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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.
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originally broadcast on 22/12/93. A conversation with the ubiquitous British television interviewer, Sir David Frost, whose Richard Nixon interview was the most widely watched news interview in the history of television. Frost began his television career presenting the 60s late night show, "That Was The Week That Was". This conversation is from 1993, at the time of the publication of part 1 of Frost's autobiography, "From Congregations to Audiences".
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This week Bruce talks about the shifting poll results, which show John McCain gaining support in the lead-up to the Democratic and Republican conventions. Bruce argues the stakes for Barack Obama going into next week's convention are enormous: If he wants to regain his lead, he needs to come out roaring. Jazz musicians talk about 'woodshedding' - disappearing to work up new riffs and refresh the act. The question which Obama needs the convention to answer: Has he been woodshedding, or just running out of gas?
On 31 May this year, Mullahs in India issued a fatwa denouncing terrorism as against Islam and calling it an unpardonable sin. The meeting of tens of thousands of clerics and students from around India defined terrorism as any action targeting innocent people both Muslim and non-Muslim, whether committed by an individual, and institution or a government. It might seem strange for a fatwa against terrorism to come out of India but between 2004 and 2007 an estimated 3,674 people died as a result of terrorist attacks in that country. This is second only to that in Iraq for the same period.
All the world's a stage, particularly in the UK, as British theatre and film actor Barrie Ingham discusses two of the great playwrights, William Shakespeare and Noel Coward and their influences.
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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.
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Hindsight
New perspectives on well-known aspects of our past, and documenting stories long-ignored
