Today's show is Radio Against The Machine! I speak with Oscar Delaney about the potential existential threats from Artificial Intelligence, and to Matilda Byrne about the campaign to stop lethal autonomous weapons.

Originally broadcast 11/08/23

Today I speak to two courageous people working for a better future in Kurdistan and Iraq - feminist poet, author and academic Choman Hardi; and Yazidi man Nayef Sabri who as head of the Sunrise NGO is trying to rebuild Yazidi community in Iraq after Islamic State tried to wipe the ancient religious group off the map.

Originally broadcast 26/05/23

Today we talk with Kamaran Osman about politics in Iraqi Kurdistan, peacemaking work here, and what it was like to be a part of the Arab/Kurdish Spring wave of protest movements sweeping across the Middle East back in 2011.

Originally broadcast 19/05/23

On today's show, we hear about the low tech, peasant farming, intentional community in the north of New Zealand where Andy spent a couple of months in late 2022/early 2023. I talk to a few different members of the community about what they do and why.

Originally broadcast 05/05/23

Today we are talking about poverty and inequality. I speak to researcher Carla Treloar who was part of compiling a recent report on wealth inequality in Australia, and to Brooke McKail from Anglicare who have just published a report on "the poverty premium" - why it is actually more expensive to be poor.

Originally broadcast 20/10/23

On today's show we are talking sport! We cover a few of the many facets of people running around a field after a ball including: Reclink CEO Dave Wells on how that organisation uses sport to connect marginalized people and build life skills, comedian Craig Quartermaine on the links between footy and Aboriginal culture, academic Abbey Boyer on what the women's soccer world cup means for women and girls in this country, and activist Andy George about the practice of disrupting sport matches to communicate political messages!

Originally broadcast 28/07/23

Today's show is on a favourite topic of mine - "psychogeography". Its a word with many vague definitions, but basically it's about exploring how we interact with the places we live in. I speak to a couple of practitioners - Vanessa Berry (author of Mirror Sydney) and Nick Gadd (Melbourne Circle).

Originally broadcast 10/02/23

Today we commemorate the extraordinary life of Arrabunna man Kevin Buzzacott. We will hear tributes to Uncle Kev and his influence on activism in this country from Lidia Thorpe, Robbie Thorpe, Bilbo Taylor, Izzy Brown, and his lawyer Len Lindon.

Originally broadcast 08/12/23

Today's show is a Christmas special - we try to get some new insights into the meaning of Christmas by speaking to Usama Nicola who lives in Bethlehem in the occupied Palestinian territories. We also delve into some of the radical messages in the biblical Christmas story with theologian Dave Andrews.

Originally broadcast 22/12/23

Today we are talking about a People's History of Alcohol in Australia. That's the theme of a new book, and I talk to the editors Alex Ettling and Iain Mcintyre. The book talks about alcohol in this country from many different perspectives, and we try our best to do the same on the show! Originally broadcast 10/11/23