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Published: Sep 11, 08CLASSIC LNL: USA Under AttackThis is the LNL conversation from September 12th, 2001, 24 hours after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. A range of guests discuss the extent to which America's aggression and involvement in the Middle East brought on the September 11 attacks, and the implications for US national security and foreign policy?
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Published: Sep 10, 08Garnaut, Emissions Trading and BusinessLast week, Ross Garnaut delivered his Supplementary Draft Report of his Climate Change Review. In his address to the National Press Club, Ross Garnaut said that Australia should aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 10 per cent by 2020 - if an international agreement on tackling climate change is reached - or 5 per cent otherwise. This caused disappointment verging on outrage from some members of the scientific community and environmental groups which be
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Published: Sep 9, 08Guantanamo DiaryA conversation with Afghan American lawyer Mahvish Khan about her experiences working as an interpreter and legal aide with Afghan detainees in Guantanamo Bay. Khan says ... 'Before I got involved with Guantanamo, I had no opinion about whether the detainees were guilty or innocent; I just thought they all deserved a fair hearing and due process. But after I met some and talked to them, and after I read their files, I came to believe that many, perhaps even most, were innocent me
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Published: Sep 8, 08Bruce ShapiroThis week Bruce discusses new polling showing John McCain with interesting momentum following the Republican Convention and a historically unprecedented number of voters saying they are watching the upcoming U.S. Presidential election very, very closely.Bad Days In BasraWhen Sir Hilary Synnott received a telephone call in July 2003 asking him if he would consider taking over the job as Regional Coordinator for Basra and Southern Iraq he says he was "sent to Basra with no piece of pa
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Published: Sep 7, 08Canberra BabylonThis week, Christian Kerr wonders how much of the hung parliament result in Western Australia was a pro-Work Choices vote? He also talks about the National Party and the Lyne by election, where independent and former National, Rob Oakeshott, won convincingly with 60 per cent of the primary vote as widely predicted.aOther things looked at were the Mayo by election, the potential for the Rudd government to lose support on both sides of the fence over an emissions trading scheme,
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Published: Sep 4, 08CLASSIC LNL: Who's telling the story - the book or the film?Three of Australia´s most distinguished professionals in the film and writing industry got together at the Adelaide Town Hall in June 2002 for a discussion in front of a live audience to discuss which tells the story best, the book or the film? Does the film necessarily destroy the book? Should it stick religiously to the plot or should it aim simply to capture the essence, the feel of the story?Originally broadcast on 19/8/2002.
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Published: Sep 3, 08Georgia and a new Cold WarA discussion about the continuing reverberations over Russia's invasion of Georgia (in response to Georgia's assault on South Ossetia). This short conflict in August has created diplomatic divisions in Europe, more bad blood between Russia and the U.S., and some analysts believe it may be a catalyst for a 'new Cold War'.Griffith Taylor: Visionary, Environmentalist and ExplorerAustralian geographer, explorer and environmentalist, Griffith Taylor (1880-1963), was a gifted
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Published: Sep 2, 08Eddin KhooSoutheast Asia correspondent Eddin Khoo talks about the latest episode in the Anwar Ibrahim saga, with Anwar now elected to parliament in the midst of another scandal over allegations against him of sodomy and sexual assault. Eddin also talks about the growing political volatility in Thailand and former PM Thaksin's refusal to stay in Thailand to face charges.George Orwell and Evelyn WaughYou´d be hard pressed to find two authors whose ambitions, lives and subject matter seem more dif
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Published: Sep 1, 08Bruce ShapiroThis week Bruce discusses Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, John McCain's vice-presidential selection, and Hurricane Gustav and its effect on this week's GOP convention.Seeds of Climate ChangeA discussion about the importance of gathering the oldest and hardiest crop seeds in order to ensure the resilience of essential food crops and thus food security during climate change.Abu Ghraib: The Stain on AmericaThe photographs taken at Abu Ghraib are well documented but did they reveal the
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Published: Aug 31, 08Canberra BabylonLaura Tingle discusses Prime Minister's Kevin Rudd's ability to sell the Government's policies and, the economy moving back to centre stage.Graeme Blundell: My Life in PartsGraeme Blundell has written biographies of Brett Whitley and Graham Kennedy, but he says writing his own story has been the hardest of all. In 'The Naked Truth: My Life in Parts' Blundell tells of his growing up in the outer Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, his early years of acting and working at the legendar
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Published: Aug 28, 08CLASSIC LNL: History Maker - Ken BurnsOriginally 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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Published: Aug 27, 08New Orleans: the 'backwash'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.Shakespeare's LanguageIn his book, 'Think On My Words', David Crystal shows, through a forensic examination of Shakespeare's vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and punctuation, how we can g
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Published: Aug 26, 08Rwanda and dispatches from the medical frontlineA 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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Published: Aug 25, 08Bruce ShapiroThis week Bruce talks about the Democratic National Convention and Barak Obama's choice of Vice President: Joe Biden.Climate Wars: Gwynne DyerClimate 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 give
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Published: Aug 24, 08Canberra BabylonThis 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.Queensland the new epicentre of powerFrom Bisvegas to epicentre of power - how did the State of Queensland rise above its red neck po
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