Today we chat to author Richard King. His new book "Here Be Monsters" is a critical look at the way ideas about technological progress are shaping both our future and our selves in ways that are not necessarily beneficial and certainly not inevitable.

Originally broadcast 16/06/23

Today we are in solidarity with Julian Assange, who has his final appeal against extradition to the USA on Feb 20. I speak to his father and staunch advocate John Shipton, and also to Kym Staton - director of the new documentary film "The Trust Fall".

Originally broadcast 12/01/24

Today we hear what it's like working for human rights in Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan. I have a chat with Rebekah Dowling and Jasmine Pilbrow about their experiences working with Community Peacemaker Teams.

Originally broadcast 17/03/23

On today's show we are talking about prison. I speak to Damien Linnane, editor of the Paper Chained magazine of prisoner writings, and to Indigenous mental health nurse Jenny-Lee Carr about rates of Aboriginal youth and adult incarceration.

Originally broadcast 09/06/23

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