-
Jan 18, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Georgia Moodie |Tim Symonds
Jodee Mundy is the only person in her family who can hear. Ever since she was little, she has moved between the Deaf community and mainstream society, feeling a little out of place in both. Her first language was Auslan, Australian sign language, and she began interpreting for her family when she was just 4 years old.
-
Nov 26, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Tim Symonds |David Le May
Rhonda Magee grew up in segregated North Carolina in an abusive household. She knows firsthand the deep divides that define America right now. She draws on her life, and her work as a law professor and leading mindfulness meditation teacher in her book The inner work of racial justice: Healing ourselves and transforming our communities through mindfulness. Mariam Tokhi is a writer and GP in a refugee and asylum seeker health service in Melbourne.
-
Aug 15, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Tim Symonds |Ariel D. Gross |Brendan O'Neill |Petria Ladgrove |James Bullen |Claire Slattery | +1 more
Join Natasha Mitchell for a live discussion to hear why we need to cherish dark skies. And share the night sky with RN listeners from around Australia to celebrate Science Week. When did you last see a truly dark sky? Light pollution in our cities and thousands of satellites are making the night sky brighter and brighter but what impact is this having on animals and on our health and wellbeing?
-
Jun 26, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |David Le May |Tim Symonds
You wouldn't be human if you hadn't from time to time wondered what the meaning of all of this is. Who am I? Is there a purpose? Why am I here? And how can I live a good life? Well of course you're not alone – some of history's biggest thinkers have been coming up with answers to these questions for thousands of years. So what can we learn from their conclusions? This event was recorded at Melbourne Writers Festival on May 11, 2024.
-
Jun 5, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Tegan Nicholls |Tim Symonds
It's often said that democracies can't function well without a strong opposition to hold the government of the day to account. But what does it take to be an effective opposition? This event was recorded at the Centre for Independent Studies on Thursday 16 May 2024.
-
Mar 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Tim Symonds
When is the last time you experienced an unexpected act of generosity, kindness, courage, connection or forgiveness – or another moment of “unexplainable goodness”? Grace is a hard word to define, but in her latest book, Bright Shining, how grace changes everything, author, journalist and broadcaster Julia Baird explores the concept, and how finding and nurturing it in each other – and ourselves - can help us through dark times.
-
Mar 27, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Thomas Wright |Tim Symonds |Sarah Mashman |Beverley Wang
We're talking about SBS' hit survival show Alone Australia, because season two has just kicked off, with 10 Aussies dropped into the wilderness of Te Waipounamu, the South Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
-
Dec 7, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Beverley Wang |Benjamin Law |Sarah Mashman |Alex Lollback |Tim Symonds
Award-winning director Corrie Chen takes us behind the scenes of The Artful Dodger, a re-envisioning the Dickens classic, Oliver Twist, set in 1850s colonial Australia. Corrie talks about directing an all star cast and how she coped with all blood and gore of the series many surgery scenes.
-
Dec 5, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Daniel Browning |Rosa Ellen |Tim Symonds
In the middle of a rarefied gallery or in a busy city square, a bronze statue of a woman looms in front of you. But this figure isn’t on a plinth or striking a heroic pose: she’s an ordinary modern woman, looking at her phone with a calm detachment. It’s said the monument Reaching Out is only the third public statue in Britain of a Black woman.
-
Nov 28, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Tim Symonds |David Le May
In a world of hyper-connectivity and social media, why do so many of us feel so damn lonely? Being lonely isn’t the same as being alone, and some people love their solitude. But loneliness is widespread, growing, affects all ages, and seriously sucks for your physical and mental health. Why are we so ashamed to talk about it, and what can help? Four guests join Big Ideas host Natasha Mitchell for a frank, fearless and moving conversation about a very modern challenge.
