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Uncommon Sense episodes

January 31, 2017 Uncommon Sense - 31 January 2017
This week our host Amy Mullins speaks with four very interesting people Ben Eltham joins us for his weekly segment on federal politics, today discussing the intersection of Australian politics with US politics.
Author, poet and essayist Fiona Wright speaks with us about her essay in the Lifted Brow - There's No Dirt In My Food.
German film director Lars Kraume calls in to talk with Amy about his film The People vs Fritz Bauer, the true story of the the German Jewish attorney general behind the capture of Adolf Eichmann
Chief economist of the Australia Institute Dr. Richard Dennis has a chat with Amy about his essay in the Monthly looking at the SA government's proposed nuclear waste dump - The Big Dump.
1 hr 33 min
January 24, 2017 Uncommon Sense - 24 January 2017
Amy Mullins returns for another episode of Uncommon Sense with four very interesting interviews. Our regular guest Ben Eltham from New Matilda comes in to chat about the current state of federal politics.
Amber Jamieson from the Guardian US calls in to fill us in on US politics this week. The Curator at the Heide Museum of Modern Art Lesley Harding talks with Amy about their Making Modernism exhibition, which brings together the work of American icon Georgia O'Keeffe with modernist masterpieces by pioneering Australian artists Margaret Preston and Grace Cossington Smith. Mark Wakeham, the CEO of Environment Victoria on the State Government's recently announced reforms to the EPA Vic.
1 hr 40 min
January 17, 2017 Uncommon Sense - 17 January 2017
Amy Mullinshosts the first ever episode of Uncommon Sense,

A weekly conversation about politics and current events, international affairs, history, art, books, and the natural world, to illuminate the issues faced by society and explore them in new ways. This week we have four feature interviews to share with you Ben Eltham, national affairs correspondent for New Matilda joins us tohave a chatabout this week in federal politics.
Amber Jamieson, reporter for The Guardian US, calls in to speak about the upcoming Trump inauguration and the state of US politics.
Author and conservationistPeter Wohllebencalls in from his hometown in Germany to discuss his new bookThe Hidden Life of Trees.
Finally we haveElaine Pearson, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Australia, who has a conversation with Amy about refugees in Australia and globally.
1 hr 37 min
January 17, 2017 Uncommon Sense - 17 January 2017 - Peter Wohlleben
A special extended interview from the January 17th episode of Uncommon Sense with Amy Mullins
Peter Wohlleben, forester, conservationist and author of the new book The Hidden Life of Trees calls in from his hometown in Germany to discuss forestry and environmental conservation, along with the subject matter of his book.
37 min

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A weekly conversation about politics and current events, international affairs, history, art, books, and the natural world, to illuminate the issues faced by society and explore them in new ways – presented by Amy Mullins.