Natasha Mitchell
Host at Science Friction
Presenter, Facilitator and Co-Producer at Big Ideas
Journalist at ABC News (Australia)
Host, BIG IDEAS. Host/founder, Science Friction (2017-23) & All in the Mind (2002-12).Host, Life Matters(2012-16) @RadioNational Ex @WFSJ VP, @KSJatMIT. AUDIO
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6 days ago |
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Brendan O'Neill |David Le May
The exiled founder of Russia's only independent television news channel, Mikhail Zygar, takes us inside Vladimir Putin's Russia, with a firsthand account of how the President has successfully silenced the media, opposition and Kremlin critics, to cement his hold on power. The 2025 AN Smith Lecture: Journalism against autocracy: Putin, Trump and the future of news was recorded at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Advancing Journalism on 31 March 2025.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Isabella Tropiano |David Le May
A story of continents crashing and cleaving apart, the making of a civilisation, the language of the dead, and ... a mummified rat makes a cameo too. The Incan empire was vast and sophisticated. It built the stunning citadel in the clouds of Machu Picchu in the Andes mountains. But within a century its people were catastrophically wiped out by the onslaught of the Spanish conquistadors.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | David Le May |Paul Penton |Karin Zsivanovits |Natasha Mitchell
The language used to talk about mental ill-health can play a key role in reducing or enforcing stigma. And it's constantly evolving. But what terms should be used and when? And by whom? The wrong word can not only deeply hurt a person's feelings. It can end careers, destroy relationships, cut access to support systems.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |David Le May
What can a mosquito teach us about time? Noone likes a mosquito bite — but for a brief moment when it stings you, you know you are alive. This idea is based on a traditional song of the Indigenous Sami peoples of the northern Arctic region. For long periods, they live in complete darkness or sunlight — how does this shape their experience and understanding of time? Humans are by nature temporal beings — it's what makes us different from other animals.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Richard Girvan |David Le May
It's not long now until Australians find out what their next government will look like. The election has been described as a boring campaign, but a fascinating contest. So just what is going on in the minds of voters as Australia heads to the polls this weekend? This event was recorded at the Sorrento Writers Festival on 27 May 2025.
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