Chris Laidlaw

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Ideas examines the concept of resilience. Essentially it's the strengthening of the capacity of any town, city or country to withstand the knocks imposed on it by nature or man-made mishaps. Chris… Audio

Jews around the world will this coming week begin their celebration of Passover - the commemoration of the Jewish exodus from Egypt and escape from slavery. So, in the latest of our occasional "lived… Audio

Australia's first Doctor of UFOs talks about his unusual academic achievement. Audio

US Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith talks about her role working directly to the Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. Audio

Bruce Philp talks to Chris Laidlaw about his book, The Orange Code: How ING Direct Succeeded by Being a Rebel with a Cause. Audio

Legal historian Professor Richard Boast describes how there were many more treaties in colonial New Zealand than just the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. He says that an examination of these treaties and… Audio

Historian Bruce Stirling discusses the rich and turbulent history of Lake Wairarapa. Audio

Marking International Women's Day earlier this week, writer, academic and former MP for the ANC, Dr Gertrude Fester talks about imprisonment under the apartheid regime in South Africa, race relations… Audio

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Claudia Orange is the author of the (updated in 2011) book: The Treaty of Waitangi (Bridget Williams Books). A work that has shaped the way many people understand the place of the treaty in New… Audio

Author James Kaplan reveals the real man behind the image of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra. Audio

This week marks 60 years since the 1951 Waterfront Dispute began and it remains the biggest industrial confrontation in New Zealand's history. Historian Dick Scott talks with Chris Laidlaw about the… Audio

Science historian Naomi Oreskes discusses the findings in her book 'Merchants of Doubt - how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming'. Audio

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Professor of Economics at Bologna University Stefano Zamagni tells Ideas that it's no coincidence that the cooperatives of Emilia Romagna province - particularly the many worker-owned cooperatives… Audio

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Satu Limaye, the director of the East-West Centre in Washington DC, assesses US-Asia-Pacific relations during the Obama administration, and looks at strategic trends in the Asia-Pacific, and their… Audio

Green Party MP Dr Kennedy Graham discusses his Public Finance (Sustainable Development Indicators) Amendment Bill - a member's Bill sparked by his passion for ecological economics. Audio

Dr Ed Blakely was the controversial clean-up Czar who co-ordinated the recovery programme after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Dr Blakely is in New Zealand advising on ways to fund urban… Audio