Eliza and Geraldine are back after their podcast sabbatical!

And it wouldn’t be an LDC without a big conversation about US politics and whether President Biden should run again or allow someone younger to have a crack at Donald Trump.

Geraldine & Eliza do a recap of the past three months, including Eliza's looming 40th birthday and Geraldine's trip to Europe to celebrate the German composer, Mahler.

There's all the usual discussion of books and podcasts and movies, with a small rave from Geraldine about the “Oppenheimer" movie.

Thanks for listening! Get in touch via the email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com

Wifedom – Anna Funder https://www.penguin.com.au/books/wifedom-9780143787112

Wifedom review by Susan Wyndham in the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/07/wifedom-by-anna-funder-review-a-brilliant-reckoning-with-george-orwell-to-change-the-way-you-read

Last Man Standing – The UK Times podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-our-times/id1501716010?i=1000567142277

Romantic Comedy – Curtis Sittenfeld https://www.penguin.com.au/books/romantic-comedy-9780857527509

The author Stefan Zweig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig

This week, a big announcement for the LDC community.

After six years of weekly podcasts, Eliza and Geraldine are going to take a breather ... for a while.

This podcast has been an unexpected joy in the lives of both women. The insights and loyalty of listeners will be treasured forever!

But, life has become busy and Eliza is finding it tricky to make the regular podcast commitments.

From now on, the aim will be to dip in and out of your ears once every quarter or so, and keep the "Best of" series every year.

Until then, keep in touch via the website ldcpodcast1@gmail.com

Thankyou for listening!!

Thanks for listening!

Get in touch via the Facebook group "LDC Podcast" or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com

This week, Geraldine takes a dive into the latest concerning road toll figures.

US journalist Seymour Hersh has won prizes and international acclaim for his investigations in the past. But is his latest theory on America blowing up the all-important Nord Stream pipeline a step too far?

And how the TV adaptation of "Fleishman's in Trouble" has left some Manhattan mums wondering if they're in strife, too.

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How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline - Seymour Hersh https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream

‘The Killing of Osama Bin Laden’ The London Review of Books, Seymour Hersh https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v37/n10/seymour-m.-hersh/the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden

Osama Bin Laden Situation Room photo https://time.com/84553/osama-bin-laden-situation-room/

‘We profiled the “Signs of Crisis” in 50 years of mass shootings. This is what we found’ New York Times, Jillian Peterson & James Densley mass-shootings-despair.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/26/opinion/us-mass-shootings-despair.html

Financial stress worse than COVID-19, says Beyond Blue CEO, Australian Financial Review https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/leaders/financial-stress-worse-than-covid-19-says-beyond-blue-ceo-20230209-p5cjbz

Simone Young conducts Mahler’s First Symphony https://www.sydneysymphony.com/concerts/simone-young-conducts-mahlers-first-symphony

‘The Fleishman Effect’ The Cut, Caitlin Moscatello fleishman-is-in-trouble-effect.html">https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/the-fleishman-is-in-trouble-effect.html

Geraldine has been on an intermittent fasting diet for the past three months.

The 'it' diet had been recommended by many friends and dieticians in the media as the easy, hassle free way to lose weight.

However, over summer, she'd had enough.

The biggest problem was that she wasn't losing weight. But new scientific studies have raised questions about the risks and impact on the body of this method of dieting.

Also this episode, do you feel guilty when you board a plane, given the environmental damage from the emissions? Eliza's says no.

And book recommendations after a summer of reading.

Thanks for listening to the 6th year of LDC. Leave a review on your podcast app, join the Facebook group 'LDC Podcast' or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com

What direction is travel heading? ABC Saturday Extra https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/travel-predictions/101900786

Germany at war with itself over involvement in Ukraine conflict – ABC Saturday Extra https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/germany-tanks/101900782

Why Germany dragged its feet over supplying Leopard tanks - The Conversation https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-why-germany-dragged-its-feet-over-supplying-leopard-tanks-to-ukraine-198521

Who is the Wager Group? BBC explainer https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60947877

Spare – Prince Harry https://www.penguin.com.au/books/spare-9780857504791

Best of Friends – Kamila Shamshie https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60410888

‘Lone Wolf’- The Quarterly Essay – Katherine Murphy https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2022/11/lone-wolf

Salonika Burning – Gail Jones https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/salonika-burning

Jennifer Johnston books https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/52834.Jennifer_Johnston

The Shipping News – Annie Proulx https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7354.The_Shipping_News

Global news podcast - BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0gn/episodes/downloads

Thanks for listening in 2022!

ABC Boyer Lectures with Noel Pearson https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/boyerlectures

Seasonal Symphony - Gardening Australia & Classic FM https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/seasonal-symphony/101776068

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump Maggie Haberman https://www.amazon.com/Confidence-Man-Making-Breaking-America/dp/0593297342

Nancy Pelosi’s Legacy - New Yorker podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-new-yorker-politics-and-more/id268213039?i=1000590452634

Prospects for Ukraine - ABC Saturday Extra https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/mick-ryan/101780376

Long read on Roy Cohn https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a29177110/wheres-my-roy-cohn-matt-tyrnauer-donald-trump-interview/

Project Rozana https://australia.projectrozana.org/

The Crown https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/

How to dress ‘tech bro’ https://www.ft.com/content/51cf1792-5955-4135-8b78-7346519c551b

The Coming Storm podcast BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001324r

The Split - TV series https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7631146/

Lucy by the Sea - Elizabeth Strout https://www.penguin.com.au/books/lucy-by-the-sea-9780241606995

Fleishman Is In Trouble - TV https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11527058/

The interest rate theory of everything - Derek Thompson https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/id1594471023?i=1000587112430

Ann Manov lashes She Said https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2022/11/she-said-review-myopic-timid-trivial-metoo-harvey-weinstein

We could have been friends, my father and I Raja Shehadeh https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720387/we-could-have-been-friends-my-father-and-i-by-raja-shehadeh/

Geraldine’s interview https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/palestinian-s-past-and-future-at-the-heart-of-memoir/101775392

The Lost King https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13421498/

Blueback https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14201576/

Christmas parties are back and a long, hot summer is on the cards.

Eliza and Geraldine have been wining and dining but Geraldine thinks people are feeling particularly tired this December, more so than previous years. She puts that down to the long tail of COVID disruption and two years of forced adaptation.

Also, facing up to the challenge of the renewable energy transition.

And Eliza's new sporting obsession.

Thanks for listening! Get in touch via our Facebook page 'LDC Podcast' or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com

Superpower of the zero-carbon world - ABC Saturday Extra https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/superpower-of-the-zero-carbon-world-/101730346

To Barbra With Love – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra https://www.aso.com.au/events/to-barbra-with-love-an-80th-birthday-celebration/

Stolen Focus Johan Hari https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Focus-Attention-Think-Deeply/dp/0593138511

Sydney Modern Project – Art Gallery NSW https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/sydney-modern-project/

Good Weekend article modern-so-sydney-the-inside-story-on-building-the-agnsw-s-sparkling-new-wing-20220726-p5b4nv.html">https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/very-modern-so-sydney-the-inside-story-on-building-the-agnsw-s-sparkling-new-wing-20220726-p5b4nv.html

Yiribana Gallery Sydney https://www.sydneybarani.com.au/sites/yiribana-gallery/

Between the Covers Bookclub (podcast) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/between-the-covers-book-club/id1506557918

The White Lotus season 2 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13406094/

The Crown https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/

The Wire https://www.hbo.com/the-wire

Elizabeth Gyles Brandreth https://www.penguin.com.au/books/elizabeth-9780241637968

The Hour TV series https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1778108/

The Far Right Rises in Israel – The Daily election-benjamin-netanyahu-far-right.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/podcasts/the-daily/israel-election-benjamin-netanyahu-far-right.html

Geraldine's been focussed on Australia's international diplomacy this week but Eliza's been reading about America.

First it was the surprising midterm election results and then the big correction happening in the tech sector. She thinks that the tech leaders like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are the 'thought leaders' of this generation because they run media companies where an increasing volume of Australians get their news.

They also discuss Sam Bankman-Fried and his failed crypto exchange FTX.

Also this week, an exploration of whether trauma and infidelity can be passed on through the generations via DNA.

And Eliza's new reading list.

Thanks for listening!

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Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Collapse sam-bankman-fried-crypto-bankruptcy.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-bankruptcy.html

‘A Crypto Catastrophe: The Stunning Fall of FTX – and What Comes Next’ Plain English with Derek Thompson (podcast) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/id1594471023?i=1000586338986

Infidelity and Other Affairs Kate Legge https://www.booktopia.com.au/infidelity-and-other-affairs-kate-legge/book/9781760762810.html?source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQiAveebBhD_ARIsAFaAvrFgtPZvZb9irK0DEYekFt1zY0qYjSVuzVhssziNVwH9kTJqnD2V_a0aAvQ5EALw_wcB

The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD Fergal Keane https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-madness-a-memoir-of-war-fear-and-ptsd-fergal-keane?variant=39767823450190

Irish Independent’s review of Keane’s book madness-fergal-keane-performs-an-exorcism-and-a-public-pledge-42128234.html">https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/the-madness-fergal-keane-performs-an-exorcism-and-a-public-pledge-42128234.html

The Rest is History podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-rest-is-history/id1537788786

This week, Eliza "interviews" Geraldine about her article in the respected journal "Australian Foreign Affairs".

In it, Geraldine argues that America - not China - will be Penny Wong's greatest challenge in office. Geraldine cites the fact that America doesn't take too kindly to criticism, or the suggestion that Australia might go its own way in terms of foreign policy.

Also this week, Eliza discusses Elizabeth Strout's devastating new novel "Lucy by the Sea".

And Geraldine sings in a Puccini choir.

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Messa Di Gloria - Puccini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDDsuvOK5-g

Penny Wong: Testing herself and AustraliaAustralian Foreign Affairs https://www.australianforeignaffairs.com/journal

More on the Australia - Japan security deal https://www.afr.com/world/asia/australia-s-anzus-style-defence-pact-is-new-territory-for-japan-20221023-p5bs52

Lucy by the Sea: A Novel Elizabeth Strout https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706911/lucy-by-the-sea-by-elizabeth-strout/

NYT review of Lucy by the Sea by-the-sea-lucy-barton.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/books/review/lucy-by-the-sea-lucy-barton.html

Nick Bryant on England’s political chaos westminster-sitcom-has-a-new-male-lead-pass-the-popcorn-20221027-p5btmx.html">https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/the-westminster-sitcom-has-a-new-male-lead-pass-the-popcorn-20221027-p5btmx.html

Eliza thought everyone knew about the concept of the 'mental load': a term for the invisible labor involved in managing a household and family.

But the phrase wasn't on Geraldine's radar. As they discuss it, both women talk about how they remember all the little tasks in life, and how they're preparing for Christmas.

Also in this episode: Geraldine's two-day ethics conference in Melbourne.

Should we worry about nuclear warfare?

And Eliza celebrates her birthday.

Thanks for listening!

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Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/668293/confidence-man-by-maggie-haberman/

‘It’s my curse and my salvation’: Trump’s most famous chronicler opens up https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/09/30/maggie-haberman-profile-00059343

Cranlana Ethics Centre https://www.cranlana.org.au

Is Russia’s threat to Ukraine the new Cuban missile crisis? ABC Saturday Extra https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/new-cuban-missile-crisis/101514908

Are we in an anxiety crisis? ABC Saturday Extra https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/are-we-in-an-anxiety-crisis-/101492086

What are Tactical Nuclear Weapons and What if Russia Uses Them? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-are-tactical-nuclear-weapons-and-what-if-russia/id1200361736?i=1000581902064