Archive for the 'Society & Culture' Category

Feb 13 2010

Who are the Corrupters that have to be Exposed?

Published by Ian under Society & Culture

I was watching this TED talk and I couldn’t help but reflect on Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins. Perkins describes the behind the scenes manoeuvrings of the very real corruption that Peter Eigen has been battling against. This video is how the corruption has been curtailed, at least somewhat. How to Expose [...]

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Feb 07 2010

Your Story Ep 48 : Tiffany. Infidelity Investigator.

Welcome To Episode 48 of Your Story.
What would you do if you had suspicions of your partner having an affair? Could you confront them and have a discussion? Even then how would you know that what you were being told is the truth? What if you were told that nothing was happening but despite that [...]

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Jan 15 2010

The Eight Irresistable Principles Of Fun.

Published by Ian under Society & Culture

Have you ever noticed how people mask who they really are so they can seem more professional. Sure we do a variety of roll playing in all areas of life, partner, parent, employer or Christmas party clown but some people change profoundly from what they are in their personal life to their professional life, it’s [...]

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Nov 13 2009

Your Story Ep 46 : Doug. C.S.Lewis, Narnia, Film Making and Christianity.

Welcome To Episode 46 of Your Story.
As some of you may know I’ve recently been working for a short time on the latest in the The Chronicles of Narnia at the Warner Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast. This next, Episode Three, is The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and as it was for the [...]

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Oct 31 2009

Your Story Ep 45 : Chrissy. Mormonism, Music and Love in Australia.

Published by Ian under Migration, Music, Podcasts, Society & Culture

This is the love story that landed Chrissy Dunaway in Australia to be with Cameron Reilly after a whirlwind romance in Ajaccio, Corsica where they meet at the International Napoleonic Congress in 2008.
Chrissy or as she is known on twitter @fddlgrl and I  talk of Love at first sight and migration from Seattle to Australia. [...]

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Sep 24 2009

Your Story Ep 44 : Frank. Gourmet Cookies, Financal Crisis and the Argentine Good Life

Welcome To Episode 44 of  Your Story.
Frank Almeida migrated from Chicago USA to Buenos Aires with his wife in 1999, where after a couple of business ventures left the corporate world and in time established a gourmet cookie manufacturing company Sugar and Spice.
Sugar and Spice is the first and only serious Gourmet cookie manufacturer in [...]

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Sep 10 2009

What Makes a Great Conversation?

Published by Ian under Conversation, Society & Culture

Why do we revel in a great conversation and what are the elements of just such a conversation that makes it memorable?
This is something I’ve been wondering for some time as I’ve been doing Your Story. What are the dynamics of a great story or conversation? What are the things that we sometimes do well [...]

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Sep 08 2009

Your Story Ep 43 : Deby. Tango and Living as a Local in Buenos Aires

Welcome To Episode 43 of Your Story.
Deby has been in Buenos Aries as a visitor and now permanently since 2000. Originally coming to Buenos Aires to surround herself in the world of tango, she sold up everything in California in 2004, relocated to Buenos Aires and is now looking forward to becoming an Argentine citizen.

While [...]

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Sep 01 2009

Your Story Ep 42 : Eric. Self Discovery, Freedom and Dr Ron Paul.

Published by Ian under Podcasts, Society, Society & Culture, Travel

Welcome To Episode 42 of Your Story.
Today we talk with Eric, a local Argentine, born and breed in Buenos Aires, about his journey and frustrations of feeling that he was independent in his thoughts on how to live a good life and how by chance he came across Dr Ron Paul during the 2007 US [...]

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