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12/07/2013

Singer Shellie Morris on the beauty of Indigenous language

Broadcast date: Friday 12 July 2013
11/07/2013

Storyteller Bob Randall: child of the stolen generation

Broadcast date: Thursday 11 July 2013
02/10/2012

Science writer Becky Crew and the world's weirdest creatures

Broadcast date: Tuesday 2 October 2012
24/02/2016

Military strategist David Kilcullen: why the war on terror has failed

David is an Australian but has been based in the US for many years.
05/09/2016

The last eagle hunters of Mongolia through the lens of Palani Mohan

Palani Mohan spent four years among the nomadic Kazakh eagle hunters of Mongolia.
29/05/2023

Scientist Tany Letty's lessons from slime mould - a brainless blob

Tanya Latty is an insect scientist with a quirky taste in pets, and a keen eye for detail. But it's the lessons from her brainless pet slime mould that she's most fascinated about. Scientist, Tanya Latty, studies the behaviour of ants and bees. She's particularly interested in their ability to work effectively as a team to achieve a common goal. But her pet project is focused on a creature that defies classification. Slime moulds are neither plants nor animals. They can move, but they don't have legs or wings. They appear to make complex decisions, often motivated by the promise of food. Yet they don't have a stomach or a brain. Despite slime moulds' unique biology, Tanya was struck by their apparent intelligence and by similarities in their patterns of behaviour to ants and bees. Tanya believes the knowledge gained from studying the behaviour of slime moulds and insects could help to solve complex organisational problems in the human world. Further information For more information on Dr Latty’s research head to the Invertebrate behaviour and ecology lab website. To binge even more great episodes of the ‘Conversations podcast’ with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, singers, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.
01/12/2015

RAF Pilot Frank Dell's story of survival in Nazi occupied Holland

Frank was shot down over Nazi territory, and his war changed immeasurably
06/02/2009

Geoff Cousins on art, community and life beyond the corporate world

Broadcast date Friday 6th February 2009
20/04/2016

Live Stories Volume 10: Under the Microscope

Scientists from around the world converged on Brisbane for the first World Science Festival to be held outside New York.
26/07/2013

Editor Scott Stephens' changing relationship with religion

Broadcast date: Friday 26 July 2010

To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.