Today we discuss a question many people have been asking recently - what is the correct Aboriginal name for the Brisbane CBD area? We talk to local elders Gaja Kerry Charlton and Aunty Deb Sandy about why they say it is Magan-djin.
Originally broadcast 05/07/24
Today on the Paradigm Shift we are talking about going to prison to protect the planet - part two! This week we speak to Ali Alishah who has just got out after three months in a Tasmanian prison for locking on to protect old growth forest there. We hear some reflections on prison, strategy, and how to confront anti protest legislation.
Originally broadcast 14/06/24
Today's show is about going to prison to protect the planet! In part one I speak to Brad Homewood and Violet Coco who just got out after three months in prison for climate action.
Originally broadcast 07/06/24
Today we chat with novelist and tech critic Cory Doctorow. Cory has done a lot of work analysing and describing tech capitalism, and we talk about some of his concepts like "enshittification" and "chokepoint capitalism" as well as AI, the hopes for a better internet, and plenty more!
Originally broadcast 31/05/24
Today we are talking about the extraordinary life of Kawanji Don Brady - trailblazing Aboriginal activist, religious leader, culture man. I talk to historian Thom Blake who has just written a biography of him, and Don's son Graham Brady.
Originally broadcast 15/03/24
Today we speak to author and journalist Jess Hill about the epidemic of domestic violence in Australia - what causes it, and what can we do about it?
Originally broadcast 10/05/24
Today we talk about the extraordinary sentencing of David McBride to over 5 years in prison for the act of telling the truth about what our military gets up to. I speak to legal academic Binoy Kampmark about the trial. We also get an update from the other trial of an Australian for telling the truth - we hear from John Shipton about his son Julian Assange's win in court this week allowing him to appeal his extradition to the United States.
Originally broadcast 24/05/24
A Good Friday special! I speak with a couple of theologians - Bidjara woman and "red ochre theologian" Anne Pattel-Gray and "christi-anarchist" Dave Andrews about what the marking of Easter means to them.
Originally broadcast 29/03/24
Today we are speaking to Katherine Gibson - one half of the anti-capitalist author J.K. Gibson-Graham. We speak about their theory of "diverse economies" - how we can imagine alternatives to capitalism by giving more attention to all the activity towards our survival and flourishing that happens outside of the market economy.
Originally broadcast 08/03/24
Today we talk to Jonathan Cornford about low consumption or low income living - choosing to live with less money and less stuff. It's probably better for the planet, could it be better for us too? And would it be possible for us as a society to do it?
Originally broadcast 16/02/24