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2333 - What Oppenheimer can teach us about regulating new technologies

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2333 - What Oppenheimer can teach us about regulating new technologies

Thu, 09 May 2024
2332 - Superpowers and superpeacemakers — your guide to the key players with John Lyons, Sam Roggeveen & Ilaria Walker

Wed, 08 May 2024
2331 - Helen Clark on how to build a healthier future for all

Tue, 07 May 2024
2330 - Tenacity and two squat houses — how an Australian movement was born for women leaving violence

Mon, 06 May 2024
2328 - Donald Trump, American authoritarianism and how journalists should cover it

Thu, 02 May 2024
2327 - Jonathan Rosen — friendship, madness and the tragedy of good intentions

Wed, 01 May 2024
2326 - Slowing down fast fashion with Aja Barber

Tue, 30 Apr 2024
2325 - Mariana Mazzucato — a moonshot guide to changing capitalism

Mon, 29 Apr 2024
2324 - Is it time to change Australia's security strategy for South East Asia?

Thu, 25 Apr 2024
2323 - How to challenge political spin with straight talk — Richard Denniss, Joelle Gergis, Yanis Varoufakis, Tom Keneally

Wed, 24 Apr 2024
2322 - Dr Norman Swan with biotechnology pioneers on what's next for medicine

Tue, 23 Apr 2024
2321 - "It's personal" — field stories from the frontline of Australia's Ambassador for Gender Equality

Mon, 22 Apr 2024
2320 - Trees as an alternative crop — the future of forestry in Australia?

Thu, 18 Apr 2024
2319 - The shark net controversy — hear the debate at Bondi's Ocean Lovers Festival

Wed, 17 Apr 2024
2318 - Life on Mars — and beyond

Tue, 16 Apr 2024
2317 - A heart-to-heart with Eric Bogle — his songs and his life

Mon, 15 Apr 2024
2316 - The war in Gaza, Palestinians, and Israelis – what can we learn from the past about the future?

Thu, 11 Apr 2024
2315 - A mummified mystery! Sealed shut for decades then scientists opened this coffin lid

Wed, 10 Apr 2024
2314 - Mary Beard — Empress of Rome

Tue, 09 Apr 2024
2313 - Michael Gawenda on Jewishness, the Australian Left, and the State of Israel

Mon, 08 Apr 2024
2312 - Cheng Lei, Sean Turnell and Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the ruthless practice of hostage diplomacy

Thu, 04 Apr 2024
2311 - Ripples, resilience, and rivers – the politics of water

Wed, 03 Apr 2024
2310 - Forging a fire ready future

Tue, 02 Apr 2024
2309 - What makes a charity successful?

Mon, 01 Apr 2024
2308 - Julia Baird on how grace saves us from a dark world

Thu, 28 Mar 2024
2307 - The Deficit Myth with Stephanie Kelton — what to ask when governments can't afford to fix things.

Wed, 27 Mar 2024
2306 - Bessel van der Kolk on The Body Keeps the Score

Tue, 26 Mar 2024
2305 - Why are young people more unhappy and worried?

Mon, 25 Mar 2024
2304 - Are we all liberals at heart?

Thu, 21 Mar 2024
2303 - Imagination and Mindset, and The Importance of Doubt (Boyer Lectures 3 and 4)

Wed, 20 Mar 2024
2302 - The Atomic Revolution and the Quantum Promise (2023 Boyer Lectures 1 and 2)

Tue, 19 Mar 2024
2301 - Trump vs Biden vs the world — what will it mean for Australia?

Mon, 18 Mar 2024
2300 - I've Been to a Parallel World

Thu, 14 Mar 2024
2299 - The education gap between rural and metropolitan Australia is costing us billions

Wed, 13 Mar 2024
2298 - Solving the mysteries of the universe − with philosophy

Tue, 12 Mar 2024
2297 - How Russia’s war on Ukraine ends

Mon, 11 Mar 2024
2296 - Corruption at the crossroads in Australia

Thu, 07 Mar 2024
2295 - Spending time with Laurie Anderson

Wed, 06 Mar 2024
2294 - Finding your creativity with Holly Ringland

Tue, 05 Mar 2024
2293 - Nature for people – how the natural world affects our health

Mon, 04 Mar 2024
2290 - Swiftposium – the academics of Taylor Swift

Thu, 22 Feb 2024
2289 - Intuition — the science of knowing WHAT without knowing WHY

Wed, 21 Feb 2024
2288 - Uncivil society – polarisation and breakdown in our conversations

Tue, 20 Feb 2024
2287 - How to tell stories that change the course of history — from slavery abolition to gaming culture

Mon, 19 Feb 2024
2286 - A queer love letter to libraries

Thu, 15 Feb 2024
2285 - Be the change you want to see — Chanel Contos, Isabelle Reinecke, Semara Jose, Sarah Brown

Wed, 14 Feb 2024
2284 - Nazanin Boniadi — fighting for women's rights in Iran

Tue, 13 Feb 2024
2283 - Caroline Polachek on the art of pop music

Mon, 12 Feb 2024
2282 - How to speak freely about topics no one wants to talk about

Thu, 08 Feb 2024
2281 - A new way to fix the hot mess of housing in remote Aboriginal Australia?

Wed, 07 Feb 2024

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