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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 3 Aug 2014Wayne looks at the troubling - but little discussed - increasing incidence of plagiarism in universities. Wallace follows up with Michael Peters, Professor of Education at the University of Waikato. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint - Fukushima
Audio 27 Jul 2014This week, a fresh look at Fukushima which Wallace discusses with Melbourne University's Nossal Institute for Global Health's associate professor Dr Tilman Ruff. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 20 Jul 2014Wayne Brittenden takes a critical look at Israel and the particular unhappiness of Jews who oppose the conduct of the Israeli government. Then, Norman Pollack, Emeritus Professor of History at… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint - sex and disability
Audio 6 Jul 2014Is sexual experience a human right, and if so, should we not be ensuring that this right is not denied to those with physical disabilities? Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 29 Jun 2014Wayne Brittenden looks at the forces at play and some little known history. Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's rejected calls from the US and Europe for a more inclusive government to counter the… Audio
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Counterpoint for 8 June 2014
Audio 8 Jun 2014Sociologist Hilary Wainright is a research director at the Transnational Institute of scholar activists. Hilary's been engaged in many progressive international issues - particularly on alternatives… Audio
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Counterpoint for 1 June 2014
Audio 1 Jun 2014In view of the extraordinary success of the anti-European UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the recent local and European elections, Wayne Brittenden looks at the party and the European-wide backlash… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 25 May 2014Wayne looks at the use of our first names in all of our transactions these days, and the social implications. Wallace follows up with Auckland social critic Tony Watkins. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint - waiting
Audio 18 May 2014How can we get back into the human habit of waiting, when technology and commerce are pulling us in the opposite direction? Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint - Sweden
Audio 11 May 2014Sweden and the persistent yet inaccurate perception of it as an egalitarian and neutral nordic state of successful social democracy. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 4 May 2014In light of Middle East envoy Tony Blair's recent keynote speech on why the region is important, Wayne takes a critical look at Blair's perspectives and the West's selective moratlity on human rights… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Wayne Brittenden looks at the impact of Gallipoli on our national psyche and comes up with a challenging critique of the campaign. Wallace Chapman follows up with psychology professor Tony Taylor, and… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Audio 20 Apr 2014New York's Neue Galerie is presently running an exhibition on the modern art that was bitterly attacked by the Nazis, who mockingly ran "degenerate art" exhibitions around Germany in the late 1930s… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Audio 13 Apr 2014With whistleblowers Julian Assange and Edward Snowden back in the news in recent days, Wayne takes a fresh look at their revelations of state surveillance, and describes the little-known private… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 6 Apr 2014Australia's review of its Vilification Act has brought Muslim sensitivities back into the headlines, along with all the usual stereotypes. Wayne takes a timely look at the little-known strand of… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
In the aftermath of Saturday's demonstrations against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Wayne looks at its implications and Wallace follows up with the Nurses Organisation's Marilyn… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Audio 23 Mar 2014With many Americans registering for Obamacare before this year's cutoff point at the end of the month, Wayne takes a timely look at this most enigmatic of US presidents. Finlay follows up with US… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Audio 16 Mar 2014Last Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear power reactor disaster in Japan. Wayne takes a fresh look at this on-going global health threat, and Finlay follows up with Dr Tilman… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 9 Mar 2014Coverage of the crisis in Ukraine has generally lacked historic context, and yet some little-known facts are essential for a proper understanding of the complex and rapidly changing situation there. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Audio 2 Mar 2014Excessive inequality's now recognised by many governments as a problem that has to be addressed, although some economists argue that it's the inevitable outcome of globalisation and de-regulation… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 23 Feb 2014China has expressed "extreme concern" over a report that Japan has resisted pressure to return to the US a large quantity of weapons-grade plutonium. Wayne looks at growing regional fears that Japan… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint - the slogan
Audio 16 Feb 2014Wayne looks at the proliferation of slogans and strap-lines, many in traditional places for them while some have ventured into previously unnecessary and inappropriate places. Social critic and former… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint for 9 February 2014
Audio 9 Feb 2014In recent weeks there have been Hitchcock retrospectives in a number of western cities. Though Hitchcock was far from political, an aspect of the great director's work neatly describes a… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Audio 2 Feb 2014Last Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of a movie that many critics believe to be one of the funniest ever made. Dr Strangelove nevertheless had a serious point to make about the high risks… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 26 Jan 2014As if the hazards at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant needed to worsen, more highly radioactive water has leaked in one of the reactors. Wayne looks at growing international unease in… Audio