Big Ideas - Full program podcast
Big Ideas brings you the best of talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in Australia and around the world, casting light on the major social, cultural, scientific and political issues
- Website
- http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/
- Description
- Big Ideas brings you the best of talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in Australia and around the world, casting light on the major social, cultural, scientific and political issues
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-07-25 14:41
- last episode published
- 2024-07-25 17:00
- publication frequency
- 1.22 days
- Contributors
- ABC Radio National
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 2451
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-07-25 | It's only eight years until the torch will be passed on to Brisbane. The countdown is on: Are we prepared? What are the challenges? What is the politics involved? And how important is children participating in sport to ensure that the games have a futu... |
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| 2024-07-24 | Join a full house at the Sydney Opera House with Nobel winning scientist Jennifer Doudna and Big Ideas' host Natasha Mitchell to discuss the huge social, ethical, and scientific implications of the CRISPR gene editing revolution. From curative therapie... |
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| 2024-07-23 |
Read all about it! — why local news matters and what we can do to save it Who's watching your local council, keeping you abreast of issues in your neighbourhood, and celebrating your community's achievements? That used to be the role of your local newspaper, but now many of us don't have one.This event was recorded at the Wi... |
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| 2024-07-22 |
Moral philosopher Raimond Gaita on Israel, Gaza and the student protests Moral philosopher and writer Raimond Gaita wrestles with the moral and ethical dimensions of the Israel-Gaza war to try to make sense of the incomprehensible.The Jim Carlton Integrity Lecture, "The Urgency of Ethical Challenges Facing the World" was re... |
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| 2024-07-18 |
Andrew O’Hagan delivers a defence of literature and truth in the age of the machines The internet was supposed to make the world more open and connected, but things seem to have taken a dark turn. In the shadow of the AI revolution, as the tech giants vie for our data, our attention, and our money, beloved Scottish author Andrew O'Haga... |
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| 2024-07-17 |
The surprising bonds that make us, break us, move us — Ceridwen Dovey, Anna McGahan, Ahona Guha Join Natasha Mitchell and guests for a conversation full of surprises on the bonds that make us and sometimes break us. Bad dates, spaceships, surviving cults, the creature within, mother love, loss, and more — how do our attachments shape our minds an... |
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| 2024-07-16 |
Barkaa, Steph Tisdell and Rudi Bremer: Indigenous performers are expected to be perfect For many Indigenous performers publicity comes with the burden of being a role model. Their only options seem to be a pedestal or oblivion, particularly if they are women.What are the challenges for them to find their place on stage and in life?Who has... |
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| 2024-07-15 | Recent elections overseas have shown a rise in the popularity of far-right politics in Europe and elsewhere, fuelled by anti-immigration sentiment, economic woes and other grievances. So what does this mean for far-right movements back here in Australi... |
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| 2024-07-11 |
Banning books not guns – when writing and selling books becomes a political act In some parts of the United States, you're more likely to see a book banned in public libraries and schools, than efforts towards gun control. Advocacy organisation PEN America has documented more than 10,000 book bans since 2021. Momentum to censor bo... |
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| 2024-07-11 |
Ann Patchett, Lauren Groff and Tony Birch — when writing and selling books becomes a political act In some parts of the United States, you're more likely to see a book banned in public libraries and schools, than efforts towards gun control. Advocacy organisation PEN America has documented more than 10,000 book bans since 2021. Momentum to censor bo... |
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