Assorted Podcasts

William Harvey - on the tercentenary of his death;
Medical historian Dr Jim Leavesley from Margaret River in Western Australia celebrates the life of William Harvey who died 350 years ago and whose work in circulation opened up the understanding of the internal workings of the body and heralded the beginning of modern science.

Humour as medicine
Emeritus Professor Roger Rees from Disability and Research at Flinders University discusses the importance of humour for people with disabilities and illnesses.

Plucking the goose: a history of taxation in Australia

Teaching your brain to be happy
Happiness is paradoxical. What we think will give it to us - invariably doesn't. When we think we've got it - we invariably haven't. We're not even good at predicting what will make us happy people. From languishing to flourishing - can even the most troubled mind be primed for happiness? A panel of international trailblazers in the study of emotion, positive psychology and Buddhism get earnest about pleasure.

The story of the Palestinians in Lebanon

Spiritual Classics - Love and War
Two manuals are hugely popular today as guides for the spiritual life, The Cloud of Unknowing, an anonymous medieval English work and the Chinese classic, The Art of War, written 2,500 years ago by Sun Tzu.

The Buddhist Scrolls
Out of the turmoil of Afghanistan, several sensational collections of early Buddhist manuscripts have come to the West in the last ten years. They are the oldest original manuscripts of Buddhism still existing.

Atul Gawande
He is a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, and has several other prestigious roles in the US health policy and public health system. As well, he's a practising doctor and surgeon, editor, author, and New York Magazine writer. Atul Gawande discusses what makes a good doctor, how hospitals can be improved, and what he has learnt about the imperfect science of medicine.

Richard Rorty (1931 - 2007)

Caplan of George Mason Says U.S. Voters Lack Skepticism

Striffler, Professor, Says Poultry Industry Regulation Needed

Author Shlaes Says President Roosevelt Had `Vindictive' Streak

Stephen Roach Says Asia Needs `Pro-Consumption' Economies

Blaug, Professor, Says Economists Are Suspicious of Methodology

Margaret Schabas, Professor, Sees `No New Phenomena' in Economy
Margaret Schabas, head professor of the philosophy department at the University of British Columbia, talks about her new book, "The Natural Origins of Economics," the evolution of economic theory, the contributions of William Stanley Jevons and the value of history in teaching modern economics

Common Sense Philosophy

The Treasury War - with North Korea and Iran
Mark Gregory investigates how the US government has been economically squeezing its enemies in the "war on terror".

Muslim Army
Arab-American marines share their experiences of serving in Iraq

Winning the Peace - in Bosnia

Does Globalization Erode State Power?, featuring Daniel W. Drezner

Louka Katseli on Migration and Development

Journey into Islam -Akbar Ahmed

The Black Swan - Thinking the Impossible?

A Conversation with Secretary Henry M. Paulson

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

Democracy, Poverty, Growth and Social Exclusion
Alejandro Toledo, former President of Peru

The Great Globalization Debate
Alan Krueger, Stephen S. Roach, Matthew J. Slaughter