Big Ideas
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The God we made — safeguarding humanity in the age of AI
Jun 25, 202658 min
The art of forgiveness and why it's not what you think it is — with Rachael Coopes and Natasha Mitchell
Jun 24, 202656 min
Whose recipe is it anyway? A nourishing conversation about food and culture
Jun 23, 202654 min
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
Love for your neighbour: how to cultivate radical empathy in a disenchanted world
May 21, 202654 min
What makes Putin tick — and how will his iron-fist rule of Russia end? Natasha Mitchell with guests
May 20, 202653 min
When the safety net frays − nuclear weapon risks in a new era
May 19, 202654 min
How to date from a position of power, with Bad Dates of Melbourne creator Alita Brydon and Nelly Thomas
May 18, 202654 min
How to date from a position of power, with the creator of Bad Dates of Melbourne Alita Brydon
May 18, 202654 min
How to live and die well — with Marieke Hardy, Hannah Gould and Antonia Pont
May 14, 202658 min
Wounded narcissist, visionary, team player, a mother's love? The alchemy of good (and bad) political leadership
May 13, 202659 min
Jimmy Lai's fight for press freedom and democracy in Hong Kong
May 12, 202654 min
From deepfakes to dodgy headlines, what’s going on in your newsfeed? — journalism, AI and the algorithm
May 11, 202654 min
Why working-class kid turned millionaire banker Gary Stevenson wants you to join the fight against economic inequality
May 7, 202654 min
Dear Prime Minister Albanese: Where are all the BIG IDEAS?
May 6, 20261h 1m
Martin Luther King III on why Indigenous employment is essential for Australia's prosperity
May 5, 202655 min
How do Royal Commissions work (and are they worth it)? With Betty King, Jack Rush and Jon Faine
May 4, 202654 min
Was Malcolm Fraser a conservative warrior or a closet progressive?
Apr 30, 202655 min
"Here I am, here we are" Jewish Australian women reflect on the rupture of October 7 2023
Apr 29, 202654 min
Resistance — Yanis Varoufakis with Helen Vatsikopoulos on the people who fought back against fascism
Apr 28, 202654 min
What lies behind the scientific breakthrough? Professor Georgina Long on medicine's third space
Apr 27, 202655 min
40 years after Chernobyl we face a new nuclear risk — this time as a weapon of war
Apr 23, 202655 min
Is Trump a new Nero, Caligula, Caesar? Can the Roman Empire help us make sense of today's chaos? And other burning questions
Apr 22, 202659 min
Australia's broken social contract — Tahlia Isaac wants to protect women in prison
Apr 21, 202654 min
Australia's Broken Social Contract — Tahlia Isaac wants to protect women in prison
Apr 21, 202654 min
Is Southeast Asia Australia's blind spot? — with Michael Wesley and Geoff Raby
Apr 20, 202653 min
The future of the past — how artificial intelligence is changing history
Apr 16, 202654 min
Aliens exist (and the truth is out there)!? Science Smackdown at World Science Festival Brisbane 2026
Apr 15, 202652 min
British journalist Emily Maitlis on THAT Prince Andrew interview and news in a post truth world
Apr 14, 20261h 0m
Tennis prodigy Todd Ley on the underbelly of elite junior sport
Apr 13, 202652 min
Who's afraid of a joke? Comedy in an authoritarian age — with comedians Sam Jay, Tom Ballard, Bahaa Dabbagh and Leon Filewood
Apr 9, 202659 min
The science of SEX! Natasha Mitchell and guests at World Science Festival Brisbane
Apr 8, 202659 min
Forgiveness — a generous gift or social pressure disguised as a virtue?
Apr 7, 202654 min
The diplomats — the ups and downs of life in Australia's foreign embassies
Apr 6, 202655 min