The Discussion
Rev. Bill Crews in search of thought provoking insights on the big issues of our time from the World's best thinkers.
Episodes
13 episodes
Youth crime crackdown
Across Australia, and indeed the western world, people are demanding tougher action on youth crime.Residents in certain communities don’t feel safe.It’s led to rising rates of youth detention. In some places, governments have even...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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12:19
Extremism hindering Middle East cease fire
Health authorities report the death toll in Gaza has reached 40 thousand. Meanwhile a deal to bring home the remaining Israeli hostages remains elusive.Peace talks continue in hopes of securing a ceasefire and averting an escalation of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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12:32
Justice denied: Victims of infected blood products
Blood products designed to save lives in the 1970s and 80s did the very opposite. They were contaminated with HIV and hepatitis. It left over 30,000 people infected. An enquiry in the U.K. has recommended a large-scale...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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8:19
Crisis: UNICEF helps record numbers of displaced children
Children are suffering in conflicts across the globe.Globally, over 43 million children have been forced to flee their homes. Wars in places like Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and Haiti - just to name a few - are having a devastating impact on y...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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10:15
Is Catholicism fit for purpose?
More than a decade of abuse scandals have rocked the Catholic Church, and shifting social values have alienated its flock.In the west, Catholicism is in decline. Just 17.5-percent of Americans identify as Catholic. In Australia young pe...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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13:30
Is peace possible in the Holy Land?
The Holy Land is at war this Christmas. Israel and Hamas are engaged in a bitter battle. As is so often the case, civilians are caught in the cross-fire.So is peace possible in the Middle East? Might the road to peace run...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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13:28
Can global famine be eliminated?
Global hunger has reached unprecedented levels. A combination of war and climate change is having a devastating impact on the food security of over 22-million children across the globe.Can hunger and famine be beaten?World Visio...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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13:19
Analysis: The China century
In the last 50 years, China has lifted more people out of poverty than anywhere else in human history. Chinese society has been transformed, and so too has the economy. Indeed, it’s now second only to the United States with a GDP of almost 18-t...
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Episode 6
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12:54
Are international human rights under threat?
The end of the cold war promised a golden-age of peace and human rights, but the reality has been quite different. From the brutal war in Ukraine, to authoritarian governments cracking down on citizens. I ask international jurist M...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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18:19
Is social media killing democracy?
Is social media compatible with democracy? Across the western world democracies are riddled with division, much of it blamed on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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15:50
Just say YES: Rev. Bill Crews on Australia's indigenous Voice
The Voice is a proposal to give Australian first nations people a constitutionally enshrined right to be heard by government.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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10:46
Growth at all costs, can it last?
Can the World's economy keep growing, regardless of the impact on natural resources and the environment?Is long-term economic growth sustainable? Do the wealthy benefit most from it? Can capitalism survive the 21st century without...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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13:32
Is aid failing the World's poor?
Last year the Worldwide aid budget topped 179-billion US-dollars. It was an all time high, but is it delivering for the World’s poor? Most of the poorest people on the planet live in subsaharan Africa, yet poverty remains entrenched. In...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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21:45