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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Taryn Priadko |Hamish Camilleri
Bob Hawke, Bill Clinton, Malcolm Turnbull – all were recipients of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. But if Cecil Rhodes had gotten his way, they would have been part of a much bigger plan, for world domination.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Taryn Priadko |Hamish Camilleri
When the US wanted to beat the Nazis, they turned to an unlikely ally: the Mafia. But who really won as a result of this clandestine coalition? Guest: Matthew Black - historian and author of Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War IIGot a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Lucia Stein |Marc Fennell
It's hard to imagine a time when the humble potato wasn't one of the most famous vegetables on the planet. From gnocchi to cepelinai, tudou si to French fries, the potato is the original global citizen, the "world's most successful immigrant", with different varieties and colours to suit every palate. They can be roasted, baked, braised, boiled, smashed, scalloped, stewed, sauteed or simply fried.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Taryn Priadko |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Hamish Camilleri
It's one of the most famous events of modern history, but what if the fall of the Berlin Wall began with a small slip up during a routine press conference? Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Taryn Priadko |Hamish Camilleri
Meet Phineas Gage, railroad foreman and all-round good guy. That is, until a giant metal pole shoots through his brain. What happens next will change neuroscience forever. Guest: Sam Kean – author of The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons: The History of The Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery. Get in touch:Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], Brain and Nervous System, Psychology
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2 months ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Lucia Stein |Marc Fennell |Taryn Priadko
By Lucia Stein, Marc Fennell and Taryn Priadko for No One Saw It Coming, ABCEarly on the morning of 21 August, 1911, a brazen thief dressed as a museum employee entered the Louvre in Paris without raising an alarm. The building was only open to staff when the Italian man entered the famous Salon Carré, scanned the wall of priceless artworks and walked up to a portrait of a smiling woman.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson
These days people line up for hours to see Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. But at one stage there were so few viewers that she was remarkably easy to steal. In fact, for a while, no one even noticed she was gone... This is the story of the sensational crime that turned a portrait into a legend. Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell
Can you save a country… by recreating it in virtual reality? Tuvalu is responding to climate change by cataloguing everything from the trees to the houses in Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse. But is it enough to save a culture headed underwater? And, OpenAI – famously ethical creator of services like ChatGPT – has decided to teach AI right from wrong. Plus, robots have entered the operating room, with the world’s first lung transplant fully performed by a robot.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Bec Cushway
Good news travels fast, and bad news travels faster. But what happens when the news is just plain untrue? This week on Download This Show, we’re debunking the misinformation about the new proposed misinformation bill. And, could Bluesky be the Twitter replacement that finally lets us stop talking about Elon Musk? Plus, did your parents ever tell you that you’d end up flipping burgers if you didn’t do well in school? Well, even that dream job could soon be taken by robots.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Bec Cushway
Russian bots, 20 million missing votes, and a secret Joe Biden body double. The conspiracy theories that shaped the U.S. election ranged from elaborate exaggeration to downright fantasy. But how much impact did they actually have on the election outcome? Plus -- plus you heard of Truth Social? Donald Trump’s very own ‘alt-tech’ social media platform might be merging with the platform-formerly-known-as-Twitter.
