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Barrington Levy - Reggae Anthology: Sweet Reggae Music (1979-84)

Early material compilation showcasing an already incredible talent.




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Night Works - Urban Heat Island

Appealing solo debut from the former Metronomy man.




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Urbanisation and COVID-19, an unplanned wandering, Persian new year, budget food and Montreal




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Alison Roman, urban politics of COVID-19, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Berlin




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Russian food in the Arctic circle, privacy in a pandemic, Japanese curry, Viennese social housing and the Great Barrier Reef




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Talkback: Parents, children and remote learning during coronavirus

While some parents are sharing picture-perfect posts about their home-schooling skills, others are pulling their hair out as they try to work and get their kids through this sudden introduction to remote learning. What lessons can we take from this crazy situation?




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Are kids and young people affected more badly than we thought?

On today's show: * What is happening with children in the UK? * What about younger adults suffering from stroke in America? * Is loss of sense of taste and smell a good enough symptom to get tested? * How does COVID-19 possibly change the way we think?




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Too Hard Basket: breaking the chainmail

A chain email arrives in your inbox from two friends requesting you send a poem of your choice on to 20 others. You really like both these people and don't want to hurt their feelings by not participating, but you have a deep dislike of chain letters and loading up the internet with bumph. You feel really conflicted about this. What should you do?



  • Computers and Technology
  • Information and Communication
  • Poetry
  • Ethics

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Talkback — what are you looking forward to when this is all over?

Eating out, going clothes shopping, hugging a friend? Depending on your circumstances, these are some of the things you may not have been able to do during the lockdown. But coronavirus restrictions are slowly being eased in some parts of the country - so what's top of your 'to-do' list, when you're allowed to do it?




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Why the next fortnight is so important in the coronavirus battle

On today's show: * What's going on with school openings? * How important is Vitamin D and what role could it play in COVID-19 infections? * Could low blood oxygen be used as a way to see if someone has COVID-19? And Norman has some information from a yet-to-be-published paper about why some South Korean recovered patients seem to be testing positive again for COVID-19.




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What will our cities and urban spaces look like after COVID-19?

What can we learn from living through lockdown to make our cities and urban areas better places to live into the future?




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Too Hard Basket: excluded from a family inheritance

You are chatting with your cousin and she casually mentions an inheritance. You know that on her mother's side there was nothing to inherit. Your paternal grandmother though, died five years ago and you received nothing. Do you dig for answers knowing there's no chance of money, but really just to understand why? Or do you just let sleeping dogs lie?




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Weekend Life Matters: urban change post-Covid, sea and sand restored, Cape York beats the odds, and his Bobness sings for us all

Can these lockdown patterns of urban behaviour change how we shape our cities, one man's mission to de-plastic our sea and sand, how Cape York communities have had zero infection on a shoestring budget, and a landmark Dylan song falls back into relevance.




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Antibalas - Antibalas

Musical democracy in action, an inspiring example of a band practicing what they preach.




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Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba - Jama Ko

One of Mali’s most popular artists continues to impress on the global stage.




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The Creole Choir of Cuba - Santiman

Sophisticated singing that could make this choir one of the best known in the world.




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Bomba Estéreo - Elegancia Tropical

Bogotá quintet delivers fiery electro-Cumbia contortions with hidden depths.




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'Truly surreal': Isolating on an abandoned ski mountain in Canada

When the COVID-19 restrictions hit Big White in British Columbia, Canada, 90 per cent of the mountain dwellers left within 24 hours, leaving behind hundreds of dollars worth of ski equipment and even abandoning their cars in the street.




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Let's Get Quizzical with Tom Ballard and Mel Buttle

Have you been paying attention to the news this week?




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The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow

A timeless, anachronistic debut record from the double-Grammy-winners.




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The Band Perry - The Band Perry

Radio-friendly country fare, exceptionally produced but lacking originality.




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Old Crow Medicine Show - Carry Me Back

Old-time stylists make a fiery bid for the spotlight.




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Various Artists - Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys

A refreshingly varied voyage, with Tom Waits, Beth Orton and Patti Smith amongst the crew.




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Anaïs Mitchell - Child Ballads

A beautiful updating of traditional British folk music.




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Devendra Banhart - Mala

A sense of love and lightness lingers after this eighth album has run its course.




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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - La Finta Giardiniera (Freiburger Barockorchester; Rene Jacobs)

An overwhelmingly joyous account of one of Mozart’s lesser-known operas.




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Johann Sebastian Bach - Harpsichord Concertos (Retrospect Ensemble; harpsichord/director: Matthew Halls)

A fresh-feeling recording of ear-popping brilliance.




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Johann Sebastian Bach - Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (Books I and II) (feat. piano: András Schiff)

Schiff transcends all questions of instrumentation to deliver a pure experience.




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Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantatas vol. 51 (Bach Collegium Japan; conductor: Masaaki Suzuki)

Fluently stylish and idiomatic, these performers live and breathe Bach's music.




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Franz Schubert - Schubert Edition Vol. 7: Erlkönig (baritone: Matthias Goerne; piano: Andreas Haefliger)

The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances.




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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Septem verba a Christo (Sophie Karthaüser, Christophe Dumaux, Julien Behr, Konstantin Wolff, Academie für Alte Musik Berlin/Rene Jacobs)

In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater.




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Bad Brains - Into the Future

The hardcore trailblazers may have another classic LP in them, but this isn’t it.




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ABBA - ABBA: Deluxe Edition

An interesting, experimental juncture in the quartet's career.




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Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby

Rod’s first festive collection finds the crooner on fine fireside form.




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Karl Bartos - Off the Record

A mixed manifestation of electronic pop from the former Kraftwerk-er.




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Viral economics and, is this the end of globalisation?

Is the government pulling the right levers to mitigate the economic impact of Covid-19. How long can the Australian economy survive shut downs before we tip into irreparable damage? 








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Outback droving families dying out as younger generations leave industry

Generations of droving families have been running cattle through outback Queensland, but that could soon end as young people leave the regions in search of other opportunities.




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Hero's bravery award brings back memories for girl saved from sheep station fire 80 years ago

One man's rescue of a four-year-old girl from a fire 80 years ago has been formally recognised, and now the girl he saved wants to give something back to his family.




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A Barcoo Independent newspaper clipping describes a fire at Bonnie Doon, outside Blackall, November 29, 1940




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Canterbury Bankstown Council sets sights on three-dimensional crossings to improve road safety

Three-dimensional zebra crossings have turned up in Iceland, England and even the tiny outback town of Boulia in Queensland and now one Sydney council is exploring whether it could join the trend.




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Total Control turns Winton into 'Hollywood of the Outback' in new ABC television series

Winton shines in the new television series, Total Control, starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths.




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Officials measure a world-record attempt for a line of motorhomes in Barcladine, May 26, 2019




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A Guinness World Record-breaking parade of camping vehicles outside Barcaldine, May 26, 2019




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Outback Queensland town Barcaldine wins Guinness World Record for longest line of motorhomes

The outback Queensland town of Barcaldine has officially set a new world record for the longest line of motorhomes.




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Outback Queensland pioneering single mother's daily rainfall records recognised 100 years on

When outback pioneering single mother Mary Emmott started rainfall records in 1914 she had no idea how important they would be.




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Emus invade streets of outback Queensland town in search of food and water

Emus have once again mobbed the streets of Longreach in search of food and water. While some locals say the number of chicks is a good omen for the wet season, an expert says the birds simply "lay and hope for the best."