Paradigm Shift on 4ZZZ

S3E3 – Radical art with Taring Padi

Today we talk to Indonesian protest art collective Taring Padi about their current exhibition in Brisbane – where they collaborate with Aboriginal art collective Proppa Now. I also chat with Richard Bell from Proppa Now about the collaboration. Originally broadcast 23/02/24
S3E2 – Stopping the weapons flow from Australia to Israel

Today we talk to Jake, Margie and Sam – some of the people around Brisbane and Australia who have been disrupting the manufacturing and transport of weapons that are carrying out the destruction of Gaza. Originally broadcast 02/02/24
S3E1 – Julian Assange

Today we are in solidarity with Julian Assange, who has his final appeal against extradition to the USA on Feb 20. I speak to his father and staunch advocate John Shipton, and also to Kym Staton – director of the new documentary film “The Trust Fall”. Originally broadcast 12/01/24
S2E30 – Technocriticism with Richard King

Today we chat to author Richard King. His new book “Here Be Monsters” is a critical look at the way ideas about technological progress are shaping both our future and our selves in ways that are not necessarily beneficial and certainly not inevitable. Originally broadcast 16/06/23
S2E29 – Working for human rights in Palestine and Kurdistan

Today we hear what it’s like working for human rights in Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan. I have a chat with Rebekah Dowling and Jasmine Pilbrow about their experiences working with Community Peacemaker Teams. Originally broadcast 17/03/23
S2E28 – Prisons

On today’s show we are talking about prison. I speak to Damien Linnane, editor of the Paper Chained magazine of prisoner writings, and to Indigenous mental health nurse Jenny-Lee Carr about rates of Aboriginal youth and adult incarceration. Originally broadcast 09/06/23
S2E27 – Artificial Intelligence and Killer Robots – Radio Against The Machine!

Today’s show is Radio Against The Machine! I speak with Oscar Delaney about the potential existential threats from Artificial Intelligence, and to Matilda Byrne about the campaign to stop lethal autonomous weapons. Originally broadcast 11/08/23
S2E26 – Iraqi Kurdistan part 2 – Choman Hardi and Nayef Sabri

Today I speak to two courageous people working for a better future in Kurdistan and Iraq – feminist poet, author and academic Choman Hardi; and Yazidi man Nayef Sabri who as head of the Sunrise NGO is trying to rebuild Yazidi community in Iraq after Islamic State tried to wipe the ancient religious group off…
S2E25 – Iraqi Kurdistan part 1 – Kamaran Osman

Today we talk with Kamaran Osman about politics in Iraqi Kurdistan, peacemaking work here, and what it was like to be a part of the Arab/Kurdish Spring wave of protest movements sweeping across the Middle East back in 2011. Originally broadcast 19/05/23
S2E24 – Maikio community – peasant farming in Aotearoa

On today’s show, we hear about the low tech, peasant farming, intentional community in the north of New Zealand where Andy spent a couple of months in late 2022/early 2023. I talk to a few different members of the community about what they do and why. Originally broadcast 05/05/23