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Speaking with: social researcher and author Hugh Mackay on 2017, 'a really disturbing year'

Speaking with: social researcher and author Hugh Mackay on 2017, 'a really disturbing year'

Social researcher Hugh Mackay and The Conversation's FactCheck Editor Lucinda Beaman. “I’ve found 2017 a really disturbi... Read more

22 Dec 2017

59mins

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Speaking with: satirist Armando Iannucci on The Death of Stalin

Speaking with: satirist Armando Iannucci on The Death of Stalin

The Death of Stalin is about the chaotic political drama that followed the Russian leader's demise in 1953. Madman Films... Read more

26 Mar 2018

19mins

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Speaking with: David Field about unusual crimes that have changed the law

Speaking with: David Field about unusual crimes that have changed the law

Is sleepwalking a legitimate defence for murder? Are victims of family violence protected against the premeditated killi... Read more

24 Jan 2018

19mins

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Speaking with: Andrew Leigh on why we need more randomised trials in policy and law

Speaking with: Andrew Leigh on why we need more randomised trials in policy and law

AndrewLeigh.com, Author providedRandomised controlled trials are the gold standard in medical research. Researchers divi... Read more

15 Mar 2018

23mins

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Speaking with: Cameron McAuliffe on NIMBYs, urban planning and making community consultation work

Speaking with: Cameron McAuliffe on NIMBYs, urban planning and making community consultation work

We're used to hearing cries of "NIMBYism" and "money-hungry developers" on both sides of planning debates, but there's a... Read more

5 Apr 2018

22mins

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Speaking with: Emrys Westacott on the virtue of frugal living

Speaking with: Emrys Westacott on the virtue of frugal living

Simple living in a complex time – is a return to frugality the key to happiness? Xurxo Martínez/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA They... Read more

5 Dec 2017

23mins

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Speaking with: Bates Gill on Australia's changing relationship with China

Speaking with: Bates Gill on Australia's changing relationship with China

Flickr: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SADuring Xi Jinping’s opening address at the Communist Party’s 19th National Party Congress... Read more

24 Oct 2017

26mins

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Speaking with: Emma Power and Jennifer Kent about why Australian cities and homes aren't built for pets

Speaking with: Emma Power and Jennifer Kent about why Australian cities and homes aren't built for pets

A canine commuter catches up on some sleep on the Paris Metro. Kevin O'Mara/Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDWe’re a nation of pet lov... Read more

29 Aug 2017

22mins

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Speaking with: John Gerrard on preventing infectious diseases

Speaking with: John Gerrard on preventing infectious diseases

John Gerrard says a developed city like Sydney could not cope with an epidemic of the scale of the recent Ebola outbreak... Read more

24 Aug 2017

16mins

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Speaking with: Nicole Gurran on Airbnb and its impact on cities

Speaking with: Nicole Gurran on Airbnb and its impact on cities

New York residents protest against AirBnB at a City Hall hearing into the impact of short-term rentals in 2015. Shannon ... Read more

17 Aug 2017

25mins

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Speaking with: Nancy Pachana on planning for an active and engaged ageing population

Speaking with: Nancy Pachana on planning for an active and engaged ageing population

The Danish Choir “Gangstativerne”, singingat a conference launching the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity B... Read more

9 Aug 2017

31mins

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Speaking with: Cameron Murray on grey corruption and the 'Game of Mates'

Speaking with: Cameron Murray on grey corruption and the 'Game of Mates'

Land rezoning, sales, and planning approvals are just a few of the ways 'grey gifts' can decide who benefits from govern... Read more

28 Jul 2017

31mins

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Speaking with: Dr Mark Blaskovich on antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the threat of superbugs

Speaking with: Dr Mark Blaskovich on antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the threat of superbugs

Antibiotics Staphylex, used to treat the infection Golden Staph. TONY PHILLIPS/ AAPSince the discovery of antibiotics ... Read more

18 Jul 2017

32mins

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Speaking with: Julian Savulescu on the ethics of genetic modification in humans

Speaking with: Julian Savulescu on the ethics of genetic modification in humans

Could genetic engineering one day allow parents to have designer babies? Tatiana Vdb/flickr, CC BYWhat if humans are gen... Read more

17 Jul 2017

37mins

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Speaking with: Professor Peter Koopman on CRISPR and the power of genome editing

Speaking with: Professor Peter Koopman on CRISPR and the power of genome editing

Editing DNA has the potential to treat disease by repairing or removing defective genes. Kyle Lawson/flickr, CC BY-NC-N... Read more

6 Jul 2017

23mins

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Speaking with: Peter Doherty about infectious disease pandemics

Speaking with: Peter Doherty about infectious disease pandemics

Medical workers move a woman, who is suspected of having Ebola, upon her arrival at Meioxeiro Hospital, in Vigo, northwe... Read more

21 Jun 2017

34mins

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Speaking with: Tony Kevin on his return to Moscow and the new Cold War with Russia

Speaking with: Tony Kevin on his return to Moscow and the new Cold War with Russia

Russian line guard march prior to a military parade in Moscow. Yuri Kochetkov/EPATony Kevin first went to the Soviet Uni... Read more

1 Jun 2017

30mins

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No problem too big #1: Artificial intelligence and killer robots

No problem too big #1: Artificial intelligence and killer robots

Imagine a world where artificial intelligence is in control and humans are brink of extinction. What went wrong? What co... Read more

26 May 2017

45mins

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Speaking with: Mia Woodruff about using 3D printing to replace body parts

Speaking with: Mia Woodruff about using 3D printing to replace body parts

Mia Woodruff at the November 2016 launch of the Herston Biofabrication Institute, a collaboration between QUT and the Me... Read more

11 May 2017

18mins

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Speaking with: The Daily Beast's Christopher Dickey on reporting on and living through terrorism in Paris

Speaking with: The Daily Beast's Christopher Dickey on reporting on and living through terrorism in Paris

Parisians gather at the Bataclan nightclub on November 13, 2016, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of terror attac... Read more

15 Mar 2017

24mins

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