Overnights with Phil O'Neil

Columnist, political and policy consultant & former Howard government adviser, Author at the Spectator Magazine Terry Barnes joins Phil O'Neil to discuss the week in politics

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A  genetic study has found strong links between DNA and personality traits. Briar Wormington a Postdoctoral Researcher in Translational Neurogenomics at QIMR Berghofer talks to Phil on what this study finds.

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Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, renowned author and science commentator answers listeners questions with Phil. Today he answers a Question from Mark - “if the world is always spinning, at some stage wouldn't we be upside down - so couldn't we look down at the sky?”

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Leith Van Onselen, Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super and Co-founder of MacroBusiness Joins Phil for the Treasury of Common Sense.

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This week say the passing of a laboratory researcher in Siberia after being exposed to the plague at a Russian institute. So, should we be worried and what is 'pneumonic plague' that she died from? Dr Richard Spence from the Association of Biosafety for Australia and New Zealand (ABSANZ) speaks to Phil on the current situation. 

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Following the botched execution and subsequence hospitalization of convicted Murderer Christa Pike debate has raged over the contradictions of a ‘painless’ state‑imposed death. Julian Koplin a Lecturer in Bioethics at Monash University joins Phil to work through this debate. 

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Following the Flydubai incident cockpit security has come under new scrutiny. Steven Leib an Associate Professor in Aviation at CQUniversity Australia speaks to Phil on if changes are needed 

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Professor David Flint chats to Phil O'Neil on the week’s important issues & political news.

Link to the article: https://www.spectator.com.au/author/david-flint/ 

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