Join Sam and the panel as we recap some recent auspol shenanigans (mostly involving Section 44), discuss the new outlook for central banks around the world while also concluding that millennials are ruining music!

Federal Budget Special 2017

May 17th, 2017 59m 59s

Join Sam and the panel as we unpack what the budget means for you, from education to housing to welfare and a whole lot more inbetween. Has Scott Morrison produced a Budget that will meet with better reception than its predecessors? It’s Austra

Plus ça change

May 7th, 2017 58m 55s

This week, the panel breaks down a historic election outcome in France, Britain goes to the polls for the third time in three years and the Government announces some changes to skilled migration visas with a distinctly Trumpian flavour. For t

Economics in vogue

Apr 9th, 2017 55m 5s

Join Sam, Yael, Matt, Asanga and special guest (and ESSA alum) Laura Foo as the panel discusses all things fashion. Fast fashion, the role of Instagram and YouTube "influencers" in driving consumer decision-making, and fair trade v free trade a

Who knew healthcare could be so complicated?

Mar 29th, 2017 56m 32s

This week, Sam, Yael, Matt and Yaz discuss healthcare! We discuss Obamacare and its intended replacement, the American Healthcare Act (AHCA), while reflecting on the different values that lie behind the construction of American, Australian and

International Women's Day Special - A Feminist Conversation

Mar 12th, 2017 58m 28s

Join Rebecca Satkunam, Angela Pan, Yael Jacoby and Jemima Hoffman in a discussion about a wide variety of feminist issues from egalitarian traffic lights to women in the Australian criminal justice system.

Nominal Interest - Episode 5 (So, What’d We Miss?)

Mar 5th, 2017 59m 49s

Join Sam, Yael, Yaz, Matt and Kasun as they discuss the big issues of the week, from Turnbull’s torment to Trump’s yuuuge speech to Congress. Also, how economically literate are the general population, and how can this be improved?Listen in

Nominal Interest - Episode 4 (Artificial Intelligence)

Jun 1st, 2016 58m 18s

In the final episode for semester one, Tom Crowley, Priyanka Banerjee, Sam O'Connor, Jasmin Manetta and Asanga Seneviratne turn to the future and the evolving world of artificial intelligence. They dissect what to expect in a world of bots, big

Nominal Interest - Episode 3

May 21st, 2016 57m 8s

In the newest episode of Nominal Interest, catch up on what Priyanka Banerjee, Tom Crowley, James Maccarrone and Sam O’Connor had to say in the aftermath of the Federal Budget, comparing the policies of both Labor and the Liberals. Meanwhile ov

Nominal Interest - Episode 2 (Federal Budget Special 2016)

May 21st, 2016 56m 40s

In this latest episode of Nominal Interest, Priyanka Banerjee, James Maccarrone, Sam O’Connor and Lisa Panigrahi discuss the motivations of the recent Federal Budget, delivered by Treasurer Scott Morrison. They explore some of the key policy ar

Nominal Interest - Episode 1

May 21st, 2016 58m 43s

Introducing Nominal Interest, ESSA’s exciting new podcast!On Tuesday, the ESSA publications crew donned the headphones and microphones and went live on the airways courtesy of Radio Fodder for the first ever episode of new podcast, Nominal In

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