174. Brigid Delaney on Stoicism.

I spoke to Bo Seo about his latest book 'Good Arguments', discussing how in a shouty world, it matters more than ever to be able to disagree without being disagreeable. Our conversation took place as part of the ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author Series, in association with Harry Hartog Bookshop.

Michael Traill on Willoughby Wildcats, lifelong learning and jumping ship (Rebroadcast).

Robert Dessaix is the quintessential public intellectual. Sparking off his new book ‘Abracadabra’, we talked about Robert’s personal language (‘K’), the inspiration he draws from Nikolai Gogol, and being raised by an adoptive father who was born in the 1880s. Our conversation took place as part of the ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author Series, in association with Harry Hartog Bookshop.

171. Daniel Pink on the power of regret.

170. Ben Quilty on painting soldiers, asylum seekers and Santa.

Photo credit: Daniel Boud

169. Amani Haydar on Agony, Anger and Art.

168. Jennifer Nadel & Matt Hawkins on Compassion in Politics.

167. Ed Coper on fighting online lies.