Race and ethnicity, and disability, are among the most common grounds for discrimination - so what happens when someone identifies as both a racial or ethnic minority and as having a disability? Guests discuss the intersectionality of this double discrimination, touching on issues as wide-ranging and important as the existence of 'ablism,' the importance of culturally-sound supports, strength-based narratives of disability, and systemic discrimination including in migration policy and prison musters.

Guests:

Paul Gibson (former Disability Commissioner at the Human Rights Commission)

Jane Flanagan (Senior Research and Policy Advisor, National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA), Australia)

Lepou Suia Tuulua (Disability Information Advice and Support Team, Vaka Tautua)

Six people give very thoughtful and thought-provoking opinions for or against voluntary euthanasia.

Sally hosts a discussion at CoCA Gallery with artist Ruth Watson, art curator Jennifer Shields, Saikuru founder Alice Ridley and socialist feminist Sionnain Byrnes

Associate Professor Benoit Pelopidas of Sciences Po, Paris, theorises and ponders the role of the public intellectual in response to nuclear issues in the face of public apathy and lack of political will, while Dr Lyndon Burford places this discussion in the context of New Zealand and the July 2017 adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

How can we live 'better' in our growing cities? Jason Twill (Director, Urban Apostles and Innovation Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology, Sydney), Greer O’Donnell, (Ohu (Office of Holistic Urbanism)) and Jane Quigley, Viva! Project discuss ideas and opportunities for collaborative urban living

How can we live 'better' in our growing cities? Jason Twill (Director, Urban Apostles and Innovation Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology, Sydney), Greer O’Donnell, (Ohu (Office of Holistic Urbanism)) and Jane Quigley, Viva! Project discuss ideas and opportunities for collaborative urban living.

With Donald Pettitt, CEO of Canterbury Men's Centre, Iain Fergusson and Steve Carter

28 October 2017 marks the inaugural national commemoration of the New Zealand Wars. Pita Tipene, an iwi representative on the commemoration Advisory Panel, and historians Lloyd Carpenter and Edmund Bohan, discuss the Wars, their significance for the country in terms of national identity and te Tiriti of Waitangi and the importance of remembering.

Part I: Sharon O'Brien and Federico Federici of INTERACT (International Network on Crisis Translation) discuss the critical importance of effective communication during crisis, including the use of translated and interpreted materials.

Parts II and III: JC Gaillard and Jay Marlowe (University of Auckland) share insights from their research into the involvement of minority groups in DRR, stressing the necessity of including such groups in all aspects of disaster preparedness and response.

Maria Pozza is a world expert in the topic of arms control and outer space. In this episode, she shares her legal knowledge of this 'out there' human rights issue, speaking about issues such as what constitutes 'arms control,' how this is monitored, and tensions between the laws of nation states and international treaties.