Late Night Live Wednesday 5 December 2012

Late Night Live with Phillip Adams - Wednesday 5 December 2012

*Is the ongoing crisis in Europe more about the failure of democracy than about the negative effects of austerity measures?

*The destruction of Mecca.  The leaders of Saudi Arabia remain sanguine in the face of criticism at the demolition of numerous holy sites including the home and the burial site of the Prophet Mohammad – all in the name of progress and expansion.

*One woman's artistic interpretation of the Australian Bush.

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* Why Alexander was great – even before he conquered such enormous territory http://bit.ly/VezWLJ

* Eisenhower, the overlooked but possibly most important, 20^th century American president http://bit.ly/TDpZIq

* Julian Burnside sheds light on the new/old asylum-seeker debate, and describes a policy that could work. http://goo.gl/lDhvS .

* Hyenas: the magic, myths and rituals surrounding this remarkable, but much maligned animal http://goo.gl/S5W03 .

*A fascinating journey into the human brain with psychiatrist Dr Iain McGilchrist, to understand how our brains have shaped the modern world we live in today http://goo.gl/0Ixgq .

*A reflective hour with Barry Owen Jones, Australian Living Treasure, writer and former Federal Minister for Science http://bit.ly/WmMIZM

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