Age of distraction
Are we living through an age of distraction and if we are what cause it? How to have a difficult conversation and how to make a decision.
Published: with Amanda Vanstone
Duration: 53 minutes 16 seconds
This program is no longer in production.
Counterpoint examines a range of social, economic and cultural issues in Australian life — challenging some widely held assumptions, and introducing some new and some seldom-heard commentators.
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We are electric
When talking about African history why do we use the term precolonial? The limits of libertarianism and why men are so unhappy right now. We are electric, so are plants and animals.
Duration: 52 minutes 54 seconds
Published: with Amanda Vanstone
Censorship, cold, care and concrete
Has the censorship of words gone too far? Cold blooded animals are in trouble, can a fruit fly save them? What was life like for medieval babies? Concrete built the world and now its slowly destroying it.
Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds
Published: with Amanda Vanstone
Rotting brains and Nannaria Swiftae
Does social media really rot your brain? Why is stopping the use of coal so difficult. Australian women scientists have had a rotten deal over the years and naming plants and animals after people, good idea or not?
Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds
Published: with Amanda Vanstone
Rats might not have caused the Black Death. Have we got the animal all wrong?
Rats have a reputation for being disease-carrying vermin. But some experts say this is overshadowing the intelligence and potential of some rat species.
Published: by Sam Nichols
We know animals can develop mental illness. What isn't clear is how to treat them
There's growing recognition that animals can develop mental and behavioural disorders like humans, but there are important factors to consider when treating these issues.
Published: by Sam Nichols
'When you speak Russian, you have a great pain.' At 48, Olena decided to switch languages and she's not alone
Despite growing up with Russian as her dominant language, Olena Fedosieieva has now largely ditched the language in a show of solidarity. And she's far from alone.
Published: by Anna Kelsey-Sugg
An Egyptian god worried writing would make us stupid. He had much in common with those concerned with new tech today
It annoys ancient history specialist Louise Pryke that more of us don't know history's first known author. The story is an important part of the murky history of writing.
Published: by Anna Kelsey-Sugg
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