Big Ideas
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Angertainment — is it too late to escape the rage bait machine, and why are its roots ancient and evolutionary? With Ed Coper
Jul 22, 20261h 1m
Globalisation and geopolitics – the forces that will make or break Asia
Jul 21, 202654 min
Calling out wrongdoing can come at a cost — here's how Australia can strengthen its whistleblowing laws
Jul 20, 202653 min
Ex-chief scientist Alan Finkel's three laws of Artificial Intelligence
Jul 16, 202654 min
Could you be a hope punk? Jack Toohey on rebellious hope and why better things are possible
Jul 15, 202653 min
Fear, healing and finding calm – how the ocean can change you
Jul 14, 202654 min
Is education policy damaging our democracy?
Jul 13, 202653 min
These Palestinians and Israelis are talking to each other − determined to make peace real in Gaza
Jul 9, 202654 min
8 Million Ways to Happiness with Hiroko Yoda — what we can all learn about life, love, and loss from Japan’s flexible spirituality
Jul 8, 202654 min
What is the role of the writer in troubled times? Tony Birch with Michael Williams on the ethical imagination
Jul 7, 20261h 9m
If a river is declared a legal “person” — can it talk, remember, feel?
Jul 6, 202654 min
Is the cosmos unravelling? With theoretical physicist Tony Padilla
Jul 2, 202654 min
A song for every feeling? Pub Choir founder Astrid Jorgensen has a big story to tell (REPEAT)
Jul 1, 20261h 4m
The gambling industry is targeting your children - how, why and what can be done?
Jun 30, 202655 min
David Marr on preaching to the converted
Jun 29, 202655 min
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