Search for the Soul of the Nation: Monique Ryan, Nicolette Boele, Julianne Schultz & Despi O'Connor

Listen in to Search for the Soul of the Nation, featuring Dr Monique Ryan (Independent for Kooyong), Nicolette Boele (Independent for Bradfield), Despi O'Connor (Independent for Flinders) and Julianne Schultz (Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture at Griffith University Centre for Social and Cultural Research, also Chair of The Conversation Media Group).

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As Julianne Schultz asks in her new book "The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation" from which our event derives it's name;

“Maybe, because Australia has been so rich for so long, complacency and entitlement, rather than innovation and aspiration, have become the norm.

Maybe, because the habit of not looking back has become so ingrained, we are incapable of imagining what we might become, as we have little idea of how we got here.

Maybe, because we have for so long accommodated bullies, we retreated to smaller dreams in manageable spaces. Maybe, because so few of our political leaders have had courageous imaginations, they are in fact led by others.

Maybe, because we are ashamed of our racialist past, we forgot how to hold onto the good bits. Maybe, Australia being home to the world's oldest continuous culture is just too difficult for its white settlers to comprehend.

Australia needs to address these issues if it is to become more than a half-formed idea.”

- Julianne Schultz.

More about the guests and host:

https://moniqueryan.com.au
https://nicoletteboele.com.au
https://teamdespi.com.au
https://bit.ly/JulianneSchultz

Presented by Philip Bateman and produced by Bravo Charlie