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About Bede Haines
Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com
NBN Episodes hosted by Bede:
December 31, 2023
Distant Sisters
In the 1890s Australian and New Zealand women became the first in the world to win the vote. Buoyed by their victories, they promised to lead a global…
August 16, 2022
Of Marsupials and Men
Alistair Paton joins today, writer of Of Marsupials and Men (Black Inc, 2022), a book recounting the fascinating and often hilarious history of the me…
July 8, 2022
Root and Branch
Eda Gunaydin joins us today to talk about Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance (NewSouth, 2022). Lots of themes: Turkey, Australia, Sydney, family, …
June 8, 2022
Who Needs the ABC?
Hello media fans - The ABC is Australia's public broadcaster, for TV, digital and radio. Think BBC and CBC and NPR. Who Needs the ABC?: How Digital …
April 26, 2022
Girt Nation
The saga of Australia continues with... Girt Nation: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 3 (Black Inc., 2021). David Hunt tramples the tall …
October 29, 2021
Currowan
The Currowan fire – ignited by a lightning strike in a remote forest and growing to engulf the New South Wales South Coast – was one of the most terri…
October 19, 2021
Upheaval
Matthew Ricketson joins to discuss how newsrooms, the engine rooms of reporting, have shrunk. A generation of journalists has borne witness to seismic…
September 13, 2021
Child Sexual Abuse Inquiries and the Catholic Church
In Child Sexual Abuse Inquiries and the Catholic Church: Reassessing the Evidence (Firenze UP, 2021), Dr Miller analyses empirical findings, methodolo…
September 6, 2021
Tongerlongeter
Nicholas, today's guest, explains Australia has no war hero more impressive than Tongerlongeter. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmani…
August 25, 2021
Return to Uluru
Today I talked to Mark McKenna about his new book Return to Uluru: A Killing, Hidden history, a Story that Toes to the Heart of the Nation (Black Inc,…
August 6, 2021
The Writer's Diet
Helen Sword, writing champion, brings us into the word gym. Or maybe kitchen. Either way, The Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose (U Chicago Press, 20…
July 29, 2021
Creating God
What do we really know about how and where religions began, and how they spread? Robin Derricourt considers the birth and growth of several major …
July 19, 2021
The Other Half of You
I only ever asked you for one thing,' my father said, a quiver in his voice. 'Just this one thing.' It was as though I had smashed the Ten Commandment…
June 29, 2021
Dingo Bold
Australia and dingos - we have a past and future, and not without controversy. Dingo Bold: The Life and Death of K'gari Dingoes (Sydney UP, 2021) ex…
June 15, 2021
Level Up Your Essays
I've had 18 years of formal education - why is writing so hard? Today's guests Dr Katherine Firth explains the disease's cure. The book Level Up Your …
June 1, 2021
Australian Jurists and Christianity
Professor Wayne Hudson knows a lot - a whole lot - about religion and society. In Australian Jurists and Christianity (The Federation Press, 2021) Way…
May 19, 2021
The Missing Among Us
'To be missing, you must be missed'. Erin Stewart's 2021 book examines missing for just about every point of view. In Australia 38,000 people are r…
April 30, 2021
Truth Telling
What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the auda…
April 20, 2021
Leaning into the Spirit
Religions, indeed those of the same religion, getting along? Maybe. Dr Virginia Miller edits and contributes to an essay collection on how this thorny…
April 13, 2021
Cruelty Or Humanity
Stuart Rees's Cruelty or Humanity: Challenges, Opportunities and Responsibilities (Policy Press, a Bristol University Press imprint, 2020) exposes pol…
April 2, 2021
British India, White Australia
Commonwealth, curry and cricket: now that explains India and Australia! Not really, and not according to today's guest. Kama Maclean discusses her boo…
March 22, 2021
After Australia
After Australia (Affirm Press with the Sweatshop Literacy Movement 2021). No, Australia has not ended - it's a book edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. …
March 10, 2021
On Secrets
On June 4, Federal Police raided the home of Walkley award-winning journalist Annika Smethurst, changing her life forever. The police claimed they wer…
February 26, 2021
Eating with My Mouth Open
Wow! Food, family, memory, insight, body, mind - worth the effort this one. Eating with My Mouth Open (NewSouth, 2021) is food writing like you’ve ne…