Counterpoint

Jan 14 2024 239 ep. 54 mins 714
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This program is no longer in production. Amanda Vanstone tackles key social, economic and cultural issues in Australian life, challenging assumptions and giving voice to new and seldom-heard commentators.

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Age of distraction

Jan 14 2024 53 mins  
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.

We are electric

Jan 07 2024 52 mins  
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.

Censorship, cold, care and concrete

Dec 31 2023 54 mins  
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.

Rotting brains and Nannaria Swiftae

Dec 24 2023 54 mins  
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?

Power -in spines, water and people

Dec 17 2023 54 mins  
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?

It's time.

Dec 10 2023 50 mins  
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?

Going backwards and forwards - decolonising, AI, fleets and Phar Lap

Dec 03 2023 51 mins  
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.

A big mistake

Nov 26 2023 52 mins  
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.

Back to earth

Nov 19 2023 52 mins  
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?

Morality and meaning

Nov 12 2023 53 mins  
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?