What Country could be: Indigenous knowledge to take Australia forward
What happens when Indigenous knowledge systems are elevated? Leading thinkers from the University of Sydney, Professor Reuben Bolt and Assoc...
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A matter of life and tech
Does the rise of AI mean the death of the humanities? Hear from University of Sydney star academics Sophie Gee, Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer;...
Conversations for Good: Across platforms
Dr Joanne Gray and Dr Rebecca Huntley discuss public discourse, digital platforms and democracy. Hosted by Fenella Kernebone. Is big tech sk...
Ocean imaginaries
What stories have taken hold in the public imagination about sharks and marine animals? How does this shape attitudes and policy responses t...
An optimised life, examined
How, and for what, should life be optimised? Is the growing culture of optimisation leading us towards the homogenisation of culture? These...
The social life of food - Part 2
How can we eat well to live longer, feed future populations, and sustain planetary health? What's the science behind creating the world's mo...
The social life of food - Part 1
How can we eat well to live longer, feed future populations, and sustain planetary health? What's the science behind creating the world's mo...
Slow ageing
Join University of Sydney experts for fresh insights and evidence unlocking our understanding of healthy brain ageing. How might we all live...
The Ideas Roundtable: Is Australia alright?
Is Australia still the Lucky Country? In public opinion polling, more and more Australians believe things are, on the whole, getting worse t...
Katie Mack: The end of everything
Science has shown us the universe began with a Big Bang but what about its endgame? Will everything burn out and freeze over, or collapse in...
Critical minerals: The global race for resources
Why are nations around the world racing to secure critical minerals? What’s at stake, and what does it mean for you? In this conversation, o...
Is language power? with John McWhorter
Is a language owned by its speakers or is it a public good? 'Who' gets to have a say, lay claim to, and wield a language? What does this all...
An evening with Sir Simon Schama
Hear Simon Schama, acclaimed historian, writer and Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University, in-conversation with Profess...
Is storytelling essential to innovation?
If we can define the elements of a breakthrough, can we engineer the next great discovery in business, science, policy and civic life? Join...
Battlers and Billionaires
Economist and parliamentarian Andrew Leigh is in conversation with technology entrepreneur and philanthropist Cliff Obrecht about Andrew’s n...
Trust and error
Fake research papers are on the rise. Explore what's fuelling this, why it's concerning, and how we can address this issue with science inte...
Mental wealth forecast
Join epidemiologist and complex systems scientist Jo-An Occhipinti, labour market expert John Buchanan and economist Richard Denniss to expl...
Alexandre Lefebvre: Liberalism may be the source of your soul
Can liberalism be the basis of a meaningful and fun way of life? Philosopher Alexandre Lefebvre delves into this idea with Mark Scott, Vice-...
Medical moonshots
Can we fast-track cures for diseases? Hear about exciting discoveries in novel therapeutics, nanomedicines, AI and neuroimaging with leading...
Music on your mind
Psychologist Lee-Fay Low, and music scholars Neal Peres Da Costa and Helen Mitchell and host Angharad Yeo unravel the fascinating links betw...