Beyond Infinity

Beyond Infinity

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Beyond Infinity episodes

  • Lockdown Radio - Despite Tough Restrictions, Case Numbers Are Rising
    Live-to-air radio interview with Piers Cunningham and Brendon Telfer.
    If stage 4 restrictions don't work and even NZ can't control Delta, what will work to bring the numbers down? Mornington Peninsula vaccine rates well ahead of state average; Europe sets limits on American travellers as US 'pandemic of the unvaccinated' worsens; the unbelievably high cost of over 7 months of lockdown for Melbourne.
    13 min
  • Unprecedented Uncertainty (Part 2)
    Guy West, professional share market investor and a world chess master and Dr. Ian Storey, mathematician and lecturer in information systems share their thoughts on where the world's booming markets might be headed - the possibility of a catastrophic crash, how to balance a future of deflation versus hyper inflation and how to be less of a loser than the next person if things go pear shaped. Keep in mind this is a friendly chat and should not be construed as advice. We don't pretend to know the future.
    Part 2 of a 2 part long-form interview.
    52 min
  • Unprecedented Uncertainty (Part 1)
    Piers chats with Guy West, professional share market investor and a world chess master and Dr. Ian Storey, mathematician and lecturer in information systems about the world's exuberant financial markets and the risk of a so-called Minsky moment - a sudden, major collapse of asset values. Part 1 of a 2 part-long form interview.
    27 min
  • The Lockdown 'Cure' Is Worse Than The Disease
    In-depth interview with Mr. Geoff Wells, medical specialist and outspoken critic of prolonged lockdowns in Melbourne, which now exceed 200 days. He says we must learn to live with covid and end the city's sixth punitive and futile lockdown. He says the Victorian government lacks openness and transparency and is acting in a dictatorial, ineffective and cruel way causing incalculable damage to the lives of Melburnians. Geoff is particularly concerned about the harm to young people aged 14 to 17 years old and points to a dramatic 185% increase in calls to the Kids Helpline counselling service.
    41 min
  • Lockdown Radio - Melbourne Endures Seven Months Of Hard Lockdown
    Live-to-air radio interview with Piers Cunningham and Brendon Telfer. Melbourne's lockdown extended again, with tighter restrictions and a 9pm to 5am curfew introduced. The city of 5 million souls has been in lockdown for longer than anywhere else in the country, with devastating effects on people's lives, livelihoods and kids' education. We examine the demographics of Australians who've died from covid, plus overseas warnings of super variants emerging in the unvaccinated 3rd world.
    15 min
  • Lockdown Radio - Covid Numbers Heading The Wrong Way In Sydney And Melbourne
    Live-to-air radio interview with Piers Cunningham and Brendon Telfer. While Europe enjoys summer holidays, Australia's biggest cities are under wraps, with lockdowns extended as case numbers rise sharply in Sydney and remain stubbornly high for greater Melbourne. We discuss the limits of what lockdowns can achieve, vaccine certificates and how Oxford researchers are questioning the very notion of herd immunity.
    14 min
  • The War Has Changed
    We could be entering a new and dangerous phase of the pandemic, with delta and other super contagious variants threatening populations around the world. Piers discusses what can be done to stem the tide: high tech and low tech options and the limits to what lockdowns can achieve.
    15 min

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Broadcast every Tuesday at 11am AEDT on Radio Port Phillip 98.7 or 98.3 FM. It’s your weekly dose of science and technology.

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