Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life — how fungi do things differently, and inspire us to as well

Nicky Winmar and Rhoda Roberts − showing racism in sport the red card

Chopsticks or fork? — Jennifer Wong and Lin Jie Kong with Annabel Crabb

Writers who rock — on the art of music writing

How surfing writer Tim Baker and doctor Peter Goldsworthy learnt to live well and laugh with cancer

The fight to protect abortion in the United States — with Dr Angel Foster

The Knowledge Gene — the incredible story of the supergene that gives us human creativity

Is there life on Mars?

The delicate complexities of treating mental illness — Jonathan Rosen, Patrick McGorry with Natasha Mitchell

Mary Beard and the Roman Empire

Looking to a healthy future with Helen Clark

How traumatic stress hurts us — with Bessel van der Kolk

Are national deficits a myth? Stephanie Kelton explodes an economic holy cow

How to cut through political spin — Richard Denniss, Joelle Gergis, Yanis Varoufakis, Tom Keneally with Natasha Mitchell

Islands rising — life on the front lines of the climate crisis

Liberalism as the basis of life?

Thriving not just surviving with Tibetan master Mingyur Rinpoche, a Sufi scholar and Indian philosopher of mind

AC Grayling — How to live well, according to philosophy

Laurie Anderson on time and life

Hugh Mackay — Australian society in the 21st century