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Episode 3: How do you say goodbye forever?

When Elaheh suddenly had to flee Iran, she didn’t realise she might never see her family again.

Episode 2: No right to work, no right to study

Why would a boy leave everyone and everything he’d ever known to run for protection?

Episode 1: A limbo of Australia’s own making

Who are the Temporary people – and how did Australia trap them in endless uncertainty?

Introducing Temporary: A podcast about refugees stuck in limbo

The stories of people seeking asylum are supposed to end. But in Australia, people who arrive by boat are seldom able to finish their story.

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Esther Duflo & Abhijit Banerjee: Good Economics for Hard Times

How can cutting-edge economics bring the world back from the brink?

Judith Brett: The Coal Curse

Faced with the crisis of a global pandemic, for the first time in more than a decade Australia has had evidence-based, bipartisan policy-making. Can we do the same for the ...

Bronwyn Graham | Women in medicine: the forgotten characters

Most clinical trials do not conduct even a cursory examination of sex differences in safety or efficacy, so why do we continue to relegate women into the background?

Sandersan Onie | Humanising mental health

Can a world where each of us know how to listen, respond, and be present for each other during times of crisis exist?

Linda Romanovska | The essential value of nature

Considering the multitude of benefits nature provides cities, why is it so hard to add more green to our urban fabric?

Lindsay Kelley | Baking together

Are Anzac biscuits our strongest symbol of survival and resilience?

Christopher Jackson | Mavericks: the champions of isolation

What happens when teamwork doesn’t make the dreamwork?

Michael Dello-Iacovo | Preparing for the unimaginable

Do you lie awake at night worrying about volcano eruptions, asteroid impacts, global pandemics, evil robots, or nuclear warfare? What can we do today to prepare for the unimaginable?

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