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Sydney Ideas

Sydney Ideas

Sydney Ideas is the University of Sydney's premier public lecture series program, bringing the world's leading thinkers and the latest research to the wider Sydney community.

Sydney Ideas Podcast Guide

Listen to Sydney Ideas, a Education podcast by Sydney Ideas. Stream 500 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

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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...

00:55:17Apr 24, 2026

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...

00:59:47Mar 27, 2026

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...

00:54:37Jan 6, 2026

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...

00:39:49Dec 4, 2025

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...

00:46:45Nov 22, 2025

Slow ageing

Join University of Sydney experts for fresh insights and evidence unlocking our understanding of healthy brain ageing. How might we all live...

01:00:01Oct 8, 2025

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...

01:02:43Aug 8, 2025

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...

00:48:33Jul 16, 2025

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...

00:57:36Mar 20, 2025

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...

00:47:23Mar 10, 2025

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...

00:50:11Nov 28, 2024

Battlers and Billionaires

Economist and parliamentarian Andrew Leigh is in conversation with technology entrepreneur and philanthropist Cliff Obrecht about Andrew’s n...

00:36:24Nov 5, 2024

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...

00:45:48Nov 4, 2024

Mental wealth forecast

Join epidemiologist and complex systems scientist Jo-An Occhipinti, labour market expert John Buchanan and economist Richard Denniss to expl...

00:46:44Oct 30, 2024

Medical moonshots

Can we fast-track cures for diseases? Hear about exciting discoveries in novel therapeutics, nanomedicines, AI and neuroimaging with leading...

00:39:44Aug 30, 2024

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...

00:29:14Jun 26, 2024

Art of good health and wellbeing

Explore how the arts are transforming health and education to improve care and wellbeing with acclaimed playwright Wesley Enoch, poet Selina...

00:43:35Mar 25, 2024

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This page lists 500 episodes for Sydney Ideas where feed data is available.