Exploring who we are, how we got here and where we are going. Australia’s top social scientists in conversation with journalist Ginger Gorman. Brought to you by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Truth, change and hope with Professor Tom Calma AO
37 mins; November 27, 2023
The missing middle: Getting density right
24 mins; October 30, 2023
Who does Australia lock up?
32 mins; September 25, 2023
Trust unveiled: Not all apologies are equal
21 mins; August 28, 2023
Chatbots and body image: How AI is changing the treatment of eating disorders
27 mins; July 24, 2023
Health halo: Is fake meat the real deal?
21 mins; June 26, 2023
Barry Jones on unleashing truth and change
25 mins; May 29, 2023
The weird and wonderful world of micronations
22 mins; April 23, 2023
No one plans to be poor: Poverty in the lucky country
24 mins; March 27, 2023
The politics of a lower voting age
22 mins; February 27, 2023
What’s the point of a protest?
29 mins; December 11, 2022
Does sport unite or divide us?
24 mins; November 28, 2022
Elizabeth Reid talks women, advocacy and change in Australia
27 mins; October 24, 2022
How much will climate change cost you?
23 mins; September 26, 2022
Paid Parental Leave – who is left holding the baby?
27 mins; August 22, 2022
Thinking differently about drugs
26 mins; July 24, 2022
Burnout: Do you have the grey dog?
25 mins; June 26, 2022
Dissecting Dictators
30 mins; May 23, 2022
Rise of the campaign speech
24 mins; April 26, 2022
I’m not racist, but...
33 mins; March 28, 2022
Finding hope in troubled times
21 mins; November 15, 2021
Are Buy Now Pay Later schemes changing our attitudes to debt?
25 mins; October 31, 2021
Do incentives work?
23 mins; October 17, 2021
Trust me, I’m an expert.
29 mins; October 04, 2021
The strange persistence of monarchies
24 mins; September 19, 2021
Is online dating changing our relationships?
24 mins; September 06, 2021
Money Justice: Revenge or recompense?
22 mins; August 23, 2021
Money Justice: Revenge or recompense?
22 mins; August 23, 2021
The making (and breaking) of memory
29 mins; August 09, 2021
Why ageism is such a hard “ism” to fight
22 mins; July 25, 2021
How to retire well
22 mins; July 12, 2021
Season 3 trailer
1 min; June 28, 2021
Tourism - Where the bloody hell are you? (Bonus ep)
22 mins; May 23, 2021
Recession revisited (Bonus ep)
23 mins; May 09, 2021
Forecasting the future: The science of prediction
31 mins; April 11, 2021
Slang and sleeping dialects: The evolution of language
20 mins; March 28, 2021
Masculinity 2.0. Why is it so hard to move past toxic masculinity?
28 mins; March 14, 2021
Underwork or overwork? Finding the right balance
15 mins; February 28, 2021
Why humour does more than make you laugh
17 mins; February 14, 2021
How images change your political opinions
24 mins; January 31, 2021
Why it’s worth your neighbours becoming good friends
18 mins; December 13, 2020
What is it about food that helps us connect?
19 mins; November 29, 2020
How we’ve killed off the commute
22 mins; November 15, 2020
Why one woman’s quest to access the Palace Letters changed Australian history
22 mins; November 01, 2020
Visual politics: Professor Roland Bleiker on how images stick with us
26 mins; October 11, 2020
Recession-19: Ross Gittins on why this recession is different
23 mins; September 20, 2020
Symbolism and sentiment: Professor Megan Davis on the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia
1708 hours 0 mins; September 13, 2020
Working from home: blessing or curse?
24 mins; September 06, 2020
Stigma and Suicide: Jane Pirkis on the mental health of men
24 mins; August 30, 2020
Educating for an uncertain future: Peter Shergold on Australia’s education sector.
27 mins; August 23, 2020
Wicked problems: Fiona Stanley on how to create a society we actually want.
24 mins; August 16, 2020
The good fight: Allan Fels on fairness, mental health and why CEOs get paid so much (and shouldn’t)
28 mins; August 09, 2020
Artificial Intelligence: Genevieve Bell on building a new way of thinking
1560 hours 0 mins; August 02, 2020
TRAILER S2 - Our world in transition
47 secs; July 28, 2020
Mental wealth (Part2): Pat McGorry - How we fix the national crisis
27 mins; July 26, 2020
Mental wealth (Part 1): Ian Hickie - How we fix the national crisis
27 mins; July 19, 2020
The domestic battleground created by a pandemic
22 mins; June 21, 2020
Hugh Mackay - How COVID rebooted compassion and community
28 mins; June 14, 2020
How the virus made politics mutate
24 mins; June 07, 2020
Indigenous Might VS COVID
29 mins; May 31, 2020
Menace or Saviour? Anthony Elliott on Artificial Intelligence and coronavirus
21 mins; May 24, 2020
Generation COVID
22 mins; May 17, 2020
Planes, trains and a whole lot of pain: Tourism and COVID-19
21 mins; May 10, 2020
The Money Fight: Public health vs the economy
28 mins; April 30, 2020
Gender and the pandemic
23 mins; April 30, 2020
Spanish flu to social distancing: how history can help us understand how to live through a pandemic
