pod.link/164330831
pod.link copied!
Big Ideas
Big Ideas
ABC listen

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

Listen now on

Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Google Podcasts
Overcast
Podcast Addict
Pocket Casts
Castbox
Stitcher
Podbean
iHeartRadio
Player FM
Podcast Republic
Castro
RadioPublic
RSS

Episodes

Is AI our modern-day Frankenstein? Jeanette Winterson and Toby Walsh

Acclaimed British author Jeanette Winterson argues that 200 years ago, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, was a message in a bottle, a... more

17 Jul 2025 · 53 minutes
ABC's CITIZEN JURY — Would you live inside a modern power station? These people will, and want to be heard

Citizen Jury is ABC Radio National's experiment in citizen-led democracy. The ingredients? A gnarly issue + a jury of citizens... more

16 Jul 2025 · 54 minutes
Radical economics — what can we learn from the life of John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes was an economist whose dreams went beyond balance sheets and into political ideas and cultural movements. He advised... more

15 Jul 2025 · 53 minutes
Life behind the lens — with photojournalists Lorrie Graham, Rick Stevens and Mike Bowers

Photojournalism can define a moment, a movement, an era or even a whole generation. It can lift a weary spirit,... more

14 Jul 2025 · 54 minutes
Can citizen juries put the people back in democracy?

Australia faces many big challenges, but is our democracy up to the job of solving these, or are we experiencing... more

10 Jul 2025 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Join Jodi Edwards and her Sea Kin on a journey that flows like salt water — you won't see the sea in the same way

We bathe in the amniotic fluid our mother's womb. Our cells are full of water. For Walbanja woman, artist, educator... more

09 Jul 2025 · 53 minutes
Behrouz Boochani and Arnold Zable on the radical act of friendship

The Kurdish poet Behrouz Boochani and the Australian writer Arnold Zable explore the power of friendship as an act of... more

08 Jul 2025 · 53 minutes
Where to now — transforming anger into action after the Voice referendum

In October 2023, Australians voted no to a Voice to Parliament for First Nations people. In this panel from the... more

07 Jul 2025 · 53 minutes
What would a feminist utopia look like?

What would religion, work, sex or technology look like if we lived in a truly feminist world? In a perfect... more

03 Jul 2025 · 54 minutes
Dark tourism, death, design, and the macabre — should some places stay untouched?

Dark tourism is increasingly popular. Sites of suffering like old gaols, asylums, orphanages hold a certain allure. Can we honour... more

02 Jul 2025 · 57 minutes
Big Ideas
Is AI our modern-day Frankenstein? Jeanette Winterson and Toby Walsh
Big Ideas