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Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. Grab your front row seat... more

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How calories and coercion do you harm — leading physicians on your healthy body and mind

Mental health problems and chronic diseases are plaguing societies around the world. Both fields need new solutions. We know that... more

04 Dec 2023 · 54 minutes
Food waste is bananas. So what are you going to do about it?

Australians on average chuck out 7.6 billion tonnes of food per year. That amounts to 312 kilos per person, or... more

30 Nov 2023 · 53 minutes
Why do so many of us feel so damn lonely and too ashamed to talk about it?

In a world of hyper-connectivity and social media, why do so many of us feel so damn lonely? Being lonely... more

29 Nov 2023 · 1 minute
David Marr's ancestors massacred Indigenous Australians. Marcia Langton's ancestors were among them.

Many people embark on a journey to discover their family's past in order to contextualise their present. But what happens... more

28 Nov 2023 · 53 minutes
Love, lost minds, and mortality — how two storytellers met two scientists, made magic, and found meaning

What happens when Australia’s best poets and writers walk into the world of scientists? How do they feed of each... more

27 Nov 2023 · 54 minutes
Newsroom ethics and the Israel-Gaza war — part two

A range of media outlets — including the ABC — have been criticised for their coverage of the latest Israel-Gaza... more

23 Nov 2023 · 43 minutes
Newsroom ethics and the Israel Gaza war — part one

A range of media outlets — including the ABC — have been criticised for their coverage of the latest Israel-Gaza... more

23 Nov 2023 · 53 minutes
Photojournalist Andrew Quilty and activist Zahra Karimi want you to see this Afghanistan

Multi-award-winning Australian photojournalist Andrew Quilty went to Afghanistan on a two-week assignment. He stayed for 9 years. At just 25, Afghan-born... more

22 Nov 2023 · 53 minutes
Tracey Spicer: How AI and machine design is failing women

Technology's default setting is 'male' — more precisely a white, or at least, light-skinned male. Tracey Spicer exposes how technology... more

21 Nov 2023 · 53 minutes
There's a sensory world unavailable to humans. So Ed Yong tried to discover it.

In 2020, veteran science journalist Ed Yong intended to write a book about the world of animal senses. But fate... more

20 Nov 2023 · 54 minutes
Sean Turnell — how a nerdy economist was held hostage by Myanmar

If you find yourself locked up in a foreign prison on fake charges, what would you like your government to... more

16 Nov 2023 · 54 minutes
The F Word — is Feminism too white, too middle-class, or a movement for all?

Has feminism been too white and too middle-class for too long? From India to Australia, five trailblazing women spanning generations, geography, and... more

15 Nov 2023 · 54 minutes
What would you sacrifice to give peace a chance?

The road to peace is one littered with compromise. From Belfast to Bosnia, Dili to the Democratic Republic of the... more

14 Nov 2023 · 54 minutes
The genius and struggles of Orson Welles

He was one of the most remarkable producer/director/actors to come out of Hollywood. The cinema wunderkind George Orson Welles. But... more

13 Nov 2023 · 54 minutes
The Doherty's Sharon Lewin on the call that changed the world forever

The director of Doherty Institute for Infectious Diseases was out of office when the first official case of the novel... more

09 Nov 2023 · 53 minutes
I DON’T! Clem Ford argues the case against marriage

Clem Ford, author of bestselling book Fight Like a Girl, Boys Will be Boys, and How We Love, is back with a... more

08 Nov 2023 · 55 minutes
Does sport unite or divide us?

There is nothing like cheering on your favourite sport team; or seeing our Aussie athletes on the top podium at the... more

07 Nov 2023 · 54 minutes
What would Hannah Arendt make of our tumultuous present?

While it was Mao Zedong who believed power came from the barrel of a gun, philosopher Hannah Arendt saw it... more

06 Nov 2023 · 56 minutes
How to shut up your inner critic and anxious thoughts — Brigid Delaney, James Kirby and Ahona Guha

How can you quiet those nagging voices inside your head; expectations that you should to better; anxiety how to make ends... more

02 Nov 2023 · 54 minutes
More than a fish kill — how a bunch of boys healed a scientist and found themselves

Sometimes an event so big happens that it leaves everyone gasping in its wake. In this case, more than million fish were left... more

01 Nov 2023 · 53 minutes
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I DON’T! Clem Ford argues the case against marriage
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Clem Ford, author of bestselling book Fight Like a Girl, Boys Will be Boys, and How We Love, is back with a firey new read. This... more