Heather du Plessis-Allan

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1,719 appearances 58 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 19 Sep

Heather du Plessis-Allan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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But Mike, I am from a different generation,

softer and softer

no, I don't want to tell you because you're

Mike, I was going to become an academic.

Academic what?

Political scientist.

Yeah, well, I wasn't like totally unemployed, right?

I wasn't sitting around on my butt doing nothing.

I was doing my postgrad in political science at the time.

And so I thought, well, I've got two very distinct paths here.

I could either go do talkback or I could become doctor.

Okay, but think of it like this, okay?

When you retire, what are you going to do?

going to be doing charity

Well,

No, well, see, the problem is, look, I mean, this will give you some context.

When I left school and went to university 20-odd years ago, I always wanted to be an academic, right?

So I always wanted to teach political science and study it full-time.

And so it's not as if I sort of dreamt up something.

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