The Context with John Barron - Season 1

The Context with John Barron - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes8
DatesJun 10, 2022 - Jul 29, 2022

Episodes

Smoking
Season 1Episode 130 min

Smoking

John Barron takes a deeper look at key issues. First up, the decades-long battle against smoking has seen millions quit, but more than one in 10 adults still smoke. Is vaping part of the solution or a whole new problem?

Jun 10, 2022
Watergate
Season 1Episode 230 min

Watergate

As hearings continue into Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his election defeat, John Barron looks back 50 years to the perhaps the greatest scandal in political history, Watergate. Pioneering journalist Elizabeth Drew and Nixon impeachment inquiry lawyer William Weld discuss the similarities and differences between Donald Trump and Richard Nixon.

Jun 17, 2022
ABC 90 Years
Season 1Episode 330 min

ABC 90 Years

As the ABC celebrates 90 years on air, John Barron looks at the national broadcaster's news coverage over the past nine decades. John speaks to two iconic ABC journalists about what's changed and what's remained the same.

Jun 24, 2022
Roe v Wade
Season 1Episode 430 min

Roe v Wade

The US Supreme Court has stripped Americans wanting to terminate a pregnancy of the constitutional right to do so. John Barron looks at the history, legal reforms, ethical debates and practical limitations in Australia.

Jul 1, 2022
Home Ownership - Dream or Nightmare?
Season 1Episode 530 min

Home Ownership - Dream or Nightmare?

As interest rates go up again, John Barron looks at if the Great Australian Dream of owning your own home has actually become a nightmare. Plus what do tulips have to do with crypto-currencies?

Jul 8, 2022
Are We Addicted to Gambling?
Season 1Episode 630 min

Are We Addicted to Gambling?

Are we a nation of gamblers? John Barron speaks with Australia's top experts on poker machines, gambling and addiction. Plus are we seeing the return of the Cold War or something potentially more deadly?

Jul 15, 2022
Modern Marriage in Australia
Season 1Episode 730 min

Modern Marriage in Australia

Around two thousand couples get married in Australia every week. John Barron takes a look at modern marriage and divorce. Plus is there any danger of polio returning to Australia?

Jul 22, 2022
Should Humans Return to the Moon?
Season 1Episode 830 min

Should Humans Return to the Moon?

NASA plans to return to the moon in 2025. It's been 50 years since man last landed on the lunar surface so why go back now? Plus John asks a leading infectious diseases expert when will the COVID pandemic end.

Jul 29, 2022

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