20twenty Thu 16 May 2013
20twenty – Life, culture & current events from a Biblical perspective.
SHOW DATE: Thursday - 16 May, 2013
Nutrition lessons in the workplace
Nutrition Australia is determined to encourage Australians to think about good nutrition and healthy eating habits, even to the point of bringing classes to workplaces around the country to teach these habits.
Host: Matt Gees
Guest: Aloysa Hourigan - Senior Nutritionist, Nutrition Australia
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Pre-Paid Funerals
Pre-Paid funerals are a popular marketing tool for funeral directors these days but are they really as good as they sound? Andrew Letcher from Bethel Funerals takes us through the pros and cons.
Host: Neil Johnson
Guest: Andrew Letcher - CEO Bethel Funerals
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Retaining our Christian Values
The value of Australia's Judeo–Christian heritage and our historic national values that are under attack of being watered-down in our so called “Secular State.” What happens when Christians and Christian Values are lost from leadership and decision making in government?
Host: Neil Johnson
Guest: Elizabeth Kendal
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UCB PNG partners with national broadcaster
LAIF FM, our Papua New Guinean sister station, despite being a fledging organisation has received a massive boost with the promise of support from NBC, the National Broacasting Corporation in PNG. One of the Directors of NBC Anna Klawe(Clar-way)speaks to us about why and how they are helping.
Host: Neil Johnson
Guest: Anna Klawe - Provincial Manager NBC PNG
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UCB PNG partners with national broadcaster
There are plans afoot to help boost the Christian broadcasting opportunities across PNG starting in Weewak on the north coast of Papua New Guinea with thanks to the PNG national broadcaster.
Host: Neil Johnson
Guest: Anna Klawe - Provincial Manager NBC PNG
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Aussie mercenaries fighting for Syria
Christians are vulnerable to both sides of the Syrian conflict and the Syrian opposition is being radicalised by previously moderate Sunnis under the influence of the Al Qaeda proxy Al Nusra. The ACL's Jim Wallace says there are reports that as many as 200 Australians might be fighting for Al Qaeda in Syria and urges western countries to pass Anti-Mercenary laws that will forbid nationals from fighting as mercenaries.
Host: Katherine Spackman
Guest: Jim Wallace - Deputy Chairman Australian Christian Lobby
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Hear 20twenty each weekday across Australia on Vision Radio Network.
Eastern: 10am to 1pm, Central: 9.30am to 1.30pm, Western: 8am to 11am (standard time ie Winter)
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20twenty Wed 15 May 2013
20twenty – Life, culture & current events from a Biblical perspective.
SHOW DATE: Wednesday - 15 May, 2013
Budget breakdown
Our regular Wednesday finance expert Gavin Martin joins us to help make sense of last night's federal budget. What is good and not so good and how much of an impact is it likely to have on the regular wage earner.
Host: Matt Gees
Guest: Gavin Martin
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Disappointing budget for foreign aid
After last night's budget failed to increase the funds for Foregin Aid and the Millenium Development Goals, agencies like Micah Challenge are continuing to lobby politicians in the lead up to the federal election.
Host: Matt Gees
Guest: John Beckett - National Coordinator Micah Challenge
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Volunteers in the Outback
We continue to celebrate National Volunteering Week with a focus on remote Australia and at the same time recognise that today is International Day of Families!
Host: Matt Gees
Guest: Davida Melksham - Outback Links Coordinator Frontier Services
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God's advocate in Hollywood
Dr Ted Baehr is the man behind Movieguide and the Movieguide awards. Both of these celebrate Christian faith in movies and Dr Baehr speaks about movies, culture and why its important and makes good business sense to have faith in films.
Host: Matt Gees
Guest: Dr Ted Baehr - Movieguide
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This segment features in today's podcast (Available after the programme has finished)
God's advocate in Hollywood
We continue the conversation with Dr Ted Baehr, the man behind America's biggest alternative movie awards - the Movieguide Awards. We hear also about his faith and why Christianity makes good movie business sense.
Host: Matt Gees
Guest: Dr Ted Baehr - Movieguide
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God's advocate in Hollywood
Founder of Good News Communications, Inc. MOVIEGUIDE® and the Christian Film & Television Commission® ministry, Dr. Ted Baehr is an internationally renowned speaker, lecturer, media scholar, film critic, and educator. He is one of the keynote speakers at this year's World Congress of Families in Sydney.
Host: Matt Gees
Guest: Dr Ted Baehr - Movieguide
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This segment features in today's podcast (Available after the programme has finished)
Hear 20twenty each weekday across Australia on Vision Radio Network.
Eastern: 10am to 1pm, Central: 9.30am to 1.30pm, Western: 8am to 11am (standard time ie Winter)
Hear selected items from 20twenty at www.vision.org.au or subscribe to the 20twenty podcast feed
