Long Distance Call

Is it past Biden’s bedtime? How age will impact the looming US election ... and the argument for outsourcing kids birthday parties.

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

The Last LDC...for a while

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!!

The Era of Cheap Money is Over

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Oz's rising road toll, Seymour Hersh & the Fleishman Effect

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. Thanks for listening! Join the conversation at the Facebook page "LDC Podcast" or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com 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 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 https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/the-fleishman-is-in-trouble-effect.html

Geraldine's fed up with intermittent fasting

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