Books, Books, Books

May 29 2023 98 ep. 51 mins 182
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The latest books from the best writers. Join books writer, Nicole Abadee, as she interviews top Australian and international Authors about their new releases. Make yourself a cup of tea, pull up a comfy chair, and settle in for some great conversations. Let's talk books.

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LAW SCHOOL SERIES - Gerry Simpson "The Sentimental Life of International Law"

May 29 2023 61 mins  
Nicole Abadee talks to Professor Gerry Simpson about his book "The Sentimental Life of International Law: Literature, Language and Longing in world politics.

LAW SCHOOL SERIES: Understanding Sharia Processes with Ghena Krayem

May 10 2023 59 mins  
In this episode of the Books, Books, Books Law School Series, Associate Professor Krayem talks with Nicole about her latest book "Understanding Sharia Processes: Women's Experiences of Family Disputes." SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @

Storytelling & social justice: In conversation with Suzie Miller

Mar 07 2023 44 mins  
This episode is a special presentation of the In Conversation Nicole Abadee did with award winning playwright and human rights lawyer, Suzie Miller, for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, about the importance and role of storytelling in social justice.

LAW SCHOOL SERIES: Yane Svetiev “Experimentalist Competition Law and the Regulation of Markets”

Feb 20 2023 63 mins  
In this episode of the Books, Books, Books Law School Series, Professor Svetiev provides an up-to-date account of the evolution of competition law enforcement in the European Union, arguing that recent developments may be explained by a model of experimentalist governance based on learning from difference and learning from experience. He considers the extent to which an experimenta

Griffith Review Series Issue #78 “A Matter of Taste” with Dr Carody Culver

Dec 22 2022 48 mins  
Nicole talks to the new editor of Griffith Review, Dr Carody Culver about Griffith Review 78, A Matter of Taste, which provides a feast of essays, memoir, reportage and fiction about what we eat and why. They discuss brilliant pieces by food writer Kate Gibbs (grand-daughter of Margaret Fulton) on the joys and future of cookbooks, historian Yves Rees on the milk wars and their orig

Bonnie Garmus "Lessons in Chemistry"

Nov 29 2022 55 mins  
In this achingly tender, funny, clever debut novel set in the 1950s, talented Elizabeth Zott confronts misogyny and worse as she battles to create a place for herself in the male-dominated world of research chemistry. Things get worse when she falls in love with brilliant fellow scientist Calvin. Here Garmus dsicusses how Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” inspired her a

LAW SCHOOL SERIES: Dr Stacie Strong " Legal Reasoning Across Commercial Disputes"

Nov 01 2022 53 mins  
In this week’s episode of the law school series, Nicole speaks with Dr Stacie Strong, Associate Professor, about her recent book, Legal Reasoning Across Commercial Disputes – Comparing Judicial and Arbitral Analyses¸ in which she considers the following three issues: Is legal reasoning in the judicial setting different from legal reasoning in the setting of commercial arbitr

GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Issue #77 "Real Cool World"

Sep 19 2022 57 mins  
In this edition of Griffith Review, which is produced in partnership with the Australian Antarctic Division, Ashley and Nicole discuss all things Antarctic –Australia’s role there, the fascinating million-year ice core project, the terrifying impact of climate change on the fragile Antarctic eco-systems and the melting of the ice sheets.

Wendy McCarthy "Don't Be Too Polite Girls"

Sep 06 2022 53 mins  
Feminist, activist and writer Wendy McCarthy reveals in her new memoir, “Don’t Be Too Polite, Girls” how to be a strong feminist, a good mother and a good wife - all at the same time. Here she discusses how choosing the right life partner, her beloved Gordon McCarthy, enabled her to live a stimulating, purposeful life, with a brilliant career spanning the public, private, cor

Sydney Law School Series: Teela Reid

Aug 14 2022 65 mins  
“I am first and foremost a First Nations woman. I am that before I am a lawyer”. In this wide-ranging conversation with Teela Reid, Sydney Law School’s first First Nations Lawyer in Residence, she discusses her remarkable career as lawyer, activist and storyteller – the life-changing decision to move from teaching to law, her determination to make life better for the next g