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Ideas at the House

Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House Talks & Ideas is a melting pot of stimulating conversation and provocative debate held throughout the year at Sydney Opera House. Listen to talks from recent festivals or...

Episodes

20 of 471 episodes

Heterofatalism | All About Women 2026

The term “heterofatalism” has gone mainstream, capturing a growing pessimism around straight romance, and it’s influencing everything from d...

1:02:20Jul 19, 2026

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon | All About Women 2026

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon is an Australian arts trailblazer, but a career in music was not something her family had imagined for her. Growin...

1:02:21Jul 12, 2026

After Birth | All About Women 2026

New Motherhood is a time of overwhelming joy and love — but alongside those experiences, many new mothers also face exhaustion, emotional ex...

57:36Jul 5, 2026

Don't Ask the Trees For Their Names | All About Women 2026

Don’t Ask the Trees for Their Names , a recently published collection of stories, brings together nine Arab-Australian women who have had to...

59:21Jun 28, 2026

It Girl | All About Women 2026

Jane Birkin was synonymous with chic. An unlikely icon of French cinema, her effortless style and artistic legacy have been immortalised thr...

58:40Jun 21, 2026

Money Matters | All About Women 2026

Real talk on money, power, financial safety and securing your future Saddle up for a no-nonsense conversation about women, money and the sys...

58:41Jun 14, 2026

When Fiction Sounds the Alarm | All About Women 2026

Laila Lalami’s eerily prophetic new book imagines a world where AI can punish us for “potential crimes”. Known for her razor-sharp explorati...

59:51Jun 7, 2026

Labour of Love | All About Women 2026

You might be familiar with the concept of the “second shift” — the domestic burden that awaits a woman when she returns home from work. Then...

1:00:19May 31, 2026

Raising Boys | All About Women 2026

Bringing up boys isn’t getting any less complicated. One minute they’re sweet, funny little humans. The next, they’re parroting some podcast...

59:43May 24, 2026

The All Fours Effect | All About Women 2026

Miranda July’s “great perimenopause novel”, All Fours tells the story of a woman who abandons routine suburban life for a reckless road trip...

57:12May 17, 2026

Seeking Sperm | All About Women 2026

For solo parents, queer couples and people experiencing fertility issues the path to parenthood often comes with extra steps. Today, finding...

59:23May 10, 2026

Medical Misogyny | All About Women 2026

Women’s pain isn’t “mysterious”. Medicine is failing us. For centuries, women’s symptoms have been misunderstood, minimised or dismissed, fr...

1:00:02May 2, 2026

A Wisdom of Age | All About Women 2026

What if ageing wasn’t something to avoid, but something to embrace? Right now, a revolution is gathering force. Middle-aged and older women...

57:17Apr 26, 2026

No Spin No Compromise | All About Women 2026

When Emily Maitlis grilled then-Prince Andrew in that now-infamous BBC interview, she ignited “the worst PR crisis for the royal family sinc...

1:00:52Apr 14, 2026

Inside the Epstein Files | All About Women 2026

When justice is redacted, women pay the price. The Epstein Files are not just about one man’s crimes, but about the systems that protected h...

1:00:49Apr 8, 2026

Your Body, Who's Choice? | All About Women 2025

The overturning of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court sent shock waves around the world. And while abortion rights seemed to be settled in...

58:33Aug 10, 2025

The Tracy Westerman effect | All About Women 2025

An inspirational force for positive action, Nyamal woman and renowned psychologist Dr Tracy Westerman is making waves in the treatment of In...

54:44Aug 3, 2025

Rachel Kushner | All About Women 2025

Rachel Kushner’s latest novel Creation Lake , a French noir eco-espionage thriller, was an instant New York Times bestseller, shortlisted fo...

57:28Jul 27, 2025

Game Changers | All About Women 2025

From the Matilda’s Effect to the AFL commitment to close the gender pay gap, cross-code support for female athletes is at an all-time high....

58:38Jul 20, 2025

Memorial Days | All About Women 2025

After spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, Geraldine Brooks and her husband Tony Horwitz settled...

1:01:47Jul 13, 2025