Benjamin Law
speaker
327 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2020
last heard 5d ago
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You'd studied in Sydney already at university.
How different was Oxford, say how they taught and how you were supposed to learn?
Your supervisor was a man called Joe Wolf.
How did he react when you got a bad mark early on in the year?
Okay.
And for that, I believe you made an economic argument for lowering the age, the criminal age of responsibility.
Why did you choose that topic to debate and what was your argument?
Your next step is starting a PhD at Sydney University.
What are you focusing on?
for my phd there's lots of reading lots of thinking about the climate um yeah you're working hard you are studying hard and at the same time i know that you are a very dedicated family member and auntie first nations people chinese people we have this in common uncles and aunties are very important it's a big job it's a big job what kind of auntie are you
When you're around kids, it really makes you think about time, doesn't it?
And I know you've said before that you want to be a good ancestor.
I love the idea of being a good ancestor because you're really throwing not into the future but the deep future.
What does being a good ancestor mean?
How do you go about being one?
Brooke Burney, thank you so much for joining me in Conversations today.
Camilla Row Woman, journalist and Oxford scholar Brooke Boney was my guest today.
This episode was made on Gadigal country.
It was produced by Alice Moldovan.
Our executive producer is Eliza Kirsch.
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