Radio Australia Today
How they found two missing airmen 44 years later
17 March 2010
Finally, the remains of two Australian servicemen who've been missing in action in Indonesia since 1966 have been found in Indonesia, with the help of the Indonesian military. Phil Kafcaloudes speaks here with Brian Manns from the Australian army's Unrecovered War Casualties Unit about the journey of recovery.
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Australia's Trade Minister Simon Crean on China
16 March 2010
Australia's trade minister has been watching the negotiations worth tens of billions of dollars between China's steel mills and Australia's iron ore miners. The Chinese steel mills have asked their government to intervene in the negotiations on their behalf. Phil Kafcaloudes asked Simon Crean whether the Chinese have tried to interfere.
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Protests and ultimatums. Thailand at flashpoint
15 March 2010
In an extraordinary case of brinksmanship, supporters of former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra have marched on military barracks, demanding the government resign. Phil Kafcaloudes spoke with Dr Andrew Walker from the Australian National University to get his predictions on what could come next.
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What Mary MacKillop was really like
12 March 2010
Mary MacKillop is set to become Australia's first ever saint, but not many people know what Mary MacKillop was really like. Sister Sheila McCreanor found her last letters and discovered that Mother Mary was just as vulnerable and prone to mood swings as anyone else. Sister Sheila speaks here to Phil Kafcaloudes.
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Rani Mukherjee, the Queen of Bollywood
11 March 2010
Rani Mukherjee, the Julia Roberts of India, is in Australia for the Indian Film Festival, which this year is focussed on Bollywood. She, and festival director Mitu Bhowmick Lange speak to Phil Kafcaloudes about the state of Indian film and Rani's surprising new movie.
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Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting
10 March 2010
Trainspotting is one of the pop culture icons of the last 20 years, going on to become a cult film by Danny Boyle. Its author Irvine Welsh has just put out Reheated Cabbage, a collection of some of the dark stories he's published over the years. Irvine joined Phil, Kim and Michael on Radio Australia Today.
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David Finkel. Eyewitness to the Iraq troop surge
9 March 2010
Pulitzer prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel went with the U.S. troops when George W. Bush sent them to Iraq for the surge in 2007. He stayed on the frontline and saw how the war affected the troops. He tells Phil Kafcaloudes about it.
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Leslie Kenton tells us about her childhood abuse
8 March 2010
Leslie Kenton pioneered the real beauty movement back in the 1970s and went on to write a series of self-awareness books. She is also the daughter of American jazz band leader, Stan Kenton, who she says raped her repeatedly when she was a child. She shares her story with Phil Kafcaloudes.
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Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
5 March 2010
Malcolm Fraser came to office in 1975 with the sacking of the Whitlam government, and radically changed Australia's policies on asylum seekers and aboriginal rights. On the release of his long-awaited autobiography, Malcolm Fraser spoke with Phil Kafcaloudes.
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The great JAL flight attendant fetish
4 March 2010
Cash-strapped Japan Airlines is having to deal with a very odd side effect of its bankrupty: its flight attendant uniforms being bought on the 'black market' by people who find them sexually alluring. Phil Kafcaloudes speaks here about it to Jake Edelstein of the Japan Subculture Research Centre.
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