Uncommon Sense

Award-winning historian and ProfessorEmerita(from ANU)Joan Beaumont, joined Amy to talk about a book she co-edited,Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship.Shetalked about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples participation in the Australian defence force since the Boer War. Author Stuart Kells and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation Professor Ian D. Gow, discussed the surprising history of accounting in their new book,The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly. Plus,New Matilda'sNational AffairsCorrespondent Ben Eltham on the latest in federal politics.

Author Stuart Kells and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation Professor Ian D. Gow, discussed the surprising history of accounting in their new book,The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly.

Dr Daniel Halliday, political philosopher at the University of Melbourne joined Amy in the studio for a chat about his new bookTheInheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality and the Right to Bequeath.

Dr Daniel Halliday, political philosopher at the University of Melbourne joined Amy in the studio for a chat about his new bookTheInheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality and the Right to Bequeath. Feminist Educator, Writer and Public Speaker Karen Pickering discussed her upcoming Melbourne Free University lecture,The Politics of Menstruation and the Pervasiveness of the Menstrual Taboo;Plus, New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent Ben Eltham on the latest in federal politics.

Ben Eltham, National Affairs Correspondent for New Matilda, came in to discuss federal politics. Photographer Clare Rae and Gareth Syvret, Photographic Archivist at the Socit Jersiaise in the UK, came in to the studio to talk about the exhibitionEntre Nous: Claude Cahun and Clare Rae,now showingat the Centre for Contemporary Photography. Then, musical improvisation troupeSpontaneous Broadwayjoined the show to talk about their latest season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and improvise some musical songs inspired by listener suggestions. Amy was joined by cast members Gillian Cosgriff and Sally Bourne, with pianist/composer John Thorn and MC Russell Fletcher.

Amy talks toBen Eltham about federal politics. Mark McKenna, Professor of History at The University of Sydney joined Amy in the studio to discuss his Quarterly EssayMoment of Truth: History and Australia's Future Lastly, Dr Mary Tomsic and Dr Jordy Silverstein, Historians at The University of Melbourne came in to talk with Amy about their AFL history blog,History From the CentreSquarehttps://centresquarehistory.com/

(feature)Mark McKenna, Professor of History at The University of Sydney joined Amy in the studio to discuss his Quarterly EssayMoment of Truth: History and Australia's Future

Amy was joined in the studio by former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs who came in to talk about her upcoming lecture at The University of Melbourne, 'The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in a Post-Truth Era.' Barack Obamas former Senior Writer and Deputy Director of Messaging, Pat Cunnane, joined Amy to chat about his forthcoming book, ' West Winging It: An Un-Presidential Memoir' (out via Affirm Press), ahead of his talk at The Wheeler Centre. Plus, New Matilda politics correspondent Ben Eltham came in to discuss federal politics.

Barack Obamas former Senior Writer and Deputy Director of Messaging, Pat Cunnane, joined Amy to chat about his forthcoming book, ' West Winging It: An Un-Presidential Memoir' (out via Affirm Press), ahead of his talk at The Wheeler Centre.

Amy was joined in the studio by former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs who came in to talk about her upcoming lecture at The University of Melbourne, 'The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in a Post-Truth Era'.