History Hit The Surrender of Japan In the broadcast to mark the surrender of Japan on August 15th, 1945 Emperor Hirohito’s voice crackled over Japanese airwaves to announce the unthinkable – the surrender of Japan. It was the first voice … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Rear Vision (ABC) 2014 and Ukraine’s relationship with Russia. This is a replay of an episode from 2014, just as Russia had invaded Crimea. It all seems rather prophetic now. Ukraine was the …| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Missing in the Amazon (Guardian) Episode 3: The protector and the poacher looks at Bruno Pereira, the indigenous expert who was killed along with Dom Phillips on the Javari river in western Brazil. Pereira was born in the city, but … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
The Ezra Klein Show Best Of: Barbara Kingsolver on ‘Urban/Rural Antipathy’ This episode was recorded some time ago, when Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead had just been released (see my review of the book here) I knew that Kingsolver was from … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Behind the Bastards Christmas Non-Bastard The Tupamaros of Uruguay Parts 1 and 2 This program delves into the ‘baddies’ but as part of their Christmas Good Cheer, they nominate a non-bastard, and in December 2021, that was Jose Mujica and … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
7.a.m. (Guardian) The Road to Yoorook is the first of a two-part series that was released at the same time as the Yoorook final report was handed to the Victorian government. The Yoorook truth-telling commission is the first one held … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
