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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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So you want to know what’s good for your kids?— with Norman Swan

It's a tough time to be a parent. From screens, to mental health, neurodiversity, gender, diet and schooling, this generation is in unchartered territory in many ways. So what does the evidence tell us that will give parents the best chance to raise happy healthy children, without killing themselves in the process? This event was recorded at Waverley Library in Sydney on 8 August 2024. Speakers Norman Swan Presenter, Health Report, ABC Radio National Author, So you want to know what's good for your kids? Cassie McCullagh Presenter, The Bookshelf, ABC Radio National

55 min
4 GG FA

Milk — a misunderstood, maligned, miracle food?

From soy to oat to almond, plant mylks are all the rage. But is it possible that we've misunderstood and unfairly maligned old fashioned cow's milk? Speakers Matthew Evans Farmer, Fat Pig Farms Author, Milk: the truth, the lies and the unbelievable story of the original superfood Host, Gourmet Farmer, SBS Nick Haddow Bruny Island Cheese Co Author, Milk Made: A book about cheese

53 min
5 GG FA

From landmines to killer robots — inside the campaigns to ban weapons of war

It was the stuff of scifi blockbuster movie The Terminator in the early 1980s, but now lethal autonomous weapons systems are actually being used in conflict zones around the world. And the arms race is on to develop more effective, more deadly killing machines, that don't need human inputs to do their job. This event was recorded at Human Rights Watch in Sydney on 4 June 2024. Speakers Mary Wareham Deputy Director, Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division, Human Rights Watch Co-Laureate (with Jody Williams), Nobel Peace Prize, 1997, for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) Daniela Gavshon Australian Director, Human Rights Watch

46 min
6 GG FA

Richard Flanagan, Michael Robotham on the hidden costs of cheap books

We all love a bargain, but what is the real cost of those books we buy online or in a supermarket for 12 dollars or less? Should Australia adopt a fixed book price common in Europe? How can we support and grow an industry that nourishes our minds and souls. A conversation on the challenges facing the Australian book industry. Presented at the Sydney Writers Festival. Speakers Ray Bonner Pulitzer Prize winning author, journalist, co-owner of Bookoccino, the Northern Beaches bookstore Richard Flanagan Award winning Australian author, latest book Question 7, Penguin Olivia Lanchester Former CEO, Australian Society of authors Michael Robotham Author, latest book Storm Child, Hachette

52 min
29 AGO

Caribbean identity in Australia — with Maxine Beneba Clarke and Sienna Brown

The connections between the Caribbean and Australia go back to white settlement, with deep links to the slave trade and British colonialism. What does it mean to be a writer of Caribbean descent in modern Australia? And how can the act of writing and storytelling enable a new sense of belonging and home? This event was recorded at the Callaloo and Wattleseed Symposium at the University of Western Sydney on 3 May 2924. Speakers Maxine Beneba Clarke Author, The Hate Race, Foreign Soil, poetry books Carrying The World, How Decent Folk Behave, and children's books including When We Say Black Lives Matter, Wide Big World and more Inaugural Peter Steele Poet in Residence, University of Melbourne Sienna Brown Author, Master of My Fate Further information: Caribbean Convicts in Australia (podcast) The History Listen - ABC Radio National

53 min
28 AGO

Tim Flannery and the mystery of Big Meg — why did the world's largest predator disappear?

10 humans in length, weighing 50 small cars, and with a bite that could take out two of you in one bite. This beast was BIG. But if Megalodon was so mighty, why did it disappear? Tim Flannery and his daughter Emma have written a book about the mystery of the giant extinct shark, and he joins Natasha Mitchell with two other fossil aficionados, palaeontologists Erich Fitzgerald and Cheng-Hsui Tsai, to take you into a very different watery world of wilderbeasts. Speakers: Professor Tim Flannery Paleontologist, conversationist, climate change advocate Co-author, Big Meg: The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator that Ever Lived (Text Publishing, 2024) Dr Erich Fitzgerald Senior Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology, Museums Victoria Author, Triceratops: A Natural History (Museums Victoria, 2022) Associate Professor Cheng-Hsui Tsai Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology National Taiwan University

53 min
27 AGO

Intellectual influencers — the new generation of social media stars

A new generation of female and non-binary intellectuals are using social media to share their scholarship and reach younger audiences. It's a tricky balance — juggling their followers' expectations and reactions, both bouquets and brickbats, maintaining their rigour, and making a living from these algorithmically-gamed corporate platforms. Meet the new influencers. Presented by the Sydney Opera House Speakers Hannah Ferguson Founder & CEO of cheekmedia.co Sisonke Msimang Writer, activist and Guardian columnist Mary Mcgillivray Art historian and visual content maker Bri Lee (host) Author, journalist and activist

53 min
26 AGO

Is bush tucker the future of food security?

Could our continent's ancient past help solve future food security crises? Or even offer new treatments for skin cancer and inflammatory bowel disease? Tasty on your dinner plate, potentially transformative for your health — First Nations experts explore the rich potential of traditional bush foods and Indigenous plant knowledge. Presented at the World Science Festival Brisbane. Speakers Suzanne Thompson Founder & Managing Director of Yambangku Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development Corporation; Chair, Australian Native Foods and Botanicals Madonna Thomson Chairperson, BushTukka and Botanicals Indigenous Enterprises Cooperative. Rhianna Patrick (host) Torres Strait Islander Journalist, broadcaster and audio content creator

53 min

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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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Big Ideas

Big Ideas

So you want to know what’s good for your kids?— with Norman Swan

Milk — a misunderstood, maligned, miracle food?

From landmines to killer robots — inside the campaigns to ban weapons of war

Richard Flanagan, Michael Robotham on the hidden costs of cheap books

Caribbean identity in Australia — with Maxine Beneba Clarke and Sienna Brown

Tim Flannery and the mystery of Big Meg — why did the world's largest predator disappear?

Intellectual influencers — the new generation of social media stars

Is bush tucker the future of food security?

Presentatori e ospiti

Paul Barclay

Natasha Mitchell

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Big Ideas

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So you want to know what’s good for your kids?— with Norman Swan

Milk — a misunderstood, maligned, miracle food?

From landmines to killer robots — inside the campaigns to ban weapons of war

Richard Flanagan, Michael Robotham on the hidden costs of cheap books

Caribbean identity in Australia — with Maxine Beneba Clarke and Sienna Brown

Tim Flannery and the mystery of Big Meg — why did the world's largest predator disappear?

Intellectual influencers — the new generation of social media stars

Is bush tucker the future of food security?

Presentatori e ospiti

Paul Barclay

Natasha Mitchell

Descrizione

Informazioni

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