GDay World 383 – Jabiz R on Iran
My guest today is Jabiz R. Born in Iran, raised in America, now living in Qatar, Jabiz is an educator and blogger. I’ve really enjoyed some of his posts about Iran lately so I invited him onto the show.
GDay World 382 – Dr Wayne Chamley on Catholic Sexual Abuse in Australia
Last week I wrote a post on the recent report out of Ireland about the true extent of child abuse committed by the Catholic Church from the ’30s through to the ’70s.
A few people on Twitter tried to suggest there was no connection between abuse in Ireland and in Australia, so I invited Dr Wayne Chamley from Broken Rites onto the show. Broken Rites is an Australian advocacy group that works with victims of religious child abuse. He believes that if we had a Royal Commission into Catholic child abuse in this country we would discover TENS OF THOUSANDS of victims.
By the way folks, don’t forget – if you are looking for an easy way to listen to the G’Day World archives (all 381 episodes!), and you’ve got iTunes installed, go to our page on iTunes. While you’re there, give the show a quick review!
GDay World 381 Reloaded
Hey folks, apparently I screwed up the track alignment in show 381 (about banks) so there is a fair amount of overlapping of voices. (Thanks to Anthony Voevodin for letting me know!)
I’ve re-edited the show and fixed it up, and I’m attaching it here.
By the way folks, don’t forget – if you are looking for an easy way to listen to the G’Day World archives (all 381 episodes!), and you’ve got iTunes installed, go to our page on iTunes. While you’re there, give the show a quick review!
GDay World 381 – Why We Hate Banks (part one)
UPDATE: The original audio for this show had a problem (overlapping tracks) so I’ve re-uploaded it here.
We hate banks. (see my recent poll) It’s true. You know it. I know it. The only people who don’t seem to know it are the banks themselves. Although, I suspect they DO know it – they just don’t care. They’ve had an effective oligopoly for so long they think they can just say and do whatever they want and we’ll just sit here and take it.
Well I’m not taking it anymore. I’m going to do a series of shows exploring why we hate banks so much and what the alternatives are. We have a voice. Let’s use it to change things.
Today on the show I interview three people – Jen Storey from Online Banking Review, Mike Jarocki from Credit Card Finder, and Owen Davies, Group Manager, Corporate Affairs, Bendigo Bank, the bank that Aussies seem to actually like a bit.
Show sponsor:
Why People Hate Aussie Banks
Today I’m recording a podcast about why people hate banks so much – and what we can do about it.
I’m interviewing a range of people about banks, independent commentators as well as bank representatives.
This all started with a twtpoll I started last night about which bank is the least evil.
We all know that banks are one of the major causes of the Global Financial Crisis. It’s time we did something about them.
Here’s a list of information and twitter comments I’ve gathered while preparing for the show:
All of the major banks in Australia have MAJOR negative customer satisfaction scores.
Bank fees rose by 8% last year to nearly $12 billion
There is absolutely no reason for bank fees of any kind to exist. Banks borrow our money and charge us for the privilege. Banks already make a metric fuckton of money just by HAVING our hard earned savings in their possession. (@ryanbooker)
without the govt guarantee, i would not be depositing w bendigobank. Nice guys, crap risk management. (@bernardk)
Have found St George to be best bank I have used in AU but I still get best service from UK banks despite being here 15 yrs (@marksmithers)
all banks are evil! $12 billion made from penalty fees in 2008 (@jeremycabral)
GDay World 380 – Yvonne Bornstein, 11 Days Of Hell
In 1992, Melbourne businesswoman Yvonne Bornstein and her husband Daniel went to Russia on a business trip. They were kidnapped at the airport and tortured for 11 days in captivity while their captors held them for random. They were finally rescued in a joint operation by the FBI and the KGB. Yvonne joined me on G’Day World Live tonight to tell her story – what they went through and how she has dealt with it in the years since.
links:
Yvonne’ website.
Yvonne is on Twitter!
NYTimes article from 1992.
Melbourne Herald Sun article from 1992.
“Burned”, the novelization of her story, just released.
“Eleven Days Of Hell”, Yvonne’s book.
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