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Counterpoint

This program is no longer in production. Amanda Vanstone tackles key social, economic and cultural i

Episodes

Total: 239

Unrest and wistfulness

2020/7/13

Who is responsible for the crisis in American cities right now? Is it the rich, or corporations, or

Moons and mounds

2020/7/6

Is racism just about black and white or something more? Where has our sense of grandeur gone and ca

Quietly listening

2020/6/29

How does China maintain its influence over other countries, and within those countries, the Chinese

Mothers and others

2020/6/22

Is phrenology making a comeback in the form of facial recognition technology? The history of gibber

Conspiracy and colour

2020/6/15

What is behind some of the most fanciful conspiracy theories of the COVID-19 pandemic? How do you k

Legacy, Livid and Leo

2020/6/8

What will Angela Merkel's European legacy be? What will war look like in the future? The RAND Corpo

Language and connections

2020/6/1

Are we more connected than we thought we were? Why is the kind of language that is used during war

Puffs of pollution

2020/5/25

Is Libya headed for partition? As China and the US increasingly view each other with suspicion, wha

Economics and borders

2020/5/18

What might post COVID-19 China look like? Will they lead the global economic revival or will it str

Growing heroes.

2020/5/11

What will happen to agriculture after COVID-19, will it be business as usual? Italy may have just e

Death and home

2020/5/4

While we've been paying attention to COVID-19 another killer has been on the loose. That killer is

Tried and trusted

2020/4/27

Can we trust China? How? The internet has changed the world but has it also created 'unprecedented

Shock and smells

2020/4/20

Will globalisation survive the COVID-19 pandemic? What are some examples of successful public healt

President Xi Jinping's rule of China is seemingly absolute, but is all as it seems? Outbreaks of an

Is Narendra Modi's India a democracy in peril? Might COVID-19 be a disaster without precedent? Civi

Would you buy something from a company if they didn't agree with the same causes that you do? We kn

Rules, rulers and ruling

2020/3/23

How stable are the autocratic regimes in the Middle East? After the Arab Spring it seemed like poss

The United States now has to share the globe with other great powers. What has happened to their sp

Blame and shame

2020/3/9

It's easy for politicians to deflect the blame for their own policy errors by blaming someone or so

Power, Puns and People

2020/3/2

Two years after Robert Mugabe was swept from power, how is his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa faring