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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 | 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 | 
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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Jan 24, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Kim Jirik |Cathy Pryor |Angela Grant | +1 more
Is there anything you take more for granted in your kitchen than the cutlery drawer? We hardly give a second thought to the humble tools that carry food from plate to mouth. But maybe we should. There's history here, and stories of changing preferences and assumptions within cultures. Fork or fingers? Cut or tear? They say you are what you eat, but it turns out how you eat matters, too.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Lisa Leong
Friction is everywhere - from our systems to our relationships at work. But there’s good news - not all friction is bad and if you know how, you can be a friction fixer. Robert (Bob) Sutton is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Stanford Business School and co-author of The Friction Project. He takes us through the different types of friction and how we can fix it.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Lisa Leong |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson
Our childhood phantasy careers (different to fantasy with an ‘f’) help uncover our unconscious motivations and can unlock job satisfaction in our careers. Here’s how to figure out yours. Guest: Paul Harvey - Lecturer and Executive Coach at the INSEAD Business SchoolAnd thanks to Afrouz, Karen and Ryan for sharing their stories. This story was first broadcast on 19 May 2024
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Geraldine Doogue |Hamish Macdonald |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson
Last week New Zealand parliament went viral when MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performed a haka and tore up a controversial bill. And this week tens of thousands of New Zealanders marched in protest, opposing the bill. At the heart of the debate is the Treaty of Waitangi and a bill that seeks to reinterpret it, with some fearing it will dilute Maori rights.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anna Levy |Hamish Macdonald |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Linda lopresti
Presidents often have varied routes to power. But few are guided by the spirit of their dead dog. It's one of many outlandish claims made by Argentinian president Javier Milei, whose eccentric public persona has earned him the nickname, El Loco, translated literally as "the crazy man". Indeed this is the self-described anarcho-capitalist who wielded a chainsaw at political rallies, called the Pope a "leftist son of a bitch", and counts Elon Musk and Al Capone as his personal heroes.
