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The Ingredients of Successful TV. David Petrarca
50:59
Mar 18, 2013
The power of great TV relies on an alchemy of imagination and practical solutions. In recent years, the quality of drama has risen immeasurably, led mainly by the HBO networ...
Thinking for Yourself. David Manne on the Ethics of Protection
29:03
Mar 17, 2013
David Manne has done perhaps more than any other Australian to salvage the rights of refugees coming to Australia, and to fight against the government's asylum seeker polici...
The Growing Problem of Inequality. Carmen Lawrence
13:59
Mar 14, 2013
Carmen Lawrence is the former premier of Western Australia, in fact the first woman to become a premier. Since stepping out of politics, she has engaged in a variety of soci...
Education, the System and the Way Back to Inequality. Richard Teese
15:14
Mar 14, 2013
Professor Richard Teese is director of the Centre for Research on Education Systems in the University of Melbourne. At the Thinking For Yourself conference, organised by La ...
The Yellow Birds. Kevin Powers, Perth Writers Festival
01:02:07
Mar 14, 2013
A novel written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive. At the Perth Writers Festival, author Ke...
Asylum Seekers: Another Stolen Generation. Patrick McGorry
22:06
Mar 12, 2013
Patrick McGorry, Australian of the Year in 2010, is one of Australia's leading mental health advocates, writers and thinkers. He's also been one of the most trenchant critic...
Multiculturalism and Politics of Entitlement. Ghassan Hage
17:21
Mar 12, 2013
The humanities academic Ghassan Hage is one of Australia's most highly regarded and original thinkers on multiculturalism, racism, nationalism and migration. At the Thinking...
David Corlett on Attitudes to Asylum Seekers: Are We As Bad As We Seem?
18:12
Mar 12, 2013
David Corlett is perhaps best known as the host of the TV landmark series, Go Back To Where You Came From (SBS-TV). But since long before he was bringing the issue to Austra...
Ahdaf Soueif: On Art and Politics
57:28
Mar 7, 2013
Novelist, journalist and political commentator Ahdaf Soueif was in Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Reporting on the ground for The ...
Peter Singer on the Politics and Ethics of Geo-Engingeering
01:01:35
Mar 2, 2013
In the second part of this Sustainable Living Festival session, Playing God With the Planet, author, philosopher and ethicist Peter Singer tackles the big issue of geo-engin...
Clive Hamilton on the Politics and Ethics of Geo-Engineering
27:16
Feb 26, 2013
In the first segment of this Sustainable Living Festival session, Playing God With the Planet, author, intellectual and environmental activist Clive Hamilton tackles the big...
What Would Gandhi Do Today?: Michael Kirby
01:03:54
Feb 21, 2013
The UNSW Gandhi Oration commemorates Martyrs’ Day and is delivered by a person whose life’s work exemplifies the ideals of Gandhi. This year the oration is delivered by The ...
SlowTV is a free internet TV channel delivering interviews, debates, conversations and public lectures about Australia's key political, social and cultural issues. It's a new format for the delivery of new ideas. SlowTV provides a forum for the nation's leading minds and conversationalists to explore the ideas that fascinate us and the challenges that face us. Our programs, accessible at any time at the click of a mouse, have the freedom to consider every angle and the time to cover issues in depth. As well as studio interviews and panel discussions, SlowTV presents speeches and public lectures from around the country. Each day, authors, activists, scholars, poets, politicians and thinkers speak in public, hosted by bookshops, universities, non-profit organisations and public institutions. SlowTV puts a curated selection of these speeches online, in full. SlowTV combines the editorial integrity and resources of The Monthly magazine with the potential of digital technology to put Australia's public-intellectual culture on your screen. It streams video content with no strings attached - no charges, no memberships, no commitments. Settle in to the leisurely pleasure of http://www.slowtv.com.au/tm/video
