The Good Life: Andrew Leigh in Conversation

Tim Minchin on free will, anger, success and failure. Photo by Damian Bennett.

Rob Wiblin on effective altruism and making the most of your 80,000 hours. To find Rob's 80,000 Hours podcasts, and learn more about his work with 80,000 Hours, click here.

Barry Jones on Pick-a-Box, Science and Poetry. You can find details about Barry's book The Shock of Recognition, here. Or read a review here. Click here for an excerpt of the Berliner Philharmonike performing Bach's St Matthew Passion. Directed by Peter Sellars, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, with chorus master Simon Halsey.

Leigh Sales on luck, doubt, trolls and what makes a great interview.

Eddie Woo on the joy of maths. To experience Eddie's story telling approach to mathematics, visit his YouTube channel.

Morris Gleitzman on writing big stories for little people.

Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on anger, envy, disgust & love.

Genevieve Bell on AI, anthropology & the obligation to make things better.

David Marr on corruption, truth-telling and big lives.

Sisonke Msimang on exile and home, hatred and belonging. You can find out more about Sisonke, her recent book Always Another Country, and her other writing here.

Ben Pronk on SAS leadership, elite fitness and why specialisation is for insects.

David Sinclair on the Science of Anti-Aging.

David Gonski, the chairman of everything.

Louise Taylor on Justice and Aboriginal Identity.

Joshua Gans on Parentonomics.

Grant Wardell-Johnson on Shakespeare, King Roger II of Sicily & the backward-looking 1970s

Yuki Kawauchi, Japan's citizen runner. My thanks to Brett Larner of Japan Running News, for helping me connect with Yuki, and Yoshimi Kobayashi of Destination Gold Coast for translating our conversation.

Oz Harvest founder Ronni Kahn on kibbutz life, gratitude and the colour yellow (Photo by Anthony Geernaert)

Tim Soutphommasane on racism, patriotism & culinary multiculturalism.

Anne Aly on discrimination, terrorism & the shiny kettle. To find out more about Anne's book, Finding My Place: From Cairo to Canberra - the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman click here.

Libby Lyons on gender equality, mortality and public life.

Clyde Rathbone on Karma, Wallabies and the Black Dog.

Robert Putnam on Bowling Alone and living together.

Natalie Jeremijenko on feral robotic dogs, texting fish and inverted trees. Photo by Robert P. Cohen

GetUp co-founder Jeremy Heimans on New Power During our conversation, i asked Jeremy for tips for Australians visiting New York for the first time. He replied that the popular new restaurants are too hard to get into, but that there are plenty of eateries which are still good, even though they're no longer the new thing. After the interview, he gave me the list of New York eateries that he gives to visitors, which is Shun Lee, Il Cantinori, Kanoyama, Veau d'Or, Peppe Rosso to Go, and Abraco (a coffee shop). You can find out more about Jeremy's book New Power here.

Julian Le Grand on revamping social policy, advising leaders and the danger of perfectionism.

60. Kate McClymont on dirt, death and determination.

Alex Hutchinson on sweat science. If you'd like to learn more about Alex and his book Endure, visit his website here.

Dalton Conley on growing up Honky, genetics and experimental parenting.

Terry Waite on solitary confinement, hatred and forgiveness.

Heather Garriock, Rob De Castella and Sue Read on training hard and living well.

David Walsh on profiting from blackjack, building MONA, and why most winners just got lucky. PS - having reached a half-century of Good Life episodes, I'm conducting a listener survey - we'd love your feedback. The survey is HERE. It will take you about a minute, and gives you a chance to suggest who you'd like to hear from in future episodes. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights and helping shape the next 50 episodes.

Craig Emerson You can find further information on The Boy from Baradine here. PS - having reached a half-century of Good Life episodes, I'm conducting a listener survey - we'd love your feedback. The survey is HERE. It will take you about a minute, and gives you a chance to suggest who you'd like to hear from in future episodes. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights and helping shape the next 50 episodes.

Liz Forbat on the good death - recorded live as a part of Festival Muse PS - having reached a half-century of Good Life episodes, I'm conducting a listener survey - we'd love your feedback. The survey is HERE. It will take you about a minute, and gives you a chance to suggest who you'd like to hear from in future episodes. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights and helping shape the next 50 episodes.

Benjamin Law on sex, taboos and making wontons. If you'd like to learn more about Benjamin and his work, click here. PS - having reached a half-century of Good Life episodes, I'm conducting a listener survey - we'd love your feedback. The survey is HERE. It will take you about a minute, and gives you a chance to suggest who you'd like to hear from in future episodes. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights and helping shape the next 50 episodes.

Dylan Marron on conversations with people that hate me If you're interested in Dylan's podcast, you can find information here. PS - having reached a half-century of Good Life episodes, I'm conducting a listener survey - we'd love your feedback. The survey is HERE. It will take you about a minute, and gives you a chance to suggest who you'd like to hear from in future episodes. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights and helping shape the next 50 episodes.

Tim Flannery on fossils, adventure and Indigenous mentors To mark The Good Life's 50th episode, we're conducting a listener survey. The survey is HERE. It will take you about a minute, and gives you a chance to suggest who you'd like to hear from in future episodes. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights and helping shape the next 50 episodes.

Peter FitzSimons on poetry, parenting and the red bandanna.

Nicholas Moore on risk-taking, crisis control and running to hip-hop.

47. Scott Rankin on Nijinsky, St Francis and growing up on a Chinese junk Scott is the founder, CEO and Creative Director of Big hART.

Kate Latimer on learning from the worldly philosophers.

Andrew Bassat on how calculated risk-taking turned SEEK into a global success.

Manny Noakes, principal author of the CSIRO diet. The CSIRO's online diet score calculator is avaiable here.

43. Kurt Fearnley on Kokoda, struggles and gratitude. Kurt's autobiography, Pushing the Limits: Life, Marathons & Kokoda is available on his website. In the conversation, Kurt mentions that his wife Sheridan is about to give birth. Shortly afterwards, they welcomed into the world their second child, Emilia.

Terri Butler on optimism and her Labor of Love Terri’s book, Labor of Love, is published by Melbourne University Press.

41. Sue Read on peak performance

Brad Chilcott on compassion, altruism and activism.

Father Bob Maguire on larrikin Catholicism

Marnie Hughes-Warrington on immortality through teaching and learning.

Nick Lee on cancer, farewells and little black dresses https://jodileefoundation.org.au/