Presentations by Andrew Denton, Cordelia Fine and more available now

Now available to stations through the Community Radio Network are a collection of presentations delivered by prominent Australian thinkers, activists, researchers and experts.

With ideas to challenge, thoughts to provoke and ideas to provoke, these four seminars will make for engaging broadcast material on your community station. It might even start a conversation in your area!

Andrew Denton - Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration: Voluntary Assisted Dying

Followed by an in-depth discussion with Virginia Trioli

2 x 27'50 specials 

"Everyone is entitled to a healthy death!" However good our public health care, however careful we are of our diet, however low the road toll falls, the all-causes death rate is, eventually, 100%. However far off the horizon looks for you now, we'll all have to to go through that vanishing point, and we should all take an interest in the boundary conditions. It's the biggest social justice issue of your life.

Read and watch more here.

Prof. Cordelia Fine - Testosterone Rex: Unshackling communities from a gendered mindset

Followed by a Q&A with the audience

2 x 27'50 specials 

Testosterone Rex is that familiar story that tells us that risk-taking, competitive, promiscuous masculinity evolved in males to increase their reproductive success, and is therfore built into the male brain and fuelled by testosterone. But Testosterone Rex is based on outdated science, Cordelia Fine argues.

Read and watch more here.

Richard Denniss - The Truth Is Out There: Decoding Econobabble to Make Room For Good Ideas

Followed by a Q&A with the audience

1 x 48'30 special 

"When nonsense is repeated often enough - especially by well-paid lobbyists, commentators and buisnesspeople - it can start to seem as though everyone believes that black is white or up is down. After enough exposure to econobabble, you might even come to think that the best way to help poor people is to give tax cuts to the rich."

Read and watch more here.

Dr Rebecca Huntley - Still Lucky: Why you should feel optimistic about Australia and its people

Followed by a Q&A with the audience

1 x 40'00 special 

At a time when politics seems increasingly negative and our society hopelessly divided, Rebecca Huntley believes we're more fortunate than we think. While many of our politicians are becoming more conservative, both in their policies and their ambitions for the country, the Australian people - almost all of us - want to see real social change, she says.

Read and watch more here.

For CRN subscribers:

• All specials were available in the Wednesday 'Extras' slots for DDN capture and are stil available.
• For a broadcast download link of any of these specials, contact CRN staff on 02 9310 2999 or email [email protected]
• Learn more about Communities in Control here, and the conference organisers ourcommunity.com.au here

Not a CRN subscriber, but want to find out more about getting content like this for your station? Read more here.