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Eliza's back! And so is LDC. What a time it's been since the last episode, with the Queen's death and Russian President Vladimir Putin's chilling warning to the West as his war in Ukraine falters.

This week Geraldine and Eliza discuss Russia and reflect on the future of the monarchy (and the propsects for the Australian republican campaign).

They've both watched 'The Split' TV series.

And Eliza mulls over Meg Mason's Sorrow and Bliss.

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The Elizabethan era is over – ABC Saturday Extra

The Weakness of the Despot The New Yorker (David Remnick)

Sorrow and Bliss – Meg Mason

The Split (Season 3)

About The Split’s writer, Abi Morgan

*My Salinger Year

The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson

In light of this week's Jobs & Skills Summit in Canberra, Eliza and Geraldine discuss the revolution that's occurring in the workplace.

For Geraldine, COVID offered a professional reckoning. She's bounded back into the office, convinced of its power to assist creativity and collaborative work.

For Eliza - still a big fan of the office - the workplace revolution has been transformative. The biggest change has been her ability to choose how to work: some days it's 9 or so hours with her colleagues, sometimes 5, sometimes WFH.

With that choice and flexibility has come freedoms. But she's also mulling over how to best structure the work week.

Also this week, new thinking about managing lower back pain.

The power of Elizabeth Strout's novels.

And Eliza's upcoming trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories with her charity Project Rozana.

We're taking a little break and will be back in 3 weeks. Thanks for listening!

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Empowering older Australians to keep working is the best solution to our skills shortage: Rebecca Huntley

The Office is Dead - The Ezra Klein Show

My Name is Lucy Barton - Elizabeth Strout

Project Rozana Australia

As this week's episode was drawing to a close, after a long conversation about movies and books, Geraldine dropped a clanger.

She reckons young people struggling to buy a house should buy a weekly Lotto ticket, in the off chance they win and can spend the money on a house deposit.

This sent Eliza into fits of laughter and left Geraldine bemused.

Eliza and Geraldine would love to know your thoughts! Email '[email protected]' or join the conversation at the Facebook page "LDC Podcast"

Also this week, the long Elvis movie.

And the joy (and darkness) of Elizabeth Strout's books.

Elvis movie

Olivia Newton-John

Judith Durham

Afterlife

Oh William!

Smiley’s People

Gaslit

All The President’s Men

The Lives of Others

Confederates in the Attic

How many new emails do you have in your inbox?

Eliza's personal email is a lost cause but in her new job she's implementing a colour-coded ordering system that will get her to 'inbox zero' every Friday afternoon.

Well that's the plan, at least.

Also this week, is Angela Merkel's legacy in tatters?

And what we can learn from the Country Women's Association (note: a lot more than scone making).

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Haute Couture

Is Merkel’s legacy in tatters? ABC RN Saturday Extra

The Rest is Politics podcast

Country Women’s Association marks 100 years

So You Think You Want To Live Younger Longer? Norman Swan

https://www.booktopia.com.au/so-you-want-to-live-younger-longer--dr-norman-swan/book/9780733648342.html

There's a crisis in Eliza's life: her beloved, expensive high heels have become crippling.

That's because she's developed a problem with the ball of her right foot, which is exacerbated by wearing this type of shoe.

So she really needs to retire the heels and invest in some flats. But that process is easier said than done.

Also this week, how do we work in the wake of the pandemic? Eliza ponders a new hybrid model.

And going back to the french TV series, The Bureau.

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Eliza's charity - Project Rozana Australia

How to be a Prime Minister - Don Watson

The future of the Liberal Party - George Megalogenis

The Bureau

The women are back after Geraldine's big European trip.

She had a wonderful trip, with a visit to Ephesus being a highlight. But her trip home turned into a 60+ hour nightmare and she still doesn't have her luggage.

On this episode Eliza and Geraldine talk about Boris Johnson's demise and how much Brexit played a role.

Eliza has been watching the January 6 hearings and reading about Ron DeSantis, the Republican Governor of Florida.

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In this LDC special, Geraldine brings you an episode of her new series on young people's experience of faith and belief in the Catholic Church.

She talks to Grace Brennan, who’s been instrumental in uniting Australia’s communities in the city and country.

Raised in Sydney, she went to school at Loreto Kirribilli. Her story of marrying a farmer and moving to Warren in western NSW, becoming a mother and starting up ‘Buy from The Bush’ is inspirational.

She describes herself as a proud Catholic, but says that she’s trying to navigate some of the more challenging positions of the church.

In 2019 with much of the country experiencing devastating drought and bushfires, she founded the ‘Buy from The Bush’ campaign. In the process, Grace started conversations, lifted spirits, created jobs, and saved businesses that otherwise may have failed.

As Geraldine prepares for her big European getaway, the women talk holidays and jetting back overseas post-COVID.

Eliza is moving through a podcast slump and is listening to Tina Brown's 'Palace Papers' on Audible, an expose on the last 25 years in the House of Windsor.

Also, the importance of a musical education.

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The Palace Papers - Tina Brown

Slow Horses

Madeleine – Helen Trinca

The Women in Black - Madeleine St John

Why didn’t they ask Evans? Agatha Christie

The Slow Fade of a Music Education – The Monthly - Anna Holdsworthy

Plenary Matters podcast

Geraldine and Eliza are back after a short break and there's so much to talk about: the new Federal government, Eliza's new job and Geraldine's European jaunt.

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Love and Deception James Hanning

Zelenksy: The Story (SBS in Australia)

Chums – How a tiny caste of Oxford Tories took over the UK Simon Kuper

https://www.booktopia.com.au/chums-simon-kuper/ebook/9781782838180.html

In the final episode before the 21 May election, Geraldine and Eliza deliver their verdicts.

The women agree that it'll be a Labor victory, but disagree on the merits of the campaign that's got Anthony Albanese to this point.

They also wonder what the Liberal Party will look like in the wake of defeat.

Also this week, Eliza on Louis Theroux's COVID diaries.

And Geraldine is watching "Anatomy of a Scandal" on TV.

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Friday’s RN Breakfast politics segment (featuring Sam Maiden)

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/politics-david-speers-samantha-maiden-scott-morrisons-launch/13880340

Tokyo Trial – Netflix

Anatomy of a scandal - Netflix

Theroux the Keyhole: Diaries of a grounded documentary maker - Louis Theroux

Elizabeth Warren on leaked Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade