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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Simon Rose |David Le May |Claire Slattery |Natasha Mitchell
We know them as Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos, Gates, Jobs. But to Kara Swisher, they're Mark, Elon, Jeff, Bill, and Steve. She was once a Silicon Valley insider, but now she's one of big tech's most vocal critics. This event was recorded at Adelaide Writers Week on Monday 3 March 2025.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Simon Rose |David Le May |Paul Penton
Australia's housing crisis hasn't always been with us. What choices created it, and what choices are now needed to fix it? Buying a house is now out of reach if you're on an average wage, and rental options are expensive and precarious. If we don't address the issues urgently, generations to come will face homelessness or profound poverty paying rents on a pension. There are solutions. Are politicians courageous enough to try them?
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Simon Rose |David Le May
How has the fossil fuel industry wielded influence over Australian governments and their policies? What does it take to make ambitious change in the public interest, without vested interests getting in way? Join Natasha Mitchell and guests at Adelaide Writers Week.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Simon Rose |Tim Jenkins |David Le May
Donald Trump's return to The White House is up-ending the way America works — at home and on the global stage. Does it herald the potential social, political, and constitutional collapse of United States? The world has watched nations sleepwalk into ultranationalist fascism before, is this that moment? Or is American democracy more resilient than any one demagogue? Are we on the cusp of new world order, and how will Australia play its cards if the USA no longer has our back?
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Simon Rose |David Le May
From the inner cities to the outer suburbs, to rural and regional Australia, just what is going on in minds of voters as we embark on another federal election? This event was recorded at the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at the University of South Australia.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Simon Rose |David Le May
From the wise Augustus to the hypocritical Tiberius and the barking mad Caligula, Mary Beard uses these Roman rulers as a lens to examine life in their empire, and asks what lessons they can teach us about the world today. This event was recorded at Adelaide Writers' Week and originally broadcast on Big Ideas on 9 April 2024.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Beverley Wang |Sarah Mashman |Clare Rawlinson |Simon Rose |Allyse Symons
We’re throwing what we think about celebrity endorsements out the window after the US election results. Endorsements from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Bad Bunny and Cardi B couldn’t help Kamala Harris in a race where Donald Trump had the likes of Joe Rogan – the world’s biggest podcaster – and Elon Musk – the world’s richest person – in his corner.
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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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Jul 8, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Anita Barraud |David Le May |Simon Rose |Steve Fieldhouse
In NAIDOC Week, is reconciliation between Black and White Australians dead, buried, or in need of re-imagining? The fallout of the Voice Referendum has left many jaded, confused, angry or indifferent. Two galvanising reflections on what all Australians can learn from the referendum, with visions for what next. SpeakersProfessor Tom Calma AOAboriginal Elder from the Kungarakan tribal group and a member of the Iwaidja and Woolwonga tribal groups in the Top End of the NT.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Karin Zsivanovits |Simon Rose |David Le May
Disadvantaged and marginalised students often don't get the financial and teaching support that they need. Equity everyone, regardless of their background, is one of the most pressing challenges facing out higher education sector. The government released the Universities Accord Final Report earlier this year – and it recommends sweeping changes. What are the main recommendations? And are they any good?
