For the sessions you missed and the ones you want to hear again.
The Adelaide Festival of Ideas is being recorded by Radio Adelaide in partnership with the State Library of South Australia, so everyone can participate through radio broadcast, on-line audio and the creation of an audio archive in the State Library.
For more information about the 2005 Festival including detailed biographies of the speakers, visit their website www.adelaidefestivalofideas.com
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or two CDs (depending on length - a standard CD is 74 minutes long).
Please note only a few sessions will be available to download, as not all speakers give their permission. |

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Radio Adelaide Presenter |
Session |
Session Day, Date Venue |
Monday July 11
12 noon |
Deb Welch |
Healing Unemployment
Vivian Hutchinson |
Friday 8th July
10.00-10.45am
Brookman Hall |
Tuesday July 12
12 noon |
Annie Hastwell |
The Road Ahead for Reconciliation
Larissa Behrendt
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Friday 8th July
4.30-5.15pm
Brookman Hall |
Wednesday July 13
12 noon |
Andrew Liberts |
Dealing with influenza, SARS, AIDS and other scary monsters
Peter Doherty
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Saturday 9th July
1.15-2.00pm
Bonython Hall |
Thursday July 14
12 noon |
Jane Costessi |
The University of Google: Speed searching and the killing of knowledge
Tara Brabazon
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Friday 8th July
2.30-3.15pm
Art Gallery Auditorium |
Friday July 15
12 noon |
Cath Kenneally |
Hunter-Gatherer values and the twenty-first century state
Germaine Greer
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Sunday 10th July
10.30-11.45am
Bonython Hall |
Sunday July 17
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
Ruling the World: The limits of global institutions
Ian Lowe, John Murray, Patricia Ranald, P Sainath |
Sunday 10th July
11.45am-1.15pm
Bonython Hall |
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Monday July 18
12 noon |
Deb Welch |
Common Good or Global Ecological Disaster?
Jack Mundey |
Sunday 10th July
11.45am-1.15pm
Art Gallery Auditorium
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Tuesday July 19
12 noon |
Lisa Leong |
How to heal the relationship between the Muslim world and the West
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf |
Sunday 10th July
1.45-2.30pm
Bonython Hall |
Wednesday July 20
12 noon |
Andrew Liberts |
Affluenza - The Fat and Lean
Deirdre Macken, John Quiggin, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf |
Friday 8th July
4.30-6.00pm
Elder Hall |
Thursday July 21
12 noon |
Jane Costessi |
Making Sense - Representations / Misrepresentations
Tara Brabazon, Julian Burnside, Bob Ellis, Kathy Laster, Deirdre Macken |
Saturday 9th July
4.30-6.00pm
Elder Hall |
Friday July 22
12 noon |
Cath Kenneally |
Books not Bombs: Why fiction can save your life
John Murray |
Friday 8th July
1.15-2.00pm
Art Gallery Auditorium |
Sunday July 31
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
Reflections on the locus of contemporary virtue
Theodore Dalrymple
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Saturday 9th July
10.00-10.45am
Bonython Hall |
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Sunday August 28
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
If the horse is dead - dismount! Re-inventing education
Jenny Shale |
Saturday 9th July
11.45am-12.45pm
Art Gallery Auditorium
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Sunday Sept 11
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
What is to be done?
Eva Cox, Nigel Rapport, Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf, Elisabet Sahtouris |
Sunday 10th July
5.00-6.30pm
Elder Hall
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Sunday Sept 25
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
The Puzzle of Consciousness
David Chalmers |
Sunday 10th July
1.45-2.30pm
Brookman Hall
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Sunday Oct 9
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
What is to be done about the labour party? Some lessons from the Liberal Party
Judith Brett |
Saturday 9th July
4.30-5.15pm
Brookman Hall
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Sunday Oct 23
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
On Interuption: How Human Beings Changed the 19th and 20th Century
Bob Ellis |
Friday 8th July
2.30-3.15pm
Brookman Hall
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Sunday Nov 6
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
Trade agreements, human rights and democracy: Should we trade away social policies?
Patricia Ranald |
Sunday 10th July
3.00-3.45pm
Art Gallery Auditorium
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Sunday Nov 20
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
Peddling Power
Greg Bourne, Judith Brett, John Cain, Julian Disney |
Friday 8th July
2.00-4.00pm
Elder Hall
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Sunday Dec 4
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
Tomorrows People: Is science changing the way we think?
Susan Greenfield |
Sunday 10th July
10.30-11.15am
Brookman Hall
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Sunday Dec 18
10 am |
Darren Van Shaik |
The Darker Side of Kath and Kim: 'Ishews' in Australian identity
Kathy Laster |
Saturday 9th July
1.15-2.00pm
Art Gallery Auditorium
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Broadcast |
On CD? |
Download |
Notes |
Opening Address
Basil Hetzel
Perils, Real or Imagined
Larissa Behrendt, David Bodanis, John Polkinghorne, P Sainath, Stephen Schneider
Elder Hall: 8.00pm Thur 7th July |
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Crisis as Opportunity: Nature's Solutions as the Key to our Future
Elisabet Sahtouris
Elder Hall: 10.00am Fri 8th July |
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Gunpowder Plot to Guantanamo: Full Circle in 400 years
Julian Burnside
Bonython Hall: 10.00am Fri 8th July |
No |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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Healing Unemployment
Vivian Hutchinson
Brookman Hall: 10.00am Fri 8th July |
Monday July 11
12 noon |
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Giving it away: The Business of Philanthropy
Ross Adler, Julian Disney (Participating Chair), Kathy Laster, Deirdre Macken
Elder Hall: 11.15am Fri 8th July |
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False Sense of Insecurity
Judith Brett, Bob Ellis, Theodore Dalrymple, Robert Matthews
Bonython Hall: 11.15am Fri 8th July |
No |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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Age of Abstraction: A summary of the perils and possibilities of our time
Peter Botsman
Brookman Hall: 11.15am Fri 8th July |
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Society and the Environment - Focus on the Future?
Ross Adler, Julian Disney (Participating Chair), Kathy Laster, Deirdre Macken
Art Gallery Auditorium: 11.15am Fri 8th July |
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Nero's Guests
P Sainath
Elder Hall: 1.15pm Fri 8th July |
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Information: The soul and the embryo
John Polkinghorne
Bonython Hall: 1.15pm Fri 8th July |
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Shaping a Sustainable Future: What you can do now
Ian Lowe
Brookman Hall: 1.15pm Fri 8th July |
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Books not Bombs: Why fiction can save your life
John Murray
Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.15pm Fri 8th July |
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Peddling Power
Greg Bourne, Judith Brett, John Cain, Julian Disney
Elder Hall: 2.30pm Fri 8th July |
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Boys
Larissa Behrendt, Garry Costello, Lisa Delpit, Germaine Greer
Bonython Hall: 2.30pm Fri 8th July |
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On Interruption: How Human Beings Changed in the 19th and 20th Century
Bob Ellis
Brookman Hall: 2.30pm Fri 8th July |
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The University of Google: Speed searching and the killing of knowledge
Tara Brabazon
Art Gallery Auditorium: 2.30pm Fri 8th July |
Thursday July 14
12 noon |
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Affluenza - The Fat and Lean
Deirdre Macken, John Quiggin, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Elder Hall: 4.30pm Fri 8th July |
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Joel Rogers withdrew |
Einstein's Big Year Out
David Bodanis, Robert Matthews, John Polkinghorne
Bonython Hall: 4.30pm Fri 8th July |
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The Road Ahead for Reconciliation
Larissa Behrendt
Brookman Hall: 4.30pm Fri 8th July |
Tuesday July 12
12 noon |
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Population Futures for South Australia
Graeme Hugo
Art Gallery Auditorium: 4.30pm Fri 8th July |
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How to be Good
Julian Burnside, Theodore Dalrymple, Lisa Delpit, Germaine Greer, Vivian Hutchinson
Adelaide Town Hall: 8.00pm Fri 8th July |
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What scientists don't tell you about science (because most of them don't know themselves)
Robert Matthews
Elder Hall: 10.00am Sat 9th July |
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Reflections on the locus of contemporary virtue
Theodore Dalrymple
Bonython Hall: 10.00am Sat 9th July |
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After Neoliberalism: Elements of New Democratic Order
Brookman Hall: 10.00am Sat 9th July |
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Joel Rogers withdrew |
Cultures are singular; human rights are universal. Towards a Mediation of the "Clash of Civilisations"
John Carroll
Art Gallery Auditorium: 10.00am Sat 9th July |
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Liberating Law
Julian Burnside, Kathy Laster (Participating Chair), Ngaire Naffine, Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf
Elder Hall: 11.15am Sat 9th July |
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Mind Games
David Chalmers, Susan Greenfield, Germaine Greer, Nigel Rapport
Bonython Hall: 11.15am Sat 9th July |
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Drawing Strength: Work in marginalised communities
Larissa Behrendt, Peter Botsman, Vivian Hutchinson, Jack Mundey, P Sainath
Bonython Hall: 11.15am Sat 9th July |
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If the horse is dead - dismount! Re-inventing education
Jenny Shale
Art Gallery Auditorium: 12.45pm Sat 9th July |
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Launch
Cosmos Magazine
Book Tent: 12.45pm Sat 9th July |
No |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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The Joy MacLennan Oration - Some proposals for creating more civil & ethical futures
Eva Cox
Elder Hall: 1.15pm Sat 9th July |
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Dealing with influenza, SARS, AIDS and other scary monsters
Peter Doherty
Bonython Hall: 1.15pm Sat 9th July |
Wednesday July 13
12 noon |
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"People of the air" and the City of Global Guests
Nigel Rapport
Brookman Hall: 1.15pm Sat 9th July |
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The Dark Side of Kath and Kim: 'Ishews' in Australian identity
Kathy Laster
Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.15pm Sat 9th July |
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All Hot Air?
Greg Bourne, Ian Lowe, Stephen Schneider, Elisabet Sahtouris
Elder Hall: 2.30pm Sat 9th July |
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Brain Drain or Intellectual Traffic
David Chalmers, Julian Disney, Graeme Hugo, John Quiggin, Patricia Ranald
Bonython Hall: 2.30pm Sat 9th July |
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Touched by their fire, blinded by their brilliance: Educating those schools have left behind
Lisa Delpit
Brookman Hall: 2.30pm Sat 9th July |
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Higher Education - A Rampant Marketplace
John Cain
Art Gallery Auditorium: 2.30pm Sat 9th July |
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Making Sense - Representations / Misrepresentations
Tara Brabazon, Julian Burnside, Bob Ellis, Kathy Laster, Deirdre Macken
Elder Hall: 4.30pm Sat 9th July |
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Changing Lives
Greg Bourne, Theodore Dalrymple, John Polkinghorne, Jenny Shale
Bonython Hall: 4.30pm Sat 9th July |
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What is to be done about the Labor Party? Some lessons from the Liberal Party
Judith Brett
Brookman Hall: 4.30pm Sat 9th July |
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Designing the Universe
John Carroll, David Chalmers, Peter Doherty, Susan Greenfield, Robert Matthews
Elder Hall: 8.00pm Sat 9th July |
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The Global Warming Debate: Good Science or Bad Politics?
Stephen Schneider
Elder Hall: 10.30am Sun 10th July |
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Hunter-Gatherer values and the twenty-first century state
Germaine Greer
Bonython Hall: 10.30am Sun 10th July |
Friday July 15
12 noon |
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Tomorrow's People: Is science changing the way we think?
Susan Greenfield
Brookman Hall: 10.30am Sun 10th July |
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Education, Inc
David Bodanis, Tara Brabazon, John Cain, Garry Costello
Elder Hall: 11.45am Sun 10th July |
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Ruling the World: The limits of global institutions
Ian Lowe, John Murray, Patricia Ranald, P Sainath
Bonython Hall: 11.45am Sun 10th July |
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Joel Rogers withdrew |
Inclusive Education
Peter Botsman, John Carroll, Lisa Delpit, Jenny Shale
Brookman Hall: 11.45am Sun 10th July |
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Common Good or Global Ecological Disaster?
Jack Mundey
Art Gallery Auditorium: 11.45am Sun 10th July |
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The Mitchell Oration - Equal Opportunity at Home and Abroad: Desperate Households and Great Exploitations
Julian Disney
Elder Hall: 1.45pm Sun 10th July |
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How to heal the relationship between the Muslim world and the West
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Bonython Hall: 1.45pm Sun 10th July |
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The puzzle of consciousness
David Chalmers
Brookman Hall: 1.45pm Sun 10th July |
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Blogs, wikis and the creative commons
John Quiggin
Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.45pm Sun 10th July |
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A Healthy Public
Peter Doherty, Graeme Hugo, John Murray, Ngaire Naffine
Elder Hall: 3.00pm Sun 10th July |
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The Activists' Handbook - Getting Things Done
Eva Cox, Vivian Hutchinson, Jack Mundey, Jenny Shale
Bonython Hall: 3.00pm Sun 10th July |
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Electric universe and before: How one science writer gets ideas for his books
David Bodanis
Brookman Hall: 3.00pm Sun 10th July |
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Trade agreements, human rights and democracy: Should we trade away social policies?
Patricia Ranald
Art Gallery Auditorium: 3.00pm Sun 10th July |
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What is to be done?
Eva Cox, Nigel Rapport, Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf, Elisabet Sahtouris
Elder Hall: 5.00pm Sun 10th July |
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Joel Rogers withdrew |