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Readings and Conversations with Noel Pearson
by Noel Pearson
Noel Pearson shares excerpts from his latest book Mission, exploring topics around his life’s work: education, economy, constitutional recognition of Australia’s First Nations Peoples, social and cultural issues, and much more. Noel analyses our society with a critical and accurate lens. Later episodes see experts joining Noel in deeper conversations, investigating issues and solutions around topics that make up our society.
Episodes
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MISSION: Chapter 6, Beyond Ideology: Reclaiming the Moral Centre
Read in December 2021. In this last episode, Noel explores the tangled legacy of liberalism, socialism, and conservatism—and how their modern mutations into ideological extremes like neoliberalism and neo-socialism have distorted their original insights. From the rise of influence-peddling and…
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MISSION: Chapter 5, Beyond Neoliberalism: MMT’s Vision for Economic Justice
Read in December 2021. In this episode, Noel explores the intellectual and political revolution of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), tracing its origins from the dominance of neoliberal thought shaped by elite institutions like the Chicago School, Harvard Business School, and France’s École Nationale...
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MISSION: Chapter 4, When Economics Silences Democracy: The Neoliberal Legacy
Read in December 2021. In this episode, Noel explores the enduring dominance—and mounting contradictions—of neoliberal economic thinking. From the rise of Hayek and Friedman to the persistent ghost of Keynes, Noel traces how economic orthodoxy sidelined democratic debate and humanist values....
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MISSION: Chapter 3, Caught in the Middle: Race, Class, and the Fight for Equity
Read in December 2021. In this episode, Noel unpacks a powerful framework developed from decades of frontline social justice work. Noel lays out a bold, unsettling thesis: that Aboriginal Australians and African Americans are caught in a race–class gridlock—trapped between right-wing racial...
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MISSION: Chapter 2, Broken Trust: The Aurukun Mission Takeover
Read in December 2021. In this episode, Noel revisits one of the most profound injustices in modern Australian history—the 1978 Queensland government takeover of the Aurukun Mission. This story traces the trajectory of a proud and self-governing Wik people, betrayed by the state, and forced into…
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MISSION: Chapter 1, Inheritance of Purpose: Noel’s Personal Reflection
Read in December 2021. A deeply personal reflection on legacy, loss, and leadership — this episode traces Noel's journey from the quiet wisdom of his father to his own reckoning with ambition, regret, and purpose in serving his people. It’s about the weight of inheritance, the cost of conviction,...
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Noel Pearson shares excerpts from his latest book Mission, exploring topics around his life’s work: education, economy, constitutional recognition of Australia’s First Nations Peoples, social and cultural issues, and much more. Noel analyses our society with a critical and accurate lens. Later episodes see experts joining Noel in deeper conversations, investigating issues and solutions around topics that make up our society.
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