#25 When words fail us: Truth, listening and finding common ground

#25 When words fail us: Truth, listening and finding common ground

In an age of division, noise and rapid change, how do we find our way back to meaningful conversation? Distinguished Professor Stan Grant delivered a powerful public lecture at Charles Sturt University' Bathurst campus exploring the limits of language in a fractured world. Drawing on philosophy, history and lived experience, Stan reflects on the limits of language in a fractured world - and the urgent need to reconnect through deeper forms of understanding. At the heart of this conversation is Yindyamarra - a Wiradyuri philosophy grounded in respect, humility and deep listening. Through this lens, the event invites us to reconsider how we engage with one another, especially in moments where words fall short.  This is more than a lecture.  It is a call to pause, reflect and listen - to ourselves, to each other, and to the world around us.

#24 Reflecting on Recent Themes

Join Stan and Jack as they reflect on Stan's latest themes in his Simone Weil Lectures at ACU and his Richard Johnson Lecture at the Centre for Public Christianity.

#23 After Oasis: How might music help build a better kind of nation?

Join Stan and Jack as they reflect on Oasis's reunion, Stan's experience of the historic concert in England, the relationship of music to the soul of a nation, and the challenges and dangers of  nationalism in the modern world.   Apologies for some feed disruption on Stan's microphone during recording!

#22 Reflections from Oxford

Join Stan and Jack as they reflect on Stan's latest trip to England as it has shaped his thinking about his novel, the life of Old England, and the vocation of the writer.

#21 Politics as a Vocation with Andrew Hastie MP

Join Stan and Jack as they speak with Andrew Hastie MP—Federal Liberal Member for Canning and Shadow Minister for Home Affairs—about his vocation for politics, how his experiences in Afghanistan and in Parliament have shaped his Burkean outlook, and what a renewed form of Australian political thought might look like, explored from their mutually respectful yet differing perspectives.