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Bicycle Network CEO, Alison McCormack (pictured) pedals to work, finding both fitness and peace of mind. Her story was in the Melbourne Age: "Why cycling to work is better for your brain than walking"."Activists like Greta Thunberg care more about fame than facts";"Israel says Greta Thunberg has been deported after seizure of Gaza-bound ship";"This group is the most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses by far";"Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn't know it in the cities";"Neither glib lines nor warm thoughts can hide the cynicism of Labor's North West Shelf decision";"Valencia's flood was a catastrophe. Was it also a crime?";"9 myths about electric vehicles have taken hold. A new study shows how many people fall for them";"Australia's next national adaptation conference";"Interview: 'Australia's E-Bike moment' with Bicycle Network's CEO, Alison McCormack";"New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate' emissions reduction plan";"Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice?";"Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year";"Trump Determined To Gut The Endangered Species Act";"AI Threatens Efforts To Combat Climate Change";"NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date";"Extreme Heat Hazards";"A critical review of the effectiveness of electric fans as a personal cooling intervention in hot weather and heatwaves";"There are clear laws on enforcing blockades – Israel's interception of the Madleen raises serious questions";"Australia's government is pledging better protection for our vulnerable seas – but will it work?";"Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg's Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments";"In Spain, a chat on the doorstep is a custom worth preserving in the digital age";"‘Ticking Time Bomb' of Ocean Acidification Has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study";"2025 Global Energy Investment to Reach Record $3.3 Trillion, Driven by ‘Clean Technologies': IEA Report";"A 500MW Wind Energy Plant Launches in Egypt";"‘Shelter and Storm': Tamara Dean's Memoir of Living in the Driftless";"These Kids Fought the Climate Crisis in Court. Now They're Taking on Trump";"On Ireland's peat bogs, climate action clashes with tradition";"More than Half of all Daily Trips Were Less than Three Miles in 2021";"It looks like a golf cart, maxes out at 25 mph and could be your next city car".

Australia's National Party was successful in recent Federal elections and subsequently has been beating its chest in celebratory joy, but not everyone feels the same way, according to this opinion piece in the Melbourne Age: "Denial is hard to grasp in the city. In flooded Taree, it's bewildering"."The True Cost of Pretending Climate Change Doesn't Exist";"Trump administration plans to end greenhouse gas limits on power plants";"This town was wiped out by Helene. How does it come back?";"‘Destruction everywhere': Taree cleanup begins as NSW floods reignite inter-agency tensions";"Dry spell hits Shepparton as rainfall plummets below average";"The intensifying climate driver behind the coastal deluges and inland drought";"Earth's major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says";"ABC Radio's Country Breakfast is an entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia.";"‘We're really struggling': Fire levy pushing drought-stricken farmers to the brink";"New Mexico Is the Latest State Developing Standards to Protect Workers in Extreme Heat";"Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?";"The deluge in NSW sounds a warning to rural and regional communities elsewhere";"Gas industry could get far more than $200m if deals keep flowing – Jones";"We bear the brunt of the climate crisis. A Pacific Cop could help shape the global response";"Climate Council Statement On NSW Floods: More Destructive Due To Climate Change";"The shadows of Amazon dams";"A Truly Dark Day in DC" - Bill McKibben"Trump and Republicans are targeting blue states' climate policies";"The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce";"Climate change could drive surge in foreclosures and lender losses, new study finds";"How states can fight climate change without the feds";"Eight EU countries form coalition of the willing on crisis preparedness";"Trump's “wins” on nuclear power are losses for taxpayers and public safety";"Battery Recycling: How Accounting for Social and Environmental Benefits Boosts Returns";"“As journalists, we fail to extend empathy to ourselves”: How climate reporting is impacting mental health";"More Than 1 in 4 Cars Sold Globally in 2025 Expected to Be EVs: IEA Report";"NSW on alert: these maps show the areas at risk of flooding and storms";"Floods, fires and even terrorist attacks: how ready are our hospitals to cope when disaster strikes?";"In a flood, first responders balance helping others while their own families are at risk. It's an impossible choice";"The deluge in NSW sounds a warning to rural and regional communities elsewhere";"Nuclear has highest investment risk; solar shows lowest, say US researchers";"James Hansen and the scientific contest about accelerated warming: 2025 is the crunch year";"One-in-500-year floods: How often do they really happen and what does the term mean?";"How the government is setting everyone up to fail on green claims";"Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate";"In Chicago, Artists Imagine a World Without Prisons or Environmental Hazards";"Flooding Caused by Atmospheric River Over Maryland Shows How Climate Change Is Stressing Inland Communities";"Paris Agreement Target for Warming Won't Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn";"Victorian planning laws blasted – wrong answer to market failure";"Can glaciers regrow if global warming is reversed? Not in our l

Violet Coco (pictured) has the innate ability to reach into people, touch their hearts, make them feel something, make them angry, and yet comfort them with the thought that someone is doing something about alerting the world to the terrors of climate change.Violet, a woman with the seeming innocence of a young girl, was taken to lunch by Angus Delaney, and here you can hear the audio of a story he wrote for the Melbourne Age: "There's no bridge too far for this climate activist's cause".

Kerri Sackville is a prolific writer who, on top of her columns in the Sydney Morning Herald, Sunday Life and Melbourne Age, has published five bestselling books. Her response to the Five Of My Life challenge was deeply personal, thought provoking and, ultimately, uplifting. Hear each song chosen by every Five of My Life guest at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60PqJQ1rg6fverFMyKvdkG Follow The Five of My Life on Instagram: The Five of My Life (@thefiveofmylife) Contact Nigel at https://nigelmarsh.com/  

Mark Carter (pictured) from Flight Free Australia was clearly the first person to call when it was announced that Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport would receive Federal Government cash to make the complex's third runway a reality. A story in The Melbourne Age - "Melbourne Airport's $3 billion third runway cleared for take-off" - told of this development. Mark explains how his group draws inspiration and sustenance from the European organization, "Stay Grounded" and is affiliated with the locally-based group, "Climate Action Network Australia". High-speed rail is an alternative to flying and one view can be read in an article on The Conversation by Phillip Laird, "High-speed rail plans may finally end Australia's 40-year wait to get on board". The Geelong-based, "The Sustainable Hour" talked with Mark earlier in the year and this episode of "Climate Conversations" includes the audio from that interview, which happened before the confirmation announcement of the the third runway.

The recent launch of The Shepparton Irrigation Region Land and Water Management Plan for 2050 was a wonderful opportunity to record some impressive speakers, but put to the test, I failed - what I recorded was less than adequate. The event, at Girgarre's Gargarro Botanic Garden Cafe, was attended by more than 100 people and was organized by the "Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority". The guest speaker was the foundation executive officer of Goulburn-Murray Water, Denis Flett. According to the Melbourne Age, the Liberal-endorsed candidate, Mariam Riza (pictured) to be lord mayor of Melbourne is promising to get more cars into the CBD by ripping up the city's bike lanes, claiming they cause traffic bottlenecks - "Rip up the bike lanes: Liberals launch Melbourne mayoral bid"; "No bike lanes in the city says candidate for Melbourne Council Mariam Riza"; "Pacific in peril: UN urges Australia to block new coal and gas projects"; "How did a sudden reduction in shipping pollution inadvertently stoke global warming?"; "What Indonesia's next climate pledge could do for its people, environment and economy – The Briefing Room"; The book co-authored by Phillip Sutton - "Climate Code Red: the Case for Emergency Action"; "Campaigners sue EU over ‘grossly inadequate' 2030 climate targets"; "Why is climate change causing ‘record-shattering' extreme heat?"; "More Than 40% of World's Electricity Came From Zero-Carbon Sources in 2023"; "‘These ideas are incredibly popular': what is degrowth and can it save the planet?"; "Sydney records hottest August day in seven years amid high fire danger from warm, windy weather"; "‘Working here is hell': latest death of farm worker in 40C heat shocks Italy"; "‘Everything, everywhere, all at once': Australia's survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort"; "Power-hungry AI data centers are raising electric bills and blackout risk"; "‘The world needs your leadership', Guterres tells Pacific Islands Forum"; "How much more water and power does AI computing demand? Tech firms don't want you to know"; "The next big climate target: Ending carbon offset scams"; "Climate disinformation continues to leave a mark as world gets hotter"; "Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action"; "Investigation reveals global fisheries are in far worse shape than we thought – and many have already collapsed"; "Scientists may have found a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet": "US tourist dies after ice collapse in Icelandic glacier"; "UPS Drivers Won “Historic Heat Protections.” They Say the Company Hasn't Lived Up to That Promise."; "NZ's looming climate cash crunch"; "The Unstoppable, Exponential Energy Transition with Kingsmill Bond".

Melbourne's Arnold Dix (pictured) is something of a polymath, who is terrified of climate change, but who sees some value in Australia adopting nuclear power and he discusses that in a Melbourne Age story - "The ‘scared' green activist who is now embracing a nuclear future"; "Magic thinking vs the hard truth of climate change"; "Last summer was so hot on the Great Barrier Reef, even the scientist didn't believe it"; "Urban growth is leading to more intense droughts for most of the world's cities – and Sydney is a case study for areas at risk"; "The Missing Peace Webinar #1: The Greens' commitment to peace with Bob Brown and Jo Vallentine"; "July was California's hottest month ever, as climate warms to dangerous new extremes"; "California is harnessing solar power thanks to a big battery boom, providing a glimpse into Australia's energy future"; "Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets"; "‘Everything, everywhere, all at once': Australia's survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort"; "Antarctic heat, wild Australian winter: what's happening to the weather and what it means for the rest of the year".

I used to consume lots of content. I used to listen to podcasts while running or driving, watch YouTube videos when having breakfast, and read online articles while queuing at the supermarket. I would squeeze in a bit of learning every time I could. I no longer do that. In 2023, I read Kerri Sackville's "The Secret Life of You: How a bit of alone time can change your life, relationships, and maybe the world." Kerri's stories made me realise I wasn't spending enough time "alone with my thoughts," I phrase I now love. I invited Kerri to share her stories and ideas on my channel. She's an Australian media personality. She's appeared several times on national Australian TV and radio, and she's a regular writer for Sunday Life Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, and Melbourne Age. She's also the author of 5 non-fiction books. "The Secret Life of You" is her latest one. Read it. It'll change your life. Thanks to those who submitted questions for Kerri, and enjoy the conversation. "You cannot produce original thought without quality time alone in your own mind." -- Kerri Sackville, "The Secret Life of You" KERRI'S LINKS - The Secret Life of You on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-You-change-relationships-ebook/dp/B0BNPG9CDL - Kerri's website - https://www.kerrisackville.com.au/ - Instagram @kerrisackville - Facebook @Kerri.Sackville MY LINKS Better Writers - https://fabiocerpelloni.com/private (The episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/8UFjWDJhCWE)

“He's a comedy genius, one of the funniest things I've seen. Sublime, original and brilliant”The Independent“Quite simply, he is mind blowing, so if you fancy your mind being blown Paul Foot is one of the few comedians working today who can do it for you” The Mirror “A deranged genius” Sydney Morning Herald “An exquisite symphony of jubilant madness” Melbourne Age “A work of genius (..) Highly intellectual and ridiculously silly (..) A treasure”Chortle “Comedy gold” Broadway World “Simply one of the best I've ever seen (..) True alternative comedy at it's very best” British Comedy Guide “A delight (..)Silly and inspired” FestCatch Paul Foot on tour with Dissolve, a brand-new show which promises to be his most personal, surprising and inspired stand-up offering ever. Tickets go paulfoot.tv, seetickets.com and plosive.co.uk. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feel Good From Within with Yvette Le Blowitz - #SPAITGIRL Podcast EP/205 - The Secret Life of You w/Kerri Sackville, Columnist and Author  Kerri Sackville is an Australia Writer.  She is currently a regular columnist for Sunday Life magazine, Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age.  Over the years, Kerri has appeared frequently on commercial and ABC radio networks, podcasts, and TV shows including Sunrise, The Morning Show and The Daily Edition.  Kerri is the author of five books: The Secret Life of You, The Life-Changing Magic of a Little Bit of Mess, Out There, The Little Book of Anxiety, When My Husband Does the Dishes.  Why is it so scary to be alone with your own thoughts?  When columnist and commentator Kerri Sackville decided to put down her phone and learn to be comfortable alone, her quality of life soared. Speaking meaningful time on your own can boost creativity and productivity, improve self-awareness, build resilience and moral courage, and, most importantly, improve your relationships and connect with others. Many great thinkers from Buddha to Barack Obama have espoused the benefits of solitude but the busy-ness of modern life doesn't leave us much time for contemplation. With smart phone, social media, endless streaming and podcast options, as well as the demands of work, family and friends, we are rarely left alone with our thoughts.  Even a few minutes a day can help us to rejuvenate from the daily grind and restore clarity and focus. Yvette Le Blowitz Podcast Host talks with Kerri Sackville Author of The Secret Life of You who shares how to become comfortable in your own company, in order to enjoy and even cherish time alone.  ------- In Podcast Episode - EP.205 Kerri Sackville shares: - a little bit about herself - insights into her book - The Secret Life of You - why it is so scary to be alone with our thoughts - the benefits of solitude  - the roadblocks to unplugging from your mobile phone and social media,  - the difference between aloneness and loneliness  - how to become self-aware  - how to become comfortable in your own company - her own self-care rituals Plus we talk about so much more........ 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Kerri Sackville is an Australian author, columnist, and social commentator. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The Sunday Times UK, SBS Life, http://news.com.au , mamamia.com, The Australian Women's Weekly, and Prevention Magazine. A long-time contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne Age and Sunday Life magazine, Kerri's columns are regularly amongst the most widely read across the sites. Kerri has written five works of non-fiction and contributed to three anthologies. Her latest book is The Secret Life of You: How a bit of alone time can change your life, relationships, and maybe the world (Pantera, 2023). Kerri is a regular guest on ABC radio, commercial radio, and podcasts around the country. She lives in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs with her kids and cat. Connect with Kerri Sackville Facebook: http://Facebook.com/Kerri.Sackville Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerrisackville/ Connect us here iTunes: https://apple.co/3W14wjk Spotify: https://spoti.fi/42S3mcb

Cole Haddon is an Australian-American novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. Dracula, his first television commission, was produced by NBC and Sky Living starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and he has gone on to develop dozens of feature films and TV series around the globe – most recently Genocidal Organ for director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) and the rock musical Zombie Broadway for The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart and director Jonas Åkerlund (Lords of Chaos). His graphic novels have been published by Dark Horse and others. His articles have appeared in the Melbourne Age, Sydney Morning Herald, and Village Voice Media, amongst others. Psalms for the End of the World, his first novel, is just out in paperback.We had a great chat with Cole, hearing about how he broke into Hollywood, and the difficulties he faced after doing so. He tells us about the differences in working in the US and UK film industries, and why tumultuous times led to him writing his first novel, Psalms for the End of the World. Plus, we go off on a tangent talking about Marvel movies and TV, and hear what he thinks the best show of 2023 has been...Links:Buy Psalms for the End of the WorldFollow Cole on TwitterVisit Cole's websiteRead Cole's substackOut now - a new video podcast from Page One featuring all the latest writing news - Page One Extra! For all episodes be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, search for Page One Extra on your favourite podcast app, or follow this link: https://linktr.ee/ukpageonePage One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramFollow us on Mastodon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A former New Zealand solider who gave key evidence in a trial centred around a now disgraced former Australian SAS soldier has been deemed an unreliable and dishonest witness, by the trial judge. Ben Roberts-Smith, who won the Victoria Cross for his actions in Afghanistan, had sued Australian newspapers who'd accused him of war crimes, including the murder of prisoners. But the court dismissed the defamation action against the newspaper and journalists, finding the allegations to be "substantially true". The evidence of "person 35" who was in the NZ SAS before serving for Australia - was discredited in the detailed judgement. One of the investigative journalists who revealed Roberts-Smith's war crimes and who was subject to the defamation action, Nick McKenzie from the Melbourne Age, talks to Lisa Owen.

What if I told you, that there was a simple way to improve your creativity, self-awareness, focus, concentration, and reduce your stress and anxiety?It's free.It's not exercise.It's not sleep.Any ideas?Turns out - a way to achieve all of those things is solitude.Not sitting in a room alone on your phone, or watching telly - no.That's not it.Solitude.Just being with your thoughts.Yet Solitude is an interesting thing isn't it?Too much of it is a bit hard to come back from.Not enough of it - and life can become quite difficult.But what about making time to find it, deliberately?Is it even a good idea?Turns out - it is.A very good idea.And Kerri Sackville has done her homework, written a book about it and is here to chat about it.Particularly about what happens to us when we seek out too little, and too much of it.As someone who's done both - I found this conversation fascinating, and I changed my daily habits because of it.Kerri Sackville is an Australian writer who is a regular columnist for Sunday Life magazine, Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age.Over the years, Kerri has appeared frequently on commercial and ABC radio networks, podcasts, and TV shows including Sunrise, The Morning Show and The Daily Edition.She's written five books, including her latest “The secret life of you” which is about spending time alone.If you can't recall the last time that happened, this conversation might be what you need to help you carve out some time to make it happen.Kerri is a hoot.Enjoy this , I certainly did.Stay up to date on more upcoming NTNNNNN shows by joining the mailing list here: Osher Günsberg - Better Than Yesterday Podcast | LinktreeAnything else? Come visit us on discord. Join the oshergünsberg Discord Server! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our exclusive interview with Cole Haddon, an accomplished author and screenwriter. In this fascinating conversation, we delve deep into Cole's creative process and learn about his journey as a writer. Cole shares insights on his latest projects, including his upcoming book and screenplay releases. Including the discussion about how he has interviewed James Cameron, George Romero, and Quinten Tarantino. We explore his influences and inspirations, and gain valuable advice for aspiring writers. Whether you're a fan of Cole's work or simply interested in the craft of writing, this interview is a must-watch. Join us as we dive into the world of storytelling with one of the industry's most exciting talents.Cole Haddon is an Australian-American novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. Dracula, his first television commission, was produced by NBC and Sky Living starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and he has gone on to develop dozens of feature films and TV series around the globe – most recently Genocidal Organ for director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) and the rock musical Zombie Broadway for The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart and director Jonas Åkerlund (Lords of Chaos).His graphic novels have been published by Dark Horse and others. His articles have appeared in the Melbourne Age, Sydney Morning Herald, and Village Voice Media, amongst others. Psalms for the End of the World, his first novel, will be released on 1 September 2022. He lives in the Blue Mountains of Australia with his wife and two children.We will be discussing his latest novel: PSALMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLDIt's 1962 and physics student Grace Pulansky believes she has met the man of her dreams, Robert Jones, while serving up slices of pecan pie at the local diner. But then the FBI shows up, with their fedoras and off-the-rack business suits, and accuses him of being a bomb-planting mass-murderer.Finding herself on the run with Jones across America's Southwest, the discoveries awaiting Gracie will undermine everything she knows about the universe. Her story will reveal how scores of lives – an identity-swapping rock star, a mourning lover in ancient China, Nazi hunters in pursuit of a terrible secret, a crazed artist in pre-revolutionary France, an astronaut struggling with a turbulent interplanetary future, and many more – are interconnected across space and time by love, grief, and quantum entanglement.Spanning continents, centuries, and dimensions, this exquisitely crafted and madly inventive novel – a triple-disk, concept-album of a book – is a profound yet propulsive enquiry into the nature of reality – the perfect immersive read for fans of David Mitchell, Emily St. John Mandel, Neil Gaiman, and Margaret Atwood.BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/42MPmAC#ColeHaddon #ColeHaddonauthor #Author #ColeHaddoninterview #PsalmsForTheEndOfTheWorld #Writer #Author #Screenwriter #WritingProcess #Interview #BookLovers #Writersstrike #CreativeWriting #InspiringConversations #SuccessStory #hollywood #Writersassociation______________________________________Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.ComTHE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE!If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCSFOLLOW US► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support!► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/join/TheWCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals!https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Revered Melbourne artist Kate Ceberano's ruby anniversary finds her at the dawn of a new era. Kates 30th album, My Life Is A Symphony, released this month is a breathtaking celebration of her songwriting, featuring her most iconic songs, Brave and Pash, and personal favorites from across her four-decade recording career, reimagined with Kate at a new peak of command amid the grandeur of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.Unfolding on orchestral stages nationally, the epic musical setting is an apt reflection of an assured rise to the pinnacles of rock, pop, soul and jazz. Kate's 11 platinum albums, 10 Top 10 singles and countless awards speak for themselves. But it's over 8000 performances on every concert, theatre and festival stage in the country and beyond that her unassailable distinction was forged.Her new album is a perfect title capturing her passion and her essence as the quintessential queen of Australian music. It aligns with her live tour with the Melb Symphony Orchestra and other feature dates many of which are already sold out  Kate is quite simply, one of the country's most celebrated voices and songwriters. A force of nature and huge personality! I remember first meeting this beautiful talented hilarious woman back the 80s when she was playing in the main room and I was performing in the piano bar at the renowned “Underground” nightclub then owned by Tottie Goldsmiths father Brian. It was a blast and she was always a standout. We often joke we've had parallel lives in some way .. I went onto be a journalist for the Melbourne Age with Kate being one of my first cover stories with a huge double page spread I actually had framed I was so thrilled.Meanwhile Kate toured the country and sang her heart heart and 40 years later she's still doing what she does best!She was always warm, and creative and we have fond memories of those wonderful years in Melbournes Kings St nightclub district then a hub for so many young inspiring talented artists like Kate and Jon Stevens both of whom went on to star in the stunning production of Jesus Christ Superstar with the legendary John Farnham -I think I saw it 5 times.Her famous rendition of “I don't know how to love him “ still makes me cry ..So I'm very excited to have her join me on the what I've learnt podcast Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBkBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

ProBono Australia has given us what we need to know about COP27 - "What you need to know about COP27". And from the Melbourne Age, it's Mike Foley: "Teals back Wilkie's demand for federal inquiry into alleged coal scam." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

The Melbourne Editorializes about digging deep to find good news in U.N. climate change report: "Rays of hope amid dire climate warnings". Art climate protests discussed by The New York Times: "Climate Protester Glues His Head to ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring' Painting". Canary Media tells readers: "Electric buses are ready for takeoff at US airports". From The Hindustan Times, we hear: "India's energy demand could rise over 3% annually until 2030: IEA". "Where Do We Stand on COP26 Climate Promises? A Progress Report" - from the World Resources Institute. The Conversation tells readers: "The government hopes private investors will help save nature. Here's how its scheme could fail". Professor Samantha Hepburn writes on The Conversation: "Will your energy bills ever come down? Only if Labor gets serious with the gas majors". Writing in The Conversation, Jamie Pittock, says: "Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budget". And finally, from The Conversation: "Out of bounds: how much does greenwashing cost fossil-fuel sponsors of Australian sport?" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Pete Mailer has written in The Guardian about how Australian farmers are defenceless in the face of extreme weather events: "Australian farmers have no defences left against ‘extraordinary' weather events that have become all too common". Writing in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Melbourne Age, David Crowe reports: "$600m for disaster relief services after ‘back-to-back' climate emergencies". Back at The Guardian, Graham Readfearn tells us: "Bureau of Meteorology was ‘cowering in the corner' on climate crisis, former staff claim". Climate educator, Blanche Verily, has written a wonderful small book."Learning to Live with Climate Change" (pictured) and it is available as a free E-book. Bob Berwyn, writing on Inside Climate News, that: " ‘Timber Cities' Might Help Decarbonize the World." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Melbourne's Anitra Nelson is best known for her interest in degrowth although this story is related, it's from a slightly different angle - "These technologies help you live lightly on the planet". From the Sydney Morning Herald we read about an idea to tax cow burbs -"New Zealand climate policy proposal includes taxing cow burps" And from the English version of El País we read that: "From climate change denial to delays: Oil firms send academics into the fray". Miki Perkins writes in the Melbourne Age in a story headed "What will you do to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions?" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Laura Chung and Brook Mitchell tells us today in the Melbourne Age how Lizard Island (pictured) is the base for significant research into the impact of climate change on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Read the story: "On a remote Australian island, a small patch for reef is as goods scientists have ever seen it". Raed a second story by Melbourne Age reporter, Peter Milne: "Andrew Forrest is 'locked and loaded' but does Fortescue have the calibre?" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Tom Cowrie has told Melbourne Age readers that "Melbourne's dams are full to the brim - but don't go having 20 minute showers". Pointing to floods up and down Australia's east coast and overflowing dams, climate deniers present what they feel as they feel is "bullet proof" evidence and rest their argument upon the early 2000s statement by Climate Council member Professor Tim Flannery (pictured), who said our dams would never fill again. Rather, it underlines the changeability of our weather under a warming world. And illustrating the damage emerging from a warming earth, reporter Farrah Tomazin has told Sydney Morning Herald readers that "Florida damage among worst in U.S. history as Hurricane Ian lands in South Carolina". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Dario Vacirca (pictured) is foremost an artist, but he is an agitator and someone concerned, in a broad sense, about the welfare of people and sees their best interests, and society's generally, being served through the acceptance and application of an unconditional Universal Basic Income. Dario is simply a good bloke. He was one of the many speakers who informed and entertained those who attended, in person and virtually, the annual Universal Basic Income Earth Network 2022 Congress in Brisbane over three days from Monday, September 26. Dario, who is also a writer, is deeply involved with a tenants association that was critical in saving/protecting the early 20th Century Nicholas Building in central Melbourne - you can read about that in a Melbourne Age story "Creatives shine on in Melbourne's arty heart - with a little help". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Professor Euan Ritchie (pictured) compares media coverage of the Queen's death to the existential threat facing Earth in the story "Why did the Queen's death receive saturation media coverage while the future of the Earth goes largely ignored?" And in its Editorial, the Melbourne Age says: "Australia can help steer the electric car revolution". More climate links are: "Protecting native forests is critical for tackling climate change. It's time for an immediate end to logging"; "University drops Santos branding of kids' science roadshow after climate concerns raised"; "Is It Too Late to Make the Music Industry Sustainable?"; "Consider wildlife this firewood season"; "Australia's Global Climate Summit"; "Is Earth getting smaller?"; "NSW and ACT in talks over biggest border shake-up in living memory". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Climate activist shareholder groups have slammed Commonwealth Bank's new fossil fuel targets for failing to rule out lending for oil and gas extraction projects, according to a story from today's Melbourne Age by Simone Fox Koob. Her story - "‘Smoke and mirrors': CBA climate lending targets under fire" - helps us understand how the climate crisis will never be resolved using existing economic tools. A second story from The Age by Laura Chung and Nick O'Malley is headed: "As big as two Harbour bridges: The giant wind farms you'll see from the coast". Other climate stories are: "Controversy brews as Australia eyes entering the global carbon trade"; "The US has finally passed a huge climate bill. Australia needs to keep up"; "Australian electricity companies not reducing emissions in line with Paris agreement goals, study finds"; "Experts say the net zero concept is often used to delay taking action against emissions"; "NT government abandons plan to include mining industry in new environmental laws"; "French tourist regions under renewed threat from bushfires". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Bill McGuire (pictured) is a Professor of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at the University College of London and has written many books, the latest being "Hothouse Earth: an inhabitant's guide", and he has agreed to chat with Climate Conversations just as soon as he has navigated fallout from the book. Writing in the Melbourne Age, Ben Cubby tells us about "Nation in clean car traffic jam after decade of delay". And the World Resources Institute writes about "5 Reasons Cities Should Include Trees in Climate Action". The City of Greater Shepparton is already advanced in this area with its 'One Tree Per Child" program. Other climate links are: "Why is the UK so unprepared for extreme heat and what can be done?"; "Revealed: Car industry's secret emissions plan would slow electric vehicle uptake"; "‘Unacceptable costs': savanna burning under Australia's carbon credit scheme is harming human health; "'Celebrating Agriculture for Development – Outcomes, Impacts and the Way Ahead,”; "Climate Finance Needs Rethinking to Reach Indigenous Peoples on the Ground". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Ian Dunlop (pictured) is the chair of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group and leads listeners through a webinar during which they hear about the unfolding challenges of climate change. The webinar was entitled "A Nation at Risk". The Melbourne Age newspaper published an editorial today (August 8) pointing out that arrival at a position to tackle climate change will be "messy" - it says: "It's messy, but co-operation on climate is the only way forward". Other climate links are: "Can Kenya's youngest MP candidate step up the climate fight?"; "Grattan on Friday: Government win on climate legislation leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset"; "Scientists Say It's ‘Fatally Foolish' To Not Study Catastrophic Climate Outcomes"; "We're no rubber stamp on climate: Pocock, Lambie warn Labor on climate bill"; "Lest we forget Philip Sutton's Climate Emergency legacy: how we restore a safe climate"; "Why climate change hits some communities harder than others"; "China warns that its temperatures are rising faster than global average"; Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Miki Perkins (pictured) reports about climate matters for both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Melbourne Age and was on of a trio of speakers on a webinar organised by the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance. The webinar was entitled: "Climate Reporting - Every Journo's Round" And Climate One talks wonders: "Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?". Other climate links are: "How floods become human catastrophes"; "This could be the coolest summer of the rest of your life"; "‘We're way behind the game': Bowen takes step towards offshore wind farm approvals"; "What the climate bill is and what it's not"; "'The climate wars are nearly over': Labor, teals and Greens take a win on emissions as Liberals watch on"; "After a watershed week on climate, Albanese is eyeing the Hawke playbook for his upcoming jobs summit"; "Switch on the Savings: A Heat Pump Cost-Effectiveness Study"; "India Approves Climate Change Commitments to UN Ahead of COP27"; "How Is Climate Change Affecting Floods?"; " --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Fijian Minister of Defence, Inia Seruiratu (pictured), has declared that climate change poses a greater threat to the Pacific country than war: "Climate change, not war, biggest security threat to Fiji says defence minister". Christiana Figueres, and others, tell listeners about the "Future of Food" on Outrage and Optimism. "India takes tough stand at climate talks as Delhi endures brutal heatwave", according to The Guardian. And again we hear from The Guardian: "As Phoenix swelters, the nights are even worse than the boiling days". Mike Foley writing in The Melbourne Age tells readers: "Power companies accused of ‘unconscionable conduct' as they withdraw from grid". From Western Australia, it's: "Western Australia to shut state-owned coal plants by 2030". Miki Perkins, reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald, writes: "Hot, young, dead too soon – why these wrens' climate future should worry us all". Climate Conscious Editor-in-Chief, Sean Youra, writes: "Where's the Emergency Response to Our Global Public Health Crisis of Pollution?" "Climate change is making the world more dangerous for women, queers, and gender minorities", according to a story from MIC. And from The Conversation: "‘We want to be part of that movement': residents embrace renewable energy but worry how their towns will change". "State Energy Summit, Victoria" - staged by the Smart Energy Council The Guardian reports: "Sky News Australia is a global hub for climate misinformation, report says". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres welcomes back delightful guest Kerri Sackville, an Australian author, columnist and mother of three. Kerri's new book - The Life Changing Magic of a Little Bit of Mess - is a humorous reminder to take ourselves, and our house work less seriously! If your housework is getting you down, this might be the book for you!"In an era of decluttering gurus, cleaning bloggers and aspirational pantries, Kerri Sackville has studied the evidence and declared, 'Nah, way too much trouble.'Instead, she has embraced domestic imperfection and discovered the life-changing magic of letting your standards slip." Kerri has written extensively for mainstream media and online publications, including the Sydney Morning Herald, the Melbourne Age, The Telegraph, Sunday Life magazine, the Child group of magazines, Notebook magazine, Practical Parenting magazine, Mamamia.com and Australian Women Online. She also has a long-standing, humorous column in the Australian Jewish News. Kerri's stories are usually funny, occasionally deeply moving and always highly personal, and cover everything from weight loss to friendship, sex, parenthood and grief.You can follow Kerri here:https://www.kerrisackville.com.au/https://twitter.com/kerrisackvillehttps://www.instagram.com/kerrisackville/

Mark Spencer has created The Climactic Collective to allow the telling of critical climate stories and in the most recent episode gives his listeners the chance to hear the joy people were feeling when the incumbent Liberal National Government was booted from office on May 21. An Editorial in today's Melbourne Age tells readers: "Renewable energy isn't to blame for rising power prices". The Mirror newspaper tells us: "'Puffins hit by crippling cost of climate change are counting on us'". Melbourne's Friends of the Earth alerts people to a survey calling on young people to talk about their views on emission reductions: "Youth Survey: Have Your Say on Victoria's 2035 Climate Target". The question of how much water is needed to create milk is discussed in this story from The Conversation: "11,000 litres of water to make one litre of milk? New questions about the freshwater impact of NZ dairy farming". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

I've known Lahra a fellow journalist since we both anxiously walked through the gates to a journalism Cadetship exam. We were in our 20s eager and determined to score one of the minimal spots on the competitive Cadetship  ladder. We both walked nervously and sat the grueling exam - fortunately we were both successful !Lahra headed to the ABC and I began a Herald Sun cadetship and then became a Melbourne Age reporter - the rest is history.Time would see us working together in later years when Lahra took a studio space in my publishing offices and it was from there she met her future husband Ben Cowan. We attended their beautiful wedding and have been connected in so many ways.Tragically Ben died suddenly in a paragliding accident a few years ago and I've watched this incredible woman navigate the complex challenging roles of mother to three beautiful children, widow, successful businesswoman and now Carlton board member as she juggles the grief, resilience, recalibration and recovery.Our mutual friend and journalist Wendy Tuohy wrote in the Melbourne Age recently about Lahra and her amazing children who started Parachute a charity to help support other young people suffering loss.“Ten months after her father, Ben, died in a paragliding accident on the Great Ocean Road during a family holiday, Alex Cowen, then 12, was sitting on a bus with her sports team, thinking about how lucky she was.She, her twin sister Charley, their elder brother Mitch and mum, Lahra Carey, had lived through shocking upheaval – and had to do it in the public eye, as Ben Cowen, co-founder of the Anaconda chain and son of the former governor-general Sir Zelman, was well known. Yet Alex realised she was still fortunate to have the comfort of familiar friends doing familiar activities she loved.”Lahra,  who ran Lahra Carey Media & Communications, for 18 years and in 2020 established PR firm, narrative, dedicated to help people in media crises and provide media training, have so much to unpack and I'm so thrilled she's joining me today on the What I've Learnt Podcast to share what she has learnt along her journey.Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBkBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

Rob Priestly (pictured in the Melbourne Age) has brought the fire and passion of an independent candidate to the usually conservative seat of Nicholls in northern  Victoria. Today's Melbourne Age (Sunday, May 15) carried the story: "‘One of the most likely to fall': independent push gathers steam in regional Victoria". Also in The Melbourne Age, reporter Jane Sullivan tells readers: "Top Australian authors urge readers to put climate first in election vote". And the hero of the 2015/16 Paris climate talks, Christiana Figueres says, in an opinion piece, "Floods, fires, coral bleaching: Politicians leading the country to climate catastrophe". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Glorious beach summers are part of the Australian imagination. My children are making different memories"; "Tuvalu, sinking in the Pacific, fears becoming a superpower 'pawn'"; "20 solutions to climate change you can try from your own home"; "Can restaurant menus help diners choose climate-friendly meals?"; "Corporates must make ‘a pivot without precedent'"; "Australia's Politics May Be Changing With Its Climate"; "Cost of living and fixing aged care are top concerns as election nears, ANU poll shows"; "Climate Poll 2021"; "How One Billionaire Could Keep Three Countries Hooked on Coal for Decades"; "Oil Giants Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals, Study Finds"; "Did Warming Play a Role in Deadly South African Floods? Yes, a Study Says."; "Pinterest Will Now Take Down Content Spreading Climate Change Misinformation"; "Missing the emissions for the trees: Biomass burning booms in East Asia"; "Philippines inquiry finds polluters liable for rights violations, urging litigation"; "Mexico's oil gets even dirtier as flaring continues to soar"; "Environment tipping points fast approaching in UK, says watchdog"; "Temperatures could hit 27C in UK with week of sunshine forecast"; "Birds, beavers and microparks: experts plan to rewild London"; "Living Earth Movement"; "What Ministers in a new Government should do – climate change, China-US relations and our region"; "2022 Federal Election: Climate Scorecard"; "Qld rains ease but flood warnings remain"; "Perth teenager upcycles old electronics and computers to give them back to those in need"; "Ask Fuzzy: Why do we need dung beetles?"; "Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain Too"; "The U.S. pledged billions to fight climate change. Then came the Ukraine war"; "Heed the warnings of this palm tree, a 200-year-old drought survivor"; "Alan Kohler: The end of coal is nigh. The next government must tell the truth"; "Coming this Summer: Spiking Electricity Bills Plus Blackouts"; "Fossil Fuels Aren't Just Harming the Planet. They're Making Us Sick"; "Earth Has a 50-50 Chance of Hitting a Grim Global Warming Milestone in the Next Five Years"; "A Climate Progressive Leads a Crowded Democratic Field for Pittsburgh's 12th Congressional District Seat"; "New Research Shows Aerosol Emissions May Have Masked Global Warming's Supercharging of Tropical Storms"; "To Equitably Confront Climate Change, Cities Need to Include Public Health Agencies in Planning Adaptations"; "Warming Trends: Weather Guarantees for Your Vacation, Plus the Benefits of Microbial Proteins and an Urban Bias Against the Environment"; "Inside Clean Energy: In a World Starved for Lithium, Researchers Develop a Method to Get It from Water"; "‘Everything was orange': US wildfires burning at furious pace early this year"; "Poisoned legacy: why the future of power can't be nuclear"; "George Monbiot: ‘On a vegan planet, Britain could feed 200 million people'"; "South Africa's April floods made twice as likely by climate crisis, scientists say"; "Plastic-stuffed seabirds sound alarm call for Australian ocean health"; "Coral reefs provide stunning images of a world under assault". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Visit Sarah Wilson's podcast, "Wild" and hear about how to 'vote climate' on "THIS WILD ELECTION: EP 8, How to #voteclimate, with Richie Merzian". Today's Melbourne Age carries a fascinating, and critical piece, from the paper's Economics Editor, Ross Gittkins - "In this election, one critical issue stands above all others". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Greenhouse effect: Palms and lavender replace hollyhocks in British gardens"; "Scottish Power boss urges Sunak to take swift action on energy bills crisis"; "Endangered tree seedlings planted in secret locations on NSW north coast"; "Scotland at the forefront of the 5th Industrial Revolution"; "Every great vision starts with a blueprint."; "Record downpours to bring new flood risks to Qld, NSW"; "#VoteForOurFuture"; "Solar Power Offers Puerto Ricans a Lifeline but Remains an Elusive Goal"; "Volunteer pilots rescue sea turtles stunned by cold water"; "It's time to rapidly rethink the climate crisis"; "Smart Strategies for Living in a Planetary Crisis"; "How a volcanic bombardment in ancient Australia led to the world's greatest climate catastrophe"; "Analysis of 5,500 apartment developments reveals your new home may not be as energy efficient as you think"; "Without a better plan, New Zealand risks sleepwalking into a biodiversity extinction crisis"; "Marine life will face mass extinction if oceans continue to warm"; "Chart: Lithium prices are through the roof this year"; "On an Endangered River, Another Toxic Disaster Is Waiting to Happen"; "Exclusive: Hyundai plans U.S. EV plant, in talks with Georgia"; "Climate limit of 1.5C close to being broken, scientists warn"; "$24 billion to halt extinction crisis promised by Greens through a 'billionaires tax"; "Cannon-Brookes warns ‘rebel alliance' is building against AGL's board"; "Salmon company Huon Aquaculture used underwater explosives more than 8,000 times to deter seals"; ''Glass Lewis recommends vote against Woodside Petroleum's climate plan"; "Will you ask your MP now for urgent climate action to protect Australians' health?"; "PM's department cited caretaker mode to encourage delay of coral bleaching report"; "Friends of the Earth Australia"; "What we can learn from weeds"; "Analysis: When might the world exceed 1.5C and 2C of global warming?"; "Varadkar says no farmers will be told to stop farming or reduce herd size"; "ResourceSmart Schools Awards – 2022 Finalists"; "A climate-resilient net-zero emissions economy by 2050"; "I'm Alex Steffen. I try to live well, see far and be a good ancestor"; "This is what the world's first floating city will look like"; "Global cement industry announces new programme of support for sustainable technologies"; "J.P. Morgan leads $200M investment in Arcadia's clean-energy platform"; "How California can get to a reliable, 85% clean grid by 2030"; "Chart: Lithium prices are through the roof this year"; "Senior home builds a social and eco-friendly community"; "Seattle apartment is an imaginative response to urban growth"; "CANON headquarters features modular, energy-efficient design"; "Why Preserving Forest Integrity Is As Vital As Preventing Deforestation"; "Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns"; "Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability"; "Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet."; "Postcards from the frontlines of climate change"; "Coral bleaching in Great Barrier Reef linked to 'marine heatwave'"; "Vanuatu's push for legal protection from climate change wins crucial support"; "Woodside and fishing lobby planned to dump structure with toxic chemicals near Ningaloo"; “Limited time to do something”: Experts call for quick switch to zero-emissions transport"; "‘Devastating': 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022"; "6 Things to Know About Direct Air Capture"; "Beyond Highways: Funding Clean Transportation through the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law"; "Australia's future depends on science. Here's what our next government needs to do about it"; "Australia could rapidly shift to clean transport – if we had a strategy. So we put this plan together"; "Young voters will inherit a hotter, more dangerous world – but their climate interests are being ignored this election"; "Climate Conscious Leadership"; "Climate Change Is Straining California's Energy System, Officials Say"; "So You Want to Buy an Electric Car. Where Are You Going to Charge It?"; "India's Unbearably Hot Schools Show We Must Climate-Proof Education"; "Zelenskiy calls for end to blockade of Odesa port to prevent global food crisis"; "Apartment building retrofits can help the climate and save tenants money"; "The Next Economy"; "What Regions Need on the Path to Net Zero". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Shepparton's new multi-million dollar courthouse (pictured) is, along with the rest of the city, at risk of being uninsurable because of risks posed by climate change -  Shepparton proper is on a flood plain and so threatened with flooding. Yes, Shepparton is a benign place, but it is strikingly flat and while for decades that has been a bonus allowing for extensive irrigation, it is now a burden as widespread flooding under a new climate regime could bring major flooding. You can read about this dilemma in the SBS story - "One in 25 Australian properties will be uninsurable by 2030 due to climate change, report warns"; or in the story by Climate Councillor, NIcki Hutley, in a Melbourne Age story "Climate change is making our homes uninsurable"; or a story from The Guardian - "Flood and cyclone-prone areas in eastern Australia may be ‘uninsurable' by 2030, report suggests". The report from the Climate Council - "One in 25 Australian homes uninsurable by 2030: Climate Council launches cutting edge digital climate-risk map". And on the ABC it was: "Climate change means 1 in 25 homes could become uninsurable by 2030, report warns". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "OUR WARMING PLANET: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION"; "Climate Impacts: Special IPCC report knowledge share"; "EPA: Investigate increase in toxic pollution!"; "Introducing the Climate Justice Legal Project"; "WOTCH vs VicForests: protecting threatened species after the bushfires"; "The Earth is getting hotter due to human activities that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere"; "What Is "Loss and Damage" from Climate Change? 6 Key Questions, Answered"; "ACT2025 Presents: Developing Countries Lay Out Demands Ahead of COP27 Climate Talks"; "Delivering on the Glasgow Climate Pact in a changing world"; "Firm releases guide helping enterprises reduce value chain carbon emissions"; "Labor says power prices are going up. The Coalition says they aren't. Who's right?"; "Policymakers Must Focus on These 6 Areas to Slow Down Climate Change"; "Beyond electric cars: how electrifying trucks, buses, tractors and scooters will help tackle climate change"; "Loy Yang Breakdown Burns AGL Energy"; "Voters believe they're doing their bit on climate but want government to do more"; "Tasmania slowed logging and became one of first carbon-negative places in the world"; "Mangroves killed during Black Summer bushfires near Batemans Bay are not growing back"; "Find out what threatened plants and animals live in your electorate (and what your MP can do about it)"; "Our Warming Planet"; "Introduction to 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy and Hourly Matching: What, Why and How"; "Caesars bets on solar, breaks ground on three projects in Atlantic City"; "Did California actually hit 97% renewables in April? Yes and no"; "Your Kids Can Handle Dangerous Ideas"; "Strong Winds Keep Fueling New Mexico Wildfire"; "Ethiopian drought leading to ‘dramatic' increase in child marriage, Unicef warns"; "Exxon Mobil and Chevron report big jump in profits because of higher oil and gas prices"; "A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits' Mined for Sand and Clay"; "Why the Debate Over Russian Uranium Worries U.S. Tribal Nations"; "Why Americans Became More Vulnerable to Oil Price Spikes"; "Climate action is critical for health equity. Community health clinics are key - and need more support."; "Despite COP26 pledges, the world is losing way too many trees"; "Impact of energy-draining ‘vampire devices' overstated, says tech expert"; "Tasmania goes into carbon negative, with researchers saying native forests must be preserved"; "India Swelters Under Intense Heat Wave"; "India, Germany ink $10.5B deal for climate action targets"; "India's power consumption spiked to all-time high of 132.98 billion units in April due to heatwave"; "‘Not a plan': Cannon-Brookes, AGL chief clash over future of Australian energy giant"; "Adbri lays down new targets to tackle cement's carbon problem"; "Voters believe they're doing their bit on climate but want government to do more"; "Mike Cannon-Brookes says large AGL shareholders back his bid to stop energy giant's demerger"; "I've worked in agriculture all my life. Who can I vote for to protect Victoria's food bowl?"; Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back? Join 5x15 to hear about Johann Hari's journey to the heart of this problem and the solutions he found along the way in conversation with the one and only Stephen Fry. Crucially, they will talk about how – as individuals, and as a society – we can get our focus back, if we are determined to fight for it. Stephen Fry has described Stolen Focus as "a beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention." Johann Hari is the author of two New York Times best-selling books: Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs and Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions. His books are being developed for film and television, have been translated into 28 languages and have received praise from a very broad range of people including Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Tucker Carlson, Elton John, Naomi Klein and Glenn Greenwald. Johann has had more than 44 million views of his two TED talks, ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong' and ‘This Could Be Why You Are Depressed or Anxious'. Johann is also an award-winning journalist and he has written over the past decade for some of the world's leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the Spectator, Le Monde Diplomatique, the Melbourne Age, and Politico. Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure. Fry has written and presented several documentary series, contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, appears frequently on radio, reads for voice-overs and has written four novels and three volumes of autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and his latest, More Fool Me. Fry's Ties, the tales behind Stephen's collection of ties, was published in November 2021 for the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada, during the summer of 2018 Stephen gave 13 presentations of his trilogy of one-man shows (39 performances in all) based on his book Mythos. In the summer of 2019 Stephen toured 7 UK theatres with the shows. 5x15 brings together outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Yale Climate Connections has recognised the fact that children are, in a sense, excluded from the climate conversation and so have recommended a book - "New children's book explains systemic nature of climate change". Quick Climate Links is not about pedagogy, rather it's about helping you better understand the climate crisis and subsequently be in a stronger position to make your own choices and decisions. A Melbourne Age story by NIck Toscano - "ExxonMobil fires warning over Victoria's plan to turn off gas" - needs to be read with a critical mind and looked at through a doubting and questioning prism. Listen to RN Breakfast host, Patricia Karvelas, talk with an atmospheric scientist with the Australian Antarctic Program, Dr Andrew Klekociuk - "Record heatwave hits eastern Antarctica". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Flood victims dump debris at PM's house"; "Wirral RSPB reserve ravaged by fire police suspect was started deliberately"; "Putin Is a Fossil-Fuel Gangster. Clean Energy Could Cut Him Off at the Knees"; "Weather Conditions Continue to Fuel Texas Fires"; "There's a Messaging Battle Right Now Over America's Energy Future"; "Problem plastic chip, bread packets tackled with $60 million recycling fund"; "A drowning world: Kenya's quiet slide underwater"; "Hundreds of schools, organizations to host teach-in on climate and justice"; "Extremes of 40C above normal: what's causing ‘extraordinary' heating in polar regions?"; "We need to talk about how we talk about natural gas"; "Natural gas explained"; "Realtors can be ambassadors for energy efficiency"; "International Day of Forests 21 March"; "‘Urgent national priority': Pandemic's staggering mental toll on young Australians"; "Why electric pickup trucks are so hot"; "‘Chattering classes': Australian government dismisses UN secretary general's climate criticism"; "Why boomers are set for intergenerational payback as Australian millennials look to square the ledger"; "Grid-scale battery 'really exciting' option as AGL Liddell power station site winds down — analysts"; "Record fuel prices to usher in 'unaffordable' petrol, $7 coffees and costlier holidays, industry warns"; "UN boss: ‘Madness' to back fossil fuels as global energy crunch bites"; "Reef mission arrives amid access concerns"; "Australian government ‘aggravating extinction' through land-clearing approvals, analysis finds"; "‘It's not supposed to be white': one of the Great Barrier Reef's healthiest reefs succumbs to bleaching"; "Gladstone hydrogen, renewable energy transition prompts strategy for change"; "Business groups and economists call for tax reform as politicians remain silent"; "How Victoria got hooked on gas, and why the heat's on to find new fuel"; "Push to turn off gas to help reach state's climate goal" (published 10 months ago); "Guardian Essential poll: voters mark Morrison government down on flood response"; "Cicada wings inspire packaging innovation"; "Nations vet climate solutions as world 'sleepwalks' to catastrophe"; "Better use of groundwater could transform Africa, research says"; "Adapt, move, or die: repeated coral bleaching leaves wildlife on the Great Barrier Reef with few options"; "Governments love to talk about ‘shared responsibility' in a disaster – but does anyone know what it means?"; "No future without safe water"; "The S.E.C. moves closer to enacting a sweeping climate disclosure rule."; "India installed 1.2GW of unsubsidized solar in 2021"; "Universities must reject fossil fuel cash for climate research, say academics". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Johann Hari is well known as the author of international bestsellers Chasing the Scream about the failure of the so-called war on drugs and Lost Connections, which explores depression, anxiety and the importance of social connection in our lives. Lost Connections was described by the British Journal of General Practice as “one of the most important texts of recent years”, and shortlisted for an award by the British Medical Association. Johann's latest book Stolen Focus ‘why you can't pay attention' uncovers the reasons behind our shortening attention spans and how we can start to reclaim our focus, our minds, and our humanity. The book is creating a huge stir globally and has attracted praise from reviewers and people such as Eve Ensler, Stephen Fry, Susan Cain, Emma Thompson, and Gabor Mate. Johann has had tens of millions views of his two TED talks  ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong' and ‘This Could Be Why You Are Depressed or Anxious'. He is also an award-winning journalist and he has written over the past decade for some of the world's leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the Spectator, Le Monde, the Melbourne Age, and Politico. He is a regular panellist on HBO's Realtime With Bill Maher. I first met Johann back in November 2018 in Dublin when he was on tour with Lost Connections. You can listen to my conversation with him in the archives of this podcast so consider that as a listen for after you listen to this one. It was great to talk to Johann again recently and I was really struck by his clarity of thought and his passion for change is one of the most important issues of our time. I'd encourage you to give this episode your full attention, and indeed your full focus, and please share this episode far and wide. Also please consider rating and reviewing the Love and Courage podcast, subscribing through your app to receive updates, and chipping in as a once off or monthly patron at LoveandCourage.org. You support helps me bring important voices like Johann's to the world.

Welcome to Unmade.In the latest episode I talk to one of Australia's most credentialed media executives, Andrew Jaspan, about his newest venture, 360Info.Jaspan's greatest career achievement to date was founding The Conversation, which has provided an editorial platform for academics globally. However, he departed in 2017 in acrimonious circumstances.During his career, Jaspan has also edited some of the world's best known news publications including The Age in Australia and The Observer, The Scotsman, and The Big Issue in the UK.Like The Conversation, 360Info will once again tap into academic expertise and make it accessible to news outlets. Jaspan is the founder and editor.During the interview, Jaspan explains his vision for 360Info, including how it differs from The Conversation. He also discusses the lessons he learned over his exit from The Conversation.And as a former Murdoch editor, Jaspan shares his views on News Corp's net contribution to society.Audio production on Media Unmade comes courtesy of Abe's Audio, the people to talk to about voiceovers, corporate videos and commercials.The podcast can be heard via the player above, or by searching for Unmade in all major podcast apps.TranscriptTim Burrowes:Welcome to The Unmade Podcast. I'm Tim Burrowes. Today's guest has one of the most impressive resumes in global publishing, Andrew Jaspan. Maybe best known in Australia as the founder of The Conversation and a former editor of The Age, but in the UK, he was as well known for editing big mastheads, including The Observer, The Scotsman, and The Big Issue, among others. Now he's back with another Australian launch, 360Info. Like The Conversation, it has a foot in the world of academia, but with a different model.Tim Burrowes:Andrew, welcome along, and let's start here. Now, you strike me as one of the few editors who's also got the commercial chops to launch a profitable publishing venture, if they wanted to, yet you're going the not-for-profit route again. Why?Andrew Jaspan:Well, Tim, first of all, it's really good to be talking to you again. We've known each other for a while in Australia, I think pretty well around the time Mumbrella started. Can I just say that, and I'm saying this in all honesty, the question you've just asked me is the same question that my wife asks me every time I do one of these. She keeps saying, "Why can't you do something that's going to make some money?" Because I tend to go for not-for-profit.Andrew Jaspan:So, let me kind of unpack that a little bit. If I wanted to do this as a for-profit, which I could have done, I would've had to raise substantial sums of money. In this case, we have five million Australian to last us three years, although we do hope to raise more money. Now, to go and raise five million on the money markets, particularly if you go to venture capitalists, they expect a couple of things, as you know. One is a good return, and two is to probably flip the company in between three to five, and them for them to exit and sell it on to somebody else. So, that's problem number one. It puts a very high bar on you having to perform.Andrew Jaspan:The second issue is that, if we were for profit, our authors and we can come onto this later, our researchers working universities worldwide, they would all say, "That's fine. We have no problem with you being for profit. After all, all the academic journals, the McMillans, the Springers, et cetera, they're all for-profits." And what they do is, they pay their authors. So, they would expect to be paid. That would kind of double or triple our burn rate, and it would just make it pretty well unfeasible.Andrew Jaspan:Here, the only money I need to raise is to hire editors, professional editors, and producers. And I just couldn't make this work another way. The other thing is that we're playing in the public good space. To me, the public interest/public good space requires that you make your information as widely available as possible. And that means no paywalls, the ability for information to flow freely. That is the antithesis, in a sense, of a commercial play, which is probably seeking to get either a paywall erected, or to write a lot of advertising alongside the content, and so on, so forth. So, that was the antithesis of what we wanted to do here.Andrew Jaspan:So yes, I'm afraid to say I've gone back to the not-for-profit well, and my life at home remains a bit of a misery on that front.Tim Burrowes:Well, we might touch on the funding a little bit more in a moment, but firstly, maybe you can actually explain the concept of 360Info.Andrew Jaspan:Absolutely. In a way, Tim, it might be useful to say how this differs from my last play, which was The Conversation. There are certain similarities, in so far as we're working with researchers, but where we are different is as follows. The first thing is, we are trying to look at information in the global whole, as it were. So, not to look at information that begins and ends at the borders.Andrew Jaspan:If you take most media, it tends to be about a country in which they operate in. And the reason for that is, the business model is around advertising and advertising is sold by territories, or countries, or cities, or states. What happens in, if you take where I live, in Australia, the job of say The Melbourne Age was to attract an audience in Melbourne, and you sell them Melbourne products. The sister paper in Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald, will do the same thing.Andrew Jaspan:And what you do every morning, when you're editing one of these papers, is you think what will attract me a Melbourne audience? And it tends to be about issues in the city or region, and ones that are outside are dropped. And what I wanted to do was to take a different approach and just say, "Look, what if we actually tried to approach information without borders?" Because there are lots of stories. The obvious ones today are COVID, which knows no borders. Carbon dioxide knows no borders. Climate issues knows no borders. The fish in our oceans know no borders. Et cetera. So, why don't we look at some of these bigger issues in a different way?Andrew Jaspan:The second thing is, I wanted to get away from the breaking news cycle, because breaking news in any newsroom, as you all know, tends to suck the oxygen out of that newsroom, because everybody rushes to cover what's breaking today or this week. And what I wanted to do was to refocus the editorial, not on breaking news but on the big issues, the big challenges, the most pressing problems the world faces. And I've obviously mentioned the two big ones right now are COVID and climate. There's also water, food, energy. And then we go into issues like human trafficking, refugees. There's a whole bunch of other softer issues, as well, that dominate the most wicked, difficult problems the world faces. So, I wanted to look at those, unpack those problems, really try and understand them from different perspectives around the world.Andrew Jaspan:And secondly, utilizing the scientific method or the research method is not just to try and understand the problem, but also find a fix to those problems. And again, returning to COVID, if I may, when the COVID-19 virus came along, initially nobody knew what it was. And in record speed time, about three months, scientists were able to do some genomic sequencing tests and actually understand the virus and then gave it a name. And once you understand the nature of the virus, you can then build the antivirus. So, I wanted to use a similar approach, which is understand each of those problems in real depth and then say, "How are we trying to address them or fix them?" That's something that journalism doesn't tend to do, because journalism is much more of a reporting game, whereas research has a different timeline, longer timelines, trying to understand and fix world problems. So, that's the second big difference.Andrew Jaspan:And the third one, if I may, is that instead of launching a website, which is a B2C play, what I wanted to do instead-Tim Burrowes:(Business to consumer.)Andrew Jaspan:Business to consumer. What I wanted instead to do is to become a supplier of content to other people's websites, so that's kind of known as a B2B play. We are a wholesaler or supplier of content. Other people pick it up, they repackage it re-edit it as they wish, and then they push it out to their readers or consumers. We are not in the retail game, and the retail game for media is one of social media marketing, taking ads on Google, doing search engine optimization, all those kind of tricks to try and get eyeballs to visit your site and not somebody else's site.Andrew Jaspan:What we've put in place instead is, we've started off with over 750 content partners around the world who've signed up to take our content and use it much like a Reuters news wire or an AAP or an AP. They just take a feed. They see our content, they pick up what they want. They can use it as it suits them, and bingo, off you go.Tim Burrowes:Well, let's take a hypothetical piece of content, then. Could you maybe just talk us through the stages, right from conception and commissioning, through to the stages that piece of content would do, in order to then end up on a publication somewhere?Andrew Jaspan:Okay. So, it's a really important question, but I have to unpack it for you because it's quite a complex issue. Again, I will wanted to rethink the entire supply line for information, as it were. What we do in terms of ideas is, as you and I will have done when we lead a morning conference or whatever, is the people sitting around the room would sort of talk about what they've read overnight, or what they're have seen in their specialist areas, and report into the editor. And we'll all sit around the table and go, "Okay, let's do this. Let's not do that. And let's try and move on that story immediately and push the other ones back to later in the day." And so on and so forth.Andrew Jaspan:I've taken a much more circuitous, or the slow route, towards content creation. The first thing we do is, I don't know if you're familiar with the sustainable development goals. There are 17 of them.Tim Burrowes:Yes.Andrew Jaspan:What we're working towards is having what we call a consultative or reference panel for each one of those 17, which, the people who really understand each one of those those problem areas. And we draw them from global north, which are the richer countries and the global south, the developing countries, to get a balanced view of it. We go to them with an idea, and we say, "Okay, we'd like to look at, whatever." And they come back to us.Andrew Jaspan:For example, the one we're working on now is, how do we address bushfires or wildfires around the world? What you do initially is you, you say, "This is what we're thinking of doing." They come back and say, "You are looking at the wrong angle, here. You need to look at this and you need to speak to X." And so on and so forth. We then move from an outline brief, as we call it, to an agreed brief. Which is where we've consulted with people, we've got the ideas. Sometimes they give us the names of people to go to.Andrew Jaspan:Then the next thing is, having agreed on what we're going to cover, we then go and seek people to write on the subject. And the authors that we use must have an accredited post with a university. The reason for that, by the way, is that we want people who have been screened as it were by each university and people who have to sign up to all sorts of research codes of conduct, as well. So, that's part of our sort of test, to make sure these people really know what they're saying and have deep research expertise.Andrew Jaspan:Once we go and find those people, then we write them a note, saying, "We'd like you to write X number of words by a certain deadline." And we remind them, "This is not an opinion website, so we are not looking for your opinion. We want everything to be research-and-evidence-based.Andrew Jaspan:Once we've set those deadlines, we chase them up. We give them about a week to 10 days to write. We get the content in. We re-edit it into essentially a Reuters style, because we're operating like a news wire. Again, we're not interested in first person accounts with their voice. It's a news wire neutral voice. When the content is ready, it's sent back to them because we can't publish without an author's sign off. And once they've agreed to it, bingo, out it goes.Andrew Jaspan:The last bit is, everything else is released under embargo to our 750 end users. And the reason for that is, we like to give them three or four days to be able to read our content, and then decide how they want to use it, and then push it out themselves.Tim Burrowes:And the style of the content, would it sit, and I'm thinking say for instance it ends up in a newspaper masthead, whether that's in print or online, would it be likely to sit more naturally as a news article or as a feature, do you think?Andrew Jaspan:As a news feature. One of our biggest users is The Press Trust of India. And the editor-in-chief there said, "Look, this is absolutely wonderful because we are very good at breaking news and we run a lot of opinion, but what we don't have is news features." And he suggested, which is what we've done now, that we released this content on a Thursday or Friday, because he said the Friday in the weekend papers tend to have more space to carry features. And that's the space we're playing into.Andrew Jaspan:So, slightly longer, but at the end of the day, we operate under creative commons license four, which is called a remixed license. Which means that they can take our content, much as you would take Reuters, for example, and just use as much or as little as you want. You can just take the first paragraph. You can take the whole thing, to whatever suits the outlet's appetite for the story.Tim Burrowes:Now that's interesting. As a bit of a side note, I remember in the day, back in the days with Mumbrella, where we used to take a lot of The Conversation's content, sometimes you were a bit nervous if you did need to sort of re-angle it a bit, just to make it more relevant for our audience. And I always felt, under Creative Commons, that I probably wasn't supposed to.Andrew Jaspan:No.Tim Burrowes:So, it's interesting that you have a different sort of license this time around.Andrew Jaspan:Yes. That's called a no derivative license, so it means you cannot change anything. You have to keep everything as it is. That's the requirement for its use. Whereas we operate under license four. It's a different one, which is called a remix license, which allows our end users to edit it.Andrew Jaspan:Now, I have to tell you, there is a risk in all that because they can edit it in a way that the author wouldn't be happy. But if you think of Reuters, everything that comes from Reuters carries the author's byline, and very rarely do newspapers or outlet use the entire Reuters 800 or 1000 words on something. It tends to be cut back to whatever they've got space for.Andrew Jaspan:Yeah, so operating the way we do, which is under license four, where people can remix, does add some risk, in so far as people could actually change some of the meaning as the author intended. However, it does make our content much more easy to use and more flexible, for whatever spaces that either online or in-print people have space for.Tim Burrowes:And something else I suppose I find myself thinking about, obviously with Creative Commons, as you say, it means that anybody can republish without needing to sort of pay for it. I think about maybe, I don't know, a competitive situation like Australia, where let's say there's a really good piece on water security, for instance.Andrew Jaspan:Yeah.Tim Burrowes:And both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian would love to run it. Now, it'd be quite unusual for both titles to carry the same piece. How do you think about things like geographic exclusivity? Is there anything you're working on in that way, in terms of who you choose your partners to be?Andrew Jaspan:The short answer, Tim, is we don't want to pick favorites, really. So, we have no special deals. Everything is under it in embargo, a strict embargo, which means everybody gets at least three days notice. Because we send them, if you sign up to get our content, they get an email alert which tells them these five or 10 pieces will be moved on next day. That gives you three days to have a look at it, which means that our end users can use that content in different ways. Or they can remix the content with a reporter who may want to develop that story and add some bits because it makes it more topical to their region or whatever.Andrew Jaspan:But AAP, the Australian wire agency, operates the same way. They put all their content out. It's all available to all their end users. And of course, somebody will use it in one city, and it'll be used the same time by different outlet in another, or sometimes two outlets in the same city. Those are just the sort of basic rules of a news wire.Tim Burrowes:Tell me about your team, the individuals, the roles, how you're going to be organizing them.Andrew Jaspan:Yeah. So, we took a decision from the outset to focus on two areas, which in a sense are aligned with the research, with the way in which university researchers conduct their work. Usually sitting behind most research are very big data sets, where people do a huge amount of work to try and understand, as I say, a problem.Andrew Jaspan:We've decided to actually focus on data, data journalism, data visualization, and text. Those are the two areas, rather than focus on video, for example, and even our pictures, largely speaking, are generic pictures. Because again, we're not a news breaking site. So, we've hired two data visualizers, one of them with a more focus on data itself, another one on being able to do the design work around data, to turn it into, for example, interactives or graphics or whatever. And we think this is a really interesting area to get into.Andrew Jaspan:The second team are really a combination of professional editors and producers. And some of these come from a background in broadcasting, some in prints, some in magazines. We've got actually a very small team to begin with. We've started off with the team of nine. Which is, I don't think I mentioned this earlier, but Monash University provided the seed funding to allow the project to happen, and the funding they've given us allows us to hire nine people. Although, we've just hired, again through the two campuses Monash has overseas, one in Malaysia and one in Indonesia, we've just hired one person into Jakarta who starts at the beginning of next year and two people in Kuala Lumpur. We already have somebody in Delhi. So, we're working well towards a global approach, with Delhi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Melbourne as our four bases, initially.Andrew Jaspan:And each one of those are people who have got to be good at ideas, got to be good at commissioning, got to be respectful in the relationships we have with the researchers, good at finishing and packaging.Andrew Jaspan:Then the key person in my team is my deputy, who's the editor also at the Asia Pacific service, because we've got a number of hubs we hope to have, but the Asia Pacific's the first one. Charis Palmer worked with me at The Conversation. She then went work for Morry Schwartz, and did, you may have seen something called Schwartz Pro, which were newsletters that she led, and she's come back to work with me on this project. One of the key things that she likes about this project is the global aspect to it, rather than just being another country play, as it were.Tim Burrowes:Well, you've already alluded to the global aspect a couple of times, and it was something I was going to ask about actually, was about your ambitions. I mean, it sounds to me like you're very deliberately writing from the beginning around topics and areas that certainly aren't Australian specific, but have more of a kind of global outlook.Andrew Jaspan:Yes. Well, one of the interesting things, Tim, is that we sit here in Melbourne, and I tried to indicate to you that our newsroom meetings are not the traditional ones, of us sitting around the table and just agreeing what to do. But we open up the room, as I call it, and bring in people who are not sitting physically around our desk, to get different aspects.Andrew Jaspan:What was really interesting was, we were going to put a package out in January/February around bushfires and wildfires, because that's the hottest time of the year, and our Delhi editor pointed out that actually that was winter in India, and so it's hot in the Southern Hemisphere and cold in the Northern. It just makes you kind of rethink a lot of these issues.Andrew Jaspan:And other issues around, for example, energy. When you think of solar and wind, which are great in terms renewables, the real issue is one of energy storage, so that you can release it when you need it. Well, of course, in Australia, being a rich country, we can afford to build massive Tesla batteries, and we kind of assume, "Well, why doesn't the rest of the world do the same thing?" Well, the answer is that the rest of the world can't afford those kind of batteries at all and have to have very different approaches.Andrew Jaspan:So, the whole idea is to make sure that we don't just have another rich world play, but we do offer information which tries to look at problems within the round, how do these play in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, as well as Europe and North America and Australia. So, it's that kind of different focus which we've built right in from the very beginning, in terms of how we approach information.Tim Burrowes:We've touched on funding. When you launched The Conversation, you raised 10 million to cover the first three years. This time you've just referred to about five million. How are you thinking about funding going forwards? Presumably once you have momentum and you can show that you're having an impact, that will be a powerful tool, but is it likely to come from within Australia, do you think? Or will the rest of the funding have to come from global sources?Andrew Jaspan:Well, again, a very good question because it's something I think about a lot. The short answer is, the appetite from foundations and philanthropy in Australia is really not attuned to global plays. It is more about addressing, for example, health issues, mental health issues, education issues, indigenous issues in Australia.Andrew Jaspan:And the big funders who are interested in the sort of global plays tend to be, sadly, in the US, the likes of Rockefeller, Carnegie, Gates, MacArthur, or in the UK, the likes of The Wellcome Trust. There's a number of others. And there are a number in Germany and also in Scandinavia and Holland, by the way. There are very few of them here. And also, the foundations don't operate in the same way in Asia, either South Asia or Southeast Asia.Andrew Jaspan:So, I am kind of looking at where we might go next for funding. The the issue for the three year funding is to give us time to establish the service, so I'm not too worried. We've got a three year runway, as it were. Year one is just about establishing the brand, establishing the service, establishing our customer base. Although they don't pay, we need to drive loyalty and use of our service.Andrew Jaspan:And then what we will do is, in years two and three, move towards looking at raising more funding, but also potentially introducing some services as well, which we might charge for. And we haven't yet decided what those might be, but at some stage we're going to have to look at that.Andrew Jaspan:The other bit is that, again, going back to the global nature of this, is that we do have partners around the world who are very interested in working with us, but unlike The Conversation, it won't break down into national services. Because there is a Conversation which I got going in the UK, the US, Canada, France, Spain, and Indonesia, and each one of them has become a sort of, in a sense, almost an independent service for each country. We're not going to do that.Andrew Jaspan:What we are looking at is having hubs, which are also hosted at universities by the way, in the same way as we're hosted at Monash, but they will be responsible for raising the money within their region or location. We can't use Australian money to help get an offshore hub established. So, once we're up and running and we've got those partners in place, I expect they'll be making direct approaches towards some foundations in their their region. And, potentially, each university host might also chip something in towards towards setting up the hub.Tim Burrowes:Now, something you had to face as a challenge when you launched The Conversation, it grew and became global, was balancing your time with looking overseas and being overseas and then the Australian office, as well. I think in the end, there were tensions, which in part contributed to you not being with The Conversation anymore.Andrew Jaspan:Yeah.Tim Burrowes:What lessons or thoughts have you got around how you need to organize yourself and your culture and your time, to get the most out of you?Andrew Jaspan:Again, Tim, it's something which I've sort of had to think about quite deeply over the last three years, since I left. I mean, each set of problems was probably driven from something slightly different, but at the end of the day, I think I got trapped between trying to do too much, and if I didn't do enough, the global rollout just couldn't have happened as fast as it could. I mean, there are very, very few, if you think about it, rollouts quite as big and large and global as The Conversation managed to do in its first three, four years.Andrew Jaspan:But what that did was, it took me away from Australia a hell of a lot. I had to raise quite a lot of money in the US, to get the US going. I had to do the same in the UK. I helped a little bit with Indonesia and with Spain and with France.Andrew Jaspan:And then the other thing in Australia is that we signed up 39 universities and CSIRO, 40 institutions all were paying between 50,000 and 200,000 a year. And I personally had to knock on vice chancellors' doors and try and persuade them to join. And although it sounds easy in retrospect, you think, "Well, everybody would've joined," I can tell you a lot of them were unsure or didn't want to. But now they've all signed up, and that meant a lot of interstate travel.Andrew Jaspan:So, the first thing is, I don't want to travel as much as I used to. And thank God for COVID in many ways, because I can't. That's a discipline which has been forced upon me, but the upside of it is I can now do Zoom calls. And frankly, I have to say, I actually find Zoom to be a wonderful tool because it means I don't need to travel, people turn up on time. I don't have to hear excuses of people getting caught up with traffic issues and all that sort of nonsense. It works really well. It's efficient, and people have got used to it. I think it's a great new way of working, and anybody concerned about carbon footprint should really curtail travel. So, that's the first thing, is I'm able to spend more time with the team.Andrew Jaspan:The second thing is that, I have to say, and I sort of have to take blame for this is, I didn't hire particularly well. I made some terrible mistakes, in terms of hires, and largely speaking these were people who had agendas which were different to mine in many ways. I don't want to go into that in too much more detail, but I was badly let down by certain people. I just thought, "I never ever had thought that you would do something like that."Andrew Jaspan:Then the other thing, which is again my fault, was being distracted by having so many different issues to deal with that. There were times I didn't handle things as well as I should.Andrew Jaspan:So yeah, I mean, learned many lessons from that. Still feel very disappointed about what happened, but you know what? I've moved on. They can do their thing, which is very much a creature of my own making. And thankfully, they are still working very much the way that I set the whole thing up, which leaves me room to introduce a different service, which in many ways is a kind of complimentary service. The Conversation are largely breaking views services, in terms of being opinion about what's in the new cycle, whereas we've parked opinion and we've parked breaking news, for the reasons I explained earlier.Andrew Jaspan:It's opened up a very fertile different area for us, which is that, the longer read, the more considered approach, and trying to address problems, rather than just report on problems. Which, to me, is a really interesting new area. Some people call that constructive or solutions journalism. I don't like to use those phrases too much, but that's what we're trying to do.Tim Burrowes:Something strikes me. Let's assume that you're able to develop some really good quality content. In time, that reputation, and I hear everything you say about being B2B rather than business to consumer, but in time that reputation, I could see there being an appetite to actually see, from the public, your raw feed, so to speak. Do you think there will be a moment when you do, even if it's a simple site, just have something where anybody can just take a look at what you're publishing, so they can see your whole output in one place?Andrew Jaspan:Yes. I mean, that's a possibility, Tim, but if you think of Reuters, which is a massive business, they don't have really a public facing site, as such. I mean, there is a Reuters site you can go to, there is stuff there, but all the content is locked up for its subscribers and users. And they don't particularly want to be a site that attracts lots of readers, because at the end of the day, their subscribers are the people who want to retail their content, and they don't want to set up in competition to their own subscribers.Andrew Jaspan:In Australia, for example, say Sydney Morning Herald, The Age uses Reuters content. Well, if Reuters should set up a public facing website, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald people would say, "Well, we're not going to take your content because it's already freely available on your website."Tim Burrowes:Is there any likelihood that you'll find yourself competing with The Conversation, when it comes to wanting to sign up an expert to write a piece for you?Andrew Jaspan:Tim, there is the potential for that, but let me tell you, in Australia alone, I just happen to have these numbers, there are about 100,000 academics, and The Conversation has used about 25,000. So, about 25% have already been used. 75,000 haven't been, and probably never will be. But even of those 25,000, all those academic write for many different channels. Many of them will write, occasionally, directly for a newspaper or they'll appear on TV or radio. They'll write for overseas publications. So, The Conversation doesn't have the complete right to utilize those researchers alone.Andrew Jaspan:And the other thing, as I indicated to you before, is our content is quite different because The Conversation, which is the model I set up, tries to riff off that day's breaking news and do, in a sense, commentary to sort of say, "Oh, let's explain the budget today. Or let's explain a plane going down." Or whatever. What we're doing something quite different. We're actually focusing on, as I said to you, sustainable development goals, the world's biggest problems, and looking at things in a quite different way.Tim Burrowes:Well, finally, I'd be wasting the opportunity if I didn't ask your more general view on Australia's media. As I was saying, you were a former editor of The Age and you've edited many other mastheads in other parts of the world, as well. Quite a wide question, but what do you see as the state of the media, as we head towards 2022?Andrew Jaspan:Well, Tim, I'm looking at the clock and it tells me that we've nearly spent 40 minutes on what I've done now. If you've got time for another 40 minutes, I'd love to talk to you about it because it's a really extremely important issue. And it goes to the heart of what I think is a real problem in Australia, which is that we have probably one of the most concentrated media ownerships in the world.Andrew Jaspan:When I came to Australia to edit The Age in 2004, there was Fairfax, there was APN, there was News Corp, obviously, and Channels Seven, Nine and Ten, but now Nine has gobbled up Fairfax. News Corp has gobbled up APN. There's been lots of other mergers and consolidation, and you've got even fewer players than when I arrived in 2004. And I think there's a real problem in Australia. I mean, there are large swathes of Australia, as you know, that are just owned by one group. And so it's you take it or leave it.Tim Burrowes:Now, that one group is News Corp.Andrew Jaspan:News Corp is big, but the Nine group now, between both Nine TV, plus all the mastheads. By the way, there has been one change in development, which is Andrew Catalano. He and I, by the way, were both asked to leave Fairfax at the same time. And I went off to do The Conversation and now this thing, and he went on to buy out Rural Press and renamed it Australian Community Media. And he's got, I can't remember, 120-odd papers right across Australia, which is an independent play.Andrew Jaspan:But largely speaking, it's been consolidation, consolidation, fewer and fewer voices. And of course, due to a combination of the global economy and now COVID, a lot of those groups have delayered and hollowed out newsrooms even further. And there's been a loss of, I think, 5,000 journalists jobs in the last three to four years, in Australia. So, it's not in good shape at all.Andrew Jaspan:But I wouldn't mind, if I can, just to talk briefly about the advertising side of what's happened. As you probably know, in Australia, the advertising spend on the media tends to be, or was I should say, about 10 years ago, about eight to nine billion a year. It now stands at more like 10 to 11 billion a year. However, what's happened is that, over the last five years, Google and Facebook together have carved out about half of that and now actually take between 60 and 70% of that, 10 to 11 billion. Google takes a lot more than Facebook. And they bill all of that out of Singapore or overseas in low tax thresholds.Andrew Jaspan:What that's done is actually reduced, hugely reduced, the ability for the Australian media to focus not just on hiring journalists, but to actually conduct their operations. So, there has been a big change in the advertising marketplace, which has led to huge structural issues.Andrew Jaspan:Those issues are being dealt with, to a certain extent, through the news bargaining code, which the News Corp papers led the charge on, and largely speaking was about what Rupert Murdoch has always thought, which was that Google was stealing their content and should pay. And that's, largely speaking, what Google and to a certain extent Facebook are doing now, is paying them. But it hasn't really gone to towards new entrants or the smaller players. It's really gone to the big players who had skin in the game, to get the government to structure the news bargaining code in a way that, in a sense, reinforced the existing ownership structures.Tim Burrowes:Well, I might follow up on Rupert Murdoch, in a moment. Just one question first, on your previous point, because I totally recognize what you say about the dominance of Google and Facebook in that ecosystem and the lack of transparency there is, as well, particularly with Google's control over every stage of it. At the same time, we see Google certainly wanting to be seen as being a good citizen in journalism. There's the Google News initiative, for instance. So, it does put money into the ecosystem.Tim Burrowes:Would you take that sort of money, if offered, for 360Info? Or does it compromise you to do so, do you think?Andrew Jaspan:Again, a sort of a dilemma which faces many independent journalists. Let me just comment on the first part of your question. I've been to Mountain View, which is Google's headquarters just outside San Francisco, and I've also been to Facebook's headquarters at Palo Alto, and also their officers in London, for both Google and Facebook, and also for Google in this country.Andrew Jaspan:The key issue for Google and Facebook is they see themselves as technology companies, first and foremost. They do not want to be seen as a publisher, because if you're seen as a publisher, it kind of changes the nature of the game, and they become responsible for content. They can be sued for defamation or liable and all sorts of other things.Andrew Jaspan:So, what they've done is they've got an exclusion, which is actually written into American law to be not seen as a publisher, but just a carrier of other people's information. What that meant is that they had to strenuously avoid putting money into anything editorial. So, when I would go and speak to Google and Facebook, they would say, "Look, we can help you with, for example, developing your site better, with giving you tools to optimize readership, with giving you data tools, with giving you free access to the G suite of services and so on and so forth. But we can't give it to editorial."Andrew Jaspan:So, that used to be their approach, and that sort of held for, I don't know, let's say five to ten years. But now, particularly in Australia, because of the campaign that News Corp led in this country, and a compliant government who listened largely to what News Corp say, they have managed to force, in a sense, Google and Facebook to actually start putting money into journalism, which is something they've always stood against. I think they're still trying to test the waters on that, whether it works or not, what could be the downside.Andrew Jaspan:The second part to your question was, would we take the money? And the short answer, without being churlish is, yes we would. But, like all funding arrangements and agreements, Google or Facebook, were they to give us money, would have to accept that we remain an independent voice, that they cannot have any say over what we commission. They can't ask us to lay off certain areas and cover certain areas, all of that. And as long as those agreements were in place, which is the same, by the way, for any foundation or anybody else that would want to fund us, as long as that was the case and it was clear that we or I retained overall and ultimate control of the service, then the answer is we probably would take that their funding.Tim Burrowes:And you touched on News Corp, the Rupert Murdoch led organization. Earlier in your career, you worked for The Times and The Sunday times, which are a part of the empire. How do you think of the company? Because I always feel it's kind of painted a bit in naughts and ones, either they're everything that's wrong with journalism or they're everything that's right with journalism. And usually the truth is somewhere in the middle. How do you think of the organization?Andrew Jaspan:First of all is, I think the professional standards at News Corp are probably amongst the highest I've come across, in terms of just the basic craft of running newsrooms, disciplined newsrooms, chasing stories, chasing exclusives, and doing a really good job at packaging, selling, advertising their brands, and actually being very strong players in every market that they operate in.Andrew Jaspan:The downside is, it's agenda driven journalism. There is a clear Murdoch agenda which you sign up to, when you join a Murdoch organization. And there are certain things which are subjects, which you know if you work for any Murdoch outlet, is kind of the areas that they support and the areas they don't like.Andrew Jaspan:I remember when I joined The Sunday Times, Andrew Neil was my editor, and he really spelled this out. The way he did good and bad, he called sectors of the UK either sunset industries, sunrise or sunset. For example, he hated the coal miners, so he called them a sunset industry. He hated the BBC, so that was a sunset industry. Whereas the sunrise were the new players that didn't have unions and all the areas that they kind of ideologically agreed with, I guess. And none of this is really spelled out.Andrew Jaspan:I laugh every time when I hear people like Robert Thomson, who's the CEO of News Corp, say, "No editor is ever rung up by Rupert and told what to do." Well, Rupert doesn't operate that way. Rupert very carefully chooses editors. I don't mean him personally, although he does at the most senior positions, but broadly speaking Rupert's lieutenants make sure that they choose people who are "one of us." That's the term they use. You're either one of them or one of us. And then once you become anointed as a Murdoch editor or whatever, you know what the line is.Andrew Jaspan:There are meetings once, twice, three times a year, where all the executives gather and they hear from Murdoch and his thoughts about the world, what's up, what's down, and then they go away and just make a sure that their papers, in a sense, align with that.Andrew Jaspan:And where people disagree, they get short shift and they have to leave. You hear this over and over again. For example, on climate issues, anybody who kind of used to, although there's been a change, as you probably know, in Australia, in terms of a recognition that climate change actually is real. But previously to that, it was one of suppressing the real climate science story. And so, every paper took the same line, and so it goes on and on. I think you know most of this, Tim.Andrew Jaspan:As I say, it's a strongly driven, purpose driven, ideologically driven organization with extremely good professional journalists and editors, who deliver on that remit. And as such, they're very robust players in every market that they operate in.Tim Burrowes:When it comes time to write Rupert Murdoch's obituary, which could be another 10 or 15 years away, if you were asked, would you say that his contribution to journalism was a net positive or a net negative?Andrew Jaspan:Oh, I would come down probably as a net negative. And I don't mean that from the point of view of what he did on The Adelaide Advertiser. He clearly did a good job. But what he did, and I watched closely because you alluded to it earlier, to The Times and and Sunday Times. I worked on those papers, and I saw these papers, in many ways, become diminished as the kind of standard barriers of the highest quality journalism, in the UK.Andrew Jaspan:And then when I look at what Fox News has done, and I mean, I think Fox News has been probably the most divisive, destructive of force in America. But Rupert really saw an opportunity because the four other major broadcasters all held to a sort of narrow, broadly liberal viewpoint. And he saw an opportunity for something that was way off on the right, that would bring in the rednecks and others. He saw that opportunity, and he just went for it. He's made a huge amount of money. Fox I think makes more money than anything else for him, these days.Andrew Jaspan:But the downside is the destruction that it's created in America and society. And you speak to any American just about the impact of it, the polarization, the anger, the fury, and the quality of debate is diminished. And of course, out of all that, we had Trump who was very much promoted by the Fox organization.Andrew Jaspan:And so, at the end of the day, do I think the world's a better place, as in better informed? The answer is probably no, because what what Trump did, and what Fox did, was to essentially say there are alternative facts, in a sense. There are alternative ways of seeing the world. And that's come down a broad agreement around facts and evidence. You know the old saying, "You're entitled to your opinion, but not your own facts?" Well, that's now changed. People now, at Fox News particularly and some of the other outlets, say they're entitled to their own facts, alternative facts, and so on and so forth.Andrew Jaspan:So, I think it's unmade a lot of the best of the journalism in the world. But I can't lay all the fault of journalism there. There is the other issue, which is the structural change of the big search companies, particularly Google and Facebook, which are, at the end of the day, Tim, to be blunt, they're both advertising companies. And what they've done is, they've just sucked the advertising out of what used to be newspapers, radio, and television and moved it into search and all the advertising associated with that. That's where the real money is these days.Andrew Jaspan:And what's interesting is to see how those things are going to develop, because they will develop, and you will see, I think, Facebook and Google morph into different organizations. They will have to take on some form of responsibility for a lot of the damage that's been done, the ways it's kind of led to siloed discussions, where you have all the people who are anti-vaxxers talk to each other on that community page, and all the people who who support vaccinations speaking in another sort of loop, and different echo chains, et cetera.Andrew Jaspan:These are really big societal problems. They are being thought about. They are being addressed. At some stage, they will be solved. So, I think it's a really interesting period to watch closely, for how all this is going to unravel over the next five to ten years.Tim Burrowes:Well, as you allude to, Andrew, it is a subject we could talk about for hours, let alone minutes, but that's where we'd better leave it for now. My thanks to Andrew Jaspan, and have a great summer break, Andrew.Andrew Jaspan:Thank you very much, Tim. Enjoy your Christmas and all the best for 2022.Tim Burrowes:The Unmade Podcast is produced with the enthusiastic support of Abe's Audio. More soon. I'm Tim Burrowes. Toodlepip. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

With two major chunks of strata legislation landing last week – Victoria's new laws and NSW's proposals for a revamp of theirs – we pick the bones out of the plans and read their entrails for signs of what's in store in the future. As usual, there are a few significant changes plus much tinkering around the edges, in both areas, but it's what the perceived need for these new laws reveals that's most interesting. How cosy are the developers and strata managers of Victoria?  How many kickbacks and from how many sources do the latter enjoy? And how many loopholes in the law will Victoria need to close before dodgy developers are driven out? We also touch on how a lack of a strong owners' and residents' voice in Victoria (like its northern neighbour's Owners Corporation Network) has left that state's legislation, frankly, years behind NSW's laws. And on that subject, in the case of the 139 items in the NSW review, we ask how soon can we expect to see those proposals become a reality and what will the process be to get there? Elsewhere in the podcast we look at a new trend in high-end hotel-style apartments, where you can order everything from room service to theatre tickets from your concierge. And we discuss the message from the AFR Property Summit that counters the doom and gloom about apartment prices. Finally, a reminder that the OCN's Strata Matters seminar is on, on Thursday 9th, hosted by Jimmy and with a guest appearance by Sue (oh, and David Chandler will be there too). There was a handful of extra tickets newly released on Tuesday. You can try to nab one or sign up to follow us on live streaming via this link. TRANSCRIPT IN FULL Jimmy  00:00 I just checked our figures for the podcast. So, nearly 26,000 people have listened to it, so far. Sue  00:09 Well, that's quite intimidating! Jimmy  00:12 I should say, it has been listened to 25,000 times, rather than 25,000 people, but we suddenly got a jump in the number of listeners, just a couple of months ago. Sue  00:24 Really, why is that, do you think? Jimmy  00:25 I have no idea, but I wonder if it was the pandemic, or people just passing it on, or something. Anyway, we now have twice as many people listening to the podcast per week, as we had at the same time last year. Sue  00:41 That's fantastic! Jimmy  00:42 So, it's roughly about 200, a week and as somebody said, if that doesn't sound like much, imagine if you were organising a meeting, every week and every week, 200 people turned up. You would be quite pleased with that. Sue  00:58 That's fantastic. I think it shows that people are getting more and more interested in apartment living, aren't they, really? More people are moving into apartments and they're curious, and they want to avoid problems. They want to know a bit more about the politics. Jimmy  01:10 And maybe, they like listening to you. Sue  01:12 No, I don't think so. Maybe you! Jimmy  01:15 Not at all! Anyway, this week, we are going to be talking about the new laws that have just come in in Victoria, the proposals for new laws in New South Wales, and you've got a couple of items? Sue  01:28 Yes. The AFR had its property summit this week, which was really interesting. They had a big section on residential property, which was mostly apartments. Also, I did a piece for Domain magazine about how new apartments are increasingly becoming like hotels. Jimmy  01:45 Okay, well, I'm Jimmy Thomson, and I write the Flat Chat column for the Australian Financial Review. Sue  01:51 And I'm Sue Williams and I write about property for Domain in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age. Jimmy  01:57 And this is the Flat Chat Wrap. [MUSIC] Jimmy Big week in strata law, last week. On the 1st of December, the new strata laws came in, in Victoria. We'd known they were coming for a while, but they actually became law,

One of the most remarkable pilots of World War II never fired a shot or dropped a bomb. With his pioneering aerial reconnaissance, Sidney Cotton made a vital contribution to Allied planning. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe his daring adventures in the war's early months. We'll also revisit our very first story and puzzle over an unknown Olympian. Intro: Hall's Law holds that a group's social class is reflected in its members' initials. In 1814 Richard Porson wrote a sonnet to nothing. Sources for our feature on Sidney Cotton: Michael Smith, The Secret Agent's Bedside Reader: A Compendium of Spy Writing, 2019. Chaz Bowyer, Air War Over Europe: 1939-1945, 2003. David Marshall and Bruce Harris, Wild About Flying!: Dreamers, Doers, and Daredevils, 2003. "Spies in the Sky: The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence During World War II," Contemporary Review 294:1705 (June 2012), 249. Taylor Downing, "Spying From the Sky," History Today 61:11 (November 2011), 10-16. "Sidney's Sky Spies," Air Classics 37:12 (December 2001), 30. Walter J. Boyne, "Reconnaissance on the Wing," Air Force Magazine 82 (1999), 72-78. "Parkes Display Plane's Remarkable Career," Parkes [N.S.W.] Champion Post, Nov. 1, 2015. Jessica Howard, "Daughter Tells of Spy Who Loved Her," [Hobart Town, Tas.] Mercury, July 27, 2013. "007 Cotton Inspires Bond," Gold Coast Bulletin, Sept. 27, 2008. "Aussie Maverick Who Fooled Nazis," [Surry Hills, N.S.W.] Daily Telegraph, Nov. 9, 2002. Christopher Bantick, "Aussie Spy in the Sky," [Hobart Town, Tas.] Mercury, Nov. 2, 2002. Stephen Holt, "Oh, What a Lovely War," [Brisbane, Qld.] Courier-Mail, Oct. 19, 2002. David Morris, "The Real Bond - Revealed: 007 Was Actually a Queenslander," [Brisbane, Qld.] Sunday Mail, July 15, 2001. David Wroe, "The Original Spy in the Sky," [Melbourne] Age, June 8, 2000. "He Fought the R.A.F. as Well as the Enemy," Sydney Morning Herald, April 12, 1969. "The Cheeky Missions of a Young Spy-Flier Helped to Save Thousands of Allied Lives," Sydney Morning Herald, Feb. 9, 1969. "May Be the Wreckage of French Airplane," Morristown [Tenn.] Gazette Mail, July 15, 1927. "Search for Lost Men Is to Be Discussed," New Britain [Ct.] Herald, July 14, 1927. "Plans Search By Air For Nungesser, Coli," New York Times, May 26, 1927. "Was Proserpine's Sidney Cotton the Real James Bond?" Breakfast, ABC, Sept. 19, 2021. "Guide to the Papers of Frederick Sidney Cotton," Australian War Memorial (accessed Nov. 1, 2021). John McCarthy, "Cotton, Frederick Sidney (1894–1969)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1993. Listener mail: Norman Fraser, "Sad Ending to Beautiful Betsy Wartime Mystery," [Brisbane] Courier-Mail, March 18, 2015. "Beautiful Betsy," Monument Australia (accessed Nov. 13, 2021). "Monto-Historical and Cultural," North Burnett, Queensland (accessed Nov. 14, 2021). "Cylinder, Iowa," Wikipedia (accessed Nov. 18, 2021). "The Skeleton in the Bale," Atlanta Constitution, Oct. 2, 1892. (Greg's blog piece is here.) This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener S Wan. Here's a corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

The Melbourne Age gives readers the story headed ”The road to COP-26”. Now we have six more stories from that same newspaper: "Prince Charles urges Scott Morrison to attend climate summit to help avoid global ‘catastrophe"; "Industries to be shielded in federal bid for net-zero"; "Regional Australia to be promised clean energy jobs boom"; "States paving way for Prime Minister to boost 2030 climate target"; "Evidence mounts that Australian business and voters agree on climate"; "Hype or holy grail: What's driving the hydrogen rush?"; "Act on Climate update: Countdown to COP26"; "Eight of the PM's most ‘powerful' quotes"; "Net-zero by 2050 means eliminating fossil fuels from the grid by 2035"; "At least one group expects Morrison in Glasgow, but will he go?"; "All-electric Volvo XC40 Recharge shoots to top of Australian EV sales"; "News Corp's Andrew Bolt says his company's climate campaign is ‘rubbish'"; "Australian politics' hypocritical climate kabuki dance has nobody fooled"; "News Corp's turnaround on climate crisis is a greenwash"; "Nationals have ‘about a 95% chance' of backing net-zero", Darren Chester says"; "NDCs, climate finance and 1.5C: your Cop26 jargon buster"; "Turkey ratifies the Paris Agreement after approving a 2053 net-zero" goal"; "Indigenous activists come to D.C. with a message for Biden: Declare a national climate emergency"; "The CVGA is the Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance"; "Climate activists call for investigation of Brazil's President, Jair Bolsonaro, over Amazon policies"; "The Powerful Owls of Wombat Forest"; "The net-zero bandwagon is gathering steam, and resistant MPs are about to be run over"; "Politics with Michelle Grattan: A prime minister, a prince and the ‘last chance saloon'"; "Pat Baskett: Climate change's biggest myth"; "The energy dilemma of eating"; "Pressure on Govt to offer incentives to produce biofuel from local forestry waste"; "Higgins Storm Chasing"; "Lack of climate action could put 70,000 Australian jobs at risk, report warns"; "Hunger in Madagascar's climate change famine"; "Forget your carbon footprint. Let's talk about your climate shadow"; "Carbon border taxes could cost Australia at least $4.5 billion a year and 70,000 jobs: Report"; "Scottish Government invests £1.8 billion to cut emissions from homes and buildings"; "Virgin Atlantic announces ambitious carbon targets to ensure it meets net-zero by 2050"; "Why U.S. policy is crucial to EV adoption"; "How Georgia farmers are protecting their cattle from extreme heat"; "Climate of the Nation 2021"; "Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA) 2030 vision". Enjoy "Music for q Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

First, we hear a short piece from an episode on the Podcast Brunch Club - it's a free event, it's virtual, it's like a book club, but it's about podcasts, in this case, geo-engineering, simply listen to them and talk about what you heard with other listeners. Our first of two stories from The New York Times is also about  geo-engineering: “What's the Least Bad Way to Cool the Planet?”; “As Bikers Throng the Streets, ‘It's Like Paris Is in Anarchy'”; The Guardian has four stories that relate to the climate crisis:  “Coffee bean price spike just a taste of what's to come with climate change”; “39 Insulate Britain activists arrested after halting traffic on M1 and M4”; “From Corrie to car ads, carbon literacy training pushes climate to the fore”; “Poor countries must not be forced to take on debt to tackle climate crisis”; “Australia's ‘black summer' bushfires pushed 11 bee species closer to extinction”; From Friends of the Earth Melbourne: “Offshore gas levy will protect oceans and communities”; The Melbourne Age tells readers: “Thirty-six new electric buses by 2025 as Melbourne company awarded $2.3b contract”; Now it's two stories from Medium: “Who Is Responsible for Global Warming?”; “Global Warming and Arctic Polar Amplification”; Listen to Joel Berger on ABC: “Joel Berger: Extreme conservationist”: We have a trio of stories from SBS: “Big nations urged to heed climate activists' demands for action ahead of UN COP26”; “Scott Morrison confirms he's unlikely to attend UN climate summit in Glasgow”; “Australia's climate commitments 'inadequate', Turnbull says”; From The New Daily: “Alan Kohler: Australia's net-zero target must include legislation”; From Inside Climate News, it's: “Warming Trends: Cruise Ship Impacts, a Buoy Inside the Hurricane's Eye and Anticipating Climate Tipping Points”; Democracy Now! tells readers: “Right Livelihood Award Goes to Environmental Activists, Rights Defenders Across the Globe”; A fashion label that is climate-friendly from a factory that is ethically certified.   Enjoy “Music for a Warming World”. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Vaccinated Australians can start travelling abroad from November, ending an 18-month ban. Anthony Dennis is travel editor for the Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne Age and several other publications, and tells us why the government of Australia has made this move now. Also in the programme, Thailand is also easing restrictions from today, halving the length of time required for vaccinated foreign visitors to quarantine to seven days. The BBC's Jonathan Head reports on the potential impact on the country's tourism sector. A global coalition of transport organisations, representing more than 65 million transport workers, is calling on the world's governments to end what they call a "humanitarian and supply chain crisis". Lori Ann Larocco of CNBC in New York follows the global container shipping industry closely, and brings us up to speed on the latest developments in the sector. Plus, Disney has settled a claim the Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson brought with the firm over alleged breach of contract, after it streamed her superhero film at the same time as its cinema release. Disney originally said the case was without merit, and Anna Nicolaou, US media correspondent at the Financial Times, explains what brought about a change of heart. Today's edition is presented by Fergus Nicoll, and produced by Philippa Goodrich and Russell Newlove.

David Sassoon (pictured) is the founder and publisher of Inside Climate News, a not-for-profit organization concentrating on climate news with, of late, a particular emphasis on "ecocide". David introduced an event from the World Economic Forum, "Preventing Ecocide". We start today with three stories from Inside Climate News: “In a Growing Campaign to Criminalize Widespread Environmental Destruction, Legal Experts Define a New Global Crime: ‘Ecocide'”; “Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?”; “Does Nature Have Rights? A Burgeoning Legal Movement Says Rivers, Forests and Wildlife Have Standing, Too”; Now it's four stories from The Melbourne Age:  “‘Deadset against': Morrison confirms talks underway on net-zero amid pushback from Nationals”; “Farmers essential for Australia's net-zero 2050 push: report”; “It's a $50b-a-year export industry. How long until coal's rivers of gold run dry?”; Including an Editorial: “Coal's demise brings a host of tough, new challenges”; And from The New Daily: “Alan Kohler: Australia's net-zero target must include legislation”; From The Western Australian: “Scott Morrison might not attend UN Climate Change Conference COP26 summit in Glasgow this year"; And from The Guardian: “Coalition inertia on climate undermines Australia's credibility in region, ex-diplomats warn”; Two stories from The Conversation: “The clock is ticking on net-zero, and Australia's farmers must not get a free pass”; “Agitated Nationals grapple with climate debate, as former minister Chester takes ‘a break' from party room”; Another story from The New Daily: “Nationals in net-zero turmoil as Darren Chester takes a ‘break' over Barnaby Joyce's ‘failure'”; Now it's Solar Punk: “Why This Gives Me Hope for the Future”; “Stories, sound work, radio ideas, features and phonic experiments by Kyla Brettle and Rob Law exploring our local response to the climate crisis - and the difficult, emotional side of dealing with this mess - visit “Endgame”. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Listen, and watch, as Rebecca Harris talks about “A climate atlas for Australia's wine industry”; Medium tells readers: “What Happens in the World When We Continue to Ignore Global Warming”; From Inside Climate News readers learn: “A Friday for the Future: The Global Climate Strike May Help the Youth Movement Rebound From the Pandemic”; On Reuters readerd hear: “California governor signs $15 bln package to tackle climate change”; Next, we have two stories from Climate Home News: “Seven countries join US and EU in methane reduction pledge”; “Who will build the world's last coal plant?”; From Climate Action: “UK Export Finance commits to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050”; Two stories from Yale Climate Connections: “Titles for getting down to climate business now that children are back to school”; “New fund aims to bring more people into the climate conversation”; From Sky News it is: “ Climate change: phase out gas power by 2035, say businesses including Nestle, Thames Water, Co-op”; Next, we have six stories from The Guardian: “China's pledge to kick the coal habit comes at a critical moment for the planet”; “Scott Morrison says Australia ‘really good at digging stuff up' while announcing clean energy summit”; “Young global climate strikers vow change is coming – from the streets”; “Johnson defends trade secretary after climate crisis denial tweets”; “New Zealand is no ‘off-grid' safe haven from the apocalypse”; “Stepping up when adults don't: ‘It's just so real for us right now'”; From ASU it's: “The New Faces of Climate Justice”; The Melbourne Age has eight stories about the climate crisis: “Time's up for coal: Inside the global push to kill our dirtiest fuel”; “Nancy Pelosi says Australia is ‘leading the way' on climate”; “Analysis finds $300m paid to farmers to keep trees they were unlikely to clear”; “IMF urges Australia to tighten controls on industrial polluters”; “Former fire chief calls for paid firefighting reserve to fight mega blazes”; “‘Position of strength': Nationals urge greater climate ambition for Glasgow summit”; “As the world turns on coal, scientists are at work on green steel”; “‘We can still turn this around': Thunberg helms election climate rally in Berlin”; From RenewEconomy: “World's largest floating wind farm begins supplying power to Scotland grid”; From the Global Footprint Network: “Measure what you treasure”; Climate Conscious tells readers about “Sustainable Traveling”; Now it's four stories from The Conversation: “Have climate change predictions matched reality? Podcast”; “Josh Frydenberg prepares ground for Scott Morrison to commit to 2050 climate target”; “More reasons for optimism on climate change than we've seen for decades: 2 climate experts explain”; “View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce falls (sort of) into step for the ‘net zero' march”; From the World Resources Institute: “Seven Transformations for More Equitable and Sustainable Cities”; A look at: “Briefing: What is Climate Anxiety?”; A podcast on: “Capitalism, corporate violence, and degrowth”; From Climate Conscious: “The Missing Links in Carbon Offset Calculation”; And from Medium: “The Linguistic Bait and Switch of Climate Change”; The Climate Media Centre says: “Climate change is a global problem. Climate action is a local solution”; From The New York Times: "How record rain and officials' mistakes led to drownings on a Subway"; The Grattan Institute: "Towards net zero: practical policies to reduce agricultural emissions"; and finally, Rolling Stone Magazine carries the story: “Can Camila Cabello and a Cadre of Celebs Convince Their Industry to Fight for Climate Action?”. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World" Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

“The Dixie fire is almost out, but its inhospitable ‘moonscapes' remain” (pictured); The Guardian is a regular and reliable source of climate associated news and today we list six stories from the newspaper. Those six stories from The Guardian are: “Australia and US aiming for ‘same place' on climate, Morrison insists after Biden meeting”; “One in five carbon credits under Australia's main climate policy are ‘junk' cuts, research finds”; “Former Nationals leader Michael McCormack warns a flat ‘no' on net zero could threaten trade”; “Liberal MPs need more than tepid climate signalling to overcome Joyce and Canavan's coal cosplay”; “Johnson says he has changed his mind on the climate – but he's still dragging his feet”; Registrations now open for the “Australian Walking and Cycling Conference”; The National says: “We Should Shame Frequent Fliers”; We have two stories from RenewEconomy: “China delivers “killer blow” to coal as Morrison courts Joe Biden”; “Australia's energy superpower status at risk with grid congestion reforms”; And from One Step Off the Grid: “Energy efficiency showdown looms, as Victoria slams “skewed” federal report”; From The Driven: “September 22 is world car free day, so what's happening in Australia?”; Writing in The Sydney Morning Herald, David Crowes tells readers: “Clear majority of Australians want net zero emissions by 2050”; Two stories from Yale Climate Connections:  “Miami psychiatrist helps people cope with mental health toll of extreme weather “; “Electric cars can cost 40% less to maintain than gasoline cars”; From AP News: “UN climate talks: Faint progress on money, none on pollution”; From the Climate Council: “What doe the IPCC's latest report mean?”; From The Melbourne Age: “China's exit from offshore coal is at once momentous and insufficient”; Three stories from The New York Times: “Biden vows to double aid on climate change, one of the key issues facing leaders”; “In a First, Washington Will Draft Rules on Workplace Heat Dangers”; “China Pledges to Stop Building Coal-Burning Power Plants Abroad”; And from National Geographic: “How Earth's tides may be linked to the rise of life as we know it”; The Conversation gives us two stories:  “Greenwashing: corporate tree planting generates goodwill but may sometimes harm the planet”; “Pornhub has planted a few more trees, but don't pretend it's being responsible”; From Inside Climate News: “China Just Entered a Major International Climate Agreement. Now Comes the Hard Part”; From the BBC: “COP 26: How much is the developing world getting to fight climate change?”; And from Medium: “How climate changed my life”; “Why New Carbon Capture Technologies Are Guaranteed Game-Changers”: From ABC Radio: “As world leaders call for ambitious action on climate change, is Australia being left behind?”; “Xi Jinping announces end to overseas coal power funding - The Backstory with Matt Bevan”: Miki Perkins writes in The Melbourne Age: “Coal power generators, EPA taken to court over climate pollution”; Nick O'Malley writes in the same publication: “UN climate official warns low ambition is costing Australian growth”; And finally, Melbourne Age business columnist, Elizabeth Knight, writes about: “Environmental showstopper: AGL has its Greta Thunberg moment”. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Today's Quick climate links:- Four stories from The Guardian: The first - “Whether on Covid or climate, it seems our politicians really aren't like you and me”; Second - “‘Ida is not the end': Indigenous residents face the future on Louisiana's coast – photo essay:' The third - “Anxiety and biscuits: the climate cafes popping up around the world”; The fourth and final story from The Guardian today is - “What would it take for antivaxxers and climate science deniers to ‘wake up'?”; From ABC News we read - “UK government accused of dropping FTA climate commitments due to Australian pressure”; Writing on Medium Nicole Denamur says - “Climate Work is Equity Work”; Watch and listen to climate scientist Kim Cobb on TEDxCentennialParkWomen talk about “Greening the Built Environment”; The New York Times tells readers about - “Building a More Sustainable Car, From Headlamp to Tailpipe;” Dr Blanche Verlie form the University of Sydney will be among the speakers at the “Collective Trauma Summit 2021;” The New Daily tells readers - “Russia burns as climate change scorches forest and steppe”; From Climate Conscious we hear - “Doomsday Prophecies Are Dooming Our Climate”; Energy reports - “Preparing for stranded assets and production declines”; The Conversation carries the story - “The daily dance of flowers tracking the sun is more fascinating than most of us realise”; From Vox it's the question - “What's the worst that could happen?”; Grist suggests - “To solve the climate crisis, we must first repair our relationships”; We finish with two stories from The Melbourne Age -  “Australia can up its 2030 climate change target, but will it be enough?”; “‘We'll keep mining': Australia resists climate policy pressure”. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Ebikes are being touted as a solution to our transport woes in a Climate Conscious story - "Could e-Bikes Solve Our Transportation Problems?" Other stories mentioned today are: The Melbourne Age - "Australia's emissions fell 5 per cent during first year of coronavirus pandemic"; And there's a related report from the Federal Government - "National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Quarterly Update: March 2021"; A further story from The Melbourne Age warns about sea level rises - "Even 1.5C warming will still leave world's coasts exposed to extremes"; A story from The Guardian by Katharine Murphy alerts us to the potential of renewables - "Renewables could meet 100% demand in Australia at certain times of day by 2025, report says"; Another story from The Guardian, this time an essay, discusses the fires in Greece - "Greece's deadly wildfires were sparked by 30 years of political failure"; And on The Conversation it's - "1,600 years ago, climate change hit the Australian Alps. We studied ancient lake mud to learn what happened"; Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells also write on The Conversation - "Robber barons and high-speed traders dominate Australia's water market"; And on Climate Conscious George Dillard gives his view on how GM engineered capitalism and the climate crisis in the story - "How GM Enabled Modern Capitalism — and Environmental Crisis"; The New York Times writes about the intensity of America's wildfires - "Evacuations Ordered Near Lake Tahoe as the Caldor Fire Intensifies"; Yale Climate Connections tell readers - "Cities can play a key role in the transition to electric vehicles"; A guest essay in The New York Times tells readers - "The Point Is That People in the South Are Suffering"; Wind farms of America's Long Island and job opportunities, according to this Yale Climate Connections story - "Wind farms off Long Island, New York, to create new jobs"; Giles Parkinson from RenewEconomy has some good news with - "Sun Cable: World's biggest solar and battery project is about to get a lot bigger". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

David Pocock (pictured), the former captain of the Australian Wallabies, along with his wife, Emma, has set up the "Cool Down" program that calls on the Australian Government to do more on tackling climate change. Pocock was interviewed on Monday, August 30, on RN Breakfast by the host of the show, Fran Kelly. Guardian reporter, Gabrielle Chan, has long championed Australia's farmers and has done that again in her latest story - "Farmers manage more than half of Australia. We all have a stake in them getting it right"; National Geographic writes about a species threatened by global warming - "This adorable rabbit relative sounds an alarm for global warming"; The New York Times keeps us up to date with what's happening with Hurricane Ida - "The storm made landfall on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina"; And the Melbourne Age points to a poll that revealed that Australians want action on climate change - "Australia's biggest climate poll shows support for action in every seat"; The Guardian reports - "Floating wind turbines could open up vast ocean tracts for renewable power"; And on The Conversation we read - "Bushfire survivors just won a crucial case against the NSW environmental watchdog, putting other states on notice"; Again from The Guardian, Jillian Ambrose reports - "North Sea oil was battered by Covid, but now faces much deadlier waves"; Saloon magazine reports - "This is what New York City will look like after climate change". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Today's Quick News takes us to Brazil via a story published in the Melbourne Age and written by Diane Jeantet that discusses the gradual retreat in the Brazilian share of the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland, which has left water covering just one-quarter the area it did 30 years ago. Diane's story: "The country with the most fresh water on the planet has lost 15 per cent of it" is based on data that only went through to 2020 – before this year's drought that is Brazil's worst in nine decades. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Australia's Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister, Angus Taylor (pictured), has not been shy in letting people know about his dislike for renewable energy and you can read about his "success" in delaying its implementation in a story from RenewEconomy: "After three years, Taylor is finally succeeding in his promise to stop wind and solar"; Another story from RenewEconomy tells us about a Scottish wind farm: "World's largest floating wind farm completed in Scotland"; From the ABC: "Bushfire survivors win landmark climate change case against NSW EPA"; From The Guardian: "Santos sued for ‘clean fuel' claims and net-zero by 2040 target despite plans for fossil fuel expansion"; From The New York Times: "Nuclear Power Can Save the World"; The Post Carbon Institute: "Questions to Richard Heinberg from a 15-Year-Old Student"; The Guardian on unexpected rain in Greenland: "Rain falls on peak of Greenland ice cap for first time on record". From Climate Connections: "Here's what makes a new Amazon carbon study so unnerving"; The Melbourne Age: "Santos hit with climate lawsuit over ‘net zero' claims". And the Melbourne Age says: "Global carbon tax could turbocharge ‘green shorting', ethical funds say".   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

"Doom scrolling" is a term handed out to people who search the internet for apocalyptic climate change stories. Well, you can still do that, but it is hardly necessary anymore as almost any credible news service will give the readers/viewers the facts about our questionable future, why it is shaping the way it is and the possible solutions. And today, we reference just three stories: RenewEconomy tells readers - "Solar exceeds coal for first time, as renewables set new records on Australia's main grid'; The Grattan Institute helps us understand Towards net zero - "Practical policies to reduce industrial emissions"; And the Melbourne Age writes about extreme weather - "IPCC report may have underplayed risk of freak El Nino and La Nina events". Listen to "Music for a Warming World".   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Louise Adler is one of the most significant figures in Australian publishing. Born in Melbourne, Louise was educated locally and studied in Israel at the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University, then in Britain at the University of Reading, and in America at Columbia University. She taught literature at Columbia for ten years and also taught at the University of Melbourne. Louise has since had a range of impressive roles that include Editor of Australian Book Review, Publishing Director of Reed Books Australia, Arts and Entertainment Editor for The Melbourne Age and Presenter of Arts Today on Radio National. More recently she was CEO and Publisher-in-Chief of Melbourne University Publishing and served on the boards of both the Melbourne International Arts Festival and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art for over a decade. Louise is currently Publisher at Large at Hachette Australia and on the board of the Monash University Museum of Art. She has been awarded the Order of Australia for services to literature.

I used to be loyal to Ray Ban sunglasses...until I found Maui Jim's. And I used to loyally read the Melbourne Age website every morning...until they put all the content behind a subscription wall. As brands and businesses, we like to tell ourselves that our customers are loyal. They may well be...to a certain extent. As long as it suits them. So long as the current iteration of your product or service fits to your customers prevailing wants, needs and circumstances...they will be loyal. All things being equal...they will be loyal. But all things are almost never equal. At least not for long. #customerloyalty #brandloyalty #consumerbehaviour

This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme. Season 03 - Episode 12 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Luke Hunt has covered wars, international politics and economics for Agence France-Presse where he served as bureau chief for Afghanistan and then Cambodia. He has written for The Melbourne Age, The New York Times, The Times of London, The Economist and writes a weekly column on Southeast Asia for The Diplomat. Specialising in counter-terrorism, his broadcasts have appeared regularly on ABC in Australia and on Voice of America and he's here today to chat to me about his career and his book, Punji Trap – the spy who didn't love us. Pham Xuan An was a Communist agent whose espionage adventures - under the cover story of a celebrated war correspondent in the Western Media -- were as brilliant for Hanoi as they were shattering for Washington during the tumultuous days of the Vietnam War.  Photo of Luke Hunt (Top Left) by Kim Mordaunt  Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts.https://apple.co/32QTumi Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on Android/Samsung/Nokia.https://podcasts.google.com?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL211ZGJldHdlZW55b3VydG9lcy9mZWVkLnhtbA%3D%3D Listen via the APP: https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ #MudBetweenYourToes#PeterWood#Petewoodhk #LukeHunt #PunjiTrap #VietnamWar #Vietnam #Journalism #Politics #AFP @Lukeanthonyhunt #book #spies #spy #goodread #indochina #cambodia #PsyOps #Diplomat_APAC #ABC #NYTimesworld #TheEconomist #TheTimes #Reuters 

In 1854, heir to the Tichborne baronetcy, Roger Tichborne, disappears after a shipwreck.  He's presumed dead until, in 1865, an Australian butcher comes forward and announces himself to be the missing nobleman. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Sir Roger Tichborne.” Sydney Morning Herald, January 31, 1868. “The Claimant & the Tichborne Case.” Jackson's Oxford Journal, March 30, 1872. “The Claimant of the Tichborne Baronetcy.” Wrexham Advertiser, January 19, 1867. “The Tichborne Baronetcy.” Melbourne Age, September 12, 1867. “The Tichborne Case.” Hampshire Telegraph & Sussex Chronicle, November 9, 1867. “The Tichborne Dole.” London Daily News, September 6, 1855. “The Tichborne Heir.” Indiana (PA) Progress, September 24, 1930. “Tichborne Claimant's Story to be Subject of Coming British Film.” Montreal Gazette, September 5, 1936. The books of Dr E. V. Kenealy (occult-mysteries.org) Theresa Doughty Tichborne - Wikipedia

Dr Nicholas Eberle from Environment Victoria has commented in today's Melbourne Age about the Victorian State Government's emissions targets. He ends his story by saying: "So that’s the political context – but it’s only one side of the story. We also need to look at the science, and judge these targets against the urgency of the climate crisis we’re facing." The mainstream media's approach to the climate crisis has changed dramatically in recent years and in another story staff writer, Miki Perkins, tells readers about what's happening in a Melbourne primary school in relation to sustainability. Enjoy the music of "Music for a Warming World".  

EPISODE 170 of The Story Box and honestly what better person to have shared his story, wisdom, and advice than Johann Hari? Johann Hari is a British writer who has authored two New York Times best-selling books. They have been translated into 34 languages, and been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah to Noam Chomsky, from Elton John to Naomi Klein.His first book, ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs', was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film ‘The United States Vs Billie Holiday'. Johann was also Executive Producer of the movie.It has also been adapted into a separate eight-part documentary series, which will be released later in 2021.His second book, ‘Lost Connections: Uncovering The Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions' was described by the British Journal of General Practice as “one of the most important texts of recent years”, and shortlisted for an award by the British Medical Association.His third book will be published in January 2022.Johann's TED talks have been viewed more than 75 million times. The first is named ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong'. The second is entitled ‘This Could Be Why You Are Depressed or Anxious'.He has written over the past decade for some of the world's leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the Spectator, Le Monde Diplomatique, the Melbourne Age, and Politico. He has appeared on NPR's All Thing Considered, HBO's Realtime With Bill Maher, The Joe Rogan Podcast, the BBC's Question Time, and many other popular shows.Johann was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and when he was a year old, his family moved to London, where he grew up and where he has lived for most of his life. His father – a Swiss immigrant – was a bus driver, and his mother was a nurse and later worked in shelters for survivors of domestic violence.He studied Social and Political Science at King's College, Cambridge, and graduated with a Double First.Johann was twice named ‘National Newspaper Journalist of the Year' by Amnesty International. He has also been named ‘Cultural Commentator of the Year' and ‘Environmental Commentator of the Year' at the Comment Awards.He lives half the year in London, and spends the other half of the year traveling to research his books.To read about what Johann is working on now, and what you can do to support him, please click here.Connect with Johann and buy his books: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johann.hari/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thelostconnections/https://www.facebook.com/JohannHari.PageTwitter - https://twitter.com/johannhari101Buy his books here: https://thelostconnections.com/the-author/Follow The Story Box on Social MediaINSTAGRAM ► - https://www.instagram.com/thestoryboxpodcast/ TWITTER ► - https://twitter.com/jay_fantom FACEBOOK ► - https://www.facebook.com/thestoryboxpodcast WEBSITE ► - https://thestoryboxpodcast.com/SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE! Apple Podcast ► - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-story-box/id1486295252 Spotify ► - https://open.spotify.com/show/7h8Qv3r2ZV29f7ktJOwmgM?si=FXxYC1JFSHesBv7_d1WtNQ WATCH HERE:YouTube ► - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStoryBox If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to YouTube & Apple Podcasts, and leave a 5-star positive rating and review over on Apple Podcasts. Share it around with your friends and family.FREE MINDVALLEY COURSES with VISHEN LAKHIANI & MARISA PEER VISHENLearn the 3 keys to transformative learning with Vishen's FREE Mindvalley masterclasshttps://mval.li/?a=9745&c=2806&p=r&s1MARISA PEERRapid Transformational Hypnotherapy for AbundanceDiscover the 5 steps to reprogram your mind for abundance with Marisa's FREE Mindvalley masterclasshttps://mval.li/?a=9745&c=2707&p=r&s1 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s podcast we give the NSW Parliament’s deliberations on it’s new strata pet laws a kick along. As reported here, the Lower House has taken a good six months to deal with a procedural Bill that would have promoted sustainability and tidied up several odd loopholes in strata law. However, it was tagged with an amendment that would have meant pets could only be excluded from apartments if it was detrimental to the animal. Listen Here The amended Bill, which was approved by the Upper House with its Animal Justice Party alteration, had zero chance of being approved by the Legislative Assembly. Right or wrong, the majority Coalition government was simply not going to approve open slather for pet owners in strata. So Sydney MP Alex Greenwich stepped in and wrangled a compromise that basically says pets could not “unreasonably” be refused domicile in apartment blocks while getting a commitment to a parliamentary report on what “reasonable” actually means. And that’s where we hop in with our ten cents worth on the podcast. Rental as anything Elsewhere in the pod, in light of the tax and planning breaks now on offer from the NSW government, we discuss the rise and rise of build-to-rent apartment blocks – there are 40 “in the pipeline” according to real estate marketing giant CBRE. But will they be snazzy upmarket facilities-filled developments like Mirvac’s Liv Indigo? Or will they be cheap and cheerless, renters-only versions of the cram-em-in, stack-em-high chicken coops beloved of some well-known developers?  Time will tell. Commish kicks butt Finally Sue chats about her recent conversation with Building Commissioner David Chandler.  Six months into his much-hyped crackdown on dodgy developers, is he making a difference, especially with regard to confidence in our high-rise buildings? We dig around for evidence. Zany Zoom calls And keeping things upbeat, Jimmy points us to these two videos. The first, is balm to the soul of any strata chair or secretary who’s had to deal with unruly members at an online committee meeting. If you are one of the few people on the planet who hasn't already seen this, it made a global viral video heroine of Council Clerk Jackie Weaver and her ruthless handling of obstreperous members of Handforth Parish Council in England. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB3P_0GAi0I And on a lighter note, there’s the lawyer who appeared on a Zoom video as a cute little talking kitten.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcnnI6HD6DU Almost as amusing in the video from Texas is the warning in the top left corner that recording the meeting was an offence. Well, that really worked. But maybe if we all had to adopt animal alter egos, online strata meetings would be a lot less fractious and a lot more fun. Enjoy the podcast and let us know what you think of the new format on mail@flat-chat.com.au. Transcript In Full Jimmy  00:00 Big news on the pet front this week in strata. Sue  00:04 Yes! it's all happening, isn’t it? Jimmy  00:04 We've got ‘build to rent’ to talk about and you've been chatting to Building Commissioner, David Chandler? Sue 00:14 Yes, that's right. Jimmy  00:15 Is he making a difference; let's find out, later on. I'm Jimmy Thomson. I write the Flat Chat column for the Australian Financial Review. Sue  00:24 And I'm Sue Williams and I write about property for Domain with the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age. Jimmy  00:29 This is the Flat Chat Wrap. Well, let's get straight into it. The New South Wales lower house (which is actually the most important bit of Parliament), last week debated an amendment to their sustainability strata bill. Sue  01:01 That was the one where there was an amendment put on by the Animal Justice Party, wasn't it? Jimmy  01:05 Yes. This was originally a bill that was all about fixing up loose ends.

The Flat Chat wrap this week is taken up with three main topics. The first is a petition to parliament to create a blacklist of bad landlords … launched by someone who is a landlord herself. Victoria is about to get one next month and it seems only fair that, if NSW tenants can be put on a blacklist that makes it harder for them to get rentals, then bad landlords should also be named and shamed in the hope they sharpen up their ideas to get good renters. You can find links to the petition here. Listen Here Our second topic is the “skyscratcher” hotel planned for Pitt St,  Sydney.  In the podcast we erroneously reference the architects’ (Durbach Block Jaggers) website as the home of some caustic comments. In fact, we were thinking of the excellent Dezeen online architecture and design magazine (from which we pilfered the illustrations on this page). Check it out if you are at all interested in innovative building design.  And by the way, some reader comments on that site say the plan was just a kite-flying attempt to get publicity and that  development application to City of Sydney had been withdrawn after objections from neighbours. That doesn’t seem to be the case if you look at the detailed application documents HERE on the City of Sydney website. If you’re excited by innovative high-rise architecture (even though it’s an hotel) have a look at Dezeen for more detail. And finally we found the pet-friendliest apartment block in Sydney which has its own cat café.  However, we’ve also found another one in Surry Hills called Catmosphere which offers cat yoga (among other things) for feline-deprived locals. It’s bookings only so don’t just turn up or the fur will fly. Transcript in full. Jimmy  00:00 Bad landlords and skinny buildings; that's what we're going to be talking about today. That new building in Sydney, they’re describing it as a sky-scratcher, because it's too thin to be called a skyscraper. Sue  00:17 Hmm, interesting! Jimmy  00:19 I think they're splitting hairs there. They are our main topics of conversation and a move to have a blacklist of bad landlords. I’m Jimmy Thomson; I write the Flat Chat column for the Australian Financial Review. Sue  00:32 And I'm Sue Williams and I write about property for Domain with the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age. Jimmy  00:37 And this is the Flat Chat Wrap. [MUSIC] Sue, you've been talking to somebody about a blacklist for landlords? Sue  00:58 Yes. They had a really bad experience renting property, and they're actually also a landlord themselves, so they know what they're talking about. They had a bad experience; lots of things went wrong. Repairs, problems, and the landlord's mother used to visit their home without giving notice and all that kind of thing. They went to Fair Trading, then they went to NCAT and got an order against their landlord. They feel that there are lots of lousy landlords out there, and they deserve to be highlighted so that when you go to rent an apartment or a house, you actually know… Jimmy 01:36 What their track record is. Sue 01:39 Yeah. Whether they have good tenant references; whether they've had rulings against them in NCAT in the past. Whether they've got a bad reputation or whether they're a great landlord. Jimmy  01:49 Well, a blacklist is not going to list people who are great landlords, so that's a kind of separate thing, isn't it? Sue  01:56 Sure, okay. I think you’re splitting hairs, now Jimmy! Jimmy  02:00 We've got a blacklist for tenants, right? Sue  02:02 Yes, that's right, and that's a privately-run blacklist. I think that's quite difficult; it's very hard to get off of once you're on there. Jimmy 02:09 Yeah. Sue  02:10 There should be an equivalent for bad landlords. Jimmy  02:13 So, you get on the tenant’s blacklist by defaulting on your rent; damaging property. First of all,

Critically acclaimed Emily Lubitz is at the helm of acclaimed indie folk band Tin Pan Orange. Together with her brother Jesse, their stylised folk music is described by Rolling Stone magazine as “deep dives into heart sleeved honesty equally matched by the cinematic stretches of detailed string arrangements and brooding folk pop features”. She also works closely with her husband Harry Angus of “The Cat Empire” fame.In 2018 Tin Pan Orange worked with Meg Mac and Courtney Barnett's producer to create a suite of new tracks. They've toured with indie legends Martha Wainwright, iconic The Cat Empire, and Emily's voice was heard by 120 million people singing the train sensation “Dumb Ways To Die.”“So for those of you haven't heard Emily's “brushed velvet voice” as described by the Melbourne Age .. here's your chance ..As part of the Festival of Jewish Arts and Music, Emily joins a stellar lineup of talented women singing and paying tribute to the legendary Leonard Cohen. Including Deborah Conway, Kate Ceberano, Katie Noonan, and many more. The show is on Saturday November 7th, for more details check out FOJAM website.So grab a tea or a G & T and let's get intimate.CREDITS:Executive Producer & host: Deborah Blashki-Marks (mindfilmandpublishing.com.au) Podcast Audio Producer:Sophie Jackson (Soundstreet.com.au) Artwork:Sam Moses (www.samanthamoses.com)Original music:Jonah OrbachVoice Recording:Matia Marks Design:Rachel Mcarthy (rachelmccarthy@live.com.au)

Rock legend Keith Urban, the iconic KD Lang, and the unforgettable Lionel Richie are just some of the names Deborah interviewed in the Melbourne Age column called, 'What I've Learnt.'Everyone has a story to tell, and a lesson to learn. What I've Learnt is a brand new podcast from journalist Deborah Blashki- Marks. "What I've Learnt' is a unique platform for International and national talent to delve deep into their own challenges, successes, failures, and life lessons. As a journalist of over 30 years, Deborah has been lucky enough to interview some of the most influential people from around the world - actors, musicians, designers, doctors, business professionals and writers.  Now, introducing ‘What I've Learnt' the podcast. This season on ‘What I've Learnt,' Deborah catches up with:Sigrid Thornton - ActorDeb Lee Furness - ActorDeborah Conway - Singer/ SongwriterAlyce Platt - ActorLior - Singer/ SongwriterSusan Barton - Lighthouse FoundationKatie Noonan - Singer/ SongwriterJoanna Murray Smith - PlaywrightAnd many more… Follow: @what.ive.learnt on InstagramWhat I've Learnt on FacebookCREDITS:Host and Executive Producer:Deborah Blashki Marks (mindfilmandpublishing.com)Audio Production:Sophie Jackson (soundstreet.com.au)Artwork:Sam Moses (samanthamoses.com)Original Music:Jonah OrbachVoice Production:Matia MarksDesign:Rachel McCarthy (rachelmccarthy@live.com.au)

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This week, Professor Nutt speaks to journalist Johann Hari @johannhari101 about the ‘war on drugs'. It is now widely accepted that the ‘war on drugs' has failed, with many people believing it can never succeed. Despite this, politicians from around the world continue to follow this mantra as an effective strategy to reduce drug-related harms. The reason why… politics. Currently, it is politically damaging to support the legalisation of drugs because public discourse has been led to believe that legalisation will cause anarchy and chaos. Contrarily, what we have now is a complete lack of control. Legally regulating the supply of drugs is the only way to bring order to this chaos. Johann Hari is the author of two New York Times best-selling books. His first, ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs', is currently being adapted into a major Hollywood film by Oscar-winning director Lee Daniels, and into a non-fiction documentary series. His first TED talk, ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong', has been viewed more than 40 million times across all platforms. He has written over the past decade for some of the world's leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the Spectator, Le Monde Diplomatique, the Melbourne Age, and Politico. He is a regular panellist on HBO's Realtime With Bill Maher.Chasing the Scream Lost ConnectionsProfessor Nutt fired Portugal decriminalisation Bud OsbornSafe injection facilities Philip Owen – coffin Billie Holiday Strange Fruit Ruth DreifussNeil Woods episode Swiss experiment Crispin Blunt episode Harry Anslinger Become a Drug Science Community Member: https://www.donate.drugscience.org.uk/Twitter: @ProfDavidNutt @Drug_ScienceA Fascinate Productions podcast for Drug Science ★ Support this podcast ★

Cities during wartime often eliminate outdoor lighting, and severely limit indoor lighting, to cut down on the effectiveness of air raids. Most famous of these blackouts are those utilized in Britain during the two World Wars, and particularly in London during the German raids of the Blitz. The Australian government used a similar tactic to combat Japanese air raids, though these restrictions were eased in the middle of 1942. Around that time, a killer prowled the streets, taking advantage of the darkened conditions. Podcast Site: https://forgottendarkness.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ My Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/forgdark/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Albert Park Mystery.” Melbourne Age, May 8, 1942. “Another Woman Murdered.” Melbourne Argus, May 11, 1942. “Charge Against U.S. Soldier.” Melbourne Age, June 8, 1942. “Hunt for Killer of Woman.” Melbourne Argus, May 13, 1942. “Inquiries Into Death of Woman.” Melbourne Argus, May 6, 1942. “Murder Clue Sought.” Melbourne Argus, May 22, 1942. “Murder Inquiry Continued.” Melbourne Argus, May 19, 1942. “Murdered Bendigo Woman.” Riverine Herald, May 12, 1942. “Mystery Death of Woman.” Melbourne Argus, May 5, 1942. “Sanity Tests of U.S. Soldier Completed.” Melbourne Argus, July 11, 1942. “Signed Confession By Leonski Alleged.” Melbourne Age, July 14, 1942. “Spring St. Murder Mystery.” Melbourne Argus, May 14, 1942. “The Parkville Tragedy.” Melbourne Age, May 21, 1942. “Woman Murdered in Melb. Suburbs.” Border Morning Mail, May 4, 1942. “Woman's Body in Doorway.” Melbourne Age, May 11, 1942. “Woman's Death Puzzling Police.” Brisbane Telegraph, May 4, 1942. Darian-Smith, Kate. On the Home Front: Melbourne in Wartime, 1939-1945. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1990. Schechter, Harold. Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of. New York: Ballantine, 2012. Shaw, Ian W. Murder at Dusk: How US Soldier and Smiling Psychopath Eddie Leonski Terrorised Wartime Melbourne. Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2018. http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00247b.htm https://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/afraid-darkness https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/look-for-a-guy-who-walks-on-his-hands-melbourne-stranglers-cryptic-clue-for-police/news-story/bd65e24e5714361c91c3151cf8ee791d

AN EYE FOR AN EYE -- A special edition of Yesterday’s News exploring the criminal justice system at its most extreme: Inflicting the Death Penalty... The Court Martial Of Pvt. Eddie Leonski Episode 382 is dedicated to the Australian scoundrel Philip Quinn, a dedicated listener from Down Under who wanted to hear more about the case of Eddie Leonski, an American soldier who terrorized Melbourne with a murder spree while the city was under mandated “brown-outs,” reductions in the use of lighting to make it less of a air raid target. The only good contemporary coverage of the case was during the trial, which was conducted by the American Army and not the local government, so you’ll have to wait for the defense in Act III to learn the strange story behind the soldier’s deadly impulse. Culled from the historic pages of the Melbourne Age, the Perth Journal, and other newspapers of the era. *** Sign up for The Great Courses Plus and receive your first month free at the special True Crime Historian landing page: http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/TCH Expand your mind with knowledge at The Great Courses Plus, where you can start with a course in The American West: History, Myth, and Legacy or wherever your brain takes you at www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/tch, and get a full month of unlimited access free! Download Best Fiends for your device and join me in a fanciful quest in this challenging and cheerful puzzle game.  *** A creation Of Pulpular Media Also from Pulpular Media: Portals to Possibility, an improvised comedy about an alternate reality, where monsters are real--and hilarious!!! Visit pulpular.com/portals for a brand-new episode. Catastrophic Calmaties, Exploring the famous and forgotten disasters of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything! Want to get a jump on the next episode of True Crime Historian? Why then, download the new podcast app Himalaya and get all new episodes a day early, then drop a buck in the tip jar for True Crime Historian. Or sign up for Himalaya Plus and for premium content and other special features. Or you can support your favorite podcaster at www.patreon.com/truecrimehistorian. Just a dollar an episode reserves your bunk at the safe house and access to exclusive content and whatever personal services you require. *** Opening theme by Nico Vitesse. Incidental music by Nico Vitesse, Chuck Wiggins, and Dave Sams. Some music and sound effects licensed from podcastmusic.com. Closing theme by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music. Media management by Sean Miller-Jones Richard O Jones, Executive Producer

Charles Sturt University Professor of Ecology, David Watson, wrote in the Melbourne Age about climate denialists fiddling and argued it was time the abandoned that stance and started "fixing".Radio National host Geraldine Doogue replayed an interview from April of last year in which she noted that the Director General of the Office of National Intelligence, Nick Warner (pictured), talked with Australia's PM, Scott Morrison, every day!That was worrying as Climate Conversations is yet to find a climate scientist, or anyone of similar ilk who regularly talks with the Prime Minister, or really anyone or any significance within the Australian Government.

Michael Leunig is an Australian cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet.His commentary on political, cultural and emotional life spans more than 50 years and has often explored the idea of an innocent and sacred personal world. The fragile ecosystem of human nature and its relationship to the wider natural world is a related and recurrent theme. His newspaper work appears regularly and the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and his cartoons have been compiled into various books including the Curly Flats series and The Adventures of Vasco Pyjama.He describes his approach as regressive, humorous, messy, mystical and primal. Producing work which is open to many interpretations and has been widely adapted in education, music, theater, psychotherapy and spiritual life. A lot of what he says in this conversation resonates very deeply with me, and is a fascinating insight into a marvellous artistic mind:“What is most personal is most universal.”“I’m trying to uphold that idea of wisdom.”“It’s OK to be yourself. Not only is it OK, I think it’s essential.”If you'd like to learn more about Leunig please visit leunig.com.auI’d love to know your thoughts and experiences - join the conversation on my Facebook page. For more episodes of HEAL, find us on iTunes at https://apple.co/2NpsIba, Spotify at https://spoti.fi/2NpSiN0, Acast at https://play.acast.com/s/pete-evans, click the link on https://peteevans.com, or just look up "HEAL" in your favourite podcast app. I'd love to spread the knowledge in these podcasts far and wide. If you liked this episode, I'd love it if you could share it with your friends, and perhaps even leave a review on iTunes. This podcast is proudly presented by The Institute For Integrative Nutrition, or IIN for short.I've completed this amazing health training course through IIN, and I would thoroughly recommend it for anyone wanting to start a career in the health coaching and wellness space.This course is conducted over a year long period and it's constructed in a way that if you're a full time worker or a busy parent or wherever you are in your life will still be able to complete all the required curriculum and modules. Please see the link included in this post on my Facebook or Instagram page or on iTunes, to access the free sample class and first module of the program, to get a great taste of the format and structure as well as utilise my special discount that I can offer you if you decide to sign up.Make sure you tell the admission team that you're part of the Pete Evans tuition savings to claim your very substantial discount visit https://www.integrativenutrition.com Theme music by Mandharu. Audio production by Andy Maher. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael Leunig is an Australian cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet.His commentary on political, cultural and emotional life spans more than 50 years and has often explored the idea of an innocent and sacred personal world. The fragile ecosystem of human nature and its relationship to the wider natural world is a related and recurrent theme. His newspaper work appears regularly and the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and his cartoons have been compiled into various books including the Curly Flats series and The Adventures of Vasco Pyjama.He describes his approach as regressive, humorous, messy, mystical and primal. Producing work which is open to many interpretations and has been widely adapted in education, music, theater, psychotherapy and spiritual life. A lot of what he says in this conversation resonates very deeply with me, and is a fascinating insight into a marvellous artistic mind:“What is most personal is most universal.”“I'm trying to uphold that idea of wisdom.”“It's OK to be yourself. Not only is it OK, I think it's essential.”If you'd like to learn more about Leunig please visit leunig.com.auI'd love to know your thoughts and experiences - join the conversation on my Facebook page.      For more episodes of HEAL, find us on iTunes at https://apple.co/2NpsIba, Spotify at https://spoti.fi/2NpSiN0, Acast at https://play./s/pete-evans, click the link on https://peteevans.com, or just look up "HEAL" in your favourite podcast app.    I'd love to spread the knowledge in these podcasts far and wide. If you liked this episode, I'd love it if you could share it with your friends, and perhaps even leave a review on iTunes.    This podcast is proudly presented by The Institute For Integrative Nutrition, or IIN for short.I've completed this amazing health training course through IIN, and I would thoroughly recommend it for anyone wanting to start a career in the health coaching and wellness space.This course is conducted over a year long period and it's constructed in a way that if you're a full time worker or a busy parent or wherever you are in your life will still be able to complete all the required curriculum and modules. Please see the link included in this post on my Facebook or Instagram page or on iTunes, to access the free sample class and first module of the program, to get a great taste of the format and structure as well as utilise my special discount that I can offer you if you decide to sign up.Make sure you tell the admission team that you're part of the Pete Evans tuition savings to claim your very substantial discount visit https://www.integrativenutrition.com  Theme music by Mandharu. Audio production by Andy Maher.  See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dave Walker is known and loved by Church Times readers for his weekly cartoons on church life. At Greenbelt last month, Dave spoke to the Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig — whose work appears regularly in the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald — about the art, craft, and pain of cartooning. “A cartoonist is pushing boundaries or trying to assert freedom of speech,” Leunig says. “‘A cartoon in good taste is a contradiction in terms', an editor once said to me. It's the cartoonist who's allowed to be the holy fool or the court jester. You're allowed to get away with things, and it's a privileged position.” Listen to the fascinating conversation on this week's edition of the Church Times Podcast. Dave Walker's seventh collection of Church Times cartoons, Revenge of the Flowers Arrangers, will be published at the end of the month by Canterbury Press. cartoonchurch.com

AN EYE FOR AN EYE --  A special edition of Yesterday’s News exploring the criminal justice system at its most extreme: Inflicting the Death Penalty... The Mysterious Case Of Alma Tirtschke Episode 315 is Dedicated to Peter Quinn, a listener down under who brought this case to my attention, the sad tale of a 12 year old girl who disappeared while running errands for her family. Her body was found naked and outraged the following morning. Based on the testimony of some spurious witnesses, as you shall hear, the crown executed the owner of a wine shop near the alley. But did they get the right man. Culled from the historic pages of the Melbourne Age and other newspapers of the era. *** A creation Of Pulpular Media Can’t wait for the next episode to drop? Download the new podcast app Himalaya and get all new episodes a day early, and drop a buck in the tip jar for True Crime Historian. Support your favorite podcaster at www.patreon.com/truecrimehistorian. Just a dollar a month reserves your bunk at the safe house and access to exclusive content and whatever personal services you require. Z-O-L-A Zola, the wedding company that will do anything for love, will give you $50 off your registry when you land at Zola.com/True Take care of your body with a subscription to Care/Of and get personalized vitamin and supplement packs right to your door, and get 50 percent off your first month with the secret code TCH50 when you check out at takecareof.com. *** Opening theme by Nico Vitesse. Some music and sound effects licensed from podcastmusic.com. Closing theme by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music. Media management by Sean R. Miller-Jones Richard O Jones, Executive Producer

Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and took anti-depressants as a teenager because he was told that depression is the result of a chemical imbalance in the brain. He went on a quest to see if this is really the case. In his book,  Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression—and the Unexpected Solutions, he discusses that journey. He interviewed many social scientists who are uncovering evidence that depression and anxiety are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today not brain chemistry. Johann Hari is a New York Times best-selling author. His book, Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, has been translated into 15 languages and is currently being adapted into a major Hollywood film, and into a non-fiction documentary series. He is one of the most-viewed TED talkers of all time: his talk, ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong’, has (along with the animation based on it) been viewed more than 20 million times. He has written over the past seven years for some of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the Spectator, Le Monde Diplomatique, the Melbourne Age, and Politico. He has also appeared on leading TV shows, including HBO’s Realtime With Bill Maher. He was twice named ‘National Newspaper Journalist of the Year’ by Amnesty International. He has also been named ‘Cultural Commentator of the Year’ and ‘Environmental Commentator of the Year’ at the Comment Awards.

Lost Connections with Johann HariJohann Hari is a New York Times best-selling author. His book ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’ has been translated into 15 languages and is currently being adapted into a major Hollywood film, and into a non-fiction documentary series. He has written over the past seven years for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the Spectator, Le Monde Diplomatique, the Melbourne Age, and Politico. He has also appeared on leading TV shows, including HBO’s Realtime With Bill Maher. https://thelostconnections.comDaily Writing Resilience with Bryan Robinson PhDBryan E. Robinson is the author of 35 nonfiction books and two novels. His books have been translated into thirteen languages, and he’s been featured on 20/20, Good Morning America, ABC’s World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, NBC Universal, The CBS Early Show, CNBC’s The Big Idea. www.bryanrobinsonbooks.comFor more show information visitwww.MomentswithMarianne.com

Johann Hari is a New York Times best-selling author. His book ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’ has been translated into 15 languages and is currently being adapted into a major Hollywood film, and into a non-fiction documentary series.He is one of the most-viewed TED talkers of all time: his talk, ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong’, has (along with the animation based on it) been viewed more than 20 million times.He has written over the past seven years for some of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the Spectator, Le Monde Diplomatique, the Melbourne Age, and Politico. He has also appeared on leading TV shows, including HBO’s Realtime With Bill Maher.He was twice named ‘National Newspaper Journalist of the Year’ by Amnesty International. He has also been named ‘Cultural Commentator of the Year’ and ‘Environmental Commentator of the Year’ at the Comment Awards.He lives half the year in London, and spends the other half of the year traveling to research his books.www.thelostconnections.com

Luke Jackson (born 1 January 1985 in Hobart, Tasmania) is a professional Australian boxer with a current record of 15-0 (6KOs). Jackson turned professional in 2013 and is the current title holder of the WBA Oceania, WBO Oriental and Australian Featherweight titles. A former Australian Institute of Sport boxing scholarship holder, he had an amateur record of 113-32 and won a Bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He was named Team Captain for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division, again as Team Captain. Jackson didn't pick up the gloves until the age of 19 but showed a natural talent coming third at the Australian titles in his first year and winning the Title in his second year. The following year he was selected for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games where he picked up his bronze medal. Explaining why he had stayed an amateur while others had turned professional, he told the Melbourne Age, "To win an Olympic gold medal is harder than any professional world title ever. http://www.lukejackson.com.au/

AKA Women's Lib Like too many men, the Goodies treat women like second-class citizens. Tim tries the experiment of becoming a woman for a few days. (Description from the Melbourne Age, February 9th, 1974)

This episode takes us to the heart of technical analysis with a pioneer of charting, Dawn Bolton-Smith.  Hear stories of her incredible career and predictions she made on the biggest booms in history. Also get inspired to diagnose your fears with Louise to move into your greatness. Market Wrap with Aaron Lynch The US market snoozed this week with a sideways pattern, while the Aussie market continued its own sideways dance. Aaron Lynch’s advice is that the markets will be harder to trade through the rest of 2014 so be prepared to go short as well as long. Aaron Lynch is a Market Analyst at OptionsXpress Australia by Charles Schwab and Chief Strategist for Safety in the Market. He has presented seminars around the globe based on a technical approach to trading primarily in the commodities sector. Aaron is also a regular contributor to industry publications including Yahoo! 7 Finance, Your Trading Edge and Stocks and Commodities magazines and is a sought-after financial media commentator. Follow your trading plans and wait like a sniper for the opportunities to come to you. Also find out what opportunities he is investigating.   Dawn Bolton Smith As the pioneer of technical analysis in Australia, Dawn Bolton Smith is trading royalty. She has been trading for over 50 years and has predicted every major high and low of the Australian market. After September 11, 2001, The Melbourne Age printed a full-page photograph of her holding a crystal ball, which pretty much sums this lady up. Hear highlights of her incredible 50-year career including her predictions of the nickel booms in the 1960s to her exact pinning of the GFC in 2008. Listen to her worst loss in the markets and why charts are beautiful works of art to her.   Mindpower with Louise Bedford Louise insists we take back our power and get real about fear. De-tooth this sucker by diagnosing the type of fear that holds you back and hear strategies to pull you forward into your greatness.   Trading Trivia Caroline Stephen's popular segment on Trading Trivia will help you find out about the smallest stock exchange in the world. You'll be surprised at the results.     To download the mp3 file to your computer, right-click on the ‘Download’ link and choose ‘Save target as…’ or ‘Save link as…’ and save the podcast to a suitable location on your local drive.   Additional Music by Kevin MacLeod http://www.incompetech.com  

After simmering for a year in the Melbourne Age, allegations of international bribery involving Securency, the bank-note company half-owned by the Reserve Bank, have gained national coverage following a Four Corners story late last month. Age investigative journalists Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie talk to Peter Clarke about where the first nugget of information came from, how they researched the story, how they worked with Four Corners to take it further and why it took so long to become a scandal.Audio original published on the Inside Story website, 18 June 2010.

Purchase episodes 1 - 10 and a 55min bonus Q&A episode talking about how the podcast started and answering listener questions for just $2.50!http://ilovegreenguideletters.com/classicsWe love Green Guide Letters about Today Tonight "clap trap", #QandA, Midsomer Murders, advertising & Andrew Gaze. Tweet our guests...http://www.twitter.com/RonnyChienghttp://www.twitter.com/TheNickCody& your host...http://www.twitter.com/SteeleSaundersAlso go check out their podcasts The Ron Effect and Something For The Drive Home.I Love Green Guide Letters is a comedic review of the weeks letters to The Melbourne Age's Thursday Green Guide Television & Radio lift-out... at least that's what it's meant to be.Hosted by SteeleSaunders.http://www.ilovegreenguideletters.com/http://www.twitter.com/iLoveGGLettershttp://www.facebook.com/ilovegreenguideletters

Purchase episodes 1 - 10 and a 55min bonus Q&A episode talking about how the podcast started and answering listener questions for just $2.50!http://ilovegreenguideletters.com/classicsWe love Green Guide Letters about Book Show tragedy, Yumi Stynes, The Slap, Japanese news & The Green Guide itself! There weren't letters about Ghostbusters sequels and speed dating... but you wouldn't know it.The difficult 1st episode!Tweet our guests...http://www.twitter.com/HarleyBreenhttp://www.twitter.com/LukeWMcGregor& your host...http://www.twitter.com/SteeleSaundersI Love Green Guide Letters is a comedic review of the weeks letters to The Melbourne Age's Thursday Green Guide Television & Radio lift-out... at least that's what it's meant to be.Hosted by SteeleSaunders.http://www.ilovegreenguideletters.com/http://www.twitter.com/iLoveGGLettershttp://www.facebook.com/ilovegreenguideletters

John Garnaut is the China correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age newspapers. He has written for other publications including Caijing magazine, Tempo (Indonesia), The Diplomat (Australia) and the International Herald Tribune. Recently his coverage has been recognised with a Walkley award for 'Scoop of the Year' for breaking the story that Rio Tinto's Stern Hu had been arrested; the Citigroup award for business journalism ; and a finalist for the Graham Perkins Australian journalist of the year. Before arriving in Beijing with his family in 2007 he was Economics Correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald, based at Parliament House in Canberra. In an earlier life he was a commercial lawyer in Melbourne. As a child he spent stints in Papua New Guinea and China.