Category: Podcast

No Illusions Podcast #53 – Peter Honig on The Wire Sep 2012

If you haven’t watched THE WIRE yet – what are you waiting for? After all, it’s ten years old this year and it has been roundly acclaimed as…

No Illusions Podcast #52 – Stu Campbell, The Love Punks & Neomad Aug 2012

Neomad is a new iPad comic created by and featuring a group of energetic, talented and brilliant indigenous kids from Roebourne in Western Australia. The guy who has…

No Illusions Podcast #51 – Josh McDonald on Gun Ownership Aug 2012

UPDATE: Josh has clarified his thoughts on his blog. Good work. My guest on NIP#51 is Josh McDonald (aka Sophistifunk), software developer in Melbourne and a former cigar…

No Illusions Podcast #50 – Aboriginal Suicide Aug 2012

I wonder how many of you are, like me, feeling terrible about the indigenous affairs situation in Australia. My guest today is Justin O’Brien, Executive Officer of the…

No Illusions #49 – Rob McNealy on Gun Ownership Aug 2012

Rob McNealy is back on the show (see gdayworld #329 for his last appearance four years ago) and he’s talking about gun ownership. Rob is a huge believer…

The No Illusions Podcast #48 – Stephen Covey and a Principle-Centered Life Jul 2012

Stephen Covey, author of “The Seven Habits” books, died in a bicycling accident a couple of days ago. Covey, who was, by the way, a Mormon, wrote about…

No Illusions Podcast #47 – I Can Haz Higgs Boson? Jul 2012

My first podcast in several months is a bit of a rant and a bit of science – a basic primer to help you understand yesterday’s announcement of…

Australian Aboriginals On “Bottom Rung” Jun 2012

Via @mikeb476: A new international report has ranked the life circumstances of Aboriginal Australians at the “bottom rung” and warned that Aboriginal children are “23 times more likely” to…

No Illusions Podcast #46 – Battle For Honour And Humanity Mar 2012

Here’s some of the stories I talk about on this week’s show: Why climate deniers are like the Catholic church The Unbreakable Smartphone That Lasts For Weeks Without…

No Illusions Podcast #45 Feb 2012

On this episode, I talk about socialism, Iran, quantum computing, faster-than-light neutrinos and how to make bad memories disappear forever.