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Originally broadcast on 10/10/2002. An extended discussion with American historian and film maker, Ken Burns, whose trilogy on America - "The Civil War", "Baseball" and "Jazz" - proved that historical detail can make for great television. They constituted 50 plus hours of television in which the drama was in the text, the evocative old photos, and the archival footage.
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A conversation on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with New Orleans writer, Michael Tisserand and his wife, paediatrician Tami Hinz, about returning to live and work in New Orleans; and preparing for possible evacuation again as Hurricane Gustav looms in the Gulf of Mexico.
In his book, 'Think On My Words', David Crystal shows, through a forensic examination of Shakespeare's vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and punctuation, how we can gain a greater appreciation of Shakespeare's linguistic creativity.
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A conversation with the former international president of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) about his experiences working in some of the world's worst trouble spots -- Rwanda, Somalia, Afghanistan -- and the big challenge facing humanitarianism, the blurring of boundaries between humanitarian assistance and the political objectives of military intervention.
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This week Bruce talks about the Democratic National Convention and Barack Obama's choice of vice-president, Joe Biden.
Climate change is happening sooner than we thought it would and while most of us focus on not wasting energy or driving less, US and UK military strategists have already started planning to deal with the threats posed by climate change: failed states, famines, floods, new warzones, and millions and millions of refugees. Gwynne Dyer's book gives a number of different scenarios for the future based on conversations with military experts and scientists.
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This week, Christian Kerr talks about the focus on the Senate in the coming weeks and months, where Kevin Rudd will seek to co-opt rather than sideline the Opposition in attempting to pass its first four major pieces of legislation -- the Medicare surcharge, the tax on alcopops, removing the fuel condensate subsidy, and increasing the luxury car tax.
From Bisvegas to epicentre of power - how did the state of Queensland rise above its redneck politics and draconian laws to produce the current Prime Minister and Treasurer, not to mention countless other top officials from vice-chancellors to top lawyers?
On 24 August in 79 AD, Mt Vesuvius erupted, and over the course of August 24th and 25th it completely buried the city of Pompeii and its surrounds in six feet of volcanic ash. It lay undiscovered until it was accidentally found in 1599 by an architect who was looking to change the course of a river. However, it remained undisturbed until the middle of the 18th century and since then it's been the site of intense archaeological activity. In fact, Pompeii has the distinction of being the longest non-stop archaeological dig in history. At present there are almost thirty different archaeological projects being conducted at Pompeii.
Mon-Thur 10pm
repeated 4pm the following day (6pm WA)
Presented by
Phillip Adams
In early October, Phillip Adams went to Timor-Leste to gather material for a special series of radio programs to be broadcast on Late Night Live starting on Monday 22 October 2007.
4pm AEST
Life and Times
with Richard Buckham
A program of radio biographies
