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Bryan Gaensler – Extreme Cosmos | mellygoround
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Oh you know, stuff. Bryan Gaensler – Extreme Cosmos. Posted on September 26, 2011. Astronomer Bryan Gaensler speaks to Melanie Sheridan about immigration, science in Australia, aliens and his first book,. In this slightly extended version of the article that appeared in print. Will Extreme Cosmos need an Extreme Makeover now that supposedly faster-than-light neutrinos have changed, well, everything? Oh, and he’s just about to have his first book published. A nation of immigrants. Gaensler hopes that with.
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism | mellygoround
https://mellygoround.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/outfoxed-rupert-murdochs-war-on-journalism
Oh you know, stuff. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism. Posted on August 8, 2011. In light of the the. News of the World. Scandal, I’m revisiting my interview with Robert Greenwald for his 2004 documentary. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism. No so Fantastic Mr Fox. Ahead of the 2004 federal election, Crikey. Reported on an apparent move by Fairfax management to order. Rupert Murdoch’s War On Journalism. Meaning: is it Republican enough? I realised that nobody had taken them on becaus...
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David Rosenberg – Inside Pine Gap | mellygoround
https://mellygoround.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/inside-pine-gap
Oh you know, stuff. David Rosenberg – Inside Pine Gap. Posted on October 14, 2011. Former high-tech spy David Rosenberg has written a book revealing the truth about Pine Gap. It may have been the most frustrating job of his life, Melanie Sheridan learns. No aliens. Wait. Of course, we were wrong. Not about the aliens, though. Because David Rosenberg, who worked at Pine Gap for 18 years,. An alien: a foreigner residing in another country than that of his birth, and not having rights of citizenship. Establ...
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An Interview with Milliner Wendy Mead | mellygoround
https://mellygoround.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/an-interview-with-milliner-wendy-mead
Oh you know, stuff. An Interview with Milliner Wendy Mead. Posted on August 16, 2011. This piece was commissioned in 2009 for a book on millinery that ultimately didn’t end up being published. The brief asked for a tone “half way between magazine and lifestyle book. That is, light-ish but not too cheesy/chatty.” I forgot I’d written it. Feather wreath, 2009 collection. Photo: Ben Weinstein. One of France’s leading milliners. Upon returning to Australia, she continued her studies with Thomas Harrison.
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Andy Falkous – Future Of The Left | 2011 | mellygoround
https://mellygoround.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/andy-falkous-future-of-the-left-2011
Oh you know, stuff. Andy Falkous – Future Of The Left 2011. Posted on November 27, 2011. Hi Welcome to the annual. Article about the annual Future Of The Left Australian summer tour. As per usual, this year our guest is Mr Andrew Falkous. Aka Falco, front mouth of the titular band. Them if you’re new to all this; it’s quicker.) Hence the aforementioned annual tour. But for one reason or another the vagaries of studio availability; our own availability in between jobs and/or job searches and also, you kno...
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Jon Ronson – The Psychopath Test | mellygoround
https://mellygoround.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/jon-ronson-the-psychopath-test
Oh you know, stuff. Jon Ronson The Psychopath Test. Posted on August 3, 2011. Jon Ronson’s latest book is a frightening, often funny and ultimately humane journey into the world of madness. He spoke to Melanie Sheridan about danger, anxiety and psychopaths. For his first book,. Them: Adventures with Extremists. Ronson spent time with conspiracy theorists, religious fanatics, ideologues and nut jobs, all the while maintaining perspective on their humanity. In his best-selling. The Men Who Stare at Goats.
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Mark Dapin – Spirit House | mellygoround
https://mellygoround.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/mark-dapins-spirit-house
Oh you know, stuff. Mark Dapin Spirit House. Posted on September 12, 2011. Mark Dapin’s new novel. Shares some characters with his 2009 book, King of the Cross, but it is a very different story, he tells Melanie Sheridan. This Mark Dapin is serious business. He also reveals the ever-present ghosts of his past. Finely drawn, engaging and poignant,. Is kind of a tribute to his granddad’s generation, a working class Jewish culture that’s essentially disappeared , notes Dapin, explaining that as ...It’s clea...
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