Big Ideas
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Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. Grab your front row seat to the best live forums and festivals with Natasha Mitchell.
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Episodes (360)
Randa Abdel-Fattah and Louise Adler on the cost of speaking out in a time of div...
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Mental illness —Taking stigma out of media reporting
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Mar 16, 202653:49failed
Shattered lands — Sam Dalrymple on the five partitions of British India
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Mar 12, 202653:55failed
Three Nobels! Are we backing young minds today to pull off what Brian Schmidt, P...
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Mar 11, 202659:19failed
The secret of how to topple tyrants and dictators — and crimes against humanity...
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Mar 10, 202654:13failed
ABC National Forum
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Mar 9, 20261:07:58failed
Antisemitism's religious roots
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Mar 9, 202654:09failed
In a time of division, how can we rebuild social cohesion? — with Australian Hum...
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Mar 9, 202654:00failed
How a song became a movement for Afghanistan's women and girls — with Internatio...
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Mar 5, 202655:10pending
Scientist Tim Flannery — a Panopticon for our times?
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Mar 4, 20261:05:14pending
Who can we become? Thomas Mayo and Ray Martin speak Black and White about Austra...
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Mar 3, 202653:54pending
Can an arts degree change the world? A defence of the study humanities at Austra...
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Mar 2, 202654:35pending
Dearest Gentle Reader, a very Bridgerton Big Ideas! Australian novelists dissect...
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Feb 26, 202655:20pending
The Stoic and the introvert — life hacks from Brigid Delaney and Jenny Valentis...
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Feb 25, 202654:37pending
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fights for a free Belarus − and what are Russia's strat...
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Feb 24, 202654:57pending
Backlash against LGBTIQA+ community — why now? Joe Ball
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Feb 23, 202654:37pending
The life of astronauts — with 2026 Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg
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Feb 19, 202655:39pending
Harvard firebrand on intellectual freedom Steven Pinker with Natasha Mitchell
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Feb 18, 20261:11:59pending
What does Labor stand for? With Sean Kelly and Misha Ketchell
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Feb 17, 202654:33pending
What does liberalism mean today?
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Feb 16, 202654:32pending
The history of money — with Irish economist David McWilliams
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Feb 5, 202654:37pending
The Australian Wars with Rachel Perkins and Henry Reynolds — a watershed event a...
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Feb 4, 202656:52pending
Bob Brown on the role of defiance in the climate crisis — with Gardening Austral...
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Feb 3, 202654:37pending
War is changing and the laws meant to protect civilians aren't cutting it anymor...
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Feb 2, 202654:22pending
Stan Grant — when words fail us, reclaiming the language of love
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Jan 29, 202657:13pending
How conspiracy theories get inside our heads and take hold — Ariel Bogle, Cam Wi...
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Jan 28, 202657:35pending
PRESENTS — The Challenger Legacy
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Jan 28, 20265:00pending
If we can make space accessible, we can make any space accessible
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Jan 27, 202648:34pending
The Great Debate — that Australia's history unites us
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Jan 26, 202654:37pending
Trump's USA — is it fascism yet? Masha Gessen, Anna Funder, Jason Stanley
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Jan 22, 202654:36pending
Meet Australia’s next woman prime minister? Four changemakers here to WOW
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Jan 21, 202654:34pending
James Bond and Jason Bourne move over – a real spy talks about his workday
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Jan 20, 202654:37pending
Finding skeletons in the closet — the ethics of DNA testing in family history re...
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Jan 19, 202655:40pending
Vested interests vs public interest? The relation of Australian governments with...
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Jan 15, 202654:03pending
We asked for workers and got people — life on the controversial visa putting foo...
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Jan 14, 202654:35pending
When thinking together goes wrong — exploring the dark side of collaboration
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Jan 13, 202653:30pending
House security systems – who really benefits?
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Jan 12, 202654:30pending
Helen Garner on the beauty and grandeur of footy
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Jan 8, 202654:09pending
Jem Bendell, the fake green fairytale, and how to survive civilisational collaps...
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Jan 7, 202654:35pending
Kara Swisher and Marc Fennell take on the Tech Bros
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Jan 6, 202654:35pending
The relationship between brain and machine
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Jan 5, 202654:30pending
On the art of music writing — with writers who rock!
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Jan 1, 202654:35pending
Can storytellers change the world? Tim Winton and Rachel Perkins join Natasha Mi...
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Dec 31, 202553:46pending
History of populist rage in America
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Dec 30, 202554:35pending
Meditation and mindfulness in the digital age
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Dec 29, 202554:30pending
The secrets of wildlife documentaries
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Dec 25, 202554:35pending
The Knowledge Gene — an incredible story of the origins of human creativity
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Dec 24, 202554:06pending
Sarah Churchwell asks — Will American democracy survive the Dark Enlightenment?
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Dec 23, 202554:33pending
2025 Grammy winner Ruthie Foster talks about her life and music
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Dec 22, 202553:58pending
Childless on purpose — the fertility crisis and the big decision
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Dec 18, 202553:53pending
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