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Eliza Harvey is an Australian journalist who moved to Indonesia from Australia in 2015. Each week she phones her Mum -- ABC broadcaster Geraldine Doogue -- back home in Sydney. Both women are news junkies and mothers and avid Netflix fans. But Eliza is a Millennial and Geraldine's a baby boomer, which leads to a different take on life. Tune in for half an hour of laughs and conversation.
Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin takes listeners into the lives of artists, policy makers and performers. Alec sidesteps the predictable by going inside the dressing rooms, apartments, and offices of people we want to understand better: Ira Glass, Lena Dunham, David Letterman, Barbara Streisand, Tom Yorke, Chris Rock and others. Hear what happens when an inveterate guest becomes a host.
This podcast was published at The Sign of Jonas Blog. Dr. Susan Easton Black lectures on the life of Mormon Founder Joseph Smith. Dr. Susan Easton Black joined the faculty of Brigham Young University in 1978, where she is currently a professor of Church history and doctrine. She is a past Eliza R. Snow Fellow, Associate Dean of General Education and Honors, and Director of Church History in the BYU Religious Studies Center. The recipient of numerous academic awards, she received the Karl G. ...
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean offers a long-view take on what’s needed in this pivotal moment as Joe Biden takes office. Dean talks about vaccines, prioritizing the important while attending to the urgent, and what unity might look like for our deeply divided country. Dean has studied democracies around the world, yet much of his adult life h…
Actor Kristen Bell (The Good Place, Frozen, Veronica Mars) has a happy marriage that requires a lot of work, and she’s good with that. She considered a life in the theater as a student at NYU, even making it to Broadway before graduation. However, on a whim, she moved to Los Angeles and has been starring in movies and TV ever since. Like her most m…
Join award-winning actor Alec Baldwin in conversation with some of the most dynamic artists, policymakers, and performers working today. This season, Alec will talk with Kristen Bell about marriage and why generosity always wins, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean on the difference between the important and the urgent, and music legend Mick Fleetw…
It's almost Christmas! COVID-19 remains a great challenge. But despite all the tests of this year, Eliza and Geraldine both feel there's lots to celebrate. Here's their pick of 2020: Olive, Again – Elizabeth Strouthttps://www.penguin.com.au/books/olive-again-9780241985540 Rodham – Curtis Sittenfeldhttps://www.penguin.com.au/books/rodham-97808575261…
It's the busy lead up to Christmas - so much so that Eliza has run out of time for the podcast show notes. Enjoy this episode and join the conversation at the Facebook page "Long Distance Callers" or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com Thanks for listening!By Eliza Harvey
Eliza and Geraldine catch up at the tail end of a busy week. Eliza is feeling overwhelmed by housework and not ashamed to admit that she's putting TV before tidying up. Geraldine believes that 'putting your feet up' is the best way to maintain physical and mental wellbeing. Geraldine's been working hard too. She filled in on ABC RN Breakfast on Fri…
Season 4 of "The Crown" has been met with mixed reviews. But Geraldine is gripped, and so is Eliza, despite only being one episode in. Geraldine met Charles and Diana on their trip to Australia in the 80s. She found the prince intelligent and charming, while Diana was painfully shy and very beautiful. Also this week, Geraldine reflects on her inter…
President-elect Joe Biden gives his first press conference and the world (well, outside America) breathes a collective sigh of relief. Eliza remembers the time before Trump when Rudy Guiliani and Mike Pompeo were respected public figures. Geraldine is shifting her focus from America to the UK, where conservative advisor Dominic Cummings has been ba…
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Here’s The Thing is moving from WNYC to iHeartRadio. Over the past several years, Alec has talked with some of the greatest artists, musicians, actors, writers, thinkers, public policy makers, and sports figures of our time. The final two programs on WNYC highlight a compilation of some of Alec’s favorite interviews from the past several years. Thi…
A post-election debrief with special analysis from Dr Darren Lim, senior lecturer in international relations at the ANU in Canberra.By Eliza Harvey
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Today, Alec announces that Here’s The Thing is moving from WNYC to iHeartRadio. For nearly a decade, Alec has spoken with some of the greatest artists, musicians, actors, writers, thinkers, public policy makers, and sports figures of our time. The final two programs on WNYC highlight a compilation of some of Alec’s favorite interviews. This penulti…
In this special episode Geraldine and Eliza look back at the Trump era and discuss how it's changed America. In the Financial Times newspaper, the venerable commentator Martin Wolf articulates why this election matters to those outside the United States: America is the repository of western values. Thus democracy must thrive in the US in order for …
Eliza's first week back has been an exciting blur of catching up with old friends and learning the latest software. The prospect of navigating new technology makes Geraldine wince. Just this week she missed an update on her phone, which threw out her digital calendar and disrupted her day. In the meantime, she’s caught up with the brilliant Aaron S…
Today, Alec plunges into the politics of real estate with two guests. The first is David Schleicher of Yale Law School, whose expertise is Land Use. He gets to the heart of gentrification and continuously surprises Alec with one idea after another through their riveting conversation. Later in the show, Alec talks with Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist Senio…
Eliza and her family have finally received their belongings, seven months after leaving Lebanon. She's most excited about a new metal artwork that depicts the gracious old homes and streetscape of Beirut. Amidst the boxes Eliza finds other reminders of her five years away: from Indonesia there's the electric mozzie bat and a guide about navigating …
This week, Eliza and Geraldine discuss a perennial question which stirs up so much emotion: How do working women divide their time? Eliza wants the conversation around motherhood and its challenges to be sprinkled with more positivity, so as not to frighten young people to aspire to a family and a professional career. Geraldine's challenge this wee…
As a singer, guitarist, producer, and manager, Peter Asher has been at the center of some of the most important music - and moments - of the rock era. In 1964, he was just 19 when his London-based duo Peter and Gordon released its first single, “A World Without Love.” It reached number 1 on the charts on both sides of the Atlantic -- and was writte…
Two months ago a massive explosion tore through Beirut and wrecked Eliza's old home. On Monday 5th October, Adam's documentary on the blast went to air on the ABC's 4 Corners program. Eliza watched the program and cried for everyone affected by the catastrophe. It's so hard to make sense of the ineptitude and corruption that lead to this point. Als…
Geraldine's good friend and trailblazing feminist Susan Ryan died suddenly over the weekend. She was 77. Susan Ryan was the first Labor woman to sit at the Cabinet table in Bob Hawke's Government. The former ACT Senator was responsible for introducing the Sex Discrimination Act in 1984. But Geraldine reveals that her friend was most proud of raisin…
Few actors are as deeply associated with a character as Davis Gaines is with the Phantom of the Opera. When the Kennedy Center honored Hal Prince, Phantom’s original director, they turned to Gaines to perform the musical’s signature song, “Music of the Night.” Gaines’ spine-tingling vibrato shook the risers more than two thousand times in Los Angel…
How will the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg influence the upcoming US election? Geraldine admired "RBG" - the incredibly intelligent jurist who went on to become a cult figure of the Left. Geraldine notes that Bader Ginsburg was lobbied to resign when Barak Obama was in power to make way for another progressive colleague. But RB…
Eliza is setting up her new house in Sydney. She was in a hurry to get it done as quickly as possible, until a friend of hers introduced her to the phrase “buy once, buy well.” Eliza’s been trying to follow that mantra and take a bit more time to consider the various items she really needs in her home. Geraldine's been thinking about trading in her…
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Jordan Klepper is a very funny person, and Comedy Central took notice, making him one of their go-to stars: he's hosted his own late-night talk show and two excellent documentary series for the network. But with about 90 million views on YouTube and Facebook, Klepper's work as the Daily Show's Trump-rally correspondent is what turned him into a pol…
The Tribeca Film Festival has launched a new podcast, Tribeca Talks, and we want you to know about it. Here's a conversation Alec had with director Guillermo Del Toro at last year's Tribeca Film Festival, covering Del Toro’s incredible career, the meaning behind his films, and prepping for shoots.By iHeartRadio
Eliza lived a relatively nomadic lifestyle in Australia before moving overseas. She moved from Sydney to Hobart as a cadet journalist and then onto Karratha – Perth – and then back to Sydney again. She travelled with the basics and never invested in much furniture because it was expensive to move. This week, she decided it was time to grow up and b…
Tune in for part two of the LDC special from Victoria. Join the conversation at the Facebook page "Long Distance Callers" or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.comBy Eliza Harvey
Alec looks at the art world from two angles -- from someone in it, and from someone who has observed the world from a distance. First, writer Michael Shnayerson -- his latest book, Boom, gives an exhaustive history of how today’s art market came to be. Shnayerson writes for magazines -- including Time and Vanity Fair -- and has written seven books.…
Tune in for the first of two special episodes featuring LDC listeners in Victoria. In this podcast I speak to Franca Mosca and Carm Gleeson. Join the conversation at the Facebook page "Long Distance Callers" or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.comBy Eliza Harvey
This week, Obama as we've never seen him before at the Democratic National Convention. Geraldine and Eliza discuss new ways to communicate after COVID-19. Books, podcasts and War of the Worlds - a bleak TV show that Eliza is about to give up on. Thanks for listening! Join the conversation at the Facebook page "Long Distance Callers" or email ldcpod…
Marc Kudisch is a Broadway staple. With three Tony nominations, he has played such roles as The Proprietor in Assassins, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, and the sexist blowhard boss in Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. On screen, Kudisch has carved out a niche for himself working for some of the greatest directors in TV, including David Fincher in Mindhunter …
Today, Alec speaks with two colleagues he’s known for a long time, Brian Delate and Dick Hughes -- both actors whose lives were touched by the Vietnam War. Delate, Alec’s first guest, served in Vietnam after high school. He has performed on stage, in movies and on TV, and he’s also a playwright. His play, Memorial Day, tells the story of a Vietnam …
The Lebanese Government has resigned in the wake of last week's deadly port explosion. Ministers will limp on in caretaker mode but it will likely take months to form a new Government. Geraldine and Eliza discuss what comes next for Lebanon? Geraldine wonders if the French can install an administrator to funnel aid money to rebuild Beirut. Eliza th…
Eliza records a special podcast in the wake of the massive explosion that's ripped through Beirut. She speaks to her friends Farah Kanj and Rima Husseini for the latest on the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe. If you want to help, the best starting point is the Lebanese Red Cross.By Eliza Harvey
Writers Kaitlyn Tiffany and Ashley Fetters may be the country’s most astute observers of modern romance. Fetters even wrote the definitive history of Tinder. Alec discovered their jointly written article, The ‘Dating Market’ Is Getting Worse, published in February, 2020, and knew he had to talk to them. The writers talked to historians and sociolog…
Geraldine and Eliza are feeling Victoria's distress keenly this week. The situation is so serious that it's become hard to concentrate on anything else. Geraldine has been reflecting on the manic pace of life before Covid-19. She wonders if people will revert back to old habits once a vaccine is (hopefully) found. Eliza has been thinking about tech…
Filipino-American filmmaker Ramona Diaz says each of her films is a “yearning for the motherland.” She’s in a unique position, as she says, able to “decode” the Philippines for the rest of the world. Her most recent film, A Thousand Cuts, tells the story of Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa and the struggle for a free press and the crackdown…
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Eliza is ripping through "Rodham" which is the fictionalised version of Hillary Clinton's life if she didn't marry Bill. Eliza was initially put off my the premise of the book. Why dwell on alternative histories? It seemed like a waste of time. But she pushed on regardless and is now totally captivated. Meanwhile Geraldine is planning to watch the …
Geraldine's taking a well-deserved break. She's loaded the audio book "Middlemarch" on her smart phone and packed her suitcase with winter woolies. Eliza has just finished "Olive Kitteridge" and is watching "Normal People" on Stan. Thanks for listening! Join the conversation at the Facebook page "Long Distance Callers" or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.co…
Alec and Stanley Tucci have only been on set together a couple of times, but they established a rapport deep enough to carry over into a Zoom interview more than a decade later. The two share stories from their families, discuss what they love about working with certain fellow actors, and the difference between working in Hollywood and the UK. Tucc…
Geraldine's learning to live with ambiguity. As the COVID-19 situation in Australia worsens, the next six to twelve months remain unclear. We're all being asked to delay our plans and live in limbo. That's taking some getting used to. It's making Geraldine realise that our lives aren't quite as settled as they may seem. Meanwhile, Eliza's re-traini…
Victoria has gone back into lockdown. The rest of Australia worries about following suit. Geraldine and Eliza anxiously look forward to the next six months. Also this week: Fintan O'Toole on the fatal delusions of Boris Johnson. Eliza reminisces about Indonesia. And flopping about on holiday. Thanks for listening! Let us know your thoughts via emai…
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Ingrid Newkirk is the co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA. It may be America’s best-known animal rights organization thanks to legal sophistication, scientific seriousness, and off-the-wall publicity stunts like throwing fake blood on models wearing fur, or infiltrating a KFC chicken-supplier to publicize alleged crue…
Geraldine's working too hard and she's trying to understand why. Partly it's because there's just so much to read at the moment. She's running to keep up. Eliza wonders if her Mum's work patterns are linked to Australia's emergence from the COVID-19 lockdown? But Geraldine thinks it's a result of "normal life" returning to the northern hemisphere. …
Big news this week: Eliza and her family will stay in Australia permanently. They won't return to Lebanon. Eliza's thrilled to be home and looking forward to resuming her journalism work. Her husband Adam has been offered a new job at the ABC TV current affairs program "4 Corners". The decision to leave Lebanon was bittersweet. Eliza and her family…
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Micky Dolenz was a successful child-actor, but he became a full-fledged star at 20 in 1966 as the exuberant singer and drummer of The Monkees -- or rather, as the actor playing that character. At first, the band was a creation of NBC and only existed on the show The Monkees. For the first season, much of the backing music was played by a studio ban…
2020 is so challenging that Eliza is looking for advice from unconventional sources. This week, she rewatched the adventures of Olive & Mabel the labradors. In episode 3, the dogs emerge from a fetid pond and "let the unpleasantness sink in". It seems like a good mantra for life. Also this week, how should white people respond to the Black Lives Ma…
Retired General Jim Mattis has launched a scathing criticism of his old boss, labelling Donald Trump a divisive President and a threat to the Constitution. Geraldine and Eliza wonder if General Mattis' letter will act as a call to arms amongst Republicans who have been privately wary of the President's behaviour, but until now unwilling to criticis…
Woody Allen's new book, Apropos of Nothing, starts with a portrait of his father, a tough-guy World War One Navy veteran and onetime gunman in a firing squad. It's the first of a series of surprising, fascinating stories from a life that went from working-class Jewish Brooklyn in the 1940s to movie sets in Rome and Paris. The book also addresses th…
Eliza is missing her home in Beirut while loving life in Australia. It's a strange case of geographical scizophrenia. Meanwhile, Geraldine wonders how much adventure and pressure we should inject back into life as we emerge from lockdown. Eliza's engrossed in the new 'Wind of Change' podcast and Geraldine has finished the 'Sergio' documentary on Ne…
As we emerge from lockdown, are we facing a pandemic of anxiety? The COVID-19 crisis has forced us into new patterns of social interaction. We've been told that the best way to protect ourselves from coronavirus is staying indoors and away from people. Journalist and author Judith Hoare argues that social distancing feeds off fear. She conducted ex…
