Uncommon Sense

Don Driscoll, Professor of Terrestrial Ecology and President of the Ecological Society of Australia joined Amy to talk about the damaging effects of the NSW brumby protection legislation; Eminent Professor Jenny Graves AO, an evolutionary geneticist from La Trobe University came in to discuss the evolution of human sex chromosomes and whether the Y chromosome will disappear altogether; Amanda Duns...

Dr Daniel Chamovitz, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University spoke with Amy about his recently updated book, What A Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses (via Scribe Publications)

Writer Don Watson joined Amy to discuss his article A Pack Of Bankers published in The Monthly ; Dr Daniel Chamovitz, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University spoke with Amy about his recently updated book, What A Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses (via Scribe Publications); University of Melbourne Lecturer in French Studies Dr Andrew McGregor and ACMI Film Programmer Robe...

Eminent social researcher and author Hugh Mackay AO joined Amy in the studio to talk about his new book, Australia Reimagined: Towards A More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society . Author Bri Lee also came in to discuss her moving and courageous memoir, Eggshell Skull , which details her time as a Judge's Associate at the Queensland District Court and then as the complainant in her own case. Plus B...

Eminent social researcher and author Hugh Mackay AO joined Amy in the studio to talk about his new book, Australia Reimagined: Towards A More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society .

James Watson, Professor at the University of Queensland and Director of Science and Research at the Wildlife Conservation Society discussed his co-authored research published in Science journal, 'One-third of the worlds nature reserves are under threat from humans'; Zoologist and award-winning author Dr Danielle Clode discussed her book The Wasp and the Orchid: The Remarkable Life of Australian Na...

Journalist and Adjunct Researcher at Swinburne University of Technology, Nic Maclellan came into the studio to discuss his book, Grappling With The Bomb: Britains Pacific H-Bomb Tests (ANU Press)

Journalist and Adjunct Researcher at Swinburne University of Technology, Nic Maclellan came into the studio to discuss his book, Grappling With The Bomb: Britains Pacific H-Bomb Tests (ANU Press); Writer and Social Philosopher Anne Manne discussed her recent article in The Monthly , 'Gross Domestic Hoax:How the Australian Economy Rests on Womens Unpaid Work;' plus, New Matilda's National Affairs C...

Author Johann Hari spoke about his book, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions. Emma Dawson, Executive Director of Per Capita discussedtheir annual tax survey. UK film director Phil Grabsky chatted about his documentary, David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts . Plus, New Matildas Ben Eltham delivers the weekly politics wrap.

Author Johann Hari spoke about his book, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions

Conservation Ecologist and Director of the Threatened Species Recovery Hub, ProfessorBrendan Wintlediscussed Australias major impending bird and mammal extinctions and what we must do about it; Author Fiona Harari chatted about her new book, We Are Here: Talking with Australias Oldest Holocaust Survivors ; Actor Mark Wilson and Director Katy Maudlin discussed their play Right Now, which is showing...

Author Fiona Harari chatted about her new book, We Are Here: Talking with Australias Oldest Holocaust Survivors

Conservation Ecologist and Director of the Threatened Species Recovery Hub, ProfessorBrendan Wintlediscussed Australias major impending bird and mammal extinctions and what we must do about it

Author Stuart Kells and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation Professor Ian D. Gow, discussed the surprising history of accounting in their new book, The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly .

Award-winning historian and ProfessorEmerita(from ANU)Joan Beaumont, joined Amy to talk about a book she co-edited, Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship. Shetalked about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples participation in the Australian defence force since the Boer War.

Award-winning historian and ProfessorEmerita(from ANU)Joan Beaumont, joined Amy to talk about a book she co-edited, Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship. Shetalked about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples participation in the Australian defence force since the Boer War. Author Stuart Kells and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Corpo...

Dr Daniel Halliday, political philosopher at the University of Melbourne joined Amy in the studio for a chat about his new book The Inheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality and the Right to Bequeath. Feminist Educator, Writer and Public Speaker Karen Pickering discussed her upcoming Melbourne Free University lecture, The Politics of Menstruation and the Pervasiveness of the Menstrual Taboo; Plus,...

Dr Daniel Halliday, political philosopher at the University of Melbourne joined Amy in the studio for a chat about his new book The Inheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality and the Right to Bequeath.

Ben Eltham, National Affairs Correspondent for New Matilda, came in to discuss federal politics. Photographer Clare Rae and Gareth Syvret, Photographic Archivist at the Socit Jersiaise in the UK, came in to the studio to talk about the exhibition Entre Nous: Claude Cahun and Clare Rae, now showingat the Centre for Contemporary Photography. Then, musical improvisation troupe Spontaneous Broadway jo...

(feature)Mark McKenna, Professor of History at The University of Sydney joined Amy in the studio to discuss his Quarterly Essay Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future

Amy talks toBen Eltham about federal politics. Mark McKenna, Professor of History at The University of Sydney joined Amy in the studio to discuss his Quarterly Essay Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future Lastly, Dr Mary Tomsic and Dr Jordy Silverstein, Historians at The University of Melbourne came in to talk with Amy about their AFL history blog, History From the CentreSquare https://ce...

Amy was joined in the studio by former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs who came in to talk about her upcoming lecture at The University of Melbourne, 'The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in a Post-Truth Era'.

Barack Obamas former Senior Writer and Deputy Director of Messaging, Pat Cunnane, joined Amy to chat about his forthcoming book, ' West Winging It: An Un-Presidential Memoir' (out via Affirm Press), ahead of his talk at The Wheeler Centre.

Amy was joined in the studio by former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs who came in to talk about her upcoming lecture at The University of Melbourne, 'The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in a Post-Truth Era.' Barack Obamas former Senior Writer and Deputy Director of Messaging, Pat Cunnane, joined Amy to chat about his forthcoming book, ' Wes...

US film directorJennifer Breaspoke toAmyabout her Oscar-shortlisted documentary Unrest ,which chronicles her experience andthe experiences of others who have gone "missing" the sufferers of the significantly debilitating illness Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), aka "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Activist and ME suffererAnna Kerr,EmergeCEODr Heidi NichollsandBio21 InstituteresearcherDrChris Armstrong t...