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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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Uncancelled culture — forgiveness and redemption in the digital age

Cancel culture has ruined careers and lives — but did they deserve it? What consequences should people face for what they say and do? And what does redemption look like in the digital age?

54min
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I can change the world! How these changemakers found their superpower

Sara Shams had both legs amputated at age six — it became her superpower. 15-year-old Taylor Ladd-Hudson turned a shark experience into something bigger. Amy Parry got subversive after she was told women's stories on screen were too niche. Jody Rallah wanted to make sense of the world and art led the way. And Anisa Nandaula turns it all into performance poetry. Meet these changemakers joining Big Ideas host Natasha Mitchell at the Women of the World (WOW) Festival in Brisbane in October 2024. Speakers Taylor Ladd-Hudson 15 year old environmentalist, shark conservationist, social media influencer Amy Parry Film-maker, producer, screenwriter Jody Rallah Artist and yuggera-yugggerabul and biri-bindal woman Sara Shams Pharmacist, disability advocate, speaker, model Anisa Nandaula Slam poet, stand-up comedian, writer Author, Melanin Garden

53min
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Re-thinking the relationship between brain and machine

Imagine a world where your brain is enhanced through cutting-edge technologies and next-generation AI, blurring the lines between organic and digital realms … and unlocking unprecedented potential. We are already some steps on the way in such a future. What would this mean for intelligence, human agency and consciousness? Your Brain on AI From organoids to consciousness was presented by the Sydney Opera House. Speakers Paul Davies Theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, Arizona State University and best-selling author Dr Inês Hipólito Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Macquarie University Dr Brett J. Kagan Chief Scientific Officer at Cortical Labs Dr Sandra Peter Director of  Sydney Executive Plus, Associate Professor the University of Sydney Business School

54min
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Video games — a new frontier in the fight for global influence?

With more than 3 billion people playing video games worldwide, they have the potential to wield tremendous power and influence. So is it time to take video games more seriously?

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Don’t be a D**khead — with musicians Kasey Chambers and Clare Bowditch

When Kasey Chambers was growing up, her dad had one simple, yet profound piece of advice. Just don't be a d**khead.

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Should scientists stand up as things fall down? Advocacy, activism, impartiality and the risks

President Donald Trump’s administration is already muzzling government-funded scientists. Closer to home, Australian scientists have their own stories to tell about science censored, stymied or watered down when its findings aren’t convenient to industry or politicians. Should scientists stand up as things fall down? A Tasmanian panel argue why scientists should speak up, and consider the tensions between advocacy and impartiality when they do. Speakers Alexandra de Blas Science and environmental communicator, consultant Member, Tasmanian Independent Science Council Louise Cherrie Environmental management consultant Dr Lila Landowski Neuroscientist and science communicator College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania Board director, Science & Technology Australia The Honourable Megan (Meg) Webb Independent Member for Nelson Tasmanian Legislative Council Robyn Williams Host of The Science Show, ABC Radio National Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin Biologist, marine scientist, author Member, Tasmanian Independent Science Council

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Minority report — the new shape of Australian politics, with George Megalogenis and Tory Shepherd

From the inner cities to the outer suburbs, to rural and regional Australia, just what is going on in minds of voters as we embark on another federal election?

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Why Australian politicians welcomed fascists after the Second World War

Australia resettled fascists, even war criminals after World War II as part of a worldwide program led by the International Refugee Organisation. The background of these immigrants was known to all political parties, but they were regarded as cheap – and white – labour. Historian Jayne Persian explores the impact of these characters on the trajectory of postwar politics — a phenomenon well documented in other parts of the world but with which Australia has barely begun to reckon. Presented by the Brisbane Writers Festival Jayne Persian Associate Professor in History, University of Southern Queensland Author of Fascists in Exile: Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia and Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians Anthony Cooper Author of best-selling Darwin Spitfires and Dispatch from Berlin, 1943

51min

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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.