<![CDATA[Paradigm Shift]]> Every Friday at noon, we challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression and investigate alternative ways of living for a world based on justice, solidarity and sustainability.

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]]> en Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:24:10 +1000 https://4zzz.org.au/programs/paradigm-shift/ <![CDATA[Paradigm Shift]]> https://amrap-pages-image.s3.amazonaws.com/profile/145.jpg?cacbeb=62802245 4ZZZ info@4zzz.org.au Every Friday at noon, we challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression and investigate alternative ways of living for a world based on justice, solidarity and sustainability.

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]]> https://4zzz.org.au/programs/paradigm-shift/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-08-14-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[14th of August]]> Today we speak to climate analyst Ketan Joshi about two things hindering our climate efforts – greenwashing and the growth of data centres. We do also find time to fit in a chat about what good news there is for our climate!

  • Songs played
  • Kev Carmody - I've been moved
  • David Benjamin Blower - The soil
  • Strike Anywhere - Infrared
  • Spindles - Dream human
]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-08-14 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-08-07-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[7th of August]]> Today we do a check in on what's been happening with Queensland's anti-Palestine censorship laws. I speak to Remah Naji from Justice For Palestine about the high court challenge and updates from Palestine, and to Jewish activist Ed Carroll about why he felt obliged to defy the laws and be arrested.

  • Songs played
  • Molotov x Kamel - Men al bahr ela al nahr
  • Black Rave Culture - If I must die
  • Jarada - Tear down the settlements and sentence their leaders
  • Kellee Green - River to sea
]]> Fri, 7 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-08-07 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-07-31-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[31st of July]]> Today we are talking about photojournalism and reporting on conflict. Ahead of a Griffith Uni event on Sunday, I speak to Miriam Deprez, Samid Suliman and Barat Ali Batoor about how taking photos in conflict areas can contribute to a more peaceful and just world.

  • Songs played
  • Anomie - What you gonna do about it
  • K'naan - My old home
  • Grace Chia - It starts with you pt. 2
]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-07-31 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-07-24-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[24th of July]]> Today we are talking zines. With the Paperbark Zine Fair coming up this weekend, we hear from a couple of practitioners and what they love about photocopied literature. We talk to Luke Sinclair about his ultra-prolific zine "You" and Melbourne's iconic zine shop Sticky Institute. We also hear from Stacey from the Pusher anarchist zine distro.

  • Songs played
  • Bis - How can we be strange?
  • Dilemmas - Bomb the clock
  • Pisschrist - !Pecah Kepala!
  • Pisschrist - Who is to blame
  • Bikini Kill - Double dare ya
  • Stjep - All my friends are orchids
]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-07-24 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-07-17-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[17th of July]]> Today we talk about Pine Gap - the secretive US military spy base in the middle of Australia. We speak to Natalie Farah about the activist convergence at Pine Gap this weekend, to Richard Tanter about what happens at Pine Gap, and to Gil Scrine, who in 1982 made the seminal film "Home On The Range" about the base.

  • Songs played
  • Franz James - Drone lament
  • Anomie - Predator drones over Yemen
  • Redgum - Domination quickstep
  • Judy Small - Bridget Evans
]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-07-17 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-07-10-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[10th of July]]> Today it's a NAIDOC special, celebrating the original cultures of our land. We speak to Suzanne Andrews from national NAIDOC committee, and to Jim Filmer and Lowana Walker who have put together the "Still Deadly: Voices of our Elders" exhibition at the Ipswich Art Gallery.

  • Songs played
  • The Last Kinection - Black and deadly
  • J4H ZEN - Blackout
  • Arianna - Hearts collide
  • Bala Rontu - Voices
  • Big Noyz - Run the ball up
  • Hedley Johnson - Rock on down to Musgrave Park
]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-07-10 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-07-03-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[3rd of July]]> Today we hear about the Kurilpa Commons - the community garden and political project which this week was fenced off and bulldozed by the Queensland state government. We hear about the commons, its philosophy and the resistance to it's demolition from three of its custodians.

  • Songs played
  • Robyn Francis - Green guerilla gang
  • The Highwomen - Crowded table
  • David Benjamin Blower - The soil
  • Allara - Murnong farm
  • Jalal Mahamede and Keyna Wilkins - Set me free
]]> Fri, 3 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-07-03 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-26-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[26th of June]]> Today we hear from people resisting the weapons industry and it's deadly products across this country. I speak to Safaa Rayan about the recent 72 hour blockade of Bisalloy in Wollongong, and to Zelda Grimshaw about the national coordinated protests against companies that make parts for F35 fighter jets. Plus some local weapons resistance!

  • Songs played
  • Lowkey - Hand on your gun
  • Red Menace - Disrupt wars 2024
  • Asian Dub Foundation - Target practice
  • Bassmumma - Peru Block 64
]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-06-26 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-19-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[19th of June]]> This week we explore a bit of the hisotry of Australian environmental blockading and the songs that soundtracked it.

  • Songs played
  • Lisa Yeates - Behind enemy lines
  • Goanna - Let the Franklin flow
  • Mick Daley - The ballad of wild cattle creek
  • Penny Safari - Do you remember Jabiluka
  • Zippy - Are you gonna let them mine Jabiluka?
  • Luke Vassella - Leave it in the ground
  • Tunnel Vision - No tunnel no way
  • Feraliza - Like it or not
]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-06-19 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-12-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[12th of June]]> On this week's classic episode, we go back to 2023 when I spoke to Sam Roggeveen about his book "The Echidna Strategy" and its call for a reframing of Australia's defence priorities and a questioning of the US alliance.

  • Songs played
  • Cranky - Australia don't become america
  • Ginger Tom - Hey hey USA
  • Buffy Saint-Marie - The war racket
  • Bad Day Down - I'd hate to be a hated American
  • Beans On Toast - Against the war
]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-06-12 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-05-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[5th of June]]> Today on the Paradigm Shift we speak to musician Chris Dubrow - most famous as singer and songwriter of 90s industrial band Insurge. We speak about his experience of decades mixing music and radical politics.

  • Songs played
  • Soulscraper - Heard it all before
  • Insurge - Political prisoners
  • Insurge - Speculator
  • Insurge - Economist king
  • Blackbreaks - Terra Nullius
  • C54 - Corporate dogs
]]> Fri, 5 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift/2026-06-05 12:00:00/