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Best of 2025: Cyclone season, political pragmatism and TIME magazine covers
It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, it’s cyclone season in Australia which means millions of us are - hopefully -ready to batten down the hatches at short notice. But how do scientists and engineers figure out how to build stronger shelters … at the Cyclone Testing Station of course. Also ahead … the problem with political pragmatism … Richard Dennis spoke to Michael Rowland about his essay Dead Centre, How Political Pragmatism Is Killing Us.And the man behind a thousand Time Magazine covers.
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