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Counterpoint

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

Episodes

Total: 239

Can a pandemic be a source of wisdom? Yes it can! After the devasting effects of the last bush fire

Wisdom and conflict

2020/11/23

Can COVID-19 change the way African cities are planned in the future? Can science measure wisdom an

Remember not to forget

2020/11/16

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month we mark the end of the first World War and remem

Breathing deeply

2020/11/9

How did individualism create our postmodern culture? What is conservatism and who is a conservative

Let's fly

2020/11/2

Is it possible to get back to the prosperity of the postwar years? Right now we're all being told t

Catch of the day

2020/10/26

China is the world's biggest seafood exporter and the population consumes around a third of world's

Shovel Shifting

2020/10/19

Imagined in 2001 and meeting since 2009, in 2020 just how successful has the BRICS grouping been an

Protest and parentheses

2020/10/12

Belarus is a country in turmoil, two months after the presidential election protests are still goin

Surges and surgeons

2020/10/5

Is the silver lining of working from home an increase in productivity? How has this happened? The r

Trade and truth

2020/9/28

Recently there have been calls for Australia to decouple from China but is this really a good idea?

Blasts and barbs

2020/9/21

The ammonium nitrate blast in the Port of Beirut on 4th August was devastating. What effect did it

Eagles don't catch flies

2020/9/14

As his party votes for a new leader how will Shinzo Abe be remembered? What were some of the succes

Around the world countries have 'radical and previously unthinkable policies to counter the spread

Then and now

2020/8/31

75 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki what is the nuclear future of the world? Do t

Clicks and conservatives

2020/8/24

What is American conservatism and is it the same, or similar to, nationalism? What is the history o

Woke, broke and sniffing

2020/8/17

In many ways it seems as if the response to the coronavirus, especially in the United States, has b

Monsters and myths

2020/8/10

In recent times there has been much talk about the imminent collapse of the liberal rules based ord

Stop Think Click

2020/8/3

We've all heard about China's Belt and Road Initiative, which has been making news since it was lau

Protests and imaginings

2020/7/27

What is the difference between a riot and a protest and does that depend on who you ask? What would

History and happenstance

2020/7/20

Are we seeing a new kind of iconoclasm? That is, are statues being torn down, most notably in the U