This Week: Alzheimer's, Art, Alan Missen Oration, Andrew Olle Media Lecture & the new Creative Economy

Home Talks This Week on TV About Subscribe Partners Contact us Follow us on Twitter Waleed Aly - Big Ideas host Tomorrow 11am on ABC1 SHORTCUTS - KAGE SUNDOWNER a terrific performance piece intercut with a panel discussion on the impact of Alzheimer's disease. Then Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA London presents - The Power to Act: A new Angle on our Toughest Problems. He attempts to address why the London Olympics were transformative and how do we find and harness this will to tackle tough social problems. Wednesday 11am on ABC1 the splendid Kwame Anthony Appiah - philosopher, writer, President of the American PEN Centre and currently teaching at Princeton University gives the Alan Missen Oration at the Melbourne Writers Festival. This edition is rounded off by a short archive extract from a 2008 interview with Salman Rushdie, the target of a fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeni in 1989, after the publication of 'The Satanic Verses'. This session however is a very good humoured conversation in San Francisco with Michael Krasny about Machiavelli - Rushdie reckons he's had a bad rap! Saturday 10.30pm on ABCNEWS24 The Art Game with the argumentative, eccentric and brilliant art critic from The New Yorker, Peter Schjeldahl and Tony Ellwood, the newly appointed Director of the National Gallery of Victoria. Schjeldahl is an excellent writer and he's top talent; but you've got to stick with it; because it feels at first like you're watching an impending car crash as he grumpily responds to moderator - Michael Cathcart's questions. It looks like Schjeldahl isn't going to play but the irrepressible Cathcart won't be put off! SPECIAL EDITION of Big Ideas - Mark Colvin presents the Andrew Olle Media Lecture. Established in 1996 by the presenters and staff at 702 ABC Sydney (formerly 2BL) to honour the memory of ABC Radio broadcaster Andrew Olle, who died in 1995 of a brain tumour. The Andrew Olle Media Lecture focuses on the role and future of the media. Mark Colvin follows a long line of distinguished speakers. Sunday - 1pm on ABCNEWS24 & 11.15pm on ABC1 Sunday 11.30pm on ABCNEWS24 Dr Richard Florida, professor of Business and Creativity at the University of Toronto delivers this talk at the RSA in London - Why Creativity is the New Economy. His thesis is about more fully developing individual potential to reshape and stimulate our economies. You might think you've heard it all before, but Florida has a genuinely interesting take on dealing with economies in turmoil. This Week on TV Arts KAGE SUNDOWNER: Performance and Panel A performance and panel discussion of SUNDOWNER by KAGE Physical Theatre about the loss of memory and identity – and the tragic impact of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. more » Tuesday 30 October 2012, 11am on ABC1 Books and Authors Kwame Anthony Appiah: Alan Missen Oration Philosopher and writer Kwame Anthony Appiah gives the Alan Missen Oration at this year's Melbourne Writers Festival. more » Wednesday 31 October 2012, 11am on ABC1 Culture and Society Matthew Taylor on The Power to Act: A New Angle on Our Toughest Problems Matthew Taylor is the chief executive of the RSA and he’s giving one of his usual high powered and inspirational talks, this one's on why the London Olympics were so transformative. more » Tuesday 30 October 2012, 11am on ABC1 Saturday 3 November 2012, 10.30pm on ABC News24 Culture and Society Richard Florida: Why Creativity is the New Economy Dr Richard Florida is professor of Business and Creativity at the University of Toronto and he delivers this talk on the idea of more fully developing individual potential to reshape and revitalise our economies. more » Sunday 4 November 2012, 11.30pm on ABC News24 Editor's Picks Environment Becoming Seven Billion With the world's seven billionth person recently born, can we learn from the Asian megacity experience? As the population debate gets mental, we're going in search of the soul in urban sprawl. more » Health and Medicine Detecting Alzheimer's Early Professor David Ames outlines the way his CSIRO research team has brought forward the detection of early stage Alzheimer's with some particular Australian know-how. more » Books and Authors Anna Funder On Courage Anna Funder shot to international prominence with the publication of her 2003 book "Stasiland", about the East German secret police, and the attempts of some brave citizens to resist their oppressors. Now working on a novel, the author has taken time out more » Big Ideas TV| Big Ideas Radio| Contact Us You are subscribed to this ABC newsletter with the email address: "idouska1.scan@blogger.com" If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please unsubscribe here. If someone forwarded this newsletter to you, please feel free to subscribe here. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 © 2011 ABC | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Discover other ABC email newsletters