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Recorded for the Environment Show Tues Feb 5th, 2025

Kathryn tells us what is worth re-reading...

Two excellent french films, D'Artagnan and Milady, cover the events in The Three Musketeers. Roman and Kathryn saw the films as part of the French Film festival screenings.

There are a lot of Godzilla movies, but Adam plans to watch all of them...

Yes, Adam now has an electric car. What can he do with it?

Roman discovers some interesting radio dramas to listen to, from the BBC and elsewhere.

The Environment Show interviewed David Noonan, Independent Environment Campaigner about the proposed Olymic Dam Expansion on June 2nd. If approved, the expansion would increase BHP’s already significant impacts on land, water, culture and wildlife. Further information is available at the Friends of the Earth website here  Check out David Noonan's recent briefing papers about the impacts of the pro...

3d radio's Environment Show talked with Eileen Darley from the Anti-Poverty Network SA about a new campaign called LIFE. This was recorded live on June 9th. For more information, check out the APN SA website at http://www.antipovertynetworksa.org/, or their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/antipovertynetworksa/    

Roman caught up with Playwright Henry Naylor one fine Sunday afternoon at Holden Street for a chat.

Roman looks at an interesting graphic novel

SF Fandom in first half of the 1970s Leigh Edmonds introduces the topic, SF Fandom in the first half of the 1970s, and panel: Rob Gerrand, Robin Johnson and Bruce Gillespie.   The Panel: Robin, Bruce, Rob and Leigh (Photo: Cath Ortlieb)  Leigh started by asking about the development of professional SF writing in Australia (2:25): Rob talked on the Easter 1974 writer’s workshop and the 1975 LeGuin...

We discuss several movies... and a TV show

Here’s the recording of the Fandom in the 60’s panel at Continuum 14, minimal editing. After a bit of faffing around with the recording mikes, Leigh Edmonds introduced the panel: Lee Harding, Rob Gerrand, Bill Wright and Leigh Edmonds (moderator). Leigh started by asking Lee to describe the state if SF in the sixties (1:46), and the embargo on American imports (2:11). Lee talked about Operation Fa...

We all caught the film, but opinions vary...  

Katherine and Roman discuss the interesting reboot of Hellboy.  

I think we were all surprised by the Aquaman movie...  

It's been a while since we managed to meet for a podcast session. We thought we'd talk about movies, so what better place to start than Avengers: Endgame?   We mentioned a timeline (useful to keep time branches straight); we enjoyed the one by E Byron Nelson, who notes My Comprehensive A:E Time Travel Plot Diagram This diagram includes every jump out and jump in point on all the timelines. In my a...

In part two of my 2014 interview with Polly Higgins, we start by talking bout why ecocide should be a criminal, rather than civil matter. Books: Eradicating Ecocide: Laws and Governance to Prevent the Destruction of our Planet  — www.eradicatingecocide.com/books Earth is our Business: Changing the Rules of the Game —  www.earthisourbusiness.com See Ecocide Act:  http://eradicatingecocide.com/overv...

Polly Higgins was a Scottish barrister, who left her career as a corporate lawyer to focus on environmental advocacy, and unsuccessfully lobbied the United Nations Law Commission to recognise ecocide as an international crime. Ecocide had been proposed as one of the international crimes against peace in 1996, but failed to be included in the final Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court....

Roman spoke to Venessa Petrie, CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions, and Michael Lord, author of their new report, Electrifying industry. They were in town for the Adelaide launch of the report. You can download this report, and earlier ones, from the BZE website: http://bze.org.au