http://www.odeo.com/channels/2102517-TPN-No-Illusions-with-Cameron-Reilly-%C2%BB-Podcast yes Science, atheism, politics, futurism, and a hard dose of the truth. Science, atheism, politics, futurism, and a hard dose of the truth. Science, atheism, politics, futurism, and a hard dose of the truth. en 40 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:07:10 -0800 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:07:10 -0800 Society http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25502232-No-Illusions-Podcast-03-%E2%80%93-Rangan-Srikhanta-OLPC-Australia Rangan Srikhanta is the Executive Director, One Laptop per Child Australia. On this show he chats with me about their efforts to get laptops into the hands of kids living in remote regions of Australia. The idea to speak with OLPC came out of a recent Geeks Who Care meeting we had in Brisbane. OLPC have a terrific program running called the “Window of Opportunity Initiative” which enables all of us to contribute to getting these wonderful devices out where they are needed. Rangan Srikhanta is the Executive Director, One Laptop per Child Australia. On this show he chats with me about their efforts to get laptops into the hands of kids living in remote regions of Australia. The idea to speak with OLPC came out of a recent Geeks Who Care meeting we had in Brisbane. OLPC have a terrific program running called the “Window of Opportunity Initiative” which enables all of us to contribute to getting these wonderful devices out where they are needed. Rangan Srikhanta is the Executive Director, One Laptop per Child Australia. On this show he chats with me about their efforts to get laptops into the hands of kids living in remote regions of Australia. The idea to speak with OLPC came out of a recent Geeks Who Care meeting we had in Brisbane. OLPC have a terrific program running called the “Window of Opportunity Initiative” which enables all of us to contribute to getting these wonderful devices out where they are needed. tag:odeo.com,2009-12-07,25502232 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:07:10 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, geeks who care http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25450493-No-Illusions-02-%E2%80%93-Ideas-While-You-Sleep Yvonne Adele (aka Ms Megabyte) is a Melbourne-based entrepreneur and founder of Ideas While You Sleep – an overnight brainstorming service for business utilising hundreds of clever global brains. It’s a brilliant idea for helping small and large businesses around the globe leverage the power of crowd-sourcing. It’s so terrific I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of it first.  Yvonne Adele (aka Ms Megabyte) is a Melbourne-based entrepreneur and founder of Ideas While You Sleep – an overnight brainstorming service for business utilising hundreds of clever global brains. It’s a brilliant idea for helping small and large businesses around the globe leverage the power of crowd-sourcing. It’s so terrific I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of it first.  Yvonne Adele (aka Ms Megabyte) is a Melbourne-based entrepreneur and founder of Ideas While You Sleep – an overnight brainstorming service for business utilising hundreds of clever global brains. It’s a brilliant idea for helping small and large businesses around the globe leverage the power of crowd-sourcing. It’s so terrific I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of it first.  tag:odeo.com,2009-11-15,25450493 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:18:09 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneuship http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25445758-The-No-Illusions-Podcast-01 Episode 1 of the new show! The No Illusions Podcast examines the truth about how our we’re living our lives. Today’s guest is Fiona Patten, the founder of The Australian Sex Party. That’s a political party, not a tupperware party. And they are SERIOUS. They have a great set of policies that I endorse, including ending the internet filter and holding a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse by religious institutions. They have two candidates in upcoming elections and Fiona herself is running for Peter Costello’s old seat of Higgins in Victoria. Fiona is running against the Greens Candidate – THE Clive Hamilton, architect of the Rudd Govt’s evil internet filtering plan. Keep up to date on their progress by following the Aust Sex Party on Twitter. Episode 1 of the new show! The No Illusions Podcast examines the truth about how our we’re living our lives. Today’s guest is Fiona Patten, the founder of The Australian Sex Party. That’s a political party, not a tupperware party. And they are SERIOUS. They have a great set of policies that I endorse, including ending the internet filter and holding a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse by religious institutions. They have two candidates in upcoming elections and Fiona herself is running for Peter Costello’s old seat of Higgins in Victoria. Fiona is running against the Greens Candidate – THE Clive Hamilton, architect of the Rudd Govt’s evil internet filtering plan. Keep up to date on their progress by following the Aust Sex Party on Twitter. Episode 1 of the new show! The No Illusions Podcast examines the truth about how our we’re living our lives. Today’s guest is Fiona Patten, the founder of The Australian Sex Party. That’s a political party, not a tupperware party. And they are SERIOUS. They have a great set of policies that I endorse, including ending the internet filter and holding a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse by religious institutions. They have two candidates in upcoming elections and Fiona herself is running for Peter Costello’s old seat of Higgins in Victoria. Fiona is running against the Greens Candidate – THE Clive Hamilton, architect of the Rudd Govt’s evil internet filtering plan. Keep up to date on their progress by following the Aust Sex Party on Twitter. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25445758 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:42:02 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Politics http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25450494-No-Illusions-01-%E2%80%93-Vote-1-For-Sex Episode 1 of the new show! The No Illusions Podcast examines the truth about how we’re living our lives. Today’s guest is Fiona Patten, the founder of The Australian Sex Party. That’s a political party, not a tupperware party. And they are SERIOUS. They have a great set of policies that I endorse, including ending the internet filter and holding a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse by religious institutions. They have two candidates in upcoming elections and Fiona herself is running for Peter Costello’s old seat of Higgins in Victoria. Fiona is running against the Greens Candidate – THE Clive Hamilton, architect of the Rudd Govt’s evil internet filtering plan. Keep up to date on their progress by following the Aust Sex Party on Twitter. Episode 1 of the new show! The No Illusions Podcast examines the truth about how we’re living our lives. Today’s guest is Fiona Patten, the founder of The Australian Sex Party. That’s a political party, not a tupperware party. And they are SERIOUS. They have a great set of policies that I endorse, including ending the internet filter and holding a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse by religious institutions. They have two candidates in upcoming elections and Fiona herself is running for Peter Costello’s old seat of Higgins in Victoria. Fiona is running against the Greens Candidate – THE Clive Hamilton, architect of the Rudd Govt’s evil internet filtering plan. Keep up to date on their progress by following the Aust Sex Party on Twitter. Episode 1 of the new show! The No Illusions Podcast examines the truth about how we’re living our lives. Today’s guest is Fiona Patten, the founder of The Australian Sex Party. That’s a political party, not a tupperware party. And they are SERIOUS. They have a great set of policies that I endorse, including ending the internet filter and holding a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse by religious institutions. They have two candidates in upcoming elections and Fiona herself is running for Peter Costello’s old seat of Higgins in Victoria. Fiona is running against the Greens Candidate – THE Clive Hamilton, architect of the Rudd Govt’s evil internet filtering plan. Keep up to date on their progress by following the Aust Sex Party on Twitter. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25450494 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:42:02 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Politics http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25294320-GDay-World-394-%E2%80%93-Rebecca-from-GayMarriageAus I was an early follower of @GayMarriageAus because I’m a big supporter of gay marriage rights. I was delightfully surprised, though, to find out that the person behind it is a 17 year old high school student, Rebecca. I chatted with her recently about why she’s supporting gay rights. We also talked about The Australian Sex Party (who will be guests on the show in coming weeks) and the current legislation in Australia pertaining to gay rights. If you want to support independent media and this show, please click on the link below to learn how you can become part of the TPN500! The Podcast Network is supported by: neo.org - a social network with a purpose – to transform the world by enabling people to transform themselves and our first TPN Patron – Tony Kynaston. I was an early follower of @GayMarriageAus because I’m a big supporter of gay marriage rights. I was delightfully surprised, though, to find out that the person behind it is a 17 year old high school student, Rebecca. I chatted with her recently about why she’s supporting gay rights. We also talked about The Australian Sex Party (who will be guests on the show in coming weeks) and the current legislation in Australia pertaining to gay rights. If you want to support independent media and this show, please click on the link below to learn how you can become part of the TPN500! The Podcast Network is supported by: neo.org - a social network with a purpose – to transform the world by enabling people to transform themselves and our first TPN Patron – Tony Kynaston. I was an early follower of @GayMarriageAus because I’m a big supporter of gay marriage rights. I was delightfully surprised, though, to find out that the person behind it is a 17 year old high school student, Rebecca. I chatted with her recently about why she’s supporting gay rights. We also talked about The Australian Sex Party (who will be guests on the show in coming weeks) and the current legislation in Australia pertaining to gay rights. If you want to support independent media and this show, please click on the link below to learn how you can become part of the TPN500! The Podcast Network is supported by: neo.org - a social network with a purpose – to transform the world by enabling people to transform themselves and our first TPN Patron – Tony Kynaston. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-15,25294320 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:59:36 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25257837-GDay-World-393-%E2%80%93-David-Nicholls-2010-Global-Atheist-Conference My guest today is David Nicholls, the President of the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the co-ordinator of the 2010 Global Atheist Conference which is being held in Melbourne in March 2010. Do you want an independent media? The Podcast Network is supported by: neo.org - a social network with a purpose – to transform the world by enabling people to transform themselves and our first TPN Patron – Tony Kynaston. My guest today is David Nicholls, the President of the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the co-ordinator of the 2010 Global Atheist Conference which is being held in Melbourne in March 2010. Do you want an independent media? The Podcast Network is supported by: neo.org - a social network with a purpose – to transform the world by enabling people to transform themselves and our first TPN Patron – Tony Kynaston. My guest today is David Nicholls, the President of the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the co-ordinator of the 2010 Global Atheist Conference which is being held in Melbourne in March 2010. Do you want an independent media? The Podcast Network is supported by: neo.org - a social network with a purpose – to transform the world by enabling people to transform themselves and our first TPN Patron – Tony Kynaston. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-09,25257837 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:22:40 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, atheism http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25071328-GDay-World-392-%E2%80%93-Guest-Mike-Snyder-on-Evolution-vs-Creationism Today my guest is Mike Snyder (@mambomike282), a listener of the show who owns a security firm in Washington state. As a Christian, he wanted to challenge me on the subject of evolution and religion, and so we went for it. Do you want an independent media? The Podcast Network is supported by: neo.org - a social network with a purpose – to transform the world by enabling people to transform themselves and our first TPN Patron – Tony Kynaston. Today my guest is Mike Snyder (@mambomike282), a listener of the show who owns a security firm in Washington state. As a Christian, he wanted to challenge me on the subject of evolution and religion, and so we went for it. Do you want an independent media? The Podcast Network is supported by: neo.org - a social network with a purpose – to transform the world by enabling people to transform themselves and our first TPN Patron – Tony Kynaston. Today my guest is Mike Snyder (@mambomike282), a listener of the show who owns a security firm in Washington state. As a Christian, he wanted to challenge me on the subject of evolution and religion, and so we went for it. Do you want an independent media? The Podcast Network is supported by: neo.org - a social network with a purpose – to transform the world by enabling people to transform themselves and our first TPN Patron – Tony Kynaston. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-03,25071328 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:44:39 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Science, Christianity, science vs religion http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24785798-GDay-World-387-Tim-Freke-The-Gospel-Of-the-Second-Coming Tim Freke is the co-author (with his writing partner Peter Gandy) of many books about the Jesus myth - including THE JESUS MYSTERIES and THE LAUGHING JESUS. I chatted with him recently about one of their books “The Gospel of the Second Coming”, a marvelous book that manages to combine humour and insight - it explains the Jesus myth as a Gnostic parable. As Tim points out during our chat - nobody really thinks there was an historical “good Samaritan” or “prodigal son”. They are understood to be parables. Tim explains that the whole Jesus story is a series of parables wrapped up in another parable - the parable of Jesus himself. Click on the above image to order your copy today from BookDepository (free shipping!). Do you want an independent media? Tim Freke is the co-author (with his writing partner Peter Gandy) of many books about the Jesus myth - including THE JESUS MYSTERIES and THE LAUGHING JESUS. I chatted with him recently about one of their books “The Gospel of the Second Coming”, a marvelous book that manages to combine humour and insight - it explains the Jesus myth as a Gnostic parable. As Tim points out during our chat - nobody really thinks there was an historical “good Samaritan” or “prodigal son”. They are understood to be parables. Tim explains that the whole Jesus story is a series of parables wrapped up in another parable - the parable of Jesus himself. Click on the above image to order your copy today from BookDepository (free shipping!). Do you want an independent media? Tim Freke is the co-author (with his writing partner Peter Gandy) of many books about the Jesus myth - including THE JESUS MYSTERIES and THE LAUGHING JESUS. I chatted with him recently about one of their books “The Gospel of the Second Coming”, a marvelous book that manages to combine humour and insight - it explains the Jesus myth as a Gnostic parable. As Tim points out during our chat - nobody really thinks there was an historical “good Samaritan” or “prodigal son”. They are understood to be parables. Tim explains that the whole Jesus story is a series of parables wrapped up in another parable - the parable of Jesus himself. Click on the above image to order your copy today from BookDepository (free shipping!). Do you want an independent media? tag:odeo.com,2009-07-12,24785798 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:11:55 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Jesus, Christianity, authors, gnosticism, Jesus mythology http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24719298-GDay-World-382-Dr-Wayne-Chamley-on-Catholic-Sexual-Abuse-in-Australia Last week I wrote a post on the recent report out of Ireland about the true extent of child abuse committed by the Catholic Church from the ’30s through to the ’70s. A few people on Twitter tried to suggest there was no connection between abuse in Ireland and in Australia, so I invited Dr Wayne Chamley from Broken Rites onto the show. Broken Rites is an Australian advocacy group that works with victims of religious child abuse. He believes that if we had a Royal Commission into Catholic child abuse in this country we would discover TENS OF THOUSANDS of victims. By the way folks, don’t forget - if you are looking for an easy way to listen to the G’Day World archives (all 381 episodes!), and you’ve got iTunes installed, go to our page on iTunes. While you’re there, give the show a quick review! Last week I wrote a post on the recent report out of Ireland about the true extent of child abuse committed by the Catholic Church from the ’30s through to the ’70s. A few people on Twitter tried to suggest there was no connection between abuse in Ireland and in Australia, so I invited Dr Wayne Chamley from Broken Rites onto the show. Broken Rites is an Australian advocacy group that works with victims of religious child abuse. He believes that if we had a Royal Commission into Catholic child abuse in this country we would discover TENS OF THOUSANDS of victims. By the way folks, don’t forget - if you are looking for an easy way to listen to the G’Day World archives (all 381 episodes!), and you’ve got iTunes installed, go to our page on iTunes. While you’re there, give the show a quick review! Last week I wrote a post on the recent report out of Ireland about the true extent of child abuse committed by the Catholic Church from the ’30s through to the ’70s. A few people on Twitter tried to suggest there was no connection between abuse in Ireland and in Australia, so I invited Dr Wayne Chamley from Broken Rites onto the show. Broken Rites is an Australian advocacy group that works with victims of religious child abuse. He believes that if we had a Royal Commission into Catholic child abuse in this country we would discover TENS OF THOUSANDS of victims. By the way folks, don’t forget - if you are looking for an easy way to listen to the G’Day World archives (all 381 episodes!), and you’ve got iTunes installed, go to our page on iTunes. While you’re there, give the show a quick review! tag:odeo.com,2009-06-17,24719298 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:14:21 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, catholicism http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24663845-GDay-World-379-Looking-Back Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in a cafe here in Brisbane, reading, thinking about how unlikely it was that Chrissy and I were both in Ajaccio at the same time last year. How, statistically, we should never have met. And then I started thinking about what lead me there… about all of the little events that happened over my life that put me in Ajaccio in July 2008. So I started to jot down this mindmap, tracing each event back in time to the event that had to happen, HAD TO HAPPEN, in order for me to end up in Ajaccio. Listen to the podcast if you want to know more. Are you a member of the TPN500? Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in a cafe here in Brisbane, reading, thinking about how unlikely it was that Chrissy and I were both in Ajaccio at the same time last year. How, statistically, we should never have met. And then I started thinking about what lead me there… about all of the little events that happened over my life that put me in Ajaccio in July 2008. So I started to jot down this mindmap, tracing each event back in time to the event that had to happen, HAD TO HAPPEN, in order for me to end up in Ajaccio. Listen to the podcast if you want to know more. Are you a member of the TPN500? Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in a cafe here in Brisbane, reading, thinking about how unlikely it was that Chrissy and I were both in Ajaccio at the same time last year. How, statistically, we should never have met. And then I started thinking about what lead me there… about all of the little events that happened over my life that put me in Ajaccio in July 2008. So I started to jot down this mindmap, tracing each event back in time to the event that had to happen, HAD TO HAPPEN, in order for me to end up in Ajaccio. Listen to the podcast if you want to know more. Are you a member of the TPN500? tag:odeo.com,2009-06-08,24663845 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:48:01 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24532234-Gday-World-375-Dr-Philip-Nitschke-on-Euthanasia Dr Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is the Founder and Director of Exit International, the world’s leading Voluntary Euthanasia and end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation. A few days after recording this interview, Philip and his wife were detained at London’s Heathrow airport for nine hours and denied access to a lawyer. During the interview he mentioned spending more time in the UK - after this week’s experience, he is reconsidering. Dr Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is the Founder and Director of Exit International, the world’s leading Voluntary Euthanasia and end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation. A few days after recording this interview, Philip and his wife were detained at London’s Heathrow airport for nine hours and denied access to a lawyer. During the interview he mentioned spending more time in the UK - after this week’s experience, he is reconsidering. Dr Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is the Founder and Director of Exit International, the world’s leading Voluntary Euthanasia and end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation. A few days after recording this interview, Philip and his wife were detained at London’s Heathrow airport for nine hours and denied access to a lawyer. During the interview he mentioned spending more time in the UK - after this week’s experience, he is reconsidering. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-03,24532234 Sun, 03 May 2009 15:00:57 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, activism, euthanasia http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24532968-GDay-World-375-Dr-Philip-Nitschke-on-Euthanasia Dr Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is the Founder and Director of Exit International, the world’s leading Voluntary Euthanasia and end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation. A few days after recording this interview, Philip and his wife were detained at London’s Heathrow airport for nine hours and denied access to a lawyer. During the interview he mentioned spending more time in the UK - after this week’s experience, he is reconsidering. Dr Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is the Founder and Director of Exit International, the world’s leading Voluntary Euthanasia and end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation. A few days after recording this interview, Philip and his wife were detained at London’s Heathrow airport for nine hours and denied access to a lawyer. During the interview he mentioned spending more time in the UK - after this week’s experience, he is reconsidering. Dr Philip Nitschke, PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is the Founder and Director of Exit International, the world’s leading Voluntary Euthanasia and end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation. A few days after recording this interview, Philip and his wife were detained at London’s Heathrow airport for nine hours and denied access to a lawyer. During the interview he mentioned spending more time in the UK - after this week’s experience, he is reconsidering. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-03,24532968 Sun, 03 May 2009 15:00:57 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, activism, euthanasia http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24505843-GDay-World-374-Steve-McDonald-on-Spiral-Dynamics This is the recording from the live show I did last Tuesday. Find out how you can be part of the G’Day World Live experience here. My guest on the show is Steve McDonald from a company called Transcendence. Steve has consulted in change management, strategic planning and organisational development in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors since 1998. His professional background spans the defence, aviation and emergency services industries. He came on the show to explain to me what Spiral Dynamics is all about. Steve is blogging about change at http://www.eman8.net Follow Steve on Twitter: http://twitter.com/stevemc1 This is the recording from the live show I did last Tuesday. Find out how you can be part of the G’Day World Live experience here. My guest on the show is Steve McDonald from a company called Transcendence. Steve has consulted in change management, strategic planning and organisational development in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors since 1998. His professional background spans the defence, aviation and emergency services industries. He came on the show to explain to me what Spiral Dynamics is all about. Steve is blogging about change at http://www.eman8.net Follow Steve on Twitter: http://twitter.com/stevemc1 This is the recording from the live show I did last Tuesday. Find out how you can be part of the G’Day World Live experience here. My guest on the show is Steve McDonald from a company called Transcendence. Steve has consulted in change management, strategic planning and organisational development in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors since 1998. His professional background spans the defence, aviation and emergency services industries. He came on the show to explain to me what Spiral Dynamics is all about. Steve is blogging about change at http://www.eman8.net Follow Steve on Twitter: http://twitter.com/stevemc1 tag:odeo.com,2009-04-26,24505843 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:52:16 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24428241-GDay-World-370-Dr-Greg-Clarke-on-Australians-and-Jesus My guest today is Dr Greg Clarke (PhD), Honorary Associate, Dept of Ancient History, Macquarie University and Director of the Centre for Public Christianity. We talk about the survey that the CPX has recently sponsored that finds that 55 per cent of Australias don’t believe that Jesus rose from the dead but only 11 per cent doubt that Jesus was a real historical figure. As you know, I am one of those 11 per cent. So Greg and I also had a chat about the lack of evidence (as I see it) for the existence of Jesus. As Greg works in the Dept of Ancient History I thought he could confirm for me that my basic facts are correct. As you’ll hear, that was like drawing blood from a stone. Here are the census stats for religion in Australia. If you want to join me in celebrating Vanini Day, then join the club. If you want to listen to some of my other podcasts on the history of Jesus, see this page. And finally, please support TPN’s April drive! We need your support! If you wan... My guest today is Dr Greg Clarke (PhD), Honorary Associate, Dept of Ancient History, Macquarie University and Director of the Centre for Public Christianity. We talk about the survey that the CPX has recently sponsored that finds that 55 per cent of Australias don’t believe that Jesus rose from the dead but only 11 per cent doubt that Jesus was a real historical figure. As you know, I am one of those 11 per cent. So Greg and I also had a chat about the lack of evidence (as I see it) for the existence of Jesus. As Greg works in the Dept of Ancient History I thought he could confirm for me that my basic facts are correct. As you’ll hear, that was like drawing blood from a stone. Here are the census stats for religion in Australia. If you want to join me in celebrating Vanini Day, then join the club. If you want to listen to some of my other podcasts on the history of Jesus, see this page. And finally, please support TPN’s April drive! We need your support! If you want to keep TPN on the air, please show your support. If just the listeners of this show contributed $20 a month, I could fund TPN indefinitely! Is the information and entertainment you get from TPN worth a bottle of cheap wine? My guest today is Dr Greg Clarke (PhD), Honorary Associate, Dept of Ancient History, Macquarie University and Director of the Centre for Public Christianity. We talk about the survey that the CPX has recently sponsored that finds that 55 per cent of Australias don’t believe that Jesus rose from the dead but only 11 per cent doubt that Jesus was a real historical figure. As you know, I am one of those 11 per cent. So Greg and I also had a chat about the lack of evidence (as I see it) for the existence of Jesus. As Greg works in the Dept of Ancient History I thought he could confirm for me that my basic facts are correct. As you’ll hear, that was like drawing blood from a stone. Here are the census stats for religion in Australia. If you want to join me in celebrating Vanini Day, then join the club. If you want to listen to some of my other podcasts on the history of Jesus, see this page. And finally, please support TPN’s April drive! We need your support! If you want to keep TPN on the air, please show your support. If just the listeners of this show contributed $20 a month, I could fund TPN indefinitely! Is the information and entertainment you get from TPN worth a bottle of cheap wine? tag:odeo.com,2009-04-08,24428241 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:27:18 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Christianity, Vanini Day http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24423210-GDay-World-369-The-Marathon OMFG. Last night I did a live show with my most-excellent co-host Mr Nick Hodge and WE TALKED FOR FOUR HOURS. I kid you not. I only recorded the first THREE HOURS and I present them to you here (well the audio version anyway - to see the video you have to turn up on the night). Oh and this audio recording only has two of the five live numbers I performed during the show. One was in the pre-show festivities (”Come On Eileen”) and there were a couple during the post-show wind-down (including “Ship Song”by Nick Cave). During this four hour marathon, Nick and I discussed: Australia’s National Broadband Network America’s bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Whether or not Nick is an atheist or an agnostic The financial crisis scam and what we might replace capitalism with The ethics of veganism The Church of LOTU The historicity of Jesus (or lack thereof) And much, much more. Listen to the full three hours - if you dare. Tune in to future live shows every... OMFG. Last night I did a live show with my most-excellent co-host Mr Nick Hodge and WE TALKED FOR FOUR HOURS. I kid you not. I only recorded the first THREE HOURS and I present them to you here (well the audio version anyway - to see the video you have to turn up on the night). Oh and this audio recording only has two of the five live numbers I performed during the show. One was in the pre-show festivities (”Come On Eileen”) and there were a couple during the post-show wind-down (including “Ship Song”by Nick Cave). During this four hour marathon, Nick and I discussed: Australia’s National Broadband Network America’s bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Whether or not Nick is an atheist or an agnostic The financial crisis scam and what we might replace capitalism with The ethics of veganism The Church of LOTU The historicity of Jesus (or lack thereof) And much, much more. Listen to the full three hours - if you dare. Tune in to future live shows every Tuesday night at 8pm here. OMFG. Last night I did a live show with my most-excellent co-host Mr Nick Hodge and WE TALKED FOR FOUR HOURS. I kid you not. I only recorded the first THREE HOURS and I present them to you here (well the audio version anyway - to see the video you have to turn up on the night). Oh and this audio recording only has two of the five live numbers I performed during the show. One was in the pre-show festivities (”Come On Eileen”) and there were a couple during the post-show wind-down (including “Ship Song”by Nick Cave). During this four hour marathon, Nick and I discussed: Australia’s National Broadband Network America’s bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Whether or not Nick is an atheist or an agnostic The financial crisis scam and what we might replace capitalism with The ethics of veganism The Church of LOTU The historicity of Jesus (or lack thereof) And much, much more. Listen to the full three hours - if you dare. Tune in to future live shows every Tuesday night at 8pm here. tag:odeo.com,2009-04-07,24423210 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:53:02 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24391041-G%E2%80%99DAY-WORLD-368-Suing-The-Pope Irwin Zalkin is a US attorney whose firm, The Zalkin Law Firm PC, specializes in clergy sexual abuse cases. He joins me to talk about the recent news that the Vatican can be sued in a United States court over alleged molestation by its priests. If you want to keep TPN on the air, please show your support. If just the listeners of this show contributed $20 a month, I could fund TPN indefinitely! Irwin Zalkin is a US attorney whose firm, The Zalkin Law Firm PC, specializes in clergy sexual abuse cases. He joins me to talk about the recent news that the Vatican can be sued in a United States court over alleged molestation by its priests. If you want to keep TPN on the air, please show your support. If just the listeners of this show contributed $20 a month, I could fund TPN indefinitely! Irwin Zalkin is a US attorney whose firm, The Zalkin Law Firm PC, specializes in clergy sexual abuse cases. He joins me to talk about the recent news that the Vatican can be sued in a United States court over alleged molestation by its priests. If you want to keep TPN on the air, please show your support. If just the listeners of this show contributed $20 a month, I could fund TPN indefinitely! tag:odeo.com,2009-04-01,24391041 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:48:55 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24358159-GDay-World-367-Jeffrey-Katzenberg On today’s show I get to chat with one of the most powerful men in Hollywood - Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks Animation - about their new film MONSTERS V ALIENS and the introduction of their new 3D technology. I also chat with the director of the film, Conrad Vernon. On today’s show I get to chat with one of the most powerful men in Hollywood - Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks Animation - about their new film MONSTERS V ALIENS and the introduction of their new 3D technology. I also chat with the director of the film, Conrad Vernon. On today’s show I get to chat with one of the most powerful men in Hollywood - Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks Animation - about their new film MONSTERS V ALIENS and the introduction of their new 3D technology. I also chat with the director of the film, Conrad Vernon. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-25,24358159 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:14:26 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24333334-GDay-World-366-Dr-Peter-Ellyard-on-%E2%80%9CMining-The-Sky%E2%80%9D Today I had the pleasure to catch up once again with G’Day World regular Dr Peter Ellyard, futurist, environmentalist, and author of “Designing 2050: Pathways To Sustainable Prosperity On Spaceship Earth” which is published by TPN TXT. Buy your copy now ! I chatted with Peter today about the recent IPCC report, Kevin Rudd’s emissions trading scheme and whether or not we are all doomed, as George Monbiot is suggesting. Peter told me that our politicians and media are focusing on the wrong thing. We shouldn’t be just thinking about reducing emissions, we should be talking about MINING THE SKY. As always, I just loved talking to Peter. He never fails to inspire. He’s now on Twitter (I gave him a crash course today), so make sure you follow him. And we also have a Facebook group for Peter call “The Future Makers Club“, make sure you sign up for that as well. If you are a journalist, blogger, twitterer or podcaster and you’d like a re... Today I had the pleasure to catch up once again with G’Day World regular Dr Peter Ellyard, futurist, environmentalist, and author of “Designing 2050: Pathways To Sustainable Prosperity On Spaceship Earth” which is published by TPN TXT. Buy your copy now ! I chatted with Peter today about the recent IPCC report, Kevin Rudd’s emissions trading scheme and whether or not we are all doomed, as George Monbiot is suggesting. Peter told me that our politicians and media are focusing on the wrong thing. We shouldn’t be just thinking about reducing emissions, we should be talking about MINING THE SKY. As always, I just loved talking to Peter. He never fails to inspire. He’s now on Twitter (I gave him a crash course today), so make sure you follow him. And we also have a Facebook group for Peter call “The Future Makers Club“, make sure you sign up for that as well. If you are a journalist, blogger, twitterer or podcaster and you’d like a review copy of Designing 2050, please email me. Today I had the pleasure to catch up once again with G’Day World regular Dr Peter Ellyard, futurist, environmentalist, and author of “Designing 2050: Pathways To Sustainable Prosperity On Spaceship Earth” which is published by TPN TXT. Buy your copy now ! I chatted with Peter today about the recent IPCC report, Kevin Rudd’s emissions trading scheme and whether or not we are all doomed, as George Monbiot is suggesting. Peter told me that our politicians and media are focusing on the wrong thing. We shouldn’t be just thinking about reducing emissions, we should be talking about MINING THE SKY. As always, I just loved talking to Peter. He never fails to inspire. He’s now on Twitter (I gave him a crash course today), so make sure you follow him. And we also have a Facebook group for Peter call “The Future Makers Club“, make sure you sign up for that as well. If you are a journalist, blogger, twitterer or podcaster and you’d like a review copy of Designing 2050, please email me. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-20,24333334 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:27:46 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, energy, climate change, environment, future makers, energy debate http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24321818-GDay-World-365-Climate-Change-Skeptics-and-Polyamory This episode was recorded LIVE on Tuesday March 17, 2009. We have an audience following in a chat room on the G’Day World uStream page and my guests include: Ian Kath - The Polyamorist Nick Beaugeard - The Climate Change Skeptic and Kate Edwards - The Polyamory Skeptic This episode was recorded LIVE on Tuesday March 17, 2009. We have an audience following in a chat room on the G’Day World uStream page and my guests include: Ian Kath - The Polyamorist Nick Beaugeard - The Climate Change Skeptic and Kate Edwards - The Polyamory Skeptic This episode was recorded LIVE on Tuesday March 17, 2009. We have an audience following in a chat room on the G’Day World uStream page and my guests include: Ian Kath - The Polyamorist Nick Beaugeard - The Climate Change Skeptic and Kate Edwards - The Polyamory Skeptic tag:odeo.com,2009-03-18,24321818 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:26:28 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24280771-Gday-World-364-What-Do-Obama-CS-Lewis-Fidel-Castro-and-Sean-Penn-Have-In-Common They are all featured in today’s show! On today’s show I just have another little heart-to-heart chat with anyone out there who is still listening. Among other things, I talk about: The State of TPN’s finances The threat of marketing spam on Twitter Obama’s plan for Cuba Sean Penn’s interviews with Chavez and Raul Castro Obama’s encourage of stem cell research Some talk about my book Debunking Christianity For Dummies and why it’s important to debate Christians in public My review of CS Lewis’ book ‘Mere Christianity‘ They are all featured in today’s show! On today’s show I just have another little heart-to-heart chat with anyone out there who is still listening. Among other things, I talk about: The State of TPN’s finances The threat of marketing spam on Twitter Obama’s plan for Cuba Sean Penn’s interviews with Chavez and Raul Castro Obama’s encourage of stem cell research Some talk about my book Debunking Christianity For Dummies and why it’s important to debate Christians in public My review of CS Lewis’ book ‘Mere Christianity‘ They are all featured in today’s show! On today’s show I just have another little heart-to-heart chat with anyone out there who is still listening. Among other things, I talk about: The State of TPN’s finances The threat of marketing spam on Twitter Obama’s plan for Cuba Sean Penn’s interviews with Chavez and Raul Castro Obama’s encourage of stem cell research Some talk about my book Debunking Christianity For Dummies and why it’s important to debate Christians in public My review of CS Lewis’ book ‘Mere Christianity‘ tag:odeo.com,2009-03-09,24280771 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:43:24 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24127852-GDay-World-362-Mara-Bun-Green-Cross-Aust My guest today is Mara Bun, CEO of Green Cross Australia. According to their site: Green Cross Australia is a new national NGO that works on the frontline of climate change: the human dimension. We anticipate and resolve conflicts over natural resources that put our environment at risk, and we foster sustainable partnerships between business, government and the community. We prepare communities for environmental impacts in Australia and overseas. This ranges from the impact of fires, floods and environmental disasters on Australian cities to the mass displacement of populations due to rising sea levels. Pretty topical, with the floods in QLD and the fires in VIC. Mara talks about her background (which is an interesting story) and the vision of Green Cross. PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE! My guest today is Mara Bun, CEO of Green Cross Australia. According to their site: Green Cross Australia is a new national NGO that works on the frontline of climate change: the human dimension. We anticipate and resolve conflicts over natural resources that put our environment at risk, and we foster sustainable partnerships between business, government and the community. We prepare communities for environmental impacts in Australia and overseas. This ranges from the impact of fires, floods and environmental disasters on Australian cities to the mass displacement of populations due to rising sea levels. Pretty topical, with the floods in QLD and the fires in VIC. Mara talks about her background (which is an interesting story) and the vision of Green Cross. PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE! My guest today is Mara Bun, CEO of Green Cross Australia. According to their site: Green Cross Australia is a new national NGO that works on the frontline of climate change: the human dimension. We anticipate and resolve conflicts over natural resources that put our environment at risk, and we foster sustainable partnerships between business, government and the community. We prepare communities for environmental impacts in Australia and overseas. This ranges from the impact of fires, floods and environmental disasters on Australian cities to the mass displacement of populations due to rising sea levels. Pretty topical, with the floods in QLD and the fires in VIC. Mara talks about her background (which is an interesting story) and the vision of Green Cross. PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE! tag:odeo.com,2009-02-18,24127852 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:15:19 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, climate change, environment, activism http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24127853-GDay-World-361-Livewire-Launch Today my guests are Omar Kalifa, Managing Director, and Cinnamon Pollard, Partnership and Marketing Manager, of a new social networking site that is bring officially launched today called LIVEWIRE. According to their site: Livewire is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Clever Networks Program and in-kind contributions from Starlight and Livewire partners. Together we are working towards keeping children & young people living with illness or disability connected It’s estimated there are over 400,000 children and young people aged 10-21 years old coping with the impact of living with a serious illness, a chronic condition or a disability in Australia. While I think a social networking community for young people with serious illnesses is a good thing, I am concerned that this site has cost $14.7 million to set up, with half of that money coming from the Federal Government. I asked Oma... Today my guests are Omar Kalifa, Managing Director, and Cinnamon Pollard, Partnership and Marketing Manager, of a new social networking site that is bring officially launched today called LIVEWIRE. According to their site: Livewire is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Clever Networks Program and in-kind contributions from Starlight and Livewire partners. Together we are working towards keeping children & young people living with illness or disability connected It’s estimated there are over 400,000 children and young people aged 10-21 years old coping with the impact of living with a serious illness, a chronic condition or a disability in Australia. While I think a social networking community for young people with serious illnesses is a good thing, I am concerned that this site has cost $14.7 million to set up, with half of that money coming from the Federal Government. I asked Omar and Cinnamon where the money went. PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE! Today my guests are Omar Kalifa, Managing Director, and Cinnamon Pollard, Partnership and Marketing Manager, of a new social networking site that is bring officially launched today called LIVEWIRE. According to their site: Livewire is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Clever Networks Program and in-kind contributions from Starlight and Livewire partners. Together we are working towards keeping children & young people living with illness or disability connected It’s estimated there are over 400,000 children and young people aged 10-21 years old coping with the impact of living with a serious illness, a chronic condition or a disability in Australia. While I think a social networking community for young people with serious illnesses is a good thing, I am concerned that this site has cost $14.7 million to set up, with half of that money coming from the Federal Government. I asked Omar and Cinnamon where the money went. PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE! tag:odeo.com,2009-02-18,24127853 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:00:33 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24012690-G%E2%80%99Day-World-360-Jed-Montgomery-on-Obama When I was visiting my girl Chrissy in Seattle last October, I met her best friend Jed Montgomery. The four of us (including Jed’s partner Chris) had some vigorous debates about American politics. I was trying to make my point that for all of Obama’s intelligence and oratory, at the end of the day he’s a member of the Democratic Party. In the last 60 years, the Democrats have provided a pretty appalling list of Presidents: Harry Truman - Among other things, authorized the only use of nuclear weapons on a civilian population in history John Kennedy - Among other things, authorized the attempted invasion of Cuba, nearly brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, was sleeping with Marilyn Monroe, etc. Lyndon Johnson - Among other things, escalated the Vietnam war. Possibly implicated in the Kennedy assassination. Jimmy Carter - Actually, a pretty good guy, defender of human rights. Bill Clinton - Bombed and starved the people of Iraq, decided the best way to spend... When I was visiting my girl Chrissy in Seattle last October, I met her best friend Jed Montgomery. The four of us (including Jed’s partner Chris) had some vigorous debates about American politics. I was trying to make my point that for all of Obama’s intelligence and oratory, at the end of the day he’s a member of the Democratic Party. In the last 60 years, the Democrats have provided a pretty appalling list of Presidents: Harry Truman - Among other things, authorized the only use of nuclear weapons on a civilian population in history John Kennedy - Among other things, authorized the attempted invasion of Cuba, nearly brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, was sleeping with Marilyn Monroe, etc. Lyndon Johnson - Among other things, escalated the Vietnam war. Possibly implicated in the Kennedy assassination. Jimmy Carter - Actually, a pretty good guy, defender of human rights. Bill Clinton - Bombed and starved the people of Iraq, decided the best way to spend his days in the White House was to get blowjobs and stick cigars up an intern’s vag. So… will Obama be another Jimmy Carter? Or… one of the others? Anyway, Jed joins me on the show today to talk about our hopes and concerns for the Obama administration. PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE. When I was visiting my girl Chrissy in Seattle last October, I met her best friend Jed Montgomery. The four of us (including Jed’s partner Chris) had some vigorous debates about American politics. I was trying to make my point that for all of Obama’s intelligence and oratory, at the end of the day he’s a member of the Democratic Party. In the last 60 years, the Democrats have provided a pretty appalling list of Presidents: Harry Truman - Among other things, authorized the only use of nuclear weapons on a civilian population in history John Kennedy - Among other things, authorized the attempted invasion of Cuba, nearly brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, was sleeping with Marilyn Monroe, etc. Lyndon Johnson - Among other things, escalated the Vietnam war. Possibly implicated in the Kennedy assassination. Jimmy Carter - Actually, a pretty good guy, defender of human rights. Bill Clinton - Bombed and starved the people of Iraq, decided the best way to spend his days in the White House was to get blowjobs and stick cigars up an intern’s vag. So… will Obama be another Jimmy Carter? Or… one of the others? Anyway, Jed joins me on the show today to talk about our hopes and concerns for the Obama administration. PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE. tag:odeo.com,2009-02-02,24012690 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:54:26 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, US politics http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24001798-G%E2%80%99Day-World-359-Antony-Loewenstein-on-Gaza You’ve seen it in the news over the last month. On December 27, Israel broke a six-month truce with Hamas (the democratically-elected leaders of the Palestinian people living in Gaza) and launched a three-week long attack on the small, densely-populated region. Palestinian casualties - 1,400 dead including more than 400 children and 100 women. Israeli casualties - 12 Israeli soldiers and 3 civilians. My guest on this show is Antony Loewenstein, Sydney-based journalist, author and blogger. Read more: David Rose article in Vanity Fair Henry Siegman, director of the US Middle East Project in New York, former national director of the American Jewish Congress and of the Synagogue Council of America, article “Israel’s Lies” PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE. A note about this show: With the help of my two assistants Tim Grainger and Jonathan Hewlett, we ran a LIVE TWITSTREAM of the interview through the gdayworld twitter account. We asked people to submit questions via Twitt... You’ve seen it in the news over the last month. On December 27, Israel broke a six-month truce with Hamas (the democratically-elected leaders of the Palestinian people living in Gaza) and launched a three-week long attack on the small, densely-populated region. Palestinian casualties - 1,400 dead including more than 400 children and 100 women. Israeli casualties - 12 Israeli soldiers and 3 civilians. My guest on this show is Antony Loewenstein, Sydney-based journalist, author and blogger. Read more: David Rose article in Vanity Fair Henry Siegman, director of the US Middle East Project in New York, former national director of the American Jewish Congress and of the Synagogue Council of America, article “Israel’s Lies” PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE. A note about this show: With the help of my two assistants Tim Grainger and Jonathan Hewlett, we ran a LIVE TWITSTREAM of the interview through the gdayworld twitter account. We asked people to submit questions via Twitter during the interview and I fed those back to Antony during our call. It was my first attempt at podcast twinterviewing and the results were interesting. Thanks to Darryl King from iReckon for seeding the filthy idea into my head over coffee a few days ago. You’ve seen it in the news over the last month. On December 27, Israel broke a six-month truce with Hamas (the democratically-elected leaders of the Palestinian people living in Gaza) and launched a three-week long attack on the small, densely-populated region. Palestinian casualties - 1,400 dead including more than 400 children and 100 women. Israeli casualties - 12 Israeli soldiers and 3 civilians. My guest on this show is Antony Loewenstein, Sydney-based journalist, author and blogger. Read more: David Rose article in Vanity Fair Henry Siegman, director of the US Middle East Project in New York, former national director of the American Jewish Congress and of the Synagogue Council of America, article “Israel’s Lies” PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE. A note about this show: With the help of my two assistants Tim Grainger and Jonathan Hewlett, we ran a LIVE TWITSTREAM of the interview through the gdayworld twitter account. We asked people to submit questions via Twitter during the interview and I fed those back to Antony during our call. It was my first attempt at podcast twinterviewing and the results were interesting. Thanks to Darryl King from iReckon for seeding the filthy idea into my head over coffee a few days ago. tag:odeo.com,2009-01-31,24001798 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:03:00 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Israel http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23954594-G%E2%80%99Day-World-Redux-Vint-Cerf-Father-of-The-Internet Back in May 2007 I was fortunate enough (thanks to Stan Relihan’s efforts) to score an interview with the great Vint Cerf, the father of the Internet. It was a wonderful conversation and definitely one of my favourite interviews. I hope you enjoy it (again). Back in May 2007 I was fortunate enough (thanks to Stan Relihan’s efforts) to score an interview with the great Vint Cerf, the father of the Internet. It was a wonderful conversation and definitely one of my favourite interviews. I hope you enjoy it (again). Back in May 2007 I was fortunate enough (thanks to Stan Relihan’s efforts) to score an interview with the great Vint Cerf, the father of the Internet. It was a wonderful conversation and definitely one of my favourite interviews. I hope you enjoy it (again). tag:odeo.com,2009-01-26,23954594 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:07:13 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23846494-G%E2%80%99Day-World-Highlights-Dr-John-Demartini Well folks… it’s 2009 and I’m going through the archives, still trying to piece together the missing shows. I’m re-discovering lots of old shows myself and thinking “wow, I should listen to that one again”. And so, while I’m busy trying to fix stuff, I thought I’d plug a few of the old shows that you may have missed or may need to listen to again. In August 2007 I had Dr John Demartini on my show for the first time. He’s a motivational speaker and author from the USA who is different from the usual folks. He actually seems be about more than just ‘rah rah’ and PMA. His ideas have some grounding in science. I think I need to listen to this episode on a more regular basis myself. Hope you enjoy it (again). ———— If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or j... Well folks… it’s 2009 and I’m going through the archives, still trying to piece together the missing shows. I’m re-discovering lots of old shows myself and thinking “wow, I should listen to that one again”. And so, while I’m busy trying to fix stuff, I thought I’d plug a few of the old shows that you may have missed or may need to listen to again. In August 2007 I had Dr John Demartini on my show for the first time. He’s a motivational speaker and author from the USA who is different from the usual folks. He actually seems be about more than just ‘rah rah’ and PMA. His ideas have some grounding in science. I think I need to listen to this episode on a more regular basis myself. Hope you enjoy it (again). ———— If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album Well folks… it’s 2009 and I’m going through the archives, still trying to piece together the missing shows. I’m re-discovering lots of old shows myself and thinking “wow, I should listen to that one again”. And so, while I’m busy trying to fix stuff, I thought I’d plug a few of the old shows that you may have missed or may need to listen to again. In August 2007 I had Dr John Demartini on my show for the first time. He’s a motivational speaker and author from the USA who is different from the usual folks. He actually seems be about more than just ‘rah rah’ and PMA. His ideas have some grounding in science. I think I need to listen to this episode on a more regular basis myself. Hope you enjoy it (again). ———— If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2009-01-07,23846494 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:33:49 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, motivation http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23834407-G%E2%80%99Day-World-357-The-Sammartino-Method-During-A-Crisis First show for 2009! Steve Sammartino, who you may remember from our earlier shows (see: G’Day World #336 - The Sammartino Method (aka How To Get Rich Slowly and Surely)), joins me again tonight to revisit the investment strategy he discussed with us back in July 2008. Now that the world is in the worst financial crisis we’ve seen in decades, does his strategy of “invest in the index and hold” still work? Steve Sammartino is the founder of Rentoid (see G’Day World #306) and also shares his wisdom on the Start Up Blog. Vanguard Tools Steve’s “Grow Some Veggies” Blog entry ———— If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets... First show for 2009! Steve Sammartino, who you may remember from our earlier shows (see: G’Day World #336 - The Sammartino Method (aka How To Get Rich Slowly and Surely)), joins me again tonight to revisit the investment strategy he discussed with us back in July 2008. Now that the world is in the worst financial crisis we’ve seen in decades, does his strategy of “invest in the index and hold” still work? Steve Sammartino is the founder of Rentoid (see G’Day World #306) and also shares his wisdom on the Start Up Blog. Vanguard Tools Steve’s “Grow Some Veggies” Blog entry ———— If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album First show for 2009! Steve Sammartino, who you may remember from our earlier shows (see: G’Day World #336 - The Sammartino Method (aka How To Get Rich Slowly and Surely)), joins me again tonight to revisit the investment strategy he discussed with us back in July 2008. Now that the world is in the worst financial crisis we’ve seen in decades, does his strategy of “invest in the index and hold” still work? Steve Sammartino is the founder of Rentoid (see G’Day World #306) and also shares his wisdom on the Start Up Blog. Vanguard Tools Steve’s “Grow Some Veggies” Blog entry ———— If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2009-01-05,23834407 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:18:43 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23799177-G%E2%80%99Day-World-356-Phil-Gomes-SVP-Edelman Forgive me folks. It’s been a month since my last G’Day World. What can I tell ya? I’ve been focusing on making enough cash to keep this thing running. I’ve done a few Napoleon and Biography shows as well, because they were seriously running behind. And, as you know, we’ve had a few technical dramas. However, I’m back! And it’s a good one. Phil Gomes is VP with Edelman Digital, senior advisor to the Society for New Communications Research, and a cachaca connoisseur. He was in Australia last week and I caught up with him over the phone. I asked him what Edelman’s clients are doing with blogs, podcasts, twitter and what his views are on ethics in PR. And, of course, we talked about cachaca. Phil’s blog. Phil’s Cachaca blog. ———— If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about t... Forgive me folks. It’s been a month since my last G’Day World. What can I tell ya? I’ve been focusing on making enough cash to keep this thing running. I’ve done a few Napoleon and Biography shows as well, because they were seriously running behind. And, as you know, we’ve had a few technical dramas. However, I’m back! And it’s a good one. Phil Gomes is VP with Edelman Digital, senior advisor to the Society for New Communications Research, and a cachaca connoisseur. He was in Australia last week and I caught up with him over the phone. I asked him what Edelman’s clients are doing with blogs, podcasts, twitter and what his views are on ethics in PR. And, of course, we talked about cachaca. Phil’s blog. Phil’s Cachaca blog. ———— If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album Forgive me folks. It’s been a month since my last G’Day World. What can I tell ya? I’ve been focusing on making enough cash to keep this thing running. I’ve done a few Napoleon and Biography shows as well, because they were seriously running behind. And, as you know, we’ve had a few technical dramas. However, I’m back! And it’s a good one. Phil Gomes is VP with Edelman Digital, senior advisor to the Society for New Communications Research, and a cachaca connoisseur. He was in Australia last week and I caught up with him over the phone. I asked him what Edelman’s clients are doing with blogs, podcasts, twitter and what his views are on ethics in PR. And, of course, we talked about cachaca. Phil’s blog. Phil’s Cachaca blog. ———— If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-12-23,23799177 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:12:41 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, public relations http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23662431-G%E2%80%99Day-World-355-Wayne-Denning Have you donated yet to the TPN Pledge Drive? Help support independent media! Today’s interview features Wayne Denning, Managing Director of Brisbane-based media company, Carbon Media. I caught up with Wayne to chat about the issues currently surrounding Aboriginal people in Australia and what I feel is a particularly insidious form of racism on the part of most white Australians. As a former manager at ATSIC and now the owner of a media company that produces a lot of indigenous programming, Wayne has insights into the reality of the current situation and he shared some of those with me over coffee at a local cafe near QUT. Have you donated yet to the TPN Pledge Drive? Help support independent media! Today’s interview features Wayne Denning, Managing Director of Brisbane-based media company, Carbon Media. I caught up with Wayne to chat about the issues currently surrounding Aboriginal people in Australia and what I feel is a particularly insidious form of racism on the part of most white Australians. As a former manager at ATSIC and now the owner of a media company that produces a lot of indigenous programming, Wayne has insights into the reality of the current situation and he shared some of those with me over coffee at a local cafe near QUT. Have you donated yet to the TPN Pledge Drive? Help support independent media! Today’s interview features Wayne Denning, Managing Director of Brisbane-based media company, Carbon Media. I caught up with Wayne to chat about the issues currently surrounding Aboriginal people in Australia and what I feel is a particularly insidious form of racism on the part of most white Australians. As a former manager at ATSIC and now the owner of a media company that produces a lot of indigenous programming, Wayne has insights into the reality of the current situation and he shared some of those with me over coffee at a local cafe near QUT. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-24,23662431 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:20:57 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23671973-G%E2%80%99Day-World-355-Wayne-Denning-on-Aboriginal-Affairs Have you donated yet to the TPN Pledge Drive? Help support independent media! Today’s interview features Wayne Denning, Managing Director of Brisbane-based media company, Carbon Media. I caught up with Wayne to chat about the issues currently surrounding Aboriginal people in Australia and what I feel is a particularly insidious form of racism on the part of most white Australians. As a former manager at ATSIC and now the owner of a media company that produces a lot of indigenous programming, Wayne has insights into the reality of the current situation and he shared some of those with me over coffee at a local cafe near QUT. Have you donated yet to the TPN Pledge Drive? Help support independent media! Today’s interview features Wayne Denning, Managing Director of Brisbane-based media company, Carbon Media. I caught up with Wayne to chat about the issues currently surrounding Aboriginal people in Australia and what I feel is a particularly insidious form of racism on the part of most white Australians. As a former manager at ATSIC and now the owner of a media company that produces a lot of indigenous programming, Wayne has insights into the reality of the current situation and he shared some of those with me over coffee at a local cafe near QUT. Have you donated yet to the TPN Pledge Drive? Help support independent media! Today’s interview features Wayne Denning, Managing Director of Brisbane-based media company, Carbon Media. I caught up with Wayne to chat about the issues currently surrounding Aboriginal people in Australia and what I feel is a particularly insidious form of racism on the part of most white Australians. As a former manager at ATSIC and now the owner of a media company that produces a lot of indigenous programming, Wayne has insights into the reality of the current situation and he shared some of those with me over coffee at a local cafe near QUT. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-24,23671973 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:20:57 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23639019-G%E2%80%99Day-World-354-Nanette-Burstein-Director-of-%E2%80%9CAmerican-Teen%E2%80%9D American Teen is a terrific documentary about 5 high school seniors in a small American town struggling with their last year of school and figuring out who they are and what they want to do with their lives. On today’s show I chat with the director of American Teen, Academy Award nominee Nanette Burstein. American Teen is a terrific documentary about 5 high school seniors in a small American town struggling with their last year of school and figuring out who they are and what they want to do with their lives. On today’s show I chat with the director of American Teen, Academy Award nominee Nanette Burstein. American Teen is a terrific documentary about 5 high school seniors in a small American town struggling with their last year of school and figuring out who they are and what they want to do with their lives. On today’s show I chat with the director of American Teen, Academy Award nominee Nanette Burstein. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-18,23639019 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:24:18 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Movies, Documentary, Nanette Burstein, American Teen http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23609666-G%E2%80%99Day-World-353-Antony-Loewenstein-on-Internet-Censorship Have you donated yet to the TPN Pledge Drive? Help support independent media! My guest today on G’Day World is once again Australian journalist and author Antony Loewenstein. Antony was on a couple of months ago to discuss his excellent book “The Blogging Revolution” and today he has come back on to discuss Kevin Rudd’s desire to censor the internet and we discuss a range of things we can all do to try and stop it from happening. Links to further reading: Antony’s blogs: The Blogging Revolution antonyloewenstein.com Other articles: Government uploads hypocrisy with internet censorship (The Age) Somebody Think Of The Children Open Australia’s feed for ‘internet filtering’ Managing Director of iiNet, Michael Malone, calls Stephen Conroy “… the worst Communications Minister we’ve had in the 15 years since the [internet] industry has existed.” Have you donated yet to the TPN Pledge Drive? Help support independent media! My guest today on G’Day World is once again Australian journalist and author Antony Loewenstein. Antony was on a couple of months ago to discuss his excellent book “The Blogging Revolution” and today he has come back on to discuss Kevin Rudd’s desire to censor the internet and we discuss a range of things we can all do to try and stop it from happening. Links to further reading: Antony’s blogs: The Blogging Revolution antonyloewenstein.com Other articles: Government uploads hypocrisy with internet censorship (The Age) Somebody Think Of The Children Open Australia’s feed for ‘internet filtering’ Managing Director of iiNet, Michael Malone, calls Stephen Conroy “… the worst Communications Minister we’ve had in the 15 years since the [internet] industry has existed.” Have you donated yet to the TPN Pledge Drive? Help support independent media! My guest today on G’Day World is once again Australian journalist and author Antony Loewenstein. Antony was on a couple of months ago to discuss his excellent book “The Blogging Revolution” and today he has come back on to discuss Kevin Rudd’s desire to censor the internet and we discuss a range of things we can all do to try and stop it from happening. Links to further reading: Antony’s blogs: The Blogging Revolution antonyloewenstein.com Other articles: Government uploads hypocrisy with internet censorship (The Age) Somebody Think Of The Children Open Australia’s feed for ‘internet filtering’ Managing Director of iiNet, Michael Malone, calls Stephen Conroy “… the worst Communications Minister we’ve had in the 15 years since the [internet] industry has existed.” tag:odeo.com,2008-11-11,23609666 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:48:10 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Australian politics, censorship http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23605873-Please-Support-the-TPN-Pledge-Drive Dear TPN listeners, viewers and friends, You know that we spend a LOT of time producing our shows for you. And as we aren’t making money out of advertising, we’d like to ask for your support to help us keep TPN running. We have real costs in IT support, hardware, bandwidth, etc., as well as our time and effort. For the last four years, we’ve covered these costs ourselves. Outside a small amount of advertising that we have run, the majority of TPN’s costs have been covered by myself and the TPN hosts have donated their time. Now, we know that paying for online content is probably new to some of you. You are used to getting it for free. However, we do ask you to think about the idea of the people funding their own media. We all know that if corporate advertising is the main source of funding for the media, it influences the kinds of media that is produced and the messages they carry. We don’t want that kind of media to be the only kind out there. We want an independent media, run by t... Dear TPN listeners, viewers and friends, You know that we spend a LOT of time producing our shows for you. And as we aren’t making money out of advertising, we’d like to ask for your support to help us keep TPN running. We have real costs in IT support, hardware, bandwidth, etc., as well as our time and effort. For the last four years, we’ve covered these costs ourselves. Outside a small amount of advertising that we have run, the majority of TPN’s costs have been covered by myself and the TPN hosts have donated their time. Now, we know that paying for online content is probably new to some of you. You are used to getting it for free. However, we do ask you to think about the idea of the people funding their own media. We all know that if corporate advertising is the main source of funding for the media, it influences the kinds of media that is produced and the messages they carry. We don’t want that kind of media to be the only kind out there. We want an independent media, run by the people and for the people. If you want to support our efforts to bring you intelligent and entertaining content, please consider one of our donation plans listed here at the TPN Pledge Drive page. Your support is appreciated! cheers, Cameron Dear TPN listeners, viewers and friends, You know that we spend a LOT of time producing our shows for you. And as we aren’t making money out of advertising, we’d like to ask for your support to help us keep TPN running. We have real costs in IT support, hardware, bandwidth, etc., as well as our time and effort. For the last four years, we’ve covered these costs ourselves. Outside a small amount of advertising that we have run, the majority of TPN’s costs have been covered by myself and the TPN hosts have donated their time. Now, we know that paying for online content is probably new to some of you. You are used to getting it for free. However, we do ask you to think about the idea of the people funding their own media. We all know that if corporate advertising is the main source of funding for the media, it influences the kinds of media that is produced and the messages they carry. We don’t want that kind of media to be the only kind out there. We want an independent media, run by the people and for the people. If you want to support our efforts to bring you intelligent and entertaining content, please consider one of our donation plans listed here at the TPN Pledge Drive page. Your support is appreciated! cheers, Cameron tag:odeo.com,2008-11-11,23605873 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:21:44 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, General http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23567238-G%E2%80%99Day-World-Video-Interview-T-A-McCann-Gist-com While I was in Seattle last month, my good mate Buzz Bruggeman (CEO of the best application for Windows EVER - Activewords… why the hell hasn’t Microsoft bought him out yet??), took me to meet another friend of his, T. A. McCann, CEO of Gist.com, a start-up (funded by Paul Allen’s Vulcan) that integrates your email, social networking sites, and news searches to provide you with a dashboard that keeps you informed about news items relating to people who are important to you and to help you get more control over your email. While I was in Seattle last month, my good mate Buzz Bruggeman (CEO of the best application for Windows EVER - Activewords… why the hell hasn’t Microsoft bought him out yet??), took me to meet another friend of his, T. A. McCann, CEO of Gist.com, a start-up (funded by Paul Allen’s Vulcan) that integrates your email, social networking sites, and news searches to provide you with a dashboard that keeps you informed about news items relating to people who are important to you and to help you get more control over your email. While I was in Seattle last month, my good mate Buzz Bruggeman (CEO of the best application for Windows EVER - Activewords… why the hell hasn’t Microsoft bought him out yet??), took me to meet another friend of his, T. A. McCann, CEO of Gist.com, a start-up (funded by Paul Allen’s Vulcan) that integrates your email, social networking sites, and news searches to provide you with a dashboard that keeps you informed about news items relating to people who are important to you and to help you get more control over your email. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-02,23567238 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:30:39 -0800 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23456240-G%E2%80%99Day-World-350-Richard-Moore My guest on show #350 is American author (who now lives in Ireland) Richard J Moore, author of “Escaping The Matrix“. I was introduced to Richard’s work recently via an article he wrote about Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia. Richard tells me that the kind of government we have in the USA, UK and Australia isn’t really democracy - and he suggests a way forward to creating the world’s first true democracies. Here’s a list of sites where you can read Richard’s writing and subscribe to his regular news alerts. Richard’s “newslog” Google Group http://cyberjournal.org http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://www.wakingthephoenix.org/ If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do t... My guest on show #350 is American author (who now lives in Ireland) Richard J Moore, author of “Escaping The Matrix“. I was introduced to Richard’s work recently via an article he wrote about Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia. Richard tells me that the kind of government we have in the USA, UK and Australia isn’t really democracy - and he suggests a way forward to creating the world’s first true democracies. Here’s a list of sites where you can read Richard’s writing and subscribe to his regular news alerts. Richard’s “newslog” Google Group http://cyberjournal.org http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://www.wakingthephoenix.org/ If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album My guest on show #350 is American author (who now lives in Ireland) Richard J Moore, author of “Escaping The Matrix“. I was introduced to Richard’s work recently via an article he wrote about Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia. Richard tells me that the kind of government we have in the USA, UK and Australia isn’t really democracy - and he suggests a way forward to creating the world’s first true democracies. Here’s a list of sites where you can read Richard’s writing and subscribe to his regular news alerts. Richard’s “newslog” Google Group http://cyberjournal.org http://www.governourselves.org/ http://escapingthematrix.org/ http://www.wakingthephoenix.org/ If you want an independent media, you can support TPN by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-10-06,23456240 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:32:50 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Politics, social activism http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23407316-G%E2%80%99Day-World-347-Microsoft-TechEd-2008 Ahh…. Microsoft. I love ya. Where do they get so many folks who can’t cope once they lose their powerpoint cheat sheet? In the first of a series of interviews with Microsoft folks from the last couple of weeks, today I present a few interviews I did at their TechEd 2008 event in Sydney. In order of appearance, I chat with: Gary Gross, Director of Customer Partner Connection Mobile Information Worker Division; Michael Kordahi and Shane Morris, Evangelists for Silverlight (and other stuff); Reed Schaffner, Product Manager, Microsoft Office We talk about why Apple is kicking Microsoft’s ass on the mobile front; why the porn industry isn’t using Silverlight; and why Microsoft Office is (or isn’t) boring. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the sh... Ahh…. Microsoft. I love ya. Where do they get so many folks who can’t cope once they lose their powerpoint cheat sheet? In the first of a series of interviews with Microsoft folks from the last couple of weeks, today I present a few interviews I did at their TechEd 2008 event in Sydney. In order of appearance, I chat with: Gary Gross, Director of Customer Partner Connection Mobile Information Worker Division; Michael Kordahi and Shane Morris, Evangelists for Silverlight (and other stuff); Reed Schaffner, Product Manager, Microsoft Office We talk about why Apple is kicking Microsoft’s ass on the mobile front; why the porn industry isn’t using Silverlight; and why Microsoft Office is (or isn’t) boring. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album Ahh…. Microsoft. I love ya. Where do they get so many folks who can’t cope once they lose their powerpoint cheat sheet? In the first of a series of interviews with Microsoft folks from the last couple of weeks, today I present a few interviews I did at their TechEd 2008 event in Sydney. In order of appearance, I chat with: Gary Gross, Director of Customer Partner Connection Mobile Information Worker Division; Michael Kordahi and Shane Morris, Evangelists for Silverlight (and other stuff); Reed Schaffner, Product Manager, Microsoft Office We talk about why Apple is kicking Microsoft’s ass on the mobile front; why the porn industry isn’t using Silverlight; and why Microsoft Office is (or isn’t) boring. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-09-26,23407316 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:50:54 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, microsoft, TechEd http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23378609-G%E2%80%99Day-World-345-Alex-Epstein-Ayn-Rand-Center-for-Individual-Rights I’ve been a big fan of Ayn Rand’s work since I first read “The Fountainhead” when I was about 20. I quickly read everything of hers I could get my hands on and I re-read both “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged” every couple of years. I’ve wanted to do a show on her work for years. However… this interview with Epstein was pretty disturbing. It started off okay as we talked about her work but then Alex started talking about the foreign policy of the United States and I was shocked at how extremely right-wing his views are. Rand was a huge believer in individual rights however Epstein’s view seems to be that the indigenous people of countries such as the Middle East, the Americas and Australia HAVE no rights. Personally I think the views he expounded in the latter half of the show represent the worst kind of American imperialist thinking and do NOT accurately represent Rand’s philosophy. But that’s just m... I’ve been a big fan of Ayn Rand’s work since I first read “The Fountainhead” when I was about 20. I quickly read everything of hers I could get my hands on and I re-read both “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged” every couple of years. I’ve wanted to do a show on her work for years. However… this interview with Epstein was pretty disturbing. It started off okay as we talked about her work but then Alex started talking about the foreign policy of the United States and I was shocked at how extremely right-wing his views are. Rand was a huge believer in individual rights however Epstein’s view seems to be that the indigenous people of countries such as the Middle East, the Americas and Australia HAVE no rights. Personally I think the views he expounded in the latter half of the show represent the worst kind of American imperialist thinking and do NOT accurately represent Rand’s philosophy. But that’s just my opinion. Listen and tell me your thoughts. Alex Epstein has a BA in Philosophy from Duke University and is an analyst focusing on business issues at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album I’ve been a big fan of Ayn Rand’s work since I first read “The Fountainhead” when I was about 20. I quickly read everything of hers I could get my hands on and I re-read both “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged” every couple of years. I’ve wanted to do a show on her work for years. However… this interview with Epstein was pretty disturbing. It started off okay as we talked about her work but then Alex started talking about the foreign policy of the United States and I was shocked at how extremely right-wing his views are. Rand was a huge believer in individual rights however Epstein’s view seems to be that the indigenous people of countries such as the Middle East, the Americas and Australia HAVE no rights. Personally I think the views he expounded in the latter half of the show represent the worst kind of American imperialist thinking and do NOT accurately represent Rand’s philosophy. But that’s just my opinion. Listen and tell me your thoughts. Alex Epstein has a BA in Philosophy from Duke University and is an analyst focusing on business issues at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-09-21,23378609 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:23:39 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Philosophy, US politics, objectivism, ayn rand, geopolitics http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23334475-G%E2%80%99Day-World-343-Robert-M-Price-%E2%80%9CDid-Jesus-Exist-%E2%80%9D My guest today is Robert M Price, a Professor of Theology and Scriptural Studies at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary in Miami Gardens, Florida. He is a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and the author of many books and articles on religion. Some of you may remember Robert from his appearance in the documentary “The God Who Wasn’t There”. Robert joins me today to examine the historical case for Jesus. We examine the evidence for the standard arguments Christians have for believing that Jesus existed: Are the New Testament Gospels or Paul’s letters really eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ life? Are there any non-Christian contemporary accounts of Jesus’ life? Is there any evidence for the Resurrection? Is it true that there is more evidence for Jesus than any other person in history? Is it logical that because we have multiple versions of Jesus’ life that is must be true (what is known as the “multiple attestation” argument)? If Jesus didn’t exi... My guest today is Robert M Price, a Professor of Theology and Scriptural Studies at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary in Miami Gardens, Florida. He is a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and the author of many books and articles on religion. Some of you may remember Robert from his appearance in the documentary “The God Who Wasn’t There”. Robert joins me today to examine the historical case for Jesus. We examine the evidence for the standard arguments Christians have for believing that Jesus existed: Are the New Testament Gospels or Paul’s letters really eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ life? Are there any non-Christian contemporary accounts of Jesus’ life? Is there any evidence for the Resurrection? Is it true that there is more evidence for Jesus than any other person in history? Is it logical that because we have multiple versions of Jesus’ life that is must be true (what is known as the “multiple attestation” argument)? If Jesus didn’t exist, why does everybody think he did? You can find out more about Robert on his site and you can listen to his podcast, The Bible Geek. This show is the long-awaited follow-up to my interview with Australian Christian historian and theologian  John Dickson that I did in January 2007. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album My guest today is Robert M Price, a Professor of Theology and Scriptural Studies at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary in Miami Gardens, Florida. He is a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and the author of many books and articles on religion. Some of you may remember Robert from his appearance in the documentary “The God Who Wasn’t There”. Robert joins me today to examine the historical case for Jesus. We examine the evidence for the standard arguments Christians have for believing that Jesus existed: Are the New Testament Gospels or Paul’s letters really eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ life? Are there any non-Christian contemporary accounts of Jesus’ life? Is there any evidence for the Resurrection? Is it true that there is more evidence for Jesus than any other person in history? Is it logical that because we have multiple versions of Jesus’ life that is must be true (what is known as the “multiple attestation” argument)? If Jesus didn’t exist, why does everybody think he did? You can find out more about Robert on his site and you can listen to his podcast, The Bible Geek. This show is the long-awaited follow-up to my interview with Australian Christian historian and theologian  John Dickson that I did in January 2007. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-09-11,23334475 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:08:03 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Christianity http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23322255-G%E2%80%99Day-World-342-Dr-Craig-Johnson-on-Hitler I had the very great pleasure of hanging out with Pastor Dr Craig Johnson in Paris back in July. We had a terrific time, including some very great laughs walking through the Louvre. We also talked a great deal about Hitler and the roots of Antisemitism, something Craig happens to know quite a lot about. So we chatted today about the roots of Hitler’s worldview and whether or not Hitler and the Nazi’s were Christians. I, of course, take the position that Hitler and the National Socialist Party where Christians - Craig argues they were not. My main references are: This list of quotes from Hitler’s speeches and writings in which he professes his Christian beliefs here. The official National Socialist Party Platform which states: “24. We demand freedom of religion for all religious denominations within the state so long as they do not endanger its existence or oppose the moral senses of the Germanic race. The Party as such advocates the standpoint of a positive C... I had the very great pleasure of hanging out with Pastor Dr Craig Johnson in Paris back in July. We had a terrific time, including some very great laughs walking through the Louvre. We also talked a great deal about Hitler and the roots of Antisemitism, something Craig happens to know quite a lot about. So we chatted today about the roots of Hitler’s worldview and whether or not Hitler and the Nazi’s were Christians. I, of course, take the position that Hitler and the National Socialist Party where Christians - Craig argues they were not. My main references are: This list of quotes from Hitler’s speeches and writings in which he professes his Christian beliefs here. The official National Socialist Party Platform which states: “24. We demand freedom of religion for all religious denominations within the state so long as they do not endanger its existence or oppose the moral senses of the Germanic race. The Party as such advocates the standpoint of a positive Christianity without binding itself confessionally to any one denomination. It combats the Jewish-materialistic spirit within and around us, and is convinced that a lasting recovery of our nation can only succeed from within on the framework: common utility precedes individual utility.” Craig references a book called “Hitler’s Table Talk”, which is a series of things Hitler said in private meetings, recorded and transcribed. You can download a copy of “Hitler’s Table Talk” here. But you should first read this analysis of the book’s English translation which claims that the English version has been deliberately translated to sound much more anti-Christianity than the original German. Also read this post which explores the credibility of the men who discovered and translated the document. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. I had the very great pleasure of hanging out with Pastor Dr Craig Johnson in Paris back in July. We had a terrific time, including some very great laughs walking through the Louvre. We also talked a great deal about Hitler and the roots of Antisemitism, something Craig happens to know quite a lot about. So we chatted today about the roots of Hitler’s worldview and whether or not Hitler and the Nazi’s were Christians. I, of course, take the position that Hitler and the National Socialist Party where Christians - Craig argues they were not. My main references are: This list of quotes from Hitler’s speeches and writings in which he professes his Christian beliefs here. The official National Socialist Party Platform which states: “24. We demand freedom of religion for all religious denominations within the state so long as they do not endanger its existence or oppose the moral senses of the Germanic race. The Party as such advocates the standpoint of a positive Christianity without binding itself confessionally to any one denomination. It combats the Jewish-materialistic spirit within and around us, and is convinced that a lasting recovery of our nation can only succeed from within on the framework: common utility precedes individual utility.” Craig references a book called “Hitler’s Table Talk”, which is a series of things Hitler said in private meetings, recorded and transcribed. You can download a copy of “Hitler’s Table Talk” here. But you should first read this analysis of the book’s English translation which claims that the English version has been deliberately translated to sound much more anti-Christianity than the original German. Also read this post which explores the credibility of the men who discovered and translated the document. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. tag:odeo.com,2008-09-09,23322255 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:28:58 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Christianity, hitler http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23239938-G%E2%80%99Day-World-341-Georgia-Groome-Actress ANGUS, THONGS AND PERFECT SNOGGING is the new film by British director Gurinder Chadha (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, BRIDE AND PREJUDICE). The star of the film is 16 year-old Georgia Groome. I chatted with Georgia today about life, acting and finishing her A levels. I also tried to get her to do a duet with me of “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, but then I failed to remember the lyrics and she totally PWND me. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. ANGUS, THONGS AND PERFECT SNOGGING is the new film by British director Gurinder Chadha (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, BRIDE AND PREJUDICE). The star of the film is 16 year-old Georgia Groome. I chatted with Georgia today about life, acting and finishing her A levels. I also tried to get her to do a duet with me of “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, but then I failed to remember the lyrics and she totally PWND me. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. ANGUS, THONGS AND PERFECT SNOGGING is the new film by British director Gurinder Chadha (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, BRIDE AND PREJUDICE). The star of the film is 16 year-old Georgia Groome. I chatted with Georgia today about life, acting and finishing her A levels. I also tried to get her to do a duet with me of “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, but then I failed to remember the lyrics and she totally PWND me. Please support the show by throwing me some cash to cover the bills or, if you’re tight on the cash front, by blogging or Twittering about the show or joining the G’Day World Facebook group. There is a list of things you can do to support the show here. tag:odeo.com,2008-09-01,23239938 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:53:05 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23203144-The-Biography-Show-006-Akhenaten-vs-Moses I don’t know how many of you listen to my Biography podcast, but the episode we recorded today is, I think, pretty interesting, so i hope you don’t mind me throwing it into this feed. Today we tackle two subjects - Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten (aka Amenhotep IV) and Moses. Originally we were going to do Moses but as he is (according to the majority of secular scholars) a mythological figure and not historical, I didn’t want to get into the same trouble we did when we talked about Helen of Troy. And then I remembered Akhenaten. Like Moses, Akhenaten was the founder of a monotheistic religion. In fact, he is considered the first person to conceive of monotheism or, at least, to put it into practice on a wide scale. He pre-dated Moses (or at least when Moses would have lived had he actually existed) by 300 - 900 years, depending on where you posit the Moses stories. And, unlike Moses, we have proof Akhenaten lived. However, we only discovered his story in the 19th century, as... I don’t know how many of you listen to my Biography podcast, but the episode we recorded today is, I think, pretty interesting, so i hope you don’t mind me throwing it into this feed. Today we tackle two subjects - Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten (aka Amenhotep IV) and Moses. Originally we were going to do Moses but as he is (according to the majority of secular scholars) a mythological figure and not historical, I didn’t want to get into the same trouble we did when we talked about Helen of Troy. And then I remembered Akhenaten. Like Moses, Akhenaten was the founder of a monotheistic religion. In fact, he is considered the first person to conceive of monotheism or, at least, to put it into practice on a wide scale. He pre-dated Moses (or at least when Moses would have lived had he actually existed) by 300 - 900 years, depending on where you posit the Moses stories. And, unlike Moses, we have proof Akhenaten lived. However, we only discovered his story in the 19th century, as the record of his reign and the reign of his successors, his wife Nefertiti and his son/step-son Tutenkhamen, were eradicted from the official records, possibly because of his attempts to usher in monotheism into Egypt. You can read the rest of the shownotes here. I don’t know how many of you listen to my Biography podcast, but the episode we recorded today is, I think, pretty interesting, so i hope you don’t mind me throwing it into this feed. Today we tackle two subjects - Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten (aka Amenhotep IV) and Moses. Originally we were going to do Moses but as he is (according to the majority of secular scholars) a mythological figure and not historical, I didn’t want to get into the same trouble we did when we talked about Helen of Troy. And then I remembered Akhenaten. Like Moses, Akhenaten was the founder of a monotheistic religion. In fact, he is considered the first person to conceive of monotheism or, at least, to put it into practice on a wide scale. He pre-dated Moses (or at least when Moses would have lived had he actually existed) by 300 - 900 years, depending on where you posit the Moses stories. And, unlike Moses, we have proof Akhenaten lived. However, we only discovered his story in the 19th century, as the record of his reign and the reign of his successors, his wife Nefertiti and his son/step-son Tutenkhamen, were eradicted from the official records, possibly because of his attempts to usher in monotheism into Egypt. You can read the rest of the shownotes here. tag:odeo.com,2008-08-22,23203144 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:34:36 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23196102-G%E2%80%99Day-World-340-Hilary-Mine-MD-Australasia-and-North-Asia-Alcatel-Lucent This morning I was given an opportunity to interview Hilary Mine, Alcatel-Lucent’s Managing Director Australasia and North Asia, about the launch of the Alcatel-Lucent Broadband Environment Challenge 2008 they did this morning in Melbourne with Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. The Challenge looks to award the Eckermann-TJA Prize ($10,000 provided by Alcatel-Lucent) for the best paper on broadband telecommunications applications and/or solutions that have the potential to deliver significant benefits to environmental sustainability. Hilary and I discussed how the Challenge came together (this is its second year) and some of the ways that broadband might be able to contribute positively to environmental sustainability. Hilary mentioned that she telecommutes one day a week to show her senior team that it is possible and practical. I think more large Australia companies should be encouraging their staff to telecommute. As I me... This morning I was given an opportunity to interview Hilary Mine, Alcatel-Lucent’s Managing Director Australasia and North Asia, about the launch of the Alcatel-Lucent Broadband Environment Challenge 2008 they did this morning in Melbourne with Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. The Challenge looks to award the Eckermann-TJA Prize ($10,000 provided by Alcatel-Lucent) for the best paper on broadband telecommunications applications and/or solutions that have the potential to deliver significant benefits to environmental sustainability. Hilary and I discussed how the Challenge came together (this is its second year) and some of the ways that broadband might be able to contribute positively to environmental sustainability. Hilary mentioned that she telecommutes one day a week to show her senior team that it is possible and practical. I think more large Australia companies should be encouraging their staff to telecommute. As I mention in the show, we were talking about this stuff back at Ozemail in 1996 and it surprises me that it isn’t more commonplace yet. More information about the competition can be found at www.tsa.org.au. Entries close Monday 6 October 2008. To be completely up front (as you know I always am), this is a paid gig and my client is Alcatel-Lucent. Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: This morning I was given an opportunity to interview Hilary Mine, Alcatel-Lucent’s Managing Director Australasia and North Asia, about the launch of the Alcatel-Lucent Broadband Environment Challenge 2008 they did this morning in Melbourne with Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. The Challenge looks to award the Eckermann-TJA Prize ($10,000 provided by Alcatel-Lucent) for the best paper on broadband telecommunications applications and/or solutions that have the potential to deliver significant benefits to environmental sustainability. Hilary and I discussed how the Challenge came together (this is its second year) and some of the ways that broadband might be able to contribute positively to environmental sustainability. Hilary mentioned that she telecommutes one day a week to show her senior team that it is possible and practical. I think more large Australia companies should be encouraging their staff to telecommute. As I mention in the show, we were talking about this stuff back at Ozemail in 1996 and it surprises me that it isn’t more commonplace yet. More information about the competition can be found at www.tsa.org.au. Entries close Monday 6 October 2008. To be completely up front (as you know I always am), this is a paid gig and my client is Alcatel-Lucent. Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: tag:odeo.com,2008-08-19,23196102 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:18:40 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, General, environment, social responsibility http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23166193-G%E2%80%99Day-World-339-Donnie-Maclurcan-and-Project-Australia Today my guests is Donnie Maclurcan, Executive Director of Project Australia, a national organisation helping people launch ideas that seek to create positive social change within communities. Donnie tells me how the idea came together, how it all works, and what they are trying to do. He’s a terrific example of someone who has taken the bit between his teeth and is putting action behind the dream of a better country. If you’re wondering about the new intro music, it’s Dies Irae from Mozart’s REQUIEM, a favourite of mine. The lyrics actually come from an old Catholic hymn which starts off: Dies iræ! dies illa Solvet sæclum in favilla Teste David cum Sibylla! Day of wrath! O day of mourning! See fulfilled the prophets’ warning, Heaven and earth in ashes burning! I love the piece of music (one of my dreams has always been to put together an annual live performance of it) and the lyrics are kind of fitting, don’t you think? A list of all G’Day ... Today my guests is Donnie Maclurcan, Executive Director of Project Australia, a national organisation helping people launch ideas that seek to create positive social change within communities. Donnie tells me how the idea came together, how it all works, and what they are trying to do. He’s a terrific example of someone who has taken the bit between his teeth and is putting action behind the dream of a better country. If you’re wondering about the new intro music, it’s Dies Irae from Mozart’s REQUIEM, a favourite of mine. The lyrics actually come from an old Catholic hymn which starts off: Dies iræ! dies illa Solvet sæclum in favilla Teste David cum Sibylla! Day of wrath! O day of mourning! See fulfilled the prophets’ warning, Heaven and earth in ashes burning! I love the piece of music (one of my dreams has always been to put together an annual live performance of it) and the lyrics are kind of fitting, don’t you think? A list of all G’Day World episodes here! Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: Today my guests is Donnie Maclurcan, Executive Director of Project Australia, a national organisation helping people launch ideas that seek to create positive social change within communities. Donnie tells me how the idea came together, how it all works, and what they are trying to do. He’s a terrific example of someone who has taken the bit between his teeth and is putting action behind the dream of a better country. If you’re wondering about the new intro music, it’s Dies Irae from Mozart’s REQUIEM, a favourite of mine. The lyrics actually come from an old Catholic hymn which starts off: Dies iræ! dies illa Solvet sæclum in favilla Teste David cum Sibylla! Day of wrath! O day of mourning! See fulfilled the prophets’ warning, Heaven and earth in ashes burning! I love the piece of music (one of my dreams has always been to put together an annual live performance of it) and the lyrics are kind of fitting, don’t you think? A list of all G’Day World episodes here! Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: tag:odeo.com,2008-08-10,23166193 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:47:00 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Australia, activism, entrepreneurialism, social activism, mozart, projectaustralia http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23156982-G%E2%80%99Day-World-338-Amnesty-Intl-on-China-and-Social-Media On today’s show I’m joing by Sophie Peer, China Campaign Co-ordinator for Amnesty International, Fi Bendall from the Bendall Group, and Ben Barren, social media baron, to discuss the online campaign Amnesty have run over the last 3 weeks to raise awareness of China’s human rights record. The campaign asked Australian bloggers to unite and support their Chinese counterparts who have been banned, blocked, denied and imprisoned by the Chinese government for using the Internet to express their right to freedom of speech. The destination site for the campaign was UNCENSOR.com.au. The other site they recommend on the show is Stilgherrian’s blog. Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album On today’s show I’m joing by Sophie Peer, China Campaign Co-ordinator for Amnesty International, Fi Bendall from the Bendall Group, and Ben Barren, social media baron, to discuss the online campaign Amnesty have run over the last 3 weeks to raise awareness of China’s human rights record. The campaign asked Australian bloggers to unite and support their Chinese counterparts who have been banned, blocked, denied and imprisoned by the Chinese government for using the Internet to express their right to freedom of speech. The destination site for the campaign was UNCENSOR.com.au. The other site they recommend on the show is Stilgherrian’s blog. Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album On today’s show I’m joing by Sophie Peer, China Campaign Co-ordinator for Amnesty International, Fi Bendall from the Bendall Group, and Ben Barren, social media baron, to discuss the online campaign Amnesty have run over the last 3 weeks to raise awareness of China’s human rights record. The campaign asked Australian bloggers to unite and support their Chinese counterparts who have been banned, blocked, denied and imprisoned by the Chinese government for using the Internet to express their right to freedom of speech. The destination site for the campaign was UNCENSOR.com.au. The other site they recommend on the show is Stilgherrian’s blog. Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-08-07,23156982 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:48:10 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, General, China, olympics, human rights, Amnesty, Cam's World http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23133716-G%E2%80%99Day-World-337-Allon-Klebanoff%E2%80%99s-introduction-to-J-S-Bach One of the wonderful people I met while in Ajaccio was Allon Klebanoff, an Israeli historian who is the closest thing to a “Renaissance Man” that I’ve ever met. Allon gave a terrific presentation on naval art during Napoleonic times at the Congress and, over much alcohol and good food during five days, we discussed religion, politics, art, wine, women… and music, which is the subject of today’s show. I asked Allon what he’d like to talk about on his first appearance on G’Day World, what his number #1 passion is, and he said “Buck”. I first thought that he was a fan of 70’s Sci Fi, but I soon learned that “Buckkkh” is how one is supposed to pronounce “Bach”. In this very long episode (90 minutes) you will hear Allon talk about Bach’s life and career as well as get treated to a number of musical pieces by Bach (as prescribed by Allon) including (in order of appearance): Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BW... One of the wonderful people I met while in Ajaccio was Allon Klebanoff, an Israeli historian who is the closest thing to a “Renaissance Man” that I’ve ever met. Allon gave a terrific presentation on naval art during Napoleonic times at the Congress and, over much alcohol and good food during five days, we discussed religion, politics, art, wine, women… and music, which is the subject of today’s show. I asked Allon what he’d like to talk about on his first appearance on G’Day World, what his number #1 passion is, and he said “Buck”. I first thought that he was a fan of 70’s Sci Fi, but I soon learned that “Buckkkh” is how one is supposed to pronounce “Bach”. In this very long episode (90 minutes) you will hear Allon talk about Bach’s life and career as well as get treated to a number of musical pieces by Bach (as prescribed by Allon) including (in order of appearance): Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie - Trevor Pinnock Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: II. Air - Musica Antiqua Köln Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971: III. Presto - Trevor Pinnock Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047: I. - Trevor Pinnock Saint John Passion, BWV 245 (Excerpts): Herr, Unser Herrscher Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata - Helmut Walcha Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: II. Adagio - Marie-Claire Alain The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 1 - Musica Antiqua Köln The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 2 - Musica Antiqua Köln Now I warn you - Allon is a funny guy. He doesn’t listen to rock, rap or jazz. He is VERY particular about the things that he is passionate about. And he’s a walking encyclopedia. I’m not sure I managed to get him to answer my main question “Why is Bach important?”, though I did ask him several times. Or maybe I just don’t understand. Anyway… strap yourself in and get ready to BACH. One of the wonderful people I met while in Ajaccio was Allon Klebanoff, an Israeli historian who is the closest thing to a “Renaissance Man” that I’ve ever met. Allon gave a terrific presentation on naval art during Napoleonic times at the Congress and, over much alcohol and good food during five days, we discussed religion, politics, art, wine, women… and music, which is the subject of today’s show. I asked Allon what he’d like to talk about on his first appearance on G’Day World, what his number #1 passion is, and he said “Buck”. I first thought that he was a fan of 70’s Sci Fi, but I soon learned that “Buckkkh” is how one is supposed to pronounce “Bach”. In this very long episode (90 minutes) you will hear Allon talk about Bach’s life and career as well as get treated to a number of musical pieces by Bach (as prescribed by Allon) including (in order of appearance): Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie - Trevor Pinnock Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: II. Air - Musica Antiqua Köln Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971: III. Presto - Trevor Pinnock Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047: I. - Trevor Pinnock Saint John Passion, BWV 245 (Excerpts): Herr, Unser Herrscher Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata - Helmut Walcha Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: II. Adagio - Marie-Claire Alain The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 1 - Musica Antiqua Köln The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 2 - Musica Antiqua Köln Now I warn you - Allon is a funny guy. He doesn’t listen to rock, rap or jazz. He is VERY particular about the things that he is passionate about. And he’s a walking encyclopedia. I’m not sure I managed to get him to answer my main question “Why is Bach important?”, though I did ask him several times. Or maybe I just don’t understand. Anyway… strap yourself in and get ready to BACH. tag:odeo.com,2008-07-31,23133716 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:52:31 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, bach http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23120517-G%E2%80%99Day-World-336-The-Sammartino-Method-aka-How-To-Get-Rich-Slowly-and-Surely Steve Sammartino is not only the founder of Rentoid.com (see G’Day World #306), he’s also one of the smartest money managers that I’ve ever met. By age 33, Steve had built up a big enough share portfolio to be able to quit his corporate marketing job and live completely on the dividends. That was two years ago. Today, he tells me how he did it - and how you can do it to. Steve’s system is foolproof and doesn’t require you to know anything about shares or companies or the market. He calls it a “set and forget” system. I call it “The Sammartino Method” and I think we should all listen to this show over and over again. Then we should play it to our kids. Steve’s system is so simple and basic that everyone can do it. As he says in the show “All it takes is discipline.” If you aren’t financially independent (and I’m not), then you can’t ever really be in control of your lifestyle. Steve will never h... Steve Sammartino is not only the founder of Rentoid.com (see G’Day World #306), he’s also one of the smartest money managers that I’ve ever met. By age 33, Steve had built up a big enough share portfolio to be able to quit his corporate marketing job and live completely on the dividends. That was two years ago. Today, he tells me how he did it - and how you can do it to. Steve’s system is foolproof and doesn’t require you to know anything about shares or companies or the market. He calls it a “set and forget” system. I call it “The Sammartino Method” and I think we should all listen to this show over and over again. Then we should play it to our kids. Steve’s system is so simple and basic that everyone can do it. As he says in the show “All it takes is discipline.” If you aren’t financially independent (and I’m not), then you can’t ever really be in control of your lifestyle. Steve will never have to work another day in his life if he doesn’t want to. Imagine the choices you would have in your life if you were in that situation in ten years. The two books that Steve recommends you read are: The Intelligent Investor A Random Walk Down Wall Street Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album Steve Sammartino is not only the founder of Rentoid.com (see G’Day World #306), he’s also one of the smartest money managers that I’ve ever met. By age 33, Steve had built up a big enough share portfolio to be able to quit his corporate marketing job and live completely on the dividends. That was two years ago. Today, he tells me how he did it - and how you can do it to. Steve’s system is foolproof and doesn’t require you to know anything about shares or companies or the market. He calls it a “set and forget” system. I call it “The Sammartino Method” and I think we should all listen to this show over and over again. Then we should play it to our kids. Steve’s system is so simple and basic that everyone can do it. As he says in the show “All it takes is discipline.” If you aren’t financially independent (and I’m not), then you can’t ever really be in control of your lifestyle. Steve will never have to work another day in his life if he doesn’t want to. Imagine the choices you would have in your life if you were in that situation in ten years. The two books that Steve recommends you read are: The Intelligent Investor A Random Walk Down Wall Street Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-07-28,23120517 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:45:08 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Investing, equities, sammartino, rentoid http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23114258-G%E2%80%99Day-World-335-Mercy-Ministries-Survivor-%E2%80%9CVickie%E2%80%9D Today’s show is a continuation of the examination I’ve been doing around the relationship and practices of Gloria Jean’s Coffee, Hillsong Church and Mercy Ministries. Today’s guest is a former resident of Mercy Ministries in the United States. She spent 7 months inside Mercy about 8 years ago and is still today too frightened of them to use her real name, so she is using the alias “Vickie Lucas”. Vickie tells me about how she entered Mercy trying to find help for her bulimia nervosa condition but instead of psychological and clinical treatment, she was subjected to exorcisms, neglect and emotional abuse. She talks about how she was chastised in public by Mercy founder Nancy Alcorn, who claims to be a lifelong celibate, for getting her haircut - apparently according to Mercy that’s a clear sign she is possessed by demons making her into a lesbian. The quotes contained in this show by Nancy Alcorn and Peter Irvine are taken from this video by ... Today’s show is a continuation of the examination I’ve been doing around the relationship and practices of Gloria Jean’s Coffee, Hillsong Church and Mercy Ministries. Today’s guest is a former resident of Mercy Ministries in the United States. She spent 7 months inside Mercy about 8 years ago and is still today too frightened of them to use her real name, so she is using the alias “Vickie Lucas”. Vickie tells me about how she entered Mercy trying to find help for her bulimia nervosa condition but instead of psychological and clinical treatment, she was subjected to exorcisms, neglect and emotional abuse. She talks about how she was chastised in public by Mercy founder Nancy Alcorn, who claims to be a lifelong celibate, for getting her haircut - apparently according to Mercy that’s a clear sign she is possessed by demons making her into a lesbian. The quotes contained in this show by Nancy Alcorn and Peter Irvine are taken from this video by The Cynic Sage. Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album Today’s show is a continuation of the examination I’ve been doing around the relationship and practices of Gloria Jean’s Coffee, Hillsong Church and Mercy Ministries. Today’s guest is a former resident of Mercy Ministries in the United States. She spent 7 months inside Mercy about 8 years ago and is still today too frightened of them to use her real name, so she is using the alias “Vickie Lucas”. Vickie tells me about how she entered Mercy trying to find help for her bulimia nervosa condition but instead of psychological and clinical treatment, she was subjected to exorcisms, neglect and emotional abuse. She talks about how she was chastised in public by Mercy founder Nancy Alcorn, who claims to be a lifelong celibate, for getting her haircut - apparently according to Mercy that’s a clear sign she is possessed by demons making her into a lesbian. The quotes contained in this show by Nancy Alcorn and Peter Irvine are taken from this video by The Cynic Sage. Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-07-24,23114258 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:34:00 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Christianity, hillsong, Gloria Jeans, Mercy Ministries http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23110819-G%E2%80%99Day-World-334-Leo-Sayer Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== In 1980, at age ten, I bought my very first LP record - “Living In A Fantasy” by Leo Sayer. I listened to it constantly - 20 years later I bought it on CD and today it’s always on my iPod. Leo has had several Number One hits around the world, “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” (a U.S. Grammy winner for the year’s best Rhythm and Blues Song), the romantic ballad, “When I Need You” (1977), which reached number one in both the UK and U.S. He also had remakes of Bobby Vee’s “More Than I Can Say” (his fourth UK number 2 hit, and in the U.S., number 2 pop and number one in the adult contemporary chart), and Buddy Holly’s “Raining In My Heart” (1979) and “Orchard Road” in 1983... Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== In 1980, at age ten, I bought my very first LP record - “Living In A Fantasy” by Leo Sayer. I listened to it constantly - 20 years later I bought it on CD and today it’s always on my iPod. Leo has had several Number One hits around the world, “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” (a U.S. Grammy winner for the year’s best Rhythm and Blues Song), the romantic ballad, “When I Need You” (1977), which reached number one in both the UK and U.S. He also had remakes of Bobby Vee’s “More Than I Can Say” (his fourth UK number 2 hit, and in the U.S., number 2 pop and number one in the adult contemporary chart), and Buddy Holly’s “Raining In My Heart” (1979) and “Orchard Road” in 1983. In the U.S., three of his singles - “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” (1977), “When I Need You,” (1977) and “More Than I Can Say” (1980) - were certified gold. This morning he chatted with me for an hour from the city he now calls home - Sydney, Australia. Check out his official site, LeoSayer.com, for updates on his touring schedule and to read his blog updates. Buy his new album “Don’t Wait Until Tomorrow” and “Living In A Fantasy” from iTunes: Subscribe now to the TPN update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== In 1980, at age ten, I bought my very first LP record - “Living In A Fantasy” by Leo Sayer. I listened to it constantly - 20 years later I bought it on CD and today it’s always on my iPod. Leo has had several Number One hits around the world, “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” (a U.S. Grammy winner for the year’s best Rhythm and Blues Song), the romantic ballad, “When I Need You” (1977), which reached number one in both the UK and U.S. He also had remakes of Bobby Vee’s “More Than I Can Say” (his fourth UK number 2 hit, and in the U.S., number 2 pop and number one in the adult contemporary chart), and Buddy Holly’s “Raining In My Heart” (1979) and “Orchard Road” in 1983. In the U.S., three of his singles - “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” (1977), “When I Need You,” (1977) and “More Than I Can Say” (1980) - were certified gold. This morning he chatted with me for an hour from the city he now calls home - Sydney, Australia. Check out his official site, LeoSayer.com, for updates on his touring schedule and to read his blog updates. Buy his new album “Don’t Wait Until Tomorrow” and “Living In A Fantasy” from iTunes: tag:odeo.com,2008-07-23,23110819 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:01:40 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, leo sayer http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23056781-G%E2%80%99Day-World-333-Matt-Norman-Director-Producer-%E2%80%9CSalute%E2%80%9D Subscribe now to the weekly update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== My guest today is Matt Norman. Matt is an Aussie actor/director/producer who has a new documentary coming out called “Salute The Movie” (watch the trailer here). It tells the story of his uncle Peter Norman. Now, if you’re like me, you probably haven’t heard the name before but you probably do recognize this photo: Peter Norman is the white guy. He was an Aussie Olympian who won the Silver Medal in the Men’s 200 metre race at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. The two athletes with him on the podium were Tommie Smith and John Carlos. They both raised their fists in the “Black Power” salute. Peter gave his support by wearing the OPHR (Olympic Project for Human Rights) badge. All three were booed when they left the podium an... Subscribe now to the weekly update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== My guest today is Matt Norman. Matt is an Aussie actor/director/producer who has a new documentary coming out called “Salute The Movie” (watch the trailer here). It tells the story of his uncle Peter Norman. Now, if you’re like me, you probably haven’t heard the name before but you probably do recognize this photo: Peter Norman is the white guy. He was an Aussie Olympian who won the Silver Medal in the Men’s 200 metre race at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. The two athletes with him on the podium were Tommie Smith and John Carlos. They both raised their fists in the “Black Power” salute. Peter gave his support by wearing the OPHR (Olympic Project for Human Rights) badge. All three were booed when they left the podium and then ostracized in their respective countries for having the audacity to use this opportunity to make a political statement. All three were punished severely by their respective Olympic organizations and in Peter’s case, he was not picked for the ‘72 Olympics, even though he came third in the trials. This story is, of course, extremely relevant today, when Australian and American Olympic athletes are again being gagged by their respective organizations with respect to using the Olympics as an opportunity to speak out about China’s human rights abuses in Tibet and Darfur. Will any of them athletes have the balls to speak out? Or will they allow themselves to be gagged? The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album Subscribe now to the weekly update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== My guest today is Matt Norman. Matt is an Aussie actor/director/producer who has a new documentary coming out called “Salute The Movie” (watch the trailer here). It tells the story of his uncle Peter Norman. Now, if you’re like me, you probably haven’t heard the name before but you probably do recognize this photo: Peter Norman is the white guy. He was an Aussie Olympian who won the Silver Medal in the Men’s 200 metre race at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. The two athletes with him on the podium were Tommie Smith and John Carlos. They both raised their fists in the “Black Power” salute. Peter gave his support by wearing the OPHR (Olympic Project for Human Rights) badge. All three were booed when they left the podium and then ostracized in their respective countries for having the audacity to use this opportunity to make a political statement. All three were punished severely by their respective Olympic organizations and in Peter’s case, he was not picked for the ‘72 Olympics, even though he came third in the trials. This story is, of course, extremely relevant today, when Australian and American Olympic athletes are again being gagged by their respective organizations with respect to using the Olympics as an opportunity to speak out about China’s human rights abuses in Tibet and Darfur. Will any of them athletes have the balls to speak out? Or will they allow themselves to be gagged? The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-07-06,23056781 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:57 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, 1968, Matt Norman, Peter Norman, salute, black power http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23045264-G%E2%80%99Day-World-332-Peter-Singer-The-Great-Ape-Project Subscribe now to the weekly update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== My guest today is Peter Singer. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and laureate professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), University of Melbourne. Outside academic circles, Singer is best known for his book Animal Liberation, widely regarded as the touchstone of the animal liberation movement. I invited him onto the show to talk about the recent news from Spain that they will soon probably extend basic legal rights to all non-human hominids, an idea that has been driven by an organization that Peter co-founded, The Great Ape Project. We also talk about the basic ethics of utilitarianism and how the best thing you can do to reduce your carbon footprint is to stop eating meat. The G’Day... Subscribe now to the weekly update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== My guest today is Peter Singer. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and laureate professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), University of Melbourne. Outside academic circles, Singer is best known for his book Animal Liberation, widely regarded as the touchstone of the animal liberation movement. I invited him onto the show to talk about the recent news from Spain that they will soon probably extend basic legal rights to all non-human hominids, an idea that has been driven by an organization that Peter co-founded, The Great Ape Project. We also talk about the basic ethics of utilitarianism and how the best thing you can do to reduce your carbon footprint is to stop eating meat. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album Subscribe now to the weekly update email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of the new episodes on TPN in one easy-to-read format! Enter your email address: ====================================================== My guest today is Peter Singer. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and laureate professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), University of Melbourne. Outside academic circles, Singer is best known for his book Animal Liberation, widely regarded as the touchstone of the animal liberation movement. I invited him onto the show to talk about the recent news from Spain that they will soon probably extend basic legal rights to all non-human hominids, an idea that has been driven by an organization that Peter co-founded, The Great Ape Project. We also talk about the basic ethics of utilitarianism and how the best thing you can do to reduce your carbon footprint is to stop eating meat. The G’Day World theme music: Conquest “Secrets of Life” (mp3) from “End of Days” (Dark Star Records) More On This Album tag:odeo.com,2008-07-02,23045264 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:32:41 -0700 yes TPN :: No Illusions with Cameron Reilly » Podcast podcast, Philosophy, Spain, climate change, singer, ethics, future makers, great ape project