Radioactive Show

Radioactive Show

Current news and information on nuclear, peace and energy issues.

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Empire and AI

July 18, 2025
Have you been thinking about AI aka Artificial intelligence, or AGI aka Artificial General Intelligence recently? It’s moving so fast and I think it’s vital that we engage critically with it. Today I’ll bring you audio thanks to Democracy Now, an interview with Karen Hao, the author of a recent book ‘Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares and Sam Altman’s Open AI.’ I found it to be a pertinent conversation, I’m sharing some excerpts o...
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Protecting Kokatha Country: The next generations

July 11, 2025
For this year's NAIDOC theme 'The Next Generation: Strength, Legacy & Vision' we hear two generations of Googatha (Kokatha) people discussing caring for country.  Aunty Sue Haseldine is a Googatha elder that has been leading 6 monthly Rockhole Recovery trips to care for sacred waterholes, part of the Seven Sisters songline.  She outlines the importance of the country and current threats from Southern Launch's rocket testing range. ...
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The Land Remembers and Love Transforms, Yoorrook Walk for Truth.

July 4, 2025
This weeks episode we gratefully share Travis Lovett's speech from the Yoorrook Walk for Truth. Songs by Barkaa and Kee'ahn. Ngā mihi nui. 
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Stolen Wealth, Stolen Futures

June 27, 2025
This week we look at the Future Funds investment in weapons companies involved in the genocide in Palestine and producing illegal nuclear weapons.  Among many unethical investments, the Australian state’s ‘sovereign’ (stolen) wealth fund invests in weaponscompanies arming Israel to murder tens of thousands of people in Gaza and the West Bank.Elbit Systems - Israel’s largest privately-owned arms company - is the fastest-growing comp...
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Nuclear Apartheid & Hypocrisy of the West

June 20, 2025
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Palestine Organising in Wollongong, Dharawal Country

June 6, 2025
In today’s show we learn about the staunch organising, support and action for Palestine that continues to take place on Dharawhal Country, in the area around Wollongong, NSW. There have also been direct actions and 6 community pickets against the nearby company Bisalloy, which organisers found out producers armoured steel for the IDF. Now in June 2025, the devastating genocide continues, but so does the resistance, and I’ve spoken ...
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Resisting nuclear, divesting from weapons.

June 6, 2025
On this weeks show we reflect on the recent election result with Kirsten Blair speaking at a Don't Nuke The Climate webinar 'Is nuclear power still a threat after the election?' about the big impact that anti nuclear power sentiment in the community had in the last election that may have cost the Liberal National Coalition as many as 11 seats. We hear from Poppy about the upcoming exhibition called 'Resisting Nuclear' that runs fro...
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In Conversation with Anohni and Naomi Klein, Chan Centre for Preforming Arts

May 23, 2025
This week we play a recording from a conversation between earth-waking artist and musician Anohni and climate justice journalist and activist scholar, Naomi Klein. The conversation was organised and recorded by the Chan Centre for Preforming Arts on Musqueam Land. 
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Blood on our hands: Military spending on the rise.

May 16, 2025
Each year the Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute (SIPRI) releases a report on global military spending.  We spoke to Xiao Liang about the extraordinary increases and trends in military spending across 2024.  Additionally SIPRI reports on the top 100 military companies and ranked 27 is Israel largest military company Elbit Systems who have a wholly owned subsidiary operating out of Australia.  Elbit System Australi...
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No to Nuclear Solidarity Bike Ride

May 2, 2025
On April 26, the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Free Collective held a one-day No to Nuclear Solidarity Bike Ride from Camp Sovereignty in the city via Brighton to Kooyong. We hear the voices of participants on why they are riding to raise awareness about the dangers of nuclear industry and standing in solidarity with those directly impacted.  Particulary by Dutton's nuclear power...
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Campaigning on Nuclear, Peace & Energy Issues in the Federal Election

April 11, 2025
This week we speak with two candidates in the upcoming Federal election that are running on a platform of nuclear free and sustainable energy.Peltherre Chris Tomlins is a candidate with the Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia in the seat of Lingiari in the Northern Territory.  Uncle Chris is a custodian, a peaceful protector of his country and and a passionate activist. Among other things, he supported actions such as ‘Close P...
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Pre-election Anti-nuclear Updates

April 4, 2025
As a federal election looms we catch up with Friends of the Earth Melbourne's Nuclear-free Collective Coordinator Sanne DeSwart and Friends of the Earth Australia's National Anti-nuclear campaigner Dr. Jim Green.  We take a look at what bearing the election outcome may have on various nuclear issues and hear about some of the activities planned in the next month.  On the April 26, the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accid...
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Family fun day funds weapons fair!

March 28, 2025
The world's military industries are coming to Geelong to do business between 26 - 30 March 2025. We speak with Jaimie Jeffries from IPAN Geelong about the Avalon Air Show and the work they are doing to cut through the event promotion as a family friendly fund day out that gets families to fund one of the largest military weapons trading events in the Southern hemisphere.Picket the Avalon Airshow to stop death dealers arm trading:5....
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Leonard Peltier is "Finally Free"

March 21, 2025
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Remembering Fukushima

March 16, 2025
In this episode we hear about the ongoing impacts of Fukushima Diaster including the impact on land, water, human health and communities. We disucss how Fukushima serves as a sober warning to Nuclear Power in Australia. Please see the Nuclear Mapping project here: https://nuclearplume.au 
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Fighting against nukes: from Mparntwe to the UN

March 7, 2025
We hear from Ray Acheson, who worked with ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and many other NGOs, community groups, governments, diplomats and civil society, to reach the Treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons, which was signed at the UN in 2017. Ray has written a book on the process called ‘Banning the bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy.’ We also hear Mitch, Eastern Arrendte and Lurritja woman from Mpart...
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All about Nuclear Power with Dr Jim Green and Aunty Sue

February 28, 2025
This weeks episode we bring you another recording from the Nuke's Free Gathering in Naarm Melb, this week featuring Dr Jim Green and Aunty Sue. 
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A safe future is not nuclear!

February 21, 2025
In the lead up to the National Day of Action Against Nuclear Power on March 11, the anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, we return to look at some of the major issues with Dutton's nuclear reactor proposal that would see nuclear reactors replace coal fired power stations or retired coal sites at: Tarong and Callide in Queensland; Liddell and Mount Piper in NSW; Port Augusta in SA; Muja in WA, and Loy Yang in Vict...
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Better Active Today Than Radioactive Tomorrow - Part 2

February 14, 2025
Today we bring you another program that introduces various organisations and campaigns that provide opportunities to get informed and take action to end the destructive nuclear industry and work for peace and a world free of weapons.Today we hear from Australian Nuclear Free Alliance President Sue Haseldine, Gem Romuld from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Rocky from Native Title Rockets, Margaret Reynolds fro...
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Nuclear Truth Project with Dimity Hawkins

February 7, 2025
This week we play a recording with Dimity Hawkins from the Nuclear Truth Project recorded during Nuke Free Gathering held in Naarm, Melbourne Feb 1 -  2, 2025. Support Nuclear Free WA opposing AUKUS Submarines.The Department of Defence has lodged it's environmental assessment of the proposed priority works at HMAS Stirling to the Federal Department of Environment for assessment. (aka Submarine Rotational Force -West Priority Infras...
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