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The Conversation Weekly
The Conversation Weekly
The Conversation

A show for curious minds. Join us each week as academic experts tell us about the fascinating discoveries they're making to understand the... more

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Episodes

New options for managing chronic pain after the opioid crisis

Chronic pain affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. But the opioid crisis in North America led many... more

25 Jul 2024 · 24 minutes
Can shared experiences bring people closer together?

Across the world, fans will soon be tuning in at all hours of the day and night to watch the... more

18 Jul 2024 · 25 minutes
What next for the French and British right?

A few days after Labour leader Keir Starmer was elected British prime minister on July 4 with a landslide victory,... more

11 Jul 2024 · 40 minutes
Underwater soundscapes of seagrass meadows revealed in new recordings

Seagrass, a marine plant that flowers underwater, has lots of environmental benefits – from storing carbon to preventing coastal erosion.... more

04 Jul 2024 · 17 minutes
Don't Call Me Resilient: as war rages in Sudan, a new type of community resistance takes hold

We’re bringing you an extra episode this week from Don’t Call Me Resilient, another podcast from The Conversation. Hosted by Vinita... more

01 Jul 2024 · 39 minutes
3D printed guns: unmasking the designer of the FGC-9

3D-printed guns are now appearing the world over, including in the hands of organised criminals in Europe and anti-junta rebels... more

27 Jun 2024 · 26 minutes
The Brexit roots of the UK's Rwanda asylum plan – and why other EU leaders might want to copy it

A controversial British government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been central to the UK’s response to a... more

20 Jun 2024 · 31 minutes
Scientists can't agree on how fast the universe is expanding – why this matters so much for our understanding of the cosmos

It’s one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology. Why two different methods used to calculate the rate at which the... more

13 Jun 2024 · 24 minutes
Creative flow: what's going on inside our brains when everything just clicks

If you’ve ever experienced a state of creative flow, perhaps when writing, playing music, or even gardening, you’ll know that... more

06 Jun 2024 · 21 minutes
Breakthroughs and failures on the road to a universal snake bite antivenom

Snake bites kill tens of thousands of people around the world each year. But we still use techniques invented in... more

30 May 2024 · 24 minutes
The Conversation Weekly
New options for managing chronic pain after the opioid crisis
The Conversation Weekly