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I had the chance today to spend 15 minutes with Will Arnett, one of the stars of the new Will Ferrell/Jon Heder comedy “Blades Of Glory“. I caught the film earlier this week and it’s very funny, a lot funnier than I expected it to be actually. Definitely gets higher marks than Talladega Nights. Arnett […] The post G’DAY WORLD #246 – 50 Questions with Will Arnett...

I’m very pleased to have author Staton Rabin back on the show. She first joined us in February 2005 on episode #18! She joins me today to talk about her new book: It’s a fascinating period of history that I know very little about: Rasputin, the February Revolution, Anastasia, Alexei, etc. As I said to […] The post G’DAY WORLD #245 – Staton Rabin, The Curse Of The Roma...

Eliezer Yudkowsky (recently heard on G’Day World #238) is back. This time we’re having a discussion about another one of Eli’s favourite memes – rationality. We had originally planned to discuss his “Twelve Virtues of Rationality” but got side tracked into why “faith” and “religion” are irrational and dangerous and… well… we n...

Another show with the brilliant Dr Peter Ellyard today. I popped around to his place yesterday without any planned agenda and, as I had hoped, we ended up talking about a whole range of interesting things, including: What entrepreneurs dream about Peter’s introduction to the operas of maestro Richard Wagner How globalism and tribalism are […] The post G’DAY WORLD #243 – Dr...

Here’s the show you’ve been waiting for folks! What can I say about Vint Cerf? One of the founding fathers of the Internet. Winner of the Turing Award. VP and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google, Inc. Chairman of ICANN. Trekkie. He’s in Facebook. By the way, is it just me or does his cover photo […] The post G’DAY WORLD #242 – Vint Cerf appeared first on cameron...

My guest today (from Cafe Panetta in South Melbourne – try the Three Crows merlot, truly wonderful) on show n-1 (the last show before I have Vint Cerf on) is Gary aka “Wiz Nordberg” Wisniewski, Founder/CEO of SLCN, the Second Life Cable Network, “a professional video network designed to expand the in-world audience as well […] The post G’DAY WORLD #241 – S...

Rod Adams, host of TPN’s Atomic Show, joins me today to talk about nuclear energy vs solar and religion vs science. Don’t forget to make use of my new comments line – +613 9016 9699. If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure you don’t miss future episodes by subscribing to our feed and leave us […] The post G’DAY WORLD #240 – Atomic Religion appeared first on...

Today I ask you – what is it going to take for you to get off the bench? And wish my dead dad a happy 58th birthday. Here’s a link to the post on The Age and here’s a link to the J. Paul Getty book I mention. The post G’DAY WORLD #239 – Get Off The Bench! appeared first on cameronreilly.com .

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Wow. I just had one of those whooooooo moments, when the world spins. I was reading Brook Turner’s article on George Miller from last week’s Australian Financial Review magazine. Anyone who knows me well knows how much I admire George. MAD MAX and MAD MAX II are obviously the greatest Australian films ever made and […] The post Cam’s World 1 May, 2007 appeared first on came...

Once upon a time, in an internet far, far away, a young boy had a dream, that one day the internet would deliver a state of perfect information which would provide the basis for perfect competition. That is, assuming that all agents are rational and have perfect information, they will choose the best products, and […] The post G’DAY WORLD #233 – Chris Hitchen from GetPrice appear...

My guest today is Campbell Sallabank, CEO of LinkMe, a Melbourne-based social networking site that allows you to upload your resume and market yourself to thousands of recruiters and employers who are looking for staff. Don’t forget to make use of my new comments line – +613 9016 9699. If you enjoyed this podcast, make […] The post G’DAY WORLD #232 – LinkMe appeared f...

Happy ANZAC Day to all you Aussies! My guests today are Dr Pamela Gay and Fraser Cain from the very excellent Astronomy Cast! They agreed (a decision they may now regret) to try to answer some of my insanely big questions about the Universe. Questions such as: – what is the fabric of spacetime? – […] The post G’DAY WORLD #231 – Physics 101 appeared first on cameronrei...

I’m often criticized by those who know me best as being an incurable skeptic. So it’s my pleasure today to have as my guest Barry Williams, an Executive Officer with the Australian Skeptics and editor of their quarterly journal. Barry and I talk about the WHY and HOW of being a good skeptic. You can […] The post G’DAY WORLD #230 – The Importance Of Skepticism appeared...

No guest today, just a bit of a chat about: Robert Rodriguez’s cooking show on the Sin City Recut DVD this report that less than 7% of Australians believe cosmetics advertising a review of “The Receipt” by Will Adamsdale and Chris Branch, currently showing in the Melbourne Comedy Festival ExxonSecrets, a site that helps you […] The post G’DAY WORLD #229 – Sunshi...

A wonderful show today. I get to talk to Brian Dalton, the comic genius behind one of the hottest video podcasts on the web today – MR. DEITY. Brian talks about how the idea for the show came to him, his background as a “ForeMon” (a lapsed Mormon), his careers as a graphic artist, musician […] The post G’DAY WORLD #228 – Brian Dalton aka Mr Deity appeared first...

David Silverman has been an Atheist since he was six years old. He is an accomplished inventor with seventy-four patents, holds degrees in Marketing and Computer Science, and is the National Spokesperson for American Atheists, an organization in the U.S. dedicated to defending the civil liberties of atheists and advocating for the complete separation of […] The post G’DAY WORLD #227 &#...

Something a little different tonight… I was chatting with Benjamin Wilkoff tonight about doing a show for TPN about the intersection of education and Web2.0. We chatted about the challenge that the education system (and educators) seems to be having with adopting Web2.0 technologies rapidly into the classroom and curriculum as learning tools. I also […] The post G’DAY WORLD #226...

Did you ever meet someone so positive, so UP!!!, that just talking to them makes you want to lie down and rest? Jason Womack is one of those guys. Jason is a keynote speaker, professional educator and executive coach. After working for The David Allen Company (Getting Things Done) for seven years as a senior […] The post G’DAY WORLD #225 – Jason Womack, Mr. Motivation appeared fi...

Well I’ve had some pretty big guests on this show over the years – Noam Chomsky, Ray Kurzweil, politicians, businessmen – but today is the biggest guest so far. She’s the PodMother. The Matriarch of TPN. She goes by the pseudonym of Gran Jan but I know her as “mum”. Ladies and Gentlemen – my […] The post GDAY WORLD #224 – The PodMother appeared...

Tim Burrowes is the Group Editor at Reed Business who publish B&T Magazine, Australia’s largest advertising rag, and the new sister publication “Digital Media” which comes out here April 5. This is the one with the “40 Biggest Players of Australia’s Digital Age” article that Brad Howarth wrote. Tim and I chat about the launch […] The post GDAY WORLD #2...

Greydon Square is the future of hiphop. Raised an orphan by Seventh Day Adventists in Compton, Los Angeles, he did time at 17 for possession of a weapon, then joined the US Army for a tour of Iraq, where he did bible group in his spare time with a view to becoming a minister after […] The post GDAY WORLD #222 – Greydon Square, Atheist Rapper appeared first on cameronreilly.com .

Today I’m running a comment from Ken Kennedy (aka Kenzoid), long time listener, who is commenting on the recent religious stuff. Ken’s got his own blog and podcast, which you can check out here. Thanks for the comment Ken! Then I talk about 2012. Is it going to be the end of the world??? I’ve […] The post GDAY WORLD #221 – Kenzoid’s Comments and 2012 – The...

Russell Buckley is a pommy (did you know that pommy is most-likely a contraction of the word “pomegranate”?) living in Munich and, as CEO of AdMob, one of the world’s leaders in the field of mobile marketing. When he recently criticized some of the ads running on this show, I decided to get him on […] The post GDAY WORLD #220 – Russell Buckley on Mobile Marketing and...