School Without Walls (SWOW) was a fully democratic school that ran from 1974 to 1997, when it was forced to shut down by Kate Carnell’s Liberal Party local government.Many of those (including myself) who had the opportunity to learn at SWOW remain embittered that something quite that good - many would say life-changing – no longer exists.There are …

On 15 October 2023 we will mark the 70th anniversary of the first mainland British nuclear test in Australia, at Emu Field in South Australia, on the country of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara peoples.This week, parliamentarians have the opportunity to hear from Yankunytjatjara, Antikarinya, and Pitjantjatjara woman and nuclear test survivor…

At thie Feb 2021 CoCanberra / NENA Canberra Regional Hub we welcomed Katherine Cunningham, who explains the Earthworker Co-operative system, a residual outgrowth of the Builders Laborers Federation, (famous for its Green Bans - so effective that the union was made illegal) and a coalition of unionists and greenies based in Melbourne.…

At the August 2022 CoCanberra / NENA Canberra Regional Hub meetup we welcomed our very own Scotty Foster and Keith Colls, to explain our project the Soil City Co-operative Farms.CoCanberra is building the new economy on the ground, using the concept of “[Climate Co-operatives]” to provide for our needs in ways which are compatible with a thriving c…

Independents for Canberra is the Community Independendent's Movement's focus in Canberra. We welcome candidates Vanessa Picker and Riley Fernandez from the electorate of Brindabella to the show to have a yarn about the upcoming Local elections.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

Independents for Canberra is the Community Independendent's Movement's focus in Canberra. We welcome candidates Thomas Emerson, Ben Johnston and Tenzin Mayne from the electorate of Kurrajong to the show to have a yarn about the upcoming Local elections.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

The ACT Greens have been in a power sharing coalition with ACT Labor, with 6 current Members of the Legislative Assembly holding several ministries.We chat with Rebecca Vassarotti, the encumbent Minister for the Environment, Heritage, Homelessness and Housing Services; and Sustainable Building and Construction.…

The Animal Justice Party is running candidates in Brindabella, Murrumbidgee, Ginninderra and Kurrajong.We have a chat with Robyn Soxsmith and Gwenda Griffiths to find out what they are all about.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

In our local 2024 ACT elections series, this week we welcome back Dr. Peter Tait from the Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy to get us on track for the upcoming Election.Peter will give us a detailed rundown, with an introduction to ACT style democracy and how to make your vote count at the polls.…

In our local 2024 ACT elections series, this week we welcome back Dr. Peter Tait and Gilles Rohan from the Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy to get us on track for the upcoming Election.They will give us a detailed rundown, with an introduction to ACT style democracy and how to make your vote count at the polls.…

In our local 2024 ACT elections series, this week we welcome back Dr. Peter Tait and Barbara Odwyer from the Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy to get us on track for the upcoming Election.They will give us a detailed rundown, with an introduction to ACT style democracy and how to make your vote count at the polls.…

In our local 2024 ACT elections series, this week we welcome back Dr. Peter Tait from the Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy to get us on track for the upcoming Election.Peter will give us a detailed rundown, with an introduction to ACT style democracy and how to make your vote count at the polls.…

In our 2024 local ACT elections candidate series, today we will be speaking with Craig Blakely from Vote Easy, a non-biased, independent online platform, making elections easy by connecting voters and candidates.We chat about how it could help to get the approx. 40% of undecided voters to connect with the candidates that align with their values, le…

Simon Copland - the incoming CEO of the Conservation Council of the ACT has a chat with us about their activities n the lead up to the 2024 ACT electionsAv 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

School Without Walls (SWOW) was a fully democratic school that ran from 1974 to 1997, when it was forced to shut down by Kate Carnell’s Liberal Party local government.Many of those (including myself) who had the opportunity to learn at SWOW remain embittered that something quite that good - many would say life-changing – no longer exists.There are …

Independents for Canberra is the Community Independendents Movement's focus in Canberra. We welcome candidates Leanne Foresti and Mark Richardson from the electorate of Ginninderra to the show to have a yarn about the upcoming Local elections.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

Independents for Canberra is the Community Independendents Movement's focus in Canberra. We welcome candidates Paula McGrady and Anne-Louise Dawes to the show to have a yarn about the upcoming Local elections.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

Independents for Canberra is the Community Independendents Movement's focus in Canberra. We welcome candidates Sneha KC and David Pollard from the electorate of Yerrabi to the show to have a yarn about the upcoming Local elections.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

Independents for Canberra is the Community Independendent's Movement's focus in Canberra. We welcome candidates Thomas Emerson and Sara Pouget from the electorate of Kurrajong to the show to have a yarn about the upcoming Local elections.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

Rising Tide successfully blockaded the worlds largest coal port for 32 hours in Newcastle, Australia in November 2023, with 102 arrests at the finale.The Australien Government continues to approve new coal and gas projects across the continent, providing over 14 Billion dollars in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry this year, actively sponsoring…

Independents for Canberra is the Community Independendents Movement's focus in Canberra. We welcome candidates Anne-Louise Dawes, Sneha KC and Vanessa Picker to the show to have a yarn about the upcoming Local elections.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

This week, to help us process the election results and how they may impact the ACT, we welcome Glenn Cummings, co-founder of Proact, an independent ‘Voices For’ community group.proACT is committed to having the voices of people in the ACT heard by holding community discussions and identifying and supporting community-backed Independent candidates.p…

When Robert Pekin lost his family’s fourth generation farm twenty years ago, he went into exile. The grief and shame led him on a journey to explore positive ways forward for farming in Australia. That feeling triggered a passion for creating a fairer food system for all farmers and for exploring ways to help people connect to those who grew and pr…

Andre Le Riviere visited Australia for the Footprints for Peace walk in Western Australia in 2011. BTL caught up with Andre at a friends kitchen table and we had a good chat about the nuclear industry in France.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

Rising Tide held a speaking tour at the Polish Club on Sunday 3rd September to promote their planned November action to shut down the Newcastle coal export terminal - the world's largest - for 2 days!Speakers at the Polo included:Amy Blain (Peoples Climate Assembly);Anjali Sharma (19 yo, Duty of Care campaigner); David Pocock (Independent Senator)A…

this week, we have Michael Pilbrow, a co-founder of Canberra's late National Health Co-operative - amongst many other things. Throughout his business career, Michael has used his strategy and community engagement skills to work on complex challenges like affordable housing, sustainable health and education services, and employment in regional areas…

Canberra Environment Centre Director Fiona Veikannen and sustainability professional Julie Boulton have bought some microphones and are on a mission to interview their local environmental heroes. This is the official launch of season 2 of the podcast at the canberra food cooperative.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

In 2018 Behind the Lines made a road trip to Victoria, Australia to attend the New Economy Network of Australia’s national conference in Melbourne. You can find recordings of that conference through our Align in the Sound playlists on Soundcloud.Along the way we stopped off at a few interesting places, including CERES, a remarkable urban farm in th…

From 2020. It seems only natural that with our recent shows focusing on the nurturing of food producing gardens and green spaces, that we do a show about how to prepare and cook that delicious fare in a manner which supports our food sovereignty, all the way from the organic green earth to our kitchens and plates.Joining us this morning to chat abo…

This week we are excited to welcome, live in studio, multi award-winning social justice radio and print journalist, mentor and best selling author of Troll Hunting, Ginger Gorman. Ginger is also the host of the Seriously Social Podcast and has interviewed everyone from eminent scientists and artists, to hardened criminals and vicious Internet troll…

School Without Walls (SWOW) was a fully democratic school that ran from 1974 to 1997, when it was forced to shut down by Kate Carnell’s Liberal Party local government.Many of those (including myself) who had the opportunity to learn at SWOW remain embittered that something quite that good - many would say life-changing – no longer exists.There are …

School Without Walls (SWOW) was a fully democratic school that ran from 1974 to 1997, when it was forced to shut down by Kate Carnell’s Liberal Party local government.Many of those (including myself) who had the opportunity to learn at SWOW remain embittered that something quite that good - many would say life-changing – no longer exists.There are …

This week, we are excited to welcome back Mycologist, Natural Historian and Photographer, Alison Pouliot, to chat about her new book Underground Lovers, a gorgeous journey that reaches down to earth, and deeper, to dwell with fungal allies and aliens, discover how fungi hold forests together, and why humans are deeply entwined with these unruly ren…

This week in a continuation of our coverage of the logging of vulnerable NSW south coast forests post the 2019-2020 bushfire devastation, we welcome forest activists, Harriet swift, Deputy Convener of the South East Region Conservation Alliance Inc who will be joining us via phone from the South Coast and in studio, Sean Burke, Committee Member Sou…

This morning we are fortunate to have Mark Chenery, Co-Founder & Director of Common Cause Australia, joining us live in studio. Common Cause Australia is a growing network of people working to engage cultural values to create a more equitable, sustainable and democratic society.Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

This week we talked with Iain Mcintyre. Iain is a radical historian, community radio broadcaster and author, with books ranging from science fiction to blockading to the industrial workers of the world. Iain will be discussing The Commons Social Change Library, which exists to make activism smarter and stronger. The library gathers the collective w…

Today we meet Charlie McGee and Brenna Quinlan, a very dynamic duo in the emerging field of permaculture arts.Charlie heads up the Formidable Vegetable Sound System, so far as we know, the worlds first "permaculture band". Brenna is a well renowned illustrator, having contributed to several key permaculture texts, and prolifically publishing her wo…

David Rovics continues a long line of travelling musical storytellers. Woody Guthrie, Ewan MacColl, Peggy and Pete Seeger, Utah Phllips come to mind, and David would not be out of place in that company.Enjoy a bunch of Davids songs as we play telephone tag to continue our conversation!Av 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

In the 9th New Economy Network of Australia (NENA) Podcast, Anna Garnock talks with Morag Gamble.The New Economy Network of Australia is a network of individuals and organisations working to transform Australia’s economic system so that achieving ecological health and social justice are the foundational principles and the primary objectives of the …

The Assad family ruled Syria under dictatorship for 40 years, formally denouncing the existence of Kurds, Assyrians, Armenians, Turkmen and many other minorities, despite the rich tapestry of cultures and languages that have always inhabited these lands.In 2012, in the midst of the Syrian Civil War, the rule of the Assad Regime weakened in the Kurd…

Synergia is running its 5th Massive Online Open Course (or MOOC) on Towards a Co-operative Commonwealth - Transition in a Perilous Century.We talk today with founder and author Michael Lewis, and participant and study group organiser Ken Ross from New Zealand.The course goes in depth into many areas of need, developing a wide understanding of both …

Radio Behind the Lines (BTL) talks with people and organisations trying to make the world a better place. In this episode of Radio BTL from 11th November 2022, we talk with Cid Riley from Citizens Against The Tarago Incinerator, or CATTI. Cid will give us an update on the Tarago Incinerator and CATTI’s fight to keep the toxic fumes out of their com…

In the 8th New Economy Network of Australia (NENA) Podcast, Anna Garnock talks with Louise Crabtree-Hayes.The New Economy Network of Australia is a network of individuals and organisations working to transform Australia’s economic system so that achieving ecological health and social justice are the foundational principles and the primary objective…

This week on Behind the Lines we welcome back Ghillar (Michael Anderson), last survivng member of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy founding four.Ghillar is an Aboriginal rights activist, and leader of the Euahlayi tribe in north-western New South Wales and southern Queensland.He was a leader in the Australian Black Power movement and was appointed by hi…

This Friday we have Coedie McAvoy, Wangan / Jagalingu man joining us live via phone from the Waddananggu camp in central Queensland. The frontiers of climate crisis and First Nations dispossession are being pushed beyond their limits by the centuries old coalition of party political government and big business - once again.The Adani-Bravus mega coa…

Violet Coco, featured in this interview from August 2021, has just been imprisoned for 15 months with a no parole period of 8 months, Violet's crime was to block one lane of the Sydney Harbour Bridge for about 25 minutes.Our country is becoming an authoritarian state quicker than we can recognise it.Stay tuned for more on this ridiculous court deci…

NP7 - Universal Basic Income - Jane Goodall - Oct 20 2022 NP by 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teamsAv 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

Bob Phelps has been working in the GMO watchdog scene for many years. He founded Gene Ethics in 1988 to work for a GM-free future. Bob is an educator and campaigner in peace and environment movements, with forty years experience. In 2003 he was awarded a Federation Medal for his services to the Australian community.Gene Ethics is a non-profit educa…

In the 6th New Economy Network of Australia (NENA) Podcast, Anna Garnock talks with Monique Potts.The New Economy Network of Australia is a network of individuals and organisations working to transform Australia’s economic system so that achieving ecological health and social justice are the foundational principles and the primary objectives of the…

Simon Kerr is cocreator of the music / multi-media project Music for a Warming World, using music and visuals to tell the new stories needed to help create a safer future. This project includes songwriting, video making and essay writing. We have performed our work in many places from Tasmania to Queensland, from Universities to music festivals suc…