Death Cults, Brains & Migration

May 18, 2015

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Q&A - S8 - E16

On the Q&A panel this week, we feature some of the brightest stars from this year's Sydney Writers' Festival: Norman Doidge; Caitlin Doughty; Douglas Coupland; Mohsin Hamid and Christina Lamb.

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Q&A: Season 8 - 43 Episode s

8x1 - Elections, Economics & Knightmares
February 2, 2015
Tony Jones is joined by Former ALP Treasurer, Wayne Swan; Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce; Greens Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters; and Independent Senators, John Madigan and Jacqui Lambie.
8x2 - Spills, Bills, Coal & Kills
February 9, 2015
Tony Jones is joined by broadcaster Alan Jones; Assistant Infrastructure Minister Jamie Briggs; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, Chair of AustralianSuper Heather Ridout; and comedian and writer Corrine Grant.
8x3 - Death, Detention and Defending Policies
February 16, 2015
Panellists Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications; Catherine King, Shadow Health Minister; Lisa Wilkinson, Journalist; Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative; & Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Australian.
8x4 - Family Violence Special
February 23, 2015
Panellists: Aus of the Year, Rosie Batty; Aus Ambassador for Women, Natasha Stott Despoja; Acting VIC Police Commissioner, Tim Cartwright; Indigenous anti-violence campaigner, Charlie King; & Men's Counsellor, Simon Santosha.
8x5 - Economics, Regulations & One Word
March 2, 2015
Panellists: Star of stage and screen, Miriam Margolyes; Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Andrew Leigh; Centre for Independent Studies, Trisha Jha; & Editor In Chief of Mamamia, Jamila Rizvi.
8x6 - Bad Feminism: Contradictions and Careers
March 9, 2015
To celebrate 40 years of IWD a special Q&A with guest host Annabel Crabb. Annabel Crabb guest hosts Q&A with a panel including Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop; Feminist icon, Germaine Greer; Author, Roxane Gay; CEO of Best & Less, Holly Kramer & Engineer and youth advocate, Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
8x7 - Intergenerational Wealth and Health
March 16, 2015
An Intergenerational Report special. Joining Tony Jones is Treasurer Joe Hockey; Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen; ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie; CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce Kate Carnell & public policy expert John Daley.
8x8 - When the Bush came to Town
March 23, 2015
Live from the Royal Easter Show, Tony Jones is joined by National Party Senator Fiona Nash; Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; Country musician Troy-Cassar-Daley; Orchardist Robyn Clubb; and cattleman Rob Cook.
8x9 - Depression, Drugs and Another Planet
March 30, 2015
Host Tony Jones is joined by panellists Education Minister Christopher Pyne; Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong; Comedian Ruby Wax; Musician and humanitarian Michael Franti & Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt.
8x10 - Political Tensions and Children in Detention
April 6, 2015
Greek musical legend Nana Mouskouri joins Tony Jones on the Q&A panel with: Parl Sec to the Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer; Labor Member Ed Husic; Australian Financial Review Editor, Michael Stutchbury; & playwright Van Badham.
8x11 - Vaccinations, Press Freedoms & Forced Closures
April 13, 2015
Panellists: Journalist Peter Greste; Asst Minister for Social Services Mitch Fifield; Shadow Parl Sec for Regional Development Alannah MacTiernan; CEO Regional Aus Institute Su McCluskey; & NITV News' Malarndirri McCarthy.
8x12 - Drinking, Depression and Deportation
April 20, 2015
Joining Tony Jones: Journalist Derryn Hinch; Minister for Trade & Investment, Andrew Robb; Former Speaker of the House, Anna Burke; Comedian Dave Hughes; CEO of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, Jane Burns.
8x13 - ANZAC Spirit, Modern Warfare and Marriage
April 27, 2015
On the panel this week: Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos; Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Former deputy PM Tim Fischer; Historian Carolyn Holbrook; & Deputy Program Director, Human Rights Watch Tom Porteous.
8x14 - Assault, Altruism and Emissions
May 4, 2015
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Philosopher & ethicist, Peter Singer; Environment Minister, Greg Hunt; Shadow Environment Minister, Mark Butler; Broadcaster & commentator, Amanda Vanstone; & US performer, Adrienne Truscott.
8x15 - Struggle Street on Budget Eve
May 11, 2015
Panellists: Clive Palmer, Leader of the Palmer United Party; Christian Porter, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Nakkiah Lui, Playwright; Jason Clare, Shadow Communications Minister; and Jennifer Hewett, Political journalist.
8x16 - Death Cults, Brains & Migration
May 18, 2015
On the Q&A panel this week, we feature some of the brightest stars from this year's Sydney Writers' Festival: Norman Doidge; Caitlin Doughty; Douglas Coupland; Mohsin Hamid and Christina Lamb.
8x17 - Joe Hockey on the Tradies vs Ladies Budget
May 25, 2015
This week Tony Jones is joined by the Treasurer of Australia, Joe Hockey to face a LIVE studio audience & respond directly to their post-budget questions.
8x18 - War Cries, Citizenship & Crime Prevention
June 1, 2015
Joining Tony Jones LIVE on the panel: Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg; Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese; Actor and elder Jack Charles; Policy analyst Miriam Lyons; and Businesswoman Judith Sloan.
8x19 - Revolutionary Christianity, Citizenship & Incarceration
June 8, 2015
Panellists: Christine Forster, City of Sydney Councillor; Dr Cornel West, Scholar and Poet; Philip Ruddock, Special Envoy for Citizenship; Katy Gallagher, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory; and Bates Gill, CEO of US Studies Centre.
8x20 - Magna Carta Magna QandA
June 15, 2015
Q&A marks the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta with an episode from Parliament House in Canberra. Joining Tony Jones on the panel are Bronwyn Bishop, Noel Pearson, Gillian Triggs, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis & Bret Walker.
8x21 - Terror, Poverty & Native Titles
June 22, 2015
Panellists: singer ANOHNI Hegarty; Parl. Sec for Foreign Affairs Steve Ciobo; Shad Min. for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; lobbyist Grahame Morris; Advertising director Dee Madigan; & anti-poverty campaigner Linda Tirado.
8x22 - Radicalisation, Religion & Recognition
June 29, 2015
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Dep Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek; Editor-at-large The Australian Paul Kelly; Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss; Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson; counter-terrorism expert Dr. Anne Aly.
8x23 - Greece, Gags & Grazing Land
July 6, 2015
On the panel: Vrasidas Karalis, Professor of Modern Greek; Shadow Minister for Immigration Richard Marles; Greens Senator Larissa Waters; policy analyst Trisha Jha & foreign affairs editor Greg Sheridan.
8x24 - Peace, Ideology & Free Speech
July 13, 2015
On the panel: Former Liberal leader John Hewson, Shadow Assistant Minister for Education Amanda Rishworth, war correspondent Michael Ware, scholar John Stackhouse, and Director of Polling at the Lowy Institute Alex Oliver.
8x25 - Choppers, Coal & Community
July 20, 2015
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Former Deputy PM, Tim Fischer; Broadcaster, Alan Jones; Senator, Jacqui Lambie; Shadow Environment Minister, Mark Butler & Mining and development strategist Katherine Teh-White.
8x26 - Culture of Change
July 27, 2015
Joining Virginia Trioli LIVE from Brisbane: QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk; Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge; Fmr Nats Senator Ron Boswell; Policy Analyst Prof Anne Tiernan; Innovation Strategist Monica Bradley.
8x27 - New Frontiers & Next Bold Missions
August 3, 2015
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Director of NY's Hayden Planetarium Neil de Grasse Tyson; Oncologist and author Ranjana Srivastava; Broadcaster and maths geek Adam Spencer; and Marine ecologist Beth Fulton.
8x28 - Perks, Penalty Rates & Life in Space
August 10, 2015
Joining Tony Jones: astronaut Chris Hadfield; Assistant Minister for Vocational Education Sharon Bird; author/feminist Anne Summers; Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and journalist Joe Hildebrand.
8x29 - Ethics, Equality & Evasion
August 17, 2015
Joining Tony Jones on the Q&A panel: Greens leader Richard Di Natale; Parl Sec to the Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer; Labor Senator Sam Dastyari; British Editor Brendan O'Neill; and Traditional marriage advocate Katy Faust.
8x30 - Public Life & Political Memoirs
August 24, 2015
Joining Virginia Trioli from the Melbourne Writers Festival, publisher Louise Adler; Former Qld Premier Anna Bligh; Former Howard Cabinet insider Peter Reith; Former Independent MP Tony Windsor; & author Annabel Crabb.
8x31 - Cheating, Climate, War & Democracy
August 31, 2015
Joining Tony Jones live from the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney Opera House: Climate activist Naomi Klein; Christian philosopher Miroslav Volf; Tariq Ali; Feminist Laurie Penny & American Review Editor Tom Switzer.
8x32 - Drowning in Desperation to Dying with Dignity
September 7, 2015
Panellists: NSW Premier, Mike Baird; Shadow Treasurer, Chris Bowen; Pres of Business Council of Aus, Catherine Livingstone; Human Rights Lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson & International Editor of The Economist, Helen Joyce.
8x33 - A New Prime Minister, New Leadership
September 14, 2015
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Folk legend Joan Baez; Former Liberal leader John Hewson; Labor member for Griffith, Terri Butler; World Vision CEO Tim Costello; and Editor of The Spectator Australia, Rowan Dean.
8x34 - Bill Shorten in Ballarat
September 21, 2015
Live from Ballarat. This week we dissect the policies of the federal opposition, when Tony Jones is joined on the panel for a special one on one with Bill Shorten, the leader of the Australian Labor Party.
8x35 - Conservatives, China & Chris Brown
September 28, 2015
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce; Shadow Health Minister Catherine King; Journalist David Marr; Museum Director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor & Executive Director of the IPA, John Roskam.
8x36 - Shine a Light on Depression
October 5, 2015
Mental As Q&A shines a light on depression - one of the most common yet misunderstood mental illnesses in Australia. On the panel: Ian Hickie; Wayne Schwass; Professor Pat Dudgeon; Fay Jackson; and Dr. Roderick McKay.
8x37 - Social Cohesion, Offshore Detention & Factions
October 12, 2015
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: Australia's first indigenous Federal Minister Ken Wyatt; Labor Senator Lisa Singh; Greens MP Adam Bandt; Muslim Community Leader Sheikh Wesam Charkawi; and soprano Tania de Jong.
8x38 - Friends and Allies in Foreign Policy
October 19, 2015
A foreign affairs special panel: Former Foreign Minister Bob Carr; CEO Lowy Institute Michael Fullilove; Former diplomat Alison Broinowski; Director Of Advocacy, Human Rights Law Centre Emily Howie; Melbourne Uni's Sow Keat Tok.
8x39 - Country Life, CSG and Cannabis
October 26, 2015
Live from Toowoomba with guest host Tom Ballard. Panellists: Rural Health Mininister Fiona Nash; Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon; Southern Qld Uni's Jan Thomas; Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio; Singer Katie Noonan.
8x40 - GST, Gonski, Population and Diversity
November 2, 2015
Joining Tony Jones on the panel: ecologist & biologist Paul Ehrlich; Minister for Education & Training Simon Birmingham; Shadow Finance Minister Tony Burke; Comedian & Broadcaster Wendy Harmer & Businesswoman Dai Le.
8x41 - Facing Death
November 9, 2015
Joining Tony Jones are Broadcaster Andrew Denton; doctor/author Karen Hitchcock; palliative care specialist Ralph McConaghy; terminal cancer patient Ana Lamaro & doctor/euthanasia advocate Rodney Syme.
8x42 - Paris, Syria & South Australia
November 16, 2015
Joining Tony Jones in Adelaide: French Ambassador Christophe Lecourtier, security consultant Andrew MacLeod, Federal Minister Christopher Pyne; Shadow Minister Kate Ellis; Sen. Nick Xenophon & youth advocate Holly Ransom.
8x43 - Racists, Extremists and Economists
November 23, 2015
Joining Tony Jones are Environment Minister Greg Hunt; Anthony Albanese; Geraldine Brooks; Former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis; Judith Sloan & from the Australian Muslim Women's Centre Tasneem Chopra.

8x1 - Elections, Economics & Knightmares

8x2 - Spills, Bills, Coal & Kills

8x3 - Death, Detention and Defending Policies

8x4 - Family Violence Special

8x5 - Economics, Regulations & One Word

8x6 - Bad Feminism: Contradictions and Careers

8x7 - Intergenerational Wealth and Health

8x8 - When the Bush came to Town

8x9 - Depression, Drugs and Another Planet

8x10 - Political Tensions and Children in Detention

8x11 - Vaccinations, Press Freedoms & Forced Closures

8x12 - Drinking, Depression and Deportation

8x13 - ANZAC Spirit, Modern Warfare and Marriage

8x14 - Assault, Altruism and Emissions

8x15 - Struggle Street on Budget Eve

8x16 - Death Cults, Brains & Migration

8x17 - Joe Hockey on the Tradies vs Ladies Budget

8x18 - War Cries, Citizenship & Crime Prevention

8x19 - Revolutionary Christianity, Citizenship & Incarceration

8x20 - Magna Carta Magna QandA

8x21 - Terror, Poverty & Native Titles

8x22 - Radicalisation, Religion & Recognition

8x23 - Greece, Gags & Grazing Land

8x24 - Peace, Ideology & Free Speech

8x25 - Choppers, Coal & Community

8x26 - Culture of Change

8x27 - New Frontiers & Next Bold Missions

8x28 - Perks, Penalty Rates & Life in Space

8x29 - Ethics, Equality & Evasion

8x30 - Public Life & Political Memoirs

8x31 - Cheating, Climate, War & Democracy

8x32 - Drowning in Desperation to Dying with Dignity

8x33 - A New Prime Minister, New Leadership

8x34 - Bill Shorten in Ballarat

8x35 - Conservatives, China & Chris Brown

8x36 - Shine a Light on Depression

8x37 - Social Cohesion, Offshore Detention & Factions

8x38 - Friends and Allies in Foreign Policy

8x39 - Country Life, CSG and Cannabis

8x40 - GST, Gonski, Population and Diversity

8x41 - Facing Death

8x42 - Paris, Syria & South Australia

8x43 - Racists, Extremists and Economists

S0: Specials

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4

S5: Season 5

S6: Season 6

S7: Season 7

S8: Season 8

S9: Season 9

S10: Season 10

S11: Season 11

S12: Season 12

S13: Season 13

S14: Season 14