One Plus One

Richard Flanagan and Susie Orbach (3x40)

Air date: Dec 20, 2013

Author Richard Flanagan tells Jane Hutcheon evil and goodness were themes of his latest novel, which is based on his father’s stories of survival as a POW on the Thai-Burma “death” railway. Susie Orbach is best known for her 1978 book Fat is a Feminist Issue. But 35 years later, the psychotherapist tells Jane Hutcheon she still thinks the diet industry has a hold on consumers.