• Uncommon Sense – Triple R FM

  • By: Amy Mullins
  • Podcast

Uncommon Sense – Triple R FM

By: Amy Mullins
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • Long-form conversations about politics and current events, international affairs, history, art, books, and the natural world – presented by Amy Mullins, Tuesdays 9am-noon on Triple R 102.7FM.
    All rights reserved
    Show More Show Less
Social Sciences
Show More Show Less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2
activate_samplebutton_t1
Episodes
  • Interview with Don Watson, Trump, Harris, and America on the Brink

    Interview with Don Watson, Trump, Harris, and America on the Brink
    Sep 23 2024
    Amy Mullins chats with Don Watson, acclaimed author and former speechwriter to Paul Keating, about his Quarterly Essay, 'High Noon: Trump, Harris and America on the Brink.' In this historically rich and incisive account, Watson explores Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and a nation approaching its democratic high noon. As part of his research, Don travelled across the U.S. earlier this year, exploring the question: Is the United States disintegrating? Key themes of his essay include voter suppression, the rise of fascist politics, Australian parallels, and deeply rooted systemic racism, with his queries capturing a critical juncture in history. Furthermore, he says: “The core of the problem lies in their founding documents — the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, as they never began resolving the race debate.” Broadcast 17 September 2024.
    Show More Show Less
    58 mins
  • Interview with A. C. Grayling, Philosophy And Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live

    Interview with A. C. Grayling, Philosophy And Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live
    Aug 19 2024
    British philosopher and best-selling author A. C. Grayling joins Amy in the Triple R studios for a very special in-depth conversation. Anthony tells us how we can consciously build our own philosophy of life, and why it is so important that we have one of our own. Grayling doesn't want to be prescriptive, but rather says we should take what's best for us from a range of philosophical schools and ideas. Amy and Anthony discuss free will and Sartre and Beauvoir's concept of existentialism, the key ancient philosophical schools and philosophers, including the Stoics, Cynics, and Epicureans. They also explore universal topics of love, friendship, and what happiness really is today compared with how it was conceived of in the past. He explores these ideas in his recent book, 'Philosophy And Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live.' Broadcast on 13 August 2024.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 5 mins
  • From The Vault – Interview with Robert Macfarlane, Underland: A Deep Time Journey

    From The Vault – Interview with Robert Macfarlane, Underland: A Deep Time Journey
    Aug 19 2024
    A very special interview is brought out of the archives as acclaimed British writer Robert Macfarlane joins Amy for an in-depth conversation about the connections between landscape, language, people, and place. This expansive conversation begins with an exploration of the aspects of nature, landscape, and place that motivate Robert’s writing. Robert says, “We can think of thought itself as site-specific and as motion sensitive,” and that bodily movement in a particular landscape can prompt transformative thoughts and feelings that are not always accessible outside that place. “There are thoughts I’ve had while climbing mountains that I could not have had at sea-level. There are thoughts that I’ve had while walking 20 to 30 miles a day that were borne of the tiredness in my body and the landscapes through which I was moving at that time,” Robert recounts. He explains what motivated his inquiry into the underland – that part of the landscape that exists underfoot, and which has long-standing significance for human culture and practices. While writing 'Underland: A Deep Time Journey,' Robert realised this was “a very, very old human story... [and] began from that apparent paradox, why have we gone into the darkness to see things for as long as we’ve been human?” Amy and Robert also draw on ideas from his past works including, Mountains of the Mind, The Old Ways, and Landmarks. Robert is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. First broadcast on 1 September 2020. Re-aired on 30 July 2024.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 8 mins

What listeners say about Uncommon Sense – Triple R FM

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available