For the sessions you missed and the ones you want to hear again.
The Adelaide Festival of Ideas 2009 ON AIR
   

Radio Adelaide recorded every session at the 2009 Festival, through the support of The Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, University of South Australia Library and Flinders University Library, so everyone can participate through radio broadcast, online audio and creation of audio archives in the libraries.

For more information about the 2009 Festival including detailed biographies of the speakers, visit their website www.adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au


Broadcasts
Broadcasts begin 12 noon, Monday after the Festival on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM and at streaming audio http://radio.adelaide.edu.au/listenonline/

Click on List by Broadcast below to find out what's on when.

Podcast / Audio on CD
Click on List by Session for a full list of all sessions and their availability.

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List by Broadcast

Broadcast Date Radio Adelaide Presenter Session Session Day, Date Venue
Monday July 13
12 noon
Nikki Marcel Green Capitalism: Can it work?
Richard Denniss (Chair: Barbara Pocock)
Friday 10 July
1.15pm
Art Gallery Auditorium
Tuesday July 14
12 noon
Nikki Marcel Beyond the Veil: Islam and Feminism
Zainah Anwar, Shakira Hussein, Gary Bouma (Chair: Peter Mares)
Saturday 11 July
2.30pm
Bonython Hall
Wednesday July 15
12 noon
Nikki Marcel You’re disgusting! Shaming mechanisms in different cultures
Raimond Gaita, Shakira Hussein, Londa Schiebinger , Katherine Gelber (Chair: Robert Phiddian)
Sunday 12 July
3pm
Bonython Hall
Thursday July 16
12 noon
Nikki Marcel Working Together with Respect
Ngiare Brown (Chair: Robyn McDermott)
Saturday 11 July
1.15pm
Art Gallery Auditorium
Friday July 17
12 noon
Nikki Marcel Trick or Treatment? Alternative medicine on trial
Simon Singh (Chair: Duncan Steel)
Sunday 12 July
10.30am
Bonython Hall
Sunday July 19
10am
Darren van Schaik Philosophy in the Antipodes
Karen Green, Chris Mortensen (Chair: Lynda Burns)
Friday 10th July
4.30pm
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm
Monday July 20
12 noon
Nikki Marcel Why migrant smuggling pays
Khalid Koser (Chair: Peter Mares)
Sunday 12 July
10.30am
Elder Hall
Tuesday July 21
12 noon
Nikki Marcel Exotic Abortifacients: The gender politics of plants
Londa Schiebinger (Chair: Ian Gibbins)
Friday 10 July
1.15pm
Elder Hall
Wednesday July 22
12 noon
Nikki Marcel Open and closed – how to reconcile the contradictions in the Australian psyche
George Megalogenis (Chair: Chris Eccles)
Friday 10 July
1.15pm
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm
Thursday July 23
12 noon
Nikki Marcel On Privilege
Julian Burnside (Chair: Pam Simmons)
Saturday 11 July
10am
Bonython Hall
Friday July 24
12 noon
Nikki Marcel Indigenous health - Is the gap closing?
Ngiare Brown, Fred Chaney, Fran Baum (Chair: Robyn McDermott)
Saturday 11 July
4.30pm
Elder Hall
Sunday July 26
10am
Darren van Schaik Road rage on the Highway to heaven: Sibling rivalry among the Children of the One God
Gary Bouma (Chair: Andrew Dutney)
Friday 10th July
11.15am
Art Gallery Auditorium
Sunday August 9
10am
Darren van Schaik The Mind: Mind over Matter?
Colin Allen, Mandyam Srinivasan, Natasha Mitchell (participating Chair)
Friday 10th July
2.30pm
Bonython Hall
Sunday August 23
10am
Darren van Schaik The place of work in a meaningful life
Natasha Stott Despoja, George Megalogenis, Simon Blackburn (Chair Barbara Pocock)
Sunday 12th July
3pm
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm
Sunday September 6
10am
Darren van Schaik Reach for the stars: New directions in astronomy
Rachel Webster (Chair: Duncan Steel)
Sunday 12th July
1.45pm
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm
Sunday September 27
10am
Darren van Schaik Diversity in the city: What are our limits?
Ruth Fincher (Chair: Andrew Beer)
Friday 10th July
10.00am
Art Gallery Auditorium
Sunday October 18
10am
Darren van Schaik Yes Minister – laying bare the operation of government
Geoff Gallop, Peter Shergold, Natasha Stott Despoja, Alex Wodak (Chair: Peter Mares)
Friday 10th July
11.15am
Bonython Hall
Sunday November 15
10am
Darren van Schaik Pushing the Limits: Environmental law and the role of the judiciary and citizens
M C Mehta (Chair: Mike Parnell)
Friday 10th July
1.15pm
Bonython Hall
Sunday December 6
10am
Darren van Schaik Beyond Evolution
Simon Singh, Iain McCalman, Antonio Lazcano, Val Webb (Chair: Ian Gibbins)
Sunday 12th July
3.00pm
Elder Hall

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List by Session

Podcasts available progressively from Monday July 13. If not here yet, please check again soon.
Session & Speakers
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Notes
Philip Adams to welcome the audience and acknowledge the Dedication to Frank Fenner
Elder Hall: 8.00pm Thur 9th July
Where do big ideas come from?
Bruce Petty, Simon Singh, Antonio Lazcano, Rachel Webster (Chair: Phillip Adams)
Elder Hall: 8.10pm Thur 9th July
 
MP3
(1.6MB)

MP3
(32.4MB)
       
Remote Australia, the limits of government capacity
Fred Chaney (Chair: Haydon Manning)
Bonython Hall: 10.00am Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(16.4MB)
Built to fail: The age of Ponzi prosperity
Satyajit Das (Chair: Phillip Adams)
Elder Hall: 10.00am Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(19.6MB)
Conservatism, ideology and revolution in science
John Mattick (Chair: Grant Sutherland)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 10.00am Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(17MB)
Diversity in the city: What are our limits?
Ruth Fincher (Chair: Andrew Beer)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 10.00am Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(16.7MB)
Yes Minister – laying bare the operation of government
Geoff Gallop, Peter Shergold, Natasha Stott Despoja, Alex Wodak (Chair: Peter Mares)
Bonython Hall: 11.15am Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(30.6MB)
Origins of Life and Evolution of Intelligence
Antonio Lazcano, John Mattick,Suzanne Miller, Rachel Webster (Chair: Phillip Adams)
Elder Hall: 11.15am Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(28MB)
Why did David Hume refuse to call himself an atheist?
Simon Blackburn (Chair: Craig Taylor)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 11.15am Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(15.7MB)
Road rage on the Highway to heaven: Sibling rivalry among the Children of the One God
Gary Bouma (Chair: Andrew Dutney)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 11.15am Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(14.9MB)
Pushing the Limits: Environmental law and the role of the judiciary and citizens
M C Mehta (Chair: Mike Parnell)
Bonython Hall: 1.15pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(15.6MB)
Exotic Abortifacients: The gender politics of plants
Londa Schiebinger (Chair: Ian Gibbins)
Elder Hall: 1.15pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(15.5MB)
Open and closed – how to reconcile the contradictions in the Australian psyche
George Megalogenis (Chair: Chris Eccles)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 1.15pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(16.1MB)
Green Capitalism: Can it work?
Richard Denniss (Chair: Barbara Pocock)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.15pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(17MB)
The Mind: Mind over Matter?
Colin Allen, Mandyam Srinivasan, Natasha Mitchell (participating Chair)
Bonython Hall: 2.30pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(29.7MB)
Greed
Satyajit Das, Bruce Petty, Peter Shergold (Chair: Barbara Pocock), Zainah Anwar did not appear
Elder Hall: 2.30pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(29.6MB)
Pushing the limits and crossing the boundaries: Muslim women in the post 9/11 age
Shakira Hussein (Chair: Riaz Hassan)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 2.30pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(14.7MB)
10 numbers for governments to change
John Daley (Chair: Lyn Arnold)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 2.30pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(18.7MB)
Limits of Cities
Ruth Fincher, Brendan Gleeson, Khalid Koser (Chair: Barbara Pocock)
Bonython Hall: 4.30pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(29.4MB)
Choose your poison! (Drugs)
Simon Singh, Fran Baum, Londa Schiebinger, Alex Wodak (Chair: Chris Burrell)
Elder Hall: 4.30pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(31.6MB)
Philosophy in the Antipodes
Karen Green, Chris Mortensen (Chair: Lynda Burns)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 4.30pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(22.1MB)
Who cares … the limits of health
Geoff Gallop, Fran Baum, Ngiare Brown, Alex Wodak (Chair: Peter Mares)
Elder Hall: 8.00pm Fri 10th July
 
MP3
(36.3MB)
 
       
On Privilege
Julian Burnside (Chair: Pam Simmons)
Bonython Hall: 10.00am Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(16.1MB)
Robot Morality
Colin Allen (Chair: Philip Gerrans)
Elder Hall: 10.00am Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(16.2MB)
 
What Islam, whose Islam – from mysogyny to equality
Zainah Anwar (Chair: Peter Mares)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 10.00am Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(15.4MB)
Book burnings and crucifixions: The fate of ideas in contemporary religious debate
Val Webb (Chair: Norm Habel)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 10.00am Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(14.8MB)
Migration – the partly open door
Khalid Koser, Julian Burnside, Mark Cully (Chair: Peter Mares)
Bonython Hall: 11.15am Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(31MB)
Sex, Knowledge and Society
Simon Blackburn, Londa Schiebinger, Karen Green, Natasha Mitchell (participating Chair)
Elder Hall: 11.15am Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(31.1MB)
Markets: Good servants, bad masters
Richard Denniss, John Daley, Peter Shergold (Chair: Sue Richardson)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 11.15am Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(30MB)
Pushing the limits of Australian politics
Geoff Gallop (Chair: Chris Beasley)
Bonython Hall: 1.15pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(15.4MB)
Mitchell Oration – Freedom of speech and its limits
Katharine Gelber (Chair: Linda Matthews)
Elder Hall: 1.15pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(16.1MB)
Is capitalism good for our health?
Fran Baum (Chair: Chris Burrell)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 1.15pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(16.4MB)
Working Together with Respect
Ngiare Brown (Chair: Robyn McDermott)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.15pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(16MB)
Beyond the Veil: Islam and Feminism
Zainah Anwar, Shakira Hussein, Gary Bouma (Chair: Peter Mares)
Bonython Hall: 2.30pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(31.3MB)
Big Science, Big Bucks, Big Deal?
Suzanne Miller, Mandyam Srinivasan, Rachel Webster (Chair: Duncan Steel)
Elder Hall: 2.30pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(30.5MB)
Don’t blame the economy; blame the economists
Khalid Koser, M C Mehta, Richard Denniss, Mark Cully (participating Chair)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 2.30pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(28.6MB)
Climate change is a crisis of Overproduction not Overconsumption
Brendan Gleeson (Chair: Barbara Pocock)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 2.30pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(17MB)
Dear leader…The limits and possibilities of leadership
Richard Denniss, Geoff Gallop, Peter Shergold (Chair: Anne Edwards)
Bonython Hall: 4.30pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(31MB)
Indigenous health - Is the gap closing?
Ngiare Brown, Fred Chaney, Fran Baum (Chair: Robyn McDermott)
Elder Hall: 4.30pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(32.3MB)
You can’t be serious!
Bruce Petty (Chair: Robert Phiddian)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 4.30pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(15.8MB)
Promise the earth – the quest for sustainability
Brendan Mackey (Chair – Peter Mares)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 4.30pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(17.8MB)
Free Spin: Controlling the Message and the Limits of Free Speech
Fred Chaney, George Megalogenis, MC Mehta, Zainah Anwar (Chair – Peter Mares)
Elder Hall: 8.00pm Sat 11th July
 
MP3
(38.3MB)
       
Trick or Treatment? Alternative medicine on trial
Simon Singh (Chair: Duncan Steel)
Bonython Hall: 10.30am Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(15.9MB)
Why migrant smuggling pays
Khalid Koser (Chair: Peter Mares)
Elder Hall: 10.30am Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(14.6MB)
Pushing the limits of a one-milligram brain: Vision, perception and ‘cognition’ in honeybees
Mandyam Srinivasan (Chair: Ian Gibbins)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 10.30am Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(15.8MB)
Has corporate responsibility reached its limits?
Peter Shergold (Chair: Michael Barber)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 10.30am Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(15.1MB)
Talking in Tongues– the hopes and fears of interfaith dialogue
Val Webb, Gary Bouma, Shikara Hussein (Chair: Rev Stephen Pickard)
Bonython Hall: 11.45am Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(31.2MB)
Climate change beyond the city limits?
Richard Denniss, Brendan Mackey, Suzanne Miller (Chair: Carol Vincent)
Elder Hall: 11.45am Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(32.6MB)
The first and last century of global drug prohibition
Alex Wodak (Chair: Rick Sarre)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 11.45am Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(17.1MB)
You are not your brain scan!
Natasha Mitchell (Chair- Peter Mares)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 11.45am Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(15.8MB)
Joy MacLennan Oration – The idea of absolute value
Raimond Gaita (Chair: Lyn Arnold)
Bonython Hall: 1.45pm Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(20MB)
Life: its origin and evolution
Antonio Lazcano (Chair: Chris Burrell)
Elder Hall: 1.45pm Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(15.9MB)
Reach for the stars: New directions in astronomy
Rachel Webster (Chair: Duncan Steel)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 1.45pm Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(14.9MB)
Darwin’s Armada: Pushing the intellectual boundaries from academe to trade book and TV series
Iain McCalman (Chair: Margaret Anderson)
Art Gallery Auditorium: 1.45pm Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(15.9MB)
You’re disgusting! Shaming mechanisms in different cultures
Raimond Gaita, Shakira Hussein, Londa Schiebinger , Katherine Gelber (Chair: Robert Phiddian)
Bonython Hall: 3.00pm Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(26.8MB)
Beyond Evolution
Simon Singh, Iain McCalman, Antonio Lazcano, Val Webb (Chair: Ian Gibbins)
Elder Hall: 3.00pm Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(32.7MB)
The place of work in a meaningful life
Natasha Stott Despoja, George Megalogenis, Simon Blackburn (Chair Barbara Pocock)
Basil Hetzel Lect Rm: 3.00pm Sun 12th July
 
MP3
(28.1MB)