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1 Who can speak for whom to whom about what? — with writer and poet Ian Williams (CBC Massey Lecture 4) 53:00
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedWe're in an era where many people feel an ownership over certain words, and how a community expresses itself. The term "appropriation" has come to create guardrails around what can be said and by whom. Award-winning Canadian writer Ian Williams considers the role of speech and silence in reallocating power, and what it means to truly listen. The CBC Massey Lecture series What I mean to say — remaking conversation in our time was recorded live across Canada in November 2024. This fourth lecture Who can speak for whom to whom about what? was recorded in Victoria, British Columbia. Speakers Ian Williams Poet and author, Reproduction (Scotiabank Giller Award winner), Disorientation. Being Black in the World, Word problems (Raymond Souster Award 2021), and moreProfessor of English and director of the Creative Writing program at the University of Toronto Kathryn Marlow Local radio host, CBC Victoria Nahlah Ayad CBC Ideas host Further information: Since 1961, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has produced the Massey Lectures featuring leading Canadian thinkers asking questions that make us better human beings. The lectures are a partnership between CBC, House of Anansi Press, and Massey College in the University of Toronto.…
1 Personal conversations — with writer and poet Ian Williams (CBC Massey Lecture 3) 53:07
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedBookstores are full of titles that are supposed to help us deal with difficult conversations — about emotions, misunderstandings and hurt feelings. The problem is that difficult conversations are almost always about something other than what they seem to be about. And what we're actually looking for in a conversation isn't always answers — it's communion. The CBC Massey Lecture series What I mean to say — remaking conversation in our time was recorded live across Canada in November 2024. This third lecture was recorded in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Speakers Ian Williams Poet and author, Reproduction (Scotiabank Giller Award winner), Disorientation. Being Black in the World, Word problems (Raymond Souster Award 2021), and moreProfessor of English and director of the Creative Writing program at the University of Toronto Leisha Grebinski Local radio host, CBC Saskatoon Pratyush Dayal Journalist, CBC News Further information: Since 1961, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has produced the Massey Lectures featuring leading Canadian thinkers asking questions that make us better human beings. The lectures are a partnership between CBC, House of Anansi Press, and Massey College in the University of Toronto.…
1 Public conversations — with writer and poet Ian Williams (CBC Massey Lecture 2) 52:12
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedPublic space is important for democracy. This is where we articulate our values, and perhaps change our minds. So how do we open ourselves up to connection with strangers while safeguarding our personal sovereignty and resisting efforts to convert us? And what can we learn from our conversations with strangers and loved ones alike about how to navigate the murky waters of national conversations? The CBC Massey Lecture series What I mean to say — remaking conversation in our time was recorded live across Canada in November 2024. This second lecture Public Conversations was recorded in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Speakers Ian Williams Poet and author, Reproduction (Scotiabank Giller Award winner), Disorientation. Being Black in the World, Word problems (Raymond Souster Award 2021), and moreProfessor of English and director of the Creative Writing program at the University of Toronto Jamesie Fournier Writer Simeone Kisa-Knickelbein Actor Further information: Since 1961, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has produced the Massey Lectures featuring leading Canadian thinkers asking questions that make us better human beings. The lectures are a partnership between CBC, House of Anansi Press, and Massey College in the University of Toronto.…
1 Why we need to have a conversation about conversations — with writer and poet Ian Williams (CBC Massey Lecture 1) 52:27
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedEver felt that no one is really listening? At a time when we're more connected than ever, why does it seem like we can barely talk to each other? Civic and civil discourse have deteriorated, and the air is raw with anger and misunderstanding on all sides. Award-winning Canadian author and poet Ian Williams is reviving the lost art of conversation in his CBC Massey Lecture series What I mean to say — remaking conversation in our time . These lectures were recorded live across Canada in November 2024. The first lecture Why we need to have a conversation about conversations took place in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Speakers Ian Williams Poet and author, Reproduction (Scotiabank Giller Award winner), Disorientation. Being Black in the World, Word problems (Raymond Souster Award 2021), and moreProfessor of English and director of the Creative Writing program at the University of Toronto Steve Sutherland CBC local radio host, Sydney, Nova Scotia Wendy Bergfeldt CBC local radio host, Sydney, Nova Scotia Further information: Since 1961, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has produced the Massey Lectures featuring leading Canadian thinkers asking questions that make us better human beings. The lectures are a partnership between CBC, House of Anansi Press, and Massey College in the University of Toronto.…
1 Australians – the ‘aristocrats’ of Asia? The Lucky Country 60 years on 55:36
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedIn his influential 1964 book The Lucky Country, Donald Horne wrote that Australians played an aristocratic role in Asia: "rich, self-centred, frivolous, blind". A lot has changed in 60 years, but does Australia still think it's better than its neighbours? Recorded at the Australian Academy of the Humanities annual symposium , The Ideas and Ideals of Australia — The Lucky Country turns 60, on 13 — 15 November 2024 at the Australian National University. Speakers Louise Edwards Emeritus Scientia Professor of Chinese History, University of New South Wales Nick HorneEditor, Donald Horne: Selected Writings (2017)…
1 Choices created Australia's housing mess, what choices will fix it? Natasha Mitchell and guests 58:09
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedAustralia's housing crisis hasn't always been with us. So what choices created it, and what choices are now needed to fix it? Buying a house is now out of reach if you're on an average wage, and rental options are expensive and precarious. If we don't address the issues urgently, generations to come will face homelessness or profound poverty paying rents on a pension. There are solutions. Are politicians courageous enough to try them? Join Natasha Mitchell and guests at Adelaide Writers Week . Speakers Maiy AzizeDeputy Director of Anglicare Australia National spokesperson, Everybody's Home campaign Alan Kohler Finance journalist and presenter with ABC NewsAuthor, Quarterly Essay: The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix it (2023) Amy Remeikis aka @PyjamaPolitics Chief Political Analyst, The Australia Institute Jordan van den Lamb aka @PurplePingers Rental activist and advocate2025 Senate candidate, Victorian Socialists Thank you to Adelaide Writers Week and to Anna Chang from the Australia Institute.…
1 Free your attention — meditation and mindfulness in the digital age 54:05
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedHow many times have you checked your phone today? How many tabs are open in your web browser? Do you feel in control of your attention? In the digital age, attention is now a commodity. Can practices like meditation and mindfulness help us feel more free to focus on what really matters? This event was hosted at the Brunswick Ballroom by the Sophia Club in partnership with the University of Melbourne's Contemplative Studies Centre . Speakers Jess Huon Meditation trainer, authorised Dharma teacher, writer (The Dark Wet) Nicholas Van Dam Director of the Contemplative Studies Centre at the University of MelbourneAssociate professor, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne Brigid Hains (host)Editorial director, Aeon Media Matthias Schack-Arnott Musician…
The structures of families have gotten complex, even messy. Patchwork families are increasingly common. You can a birth mother, a genetic mother and a social mother. People choose friends as kin. How have families and communities changed? Presented at the Byron Writers Festival , supported by the Byron Shire Council. Speakers Kon Karapanagiotidis CEO and Founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre; author of A Seat at My Table: Philoxenia Marina Kamenev Former deputy arts editor of the Moscow Times, author of Kin Molly Schmidt Writer and journalist, author of Salt River Road Rosemarie Milsom Founding director of Newcastle Writers Festival, journalist and broadcaster Also listen to Future Tense: The greatest demographic shift in a century is being ignored: single living…
1 Riverhood — oral histories in the Murray Darling Basin 53:53
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe Murray Darling Basin is the most important river system in Australia, and the most contested. What does it mean to live by those rivers, through the droughts, the floods, and the water politics that shape these communities. A beautiful and evocative history of the Murray Darling Basin, as told by people who live there. This speech was recorded at the History Council of Victoria's annual lecture at the State Library of Victoria on 14 November 2024. Speakers Katie Holmes Professor in History and Director of the Study of the Inland at La Trobe UniversityAuthor, Mallee Country: land, people, history, Reading the Garden: the Settlement of Australia and more…
1 Vested interests vs public interest? How the fossil fuel industry captures Australian governments 54:06
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedHow has the fossil fuel industry wielded influence over Australian governments and their policies? What does it take to make ambitious change in the public interest, without vested interests getting in way? Join Natasha Mitchell and guests at Adelaide Writers Week. Speakers Dr Richard Denniss Economist and Executive Director of The Australia Institute Author of BIG: The Role of the State in the Modern Economy (2022) Ross Garnaut EconomistProfessor Emeritus in business and economics, University of MelbourneBoard director of renewable energy company ZEN ENERGYAuthor of Let's Tax Carbon: And other ideas for a better Australia (2024), Superpower: Australia's Low Carbon Opportunity (2019) Sarah Hanson-Young Senator for South AustraliaGreens spokesperson for arts and communications, and environment and water Royce Kurmelovs Freelance journalistAuthor of Slick: Australia's Toxic Relationship with Big Oil (2024)…
The citizens of France have a notoriously conflicted relationship with the state. Their suspicion, if not resentfulness, of state power has played out in myriad revolts over the centuries and continues with repeated protests and riots to this day. It shapes the country's political and social fabric … from the set-up of their local sports clubs to their global foreign politics ambitions. The picture that emerges is one of a nation struggling to reconcile its core political values with the realities of a diverse society. Presented at FASStival , the University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Festival Speaker Emile Chabal Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Edinburgh, Author of France…
1 Can the International Criminal Court deliver justice? 54:11
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedThe International Criminal Court has issued high-profile arrests warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over their conduct in the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. But although the court's role is to end impunity for war crimes, many are now questioning whether it has the power to perform that vital duty. This event was recorded at the University of Tasmania on 11 February 2025. Speakers Alex Whiting Professor of Practice, Harvard Law SchoolFormer Acting Specialist Prosecutor for the Kosovo Tribunal in The HagueFormer Investigation Coordinator and then Prosecution Coordinator in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The HagueTrial Attorney and then a Senior Trial Attorney with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 2002-2007 Regina Weiss (host)Barrister, Tasmanian BarFormer war crimes prosecutor, International Criminal CourtCounsel to the ICC on victims, defense, sexual and gender-based violenceChair of the Australian Red Cross — Tasmania International Humanitarian Law Committee Tim McCormack (host)Professor of International Law, University of TasmaniaFormer Special Adviser on War Crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague (2010-2024)…
1 Helen Garner on footy, boys, and growing old 54:05
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedA "Homeric struggle", a desperate night-ballet, an ethical training ground for boys and men. Aussie Rules is a multimillion-dollar industry, but at its heart, to thousands of people, it's much more than that. Including to Australian literary great, Helen Garner. This event was recorded at the National Library of Australia on 20 February 2025. Speakers Helen GarnerAuthor, The Season, Monkey Grip, The Children's Bach, The First Stone, Joe Cinque's Consolation, The Spare Room, This House of Grief and more Beejay Silcox (host)Critic, writer, outgoing Artistic Director, Canberra Writers Festival…
1 Is America on the cusp of collapse under Trump? Natasha Mitchell and guests at Adelaide Writers Week 53:31
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedDonald Trump's return to The White House is up-ending the way America works — at home and on the global stage. Does it herald the potential social, political, and constitutional collapse of United States? The world has watched nations sleepwalk into ultranationalist fascism before, is this that moment? Or is American democracy more resilient than any one demagogue? Are we on the cusp of new world order, and how will Australia play its cards if the USA no longer has our back? This event was presented by Adelaide Writers Week and the Australia Institute . Speakers Dr Emma Shortis Author, Our Exceptional Friend: Australia's Fatal Alliance with the USDirector of The Australia Institute's International & Security Affairs program Dr Nick Bryant Journalist, historianAuthor, The Forever War: America's Unending Conflict with ItselfFormer BBC correspondentPresenter of Saturday Extra on ABC Radio National Allan Behm Author, The Odd Couple: The Australia-America Relationship (2024)Special Advisor, International Political Affairs, The Australia Institute Dr Prudence Flowers Author, The Reagan Revolution (2025)President, Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association Senior lecturer in US history at Flinders University…
A trip to Bunnings, a Medibank or Optus account, a new smart car or vacuum, every facet of our daily lives is now up for grabs. So should privacy continue to be our individual responsibility, or is it time for governments do more? This event was recorded at the State Library of Victoria on 19 November 2024. Speakers Hugh de Kretser President, Australian Human Rights Commission Lizzie O'Shea Founder and chair of Digital Rights Watch Principal lawyer at Maurice Blackburn Ed Santow Co-Director of the Human Technology Institute at the University of Technology SydneyCo-author, Machines in Our Image: The Need for Human Rights in the Age of AI Daniel Nellor Philosopher, playwright and co-author, Machines in Our Image: The Need for Human Rights in the Age of AI Further information: First tranche of the Federal Government's privacy reforms Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024…
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