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


The Festival of Ideas ON AIR Broadcasts
Broadcasts begin 12 noon, Monday after the Festival on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM and at streaming audio http://radio.adelaide.edu.au/realaudio/
Click on List by Broadcast below to find out what's on when.

Audio on CD / Audio to download
Click on List by Session for a full list of all sessions and their availability. The list will be updated regularly, so if it says Tbc, please check again soon. There are 57 sessions in the Festival and it takes some time to get them all ready.

If you wish to order CD copies, click on the order here button and it will take you to our online order form. We do not accept payment on line, but we can invoice you. Cost is $28 per session for daytime sessions or $38 for evening sessions. A session will be supplied on one 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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List by Broadcast

Broadcast Date 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
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
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
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
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
       
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
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
Saturday 9th July
10.00-10.45am
Bonython Hall
       
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
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
Sunday Sept 25
10 am
Darren Van Shaik The Puzzle of Consciousness
David Chalmers
Sunday 10th July
1.45-2.30pm
Brookman Hall
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
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
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
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
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
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

List by Session

Session & Speakers 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
 
   
 
Crisis as Opportunity: Nature's Solutions as the Key to our Future
Elisabet Sahtouris
Elder Hall: 10.00am Fri 8th July
 
Gunpowder Plot to Guantanamo: Full Circle in 400 years
Julian Burnside
Bonython Hall: 10.00am Fri 8th July
No
Not Available
Not Available
Healing Unemployment
Vivian Hutchinson
Brookman Hall: 10.00am Fri 8th July
Monday July 11
12 noon
MP3 (6.4MB)
Giving it away: The Business of Philanthropy
Ross Adler, Julian Disney (Participating Chair), Kathy Laster, Deirdre Macken
Elder Hall: 11.15am Fri 8th July
 
False Sense of Insecurity
Judith Brett, Bob Ellis, Theodore Dalrymple, Robert Matthews
Bonython Hall: 11.15am Fri 8th July
No
Not Available
Not Available
Age of Abstraction: A summary of the perils and possibilities of our time
Peter Botsman
Brookman Hall: 11.15am Fri 8th July
 
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
 
Nero's Guests
P Sainath
Elder Hall: 1.15pm Fri 8th July
 
MP3 (6.2MB)
Information: The soul and the embryo
John Polkinghorne
Bonython Hall: 1.15pm Fri 8th July
 
MP3 (15.5MB)
Shaping a Sustainable Future: What you can do now
Ian Lowe
Brookman Hall: 1.15pm Fri 8th July
 
MP3 (14MB)
Books not Bombs: Why fiction can save your life
John Murray
Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.15pm Fri 8th July
 
Peddling Power
Greg Bourne, Judith Brett, John Cain, Julian Disney
Elder Hall: 2.30pm Fri 8th July
 
Boys
Larissa Behrendt, Garry Costello, Lisa Delpit, Germaine Greer
Bonython Hall: 2.30pm Fri 8th July
 
On Interruption: How Human Beings Changed in the 19th and 20th Century
Bob Ellis
Brookman Hall: 2.30pm Fri 8th July
 
MP3 (6.7MB)
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
MP3 (7.6MB)
Affluenza - The Fat and Lean
Deirdre Macken, John Quiggin, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Elder Hall: 4.30pm Fri 8th July
 
Joel Rogers withdrew
Einstein's Big Year Out
David Bodanis, Robert Matthews, John Polkinghorne
Bonython Hall: 4.30pm Fri 8th July
 
The Road Ahead for Reconciliation
Larissa Behrendt
Brookman Hall: 4.30pm Fri 8th July
Tuesday July 12
12 noon
MP3 (7.5MB)
Population Futures for South Australia
Graeme Hugo
Art Gallery Auditorium: 4.30pm Fri 8th July
 
MP3 (21.3MB)
How to be Good
Julian Burnside, Theodore Dalrymple, Lisa Delpit, Germaine Greer, Vivian Hutchinson
Adelaide Town Hall: 8.00pm Fri 8th July
 
         
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
 
Reflections on the locus of contemporary virtue
Theodore Dalrymple
Bonython Hall: 10.00am Sat 9th July
 
MP3 (6.7MB)
After Neoliberalism: Elements of New Democratic Order

Brookman Hall: 10.00am Sat 9th July
No
No
No
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
 
MP3 (16.6MB)
Liberating Law
Julian Burnside, Kathy Laster (Participating Chair), Ngaire Naffine, Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf
Elder Hall: 11.15am Sat 9th July
 
Mind Games
David Chalmers, Susan Greenfield, Germaine Greer, Nigel Rapport
Bonython Hall: 11.15am Sat 9th July
 
Drawing Strength: Work in marginalised communities
Larissa Behrendt, Peter Botsman, Vivian Hutchinson, Jack Mundey, P Sainath
Bonython Hall: 11.15am Sat 9th July
 
If the horse is dead - dismount! Re-inventing education
Jenny Shale
Art Gallery Auditorium: 12.45pm Sat 9th July
 
MP3 (6.7MB)
Launch
Cosmos Magazine
Book Tent: 12.45pm Sat 9th July
No
Not Available
Not Available
The Joy MacLennan Oration - Some proposals for creating more civil & ethical futures
Eva Cox
Elder Hall: 1.15pm Sat 9th July
 
MP3 (15.5MB)
Dealing with influenza, SARS, AIDS and other scary monsters
Peter Doherty
Bonython Hall: 1.15pm Sat 9th July
Wednesday July 13
12 noon
MP3 (15.9MB)
"People of the air" and the City of Global Guests
Nigel Rapport
Brookman Hall: 1.15pm Sat 9th July
 
The Dark Side of Kath and Kim: 'Ishews' in Australian identity
Kathy Laster
Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.15pm Sat 9th July
 
MP3 (6.6MB)
All Hot Air?
Greg Bourne, Ian Lowe, Stephen Schneider, Elisabet Sahtouris
Elder Hall: 2.30pm Sat 9th July
 
Brain Drain or Intellectual Traffic
David Chalmers, Julian Disney, Graeme Hugo, John Quiggin, Patricia Ranald
Bonython Hall: 2.30pm Sat 9th July
 
Touched by their fire, blinded by their brilliance: Educating those schools have left behind
Lisa Delpit
Brookman Hall: 2.30pm Sat 9th July
 
Higher Education - A Rampant Marketplace
John Cain
Art Gallery Auditorium: 2.30pm Sat 9th July
 
MP3 (25MB)
Making Sense - Representations / Misrepresentations
Tara Brabazon, Julian Burnside, Bob Ellis, Kathy Laster, Deirdre Macken
Elder Hall: 4.30pm Sat 9th July
 
Changing Lives
Greg Bourne, Theodore Dalrymple, John Polkinghorne, Jenny Shale
Bonython Hall: 4.30pm Sat 9th July
 
What is to be done about the Labor Party? Some lessons from the Liberal Party
Judith Brett
Brookman Hall: 4.30pm Sat 9th July
 
Designing the Universe
John Carroll, David Chalmers, Peter Doherty, Susan Greenfield, Robert Matthews
Elder Hall: 8.00pm Sat 9th July
 
         
The Global Warming Debate: Good Science or Bad Politics?
Stephen Schneider
Elder Hall: 10.30am Sun 10th July
 
Hunter-Gatherer values and the twenty-first century state
Germaine Greer
Bonython Hall: 10.30am Sun 10th July
Friday July 15
12 noon
MP3 (7MB)
Tomorrow's People: Is science changing the way we think?
Susan Greenfield
Brookman Hall: 10.30am Sun 10th July
 
MP3 (16.6MB)
Education, Inc
David Bodanis, Tara Brabazon, John Cain, Garry Costello
Elder Hall: 11.45am Sun 10th July
 
Ruling the World: The limits of global institutions
Ian Lowe, John Murray, Patricia Ranald, P Sainath
Bonython Hall: 11.45am Sun 10th July
 
Joel Rogers withdrew
Inclusive Education
Peter Botsman, John Carroll, Lisa Delpit, Jenny Shale
Brookman Hall: 11.45am Sun 10th July
 
Common Good or Global Ecological Disaster?
Jack Mundey
Art Gallery Auditorium: 11.45am Sun 10th July
 
MP3 (15MB)
The Mitchell Oration - Equal Opportunity at Home and Abroad: Desperate Households and Great Exploitations
Julian Disney
Elder Hall: 1.45pm Sun 10th July
 
How to heal the relationship between the Muslim world and the West
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Bonython Hall: 1.45pm Sun 10th July
 
MP3 (16MB)
The puzzle of consciousness
David Chalmers
Brookman Hall: 1.45pm Sun 10th July
 
MP3 (19.3MB)
Blogs, wikis and the creative commons
John Quiggin
Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.45pm Sun 10th July
 
MP3 (7MB)
A Healthy Public
Peter Doherty, Graeme Hugo, John Murray, Ngaire Naffine
Elder Hall: 3.00pm Sun 10th July
 
The Activists' Handbook - Getting Things Done
Eva Cox, Vivian Hutchinson, Jack Mundey, Jenny Shale
Bonython Hall: 3.00pm Sun 10th July
 
Electric universe and before: How one science writer gets ideas for his books
David Bodanis
Brookman Hall: 3.00pm Sun 10th July
 
Trade agreements, human rights and democracy: Should we trade away social policies?
Patricia Ranald
Art Gallery Auditorium: 3.00pm Sun 10th July
 
What is to be done?
Eva Cox, Nigel Rapport, Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf, Elisabet Sahtouris
Elder Hall: 5.00pm Sun 10th July
 
Joel Rogers withdrew