A fathers and daughters show on Open House this week. Author Gordon Dalbey will join us again to unravel the masculine soul, show us what’s going wrong, and how true masculinity can be rediscovered. And with girls as young as 5 addicted to shopping and over-anxious about their looks, we’ll discover the ever-increasing pressures on our daughters to think, feel and behave in destructive ways—and what you can do about it. ...
Our technology guru Gary Brown joined us this week to talk about the car of the future, and the alternative forms of energy it might use. Here's some of the links mentioned during our chat: 1. Hybrid cars may use less fuel but the real indicator is their ecological footprint. A great article here to help you see how all the pieces work together: 2. Here is a great general article on a summary of some future fuels: 3. Biogas: ...
Our technology guru Gary Brown joined us this week to talk about the car of the future, and the alternative forms of energy it might use. Here's some of the links mentioned during our chat: 1. Hybrid cars may use less fuel but the real indicator is their ecological footprint. A great article here to help you see how all the pieces work together: 2. Here is a great general article on a summary of some future fuels: 3. Biogas: ...
There’s a discussion underway at the moment about whether petrol should be included in the government’s proposed emissions trading scheme. This week Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he couldn’t rule out petrol prices soaring even higher, under the emissions trading scheme. The emissions trading scheme will put a yet-to-be-announced price on carbon, as an incentive for big and small emitters to reduce their emissions. Australians create around 17 per cent of the country’s total emissions – via transport fuels. Should we...
This week’s dilemma is from Kate – who doesn’t know what to do when people at her work approach her and start to talk about another colleague. Kate doesn’t want to be involved in the conversation, because she doesn’t want to get involved in office politics. But she finds it hard when colleagues approach her and simply start confiding their personal thoughts on other members of the team she works in. It’s usually to do with how useless a contribution...
This week, a twin tale of redemption from two stars of 1980s television. Willie Aames was known to millions as the girl-crazy, trouble-prone teenager Tommy Bradford in Eight is Enough. He later married Maylo Upton who starred in shows like Santa Barbara, Hardcastle and McCormack and The A-Team. When they met, her star was rising after a life on the streets, while his was falling through drug abuse. Together they made millions, lost almost everything and discovered the only thing...
“A New Earth though a New Me”by Kara Martin Eckhart Tolle has shot to superstar status with the publication of his first book in eight years: A New Earth. It has been embraced by Oprah Winfrey and she hosted an on-line series of interviews which attracted more than two million subscribers. The book has been top of the Self-Help titles since its release. Eckhart Tolle was born in Germany, but now lives in Canada. He was a student at Cambridge...
What would you say to a friend who was considering having plastic surgery? Have you ever been in this situation? Did you encourage your friend - or question them, and ask them to think twice? That’s the dilemma that Graham is in this week….a friend of his at church is considering having some changes made to her nose. Apparently it’s a feature that has made her feel uncomfortable for many years. But Graham is wondering whether plastic surgery is a...
What do you think should be done to tackle obesity in Australia? Do you like Professor Stewart’s idea of incentives for towns deemed to be overweight? He’s suggesting towns could be awarded with pools and gyms if they collectively shed weight. Or do you find the idea of a “biggest loser” for whole towns patronising? Is it even up to the government to tacke action? Or is weight an issue that’s clearly in the domain of the individual? Should more be done at childhood?...
With male and female infertility on the rise, more and more Australian couples are struggling to create a family. Many hope reproductive technologies will help them defy nature. But how ethical is IVF, surrogacy or inter-country adoption, and what questions should couples ask as they pursue them? Ethicist Tom Frame will walk us through the topic. Plus we’ll review The Gruen Transfer, the latest new age best-seller A New Earth, and we’ll continue our series on overcoming the dark side...
