Rowing Down Under - The Australian Rowing Podcast. Join JRN writers and pundits Stuart John and Chris McCarthy as they take you on a journey through the Australian rowing season. Tune in for weekly insights, analysis, and guest interviews from across the nation.
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Podcast by Australian Celtic fans, talking on things Green and White. here we go 10 in a row!
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Sarah Wilson chats wild ideas for a fired up life. The multi-New York Times bestselling author, activist, minimalist and former news journalist who founded the global phenomenon ‘I Quit Sugar’ travelled the world for 10 years (living out of one bag) to explore the freshest ways to live fully…and to save this one wild and precious life we have together. She riffs with philosophers, creatives, poets, scientists (and at least one nun!) on the Big Questions that haunt us. What goes through the m ...
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Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. Grab your front row seat to the best live forums and festivals with Natasha Mitchell.
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Join Director and CEO Kim McKay AO in conversation with scientists from the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI) and experts in First Nations and Pacific cultures. When not 'in conversation', AMplify will bring the best from the AM’s live talks, giving you a front row seat at enlightening presentations from inspirational people.
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The Sporting One's podcast series with Rowey. With co-host Haydos at times. It is a passion and love for the sports below that brings together the passionate podcasts that are produced. I look at the English Premier League, Bringing you my views, analysis betting tips, advice and opinions. Fantasy Premier League is looked at by myself and Fantasy Oracle Haydos as we give you the tips, the trades and the advice for your fantasy sides. The AFL podcast brings our views, betting tips, analysis, ...
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A fresh take on the news big and bizarre in the newspapers, on websites, blogs and social media. From Monday to Friday at 8.45 pm Paris time.
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Hi Im Harrison and In this podcast, I'm pulling back the curtain to reveal how you can turn your everyday spending into your ticket to globetrotting luxury. Whether you're dreaming of sipping champagne in row 1 or turning your bucket list into your booking list, I've got the insider strategies that will make these dreams a reality. Welcome to the Austrlaian Travel Hacking Podcast—where every mile, point, and spending decision gets you closer to the destination of your dreams." Subscribe to t ...
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Contemporary and ancient, Australian and bilingual, live and recorded: here poetry speaks for itself in a rich radio world complete with sound and music.
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Tune in every week - as Woroni Radio's Executive Producer Fergus Sherwood traverses the Australian National University and the wider Canberra community for interesting personalities, and figurative moments - conducting interviews and filming Vaux Pops in what is sure to be a hit.
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Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met. Journey into their world, joining them on epic adventures to unfamiliar places, back in time to wild moments of history, and into their deepest memories, to be moved by personal stories of resilience and redemption. Hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski, Conversations is the ABC's most popular long-form interview program. Every day we explore the vast tapestry of human experience, wea ...
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Read This is a show about the books we love and the stories behind them, hosted by Michael Williams. Every Thursday, you’ll hear insightful conversations with the smartest, funniest readers and writers we know and in-depth interviews with the best Australian and international authors talking about their lives and their work. You’ll never be left wondering what to read next.
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A revolution is unfolding across Australia. Patriots are taking a stand, gathering outside the gates of state governors’ residences to demand accountability. In New South Wales, men like Frank Todisco and Charles MacKenzie rally every Monday at 11 AM outside Government House, ensuring Governor Margaret Beazley hears their message loud and clear: WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK! Stay connected to the movement and get the latest updates on this peaceful, lawful revolution with Mondays at Maggie’s, yo ...
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Welcome to the official podcast for BUILD.com.au, the trusted and independent online authority on building and renovation for Australians.
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Join Fixed Income News Australia Editorial Director Elizabeth Moran as she talks everything fixed income with industry experts from Australia and around the globe. Want more? Visit fixedincomenews.com.au for more news, views and education.
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Sunday mornings are all about taking the time to digest the detail of the stories that made news and looking at their impact on the coming week. Join Jane Marwick for a thought-provoking analysis of the week’s news, politics, and sport, with a special focus on local, West Australian issues. The good, the bad, the funny and inexplicable. Without the spin. A passionate West Australian with a thirst for news and breaking stories, Jane is fearless in her questioning and loves to hear from listen ...
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In 'The Constitutional' Alex Sloan goes for a walk around the beautiful Australian National University campus with one of the great legal scholars from the ANU College of Law. Along the way they talk about issues that go to the heart of freedom, equality and community. From constitutional recognition to access to justice, take a walk with us and learn something along the way. W: soundcloud.com/theconstitutional
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Self Propelled is a podcast that explores the process of choosing the road less travelled, and the secrets behind maintaining momentum and drive once the choice is made. Join host Dave Cornthwaite for travel stories and conversations with entrepreneurs, athletes and adventurers who need nothing more than a good idea to add fuel to that pilot light burning deep within us all.
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The Talking Prisoner YouTube channel is a fascinating dive into the world of Prisoner, also known as Prisoner: Cell Block H, a beloved Australian TV drama series that aired from 1979 to 1986. The series was a trailblazer in its time, portraying life inside a women's minimum-security prison with unflinching honesty and remarkable depth of character. Its legacy persists today, with a dedicated fanbase around the world. Talking Prisoner, hosted by Matt Batten, has become the go-to platform for ...
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Satyajit Das presents a provocative examination of the use and abuse of images of wild animals, and how they shape our relationships with the natural world. These pictures can create an impression of abundance and untouched ecosystems, and lull us into a false sense of security, at a time when the natural world faces ecological calamity. The Attenb…
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Holiday Listening: Learning from the mighty matriarchs of the animal kingdom
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51:20Erna Walraven was one of the first female zookeepers to work at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in the 1980s. Despite practical jokes from her male colleagues, like animal dung in her gumboots, Erna kept her nerve. She was born in The Netherlands, to parents who were involved in the Dutch resistance during World War II. Erna's love of languages took her to Sp…
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The Knowledge Gene — an incredible story of the origins of human creativity
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54:06Prepare to have your mind blown with a sweeping saga that connects human evolution, brains, genes, art, music, creativity, knowledge, dyslexia, autism, Indigenous memory systems, and more. A big, beautiful and biological saga about how to learn like a human again. Joining Natasha Mitchell are Australian Senior Memory Champion, scientist and author …
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BEST OF: MARTHA BECK - Only the most nourishing chat I’ve had about anxiety ever
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1:12:15As many of us head into the holiday season — travelling, slowing down, or looking for something good to listen to — I wanted to reshare this conversation with Martha Beck. It’s a thoughtful, generous discussion about anxiety as a guide rather than a problem, and one I have a feeling will land right now. Dr. Martha Beck (author; “best-known life coa…
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Sarah Churchwell asks — Will American democracy survive the Dark Enlightenment?
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54:33Historian Sarah Churchwell takes you on a gripping and confronting journey into America's recent past to explain its extraordinary present, starting with dark story at the heart of that American classic Gone with the Wind. Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, and its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural instituti…
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2025 Grammy winner Ruthie Foster talks about her life and music
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53:58After five nominations, Ruthie Foster has taken home the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album - affirming her status as an American music legend. In this intimate conversation, she shares what made her want to be a singer; the roles of her grandmother and mother in her life; why faith is so important to her and why she wants to sing …
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Best of 2025: Mike Doleman on surving the Blythe Star
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53:00At 18 years old, Mick Doleman miraculously survived when his ship capsized in the freezing Southern Ocean off Tasmania. But as he floated in a life raft with his nine crewmates, his ordeal at sea had only just begun. This episode of Conversations was produced by Meggie Morris, the Executive Producer was Nicola Harrison. It covers ship wreck, overcr…
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Childless on purpose — the fertility crisis and the big decision
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53:53When you enter your childbearing years, it can feel like everyone from the treasurer, your mum, and probably your Instagram reels really wants you to have a kid. But is it the right decision? Few women escape this conundrum of modern family-making, and unfortunately there is no easy or simple answer. But in this talk presented by the Sydney Opera H…
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Best of 2025: How I became a brainwashed cult bride
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53:31Liz Cameron was 18 years old when a stranger approached her in a book shop. It was the beginning of her induction into a cult, and it was an experience Liz barely survived. The process of brainwashing happened gradually, first came the love-bombing and the allure of finding a new purpose in life. Then came the isolation from friends and family, alo…
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Surfer Tim Baker and doctor Peter Goldsworthy on living well with cancer
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54:34Meet two men who will change the way you think about an experience most of us fear but will be touched by in some way. In Patting the Shark, surfing writer Dr Tim Baker describes his wild ride to reclaim a sense of control and agency after a cancer diagnosis. Celebrated author and GP Peter Goldsworthy’s memoir The Cancer Finishing School started ou…
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Best of 2025: The young boat builder who rowed across the Pacific
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52:16Tom Robinson was a 14-year-old living in the Brisbane suburbs when he made a promise to himself to become the youngest person ever to row across the Pacific Ocean. Nine years later Tom set off from Peru bound for Australia without a support crew and limited communication. Tom navigated by the stars, made eye contact with a shark and rowed up to 15 …
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Are fermented foods really good for us? Do antibiotics destroy our gut flora? And have you heard about poo transplants? Our gut is teeming with trillions of microbial cells, and we are learning more all the time about how this affects everything from our digestion, to immunity, to mental health. So crack open your kombucha, because these leading re…
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Best of 2025: Claire Keegan on bravery, writing and the single life
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53:10The bestselling Irish author grew up on a farm set on “50 acres on the side of a hill”. Growing up, she witnessed a harsh, misogynistic country that convinced her she would never marry. Claire shares what she has learned about writing from a litter of newborn piglets. Her works Small Things Like These and Foster have both been made into movies. Cla…
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Doctor Who at 60 — still as attractive as ever
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53:59Doctor Who has acted as a mirror to more than six decades of social, technological and cultural change. It's been able to evolve and adapt more radically than any other fiction. Why we are so addicted to fiction, and why does this wonderful wandering time traveller mean so much to so many. This talk was provided by the York Festival of Ideas. The F…
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Best of 2025: How Vincent Fantauzzo's life was saved by love and painting
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52:00When artist Vincent Fantauzzo was a boy he was a street-fighting petty criminal with dyslexia and a blazing talent for drawing. He escaped jail time, and grew up to become one of Australia's most well-known portrait artists. VIncent Fantauzzo is one of Australia's most successful portrait artists. For his luminous, photo-realistic paintings he's wo…
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How a boy from Glasgow named Norman Swirsky grew up to become Australia's most famous doctorWhen Norman was 10 years old his dad decided to change the family's surname to Swan in a response to ongoing anti-Semitism in Scotland after WWII. Norman wanted to be an actor growing up, but his parents encouraged him to study medicine. After he completed h…
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The role of spirituality and religion in mental health care
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54:36The connection between body and mind is well established. But mental health expert Daniel Fung also includes the soul in this 'ecosystem' that shapes your overall wellbeing. He envisions a future for mental health services, that is person-centred, holistic and consciously uses digital tools and social media. Beautiful minds, Loving hearts: Asian Me…
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William McInnes' bittersweet summers — budgie smugglers, boardies and bumming around
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50:30The author and actor thinks summer in Australia is done bigger, better and weirder than anywhere else. For three months of the year, life slows down and heats up. But for William, summer in Australia is an imperfect paradise where more than anything, people yearn to connect. Summer can be a hellish time in Australia, where temperatures soar and fir…
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A song for every feeling? Pub Choir's Astrid Jorgensen with Natasha Mitchell
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1:04:17From innocently conning controversial radio duo Kyle and Jackie O as a kid, time in a Zambian convent as a teen, to nearly becoming an air traffic controller before finding her real passion - helping others find their voice - Astrid Jorgensen has quite a story to tell. Her new memoir is called Average At Best. She is anything but. She is anything b…
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Journalist and author, Brigid Delaney looked into the ancient philosophy during an assignment from her editor. What she discovered led her to years of study and a brand-new outlook on life that focuses less on happiness and more on meaning and contentment. Brigid is devoted to the Stoics, a philosophy that encourages its followers to focus on what …
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A Wild Live with Dr Sharon Blackie about… fairytales and collapse
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34:09Wild has been on hiatus while I finish my most recent book. We’ll be back with a fresh direction and new guests in the coming months, but in the meantime, I’m dropping in a small handful of interviews I’ve been doing on Substack that you might find interesting. They’re far more rustic and casual than my usual offerings. You can, of course, watch th…
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Victoria's new treaty with First Peoples — a turning point for Australia?
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42:51Australia now has its first treaty with this country's first peoples. After nearly a decade of formal consultation and negotiation, the Victorian Statewide Treaty has become law, and will come into effect from early December. This address outlines the long road to achieving the treaty, why it's important, and what comes next. The 25th Dr Charles Pe…
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S2 Episode 2: 2025 Wrapped & Rower of the Year
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26:31Send us a text Join JRN writers and pundits Chris McCarthy and Stuart John as they recap all the action from the Rower of the Year awards, the weather-affected NSW racing, and look ahead to the National Time Trial. This podcast is sponsored by WinTech Racing Australia. WinTech Racing has established itself as the world's largest and foremost sustai…
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The Rajneeshees and me — why Martina thought she needed a guru to heal
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53:00Cult survivor and psychotherapist Dr Martina Zangger on her ten years devoted to an Indian mystic and how she learned to stand on her own two feet. When Martina Zangger was 19 years old she became a devotee of the Rajneeshee Movement led by the Guru, Bhagwan. The cult had its headquarters in a huge ashram, built in rural Oregon, and Martina decided…
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Pay attention — writer Emily Maguire finds promiscuous curiosity and cultural receptivity in the creative process
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54:35Humans are by nature creative, but how do we turn a spark of inspiration into something more tangible? Author Emily Maguire draws inspiration from some of the world's most creative minds — from Lin Manuel Miranda, to Susan Sontag, to explore the ingredients of a truly creative life. The 2025 Colin Roderick Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Foundation…
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Encore: Helen Garner's love letter to her grandson, and football
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52:10When Helen Garner began following her grandson Amby's under-16s football team, it was a chance to spend more time with her youngest grandchild before he became an adult and she was fascinated by the spectacle. She went along to all the games, and to every training session, shivering on the sidelines at dusk, it also gave Helen a new writing project…
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Can science keep dementia at bay and keep your brain sharper − for longer?
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54:36As we grow older, changes to our bodies and minds are inevitable. But what if science could help us age better? Our experts on Big Ideas uncover the latest science behind healthy brain aging. What's possible in the fight against cognitive decline and dementia? How might you live a longer, healthier, and more meaningful life? Presented by Sydney Ide…
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The forgotten men who fought and died in the wild jungles of Borneo
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53:00At the very end of World War Two, Australian soldiers were sent to Borneo to dislodge the occupying Japanese Forces. The story of their brutal fighting was largely forgotten by their own compatriots, who never understood why they went in there in the first place. It was one of the largest amphibious landings of the whole war, and what followed was …
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Acclaimed author Christos Tsiolkas on fence-sitting in a time of fracture
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53:54When acclaimed Australia author Christos Tsiolkas was invited to give the 2025 Ray Mathew Lecture at the National Library of Australia, he had in mind what he wanted to say, as difficult as it was. Then he got a rage-filled message from a longtime friend. How did Christos respond? Is fence-sitting an indulgence in an ethically troubled, divisive, d…
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Deciding to live—recovery from a decade long battle with anorexia
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50:23While fighting anorexia Lexi Crouch was admitted to hospital 25 times and placed in an induced coma twice. When doctors told her she would die, she began the slow climb up and out to health (CW: discussion of eating disorders) Lexi was 16 when she was first admitted to hospital and diagnosed with anorexia and spent the next decade in and out specia…
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A Wild Live with Ohh that’s RICH on "extinction burst"
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37:32Wild has been on hiatus while I finish my most recent book. We’ll be back with a fresh direction and new guests in the coming months, but in the meantime, I’m dropping in a small handful of interviews I’ve been doing on Substack that you might find interesting. They’re far more rustic and casual than my usual offerings. You can, of course, watch th…
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The stories we tell about cricket — with Paul Giles and Gideon Haigh
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1:09:58From The Don to Warny, the Gabba to the G, from its legacy of British colonialism, to the Asian powerhouse nations of today — cricket is not just a sport, but also a reflection of the societies who play it. Drawing on a wealth of writing about the sport, including novels, biographies, and media reporting, this lecture explores the cultural and hist…
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Frosty the supercars legend and his race to the top of Mount Panorama
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53:00Mark Winterbottom grew up in outer Western Sydney, in a family with not much money to spend on expensive hobbies. But by an extraordinary twist of fate, Mark won his first mini motorbike in a shopping centre raffle at the age of 8. Immediately, he was off, speedily rising up from bikes to kart racing, and then to V8 Supercars. Mark won race after r…
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Judge Navi Pillay on the fight for human rights, justice and accountability
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54:36Born in apartheid South Africa, she became the country's first female high court judge. She sat on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and helped to establish sexual violence and rape as war crimes in international law. At a time of global conflict and instability, the work and achievements of Navi Pillay are a reminder of what can be a…
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Go local or look overseas? with Clive Maguchu from State Street
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22:37We’re told we are too focussed on the domestic market and to look at investing internationally, but does that include bonds? I spoke to Clive Maguchu from State Street Investment Management to compare the domestic and global bond markets. We discussed benefits and risks, including whether to hedge or not. Is the extra work and potential currency ri…
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Encore: Author Heather Rose on the grief lodged deep in her body
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52:17Heather's brother and grandfather died in a tragic drowning accident when she was 12 and from that day, she began looking for a way to commune with what lies beyond. The quest has taken the Stella award winning writer to Buddhist monasteries, Native American dance rituals and sweat lodges, and to the discipline of writing. And Heather has had an in…
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