Radio Adelaide

For the sessions you missed and the ones you want to hear again.

The 2007 Adelaide Festival of Ideas is on from July 5-8. Radio Adelaide is recording every session, 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 2007 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. We'll have the details up by July 10.

Audio on CD / Audio Podcast
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 58 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 that not all 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 9 12 noon	Nikki Marcel	Survival of the Fittest, Survival of the Richest or Survival of the Thinnest Norman Swan	Friday 6th July 10.00am Elder Hall
Tuesday July 10 12 noon	Cath Kenneally	In conversation – Sarah Maddison with Wilma Mankiller	Saturday 7th July 4.30pm Basil Hetzel Lect Rm
Wednesday July 11 12 noon	Nikki Marcel	A way of understanding indigenous issues today Tracey Bunda	Sunday 8th July 11.45am Art Gallery Auditorium
Thursday July 12 12 noon	Cath Kenneally	Immigrants: Your country needs them Philippe Legrain	Friday 6th July 1.15pm Elder Hall
Friday July 13 12 noon	Cath Kenneally	The Sustainable Retreat James Lovelock	Sunday 8th July 10.30am Bonython Hall

Monday July 16 12 noon	Nikki Marcel	Validate your trauma here. What societies can do when trauma becomes the norm Maria Tumarkin	Saturday 7th July 2.30pm Art Gallery Auditorium
Tuesday July 17 12 noon	Cath Kenneally	The mutation of the Chinese state and the question of human rights Paul Monk	Sunday 8th July 3.00pm Basil Hetzel Lect Rm
Wednesday July 18 12 noon	Nikki Marcel	High and Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia’s future Guy Pearse	Friday 6th July 11.15am Art Gallery Auditorium
Thursday July 19 12 noon	Cath Kenneally	Why India is the most interesting country in the World Ramachandra Guha	Sunday 8th July 1.45pm Bonython Hall
Friday July 20 12 noon	Cath Kenneally	Gagging on Freedom: Reporting in the 21st Century Marian Wilkinson	Saturday 7th July 10.00am Art Gallery Auditorium
Sunday July 29 12 noon	Nikki Marcel	Before you eat Marion Nestle, Manny Noakes, Kerin O’Dea, Norman Swan (PC)	Friday 6th July 11.15am Bonython Hall
Sunday August 12 12 noon	Darren van Schaik	The bubble-wrap age: Are we protecting ourselves too much? Hilary Charlesworth, Sidney Jones, John Levi, Paul Monk	Saturday 7th July 8.00pm Elder Hall
Sunday August 26 12 noon	Darren van Schaik	Troubling times: Dissent and democracy in Australia Sarah Maddison	Friday 6th July 11.15am Basil Hetzel Lect Rm
Sunday September 16 12 noon	Darren van Schaik	Decent work: Nice if you can get it John Buchanan, Charles Firth, Elisabeth Wynhausen, Barbara Pocock (Participating Chair)	Friday 6th July 11.15am Elder Hall
Sunday October 7 12 noon	Darren van Schaik	Reframing urban rural relationships in Australia: Potentials & Possibilities Janelle Allison	Saturday 7th July 1.15pm Art Gallery Auditorium
Sunday November 11 12 noon	Darren van Schaik	Indigenous Futures Tracey Bunda, Jay Griffiths, Wilma Mankiller, Kerin O’Dea John Packham	Saturday 7th July 11.15am Bonython Hall
Sunday December 2 12 noon	Darren van Schaik	After the binge ….the apocalypse? Miriam Baltuck, Peter Cullen, James Lovelock, Marion Nestle	Friday 6th July 8pm Adelaide Town Hall

List by Session

Session & Speakers	Broadcast	On CD?	Download	Notes
Dedication – Peter Mares to introduce Elliott Johnston Elder Hall: 8.00pm Thur 5th July The Elephant and the Dragon Joseph Cheng, Ramachandra Guha, Robin Jeffrey, Philippe Legrain, Colleen Ryan Elder Hall: 8.30pm Thur 5th July		Order here	MP3 (4.8MB) MP3 (34.8MB)

Survival of the Fittest, Survival of the Richest or Survival of the Thinnest Norman Swan Elder Hall: 10.00am Fri 6th July	Monday July 9 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (16.6MB)
Why does everybody hate us? John Levi Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 10.00am Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (16.2MB)
What Endures? Thoughts on discerning what to take into the future and what to discard Paul Chadwick Art Gallery Auditorium: 10.00am Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (14.2MB)
Decent work: Nice if you can get it John Buchanan, Charles Firth, Elisabeth Wynhausen Elder Hall: 11.15am Fri 6th July	Sunday September 16 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (30.9MB)
Before you eat Marion Nestle, Manny Noakes, Kerin O’Dea, Norman Swan (PC) Bonython Hall: 11.15am Fri 6th July	Sunday July 29 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (25.1MB)
Troubling times: Dissent and democracy in Australia Sarah Maddison Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 11.15am Fri 6th July	Sunday August 26 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (14.9MB)
High and Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia’s future Guy Pearse Art Gallery Auditorium: 11.15am Fri 6th July	Wednesday July 18 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (17.0MB)
Immigrants: Your country needs them Philippe Legrain Elder Hall: 1.15pm Fri 6th July	Thursday July 12 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (15.4MB)
Drought Proofing Australia: Heroic Fantasies and Sobering Realities Peter Cullen Bonython Hall: 1.15pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (15.9MB)
The Joy MacLennan Oration - Beyond the Long Age of Forgetting Simon Longstaff Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 1.15pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (16.6MB)
People without Borders Charlesworth, John Connell, Philippe Legrain, Marian Wilkinson Elder Hall: 2.30pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (28.7MB)
Digital Ink: The Future of Journalism Paul Chadwick, Chris Graham, Colleen Ryan, Francis Wheen Bonython Hall: 2.30pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (31.6MB)
Wild Mind: A manifesto for the essential wildness of the human spirit Jay Griffiths Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 2.30pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (18.5MB)
Why we eat what we eat Kerin O’Dea Art Gallery Auditorium: 2.30pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (17.2MB)
In-conversation – Mahatma Gandhi or Karl Marx – which way to the future? Ramachandra Guha with Francis Wheen Elder Hall: 4.30pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (22.5MB)
Reason to Hope John Levi, Simon Longstaff, Maria Tumarkin Bonython Hall: 4.30pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (24.8MB)
Islamism: The rise of a new enemy? Riaz Hassan Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 4.30pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (20.5MB)
Go back you are going the wrong way Elisabeth Wynhausen Art Gallery Auditorium: 4.30pm Fri 6th July		Order here	MP3 (14.7MB)
After the binge ….the apocalypse? Miriam Baltuck, Peter Cullen, James Lovelock, Marion Nestle Adelaide Town Hall: 8.00pm Fri 6th July	Sunday December 2 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (34.2MB)

Schoolteachers, The Future of Science John Campbell Elder Hall: 10.00am Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (14.9MB)
Going for Growth! – a fuel for obesity? Manny Noakes Bonython Hall: 10.00am Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (16.2MB)
Future Development Trends in China Joseph Cheng Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 10.00am Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (16.2MB)
Gagging on Freedom: Reporting in the 21st Century Marian Wilkinson Art Gallery Auditorium: 10.00am Sat 7th July	Friday July 20 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (16.1MB)
Still Exploring: The Never-Ending Quest Miriam Baltuck, John Campbell, Tim Radford Elder Hall: 11.15am Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (32.6MB)
Indigenous Futures Tracey Bunda, Chris Graham, Jay Griffiths, Wilma Mankiller Bonython Hall: 11.15am Sat 7th July	Sunday November 11 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (31.0MB)
Trading places John Connell, John Buchanan, Tim Harcourt, Colleen Ryan Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 11.15am Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (29.3MB)
India at 60, 150 and a Turning Point Robin Jeffrey Art Gallery Auditorium: 11.15am Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (14.0MB)
The Mitchell Oration – Are human rights the past or the future for Australia? Hilary Charlesworth Elder Hall: 1.15pm Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (15.6MB)
What to Eat: Personal Responsibility vs Social Responsibility Marion Nestle Bonython Hall: 1.15pm Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (15.8MB)
Managing China’s Rise through the 21st Century Colleen Ryan Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 1.15pm Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (15.9MB)
Reframing urban rural relationships in Australia: Potentials & Possibilities Janelle Allison Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.15pm Sat 7th July	Sunday October 7 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (16.1MB)
Lifting the lid on whistle-blowing Julian Morrow, Guy Pearse, Norman Swan, Marian Wilkinson, Paul Chadwick (PC) Elder Hall: 2.30pm Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (31.8MB)
In conversation – James Lovelock with Tim Radford Bonython Hall: 2.30pm Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (15.4MB)
In conversation – Paul Monk with Joseph Cheng Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 2.30pm Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (17.0MB)
Validate your trauma here. What societies can do when trauma becomes the norm Maria Tumarkin Art Gallery Auditorium: 2.30pm Sat 7th July	Monday July 16 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (16.4MB)
In conversation – Julian Morrow with Charles Firth Elder Hall: 4.30pm Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (17.8MB)
Passion for Science John Campbell, Manny Noakes, Tim Radford, Norman Swan Bonython Hall: 4.30pm Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (32.3MB)
In conversation – Sarah Maddison with Wilma Mankiller Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 4.30pm Sat 7th July	Tuesday July 10 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (17.1MB)
Beyond our Shores – Australia’s global prospects according to ‘The Airport Economist’ Tim Harcourt Art Gallery Auditorium: 4.30pm Sat 7th July		Order here	MP3 (16.1MB)
The bubble-wrap age: Are we protecting ourselves too much? Hilary Charlesworth, Sidney Jones, John Levi, Paul Monk Elder Hall: 8.00pm Sat 7th July	Sunday August 12 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (36.9MB)

Mumbo-Jumbo, Snake-Oil and other delusions Francis Wheen Elder Hall: 10.30am Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (16.6MB)
The Sustainable Retreat James Lovelock Bonython Hall: 10.30am Sun 8th July	Friday July 13 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (18.1MB)
In the Company of Strangers: Australia’s Future in South East Asia Tim Lindsey Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 10.30am Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (17.1MB)
Media Malaise: Keeping the bastards who are supposed to ‘keep the bastards honest’ honest Chris Graham Art Gallery Auditorium: 10.30am Sun 8th July	N/A	N/A	N/A	Cancelled
Building 21st century democracies Hilary Charlesworth, Joseph Cheng, Robin Jeffrey, Tim Lindsey Elder Hall: 11.45am Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (30.2MB)
Holy Water Janelle Allison, Peter Cullen, Jay Griffiths, John Levi (Chair: Morag Fraser) Bonython Hall: 11.45am Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (30.1MB)
Life Beyond Earth Miriam Baltuck Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 11.45am Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (15.2MB)
A way of understanding indigenous issues today Tracey Bunda Art Gallery Auditorium: 11.45am Sun 8th July	Wednesday July 11 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (18.0MB)
What does it mean to be an indigenous person in the 21st century? Wilma Mankiller Elder Hall: 1.45pm Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (16.1MB)
Why India is the most interesting country in the World Ramachandra Guha Bonython Hall: 1.45pm Sun 8th July	Thursday July 19 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (15.9MB)
Misperceptions of the terrorist threat Sidney Jones Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 1.45pm Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (15.7MB)
The Future of Work isn’t what it used to be John Buchanan Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.45pm Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (16.7MB)
Liberal Islam, what is it? Riaz Hassan, Robin Jeffrey, Sidney Jones Elder Hall: 3.00pm Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (29.6MB)
Agitators at work Chris Graham, Jay Griffiths, Sarah Maddison, Marion Nestle Bonython Hall: 3.00pm Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (31.1MB)
The mutation of the Chinese state and the question of human rights Paul Monk Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 3.00pm Sun 8th July	Tuesday July 17 12 noon	Order here	MP3 (16.6MB)
The Feet of the Natives Are Large: Does the South Pacific have a future John Connell Art Gallery Auditorium: 3.00pm Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (17.7MB)
You cannot be serious! The boundary between reality and satire Charles Firth, Julian Morrow, Francis Wheen Elder Hall: 5.00pm Sun 8th July		Order here	MP3 (28.3MB)