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Curtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 22 - 23 July 2025 - Ronnie Hayden (Australian Workers Union Victorian Branch Secretary)This week's Curtin's Cast is a powerful, at times moving episode featuring Ronnie Hayden, Australian Workers Union Victorian Branch Secretary. Hosts Nick Dyrenfurth and Redbridge's Simon Welsh chatted to Ronnie about his upbringing in Ireland, diverse working life as a cafe owner and construction worker, life as a Dad to five children and fostering 55 (!) kids, personal challenges he has overcome on the way to leading the Victorian AWU and the issues facing working people which fire him up.
2025-07-2242 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 21 - 16 July 2025 - Liam Byrne (Author of No Power Greater: A History of Union Action in Australia)History nerds and labour movement aficionados we have a cracker of a Curtin's Cast for you this week! Nick Dyrenfurth was joined by Redbridge's Simon Welsh to yarn with historian and author Dr Liam Byrne, discussing his new book, No Power Greater: A History of Union Action in Australia. Liam is a distinguished biographer of the great John Curtin and another Labor prime minister Jim Scullin - his first book was Becoming John Curtin and James Scullin: the Making of the Modern Labor Party (Melbourne University Press, 2020) so we naturally traversed his earlier studies of these Labor icons, Liam's...2025-07-1543 min
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John Curtin’s War Volume II Triumph a...2025-07-0800 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 20 - 9 July 2025 - Prime Minister Anthony AlbaneseThis week's Curtin's Cast is a special edition featuring Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's 2025 Curtin Oration in Sydney on Saturday 5 July on the 80th anniversary of John Curtin's passing and the PM's expansive Q and A which followed with our centre's Chair, Sam Almaliki.
2025-07-0856 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 19 - 2 July 2025 - David Swift (Author of Scouse Republic: An Alternative History of Liverpool)We had a fabulous chat this week on Curtin's Cast with one of Britain's finest young historians, authors and leading political commentator, David Swift. Co-hosts Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras deep dived into Dave's latest book, Scouse Republic: An Alternative History of Liverpool (Constable). We explored what makes Liverpool unique culturally and politically and touched on all manner of other subjects from Nigel Farage, why "Tory" is such a venomous insult, and what the left gets right and wrong about working people. Enjoy!
2025-07-0142 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 18 - 25 June 2025 - Basem Abdo (Labor Member for Calwell)This week's episode is a cracker featuring Basem Abdo, the newly elected Labor MP for Calwell in Melbourne's outer north-western suburbs. Kos Samaras and Nick Dyrenfurth deep dived into Basem's back story, the son of Palestinian migrants growing up in 'Broady' who went from flipping burgers to sitting in federal parliament in 2025, his previous work in the private sector and government, and fervent working-class passion for rebuilding opportunity and secure, well-paying jobs for Calwell's young people through manufacturing and reindustrialisation.
2025-06-2444 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 17 - 18 June 2025 - Generational Tectonic PlatesIn the latest Curtin's Cast Kos Samaras and Nick Dyrenfurth deep dive into the seismic ways Millennials and Gen Z - who collectively make up over 43% of the electorate - are disrupting politics just as the Baby Boomers did post-WWII. Based off exclusive Redbridge polling we look at how the shifting of generational tectonic plates is reshaping the media, advertising and industries such as gambling but is yet to be reflected properly in our democratic institutions and policy settings. There are big lessons for all sides of politics - on the Right but also competition on the left.
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The Future OfPlanetary Defence | Assoc Prof Nick Timms & Prof William RickardPicture this: there’s an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. What exactly would we do – and who’s working behind the scenes to keep us safe? In this episode, David Karsten is joined by Associate Professor Nicholas Timms and Professor William Rickard to explore the fascinating science of planetary defence.o How a Moon rock changed a career [00:58]o Planetary defence 101 [02:32]o Space rocks and the tools unlocking their secrets [04:50]o What Asteroid Bennu is teaching us about life’s building blocks [07:40]o The story of WA’s Mother’s Day meteorite [1...2025-06-1726 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 16 - 11 June 2025 - Emma Dawson (Chifley Research Centre)This week's Curtin's Cast is a cracker featuring the Chifley Research Centre's (official thinktank of the Australian Labor Party) new Executive Director Emma Dawson, one of the best and most forthright thinkers in social democratic circles. With Anthony Albanese giving his first major address to the National Press Club, Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras chat to Emma about her background, from being born in Northern England, working as a political advisor, running the progressive Per Capita thinktank, her new role, and of course what's going on in Australian politics and what's next for the second term Albanese Labor government. 2025-06-1044 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 15 - 4 June 2025 - Michael SamarasOn this week's Curtin's Cast, Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras chat to Michael Samaras (no relation to the latter!), a Sydney-based researcher, writer and historian, who in 2022 uncovered the Nazi past of the founding benefactor of the Wollongong Art Gallery. Michael has just published a fascinating new book, Anti-Fascists : Jim McNeill and his mates in the Spanish Civil War (Connor Court).
Anti-Fascists : Jim McNeill and his mates in the Spanish Civil War by Michael Samaras
The Australians who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War were men and women of conscience. They were prescient i...2025-06-0351 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 14 - 28 May 2025 - Post-Election Fallout and What Comes NextIn the final post-election Curtin's Cast wrap Kos Samaras and Nick Dyrenfurth discussed the on-off again Coalition partyroom divorce, why the Liberals stand to gain from a trial separation from the Nationals, the hysterical opposition from some Liberals and right-wing commentators to Labor's tightening of multi-million dollar superannuation tax concessions, and Nick looks ahead to some of the big issues which will dominate the next term of parliament including Artificial Intelligence, while Kos gives us a rundown on the remaining hotly contested electoral contests.
2025-05-2741 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 13 - 21 May 2025 - Prof Paul StrangioWith time and space for more considered reflection on the federal election that was, Kos Samaras and Nick Dyrenfurth sat down with one of the doyens of political history and significant public intellectual in Australia, Monash University's Professor Paul Strangio. We deep dived into the election that was, why voters voted the way they did, where 2025 sits in the pantheon of Labor victories, ask is this finally the end of Howardism, and explore the depth of the Liberal Party's troubles especially in Victoria.
About Paul
Paul Strangio is Emeritus Professor of Politics in the School o...2025-05-2047 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 12 - 14 May 2025 - Andrew Hastie MPWe've got a cracking episode of Curtin's Cast this week featuring Liberal Party rising star and MP for Canning in Western Australia, Andrew Hastie, who was their only metropolitan adjacent seat holder to record an increase in his primary and 2 party preferred vote. Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras chatted to Andrew about his early life and family as the son of a clergyman and grandson of soldiers, the importance of faith, his service in the Army's SAS, the battle of ideas and why he might be best described ideologically as a Red Tory, the life of West Australian MP...2025-05-1449 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 11 - 7 May 2025 - Kos and Nick Unpack Election 2025The 2025 Australian federal election has been won - in a big and history-making way by Anthony Albanese's Labor Party - and lost in a humiliating manner for the Liberal-National Coalition led by Peter Dutton, who lost his own seat on May 3. On episode 11, Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras unpack virtually every element of the campaign that was - what Labor did well, why the Libs tanked, the disastrous Greens' performance, the One Nation/Trumpet of Patriots flop, state-based results and key seats, how gender, age and ethnicity played out, as well as the key issues which swung the campaign. T...2025-05-0659 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 10 - 30 April 2025 - Mega Election Preview with Shaun RatcliffCurtin's Cast MEGA federal election preview!
On tomorrow's episode of our podcast with Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras we are joined by psephological superstar Shaun Ratcliff of Accent Research. We discuss all things democracy sausage including who will win and why, the key seats to watch, does it matter whether party leaders know how much a carton of eggs cost, what respective campaign HQs will be up to in the final days and much more!
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The Pat Kenny ShowLosing a Parent to Suicide: June Curtin's storyClaire Darmody speaks to June Curtin.June's husband John took his own life in 2013, and her son Calum and daughter Amelya lost their dad aged just 9 & 5. June talks about John; she shares what a great dad and husband he was, and what she can about the day died. She shares how she navigated explaining John's death to the children and the impact, the shock, grief and loss has had on them all. June also discusses the milestones and moments where they all still feel John's loss deeply, her own health issues that followed and how sea swimming...2025-04-2925 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast Episode 9 - 23 April 2025 - Drew WestenWe have a fantastic episode of Curtin's Cast this week featuring Professor Drew Westen, well-known US political psychologist and author of the super influential 2007 book, 'The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation'. We spoke to Drew about his book – including receiving praise from Bill Clinton (which he initially thought was a hoax!) - why feelings trump facts every time, what the Left gets wrong about voters, Trumpism and much more!
About Drew Westen
Drew Westen is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Emory Un...2025-04-2244 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast - Episode 8 - 16 April 2025 - Kos and Nick Mid-Election PulseOn Episode 8 of Curtin's Cast, Nick Dyrenfurth and Kosmos Samaras take the pulse of the federal election halfway through the campaign. Kos gives us an update on what the polls are telling us drawing on his decades of experience, how campaign launches work, key seats watch from across the continent, what's behind Peter Dutton's seeming implosion and competing party machines, while Nick and Kos trade contrarian takes on housing policy and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's MAGA-phone. Is this the worst federal election Liberal campaign in modern history? Listen to Curtin's Cast at your favourite streaming service to find out the a...2025-04-1545 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast - Episode 7 - 9 April 2025 - Dai LeWe have a powerful, compelling episode of Curtin's Cast Episode 7 for your listening pleasure this week featuring the Independent MP for Fowler in in Sydney's outer southwestern suburbs, Dai Le Co-Hosts Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras chatted to Dai about her arresting back story, from her dramatic departure from Vietnam in April 1975, life as a refugee family first in the Philippines and then Australia, her career in journalism and finally becoming a politician at a local and then federal level, the first Vietnamese-Australian MP to sit in the nation's parliament.
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Weekend One on OneINTERVIEW: Why is WA a battleground state?John Phillimore is the Executive Director of the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin University. He has been at Curtin for 17 years, and previously worked in government and for other universities. He has spoken to SBS WA Correspondent Christopher Tan about why Western Australia is seen as a battleground state in the upcoming election.2025-04-0421 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast - Episode 6 - 2 April 2025 - Nick and Kos on Election Week 1On Episode 6 of Curtin's Cast, Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras unpack Week One of the federal election. Kos tells what to take from the avalanche of new polling, key seats to watch in the outer suburbs and inner-cities, Liberal woes and the "Trump bump", plus they deep dive into a major research project the John Curtin Research Centre and RedBridge Group are undertaking on right-wing populism.
Listen to Curtin's Cast Episode 6 at your favourite streaming service!
2025-04-0137 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast - Episode 5 - 26 March 2025 - Kos and Nick on the Budget and Election 2025On this week's episode of Curtin's Cast Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras deep dive into the looming federal election, what the polls are telling us, Donald Trump's tariff wars, the future of the two-party system in Australia and the 2025 Budget.
Listen to Curtin's Cast Episode 5 at your favourite streaming service!
2025-03-2641 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast - Episode 4 - 19 March 2025 - Clare O'NeilWe have an amazing new episode of Curtin's Cast with the the brilliant Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Clare O'Neil MP.
Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras yarned with Clare about family including her convict relatives, her childhood raised by publisher parents, modern life and being a working Mum of three in politics, and plenty of policy focusing (not surprisingly!) on housing. Some say if you want a friend in politics get a dog! We asked Clare if she had friends from the non-Labor side and response was super interesting!
Listen to Curtin's Cast Episode 4 at...2025-03-1856 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast - Episode 3 - 12 March 2025 - Maurice GlasmanEpisode 3 of the John Curtin Research Centre's Curtin's Cast podcast has landed and it's a cracker! JCRC Executive Director Nick Dyrenfurth and RedBridge Director Kos Samaras yarn with Lord Glasman. We deep dive into Maurice's Blue Labour project, discuss the rise of Trump and his recent chat with MAGA 'Godfather' Steve Bannon, the follies of unchecked globalising capitalism and modern left-wing 'progressive' politics, the meaning of patriotism, AI and climate change, and what it will take for Labo(u)r parties to win back the affection of the working class.
Maurice Glasman is an English political theorist...2025-03-1153 minCurtin’s CastCurtin's Cast - Episode 2 - 5 March 2025 - Jim ChalmersOn Episode 2 of the John Curtin Research Centre's Curtin's Cast podcast JCRC Executive Director Nick Dyrenfurth and RedBridge Director Kos Samaras chat to the Treasurer of Australia and Member for Rankin in suburban Brisbane, Jim Chalmers. We deep dive into what makes Jim tick and his passions, including what he does outside of the cut and thrust of political life, how he takes inspiration from Labor legend Paul Keating and where he differs in his 21st century approach, the big challenge of intergenerational responsibility, the fourth wave of economic transformation, and what is at stake at this year's election...2025-03-0441 min
Jeremy LoebFour Decades Battling Vivisection, Camp Beagle's John CurtinJohn Curtin has been involved in the animal liberation movement since before I was even born. He's taken the fight to the teeth of the vivisection industry, a fight that continues to this day. John has spent the last 3 1/2 years as a resident of Camp Beagle, an ongoing protest camp outside of beagle breeding facility MBR Acres in the UK. He's rescued animals, raided laboratories and been to prison numerous times standing up for animals. But don't call him a hero.If you try calling John a hero, he'll correct you that he's just a knobhead. And I love...2025-02-262h 10Curtin’s CastCurtin's Cast - Episode 1 - 19 February 2025JCRC Executive Director Nick Dyrenfurth and Redbridge Director Kos Samaras look at the year ahead in Australian politics, deep diving into recent opinion polling, Trump and the global right-wing anti-establishment insurgency, how men and women are heading in different voting directions, upcoming West Australian election, and much more.
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SOCCERBARSe viene un finde de caos en MLS? último partido para Messi? sorpresas?Ponemos la mesa para lo que se juega el fin de semana. Será el último partido de Messi en 2024 con Inter Miami? habra sorpresa en LA? NYCFC le da la vuelta a la serie? Orlando City saca la casta en casa? protagonistas, la salida de Curtin en Philadelphia, la legada de Arena a San José y más MLS..2024-11-071h 02
The Future OfStonehenge | Anthony Clarke & Prof Chris KirklandA new discovery brings us closer to understanding one of the world's greatest mysteries ... or does it? In this episode, David Karsten is joined by Curtin University Research Associate Anthony Clarke and Professor Chris Kirkland, to discuss their discovery about the origins of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone and its wide-reaching implications. What is Stonehenge and why is it so fascinating? [01:11]The final piece of the provenance puzzle: the Altar Stone [01:23]How did we get here? Cross-continental journeys and big ideas [04:40]Drilling into the research: samples, spectrometers, Stonehenge and Scotland [07:26]A new understanding of communities, technologies and societi...2024-10-2231 min
Generation RisingEd Pacheco and athlete John Williams about Special Olympics Rhode IslandHost, Anaridis Rodriguez, sits down with Ed Pacheco, CEO of Special Olympics Rhode Island, and Special Olympics athlete John Williams. Ed shares insights into the organization's mission to foster inclusion and empowerment through sports, while John, a passionate competitor, gives a firsthand account of his journey and what the Games mean to him and his fellow athletes.2024-10-1626 min
PT Pro TalkEp 152 - Cognitive Functional Therapy with Prof. Peter O’Sullivan💭” The most powerful way cognitive shifts happen is through behavioral experimentation.” - Prof. Peter O’Sullivan
Our guest, Professor Peter O’Sullivan Dip Physio, Grad Dip Manip Ther, PhD, FACP is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at the School of Allied Health Sciences at Curtin University and a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist where he holds a 0.5 FTE position. Dr. O’Sullivan is internationally recognised as a leading clinician, researcher and educator in musculoskeletal pain disorders. With his team he has developed a novel management approach for people disabling low back pain – called ‘cognitive functional therapy’. This treatment has d...2024-10-101h 02
"Talking At The Diner" Podcast"Talking At The Diner" Podcast Ep. 35 ft. Katie FeeneyI'm still smiling about my hang with Katie Feeney at the Oregon Diner in south Philly. Katie is a no-nonsense belter with a voice capable of delivering melodic Americana twang with a healthy dose of Robert Plant bravado. Hence, perhaps, the name Roberta Faceplant. At once an alter-ego and a band moniker for the well-oiled country-inflected machine she's been leading into venues all over the greater Philadelphia area, "Roberta," as she affectionately calls it, started as a way to for Katie to land a gig she wanted for an artist that sounded way more rootsy than her funk rock co...2024-06-1757 min
Construction Champions PodcastStrategic Growth and Transition In Construction! Construction Champions Podcast 2-35 John CurtinHost Ron Nussbaum welcomes guest John Curtin on Construction Champions podcast where they discuss the importance of preparing construction companies for sale or scaling. They emphasize the significance of building a business that can thrive with or without the owner, focusing on key areas like accounting, training, KPI monitoring, and organizational structure to increase business value and readiness for potential transactions.
About John
John Curtin is one of the founding members of Now Capital Partners. John offers diverse accounting and financial experience, with a proven track record in management, leadership, and a powerful growth mindset. He has consulted with...2024-04-2930 min
KCREatingwealth149. From Wholesaling to CRUSHING Large Multifamily & RV Parks! w/ John MansorIn this week’s episode of the KCREatingwealth Podcast, I had super fun interview with John Mansor, Co-owner of Archer Acquisitions! They are a real estate syndication company based out of Boston that specializes in multifamily and RV parks! It was such an honor to sit down with John and hear a bit about the Archer story. They began their journey wholesaling in MA, leveraging OPM (other people’s money) to buy deals, and eventually made the pivot to searching for large commercial assets! John loves chatting about how the team got involved with the RV park asset class, and what...2024-04-1529 min
The Moving SpotlightLAUREN ADAMS - Dive into the Improv Mess // Actor, Director, and ImprovisorLauren Adams is an actor, director and writer. You may recognize her from TV shows like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Modern Family, Special, and Deadbeat or feature films like Greener Grass and The Disruptors. Lauren has a BFA from Elon University, and has performed regularly at The UCB Theatres in New York and Los Angeles since 2007. Lauren has directed countless plays, sketch shows, and the short film Animal, starring Cathy Curtin. She lives in LA with her husband Seth and their perfect dog Bear.
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The Most Influential People in HistoryJohn Curtin: Australia's War Prime MinisterThe Most Influential People of All Time (03 May 2023) Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curtin Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-03-2704 min
Office Hours with John GardnerEpisode 105- Student Success in Australia with Sally KiftProfessor Sally Kift is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL), and President of the Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows (ALTF). She has held several Australian university leadership positions, including as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at James Cook University (JCU) and inaugural Director, First Year Experience at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Sally is a national Teaching Award winner (Business & Law: 2003), a national Program Award winner (Assessment & Feedback: 2006) and was appointed an Australian Discipline Scholar in Law in 2010. She was awarded a national Senior Teaching Fellowship over 2006-2009 to investigate...2024-03-1851 min