A weekly conversation about politics and current events, international affairs, history, art, books, and the natural world, to illuminate the issues faced by society and explore them in new ways.
Barrister Julian Burnside QC joined Amy in the studio to discuss the threats to multiculturalism in Australia, which is the topic of his Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria 7th Annual Walter Lippmann Memorial…
Emma Shortis, PhD candidate in history at the University of Melbourne, joined Amy to discuss the latest in American politics. Karen Middleton, Chief Political Correspondent for The Saturday Paper, discussed her article, 'How…
Peter Cochrane, historian and novelist, spoke about his new book on "the story behind the story" of Australia's involvement in World War I, 'Best We Forget: The War for White Australia: 1914-18'.
Ben Eltham and Amy analysed the two Liberal leadership spills that in the end brought us a new Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Ed Hill, Goongerah Environment Centre's spokesperson talked about the scientific trial…
Acclaimed actors Marta Dusseldorp and Zoe Terakes talk about the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of A Dolls House Part 2, which sees Nora return to the family she left 15 years ago.
Richard Todd, Director and Producer of Dying to Live, came into the studio to discuss his documentary about organ and tissue donation in Australia, which is showing at the Melbourne International Film Festival
Ben Eltham joined Amy to discuss the latest in federal politics. Richard Todd, Director and Producer of Dying to Live, came into the studio to discuss his documentary about organ and tissue donation…
Curators Kirsty Grant and Denise Whitehouse join the program to talk about the latest exhibition at theHeide Museum of Modern Art,'Design For Life: Grant and Mary Featherston', which explores the career…
Author, academic and essayist,Kate Rossmanith joined Amy in the studio to talk about her hybrid memoirSmall Wrongs: How We Really Say Sorry in Love, Life and Law.
Author, academic and essayist,Kate Rossmanith joined Amy in the studio to talk about her hybrid memoirSmall Wrongs: How We Really Say Sorry in Love, Life and Law.Jean-Dominique Mellot, Chief Curator of…
Historian Professor David Christian discusses a shared, secular origin story for humanity in his new book,Origin Story: A Big History of Everything; Dr Anne Rees, historian at La Trobe University, came…
Don Driscoll, Professor of Terrestrial Ecology and President of the Ecological Society of Australia joined Amy to talk about the damaging effects of the NSW brumby protection legislation; Eminent Professor Jenny Graves AO…
Writer Don Watson joined Amy to discuss his article A Pack Of Bankers published inThe Monthly; Dr Daniel Chamovitz, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University spoke…
Dr Daniel Chamovitz, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University spoke with Amy about his recently updated book,What A Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses(via…
Eminent social researcher and author Hugh Mackay AO joined Amy in the studio to talk about his new book,Australia Reimagined: Towards A More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society.
Eminent social researcher and author Hugh Mackay AO joined Amy in the studio to talk about his new book,Australia Reimagined: Towards A More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society. Author Bri Lee also…
James Watson, Professor at the University of Queensland and Director of Science and Research at the Wildlife Conservation Society discussed his co-authored research published inSciencejournal, 'One-third of the worlds nature reserves…
Journalist and Adjunct Researcher at Swinburne University of Technology, Nic Maclellan came into the studio to discuss his book,Grappling With The Bomb: Britains Pacific H-Bomb Tests(ANU Press); Writer and Social Philosopher…
Journalist and Adjunct Researcher at Swinburne University of Technology, Nic Maclellan came into the studio to discuss his book,Grappling With The Bomb: Britains Pacific H-Bomb Tests(ANU Press)
Author Johann Hari spoke about his book,Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions.Emma Dawson, Executive Director ofPer Capitadiscussedtheir annual tax survey. UK film director…
Conservation Ecologist and Director of theThreatened Species Recovery Hub,ProfessorBrendan Wintlediscussed Australias major impending bird and mammal extinctions and what we must do about it; Author Fiona Harari chatted about her new…
Conservation Ecologist and Director of theThreatened Species Recovery Hub,ProfessorBrendan Wintlediscussed Australias major impending bird and mammal extinctions and what we must do about it
Award-winning historian and ProfessorEmerita(from ANU)Joan Beaumont, joined Amy to talk about a book she co-edited,Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship.Shetalked about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
Author Stuart Kells and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation Professor Ian D. Gow, discussed the surprising history of accounting in their new book,The Big Four: The Curious…
Award-winning historian and ProfessorEmerita(from ANU)Joan Beaumont, joined Amy to talk about a book she co-edited,Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship.Shetalked about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
Dr Daniel Halliday, political philosopher at the University of Melbourne joined Amy in the studio for a chat about his new bookTheInheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality and the Right to Bequeath.…
Dr Daniel Halliday, political philosopher at the University of Melbourne joined Amy in the studio for a chat about his new bookTheInheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality and the Right to Bequeath.
Ben Eltham, National Affairs Correspondent for New Matilda, came in to discuss federal politics. Photographer Clare Rae and Gareth Syvret, Photographic Archivist at the Socit Jersiaise in the UK, came in to the…
Amy talks toBen Eltham about federal politics. Mark McKenna, Professor of History at The University of Sydney joined Amy in the studio to discuss his Quarterly EssayMoment of Truth: History and Australia's…
(feature)Mark McKenna, Professor of History at The University of Sydney joined Amy in the studio to discuss his Quarterly EssayMoment of Truth: History and Australia's Future
Barack Obamas former Senior Writer and Deputy Director of Messaging, Pat Cunnane, joined Amy to chat about his forthcoming book, ' West Winging It: An Un-Presidential Memoir' (out via Affirm Press), ahead of…
Amy was joined in the studio by former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs who came in to talk about her upcoming lecture at The University of Melbourne…
Amy was joined in the studio by former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs who came in to talk about her upcoming lecture at The University of Melbourne…
US film directorJennifer Breaspoke toAmyabout her Oscar-shortlisted documentaryUnrest,which chronicles her experience andthe experiences of others who have gone "missing" the sufferers of the significantly debilitating illness Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), aka "Chronic…
New York Times journalist and author Jim Robbins came in to the studio to talk about his latest book, The Wonder of Birds and his upcoming talk at the Wheeler Centre.
US film director Jennifer Brea spoke to Amy about her Oscar-shortlisted documentary Unrest, which chronicles her experience and the experiences of others who have gone "missing" the sufferers of the significantly debilitating…
On this specialUncommon Sensepodcast, author and speakerRachel Botsman talked with host Amy Mullinsabout her latest bookWhoCan You Trust? How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Could Drive Us Apart.
