Mornings (ABC Classic FM)
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Anne Sebba on Wallis Simpson
Anne Simpson is the author of "That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor" (Hachette 2012).
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Masha Gessen on Vladimir Putin and Russia
Masha Gessen is a Russian journalist whose acclaimed book about Vladimir Putin is called "The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin" (Allen and Unwin 2012). She is in Australia as a guest of the Sydney Writers' Festival.
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Sebastian Barry - Irish writer, playwright, poet
Sebastian Barry is the author of seven novels, the latest of which is "On Canaan's Side" (Allen and Unwin, 2012).
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Jeffrey Eugenides - author
Jeffrey Eugenides is the author of "The Virgin Suicides" (1993), "Middlesex" (2002) and "The Marriage Plot" (HarperCollins, 2011). He is in Australia as a guest of the Sydney Writers' Festival.
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Musical theatre producer Sharleen Cooper Cohen
Sharleen Cooper Cohen is a producer and a co-writer of the musical "An Officer And a Gentleman" which has its world premiere in Sydney May 19. She is also a novelist and theatre producer.
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Artist Roger Law
Roger Law is a ceramic maker, painter and artist. He was also the creator (with Peter Fluck) of "Spitting Image" the British satirical TV puppet show that aired from 1984 to 1996.
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What happened to 29,000 bath toys lost at sea?
Donovan Hohn is an American author, essayist and editor. His book is "Moby-Duck" (Scribe Publications, 2011).
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Clinical Associate Professor Michael Robertson on trauma
Michael Robertson is Clinical Associate Professor of psychiatric ethics at the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney and a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist.
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Tim Rogers - singer/songwriter theatre composer
Tim Rogers is the front man of the Australian rock band You Am I. He is currently performing in the play "The Story of Mary MacLane by Herself" at the Griffin Theatre in Sydney. He also wrote the music for the play.
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Andrew Tink on Lord Sydney
Andrew Tink is a former New South Wales politician, now an author. His latest book is "Lord Sydney: The Life and Times of Tommy Townshend" (Australian Scholarly Publishing).
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Australian folklorist Warren Fahey
Warren Fahey is a Broadcaster, writer, journalist, performer of bush songs and a record producer. He is best known as the founder of Larrikin Records and Folkways Music.
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Dr Catherine Hamlin
She is an Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist who, with her late husband New Zealander Dr. Reg Hamlin, co-founded the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, the world's only medical centre dedicated exclusively to providing free obstetric fistula repair surgery to poor women suffering from childbirth injuries.
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Paul Whelan - bass-baritone
Paul Whelan is a New Zealand born bass-baritone. He is in Australia in Mozart's Requiem for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
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China expert Dr Geremie Barme
Dr Barme is an historian, cultural critic, filmmaker, translator and web-journal editor. He works on Chinese cultural and intellectual history from the early modern period (1600s) to the present.
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Satirist, writer, director, actor Jonathan Biggins
Jonathan Biggins' play "Australia Day" is now on in Melbourne, for the Melbourne Theatre Company.
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Professor John Mattick on junk DNA
Professor John Mattick is a pioneer in the analysis of the human genome sequence, especially the critical role of so-called junk DNA in the regulation of human development and the origins of complex diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
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Dr Chris Forbes on Alexander the Great
Dr Chris Forbes is an expert on Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and New Testament history. He's from Macquarie University in Sydney where he is a Senior Lecturer in Ancient History.
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Minimalist composer Steve Reich
America's "greatest living composer", according to the New York Times, is in the studio with Margaret on Thursday.
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Historian Jill Mather discusses horses used in wartime
Jill Mather is the author of three books on wartime animals used by Australian Armed Forces and the role they played during different conflicts.
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Artist Ben Quilty
Australian artist Ben Quilty won the 2011 Archibald Prize for his portrait of artist Margaret Olley. In 2011 Quilty was attached to the Australian Defence Force as a war artist observing their activities in Kabul, Kandahar and Tarin Kowt.
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Author Candida Baker
Candida Baker is an author, editor and journalist and was Festival Director of the Byron Bay Writers Festival in 2011. She has just released a new book "The Wisdom of Women: Intimate stories of love, loss and laughter" (Allen and Unwin, 2012).
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Professor Bruce Scates on Gallipoli and Anzac Day
Bruce Scates is a respected historian and author who has led several historical tours of the battlefields and commemorative sites of the Great War. He is Professor of History and Australian Studies at Monash University.
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Presenter Joe Gelonesi talks to author Charlotte Wood
Charlotte Wood's latest book is called "Love and Hunger: Thoughts on the gift of food" (Allen and Unwin, 30 April 2012)
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Ian Parkes speaks to Joe Gelonesi
Ian Parkes' memoir is called "A Youth Not Wasted" (Harpercollins 2012) and it details his early years working on a merino stud, his later years as a copywriter and his founding of the advertising agency Parkes Clemenger.
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Dr Lorraine Smith on self managing chronic illness
Dr Lorraine Smith is a psychologist and researcher, specialising in patient self-management of chronic conditions such as hay fever, diabetes and asthma.
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The history of book censorship in Australia
Nicole Moore is the author of "The Censor's Library: Literary Censorship in Twentieth-Century Australia " (University of Queensland Press, March 2012)
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Heston Blumenthal - English chef and owner of The Fat...
Heston Blumenthal is a world famous English chef. He is entirely self taught and is well known for working with scientists to perfect his recipes. His latest book is entitled "Heston Blumenthal at Home" (Bloomsbury).
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Expert on the social determinants of health - Sir...
Professor Sir Michael Marmot is Director of the International Institute of Society & Health, and the MRC Research Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London. He was the 2011 President of the British Medical Association.
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Professor Clive Bloom on the history of riots and...
Clive Bloom is Emeritus Professor of English and American Studies at Middlesex University and a best-selling author and publisher.
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Award-winning author Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson won the 2010 Man Booker prize for his novel "The Finkler Question". His latest book, "Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It", is a collection of his best columns that he writes for The Independent newspaper. It's published by Bloomsbury.
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Distinguished Astrophysicist and Astronomer
Professor Dame Joceyln Bell Burnell discovered radio pulsars as a PhD student, is the former President of the Institute of Physics UK, and is a champion of women in science. She is President of the British Science Association.
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Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher is an actress, screenwriter, author and performance artist.
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American History Professor Jack Rakove
Rakove is William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies at Stanford. A professor of political science and, by courtesy, law, he is one of the most distinguished historians of the early American republic.
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Who was Robespierre really?
Peter McPhee is the author of "Robespierre: A revolutionary life" (Yale University Press, March 2012)
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Australian mountaineer Lincoln Hall
Lincoln Hall was an adventurer, mountaineer and author.
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Carrillo Gantner - actor, director, theatre founder
Carrillo Gantner, AO has had a lifetime of involvement in the arts in Australia and in Asia and is also known for his philanthropic work.
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Dr Brett Summerell on Fungi
Dr Summerell researches fungi and plant pathology.
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Dr John Carty - Anthropologist
Carty co-curated an exhibition about the Canning Stock Route and its Aboriginal history which is on at the Australian Museum until April 29.
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Endurance athlete Pat Farmer
Pat Farmer ran from the North Pole to the South Pole
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Author of 'Childless' Gillian Guthrie
Guthrie's book is "Childless: Reflections on Life's Longing for itself"
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Margaret Whitlam
Margaret Whitlam 1919-2012
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Opera singer Elizabeth Connell
Vale South African soprano Elizabeth Connell
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Is sugar dangerous for you?
David Gillespie is the author of "Sweet Poison: Why sugar makes us fat".
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World renowned director Francesca Zambello
Francesca Zambello is an internationally recognised director of opera and theatre.
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Jane Birkin
English singer and actress Birkin is performing the songs of Serge Gainsbourg around Australia.
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Acclaimed actor Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer.
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David James of the Hilliard Ensemble
Hilliard Ensemble is known as one of the world's finest vocal chamber groups.
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Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival Paul Grabowsky
This is Grabowsky's second Adelaide Festival as Artistic Director.
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Actress and performer Amanda Muggleton
Amanda Muggleton is one of Australia's most versatile leading ladies in the theatre. She's also appeared in film and television shows since she arrived here in 1974.
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Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
A new inquest into the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain has been started in Brisbane.
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Acclaimed writer Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst is the author of five novels and won the Man Booker Prize in 2004 for "The Line of Beauty".
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In Search of Haydn with Phil Grabsky
Phil Grabsky is a British documentary filmmaker whose latest film is called "In Search of Haydn".
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Bestselling Irish writer Cathy Kelly
Cathy Kelly is one of Ireland's most successful writers. Her latest book is "The House on Willow Street" (HarperCollins, March 2012).
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Baroque music specialist Jeanne Lamon
Violinist, conductor and Music Director of the Canadian Baroque orchestra Tafelmusik will be Margaret's guest on Monday.
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Alain Platel - Belgian choreographer
Alain Platel is the founder of les ballets c de la b, the choreographic collective. He is known for the radical dance works he creates.
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Professor Rob Brooks on the evolutionary consequences of...
His book is called "Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll" (New South Books, 2011).
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Renaissance man
Margaret Throsby talks to Harry Christophers, founder and conductor of UK based choir and period instrument ensemble, The Sixteen.
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Award winning author Peter Godwin
Peter Godwin's latest book is "The Fear - the Last Days of Robert Mugabe" (Picador, 2011). He is an award winning foreign correspondent, author, documentary-maker and screenwriter. He was born and raised in Africa.
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Acclaimed American choreographer Lucinda Childs
Lucinda Childs work "Dance" is on as part of the 2012 Perth International Arts Festival.
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Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini
I Fagiolini is a British solo-voice ensemble specialising in Renaissance and contemporary music. Robert Hollingworth is its Director and founder. Robert Hollingworth and I Fagiolini are involved in three works at this year's Perth Festival.
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Artistic Director of Perth Festival Jonathan Holloway
Jonathan Holloway is Artistic Director of the Perth Festival for 2012-2015. He came to Perth from the UK where he spent the last six years as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival in the UK.
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Historian Professor Steve Ross
Steve Ross has written extensively on labor and working class history, social history and film history. He is Professor of History and chairman of the History Department at the University of Southern California.
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Pioneer expert in pregnancy and preconception health
Jan Roberts is a pharmacist, nutritionist and has spent more than 40 years in the health care industry, 25 of those working in the area of women's reproductive health.
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Prizewinning mathematician on the importance and beauty...
Professor Celia Hoyles has been Professor of Mathematics Education at the Institute of Education, University of London since 1984, following teaching in London secondary schools and North London Polytechnic.
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What are Australian wild foods?
Vic Cherikoff is regarded as an authority on Australian native foods and its associated industry, having been involved in the selection and commercialization of many of the 35 or so indigenous Australian plant foods now in the market place.
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Professor Guy Standing on job insecurity and the...
Guy Standing is Professor of Economic Security at the University of Bath, UK. His latest book is entitled "The Precariat: The new dangerous class" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011)
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Professor Gordon Parker - one of Australia's foremost...
Gordon Parker AO is founder of the Black Dog Institute and Scientia Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales. His latest book is called "A Piece of My Mind" (Macmillan, March 2012).
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Ben Britton - wildlife advocate - talking about the Big...
Ben Britton is the face of Nat Geo Wild in Australia and New Zealand, hosting the show 'Animal Encounters'. He's worked as a zookeeper in Australia and overseas.
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The wonderful Miriam Margolyes - acclaimed British stage...
Miriam Margolyes is performing her one-woman show called "Dickens' Women" in Australia. 2012 is the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth. Margolyes performs 23 different characters from various Dickens books in her show.
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English historian David Starkey
Starkey is a specialist in the Tudor period. He's written numerous books including on Elizabeth the First, Henry VIII, and his latest book "Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity".
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Mark Tredinnick - award winning poet and author
Mark Tredinnick is a nature writer, essayist, grammarian and poet. In late 2011 he won the inaugural Montreal Poetry Prize.
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Expert on Korea - Dr Leonid Petrov
Dr Leonid Petrov is a Lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Sydney. He's taught Korean history in California, South Korea and Paris.
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British dramatist Bryony Lavery
Bryony Lavery has written award winning plays, as well as works for television and radio.
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Tennis great Ken Rosewall
Ken Rosewall is considered one of the top male tennis players of all time.
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Sam Strong - Artistic Director of Griffin Theatre Company
Sam Strong is an award-winning theatre director, dramaturg and current Artistic Director of Griffin Theatre Company.
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Award winning film composer and conductor David Newman
Widely recognised as one of Hollywood's foremost composers, he's scored over 100 films.
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Acclaimed pianist and conductor Murray Perahia
Margaret Throsby recorded this interview with Mr Perahia in his home in London in November 2011.
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How do we preserve brain health as we age?
Consultant Emeritus in Neurosurgery at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Children's Hospital Westmead, Professor Michael Besser talks about preserving brain health as we age and the advancements in neurosurgery in Australia.
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Afghan-born Pakistani poet and writer - Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto's memoir is called "Songs of Blood and Sword" (Random House, 2010)
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How do fish learn and what are their memories really...
Dr Culum Brown from Macquarie University is a specialist in the behavioural ecology of fishes with a special interest in their learning and memory.
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Margaret Throsby interviews Paul Keating
The Former Prime Minister on his new book of speeches and his favourite music.
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Anita Shreve - one of America's most prolific and...
Anita Shreve began writing fiction in secret! 16 books later she's one of the highest selling authors. Her books touch on the democracy of catastrophe, love and loss and what happens to women when they're pushed to the edge.
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Professor Michael Cowley - award winning physiologist...
Michael Cowley is Professor of Physiology at Monash University and the Director at the Monash Obesity and Diabetes Institute (MODI).
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Former fighter with the Tamil Tigers - Niromi de Soyza
Sri Lankan expatriate, author, Niromi de Soyza.
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What's your dog trying to tell you?
Dog behaviourist Martin McKenna explains what your dog is trying to tell you.
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Author Annie Proulx
Annie Proulx is well known for her short stories and novels including "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Shipping News".
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Bionic vet - Dr Noel Fitzpatrick
"I believe that humanity does better when it is working with animals than when it is working against animals." - Dr Noel Fitzpatrick
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Ursula Owen - publisher, editor and campaigner for free...
She was a co-founder of Virago Press who publish books for and about women.
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Yotam Ottolenghi - Israeli-born chef and restaurant owner
Owner and chef at Ottolenghi restaurants in London. Champion of vegetable dishes.
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Professor David Mabberley - botanist, educator and...
David Mabberley is Keeper of the Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Lord Martin Rees - renowned cosmologist
Is earth in its final century? Lord Martin Rees explains..
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Helene Grimaud - acclaimed concert pianist
Helene Grimaud is a pianist and writer.
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Professor Tom Devine - Scottish history expert
Professor Devine's main research interest is the history of the Scottish nation since c.1600 and its global connections and impact. Devine is regarded as the pre-eminent authority on the history of modern Scotland.
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Clarissa Dickson Wright - celebrity chef and...
Clarissa Dickson Wright is perhaps best known as one half, along with the late Jennifer Paterson, of the Two Fat Ladies.
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British star of stage and screen - David Suchet
David Suchet, OBE is an English actor of television, stage and film.
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Margaret Throsby interviews Claudia Karvan
Claudia Karvan has forged a successful career for herself as an actress in film, television and on stage, and as a producer of award winning television programs.
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Award winning author Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver is the author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" and many other award winning books.
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Australian bushranger Captain Thunderbolt and his...
Carol Baxter has written a book entitled "Captain Thunderbolt and his Lady: the true stories of bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg" (Allen and Unwin, September 2011).
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Dr Cynthia Freeland - philosopher
What do portraits tell us?
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Singer Bernadette Robinson
Bernadette Robinson is a singer and performer known for her uncanny ability to mimic the precise sound and tonal qualities of other famous singers.
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Celebrated poet, novelist and scholar David Brooks
David Brooks is the author of a new book about the Ern Malley literary hoax, and about the connections between Australian and French poetry. "The Sons of Clovis: Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a secret history of Australian poetry".
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One of Australia's acclaimed landscape designers - Paul...
Paul Bangay has designed gardens in homes across Australia and internationally. His latest book is "Paul Bangay's Guide to Plants" (Penguin Australia, October 2011).
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World leading biologist Professor Paul Ehrlich on...
Paul Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies and President for the Centre of Conservation Biology at Stanford University.
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Animal treatment - whipping of racehorses, live exports...
Dr Bidda Jones is Chief Scientist at the RSPCA.
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Adam Liaw - chef, author and MasterChef winner
Adam Liaw is a chef and food writer. He was the winner of the 2010 series of Australian MasterChef. His book is called "Two Asian Kitchens".
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Jeff Watson talks about aeroplanes; their history and...
Jeff Watson is a broadcaster, author, journalist and documentary maker. He's specialisesd in documentaries on aviation.
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John Bell discusses Shakespeare
John Bell is Artistic Director of Bell Shakespeare Company and one of Australia's most acclaimed theatre personalities. He's written a book called "On Shakespeare" (Allen and Unwin, October). The book is an examination of the life and plays of the Bard.
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Australia's long relationship with the car
One of Australia's most creative and successful entertainment and documentary television creators - Paul Clarke. His new series 'Wide Open Road' traces the history of the car in Australia.
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Australian playwright Tommy Murphy
Award winning playwright Tommy Murphy
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Veteran political journalist Laurie Oakes
Senior political commentator and distinguished journalist Laurie Oakes will also deliver this years Olle Media Lecture.
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Presenter of the much loved television series 'Grand...
Kevin McCloud - presenter of the popular and praised British television program 'Grand Designs'.
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Acclaimed British pianist James Rhodes
James Rhodes - acclaimed British classical pianist. With his troubled past and lack of formal training, his casual getup and laid-back attitude, James Rhodes isn't what you'd expect from a man astride the classical music scene.
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What is Meniere's disease? Professor Bill Gibson explains
Professor Bill Gibson explains Meniere's Disease. He's the inaugural Professor of Otolaryngology at Sydney University and he has pioneered methods of examining the ear electrophysiologically providing, in particular, a means of diagnosis of Meniere's disease.
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Thomas Friedman on the decline of the USA's influence.
Internationally renowned author, reporter, and columnist - Thomas Friedman.
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200 Years of Wedding Fashions
The history of wedding fashions with 19th century fashion specialist Edwina Ehrman of the Victora and Albert Museum.
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Acclaimed Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter
One of choreography's most prodigious new talents
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Are you getting enough Vitamin D?
Professor Rebecca Mason talks about Vitamin D
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Extreme money and the cult of risk
Financial analyst Satyajit Das on extreme money and the cult of risk.
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Tim Bonyhady and Viennese treasures
Australian author, art historian, curator and environmental lawyer - Tim Bonyhady
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The Honourable Michael Kirby
Michael Kirby is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia and a prominent public figure and human rights advocate.
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Award-winning ad writer, feminist, commentator and...
Jane Caro is a novelist, author, speaker, lecturer and award-winning advertising writer. She is a passionate advocate for public education and feminism.
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Master storyteller Mike Daisey is back in Australia
Mike Daisey -monologist, author, actor, commentator.
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Psychiatrist, journalist and author of 'The Exotic...
Dr Tanveer Ahmed - psychiatrist and opinion columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Want to understand volcanoes?
Professor Richard J Arculus is Professor of Geology at the Research School of Earth Sciences The Australian National University. His area of speciality is the study of volcanoes. He's seen many first hand at various locations around the world. He researches submerged volcanoes as well as ones that are above the sea and visible to the eye.
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One of Australia's most prominent public intellectuals,...
Raimond Gaita - author, public intellectual, emeritus professor of moral philosophy at Kings College, London and a professorial fellow at the Melbourne Law School and the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne.
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Naturalist and specialist in bird calls - Martyn Robinson
Martyn Robinson - Naturalist from the Australian Museum Sydney.
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Karen Carey - inspiring music teacher and subject of the...
Karen Carey is Director of Music at MLC School, a prestigious girls high school in Sydney, NSW. Documentary filmmaker Bob Connolly knew she - and the power of music - would make a fascinating subject.
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Australia's foremost consumer advocate on the issue of...
Lyn McLean - educator about the issue of electromagnetic radiation (EMR), author and founder of EMR Australia.
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Internationally recognized scholar of African American...
Shane White is Professor of American History and Challis Professor at the University of Sydney. His speciality area of African American culture. His most recent research projects are on the history of Harlem and the history of black Manhattan.
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Israel's most prominent archaeologist
Professor in the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ami Mazar, has dedicated his career to researching the Levant in the Bronze and Iron Ages and the relationship between archaeology and Old Testament history.
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Jonathan Franzen
Margaret talks to the bestselling author of The Corrections.
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James Gleick
James Gleick is a besteslling technology author whose latest book, "The Information", is a fascinating history of knowledge transmission, and how information technology has changed our lives.
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20110908 - Wade Davis with Margaret Throsby
National Geographic Explorer in Residence. A rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet, and passionate defender of all of life's diversity. Through his association with the Harvard Botanical Museum, he spent more than three years in the Amazon and Andes as a plant explorer. Later he went to Haiti to investigate folk preparations implicated in the creation of zombies, written up in Passage of Darkness and The Serpent and the Rainbow, that was later released as a motion picture.
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20110907 - Dr. Andrew McLean with Margaret Throsby
He has been an equestrian coach for 25 years and has developed the internationally recognised Australian Equine Behaviour Centre. He has coached some of the worlds greatest riders, coaches and trainers and reformed internationally competitive horses up to Olympic Games and World Championship level, as well as some top Australian racehorses.
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20110906 - Eva Gabrielsson with Margaret Throsby
Swedish architect, author and political activist, and was the lifelong partner of the late Stieg Larsson, author of the Millenium crime novel trilogy. "There are things I want you to know...Stieg & Me" by Eva Gabrielsson, with Marie-Francoise Colombani, is published by Allen & Unwin.
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20110905 - Professor Robert Brooks with Margaret Throsby
Director of the Evolution & Ecology Research Centre at the University of NSW He studies sexual behaviour and how sex impacts the lives of animals, including crickets, fish, mice and humans.
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20110902 - Dr Ivan Goldberg with Margaret Throsby
Head of the Glaucoma Unit at Sydney Eye Hospital, and past president of the World Glaucoma Association. Glaucoma is known as the "sneak thief" of eye sight. People with the condition can be completely unaware of the affliction until it's too late. Dr Goldberg discusses the causes and treatments of this serious eye disorder.
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20110901 - William Powers with Margaret Throsby
Technology writer. He has written about media, technology, and other subjects for a wide variety of publications, including The Atlantic, The New York Times, and McSweeneys. Recently he conducted research as a fellow at Harvard Universitys Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. He has been contemplating how we relate to our computers and various mobile devices.
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20110831 - Alain Platel with Margaret Throsby
Choreographer. His company les ballets C de la B. draws on his past as a special needs educator working with children with motor and multiple disabilities. "Out of Context - for Pina" opens tonight at the Sydney Opera House as part of their Spring Dance series and will be seen at the brisbane Festival as well.
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20110830 - Rory Medcalf with Margaret Throsby
Director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute. Hell be talking about India, China and Australia and the ways India and Australia will benefit from knowing and understanding eachother better.
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20110829 - Matthew Evans (repeat) with Margaret Throsby
Matthew Evans has been a chef, a renowned and often controversial restaurant critic, a food writer and a TV presenter. "The Real Food Companion" was published by Murdoch Books last year. The new series of The Gourmet Farmer is screening on SBS1 on Thursday nights.
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20110826 - Libby Gleeson (repeat) with Margaret Throsby
One of Australia's best known and most highly regarded writers for young people, with a significant list of picture books, short stories and novels to her credit. www.libbygleeson.com.au
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20110825 - Jake Heggie with Margaret Throsby
Composer. The State Opera of South Australia's production of "Moby Dick" opens on Saturday 27th August.
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20110824 - Simone Young II with Margaret Throsby
Music director of the Hamburg Philharmonic and general manager of the Hamburg State Opera. Shes back in Australia to conduct The Australian World Orchestra. Classic FM will br broacasting to concerts from the season.
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20110823 - Satyajit Das with Margaret Throsby
International financial analyst who has worked in financial markets for over 30 years. "Extreme Money: the masters of the Universe and the cult of risk" is published by Penguin.
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20110822 - Genelle Guzman-McMillan with Margaret Throsby
She was the last survivor to be found alive after the attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11 2001. She survived for 27 hours under the rubble in what had been the northern tower of the World Trade Centre. "Angel in the Rubble" by Genelle Guzman-McMillan with William Croyle is published by Allen & Unwin.
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20110819 - Dr. Richard Nunns (repeat) with Margaret...
Authority on Maori instruments. The concert he peformed with the New Zealnd String Quartet as aprt of this year's 10 DAYS ON THE ISLAND will be broadcast on Classic FM this afternoon.
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20110818 - Peter Carroll II (repeat) with Margaret...
Actor. "The Book of Everything" which Peter was appearing in when this conversation took place (but he has since left the cast)is currently running in Adelaide and will also be seen in Sydney in September and New York next year. The QTC/STC production of Pinters "No Mans Land" opens in Brisbane on 22nd September and has a season in Sydney in November.
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20110817 - Larry Writer with Margaret Throsby
Journalist, author and publisher. "Razor: A true story of slashers, gangsters, prostitutes and sly grog" is published by Macmillan. "Bumper: The life and times of Frank 'Bumper' Farrell" is published by Hachette.
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20110816 - Professor Martin Kaplan with Margaret Throsby
Norman Lear Professor of Entertainment, Media and Society at the University of Southern Californias Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. His broad career has spanned government and politics, writing for film and journalism.
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20110815 - Professor Graeme Stewart with Margaret Throsby
Director of the Institute for Immunology & Allergy Research in the Westmead Millennium Institute. The Institute was part of a team of researchers who recently had a significant breakthrough identifying 57 genes with a certain pattern which highlights the immune system's role in why some people develop Multiple Sclerosis.
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20110812 - Nancy Wake (repeat) with Margaret Throsby
Nicknamed "The White Mouse", she served as a British agent during the later part of World War II and Sbecame a leading figure in the maquis groups of the French Resistance and one of the Allies' most decorated servicewomen.
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20110811 - Dr. Catrin Goebel with Margaret Throsby
Manager of the Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory.
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20110810 - Christine Nixon with Margaret Throsby
Former Chief Commissioner of Police in Victoria. "Fair Cop" is published by Melbourne University Press.
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20110809 - Professor John Rasko with Margaret Throsby
Haematologist and specialist in stem cell research.
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20110808 - Sophie Cunningham with Margaret Throsby
Writer of fiction and non fiction. "Melbourne" is published by Newsouth press.
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20110805 - Randy Newman with Margaret Throsby
Singer-songwriter, arranger, composer and pianist. July 22nd QPAC with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. July 29 and 30 State Theatre with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. August 4 and 5 at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
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20110804 - Edwina Ehram with Margaret Throsby
Curator of Textiles and Fashion at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. She is a specialist in 19th century fashion with a particular interest in London. "The Wedding Dress: 300 Years of Bridal Fashions" (V&A Publishing).
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20110803 - Lloyd Jones with Margaret Throsby
New Zealand writer. Became internationally renowned with the Booker-shortlisted "Mister Pip" in 2008. His latest novel is "Hand Me Down World".
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20110802 - Thomas Friedman with Margaret Throsby
Columnist and New York Times foreign affairs writer. Hes won the Pulitzer Prize three times and is considered one of the most influential writers on global affairs today. His new book is called "That use to be Us" with Michael Mandelbaum.
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20110801 - James Wolfensohn (repeat) with Margaret...
Businessman and financier, and President of the World Bank for a decade. "A Global Life" by James D. Wolfensohn and Jill Margo is published by Macmillan.
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20110728 - Margaret Olley II (repeat) with Margaret...
One of Australia's most loved and enduring artists. As well as being one of the most accomplished artists of her generation, Olley was also a perennial subject. A 1948 portrait of her by William Dobell won the Archibald Prize and she was also the subject of this year's winning portrait by Ben Quilty.
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20110727 - Ken Rosewall with Margaret Throsby
Tennis legend.
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20110726 - Kristian Bezuidenhout with Margaret Throsby
Fortepianist. He is performing in the Barossa Klassiks series Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July. He will be performing an all Mozart program with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Sydney and Melbourne. The Melbourne concert on Monday 8th August will be direct Broadcast from the Melbourne Recital Centre on Classic FM. There's an article by Francis Merson about Kristian Bezuidenhout in the August LIMELIGHT magazine.
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20110725 - Nick Cowdery, QC with Margaret Throsby
Former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Sydney Law School and a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Faculties of Law in the Universities of NSW and of Wollongong. He is also legal consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat, London.
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20110722 - Ewen Leslie (repeat) with Margaret Throsby
Actor. One of the `next wave of Australian leading actors. He plays Birdman in Julia Leighs film "Sleeping Beauty" currently in national release. He stars in Melbourne Theatre Companys "Hamlet" which opens on Saturday (23rd) night.
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20110721 - Niromi de Soyza with Margaret Throsby
Author. Niromi left her Sri Lankan family in 1987 to join the Tamil Tigers where she fought as one of the first female members of the group. "Tamil Tigress: My story as a child soldier in Sri Lanka's bloody civil war" is published by Allen & Unwin.
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20110720 - Dr. Gavin Smith with Margaret Throsby
From the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney. He has been analysing how surveillance has become one of contemporary society's most pressing and perplexing concerns.
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20110719 - Don Spencer with Margaret Throsby
Singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter. His career has spanned more than forty years, including being one of the most recognised presenters of Play School both in Australia and the UK. He also founded the not for profit organization Australian Children's Music Foundation to inspire and enrich the lives of Australian children and youth, particularly the disadvantaged and indigenous. "Dueting it for the Kids" is on Monday 22 August at the State Theatre, Sydney. For more information...
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20110718 - James Rhodes with Margaret Throsby
Pianist. One of the classical worlds most exciting young musicians. jamesrhodes.tv Melbourne Recital Centre Wednesday 19th October & Thursday 20th October melbournefestival.com.au Sydney City Recital Hall, Angel Place Friday 21st October City Recital Hall Angel Place cityrecitalhall.com Canberra Playhouse Theatre Thursday 27th October canberraticketing.com.au Brisbane Griffith Conservatorium Music Saturday 29th October qtix.com.au Adelaide Town Hall Sunday 30 October bass.net.au or 131 246
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20110715 - Steve Hawke (repeat) with Margaret Throsby
Playwright. "Jandamarra" will be seen in Broome 13th-16th July, Windjana Gorge 22nd-27th July. Halls Creek on 30th July and Kununurra 4th-6th August.
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20110714 - Lord Harewood (repeat) with Margaret Throsby
George Lascelles, the 7th Earl of Harewood. He devoted much of his life to opera, serving on the board of the English National Opera and editing Kobbes, the standard operatic reference book. At various times he was Artistic Director of the Leeds, Edinburgh and Adelaide Festivals.
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20110713 - Nada Awar Jarrar (repeat) with Margaret...
Novelist. Born in Lebanon to an Australian mother and a Lebanese father, she has lived in London, Paris, Sydney and Washington DC and is currently based in Beirut. "A Good Land" (2009) is published by Harper.
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20110712 - Duncan Ball with Margaret Throsby
Author. Best known as the creator of one of the most popular children's literary heroes, Selby the Talking Dog. Selby has now had sixteen books written about him.
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20110711 - Dinh Q Le with Margaret Throsby
Artist. Born in Vietnam, he moved to Los Angeles with his family after conflict escalated between the Vietnamese and the Khmer Rouge near their village at the Cambodian border.
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20110708 - David Eagleman (repeat) with Margaret Throsby
Neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, and Director of the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. "Sum - Tales from the Afterlives" is published by Text. His latest book is "Incognito: The secret lives of the brain" is also published by Text.
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20110707 - Dr. Jim Frazier with Margaret Throsby
Cinematographer, photographer, inventor and naturalist. His latest project "Symphony of the Earth" is a global environmental feature film involving 20 cinematographers around the world recording the sounds of nature. symphonyoftheearth.com
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20110706 - Alasdair McGregor with Margaret Throsby
Writer, painter and photographer. His work covers natural history, the environment, architecture and design and the history of exploration.
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20110705 - Lindsay Tanner with Margaret Throsby
Member of the Federal Parliament for 18 years and Minister for Finance in the Rudd-Gillard government.
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20110704 - Kumi Naidoo with Margaret Throsby
Executive Director of Greenpeace International. He is an Oxford Rhodes scholar, with a background as an anti-Apartheid activist in South Africa, a founder of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty and a global advocate to end gender violence.
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20110701 - John Cox with Margaret Throsby
Opera director. His production for Opera Australia of Richard Strausss "Capriccio" begins its Sydney season on Saturday (2nd July) and will be broadcast on Classic FM on Sunday 24th July.
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20110630 - Dr. Nicholas Penny with Margaret Throsby
Director of the National Gallery,London. Hes published numerous books, including "A closer look: frames" published by National Gallery, 2010. He will present the inaugural Inge Grant Lecture at the Art Gallery of NSW this evening entitled "Six Episodes in the Life of a National Collection".
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20110629 - Professor Tim Bonyhady with Margaret Throsby
Director of the Centre for Climate Law and Policy at ANU. His family collected an important collection of modernist Viennese art and brought it to Australia to escape the Nazis in 1930s. "Good Living Street" is published by Allen & Unwin.
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20110628 - Nigel Brennan with Margaret Throsby
Photographer. He and Canadian journalist, Amanda Lindhout, were kidnapped in Somalia and held hostage for 15 months. "The Price of Life: A true story of kidnap & ransom" by Nigel Brennan, Nicole Bonney and Kellie Brennan is published by Michael Jospeh.
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20110627 - Hayden Keenan with Margaret Throsby
Documentary maker with Smart Street Films Hes currently working on a TV series about ASIO.
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20110624 - Judith Ehrlich (repeat) with Margaret Throsby
Documentary filmmaker. Her film "The Most Dangerous Man in America" about the Vietnam War was nominated for an Academy Award. judithehrlich.com
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20110623 - Matt Nable with Margaret Throsby
Actor, film director and author. "Faces in the clouds" is published by Viking. The films "The Killer Elite" and "33 Postcards" will be released in mid-2011. He wrote and starred in "The Final Winter".
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20110622 - Dr. Sarah Phillips (repeat) with Margaret...
Lecturer at the Centre for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney. She specialises in governance and reform in Yemen and the Middle East, political Islam, and the dynamics of patronage networks. "Yemens Democracy Experiment in Regional Perspective" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2008) More information about the jewelry mentioned in the program can be found at www.robinphillipsjewelry.com.au
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20110621 - Dick Smith with Margaret Throsby
Entrepreneur, adventurer, philanthropist and political activist. "Dick Smith's Population Crisis" in published by Allen & Unwin. PO Box 418 Terrey Hills 2084 dicksmithpopulation.com.au
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20110620 - Bernadette Robinson with Margaret Throsby
Singer. Best known for her uncanny ability to mimic the precise sound and tonal qualities of other famous singers. Her one woman show written for her by playwright Joanna Murray-Smith called "Songs for Nobodies" has been on as part of the Melbourne Theatre Company season earlier this year and will be seen in Sydney in August at the Sydney Opera House.
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20110610 - Dr David Tacey with Margaret Throsby
Associate Professor and Reader in Arts at La Trobe University, where he teaches literature, spirituality and Jungian psychology.
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20110609 - Janella Purcell with Margaret Throsby
Nutritionist, chef, food writer and author of "Eating for the Seasons: Cooking for Health and Happiness" (Allen and Unwin, May 2011).
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20110608 - Professor Richard Waterhouse with Margaret...
Bicentennial Professor of Australian History at the University of Sydney. Much of his work focusses on the history of Australian popular culture since 1788.
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20110607 - Nicholas Burns with Margaret Throsby
Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is a former American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2005 to 2008, overseeing the bureaus responsible for US policy in each region of the world. He is in Australia as a guest of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
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20110606 - Johanna Featherstone with Margaret Throsby
Poet, poetry advocate and founder of The Red Room Company in 2003. Johanna is a research associate with The University of Western Sydney and an honorary associate of The University of Sydney's School of Letters Arts and Media.
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20110603 - Robin Barker with Margaret Throsby
Author of the much loved and oft-used books on babies and toddlers: "Baby Love", "The Mighty Toddler" and "Australian Baby and Toddler Meals" (all published by Pan Macmillan). Shes a registered nurse, midwife and parentcraft nurse with thirsty years experienced with families and babies.
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20110602 - Simon Stone with Margaret Throsby
Australian actor, writer and director. His latest directorial work is "BAAL" by Bertolt Brecht which has had a run in Melbourne and is now on in Sydney (Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company co-production).
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20110601 - Geraldine Brooks with Margaret Throsby
Acclaimed Australian writer who lives part time in Martha's Vineyard. Her new book is called "Calebs Crossing" (HarperCollins May 1, 2011).
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20110531 - Dr Richard Miles with Margaret Throsby
Archaeologist and historian who works at University of Sydney in the Department of Classics and Ancient History. Hes directed archaeological digs in Carthage and Rome, and in 2010 published Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Mediterranean Civilisation (Penguin books).
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20110530 - Saul Griffith with Margaret Throsby
Australian inventor and entrepreneur now based in the US. His companies have invented a myriad of new devices and materials, such as a "smart" rope that senses its load, or a machine for making low-cost eyeglass lenses. He's fascinated with materials that assemble themselves, and with taking advantage of those properties to make things quickly and cheaply. Hes a passionate advocate for science literacy and better energy production & consumption.
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