The IPA's Looking Forward Podcast - A weekly podcast of debate and discussion about politics and ideas hosted by Scott Hargreaves, Editor of the IPA Review and Chris Berg of RMIT University and Fellow of the IPA
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
What on earth is the Government up to with its Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme and how did Tony Abbott become Australia’s biggest threat to national security? (2:33-18:09) Where exactly is the Australian Research Council sending its grants the Humanities? (18:09-33:40) What does the reaction to the IPA’s ‘Race has no Place’ video say about the debate on the voice to parliament? (33:40-43:11)
Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Morgan Begg and Dr Bella D’Abrera to answer these questions and dive into their culture picks which include Netflix’s take on the Legend of Henry V, James Scott’s Against the Grain, David Watkin’s classic Morality and Architecture and the new Netflix investigation into Bill Gates’s brain (43:11-1:04:38)
Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018A00063
Bella d’Abrera, IPA, The Humanities in Crisis: An Audit of Taxpayer-Funded ARC Grants
IPA Video: Race Has No Place in the Constitution
https://ipa.org.au/ipa-tv/race-has-no-place-in-the-australian-constitution
Anthony Dillon on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Peoples (2017)
https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2017/07/constitutional-recognition-indigenous-peoples/
Culture Picks:
The King; Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80182016
Against the Grain; James C. Scott
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34324534-against-the-grain
Morality and Architecture; David Watkin
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1856886.Morality_and_Architecture_Revisited
Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates; Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80184771