Uncommon Sense – Triple R FM Amy Mullins
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- Society & Culture
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Long-form conversations about politics and current events, international affairs, history, art, books, and the natural world – presented by Amy Mullins, Tuesdays 9am-noon on Triple R 102.7FM.
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Interview with Nick Feik, Uncovering Tasmania's Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Scandal
Freelance journalist Nick Feik speaks in-depth about his essay for The Monthly, 'The Rotten Core', which details his own investigations and the findings of a Tasmanian commission of inquiry uncovering decades of abuse towards young people in the state's care, including at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre and Launceston General Hospital. Nick also talks about the damning Richardson Report into the Home Affairs Department and the media's current lack of scrutiny towards the then responsible minister, Peter Dutton MP. Nick Feik is former Editor of The Monthly. Broadcast on 21 February 2024.
Listen to Nick's essay in full here (free): https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/03/the-rotten-core-audio-edition-by-nick-feik/ Or read it here: https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/february/nick-feik/rotten-core
Please note this interview contains topics that may distress some listeners, including allegations of child sexual abuse and harm to children. Please see helpline information below.
HELPLINES:
If you or anyone you know needs mental health support, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
For support related to child sexual abuse, you can call Bravehearts on 1800 272 831.
Children and young people up to 25 can seek help via the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800. -
Interview with Greg Jericho, Tax "Reform" In Australia & Transforming The Stage 3 Tax Cuts
Amy speaks with long-time blogging friend, turned journalist and economist Greg Jericho. Greg is a Guardian columnist and Chief Economist at The Australia Institute and he dives into the dubious political and policy debates around tax "reform" in Australia and the Stage 3 tax cut changes announced by the Albanese Labor government. He also talks about Australia's slowing inflation and the extent of the RBA's role in controlling it. Check out Greg's columns for the Guardian, 'Grogonomics' here: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/greg-jericho
Broadcast on 6 February 2024. -
Interview with John Pilger, Remembering Journalist & Filmmaker John Pilger (1939–2023)
We remember John Pilger, renowned Australian independent journalist and filmmaker, who passed away on 30 December 2023, by re-airing an interview Amy conducted with John at the Triple R studios in February 2017 on his prescient documentary, The Coming War On China (free to watch here: https://johnpilger.com/videos/the-coming-war-on-china). John was age 84.
Re-broadcast on 6 February 2024. -
Interview with Sara Dowse, The History Surrounding Israel's War On Gaza
Born in Chicago in 1938, author, artist, feminist, and commentator Sara Dowse speaks in-depth about her Jewish family history and how it is intertwined with the history of Zionism and specifically the dissenting voices within it who disagreed with the establishment of the state of Israel at the expense of Palestinians – those such as Asher Hirsch Ginsberg who wrote under the pen name Ahad Ha’am ("man of the people"). You can read Sara's columns for John Menadue's Pearls and Irritations on Israel's silencing of its critics: https://johnmenadue.com/what-good-comes-from-israel-silencing-criticism/ as well as The Sabra transformed: https://johnmenadue.com/the-sabra-transformed/ Sara's book about her Great-Aunt is called, As the Lonely Fly: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Dmv9DwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Broadcast on 6 February 2024.
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Interview with Angela Saini, The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule
For International Women's Day, award-winning author and science journalist Angela Saini joins Amy from New York to talk about her latest book, The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule. Angela delves into the origins of "the patriarchy" and gendered oppression and finds that patriarchal societies are a far more recent historical development than we might imagine. She also talks about our fascination with matriarchy and women-led matrilineal societies and reveals that many different types of matrilineal societies exist across the world today. Angela explains how patriarchy is not inevitable and what feminists and people seeking a gender equal world can do to turn the tide. The Patriarchs was shortlisted for the 2023 Orwell Prize. It's published by Harper Collins Australia.
Angela's previous books are, Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong, and Superior: The Return of Race Science.
This is the extended full version of the interview with Angela Saini. Broadcast on 5 March 2024. -
Interview with Adrian Martin, Jean-Luc Godard's Cinematic Masterpiece LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963)
Renowned Australian-born film critic Adrian Martin joins Amy to discuss the brilliance of Jean-Luc Godard’s cinematic masterpiece, LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963), starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, and Fritz Lang. Filmed in Capri, Italy, LE MÉPRIS depicts the breakdown of a marriage, but it is also about much more than that as you'll hear. It has been newly restored in 4k and is having its Australian premiere at Europa Europa Film Festival in Melbourne on the 6th and 11th March 2024 (Hawthorn and Elsternwick). The screenings are co-presented by Melbourne Cinémathèque.
This is the extended full version of the interview. In the original interview that aired, we heard some of the iconic music by Georges Delerue who composed the epic and sweeping soundtrack to LE MÉPRIS, including Générique: https://youtu.be/N_QiBDGJ__4?si=7wNYLiERT0AbaGDp and Camille: https://youtu.be/ZPtQWm2QmXI?si=k5J639911cysfrVY
To view Godard's films from home, they can be found at your local library, university library, Picture Search Video & Vinyl in Richmond, on Kanopy (often via your library's subscription: https://www.kanopy.com/video/contempt), and Apple Movies and Google Movies. His films are distributed in Australia by Madman Entertainment and Umbrella Entertainment.
Read Adrian Martin's film essays and criticism on his website: https://adrianmartinfilmcritic.com
Broadcast on 5 March 2024.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant interview with Marina Benjamin
A wonderful, insightful, considered interview with Marina Benjamin about her book about women’s work. Amy’s interviews are always thought provoking but this one stirred up so many emotions - I was laughing and crying. A necessary topic discussed in an accessible and deep way.
Fearless factual and forthright
Amy and her team produce fantastic in-depth analysis of the week’s news events that relate to health, environmental, political, and economic matters. Their work deserves a far bigger audience.
My favourite show!
Always well researched and thoroughly interesting show. I’m so glad this is now a podcast.
Well done to you, Amy Mullins!