34 | The Evidence of Your Failures

Clare and Yves are joined by Emeritus Professor Judith Brett, scholar of Australian politics and political history and author.

Episode 8 of the Archive Fever podcast, hosted by Claire Wright and Yves Rees, titled "34 | The Evidence of Your Failures" was published on November 17, 2022 and runs 44 minutes.

November 17, 2022 ·44m · Archive Fever

Summary

Clare and Yves are joined by Emeritus Professor Judith Brett, scholar of Australian politics and political history and author of such award-winning books as Robert Menzies: Forgotten People (2016) and The Enigmatic Mr Deakin (2017) and most recently, Doing Politics: Writing on Public Life (2022). What does it feel like to be obsessed with the past? The group discusses the psychoanalytic journey from an obscure Viense poet to Robert Menzies, reading for patterns, and writing history as an act of reparation.

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