Long Distance Call

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  • Episode 9: Durian daze

    Geraldine has flown to Jakarta to visit Eliza and her family.

    They hit the city's furniture shops and discuss whether round tables lead to better dinner parties?

    But their plans for a dose of culture go awry. Eliza and Geraldine brave Jakarta's terrible traffic to visit the new modern art museum, only to find that it's closed for three months.

    These kind of frustrations punctuate life in Indonesia.

    The women also discuss the pressures on families during school holidays and the bliss of being freed from the daily routine.

    New York Times on Museum Macan Jakarta

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/arts/design/jakarta-world-class-art-museum.html

    The Children - Sydney Theatre Company

    https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2018/the-children

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    40 min
  • Episode 8: What's wrong with losing?

    What's wrong with losing?

    It's been three days since the Australian cricketers admitted to ball tampering in South Africa. Eliza is a huge cricket fan but hasn't liked the 'vibe' of the team for a while. The boorish behaviour on the pitch, the vitriolic send-offs and the win-at-all-costs mentality is ugly.

    Geraldine thinks the problem may lie in the corporatisation of sport. Eliza reveals that she falls into the trap of only doing things she's good at. She's tried to change that in Indonesia.

    Finally, Geraldine discusses Hugo Weaving's play at the Sydney Theatre Company.

    LINKS

    Jim Maxwell with RN's Fran Kelly
    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/australian-cricket-officials-lead-ball-tampering-investigation/9590634

    Trevor Chappell: Underarm ruined me

    https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/trevor-chappell-underarm-bowl-haunted-me-all-my-life/news-story/952c683ddf06bfe26831837f073b4047

    Saving Detective Breda by Lucy Cormack

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/saving-detective-breda-surgery-team-who-brought-officer-back-from-death-20180323-p4z5zx.html

    The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui

    https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2018/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui

    Review

    https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/hugo-weaving-plays-a-fascist-leader-for-the-ages-20180319-h0xon2.html

    36 min
  • Episode 7: An Indonesian tragedy

    This week Eliza and Geraldine discuss a memoir from former journalist, Cynthia Banham. She survived a horrible plane crash in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 2007 which killed 21 people, including five Australians. Her story is about determination in the face of adversity. But it’s also about love and gratitude for the help you receive after a traumatic event.

    One of the victims of the crash - the journalist Morgan Mellish – used to live in Eliza’s house in Jakarta.

    The women talk about how the relationship between Australia and Indonesia has evolved since that terrible accident.

    And they also muse about the secret to a happy life.

    'A Certain Light: A Memoir of Family, Loss and Hope': Jane Cadzow's profile of Cynthia Banham in the Good Weekend:

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/you-can-lose-so-much-and-yet-be-happy-cynthia-banham-s-revelation-20180314-p4z4av.html

    Cynthia Banham's interview with Fran Kelly on RN Breakfast

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/a-certain-light-a-memoir-of-family-loss-and-hope/9562032

    Morgan Mellish's obituary

    https://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/head-up-goals-achieved/2007/03/09/1173166982933.html

    Pilot blames all but himself for crash that killed five Australians

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/pilot-blames-all-but-himself-for-crash-that-killed-five-australians-20090310-8u5o.html

    Professor Tim Lindsey of the flailing diplomatic relationship between Australia and Indonesia

    http://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/australia-and-indonesia-going-separate-ways/

    Dennis Atkins' podcast 'Two Grumpy Hacks'

    https://soundcloud.com/twogrumpyhacks

    How to prime your brain to be happy

    https://www.gq.com/story/laurie-santos-how-to-be-happy-interview

    33 min
  • Episode 6: Being a "Good Enough Mother" & not-so-good yogi.

    This week's Long Distance Call starts with yoga. Geraldine loves it but Eliza finds it dull and would rather go for a run.

    Geraldine had a terrific weekend touring Sydney's hidden gardens and both women reveal their nerves about entertaining at home.

    Do kids need to learn Chinese language when they're four? Not necessarily. Geraldine tells Eliza about the "Good Enough Mother" movement from the 1970s.

    Finally, the women agree that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is a dill. And they worry about the rise of shady political players in Indonesia.

    Hidden Gardens: Sydney

    http://www.hiddendesignfestival.com

    Israeli Documentary - "No.17"

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385908/

    Fauda

    https://www.netflix.com/id/title/80113612

    Lior Raz on life post Fauda

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kk5NM7jEBE

    The Jewish Group +61J

    http://plus61j.net.au

    An article about Dr Donald Winnicott and the "Good Enough Mother"

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheila-quirke/mom-enough_b_1528132.html

    Washington Post: Kushner's overseas contacts raise concerns as foreign officials seek leverage

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/kushners-overseas-contacts-raise-concerns-as-foreign-officials-seek-leverage/2018/02/27/16bbc052-18c3-11e8-942d-16a950029788_story.html?utm_term=.031944b36166

    Geraldine's article about her recent trip to Rwanda to see the gorillas

    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/travel/rwanda-mountain-gorillas-kigali-genocide-memorial/news-story/8462ef0284b97b46049dac65e23e567c

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    39 min
  • Episode 5: Leaving Twitter and embracing compost.

    This week Eliza and Geraldine discussed:

    *Andrew Sullivan on social media addiction: I used to be a human being

    http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-my-distraction-sickness-and-yours.html

    *Clive Hamilton - Silent Invasion

    http://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/silent-invasion-by-clive-hamilton/9781743794807

    *Richo on Clive Hamilton

    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/graham-richardson/clive-hamilton-is-treating-us-as-mugs/news-story/adca7132b4c541e9b5ecaa1ec7d435f5

    *Thucydides Trap

    http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/09/the-thucydides-trap/

    *Matt Carney's analysis on President Xi's power grab

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-05/china-npc-moves-xi-jinping-towards-dictatorship/9504680

    *NYT on Europe's reax to President Xi

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/world/europe/europe-china-xi-trump-trade.html

    *Carrie Gracie: My equal pay campaign left me exhausted, isolated (behind a pay wall)

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/bbcs-carrie-gracie-equal-pay-campaign-left-exhausted-isolated/amp/

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    38 min
  • America -- making friends with Americans -- and survival in ExpatLand.

    Here are the links mentioned in this week's conversation:

    *Why this gun debate is different from the rest -- NYT

    https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/feb/23/why-this-gun-debate-is-different-from-the-rest/

    *John Kelly, the Trump secret sharer by Roger Cohen

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/opinion/john-f-kelly-trump-porter.html

    *How long can John Kelly hold on?

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/magazine/how-long-can-john-kelly-hang-on.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=5A4D1BFB2ABD57BFDC956C6D1FBE5973&gwt=pay

    *Gershom Gorenburg on moving the American embassy to Jerusalem

    http://prospect.org/article/capital-offense

    *Lady Bird review

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/18/lady-bird-review-greta-gerwig-saoirse-ronan-laurie-metcalf-observer

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    33 min
  • Geraldine's trip to Tasmania -- podcasting --- the resilience of radio.

    This week, Eliza and Geraldine talked about:

    The Bay of Fires walk in Tasmania https://eastcoasttasmania.com/discover/town/bay-of-fires/

    The Gunns Pulp Mill http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-29/conservationists-want-pulp-mill-permits-declared-void/8853388

    Indonesia set to soften its stance on the dealth penalty

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-11/indonesia-to-soften-death-penalty-stance/9320900

    Wasted: garbage season in Bali

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-21/bali-beaches-swamped-by-garbage/9467974

    Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty -- Midwinter Break

    http://www.bernardmaclaverty.com

    Richard Glover on the resilience of radio

    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/richard-glover-why-is-the-humble-radio-so-resilient-20180213-h0vzw7.html

    Jeremy Bowen -- Our Man in Middle East

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rmkcd/episodes/downloads

    Owen Bennett Jones -- The Assassination

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05rgk0d

    37 min
  • Barnaby, Hawkie and other salacious scandals

    This week, Eliza Harvey and her Mum Geraldine Doogue discuss Barnaby, Hawkie and modern politics.

    Links to topics we've discussed:

    Phil Coorey: Joyce as a leader was always a risk

    http://www.afr.com/news/barnabys-joyces-moral-authority-is-shot-20180213-h0w18b

    Caroline Overington on the Joyce scandal:

    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/barnaby-joyces-affair-with-a-staffer-needed-to-be-made-public/news-story/0e4d92f52f1a552caf704bc85a57ab88

    Richo in the Australian - Joyce and the PM's office

    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/graham-richardson/joyces-tactics-invite-intrusion-as-turnbull-fails-leadership-test/news-story/b5559f0248e2eb4b10fa97fd0091f9aa

    Hawke: The Larrikin and the Leader

    http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/hawke-the-larrikin-and-the-leader/

    35 min

About Long Distance Call

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Eliza Harvey is an Australian journalist who spent five years overseas in Indonesia and Lebanon before returning home to Sydney in 2020. During that period she made a weekly call home to her Mum --…