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Joel Pearson on Intuition

Learn how to trust your gut, supported by trailblazing research.

Abraham Verghese: The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese and Roanna Gonsalves discuss The Covenant of Water, an epic family saga of love, faith and life in South India.

Great Debate: Artificial Intelligence is Better Than the Real Thing

Decide humankind's fate in the battle of man vs. machine.

Australia's Place in the World

Two of Australia’s most interesting foreign policy thinkers take a fresh look at Australia’s place in the world and come to some surprising conclusions.

Richard Holden on Money in the 21st Century

Modern money is mobile. Money is on our phones more often than it's in our pockets. It's decentralised and its fast. But you know what it isn't? Anonymous. ⁠ ⁠ Join economist ...

Literary Legends

Dive into the fabled lives, vexed friendships and lost stories of some of Australia's greatest writers Charmian Clift, Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower with the scribes who are salvaging their ...

Jennifer Doudna: My Life in Science

Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna discuss the mentors who fuelled her scientific passion, the collaborations that led to her incredible discoveries and her experience as a leading woman in STEM.

Refuge: Viet Thanh Nguyen & Shankari Chandran 

Go beyond the media reports with dramatic tales of refugee escape and their aftermath with Pulitzer Prize Viet Thanh Nguyen and Miles Franklin-winner Shankari Chandran.

Polly Toynbee: An Uneasy Inheritance

Reckoning with privilege in a time of great inequality.

Patrick Burr | Nuclear Materials

Searching for the holy grail of energy generation.

Consent Laid Bare

In a world where female sexuality has been hijacked by forces such as porn, patriarchy, and male entitlement – how can sexual consent be recentered for everyone?

Perumal Murugan: Resurrected Through Writing

From book burnings to the International Booker Prize – the unbreakable Tamil author Perumal Murugan shares his story.

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