Past Programs
Books - 2002
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Imagining the Future (for Radio National's Future Weekend)
24/11/2002
Imagining the future...it's become a serious business, with the rise of the corporate futurist/futurologist. But are they anything more than the sci-fi buffs of the corporate world? And who are the most successfully prophetic when it comes to predicting the future? Join a sci-fi buff and a corporate futurologist to nut it out...all part of Radio National's special Future Weekend, broadcast November 23-24, 2002.
Obscurity
20/10/2002
Ever picked up a fat textbook, only to throw it down again after trying to hack your way unsuccessfully through the dense forest of jargon? Confusing and alienating language has long been the scourge of academia, both in the Sciences and the Humanities. But perhaps jargon is more than just the enemy of clear communication. Could it be that new ways of thinking require new languages? Perhaps we should approach jargon as a species of poetry? Join us for a trip to the shadowy underworld of obscurity.
