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Eliza Harvey is an Australian journalist who spent five years overseas in Indonesia and Lebanon before returning home to Sydney in 2020. During that period she made a weekly call home to her Mum -- ABC broadcaster Geraldine Doogue -- to discuss the events of the week. Now those conversations happen around the dinner table. Both women are news junkies and mothers and avid Netflix fans. But Eliza is a Millennial and Geraldine's a baby boomer, which leads to a different take on life. Tune in for half an hour of laughs and conversation.

Long Distance Call Eliza Harvey

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Eliza Harvey is an Australian journalist who spent five years overseas in Indonesia and Lebanon before returning home to Sydney in 2020. During that period she made a weekly call home to her Mum -- ABC broadcaster Geraldine Doogue -- to discuss the events of the week. Now those conversations happen around the dinner table. Both women are news junkies and mothers and avid Netflix fans. But Eliza is a Millennial and Geraldine's a baby boomer, which leads to a different take on life. Tune in for half an hour of laughs and conversation.

    The Era of Cheap Money is Over

    The Era of Cheap Money is Over

    Thanks for listening!

    Get in touch via the Facebook group "LDC Podcast" or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com

    Oz's rising road toll, Seymour Hersh & the Fleishman Effect

    Oz's rising road toll, Seymour Hersh & the Fleishman Effect

    This week, Geraldine takes a dive into the latest concerning road toll figures.

    US journalist Seymour Hersh has won prizes and international acclaim for his investigations in the past. But is his latest theory on America blowing up the all-important Nord Stream pipeline a step too far?

    And how the TV adaptation of "Fleishman's in Trouble" has left some Manhattan mums wondering if they're in strife, too.

    Thanks for listening! Join the conversation at the Facebook page "LDC Podcast" or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com


    How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline - Seymour Hersh
    https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream

    ‘The Killing of Osama Bin Laden’ The London Review of Books, Seymour Hersh
    https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v37/n10/seymour-m.-hersh/the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden

    Osama Bin Laden Situation Room photo
    https://time.com/84553/osama-bin-laden-situation-room/

    ‘We profiled the “Signs of Crisis” in 50 years of mass shootings. This is what we found’ New York Times, Jillian Peterson & James Densley
    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/26/opinion/us-mass-shootings-despair.html

    Financial stress worse than COVID-19, says Beyond Blue CEO, Australian Financial Review
    https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/leaders/financial-stress-worse-than-covid-19-says-beyond-blue-ceo-20230209-p5cjbz

    Simone Young conducts Mahler’s First Symphony
    https://www.sydneysymphony.com/concerts/simone-young-conducts-mahlers-first-symphony

    ‘The Fleishman Effect’ The Cut, Caitlin Moscatello
    https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/the-fleishman-is-in-trouble-effect.html

    Geraldine's fed up with intermittent fasting

    Geraldine's fed up with intermittent fasting

    Geraldine has been on an intermittent fasting diet for the past three months.

    The 'it' diet had been recommended by many friends and dieticians in the media as the easy, hassle free way to lose weight.

    However, over summer, she'd had enough.

    The biggest problem was that she wasn't losing weight. But new scientific studies have raised questions about the risks and impact on the body of this method of dieting.

    Also this episode, do you feel guilty when you board a plane, given the environmental damage from the emissions? Eliza's says no.

    And book recommendations after a summer of reading.

    Thanks for listening to the 6th year of LDC. Leave a review on your podcast app, join the Facebook group 'LDC Podcast' or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com

    What direction is travel heading? ABC Saturday Extra
    https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/travel-predictions/101900786

    Germany at war with itself over involvement in Ukraine conflict – ABC Saturday Extra
    https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/germany-tanks/101900782

    Why Germany dragged its feet over supplying Leopard tanks - The Conversation https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-why-germany-dragged-its-feet-over-supplying-leopard-tanks-to-ukraine-198521

    Who is the Wager Group? BBC explainer
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60947877

    Spare – Prince Harry
    https://www.penguin.com.au/books/spare-9780857504791

    Best of Friends – Kamila Shamshie
    https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60410888

    ‘Lone Wolf’- The Quarterly Essay – Katherine Murphy
    https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2022/11/lone-wolf

    Salonika Burning – Gail Jones
    https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/salonika-burning

    Jennifer Johnston books
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/52834.Jennifer_Johnston

    The Shipping News – Annie Proulx
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7354.The_Shipping_News

    Global news podcast - BBC
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0gn/episodes/downloads

    Best of 2022

    Best of 2022

    Thanks for listening in 2022!

    ABC Boyer Lectures with Noel Pearson
    https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/boyerlectures

    Seasonal Symphony - Gardening Australia & Classic FM
    https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/seasonal-symphony/101776068

    Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump Maggie Haberman
    https://www.amazon.com/Confidence-Man-Making-Breaking-America/dp/0593297342

    Nancy Pelosi’s Legacy - New Yorker podcast
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-new-yorker-politics-and-more/id268213039?i=1000590452634

    Prospects for Ukraine - ABC Saturday Extra
    https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/mick-ryan/101780376

    Long read on Roy Cohn
    https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a29177110/wheres-my-roy-cohn-matt-tyrnauer-donald-trump-interview/

    Project Rozana
    https://australia.projectrozana.org/

    The Crown
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/

    How to dress ‘tech bro’
    https://www.ft.com/content/51cf1792-5955-4135-8b78-7346519c551b

    The Coming Storm podcast BBC Radio 4
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001324r

    The Split - TV series
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7631146/

    Lucy by the Sea - Elizabeth Strout
    https://www.penguin.com.au/books/lucy-by-the-sea-9780241606995

    Fleishman Is In Trouble - TV
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11527058/

    The interest rate theory of everything - Derek Thompson
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/id1594471023?i=1000587112430

    Ann Manov lashes She Said
    https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2022/11/she-said-review-myopic-timid-trivial-metoo-harvey-weinstein

    We could have been friends, my father and I Raja Shehadeh
    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720387/we-could-have-been-friends-my-father-and-i-by-raja-shehadeh/

    Geraldine’s interview
    https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/palestinian-s-past-and-future-at-the-heart-of-memoir/101775392

    The Lost King
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13421498/

    Blueback
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14201576/

    Summer has arrived but the long tail of COVID disruption looms large

    Summer has arrived but the long tail of COVID disruption looms large

    Christmas parties are back and a long, hot summer is on the cards.

    Eliza and Geraldine have been wining and dining but Geraldine thinks people are feeling particularly tired this December, more so than previous years. She puts that down to the long tail of COVID disruption and two years of forced adaptation.

    Also, facing up to the challenge of the renewable energy transition.

    And Eliza's new sporting obsession.

    Thanks for listening! Get in touch via our Facebook page 'LDC Podcast' or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com


    Superpower of the zero-carbon world - ABC Saturday Extra
    https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/superpower-of-the-zero-carbon-world-/101730346

    To Barbra With Love – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
    https://www.aso.com.au/events/to-barbra-with-love-an-80th-birthday-celebration/

    Stolen Focus Johan Hari
    https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Focus-Attention-Think-Deeply/dp/0593138511

    Sydney Modern Project – Art Gallery NSW
    https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/sydney-modern-project/

    Good Weekend article
    https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/very-modern-so-sydney-the-inside-story-on-building-the-agnsw-s-sparkling-new-wing-20220726-p5b4nv.html

    Yiribana Gallery Sydney
    https://www.sydneybarani.com.au/sites/yiribana-gallery/

    Between the Covers Bookclub (podcast)
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/between-the-covers-book-club/id1506557918

    The White Lotus season 2
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13406094/

    The Crown
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/

    The Wire
    https://www.hbo.com/the-wire

    Elizabeth Gyles Brandreth
    https://www.penguin.com.au/books/elizabeth-9780241637968

    The Hour TV series
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1778108/

    The Far Right Rises in Israel – The Daily
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/podcasts/the-daily/israel-election-benjamin-netanyahu-far-right.html

    Twitter's about to die

    Twitter's about to die

    Geraldine's been focussed on Australia's international diplomacy this week but Eliza's been reading about America.

    First it was the surprising midterm election results and then the big correction happening in the tech sector. She thinks that the tech leaders like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are the 'thought leaders' of this generation because they run media companies where an increasing volume of Australians get their news.

    They also discuss Sam Bankman-Fried and his failed crypto exchange FTX.

    Also this week, an exploration of whether trauma and infidelity can be passed on through the generations via DNA.

    And Eliza's new reading list.

    Thanks for listening!

    To join the conversation join the Facebook site "LDC Podcast" or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com


    Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway
    https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

    How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Collapse
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-bankruptcy.html

    ‘A Crypto Catastrophe: The Stunning Fall of FTX – and What Comes Next’ Plain English with Derek Thompson (podcast)
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/id1594471023?i=1000586338986

    Infidelity and Other Affairs Kate Legge
    https://www.booktopia.com.au/infidelity-and-other-affairs-kate-legge/book/9781760762810.html?source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQiAveebBhD_ARIsAFaAvrFgtPZvZb9irK0DEYekFt1zY0qYjSVuzVhssziNVwH9kTJqnD2V_a0aAvQ5EALw_wcB

    The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD Fergal Keane
    https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-madness-a-memoir-of-war-fear-and-ptsd-fergal-keane?variant=39767823450190

    Irish Independent’s review of Keane’s book
    https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/the-madness-fergal-keane-performs-an-exorcism-and-a-public-pledge-42128234.html

    The Rest is History podcast
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-rest-is-history/id1537788786

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