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Sunday 30 November 2008
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Rupert Murdoch's recent trips to China and India have convinced him of one thing: there is no alternative to economic growth as a remedy for poverty. Caste and communism have condemned hundreds of millions to wretched lives.
To complement the Boyer Lectures we present some in depth interviews by robyn Williams from his program In Conversation. This week Robyn speaks with Geraldine Brooks about her book People Of The Book , which has been a massive bestseller in Australia. But how did she prepare the science that is fundamental to her story? The archaeology, pigment chemistry and, indeed, brain surgery is detailed and convincing. Brooks talks to Robyn Williams about why the science was so important to her and for the book
Sunday 23 November 2008
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An important theme of Rupert Murdoch's 2008 Boyer Lectures is the pressing need for Australia to develop human capital. But to do this successfully our schools need serious reform, otherwise the global bar will seem set far beyond our reach.
To complement the Boyer Lectures we present some in depth interviews by robyn Williams from his program In Conversation. this week Robyn speaks with Professor Sandra Harding, the relatively new vice-chancellor at James Cook University in Townsville. Professor Harding reminds us that over one third of Australia is tropical and yet only one major university in this country, apart from Charles Darwin in the NT, is properly equipped to handle the range of topics so important to the north of our region. And, unlike some, they also have a successful campus in Singapore.
Sunday 16 November 2008
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Rupert Murdoch at heart is a traditional newspaperman. But he sees the wood for the trees. In the third program of the 2008 Boyer Lectures, Mr Murdoch says, newspapers will thrive in the 21st century if proprietors fully comprehend what it means to be alive in the era of information.
To complement the Boyer Lectures we present some in depth interviews conducted by Robyn Williams, from his program In Conversation. This week Robyn speaks with biographer Richard Holmes. After the heyday of science in the 17th century starring Isaac Newton there came another involving 'natural philosophers', who were both creative artists and 'scientists'.
Sunday 09 November 2008
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Rupert Murdoch asks the question, who's afraid of new technology?, in the second program of the 2008 Boyer Lectures. Technology has helped transform the world. Some say it has turned it upside down. Rupert Murdoch argues that we must not be prisoners of the past - modern day Luddites - if we are to succeed in the golden era.
To complement the Boyer Lectures we present some in depth interviews conducted by Robyn Williams, from his program In Conversation. This week Robyn catches up with Lord John Krebs, to talk about the famous and delightful hedgerow birds of England and their survival.
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