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Best of the best - celebrating 15 years of The Morning Interview


The Guest List Gerry Adams President of Sinn Fein and MP for West Belfast Billy Bragg English musician, songwriter, social and political activist and author - dubbed a ‘punk pioneer’ Brenda Blethyn Beloved British actor, star of “Secrets & Lies”, “Little Voice” and “Pride and Prejudice” as Mrs Bennett John le Carre English author of espionage novels several of which have been adapted for film and television Maureen Dowd Washington based columnist for the New York Times, dubbed “the most dangerous woman in America” Jane Elliott American teacher and crusader against racism and prejudice - created the famous “blue-eyed/brown-eyed” experiment Jonathan Franzen Award winning American novelist and essayist, author of “The Corrections” Lincoln Hall Australian mountaineer, adventurer, author, survivor of a night alone on Mt Everest Bill Henson Australian contemporary and controversial art photographer Paul Keating Former Prime Minister of Australia Michael Leunig Australian cartoonist, poet, philosopher, writer and painter. Creator of beloved characters like Mr Curly and many others David Malouf One of Australia’s most important and most treasured authors and poets Pauline Nguyen Pauline and her family fled the communist regime in Vietnam and arrived in Australia in a leaky boat. She is now a Chef, author & co-owner of Vietnamese restaurant Red Lantern Oliver Sacks British neurologist based in New York, author of “Awakenings” Jeffrey Tate Celebrated and distinguished English conductor

Forthcoming Guests

Waleed Aly (repeat) [ Friday 19 March ]
Lecturer in politics at Monash University and works at the Global Terrorism Research Centre. > more

Listen to Recent Guests

Recent interviews are available as audio-on-demand. These normally become available by 1.30pm Sydney/Melbourne time on the day of broadcast. Windows Media audio requires Windows Media Player vers.9 or later, with a 56k modem or better. Visit the ABC Streaming Media Players page for advice and links to find the software you need.

Wednesday 17 March

10.05am Marian Potts
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Theatre Director. > more

Tuesday 16

10.05am Bryony Lavery
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Playwright. > more

Monday 15

10.05am Brett Dean II
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Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music and composer. > more

Friday 12

10.05am John Wood (repeat)
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Thursday 11

10.05am Dr. Lorimer Moseley (repeat)
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Senior Research Fellow at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney. > more

Wednesday 10

10.05am Steven Isserlis II (repeat)
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Tuesday 9

10.05am Adam Elliot (repeat)
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Film Director. > more

Monday 8

10.05am Poppy King (repeat)
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Australian entrepreneur who has had an extraordinary journey through the world of business. > more

Friday 5

10.05am Clive Hamilton
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One of Australia’s leading thinkers, he is Charles Sturt Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, based at the Australian National University. > more

Thursday 4

10.05am Professor Helen Irving
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Professor in the Faculty of Law at Sydney University. > more

Wednesday 3

10.05am Dr Jenny Stewart
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Professor of Public Policy in the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. > more

Music Details

Music played during Mornings with Margaret Throsby on
March 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
For earlier dates, start at the index of Archived Music Details.

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