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Big Ideas

Your front row seat to big thinkers at the best live events, forums, and festivals. Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. We love hearing from you about the show or events you are planning. Get in touch! Email: [email protected] SMS line for ABC Radio National: 0418 226 576 Airs Monday to Thursday 8pm, repeated Tuesday to Friday 12pm, on ABC Radio National.

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298 episodesEN

Show overview

Big Ideas launched in 2025 and has put out 298 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 270 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 54 min and 55 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 101 episodes already out so far this year. Published by ABC Australia.

Episodes
298
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
55 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

Your front row seat to big thinkers at the best live events, forums, and festivals. Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. We love hearing from you about the show or events you are planning. Get in touch! Email: [email protected] SMS line for ABC Radio National: 0418 226 576 Airs Monday to Thursday 8pm, repeated Tuesday to Friday 12pm, on ABC Radio National.

Latest Episodes

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Whose recipe is it anyway? A nourishing conversation about food and culture

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Errol Flynn — discover the dark secrets of the Australian Hollywood star

Jun 22, 202654 min

The future of democracy? With Jon Sopel, Nick Bryant and Rosalind Dixon

Jun 18, 202658 min

The future of TRUTH — Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, philosopher A.C Grayling, journalist Barbara Demick, AI scientist Toby Walsh

Jun 17, 202654 min

Can Art, artists and activists save Australia’s famous multicultural experiment?

Jun 16, 202654 min

Pride or shame? Searching for the story of Australia — with Tony Abbott, Mark McKenna and Sally Warhaft

Jun 15, 202654 min

Zoe Daniel with Thom Woodroofe on winning middle Australia in the climate wars

Jun 11, 202653 min

Duty to warn — when challenging power becomes personal, and why journalists Cheng Lei and Charlotte Grieve didn't give up

Jun 10, 202654 min

Trump, Xi, Putin and what's next for the world? Former White House insider Thomas Wright with the Lowy Institute's Sam Roggeveen

Jun 9, 202657 min

Sperm shortages, shady Facebook groups, and other intimate stories of modern donor conception

Jun 8, 202655 min

How can we design our way out of Australia's housing crisis? With Anthony Burke and Tim Ross

Jun 4, 202658 min

Dark Emu's Bruce Pascoe and astrophysicist Ray Norris — can Aboriginal astronomy unite humanity under one big sky?

Jun 3, 202653 min

Hard-won progress in women's rights is dismantled — and it threatens global security

Jun 2, 202654 min

Medical misogyny — how the health system overlooks women's pain and how it's finally adapting

Jun 1, 202653 min

When Turnbull met Trump — and what it means for today’s changing world order

May 28, 202653 min

The untold Titanic story of Evelyn with Lisa Wilkinson

May 27, 202655 min

What can Plato teach us about democracy today?

May 26, 202653 min

Could self-driving cars & other innovations end the tyranny of distance in regional Australia?

May 25, 202654 min
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