April 30, 2009, 11:05 pm
University of Adelaide Geology Professor Ian Plimer has recently published “Heaven and Earth”, a book “aimed at the average punter” in which he refutes the notion that climate change is happening by the hands of humanity.
The book has received extensive mass media coverage including three positive pieces in The Australian newspaper. Barry Brook, a colleague of Professor Plimer’s, challenges his arguments and questions the evidence Plimer uses in his book. Brook has appeared to a much lesser extent in the mass media.
Craig Nielsen took this opportunity to talk to Professor Brook about Plimer’s book and the general state of the “climate debate” in academia and the mass media.
Barry Brook holds the Foundation Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change and is Director of Climate Science at The Environment Institute, University of Adelaide. You can check out Barry’s blog Brave New Climate for his review of Plimer’s book, ongoing discussion and media links.
This talk was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 29th of April.
April 30, 2009, 6:00 am
Freelance journalist Musafa Qadri talks about U.S. President Obama’s new strategy concerning the war in Afghanistan and the role Pakistan is to play in that conflict. How have things changed with the new administration?
This talk was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 15th of April
April 27, 2009, 7:47 am
Journalist Kim Bullimore is an International Womens’ Peace Service member who has extensive experience in Gaza.
Julia spoke to Kim concerning the aftermath of the Israeli invasion of Gaza in late 2008.
This talk was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 15th of April
April 8, 2009, 11:10 am
Angus is the editor of climateandcapitalism.com and founder of the Eco-socialist International Network.
He is also associate editor of Socialist Voice and the director of the Socialist History Project.
Ian was on tour in Australia in the run up to the World at a Crossroads conference to be held in Sydney on the Easter weekend.
Ian’s talk addressed the link between our capitalist economic system and the degradation of our environment. This talk was recorded at the Adelaide South West Community Centre on Sunday the 5th of April.
This talk was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 8th of April
April 4, 2009, 11:23 pm
Political analyst Sameer Dossani talks about the global financial crisis and the myths surrounding it’s cause and U.S. capitalism. He discusses what will be the likely attempts to recover from the crisis and lessons to be learnt from countries following policies different to that proposed by the World Bank and the I.M.F.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 18th of March
April 4, 2009, 11:18 pm
Founder of Axis of Logic , Les Blough talks about the attitude of Cubans towards the Obama administration. U.S. President Obama’s desire to “bring Cuba in from the cold” is discussed by Les from a Cuban perspective.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 25th of March
April 4, 2009, 11:09 pm
Tom Englehardt is the co-founder of TomDispatch.com a network of scholars and academics critical of the imperialist endeavours of the U.S. He discusses the “Language of Empire” as it used by the U.S. administration and media to describe, obscure and justify U.S. imperialism.
Julia started by asking Tom about the implication of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates’ uses of the term “putting an Afghan face on the war in Afghanistan” in regards to the imperialist motivations of the US.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 25th of March
