A weekly conversation about politics and current events, international affairs, history, art, books, and the natural world, to illuminate the issues faced by society and explore them in new ways.
Eminent social researcher and author Hugh Mackay AO joined Amy in the studio to talk about his new book,Australia Reimagined: Towards A More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society.
Eminent social researcher and author Hugh Mackay AO joined Amy in the studio to talk about his new book,Australia Reimagined: Towards A More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society. Author Bri Lee also…
James Watson, Professor at the University of Queensland and Director of Science and Research at the Wildlife Conservation Society discussed his co-authored research published inSciencejournal, 'One-third of the worlds nature reserves…
Journalist and Adjunct Researcher at Swinburne University of Technology, Nic Maclellan came into the studio to discuss his book,Grappling With The Bomb: Britains Pacific H-Bomb Tests(ANU Press)
Journalist and Adjunct Researcher at Swinburne University of Technology, Nic Maclellan came into the studio to discuss his book,Grappling With The Bomb: Britains Pacific H-Bomb Tests(ANU Press); Writer and Social Philosopher…
Author Johann Hari spoke about his book,Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions.Emma Dawson, Executive Director ofPer Capitadiscussedtheir annual tax survey. UK film director…
Conservation Ecologist and Director of theThreatened Species Recovery Hub,ProfessorBrendan Wintlediscussed Australias major impending bird and mammal extinctions and what we must do about it; Author Fiona Harari chatted about her new…
Conservation Ecologist and Director of theThreatened Species Recovery Hub,ProfessorBrendan Wintlediscussed Australias major impending bird and mammal extinctions and what we must do about it
Author Stuart Kells and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation Professor Ian D. Gow, discussed the surprising history of accounting in their new book,The Big Four: The Curious…
Award-winning historian and ProfessorEmerita(from ANU)Joan Beaumont, joined Amy to talk about a book she co-edited,Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship.Shetalked about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
Award-winning historian and ProfessorEmerita(from ANU)Joan Beaumont, joined Amy to talk about a book she co-edited,Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship.Shetalked about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
Dr Daniel Halliday, political philosopher at the University of Melbourne joined Amy in the studio for a chat about his new bookTheInheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality and the Right to Bequeath.…
Dr Daniel Halliday, political philosopher at the University of Melbourne joined Amy in the studio for a chat about his new bookTheInheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality and the Right to Bequeath.
Ben Eltham, National Affairs Correspondent for New Matilda, came in to discuss federal politics. Photographer Clare Rae and Gareth Syvret, Photographic Archivist at the Socit Jersiaise in the UK, came in to the…
Amy talks toBen Eltham about federal politics. Mark McKenna, Professor of History at The University of Sydney joined Amy in the studio to discuss his Quarterly EssayMoment of Truth: History and Australia's…
(feature)Mark McKenna, Professor of History at The University of Sydney joined Amy in the studio to discuss his Quarterly EssayMoment of Truth: History and Australia's Future
Barack Obamas former Senior Writer and Deputy Director of Messaging, Pat Cunnane, joined Amy to chat about his forthcoming book, ' West Winging It: An Un-Presidential Memoir' (out via Affirm Press), ahead of…
Amy was joined in the studio by former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs who came in to talk about her upcoming lecture at The University of Melbourne…
Amy was joined in the studio by former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs who came in to talk about her upcoming lecture at The University of Melbourne…
US film directorJennifer Breaspoke toAmyabout her Oscar-shortlisted documentaryUnrest,which chronicles her experience andthe experiences of others who have gone "missing" the sufferers of the significantly debilitating illness Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), aka "Chronic…
US film director Jennifer Brea spoke to Amy about her Oscar-shortlisted documentary Unrest, which chronicles her experience and the experiences of others who have gone "missing" the sufferers of the significantly debilitating…
New York Times journalist and author Jim Robbins came in to the studio to talk about his latest book, The Wonder of Birds and his upcoming talk at the Wheeler Centre.
This week onUncommon Sense, Emma Shortis, Fox International Fellow at Yale talked to host Amy Mullinsabout the latest in American politics. Author and speakerRachel Botsman talked about her latest bookWhoCan…
On this specialUncommon Sensepodcast, author and speakerRachel Botsman talked with host Amy Mullinsabout her latest bookWhoCan You Trust? How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Could Drive Us Apart.
This week on Uncommon Sense, Linda Jakobson, Founding Director and CEO ofChina Matters, joined host Amy Mullins to talk about her article inAustralian Foreign Affairs'What Does China Want…
On this special Uncommon Sense podcast, Linda Jakobson, Founding Director and CEO ofChina Matters, joined Amy Mullins to talk about her article inAustralian Foreign Affairs'What Does China Want? Xi…
This week on Uncommon Sense with AmyMullins, founding CEO of ClientEarth, James Thornton, spokeabout his new book of the same title, sharing his story from US litigator to UK solicitor representing the…
On this specialUncommon Sense podcastwith AmyMullins, founding CEO of ClientEarth, James Thornton, spokeabout his new book of the same title, sharing his story from US litigator to UK solicitor representing the…
This week onUncommon Sense,Tim Wright, Asia-Pacific Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons spoke tohost Amy Mullinsabout their Nobel Peace Prize win; Author George Megalogeniscame in to speak on…
On this specialUncommon Sense podcast, host Amy Mullins talks toauthor George Megalogenis on the history and current state of play of Australian politics and how the parties have shifted ideologically in different…
This week on Uncommon Sense David Vine, Associate Professor in Anthropology at American University, Washington D.C., spoke to host Amy Mullins about his bookBase Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America…
On this special Uncommon Sense podcast,David Vine, Associate Professor in Anthropology at American University, Washington D.C., spoke to host Amy Mullins about his bookBase Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America…
This week on Uncommon Sense withAmy Mullins,forest lawyer Danya Jacobs fromEnvironmental Justice Australiacame in to discuss native forest logging in Victoria and the concerns for threatened species in the logging areas…
In this special Uncommon Sense podcast, Professor Tom Griffiths from the ANU came in to talk about the craft of history in the age of fake news and his Ernest Scott Prize winning…
This week on Uncommon Sense,American science writerJennifer Ackermanjoined Amy Mullins in the studio to talk about her new bookThe Genius of Birds;Dr Richard Denniss,Chief Economist atThe Australia Institute spoke about…
In this special podcast of Uncommon Sense with Amy Mullins, American science writerJennifer Ackermanjoined Amy in the studio to talk about her new bookThe Genius of Birds.
This week on Uncommon Sense with Amy Mullins, New Matilda politics correspondent Ben Eltham came in to talk federal politics, and Dr Ben White from The University of Glasgow discussed the history of…
