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Oct 7, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Timothy Jenkins |Marcus Hobbs
Big Ideas celebrates the blooming daphne with a look at the life, work and legacy of a pioneer of Australian landscape gardening, Edna Walling. This event was recorded on April 16, 2024 at the State Library of Victoria.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Emrys Cronin |Marcus Hobbs |Claire Slattery |Michael Williams
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.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Luke Purse |Marcus Hobbs |Claire Slattery |Michael Williams
From soy to oat to almond, plant mylks are all the rave. But is it possible that we've misunderstood and unfairly maligned old fashioned cow's milk? Matthew Evans Farmer, Fat Pig FarmsAuthor, Milk: the truth, the lies and the unbelievable story of the original superfoodHost, Gourmet Farmer, SBS
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Simon Branthwaite |Marcus Hobbs |Claire Slattery |Michael Williams
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.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Marcus Hobbs |Anita Barraud |Michael Williams
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.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Steve Fieldhouse |Marcus Hobbs
New ABC Chair Kim Williams wants to see change at Australia’s national public broadcaster. In a fragmented media landscape and a fractured world, what is the role of public broadcasting, and how can the ABC stay relevant for its listeners, viewers and readers? This event was recorded at the Byron Bay Writers Festival on Saturday 10 August 2024. SpeakersKim Williams ABC ChairKerry O’Brien (host) Journalist and authorByron Bay, Media Industry, Media, Drama, Arts, Culture and Entertainment
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Simon Rose |Marcus Hobbs |Claudette Werden |Natasha Mitchell
Sprawling cities are leading to a decline in biodiversity. But you, councils and developers all have a role to play in greening our cities with native vegetation. Just planting trees is not the answer. It needs to be the right, native plants in the right spot. How can urban development improve conservation?
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Steve Fieldhouse |Marcus Hobbs |Claudette Werden |Natasha Mitchell
They not only play a vital role in our ecosystem but have also inspired inventions for the human world. Their bites, their venom, the mechanics of their bodies … it's helped develop medicines, visual tracking and a potential new system for air safety. They might be tiny, but insects have a larger-than-life impact on your lives.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |John Jacobs |Marcus Hobbs
The end of the Cold War led many to believe that democracy had prevailed, but the alliances shaping the new world order are shaking that belief. So what led to this current era of superpower conflict, and what will the outcome of the 2024 US presidential race will mean for the geopolitical dynamics shaping the world? SpeakersDavid E.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Karin Zsivanovits |Natasha Mitchell |Marcus Hobbs
Your biological responses to fear are at the core of depression, anxiety, failed relationships and much of human misery. But you can change how your body reacts to threats – some steps are as simple as adjusting your breathing. Fear has evolved as a set of powerful physical reactions for surviving predators. In modern life we face very different threats, but the same ancient, automatic fear responses are triggered. And that doesn't end well.
