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Thursday 02 September 2010
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It's been described as the most anticipated political biography of all time. No newspaper extracts or serialisations appeared before this week's publication, producing maximum media competition - and if the reports are correct, it appears that Tony Blair has managed to write a reflective, frank and personal account of his ten years as Britain's Prime Minister.
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The collapse of state authority in Pakistan following the floods is allowing power to pass to NGOs linked to terrorist groups.
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Over a century before we had reality television and the internet and half a century before we had talkback radio, the scope for Australians to participate in media was enormous. Bridget Griffen-Jones tells the history of participatory media in Australia.
Wednesday 01 September 2010
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Dr Walter Bortz is an expert on ageing and longevity who has spent many years railing against the way America has become so seduced by the big pharmaceutical companies that it's spending trillion of dollars on repair, rather than education leading to prevention.
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The Atlantic Ocean is a vast body of water covering 33 million square miles. Its biographer argues that it has its very own psychology, and over the centuries the story of humanity's relationship to this Ocean has taken many turns.
Tuesday 31 August 2010
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Bruce Shapiro discusses the weekend's big Glenn Beck "Restoring Honor" rally. Glenn Beck got his start back in the early 90s in New Haven, where he arrived at a local station as a washed up, drug-addicted DJ, and left, after seven years, with a new radio persona, a new wife and a new religion. Now he lives in a mansion in New Canaan, about 45 minutes down the road - one of the wealthiest towns in the US.
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Match fixing raises its ugly head once again as an alleged Pakistani match fixer pockets millions and says that he fixed cricket matches in England and Australia.
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A proposed new national arts curriculum for schools is expected to be launched in the coming months. Some teachers, especially those in the area of visual arts, are appalled. The authors of the new curriculum, however, feel that the new syllabus will sharpen the focus on arts education in Australia.
Monday 30 August 2010
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This week Laura discusses the situation after the Federal election; a hung parliament and what the various Independents are demanding in exchange for their support.
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Cyber war is real and cyber war is already with us. It is different to conventional warfare or even the nuclear threat. It is beyond the battlefield and it happens at the speed of light and it is capable of devastating a modern nation. But is it possible to avoid?
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Elif Batuman's book has had rave reviews in the US. It mixes a great love of Russian literature, with travel writing and a lot of humour.
Friday 27 August 2010
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A pre-Christmas program from 1993, featuring William Burroughs reading The Junky's Christmas and a discussion about the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol throughout history. Originally broadcast on 23/12/93.
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