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Uncommon Sense

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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 – presented by Amy Mullins. The intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras. https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion

Richard Denniss: The Doherty Modelling Explained And How Safe Is Morrison's "Safe Plan" to Open Up Australia?

September 7, 2021

Dr Richard Denniss scrutinises the Prime Minister's "safe plan" for opening up Australia in a COVID world, and debunks the neo-liberal political spin ...

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Uncovering The Majesty And Message Of The Lyrebird With Nick Hayward And Anastasia Dalziell

August 24, 2021

Renowned wildlife cinematographer Nick Hayward and behavioural ecologist Dr Anastasia Dalziell take us into the forest, describing the brilliant mimic...

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Emma Shortis Delves Into Australia's Fatal Alliance With The United States

August 17, 2021

Historian and author Dr Emma Shortis joins Amy to speak in-depth about her brilliant debut book, Our Exceptional Friend: Australia’s Fatal Alliance wi...

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Bill Bowtell talks pandemic politics in Australia and 'Zero COVID' under threat in NSW

August 3, 2021

Amy speaks with Bill Bowtell about pandemic politics in Australia, the 'Zero COVID' strategy under threat in NSW, lockdowns, state and national vaccin...

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Epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws explains the Delta variant, herd immunity, child vaccination, and Long COVID

July 6, 2021

Epidemiologist Professor Mary-Louise McLaws explains how Australia can reach herd immunity against COVID-19 and when children should be vaccinated aga...

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The Moorabool River under threat

June 29, 2021

People for A Living Moorabool's Cameron Steele and water law and nature rights expert Dr Erin O'Donnell discuss Victoria's most flow-stressed river – ...

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Mary-Louise McLaws on Victoria’s COVID-19 outbreak, fourth lockdown and vaccination drive

June 1, 2021

Epidemiologist Professor Mary-Louise McLaws speaks in-depth about Victoria's current coronavirus outbreak and fourth lockdown, as well as the urgent d...

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Richard Denniss on how ‘econobabble’ shuts down democratic debate; Saving the forests of East Gippsland; Contemplating trees across culture and history

May 25, 2021

Dr Richard Denniss talks about his newly updated book, Econobabble: How to Decode Political Spin and Economic Nonsense. Econobabble is the incomprehen...

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Richard Denniss on how ‘econobabble’ shuts down democratic debate; Saving the forests of East Gippsland; Contemplating trees across culture and history

May 25, 2021

Dr Richard Denniss talks about his newly updated book, Econobabble: How to Decode Political Spin and Economic Nonsense. Econobabble is the incomprehen...

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Unpacking the federal budget; Sir Paul Nurse answers the big question, What Is Life?; Europe’s migration and refugee crisis

May 18, 2021

The Monthly's Contributing Editor Rachel Withers talks about the political fallout from the federal budget and more. Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir...

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