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Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. Grab your front row seat to the best live forums and festivals with Natasha Mitchell.
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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has fought against antisemitism worldwide for over a century. It is now documenting a dangerous rise in antisemitism, and the connection between conspiracy theorists, white supremacy, pro-Palestine anti-war protests, and hate speech.ADL board member, prominent Iranian-American Jewish philanthropist and academic Dr. Sharon Nazarian presents the inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Lecture in Policy at the American Academy in Berlin.SpeakerDr Sharon Nazarian Board member and former Senior Vice President for International Affairs, Anti-defamation League (ADL)Founder, Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, University of California Los Angeles
Two Australians who are intimately connected to the conflict in the Middle East, one Jewish, one Palestinian, make their pleas for peace, and share their deeply personal stories of how it has affected them.The 13th annual UN International Day of Peace Brisbane lecture was recorded at St John's Anglican Cathedral on September 21, 2024.SpeakersPeter CatDean, St John's Cathedral BrisbaneLouise AdlerDirector, Adelaide Writers WeekNasser MashniPresident, Australians for PalestineFurther informationOlive Kids
From social media algorithms to authoritarian despots, is our democracy under threat?In our SOS DEMOCRACY series, meet big thinkers on a rescue mission to resuscitate democracy.In this first episode, one of Australia's most seasoned political journalists Niki Savva has seen the fractures up closer than most. Hear her timely advice for journalists, politicians and citizens.This 2024 Speaker's Lecture was recorded at Parliament House in Canberra on 9 September 2024.SOS DEMOCRACY airs on Tuesdays 8pm and Saturdays 10pm in October and November, and on the ABC Listen app.SpeakersNiki Savva Columnist, Nine NewspapersAuthor, The Road to Ruin, Plots and Prayers and BulldozedMilton Dick Speaker, House of Representatives, Labor MP
Are you a gazelle or a grizzly bear when you run? The bounce in your step defines whether you're a stronger sprinter or long-distance runner — and choosing the right sport for your biomechanics determines whether you can get to the top of the podium. Find out more about the secret weapon of biomechanics, the theory of optimal speed control within racing endurance, and how performance psychology has an impact both on and off the track.The Science of Sport was presented at the York Festival of Ideas. The Festival is led by the University of York, UK.SpeakersProfessor Amandine AftalionMathematician and a senior scientist, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)Author of Be a Champion: 40 Facts You Didn't Know About Sports and ScienceDr Brian HanleyReader in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics, Leeds Beckett UniversityColonel Dame Kelly HolmesBritish athlete, double Olympic gold medallist at the 2004 Athens Olympics Games for the 800m and 1500mAdam NichollsProfessor of Psychology within the School of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of HullSharon Shortle (host)BBC Radio York
Can you have a wedding between the graves? Why not! – as long as it's respectful. The future of cemetery design is multi-functional, as public spaces just like our gardens and parks. And also as a refuge for animals in the midst of our cities and suburbs. They can be places for the living as well as the dead. How can cemeteries play a broader role in our communities?Six Feed Under: Design and Death Symposium, Melbourne Design Week. Presented by Open House Melbourne.SpeakersHamish CoatesPrincipal Designer, Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust Bec LyonsPresident, Natural Death Advocacy NetworkBjorn NansenSenior Lecturer, Media and Communications, and member of the DeathTech research team, University of Melbourne Tania Davidge (host)Executive Director, Open House MelbourneListen to Big Ideas: Talking about death
Renowned and controversial Australian philosopher and bioethicist Peter Singer is no stranger to contentious ideas — wrestling with the ethics of how we treat each other and other species — infanticide, altruism, veganism and more. He joins Big Ideas' host Natasha Mitchell to talk about why.This event was organised by The Wheeler Centre and Montalto WinerySpeaker: Professor Peter SingerBioethicist and authorFounder of The Life You Can SaveFurther information:The Life You Can Save Oxford University's Centre for Effective AltruismGiveWellGiving What We Can
Big Ideas celebrates the blooming daphne with a look at the life, work and legacy of a pioneer of Australian landscape gardening, Edna Walling.This event was recorded on April 16, 2024 at the State Library of Victoria.SpeakersTrisha Dixon Writer, photographer, tour guide leaderCo-author (with Jennie Churchill) The Vision of Edna Walling: Garden Plans 1920-1951 (1998), and Gardens in Time: In the Footsteps of Edna Walling (1988)Sara Hardy Biographer, playwright, former actorAuthor, The Unusual Life of Edna Walling, and A Secretive LifeMillie Ross (host) Presenter, Gardening Australia, professional horticulturist, garden designer, writer and broadcasterAuthor The Thrifty Gardener
The United Nations was established after World War II in an attempt to maintain international peace, security, and cooperation. So why now, in the face once again of rising global conflicts, are the UN, and other world bodies, laws, and mechanisms, so unable to address these crises?This event was recorded at the University of Melbourne on 29 August 2024.SpeakersProfessor Alison Duxbury Deputy Dean, University of Melbourne Law SchoolDr Tania Miletic Co-Director, Initiative for Peacebuilding, University of MelbourneDr Carrie McDougall Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne Law SchoolFormer legal specialist and Assistant Director of the International Law Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeFormer Legal Adviser at Australia's Mission to the United Nations in New YorkJon Faine (host) Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, University of Melbourne Law SchoolFormer long-time presenter, Mornings, ABC Radio Melbourne
We've lived through the age of peak TV, (and wasn't it glorious). Then cinema was BACK, thanks to the hype of Barbenheimer. So, in this post Hollywood writers' strike world, how do we define the era of culture we are now consuming?This event was recorded at the Melbourne International Film Festival on 17 August 2024.SpeakersJared Richards ABC Entertainment reporterAlison Willmore Film critic, Vulture and New York magazinesHannah Diviney Disability advocate, actress, screenwriter and authorBrodie Lancaster (host) Author, essayist, and pop culture podcaster
Does the Milky Way have a sibling and how are stars formed? How can a telescope go back over 13 billion years ago to the Cosmic Dawn? The ASTRO 3D Centre of Excellence are unlocking some of the deepest mysteries of our universe and produced perhaps the clearest and most comprehensive picture of how matter, chemical elements, and energy evolved. Some of the astronomers and astrophysicists involved share their insights.Presented by ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D)Listen to Big Ideas - Night Sky LIVE – a wondrous encounter with the dark sky SpeakersEmma Ryan-WeberDirector of ASTRO 3D, the Centre of Excellence in AstrophysicsDr Nichole BarryScienta Lecturer at UNSWAmanda KarakasAssociate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy Monash University Jesse Van De SandeAstronomer, lecturer in Astrophysics UNSW Jonathan Webb (host)ABC's Science Editor
Every autistic person is different, with their own strengths and challenges. We shouldn’t be asking what jobs are suitable for them. Rather: How can we make this specific job suitable for this autistic person? The result is a thriving employee with unique abilities. On Big Ideas, we’ll debunk myths like that autistic people don’t recognise emotion or don’t have social skills. You can see how wrong this perception is in the ABC TV series The Assembly.The Assembly on ABC iviewSpeakersDiana TanMacquarie University Autism and Education ResearcherKate HalpinNeurodiversity Consultant and advocate with lived experience. Kate is the Director of Employ for AbilityBill Shorten Minister for the NDIS Mel MacLeanHelium Pictures; Executive Producer of the ABC TV series The AssemblyLeigh Sales (host)Walkley award-winning journalist and broadcaster
1Surveys constantly reveal that a huge number of us are not sleeping well. What is that doing to our mental and physical health?This event was recorded at the University of Sydney's Raising the Bar night, on 9 April 2024.SpeakerDr Jacob Crouse Research fellow, Brain and Mind Centre, University of SydneyFurther informationABC Sleeptember
The art and ethics of artisanal trades, from stone masonry to roof plumbing to limestone mortar plastering. What can be done to revive many of these traditional trades and bring them sustainably into the 21st century?Recorded Melbourne Design Week — presented by the Heritage Council of Victoria and the National Trust of VictoriaSpeakersGlen RundellWindsor Chair maker from the Central Highlands Co-Founder Lost Trades Fair, Kyneton Victoria Samantha WestbrookeExecutive Manager, Advocacy & Conservation National Trust Victoria Rebecca RobertsStone Mason, Doctoral Candidate with the University of MelbourneRuth Redden (host)Architect and heritage consultant Further InformationTraditional Trades ExpositionConservation program at the National Trust in VictoriaCentre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades
Liana Buchanan is a guardian of the rights of our most precious asset - our children. In a keynote speech, the Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, Victoria, presents some brutal realities of the failures in some systems that are meant to protect children at risk in Victoria. But there is hope. Amelia Hunt, a young person who has experienced out of home care describes how young people are raising their voices and having direct input into reforms. Recorded at the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference, State Library of VictoriaSpeakersLiana BuchananPrincipal Commissioner for Children and Young People, Victoria Amelia HuntVictorian Commission for Children and Young People, Student Law and Global Studies, ABC Hey Wire winner 2023 Further Information Commission for Children and Young people.Amelia Hunt - Kids in out-of-home care deserve better
Student activists from the Pacific Islands successfully got the International Court of Justice to define the responsibilities of nations to combat climate change, and the legal consequences of failing to do so.This is the story of their win.Seeing first-hand the dire impact of climate change in their countries, they want to ensure nations around the world understand their obligations to take positive climate action.The 2024 Talbot Oration presented by the Australia MuseumSpeakersChynthia HouniuhiPresident of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate ChangeCraig ReucasselWriter, director and comedian, known for his work with The Chaser and for The War on Waste; currently the host of 702 ABC Sydney BreakfastRichie MerzianInternational Director at the Smart Energy Council, a peak renewable energy industry groupNarelda JacobsWhadjuk Noongar journalist and presenter of 10 News First: Midday, and 10 News First
The median Australian house price is now about $800,000 – almost eight times the average income – and well beyond the reach of many people, without help. So how did we get here, and with a federal election looming, are the political parties game to seriously take this on?"Any solution to housing that is easy and popular won't work." — Alan KohlerPresented at the Sydney Writers Festival and Readings Bookshop.SpeakersAlan KohlerFinance presenter, ABCAuthor of The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (Quarterly Essay #92 and republished as a book available 1 October 2024)Richard Holden (host)Professor of Economics, University of NSWKevin BellFormer Supreme Court Judge, Victoria; Former Director, Castan Centre for Human RightsAuthor of Housing: The Great Australian Right (In the National Interest essay series, Monash University Publishing)
Australia's high country is a spectacular and precious place. It's also a place that is changing, with shorter, less predictable snowfall. So, what does the future hold for the Alpine region, in a changing climate?This event was recorded on 13 June, 2024 at the Australian National University in partnership with Protect Our Winters Australia and the Australian Mountain Research Facility.SpeakersRuby OlssonLead author, Our Changing Snowscapes: Climate change impacts on and recommendations for our Australian AlpsPhD student, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National UniversityProfessor Adrienne NicotraDirector, Australian Mountain Research FacilityRichard SwainHonorary Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National UniversityDavid PocockIndependent Senator, ACTSam Beaver (host)Volunteer Policy Lead, Protect Our Winters AustraliaResearch Officer, Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National UniversityFurther informationOur Changing Snowscapes: Climate Change Impacts and Recommendations for the Australian Alps
Frequently described as victims, as failures or even as women without morals, single mothers often get a bad rap. They are part of Australian statistics. Of the 1.1 million single parents, 83 percent are women, they are more likely to live in poverty and up to 65 percent have fled violent relationships. In this frank conversation, three women thrash and burn some of the assumptions about single mothers.Recorded at the All about Women Festival by the Sydney Opera HouseSpeakersBarkaaMalyangapa, Barkindji woman, musician and rapperKaren Pickeringfeminist writer and organiserEdwina Throsby (host)producer, curator and former head of ABC Managing Editor of Arts. Further InformationAbout Bloody Time by Karen Pickering & Jane BennettDoing It: Women Tell the Truth about Great Sex. UQP Edited by Karen PickeringBaarka Music
History is the stories we choose to tell about ourselves and others. So how have those stories changed over time? And how has that shaped new understandings of our national identity?Presented by the Friends of the National Library of Australia.SpeakersPeter StanleyFormer Research Professor, Australian Centre for the Study of armed conflict, University of New South Wales (UNSW)Former Principal Historian, Australian War MemorialFormer inaugural head of research, National Museum of AustraliaAuthor of Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Murder, Mutiny and the Australian Imperial Force (joint winner of the 2011 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History), and many moreFrank BongiornoProfessor of History, Australian National UniversityAuthor, The Sex Lives of Australians: A History, Dreamers and Schemers: a Political History of Australia, and many morePresident, Australian Historical AssociationAnne-Marie Schwirtlich (host)Former Director General, National Library of AustraliaFellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia
What is the allure of gothic fiction? How does it give shape to your most unsettling impulses? A panel of masters of the genre explore the creepy houses, dysfunctional families and the perfect degree of decay and rot that’s needed to create the ‘good scare’. From the classics of Jane Eyre to Harry Potter – we’re celebrating gothic tales. Presented at the Brisbane Writers FestivalSpeakersAngela "A.G." SlatterAuthor of six novels, including The Briar Book of the Dead, All the Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns and the Verity Fassbinder seriesNaomi NovikNew York Times bestselling author of The Scholomance series, the award-winning novels Uprooted and Spinning Silver, and the nine-volume Temeraire seriesKathleen JenningsBritish Fantasy Award-winning author of the short story collection Kindling, the novel Flyaway and poetry collection Travelogues: Vignettes from Trains in Motion; Fantasy Award-winning illustrator of fantasy and fairy talesShelley Parker-ChanAuthor of She Who Became the Sun and its sequel, He Who Drowned the World, which form The Radiant Emperor Duology
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No mention of Reagan's increase in military spending which broke the finances of the Soviets. Or to be fair the voodoo economics which pushed Americans into borrowing, increased their consumption at the expense of their future
Steven Koonin. unsettled what climate science tells us, what it doesn't and why it matters
I did not feel this topic was covered fully. I felt it was very one sided, and that some of the examples and conclusions offered were not explored fairly
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I enjoyed the scientific approach and unbiased vewpoints as well the valuable information! thanks
Hugh @ 7'40": not "our Indigenous people"
The episode resonated with me. It touches the issues I see as a parent.
As an American citizen, I would say the U.S. government most certainly does glorify war.
Disappointing right from the inset.
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Brilliant discussion. Loved it !
The first letter of the title of many episodes is cut off.
Always on my playlist. Big ideas, new thinking and great solid conversations.
Very interesting arguments.... Great job
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