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The Biography Show #006 - Akhenaten vs Moses

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

 
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I don’t know how many of you listen to my Biography podcast, but the episode we recorded today is, I think, pretty interesting, so i hope you don’t mind me throwing it into this feed.
Today we tackle two subjects - Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten (aka Amenhotep IV) and Moses. Originally we were going to do [...]

G’Day World #340 - Hilary Mine, MD (Australasia and North Asia) Alcatel-Lucent

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

This morning I was given an opportunity to interview Hilary Mine, Alcatel-Lucent’s Managing Director Australasia and North Asia, about the launch of the Alcatel-Lucent Broadband Environment Challenge 2008 they did this morning in Melbourne with Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
The Challenge looks to award the Eckermann-TJA Prize ($10,000 [...]

 
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G’Day World #339 - Donnie Maclurcan and Project Australia

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Today my guests is Donnie Maclurcan, Executive Director of Project Australia, a national organisation helping people launch ideas that seek to create positive social change within communities.
Donnie tells me how the idea came together, how it all works, and what they are trying to do. He’s a terrific example of someone who has taken the [...]

 
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G’Day World #338 - Amnesty Intl on China and Social Media

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

On today’s show I’m joing by Sophie Peer, China Campaign Co-ordinator for Amnesty International, Fi Bendall from the Bendall Group, and Ben Barren, social media baron, to discuss the online campaign Amnesty have run over the last 3 weeks to raise awareness of China’s human rights record. The campaign asked Australian bloggers to unite and [...]

 
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G’Day World #337 - Allon Klebanoff’s introduction to J. S. Bach

Friday, August 1st, 2008

One of the wonderful people I met while in Ajaccio was Allon Klebanoff, an Israeli historian who is the closest thing to a “Renaissance Man” that I’ve ever met. Allon gave a terrific presentation on naval art during Napoleonic times at the Congress and, over much alcohol and good food during five days, we discussed [...]

 
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G’Day World #336 - The Sammartino Method (aka How To Get Rich Slowly and Surely)

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Steve Sammartino is not only the founder of Rentoid.com (see G’Day World #306), he’s also one of the smartest money managers that I’ve ever met.

By age 33, Steve had built up a big enough share portfolio to be able to quit his corporate marketing job and live completely on the dividends. That was two years [...]

 
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G’Day World #335 - Mercy Ministries Survivor “Vickie”

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Today’s show is a continuation of the examination I’ve been doing around the relationship and practices of Gloria Jean’s Coffee, Hillsong Church and Mercy Ministries. Today’s guest is a former resident of Mercy Ministries in the United States. She spent 7 months inside Mercy about 8 years ago and is still today too frightened of [...]

 
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G’Day World #334 - Leo Sayer

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

In 1980, at age ten, I bought my very first LP record - “Living In A Fantasy” by Leo Sayer. I listened to it constantly - 20 years later I bought it on CD and today it’s always on my iPod. Leo has had several Number One hits around the world, “You Make Me Feel [...]

 
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G’Day World #333 - Matt Norman, Director/Producer “Salute”

Monday, July 7th, 2008

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My guest today is Matt Norman.

Matt is an Aussie actor/director/producer who has a new documentary coming out called “Salute The Movie” (watch [...]

 
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G’Day World #332 - Peter Singer, The Great Ape Project

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

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My guest today is Peter Singer.

He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and laureate professor at the [...]

 
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