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As the political year draws to a close in Canberra, an election is looming for the not-too-distant-future.

Geraldine and Eliza discuss an article published in the Australian Financial Review this week headlined “This election is about who you trust not the change your lives”.

It's written by the head of a Labor-aligned think tank, the John Curtin Research Centre.

The article concludes that “these are nation-building times, but people desire change with continuity”. So what does that mean for the contest at the next election?

Also this week, Eliza’s pick for TV interview of the year.

Geraldine watches a new documentary on Billy Graham.

And the pros and cons of fake fruit.

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Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Good Friday Peace Agreement

Project Rozana

This election is about who you trust not the change your lives - Australian Financial Review

BBC's Steve Rosenberg interview President Lukashenko

Fake fruit is trendy again - NYT

Geraldine and Eliza discuss a new three-part series on 'cancel culture' recently published in 9 Newspapers.

James Button, the former speechwriter for Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and son of Hawke Government minister John Button, has undertaken the important but challenging task of looking at this movement which began in the United States. In this series, Button explores the rise of cancel culture in Australia and how these conversations are influencing progressive politics.

Also this week, hunting for the right dress as we emerge back into public life.

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'They cancelled me as a human' What nearly killed logie winner Hugh Sheridan - article 1

Gender, Sex and Power: the debate dividing universities - article 2

The educational divide that threatens to split the left - article 3

The demoralising search for the dress that fits - Kristie Clements, The New Daily

Have you listened to a new good podcast recently?

Eliza recently trawled through the Apple iTunes Top Charts for new content.

She found '9/12' which explores how September 11 shaped American culture.

It's one of the best things she's ever listened to.

Also this week, Geraldine on John Bell's Boyer Lecture series.

And a new, dark twist on one of Geraldine's favourite TV shows, Grantchester.

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9/12 podcast

Rolling Stone on the podcast 9/12

Pineapple Street Studios

Because of Anita - podcast

Mayday - BBC podcast

Life Sentences Biography Today - podcast with Caroline Baum

The Boyer Lectures with John Bell

Grantchester - ABC Iview

Did you know that the Dollarmites program had been cancelled?

Geraldine and Eliza missed the news.

In October, the Commonwealth Bank cancelled its school-banking program after criticism that it pushed banking products on children, instead of being an educational tool about financial literacy.

Eliza and Geraldine discuss the pros and cons of talking to kids about money and what it reveals about your family.

Also, the nuance and depth of the TV show 'Morning Wars'.

Eliza binged season 1 on her break from work and recommends it to her Mum.

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Commonwealth Bank drops Dollarmites - CHOICE

Morning Wars brings nuance, complexity to hot-button topics of the day - SMH

Hello Sunshine - Reese Witherspoon's production company

We're less than two weeks away from the big climate change conference in Glasgow, COP 26.

Which means news bulletins are heavy with acronyms and jargon that few of us really understand.

Eliza wants to rebrand 'net zero' into something that makes a bit more sense. In fact she wants a whole new conversation around climate change and the ways in which we (and the Government) intend to respond to it.

Also this week, deadly clashes in Lebanon.

And the pros and cons of internet shopping.

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Big news this week: Eliza has a new job! And she's launched a new podcast.

She's moving to 'The Squiz' as Content Director. She'll write the Squiz Daily email and co-host the podcast, which is a quick hit of news designed to fit into busy people's morning routine - for the commute, the gym or over a morning coffee.

Eliza started as an ABC cadet in the Hobart newsroom in 2007. It's a big & exciting change.

Also this week, Eliza's launched 'Reunion: The Podcast'.

She was meant to be celebrating her 20 year school reunion with a big party in Sydney. But Delta interupted those plans. So she's joined forces with her friend Grace Brennan to catch up with old school mates. Some loved their time at school, while others felt trapped. Grace and Eliza want to know why; and how school shaped their choices in later life.

Geraldine reflects on her podcast 'Plenary Matters' and what it revealed about the state of the Cathoic Church.

And why covid will be an era, not a crisis.

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The Squiz

Reunion: The Podcast

Plenary Matters

Past Pandemics Remind Us Covid Will Be an Era, Not a Crisis - NYT

Geraldine is launching a new podcast called "Plenary Matters".

She'll follow a big, important gathering of the Catholic Church in Australia called the Plenary Council which will govern the future of the institution, of which she cares for so deeply.

You can find it on iTunes, Spotify or however you listen to your podcasts.

Also this week - how should employers and employees navigate the "Great Resignation" resulting from the global pandemic?

And Eliza follows the Theranos trial in America.

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Plenary Matters podcast

Here comes the Great Resignation - ABC Radio National

The latest data on suicide rates

The Dropout podcast - Elizabeth Holmes on trial

Bad Blood podcast - John Carreyrou

This week, Eliza saw a tweet from Dr Briony Scott, a revered high school principal in Sydney.

It said "Parenting is a word - a verb - that did not exist prior to the mid 1970s. It sounds a bit like herding or directing or managing - none of which really work for children. They simply cannot be controlled, as much as it is tempting to believe. They are themselves."

It made Eliza think about all the times she refers to 'parenting' .. rather than 'raising' or 'nurturing' children. Geraldine believes that parents are akin to the Managing Director and Chairperson of the family unit. And that ultimately, if you can find joy in your children, that's the best way to be a parent.

Also this week, Eliza and Geraldine consider the left-right political divide.

Hannah Arendt and Eichmann's trial.

And the AFL Grand Final goes to Perth!

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On All Fronts - Clarissa Ward

Eichmann in Jerusalem: The Banality of Evil

Martin Heidegger

Kangaroo rescue in Canberra

The threat from the illiberal left - The Economist

Eliza starts this week with a gripe about the new phrases creeping into modern English language.

Lately, Eliza has heard references to people's professional 'space'. And it's not just 'space' - there's also been discussion of the 'piece'. So workplaces now have a diversity 'piece' and perhaps even a wellness 'piece'.

Eliza thought her Mum would be a willing participant in this discussion, such is Geraldine's dislike of mangled English. But Geraldine thinks 'space' and 'piece' actually speak to the new zones and norms in the workplace that are often hard to define.

Also this week, the Covid midlife crisis and how it's changing the lives of middle class women in America.

Eliza reads Lisa Millar's new book 'Daring to Fly'.

And Geraldine considers the joy of an uncomplicated life.

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The Prime Ministers podcast - BBC

The New Yorker Politics & More podcast - Dexter Filkins

The Briefing Room – Who’s supporting the Taliban? BBC

Remembering 9/11 - Saturday Extra ABC Radio National

Worth - Netflix

The Rise of the Covid Midlife Crisis – Lizzie Widdicombe

Nick Cohen on Sally Rooney.

Daring to Fly - Lisa Millar

Where were you on September 11, 2001?

Geraldine had gone to bed on Tuesday evening, September 10, expecting to do an ABC Radio "Life Matters" special on apprenticeships the following morning.

Instead, she woke up to vision of the smouldering ruins of the Twin Towers. She furiously scrambled to line up a new show that captured that horrors of the previous 12 hours.

Eliza and Geraldine discuss 9/11 and what came next - terrorism in Asia - and a generation of people forged in the reality of the War on Terror.

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The Falling Man documentary

The Looming Tower TV series

The Looming Tower (book)

The Children of 9/11: Our Story

The AFR on David Jenkins new book on Soeharto

Heartburn Nora Ephron

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