Best John Curren Podcasts (2024)

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Interview with Richard Denniss, Inequality In Australia And How We Can Fix It 36:04

1d ago36:04

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Dr Richard Denniss talks all about inequality in Australia and how we fix it – the topic of his current national speaking tour. Richard is Executive Director of The Australia Institute. To attend the online live-streamed event being hosted in Adelaide, visit: https://australiainstitute.org.au/event/unequal-australia-adelaide/To listen back to Amy's…

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Interview with Ceridwen Dovey, Only The Astronauts 56:39

1d ago56:39

56:39

Acclaimed writer Ceridwen Dovey brings real space objects to life in her new collection of short stories, Only The Astronauts (Penguin Books). Ceridwen reflects on the stories and inner lives she creates for Elon Musk's rocket test mannequin, 'Starman,' as well as the International Space Station, the first sculpture ever taken to the Moon, the Voya…

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ASKITA E157 Leveraging the Temporary to Live on Your Terms 31:52

1d ago31:52

31:52

In this episode of ASKITA, John presnts a strategy you can apply to our life that will help you make the most of the inevitable...change in your life! If you are caught up in the drain of suck, make sure to catch this episode and get living on your terms.By John Curren

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Interview with Bruce Pascoe And Lyn Harwood, Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra 1:09:37

4d ago1:09:37

1:09:37

Amy speaks with Bruce Pascoe and partner Lyn Harwood about their new book, Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra (Thames & Hudson), which is a personal reflection on life, Country and the consequences of Dark Emu through six seasons on Bruce and Lyn’s farm. Bruce Pascoe is a Bunurong, Yuin and Tasmanian Aboriginal writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, …

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Interview with Johann Hari, Are The New Weight Loss Drugs Really A Magic Pill? 54:34

4d ago54:34

54:34

British best-selling author Johann Hari joins Amy Mullins to talk about his excellent new book, Magic Pill, which examines the benefits and risks of controversial new weight-loss drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy. Johann has in fact tried this medication himself and is conflicted about whether they are the miracle solution for obesity that they appear…

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ASKITA E156 Ignoring Ignorance 31:29

16d ago31:29

31:29

In this episode of ASKITA, John talks about how ignorance is seen as such a bad word. But it is only bad if you do nothing about your ignorance as living with ignorance is not always blisss. Listen to this episode and get your ass moving in a better more positive direction.By John Curren

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ASKITA E155 Parenting Your Emotion 19:48

17d ago19:48

19:48

In this episode of ASKITA, John talks about how easy it is to get pulled into certain emotions when you are going through something and how to pull yourself back from it shifting power to more positive outcomes. This is your life. Tell it to go clean your room and take out the trash. As with every episode, please visit www.aswiftkickintheass.com wh…

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Interview with Gabriel Shipton, The Fight For Julian Assange's Freedom & A Free Press 32:25

3M ago32:25

32:25

Julian Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton joined Amy Mullins to update us as to Julian's state of mind and health ahead of the UK High Court's impending decision, which is to be handed down tonight 9.30pm AEDT (10.30am London time). The court will decide whether Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange will be able to appeal the decision to e…

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Interview with Nick Feik, Uncovering Tasmania's Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Scandal 49:38

3M ago49:38

49:38

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 …

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Interview with Greg Jericho, Tax "Reform" In Australia & Transforming The Stage 3 Tax Cuts 39:29

3M ago39:29

39:29

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 abo…

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ASKITA E154 Toys In the Driveway 32:19

3M ago32:19

32:19

In this episode of ASKITA, John talks about a childhood dream that he has been trying to make real. His Dad doubted he could do it. His friends andf family laughed at him. But he never gave up and now it is happening! If you need encouragagement to keep going on a path full of twists and turns, you won't want to miss this one.…

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Interview with John Pilger, Remembering Journalist & Filmmaker John Pilger (1939–2023) 26:18

3M ago26:18

26:18

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…

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Interview with Sara Dowse, The History Surrounding Israel's War On Gaza 51:27

3M ago51:27

51:27

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 G…

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Interview with Angela Saini, The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule 1:00:02

4M ago1:00:02

1:00:02

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 migh…

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Interview with Adrian Martin, Jean-Luc Godard's Cinematic Masterpiece LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963) 1:11:09

4M ago1:11:09

1:11:09

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 tha…

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ASKITA E153 Navigating Uncharted Territory: From Discomfort to Courage 47:10

4M ago47:10

47:10

In this episode of ASKITA, John talks about how to approach life when you are taking risks...meaning you aren't really certain what is going to happen as a result of your actions. What to expect, and what you can do to make it less scary. All for those who want to kick ass in life. #KickAssInLifeBy John W Curren

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ASKITA E152 Eye to Eye With Real-I-T-Y 21:08

6M ago21:08

21:08

In this episode of A Swift Kick in the Ass, the last episode planned for 2023, John has you squaring off with Real-Important-to-You terms as he tells stories of his childhood aand answers what his Dad was thinking as he sipped his beer in the heat while his relatives froze. You may find out what is real important to John and this how. Take a Listen…

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ASKITA E151: I Just Called You A...What You Going to Do About it? 26:59

6M ago26:59

26:59

On this episode of ASKITA, John is in rare form dropping an F Bomb in yoour face. What are you going to do about it? If I tell you that is there is no choice, you wil pass me by. I would. But you wuold be missing out on the most brutally honest podcast designed to get your ass moving on a more positive path. Confrontation and how you choose to deal…

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ASKITA E150 Growing Change From the Inside Out 29:15

7M ago29:15

29:15

In the episode of ASKITA, John talks about how your decision to change begins with a Boot Right to the Ass! Bad Things Happen. The world can wear you down. You can get overwhelmed. If your world is crashing in around you, you will definitely benefit by listening to this episode and end with some specific things to do, approaches to think about and …

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ASKITA E149 Exploring the Dark Side of Nice 30:24

7M ago30:24

30:24

In this episode of ASKITA, John explores the little understood nature of being "nice", kindness and how others may use this in not so nice ways. Have a listen and take away a list of actions you can either use to protections or leverage to change your terms. Not sure if I cussed in this one. But, if you are follower of this show, you know some of t…

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ASKITA E148 Walking the Talk. Is it Really Getting You Where You Need to Go? 28:35

7M ago28:35

28:35

Are you living on your terms or just talking about it? In this episode, John talks about how he turned his thoughts into actions taking him to places he never imagined. Make time and space for another ASKITA.By John W Curren

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Interview with James Curran, Is China A Genuine Threat To Australia? 58:39

8M ago58:39

58:39

James Curran, international editor of the Australian Financial Review and Professor of Modern History at the University of Sydney, speaks in-depth about his latest essay for Australian Foreign Affairs, 'Excess Baggage: Is China A Genuine Threat To Australia?' James writes that, "Australia’s fears of China... are profoundly shaped by what is being s…

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Interview with Sean Reynolds on Melbourne's Ghost Signs & Protecting Chiltern's Archival Heritage 22:40

8M ago22:40

22:40

Sean Reynolds, cultural archaeologist and founder of Melbourne Ghost Signs on Instagram, speaks about his passion for ghost signs in Melbourne and Victoria more broadly, and tells us what they reveal about our local histories. He also tells us about a community fundraising campaign for the Chiltern Athenaeum Museum building to get a climate control…

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Interview with El Gibbs, The Disability Royal Commission And Its Findings 59:38

8M ago59:38

59:38

El Gibbs, writer and disability advocate, joins Amy to talk about the Disability Royal Commission's final report. The commissioner's handed down their their 222 recommendations in September after extensive hearings detailing the violence, abuse, and neglect of disabled people in Australia. El Gibbs analyses the Royal Commission's activities, its fi…

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Interview with Claire Deak, Recovering & Reimagining The Work Of Baroque Women Composers 30:02

8M ago30:02

30:02

Melbourne-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Claire Deak talks about her debut solo album, Sotto Voce, and the two women composers of the Baroque whose music she recovered and reimagined – Francesca Caccini (1587-c. 1645) and Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677). Some of their compositions are intuitively sensed and worked into new neoclassical compos…

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Interview with Elizabeth Tynan, The 70th Anniversary Of Britain's Atomic Tests At Emu Field 54:29

8M ago54:29

54:29

To mark the 70th anniversary of Britain's atomic weapons tests at Emu Field in South Australia – the first on terrestrial land in Australia – author and academic Dr Elizabeth Tynan speaks about her book, The Secret of Emu Field: Britain’s forgotten atomic tests in Australia. It was at Emu Field, SA on October 15, 1953 that a terrifying black mist s…

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Interview with Don Watson & Chris Wallace On The Voice Referendum Outcome, Israel-Palestine & AUKUS 1:07:14

8M ago1:07:14

1:07:14

Don Watson and Chris Wallace analyse the outcome of the Voice to Parliament referendum in-depth. They also examine Australia's response to the Israel-Palestine conflict and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and Labor's unwavering support of AUKUS, as outlined in Don's recent essay in The Monthly (link below). Don Watson is an award-winning author and fo…

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Interview with Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien, Understanding The Voice To Parliament 1:04:24

8M ago1:04:24

1:04:24

Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and award-winning journalist Kerry O'Brien sit down with Amy for a special in-depth conversation about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, which Australians will vote on in a referendum this Saturday 14th October 2023. Thomas and Kerry explain the history behind the Voice, why we should suppo…

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Interview with David Marr, Killing For Country – The Frontier Wars & Queensland Native Police 37:52

9M ago37:52

37:52

Acclaimed writer and journalist David Marr speaks in-depth about his new book, Killing for Country: A Family Story, which details Marr's great-great grandfather Reg Uhr's involvement in Australia's frontier wars of the nineteenth century as an officer of the Queensland Native Police. Uhr also recruited his two sons into the Native Police. Marr expl…

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Interview with Daniel James and Rachel Withers, The Voice to Parliament Referendum Roundtable 55:42

9M ago55:42

55:42

Triple R's very own Daniel James and The Monthly's Rachel Withers sit down with Amy to delve into the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, providing an in-depth analysis and answer to every question you might have about it before you vote at the upcoming referendum. Daniel James is a Yorta Yorta man, writer, broadcaster, and host of The Mission on Tripl…

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ASKITA E147 Sugar Coating Your Mental Health 25:56

9M ago25:56

25:56

In this episode John talks about how sugar turned out to play a much larger role in the state of his mental health than thought before. This is a hard discussion to have but one that is needed for both physical and mental health. Here are some of the articles referenced in the episode: https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-erythritol https://www.cnn.c…

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Interview with Peter Wohlleben, The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them 44:16

9M ago44:16

44:16

Amy's first ever interview for Uncommon Sense was with Peter Wohlleben on his debut book, The Hidden Life of Trees. Now. the German forester, conservationist, and best-selling author returns to discuss his latest book, 'The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them.' Amy and Peter delve into a wide-range of themes from the book…

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Interview with Cathy Leahy & Caitlin Breare, Rembrandt: True to Life – At The NGV 57:55

10M ago57:55

57:55

The NGV’s Cathy Leahy, Senior Curator of Prints & Drawings and Conservator of Paintings Caitlin Breare join Amy to discuss the exhibition, Rembrandt: True to Life, featuring the work of 17th century Dutch master, Rembrandt van Rijn. They give us insights into Rembrandt's fascinating life, his print-making, oil paintings, and drawing practice, as we…

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Interview with Thomas Mayo & Kerry O'Brien, The Voice To Parliament: All The Detail You Need 1:01:56

1y ago1:01:56

1:01:56

Indigenous leader and 'Voice' advocate Thomas Mayo and award-winning journalist Kerry O'Brien sit down with Amy for a special in-depth conversation about the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, which Australians will vote on in a referendum later this year. Thomas and Kerry explain the history behind the Voice and wh…

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Interview with Alison Pouliot, Underground Lovers: Encounters With Fungi 48:21

1y ago48:21

48:21

Ecologist, natural historian, and environmental photographer Dr Alison Pouliot returns to discuss her fascinating new book, Underground Lovers: Encounters with Fungi. Alison takes us into the fungi kingdom and shares her vast knowledge and global experiences of fungi with us. She talks about the conservation of fungi, indigenous uses of fungi, the …

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Interview with David Lindenmayer, The End of Native Forest Logging in Victoria 20:26

1y ago20:26

20:26

World renowned forest scientist Professor David Lindenmayer discusses the breaking news that the Andrews Labor state government has announced that Victoria will end native forest logging and native forest timber production by January 2024 – 6 years ahead of schedule. David talks about the decades long campaign to end native forest logging in Victor…

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Interview with Dorothy Wickham, What Life Is Really Like In Solomon Islands 51:04

1y ago51:04

51:04

Solomon Islander journalist Dorothy Wickham speaks from Honiara about what life is really like for people in Solomon Islands. Dorothy expands on the themes of her essay, The View From Solomon Islands: Our Priority Is Running Water, Not Geopolitics. She explains the serious political realities and domestic concerns of Solomon Islanders as their coun…

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ASKITA E146 Another Life Sits Down 15:24

1y ago15:24

15:24

In this episode of ASKITA, John talks about what to watch out for, as well as things that are going to cross your mind the next time Life knocks you down. You won't want to miss this episode, except if you think the word "ass" is too course for you.By John W. Curren

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