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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint - Nelson Mandela
Audio 15 Dec 2013This week Wayne takes some characteristically fresh perspectives on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, and Finlay follows up with Melbourne-based academic Binoy Kampmark. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 8 Dec 2013Wayne looks at why mass protests are no longer part of our political landscape. Chris follows up with former Auckland University academic, Tony Watkins. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Audio 1 Dec 2013Adolf Hitler, who assumed power early in 1933, passed a law on December 1 of that year safeguarding the unity of the party and the state. Eighty years on, Wayne Brittenden looks at the internationally… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 24 Nov 2013Wayne Brittenden takes a look at an almost forgotten publication for a generation of baby boomers, The Junior Digest. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
With the debate over the minimum wage, as opposed to a living wage, gathering pace, Wayne tells us that hundreds of New Zealanders - virtually forgotten employees - receive only a fraction of the… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Audio 3 Nov 2013With the release this week of a children's book extolling the virtues of the real world over social networks - and written by Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook's founder - Wayne takes a look at… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 27 Oct 2013Wayne looks at growing demands for new restraints on the US National Security Agency operations and Chris follows up with acclaimed German writer Ilija Trojanow, a formidable critic of the NSA. Please… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
Audio 20 Oct 2013Five years ago this month the global financial decline kicked in deeply. Wayne looks at the implications of the next meltdown that some punters are predicting, and the potential for serious social… Audio
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Counterpoint for 6 October 2013
Audio 6 Oct 2013Are we losing sight of the 'universal' aspect of university? Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 29 Sep 2013The ancient belief that there's a causal connection between heavenly bodies and human happenings seems to be enjoying heightened interest on the internet and elsewhere. Wayne takes an unstarry-eyed… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint - a new WHO report
Audio 22 Sep 2013A new World Health Organisation report into alleged high Iraqi incidences of cancer, caused by radioactivity from depleted uranium shells used in the most recent Gulf War, finds no cause for alarm… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 15 Sep 2013Wayne discusses the implications of the Russian initiative to get Syria to agree to surrender its chemical weapon stockpile. He also takes a critical look at mainstream media coverage of the Syrian… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 1 Sep 2013With the US poised to lead an attack on Syria, Wayne takes a critical look at the crisis, and the non-military options. Richard follows up with Andrew Levine, US author and former professor of… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint - Restaurant Culture
Audio 18 Aug 2013In the pursuit of culinary sophistication and epicurean identity, have New Zealand restaurants strayed too far from their humble and unpretentious origins? Food and wine writer Keith Stewart discusses… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 11 Aug 2013Wayne takes a critical look at the prevailing global economic orthodoxy of neo-liberalism. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 4 Aug 2013This Tuesday and Friday mark the 68th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Wayne explores some of the enduring myths surrounding these tragic events, and Chris follows up… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 28 Jul 2013Last Tuesday's revelation that the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is leaking contaminated water into the ocean and that the Japanese government has known about the spillage, confirms the fears… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 21 Jul 2013With a number of commercial interests receiving gold mining exploration or prospecting permits on Coromandel's Schedule 4 land where gold mining's prohibited, Wayne looks at the industry at home and… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint - kitchen politics
Audio 14 Jul 2013Wayne Brittenden takes an historic gaze back through some of his inherited cookbooks and finds it's not just the recipes that are reminiscent of another time. Dr Peter Lineham from Massey University's… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 7 Jul 2013Edward Snowden's latest revelations concerning US surveillance of EU countries have resulted in expressions of outrage from a number of governments, although no grateful offer of asylum for the now… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 30 Jun 2013As the world reflects on the ailling Nelson Mandela's achievements, Wayne looks at the present state of the ruling ANC, hurt by persistent allegations of cronyism and corruption. Chris also talks to… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 23 Jun 2013Edward Snowden's latest revelations were a huge embarrassment for the UK Government. Foreign politicians and diplomats attending two G20 Summit meetings in London in 2009 had their phone calls… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 16 Jun 2013Reports that a US secret court ordered the Verizon phone company to hand over to the National Security Agency millions of phone records, and subsequent revelations that the agency taps directly into… Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 9 Jun 2013This week Wayne looks at some of the issues that have sparked off the unrest in Turkey, and Chris follows up with Amnesty International's researcher on Turkey, Andrew Gardner. Audio
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Audio 2 Jun 2013Recently a French consumer magazine tested 47 popular brands of bottled water and found that 10 of them contained residues from drugs or pesticides. This raises questions about supposedly healthier… Audio