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Aug
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Psychedelics: From ‘Magic’ to Medicinal
Could psychedelics unlock the answers to managing mental health?
16
Aug
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Robert Waldinger: Unlocking the Secret to Happiness
Learn how to be happy and fulfilled from the world's longest scientific study.
15
Aug
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Meganne Christian: An Evening with a Future Astronaut
With passion and perseverance, even the sky is not the limit.
14
Aug
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Rewilding
From threatened to flourishing, can we save our endangered species?
27
Jun
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Michael Kirby: Health & Human Rights
A healthy world begins with accessible healthcare for all.
28
May
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Ben Newell on the Truth About Our Unconscious Minds
Sydney Writers' Festival | Professor of Psychology and author Ben Newell shares insights from his book Open Minded: Searching for Truth about the Unconscious Mind, upending commonly held notions about ...
27
May
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Ok Boomer
Sydney Writers' Festival | Comedian Tom Ballard, writer Alison Pennington team up to examine why Millennials and Gen Z are getting such a raw deal and what can be done ...
26
May
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Sri Lankan Stories
Sydney Writers' Festival | Booker Prize-winning author Shehan Karunatilaka, acclaimed playwright S. Shakthidharan, and novelist Shankari Chandran discuss the ripple effects of the Sri Lankan Civil War in the cultural ...
26
May
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Stan Grant: The Queen is Dead
Sydney Writers’ Festival | Award-winning journalist Stan Grant shares insights from his book, The Queen is Dead, building an impassioned argument for an end to monarchy in Australia. With host ...
26
May
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Raina MacIntyre on Past, Present and Future Pandemics
Sydney Writers' Festival | World-leading epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre examines pandemics through the lens of history and how we can navigate the new frontiers of biosecurity.
25
May
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Brigitta Olubas on the Life and Work of Shirley Hazzard
Sydney Writers' Festival | Author and English Professor Brigitta Olubas shares insight into Shirley Hazzard, her illuminating biography of one of Australia’s greatest ever novelists.
25
May
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Toby Walsh on the Artificial in Artificial Intelligence
Sydney Writers' Festival | World-leading AI expert and Machines Behaving Badly author Toby Walsh delivers a Curiosity Lecture on the ethical considerations and unexpected consequences that new technologies pose in ...
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