lead to blindness, has been around since the beginning of time. It still afflicts those living in developing countries, having been eliminated from all developed countries except in Australia's Indigenous communities. If trachoma is preventable, why does it still exist?

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-10-01

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:04:21 -0400

Exclusive Brethren Respond A conversation with a senior member of the Exclusive Brethren in Australia, who answers some of the criticisms of the sect such as ... the Brethren doctrine of separation from the world ... party political financial donations despite a Brethren principle that forbids them from voting in elections ... and the many stories that have emerged over the years about the harsh treatment of people who have been ex-communicated, and unable to have any further contact with family members who remain within the sect. The Future of Human Rights in the 21st Century It´s 60 years this year since the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. After two years of hard work, and much consultation, the Declaration came into being on the 10th of December. 1948. According to Hilary Charlesworth, while the significance of the Declaration is profound it was, and remains, a radical and controversial document. Centre for Dialogue 2008 Annual Lecture delivered by Hilary Charlesworth Date: Thursday 2 October 2008 Time: 7.30 pm (please be seated by 7.15pm) Where: Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre, Cnr Bell Street and St Georges Road, Preston. Vic. RSVP (Essential) dialogue@latrobe.edu.au www.latrobe.edu.au/dialogue Tel: (03) 9479 1893 Tarab At the urging of friends and fans, singer/songwriter Carl Cleves has written a book about his thirty or so years travelling through Africa, Egypt, Afghanistan, Turkey, India, the Pacific and South America in search of place the Arabs call 'Tarab'. 'Tarab' is where poety and music bestow ecstasy and true bliss upon the lucky one.

CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: The Suspect Society - Part Three

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:12:09 -0400

The Surveillance Society. The Age of Paranoid Politics. These terms, and many others, have been used to describe how the political ground has been shifting under us, particularly since 9/11. Terrorism and national security have become obsessive anxieties. A world-wide initiative has developed that combines a growing machinery of surveillance, assaults on civil liberties and increasing censorship. We are living in what IDEAS producer Mary O’Connell calls “the suspect society.”

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-29

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:52:44 -0400

Canberra Babylon Guest correspondent Louise Dodson talks about the Productivity Commission report on parental leave; the government's dilemma over the need for infrastructure spending at a time when revenue is expected to fall substantially; and the Opposition's decision to not oppose the government's dismantling of Workchoices. US bailout package: will it work? Last night, US politicians were set to approve an unprecedented $US700 billion plan to revive credit markets. Does the package contain the right ingredients to rescue the economy from the brink? Reflections on mortality In her book Final Exam, Pauline Chen writes about how badly the medical profession deals with dying patients. Medicine is 'a profession made attractive by the power to cure,' says Chen. Yet during almost fifteen years of school and training she and her fellow students faced death over and over again. She hopes, through this book, for more communication between doctors, patients at end-of-life and their families, so that the best outcomes can be delivered.

Radio Eye: 2008-09-27 Keeping Horses In The House - A Roma Radio Station in Budapest

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:40:03 -0400

Despite the recent European Union campaign in support of the rights of the Roma (Gypsies), they remain a visibly discriminated-against minority, facing higher than average rates of poverty, unemployment and imprisonment across Europe. Roma are demanding inclusion in the public life of the countries they have lived in for centuries, and are turning up the heat on governments in Eastern Europe in particular (where Roma make up significant minorities), through public demonstrations, appeals to the EU and a host of human rights NGOs. In Hungary, where more than 600,000 Roma live (out of a population of 10 million), Roma face unemployment levels of up to 70%, and make up 80% the prison population. Against this background, the launch of a Roma community radio station, Radio C, in Budapest in 2001 was a cause for celebration by local Roma. Seven years on, Radio C continues to thrive, and is one of the most popular music stations in the city. But how effective has Radio C been in sustaining Roma culture? and is it possible for a radio station to change the popular 'gadjo' (white) image of cigany (gypsies) as thieves and losers -- the sort of people who keep horses in the bathroom? From Budapest, Rachel Maher takes us on a tour of Radio C, in the heart of District 8 -- the ghetto. ProducerRachel Maher Executive ProducerTony MacGregor Sound engineerAndrei Shabunov Music featured in the program came from the following Artists/CD Fekete Vonat/Hip Hop Zene Szilvasi Gipsy Folk Band/Folklore beats you up Introducing Bela Lakatos & the Gypsy Youth Project

Philosopher's Zone: 2008-09-06 - Sayyid Qutb and Islamist ideology

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:04:28 -0400

This year marks the 25th birthday of Al Qaeda and its particular brand of Islamist ideology and philosophy. So this week The Philosopher´s Zone explores the life and times of a man who greatly influenced al Qaeda and the modern Islamist movement: the Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb.

Philosopher's Zone: 2008-09-13 - Justify my love

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:04:28 -0400

The finely tuned minds of philosophers become curiously blunt and obtuse when the turn their attention to love. Can we talk philosophically of love? Do we love people for their qualities? If so, why we go on loving them when those qualities change? This week, a philosopher looks at one of the most mysterious forces in life.

Philosopher's Zone: 2008-09-20 - The ethics of keeping your mouth shut - the case of the buried bodies

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:04:28 -0400

This week The Philosopher´s Zone looks at what happens when lawyers know more than they are able to tell. What should you do when ethical duty collides with personal morality? We´ll take an infamous American murder trial from the 1970s as our case study

Philosopher's Zone: 2008-09-27 - 'It's alive!' Frankenstein, science and philosophy in the Romantic period

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:04:28 -0400

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is more than just the story of a man bolting together his own creature from bits of pre-loved human beings; it's a serious examination of the science and philosophy of its day. This week, we look at the ideas behind the book and how a new enthusiasm for electricity and the spirit world animated the young author's work.

Front Row Highlights: FrontRow: John le Carré, Ray Davies, Liam Neeson, Liverpool Biennial 26 Sep 08

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:48:28 -0400

Mark Lawson talks to John le Carré about his upbringing and Ray Davies on getting shot; Kirsty Lang discusses Liam Neeson's new action hero role in Taken; John Wilson travels around Liverpool to see some of the key works that can be found as part of the city's biennial.

Ockham's Razor: 2008-09-28 What is at the bottom of Sydney Harbour and why might it matter?

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:12:27 -0400

Dr Stuart Taylor is an environmental scientist and Director of Geochemical Assessments in Sydney. He investigated what is really at the bottom of Sydney Harbour and what he found wasn't pretty.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-25

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:40:14 -0400

South Africa Post-Mbeki Last weekend, South Africa's ruling ANC withdrew its support for President Thabo Mbeki, after a judge found he'd interfered in a corruption case against his annointed successor, Jacob Zuma. Mbeki was forced to resign and then half his cabinet resigned in protest. It is the worst political crisis the ANC has faced since the end of apartheid and there have been fears the party would split. Today, the South African parliament appointed the ANC´s deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe as interim president until next April´s general election. But what is Mbeki´s legacy? Could internal struggles split South Africa´s largest political party, and what does it all mean for South Africa´s future? Franz Kafka: The Tremendous World I Have Inside My Head The fictional world created by Franz Kafka was so powerful and so prescient that his name became an adjective -- one used to describe tortuous bureaucracy, and the individual´s experience of overwhelming helplessness. Kafka´s talent and his status as an outsider -- a Jew among Christians, a German-speaker among Czechs -- made him, in many respects, the quintessential artist of the twentieth century. Although he constantly despaired of his talent, Kafka´s novels and short stories -- Metamorphosis, The Trial, The Castle -- revolutionised modern literature.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-26

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:40:14 -0400

CLASSIC LNL: Media Forum: Australian Journalism - Doing The Job or Gone To The Dogs? Part 1 The first part of a public forum on the state of Australian journalism, held on July 1st, 2002, to mark the 70th birthday of the ABC.

In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg: IOT: Miracles

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:32:06 -0400

Melvyn Bragg discusses the curious, wonderful and sacred history of miracles in this first programme of the new series of 'In Our Time'. He is joined by Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of London; Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education, and Culture; and Janet Soskice, Reader in Philosophical Theology at Cambridge University.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-22

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:28:27 -0400

Canberra Babylon This week, Christian Kerr discusses the political pros and cons of the new Opposition leader, Malcolm Turnbull, and some of the key people he has moved into his shadow cabinet. A Short History of the New World Order In his new book What is America? A Short History of the New World Order, Ronald Wright argues that the New World made the modern world and now threatens to undo it. He says he wanted to find out why it is that in just two centuries a tiny colonial outpost of Britain is now the one world superpower. The Luck of the Irish Since 1970, history in the Republic of Ireland has been in fast-forward -- the country has undergone momentous transformations in its economy, its attitudes towards sex, its religious belief, and its cultural identity. Esteemed historian Roy Foster considers the changes.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-23

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:28:27 -0400

Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce discusses the unfolding economic events over the last week, following the recent financial meltdown on Wall Street. Behind the Exclusive Brethren Until the 2004 Federal election campaign, most Australians had never heard of the small conservative Christian sect the called The Exclusive Brethren. With less that fifteen thousand members in Australia, their huge advertising spend on that election and their seemingly close access to John Howard seemed entirely disproportionate. Especially given the group´s withdrawal from mainstream society and their insistence that voting is a `worldy´ vice. Since then, stories of families torn a part, people shunned and isolated have come to light.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-24

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:28:27 -0400

Democracy: Crisis and Renewal Paul Ginsborg believes that liberal democracy entered into profound crisis in the decade following the fall of the Berlin Wall. In his book Democracy: Crisis and Renewal he explores what's behind the crisis and ideas to improve participatory democracy. The Orange Trees of Baghdad The Orange Trees of Baghdad: In Search of a Vanishing Life is a memoir written by Leilah Nadir about a country she´s never been to and a life she never lived. Leilah is the daughter of an Iraqi father and a British mother, and she grew up in Britain and Canada, but she has written a multi-layered history of her father´s Baghdadi family and a meditation on the tragedy of modern-day Iraq.

CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: The Suspect Society - Part Two

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:28:28 -0400

Front Row Highlights: FrontRow: Ian Rankin, Dick Francis, Helen Hunt, Sir Anthony Caro 19 Sep 08

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:20:06 -0400

Two of the world's biggest-selling crime-writers: Ian Rankin and Dick Francis; actress Helen Hunt on Hollywood's attitude to women; and why sculptor Sir Anthony Caro has been spending time in church.

Ockham's Razor: 2008-09-21 Commissural connectivity

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:48:12 -0400

Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology, John Bradshaw, from Monash University, talks about experiments he undertook when investigating the brain's right and left hemispheres.

Philosopher's Zone: 2008-09-20 - The ethics of keeping your mouth shut - the case of the buried bodies

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:40:02 -0400

Radio Eye: 2008-09-20 The Lonely Animal - a snorer´s memoir

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:56:02 -0400

Two shunned snorers, one a solution-seeking male and the other a woman with severe sleep apnea, reflect upon the impact that their `terrible night noise´ has had on their relationships. ProducerNatalie Kestecher Sound EngineerAndrei Shabunov

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-19

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:56:24 -0400

Pontius Pilate Apart from a scant bit of information in the Gospels, we know next to nothing for certain about Pontius Pilate (a broken coin bears his name as do a few small coins), yet Ann Wroe has managed an incredibly compelling read. Using the form of biography, she offers the likeliest version of events from his origins to his famous role in life, before looking at how generations of thinkers, artists, playwrights and poets have portrayed Pilate. Originally broadcast on 24/4/2000. Convict tattoos In the year 2000 body art, body piercing and tattoos are nothing out of the ordinary, in fact today they're often the ultimate fashion accessory. But over two hundred years ago tattoos were most definitely only part of the working classes or convict community. Twenty-seven per cent of male convict transportees and twenty-five per cent of females sported tattoos. These were often done on the journey here with either ink or gun-powder, and they ranged from initials and sentimental verses of remembrance to full religious iconography together with Bible verse. Originally broadcast on 24/4/2000.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-18

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:40:19 -0400

Nigerian writer: Chris Abani Nigerian writer, poet, philosopher and teacher Chris Abani was born and raised in Nigeria before fleeing in 1991 to the UK and then to the US. He was incarcerated three times in Nigeria for his novels and plays, the third time charged with treason and sent to death row. He has won numerous awards for his writing and Harold Pinter remarked of his prison poetry 'reading them is like being singed with a red hot iron.'

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-17

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:20:11 -0400

Bea Campbell Bea Campbell talks about the current unrest in the Government's ranks with more than a dozen Labour MPs calling for a challenge to Gordon Brown's leadership of the Labour Party. Sunita Narain Time Magazine calls Sunita Narain 'India´s most influential environmentalist'. As an activist, she is probably best known for leading a campaign against Coke and Pepsi, for using water polluted with pesticides in their local bottling process. Her organisation was an early advocate of traditional water harvesting to combat India's water shortages, and it successfully campaigned for Delhi's public transit vehicles to be switched to natural gas. Sunita Narain is a strident critic of the West's approach to climate change, and is in Australia to deliver the 2008 K R Narayanan Oration at ANU. Benjamin Gilmour: Moviemaking in Pakistan The North West Frontier of Pakistan is an important arena of `The War on Terror´, given it´s Osama bin Laden's stomping ground. But few analysts share Benjamin Gilmour's first-hand knowledge of this remote region and its resident Pashtun tribesmen, gained when he spent eight months there making his first feature film, Son of a Lion.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-16

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:12:16 -0400

Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce discusses blame and political responses to the Wall Street crisis and gives an update on the presidential race. Bankers House of Cards The big Wall Street investment banks have been falling like a house of cards and the question everyone is asking, and nobody can yet properly answer, is how big will the contagion effect be? The Flower Hunter When Australian botanical artist Ellis Rowan died in 1922, The Sydney Morning Herald wrote 'The world is irreparably the poorer for the passing of this gifted woman.' Ellis travelled throughout Australia, to areas very few had gone before, as well as to neighbouring countries and islands, collecting flowers and plants to paint. She amassed over 3,000 paintings and the National Library holds close to a thousand of them. But very few people have heard of Ellis Rowan or seen her paintings which are largely hidden from view in drawers. Why?

Ockham's Razor: 2008-09-14 Mid 20th century home

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:32:02 -0400

Bill Hall from Adelaide is a professional writer for the antiques and collectables trade. According to him the mid 20th century now appeals very much to collectors. He visits a home of that era and summarises some of the technical highlights and manufacturing breakthroughs that are now making that period so collectable.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-15

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:56:08 -0400

Canberra Babylon Laura Tingle discusses the Liberal leadership spill, and the fall-out from Peter Costello's memoirs. Bob Woodward - The War Within A conversation with the veteran Washington Post writer about the 4th volume in his quartet on the Bush Administration at war. 'The War Within' is an account of Bush´s response to the reality of failure in Iraq and describes how the troop surge was devised without the military chiefs in the loop. It also introduces a very secret and shady program with which U.S. forces have located and killed many senior figures in the insurgency. The Democratisation Movement in South Korea During the 70s and 80s, workers and students joined forces to lead South Korea out of an authoritarian state to a democracy. The role of the students changed over these two decades from one of lateral support to working alongside the factory workers. This presented another dilemma.

CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: The Suspect Society - Part One

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:52:05 -0400

The Surveillance Society. The New Authoritarianism. The Age of Paranoid Politics. These terms, and many others, have been used to describe how the political ground has been shifting under us, particularly since 9/11. Terrorism and national security have become obsessive anxieties. Fear and suspicion have become the order of the day. We are living in what IDEAS producer Mary O’Connell calls “the suspect society.”

Philosopher's Zone: 2008-09-13 - Justify my love

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:12:15 -0400

Radio Eye: 2008-09-13 Being Coloured

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:28:06 -0400

Apartheid South Africa divided not just its black and white citizens but other race groups. ABC Journalist Toni Hassan was born in South Africa and classified under apartheid laws as 'Coloured': a person of mixed race. She left for Australia when she was six. Early this year she travelled back to Durban with her mother to discover her ancestry and what it meant during apartheid to be 'Coloured'. Does the label still stick in the new South Africa? This is a very personal journey about identity and what it means to be comfortable in your own skin. Written and narrated byToni Hassan ProducersToni Hassan and Sharon Davis Sound EngineerPhillip Ulman

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-10

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:48:20 -0400

Guantanamo Diary A conversation with Afghan American lawyer Mahvish Khan about her experiences working as an interpreter and legal aide with Afghan detainees in Guantanamo Bay. Khan says ... 'Before I got involved with Guantanamo, I had no opinion about whether the detainees were guilty or innocent; I just thought they all deserved a fair hearing and due process. But after I met some and talked to them, and after I read their files, I came to believe that many, perhaps even most, were innocent men who´d been swept up by mistake. I really became convinced when I found out about the bounties. Many of the men insisted they they´d been sold to the United States.' Russia and the Age of Assassins Yuri Felshtinsky argues that since Vladimir Putin first came to power, Russia has become a 'new kind of republic -- a corporate republic.' And that since the 1990s power has moved away from the post-Soviet oligarchs and firmly into the hands of the secret service, or the 'kontora' -- the company. He says, 'a corporation took over a government of a country and put it's own president in charge.'

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-11

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:48:20 -0400

Garnaut, emissions trading and business A discussion about the reaction to Ross Garnaut's Supplementary Draft Report of his Climate Change Review. In his address to the National Press Club, Garnaut said Australia should aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 10 per cent by 2020 -- if an international agreement on tackling climate change is reached -- or 5 per cent otherwise. This has been deemed well short of what is required by many in the scientific community and environmental groups ... while some businesses say they would accept the 10 per cent cuts in emissions depending on the final shape of an emissions trading scheme - but we won´t know what that will look like until later this year when the Government´s White Paper is released. Track: Glen's Goo Artist: THE DEAD TEXAN CD: The Dead Texan Label: Kranky Label #: KRANK 072 Giordano Bruno: philosopher, heretic His insights into the universe, including that it is infinitely large and composed of atoms, were as revolutionary as those of Galileo and Copernicus. But Giordano Bruno remains much less well known than his Renaissance counterparts.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-12

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:48:20 -0400

CLASSIC LNL: USA under attack This is the LNL conversation from 12 September 2001, 24 hours after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. A range of guests discuss the extent to which America's aggression and involvement in the Middle East brought on the September 11 attacks, and the implications for US national security and foreign policy.

Front Row Highlights: FrontRow: Lynda La Plante, Damien Hirst, Raymond Blanc 12 Sep 08

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:48:07 -0400

Lynda La Plante discusses her job as a crimewriter, how she gets her facts right, and her eventful first trip to a mortuary; Damien Hirst reflects on his success and phenomenal wealth and why he's taking his work straight to the market; Raymond Blanc talks about why you don't need to be rude to people in the kitchen and what he thinks of British cuisine

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-08

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:40:09 -0400

Canberra Babylon This week, Christian Kerr wonders how much of the hung parliament result in Western Australia was a pro-WorkChoices vote? He also talks about the National Party and the Lyne by-election, where independent and former National, Rob Oakeshott, won convincingly with 60 per cent of the primary vote as widely predicted. Other things looked at were the Mayo by-election, the potential for the Rudd government to lose support on both sides of the fence over an emissions trading scheme, the New South Wales Labor debacle, and Peter Costello's memoirs. One year on from the Saffron Rebellion One year ago, there was international outrage over the Burmese military crackdown on protesters and the Buddhist monks who led the people to the streets, demonstrating against harsh economic and social conditions. One year on, has anything changed? Laughter Roman style What makes a society laugh is hugely revealing. It tell us about class, about power, prejudices and religious belief. In his book, Looking At Laughter: Humour, Power, and Transgression in Roman Visual Culture 100 BC-AD 250, John Clarke offers a surprising insight into the world of everyday Romans through an examination of the paintings and spectacles that made them giggle.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-09

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:40:09 -0400

Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce discusses new polling showing John McCain with interesting momentum following the Republican Convention, and a historically unprecedented number of voters saying they are watching the upcoming US presidential election very, very closely. Bad Days In Basra When Sir Hilary Synnott received a telephone call in July 2003 asking him if he would consider taking over the job as Regional Coordinator for Basra and Southern Iraq he says he was 'sent to Basra with no piece of paper in my hand ... there was a complete absence of any plan.' Sir Hilary writes about his experiences in Southern Iraq in his new book, Bad Days in Basra. Jack Thompson at Garma Jack Thompson discusses a new project whereby Aborigines living on the homelands would design and build their own houses using wood collected locally.

CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: The Stillborn God

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:32:01 -0400

Religious passions are stirring up politics around the globe. The West has learned to separate religion from politics. But Islam has another political theology�'one that places God at the center. Historian Mark Lilla surveys this intellectual landscape.

Radio Eye: 2008-09-06 The Old House - Stara Kuæa; architecture, immigration and heritage.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:04:08 -0400

The Old House sits on a large block of land at the intersection of two arterial roads in one of the most populated suburbs in Australia. You might notice its elegant Victorian lines, if you are not already distracted by the 1960s red brick façade, which obliterates once beautiful verandas. The Old House is more than its façade, the walls themselves, both old and new, hold stories. In looking at the Old House we explore heritage and immigration, concrete and aesthetics, the impact of people on architecture and the impact of architecture on people. ProducerLea Redfern Sound EngineerAndre Shabunov

Ockham's Razor: 2008-09-07 Let your immune system fly

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:56:03 -0400

Professor Alan Baxter from James Cook University in Townsville talks about the complexity of our immune system and how things can go wrong.

Philosopher's Zone: 2008-09-06 - Sayyid Qutb and Islamist ideology

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:40:16 -0400

Front Row Highlights: Front Row Highlights: Front Row Highlights: FrontRow: Terry Pratchett, Roger Taylor and Guy Ritchie 05 Sep 08

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:20:19 -0400

Terry Pratchett talks about religion, how his health issues haven't stopped him writing and why he won't be penning an autobiography; Roger Taylor discusses Queen's new album with vocalist Paul Rogers; Guy Ritchie on why he has returned to the world of London gangsters for the film Rocknrolla and working with his wife, Madonna

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-05

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:04:09 -0400

CLASSIC LNL: Who's telling the story - the book or the film? Three of Australia´s most distinguished professionals in the film and writing industry got together at the Adelaide Town Hall in June 2002 for a discussion in front of a live audience to discuss which tells the story best, the book or the film? Does the film necessarily destroy the book? Should it stick religiously to the plot or should it aim simply to capture the essence, the feel of the story? Originally broadcast on 19/8/2002.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-04

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:48:05 -0400

Georgia and a new Cold War A discussion about the continuing reverberations over Russia's invasion of Georgia (in response to Georgia's assault on South Ossetia). This short conflict in August has created diplomatic divisions in Europe, more bad blood between Russia and the U.S., and some analysts believe it may be a catalyst for a 'new Cold War'. Griffith Taylor: Visionary, Environmentalist and Explorer Australian geographer, explorer and environmentalist Griffith Taylor (1880-1963), was a gifted scientist and well respected among his teachers and peers. However, he was virtually hounded out of Australia for his denunciation of the White Australia Policy and his controversial stance on the limits to Australia's growth potential at a time of unprecedented nationalism.

webcast.berkeley: UC Berkeley Events: HIV, Families & Permanency Planning: Addressing New Realities

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Progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS has created new possibilities for families and their children.

Please join us for this FREE webinar featuring a panel of experts - attorneys, social workers, and PWHAs - who have current information, experiences and insights to share about future care and custody planning for children whose parents have HIV/AIDS.

Speakers for this event include:
* Jeanne Pietrzak, Director of the National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
* Linda S. Coon, Director of the Families' and Children's AIDS Network
* Wendy Courts, Peer Counselor with the Families' and Children's AIDS Network
* Adam J. Halper, Director of Legal Services at The Family Center
* Danielle Jatlow, Social Worker at The Family Center
* Bryn Poulton, Social Worker at Family Options

For more information and to register to participate online or onsite in Chicago / NYC visit: http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/annual_conference.php

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-03

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:28:10 -0400

Eddin Khoo Southeast Asia correspondent Eddin Khoo talks about the latest episode in the Anwar Ibrahim saga, with Anwar now elected to parliament in the midst of another scandal over allegations against him of sodomy and sexual assault. Eddin also talks about the growing political volatility in Thailand and former PM Thaksin's refusal to stay in Thailand to face charges. George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh You´d be hard pressed to find two authors whose ambitions, lives and subject matter seem more different than Evelyn Waugh and George Orwell. But author David Lebedoff argues that Evelyn Waugh, the eccentric party-loving social climber famed for his biting wit, and George Orwell, a dour socialist, were in many ways `the same man´. Architect of Poland's 'Shock Therapy' A conversation with Poland's former finance minister and central banker, who was the architect of the 'shock therapy' that transformed Poland's economy from communist command to open market. He also talks about concerns in Europe over Russia's invasion of Georgia.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-02

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:04:04 -0400

Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce discusses Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, John McCain's vice-presidential selection, and Hurricane Gustav and its effect on this week's GOP convention. Seeds of Climate Change A discussion about the importance of gathering the oldest and hardiest crop seeds in order to ensure the resilience of essential food crops and thus food security during climate change. Abu Ghraib: The Stain on America The photographs taken at Abu Ghraib are well documented but did they reveal the greater story of what was happening in the fight against terrorism? Were those implicated in the photographs just following operating standard procedure?

CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: The Enright Files - Arguments About Israel

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:56:12 -0400

Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, in conversation with with Ruth Wisse and David Shulman about the past, present and future of Israel.

Ockham's Razor: 2008-08-31 Rising sea levels

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:32:03 -0400

The CEO of Green Cross Australia, Mara Bun, reports on what will happen if sea levels continue to rise. According to scientists we could experience an 88cm rise by the end of the century if greenhouse emissions keep increasing and this will have catastrophic effects on vast populations globally.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-09-01

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:48:21 -0400

Canberra Babylon Laura Tingle discusses Prime Minister's Kevin Rudd's ability to sell the Government's policies and, the economy moving back to centre stage. Graeme Blundell: My Life in Parts Graeme Blundell has written biographies of Brett Whitley and Graham Kennedy, but he says writing his own story has been the hardest of all. In 'The Naked Truth: My Life in Parts' Blundell tells of his growing up in the outer Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, his early years of acting and working at the legendary Pram Factory and La Mama, Playbox Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He became a sex symbol after his role in the film 'Alvin Purple', one of forty films he's appeared in.

Radio Eye: Radio Eye: Radio Eye: Radio Eye: Radio Eye: 2008-08-30 Corazon de Lorca

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:28:04 -0400

In Malaga and Granada a traveller is seeking traces of the celebrated Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca. A visitor from Australia, originally from the Philippines, she is partly at home in Spanish but constantly discovering nuances and unfamiliar fragments of history as she explores tourist destinations and bars, flamenco cafes and mountain caves. She encounters singers, actors, artists and tourists, gypsy buskers at the Mirador, Leila in her teashop who knows the Arabic origins of flamenco; and above his textile shop Senor Romero shows her his extraordinary recreation of the Café de Chinitas, the flamenco theatre/café made famous in one of Lorca's poems. Perhaps the Asian women of the café were Filipinas? Perhaps the traveller has another connection to Andalusia? Everyone she meets, from Chile, Colombia, Portugal, the locals, the lovers from Madrid and the teachers from Britain all believe they have found something of Lorca. He foretold his own fate. He disappeared at the age of 38 at the beginning of the Civil War, killed, it's said, by Nationalist militia. His body was thrown into an unmarked grave somewhere between Viznar and Alfacar near Granada. 'Then I realised I had been murdered They looked for me in cafes, cemeteries and churches .... but they did not find me. They never found me? No. They never found me.' Location recordings by Merlinda Bobis Produced, in collaboration with the writer, by Russell Stapleton and Jane Ulman with the assistance of the ABC regional production Fund.

Philosopher's Zone: 2008-08-30 - Light from the North - The Scottish Enlightenment

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:20:04 -0400

Much of the modern world was created in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. The Scottish Enlightenment was more than just the Scottish branch of that great eighteenth-century European movement of ideas known as the Enlightenment: it was essentially Scottish and wholly important. This week, we explore some tartan ideas with Arthur Herman, author of Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World.

Front Row Highlights: Front Row Highlights: Front Row Highlights: FrontRow: Lenny Henry, 9/11 conspiracy theory films, Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan 29 Aug 08

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:32:04 -0400

In the week of his fiftieth birthday, comedian and actor Lenny Henry discusses over thirty years on our screens; director Francesco Trento and producer Tim Sparke on their 9/11 conspiracy films; and Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan discuss this new dance collaboration.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-08-27

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:40:43 -0400

Rwanda and dispatches from the medical frontline A conversation with the former international president of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) about his experiences working in some of the world's worst trouble spots -- Rwanda, Somalia, Afghanistan -- and the big challenge facing humanitarianism, the blurring of boundaries between humanitarian assistance and the political objectives of military intervention.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-08-28

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:40:43 -0400

New Orleans: the 'backwash' A conversation on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with New Orleans writer Michael Tisserand and his wife, paediatrician Tami Hinz, about returning to live and work in New Orleans; and preparing for possible evacuation again as Hurricane Gustav looms in the Gulf of Mexico. Shakespeare's language In his book, Think On My Words, David Crystal shows, through a forensic examination of Shakespeare's vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and punctuation, how we can gain a greater appreciation of Shakespeare's linguistic creativity.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-08-29

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:40:43 -0400

CLASSIC LNL: History Maker - Ken Burns An extended discussion with American historian and filmmaker Ken Burns, whose trilogy on America -- The Civil War, Baseball and Jazz -- proved that historical detail can make for great television. They constituted 50 plus hours of television in which the drama was in the text, the evocative old photos, and the archival footage. Originally broadcast on 10/10/2002.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-08-25

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:32:09 -0400

Canberra Babylon This week, Christian Kerr talks about the focus on the Senate in the coming weeks and months, where Kevin Rudd will seek to co-opt rather than sideline the Opposition in attempting to pass its first four major pieces of legislation -- the Medicare surcharge, the tax on alcopops, removing the fuel condensate subsidy, and increasing the luxury car tax. Queensland the new epicentre of power From Bisvegas to epicentre of power - how did the state of Queensland rise above its redneck politics and draconian laws to produce the current Prime Minister and Treasurer, not to mention countless other top officials from vice-chancellors to top lawyers? Pompeii On 24 August in 79 AD, Mt Vesuvius erupted, and over the course of August 24th and 25th it completely buried the city of Pompeii and its surrounds in six feet of volcanic ash. It lay undiscovered until it was accidentally found in 1599 by an architect who was looking to change the course of a river. However, it remained undisturbed until the middle of the 18th century and since then it´s been the site of intense archaeological activity. In fact, Pompeii has the distinction of being the longest non-stop archaeological dig in history. At present there are almost thirty different archaeological projects being conducted at Pompeii.

Late Night Live: Late Night Live - 2008-08-26

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:32:09 -0400

Bruce Shapiro This week Bruce talks about the Democratic National Convention and Barack Obama's choice of vice-president, Joe Biden. Climate Wars: Gwynne Dyer Climate change is happening sooner than we thought it would and while most of us focus on not wasting energy or driving less, US and UK military strategists have already started planning to deal with the threats posed by climate change: failed states, famines, floods, new warzones, and millions and millions of refugees. Gwynne Dyer's book gives a number of different scenarios for the future based on conversations with military experts and scientists.

TimesTalks: NYT: TimesTalks with Donatella Versace