Latest Episodes for this Channel
Sat August 23 2008
We have never been so rich, healthy and free. But discontent is all around. Has something gone awry? Clive Hamilton calls it the freedom paradox. We...
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We have never been so rich, healthy and free. But discontent is all around. Has something gone awry? Clive Hamilton calls it the freedom paradox. We are certainly liberated, but to what end? The civil and sexual revolution, Hamilton postulates, has been hijacked. Is there any turning back? An unflinching assessment of postmodern times from the man who brought us Growth Fetish and Affluenza. Reco... read more
We have never been so rich, healthy and free. But discontent is all around. Has something gone awry? Clive Hamilton calls it the freedom paradox. We are certainly liberated, but to what end? The civil and sexual revolution, Hamilton postulates, has been hijacked. Is there any turning back? An unflinching assessment of postmodern times from the man who brought us Growth Fetish and Affluenza. Recorded at Sydney Ideas, at the University of Sydney.
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Sat August 16 2008
The Prime Minister has put unfinished constitutional business back on the agenda. It might be 108 years late in coming but official recognition of I...
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The Prime Minister has put unfinished constitutional business back on the agenda. It might be 108 years late in coming but official recognition of Indigenous Australians is drawing serious attention. So what is at stake here? In this powerful presentation, recorded at the National Archives of Australia, Indigenous leader and rights advocate Mick Dodson argues for an overhaul of a document frozen... read more
The Prime Minister has put unfinished constitutional business back on the agenda. It might be 108 years late in coming but official recognition of Indigenous Australians is drawing serious attention. So what is at stake here? In this powerful presentation, recorded at the National Archives of Australia, Indigenous leader and rights advocate Mick Dodson argues for an overhaul of a document frozen in time and almost impossible to change.
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Sat August 09 2008
Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died at the age of 89. His work is testament to the power of the written word to change the world. We revisit a powerful ...
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died at the age of 89. His work is testament to the power of the written word to change the world. We revisit a powerful program on Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, first broadcast in 2007. Master interviewer Terry Lane interrogates a great work of art, and the uncompromising life of its creator.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died at the age of 89. His work is testament to the power of the written word to change the world. We revisit a powerful program on Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, first broadcast in 2007. Master interviewer Terry Lane interrogates a great work of art, and the uncompromising life of its creator.
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Sat August 02 2008
Are you feeling flush with funds after the decade-long commodities boom? Or is the cost of housing, groceries and petrol making you feel like a paup...
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Are you feeling flush with funds after the decade-long commodities boom? Or is the cost of housing, groceries and petrol making you feel like a pauper? Today a flashpoint between those who believe we have never had it so good and those who reckon the dream has become a nightmare. The third Intelligence Squared debate spares no argument in its quest for the truth about debt stress.
Are you feeling flush with funds after the decade-long commodities boom? Or is the cost of housing, groceries and petrol making you feel like a pauper? Today a flashpoint between those who believe we have never had it so good and those who reckon the dream has become a nightmare. The third Intelligence Squared debate spares no argument in its quest for the truth about debt stress.
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