“If you can reach that point of almost nonchalance in playing, that’s a different level of creativity again”

John Bell talks to Peter Clarke about acting, King Lear and the Bell Shakespeare Company

30 Jun 10 | Comments (0)

Digging up a scandal

The story of how two journalists unearthed the Securency scandal shows what would be lost if newspapers stop funding investigative journalism. They talked to Peter Clarke

18 Jun 10 | Comments (1)

“It’s good to be back”

Barack Obama has gone onto the front foot, but did he leave it too late? Political historian David Farber discusses the post–healthcare reform prospects with Peter Clarke

28 Apr 10 | Comments (0)

The subtle art of collaboration

Margaret Simons (pictured) talks to Peter Clarke about a challenging co-writing project, the political memoirs of Malcolm Fraser

14 Apr 10 | Comments (0)

Great expectations

Chrissy Sharp and Michael Williams talk to Peter Clarke about Melbourne’s new literary hub, the Wheeler Centre

02 Dec 09 | Comments (0)

Authenticity and the ABC

Six months into the job, the ABC’s director of news, Kate Torney, talks to Peter Clarke about where the national broadcaster is headed

16 Nov 09 | Comments (2)

In the red zone

Australian journalist Martin Chulov tells Peter Clarke about the challenges of reporting from Iraq and the preparations for January’s election

09 Nov 09 | Comments (0)

Living the language

PODCAST | After nearly a quarter of a century collecting data among the Mennonites of southern Ontario, Kate Burridge is identifying the broader linguistic implications of her research. She talks to Peter Clarke

01 Oct 09 | Comments (0)

Will democracy survive?

Democracy did not emerge as an historical inevitability, John Keane tells Peter Clarke

15 Sep 09 | Comments (0)

Schooling and the common good

Jack Keating discusses his new report on education with Peter Clarke

31 Aug 09 | Comments (0)