Economic and social justice in a climate changed world
Humans' contribution to climate change is an important prompt for us to consider other global injustices that we may not immediately connect to this hotly-debated topic. Hear from internationally ren...
13 Kesä 20191h 2min
Cultural power in the online world: are we being skewed?
How does language determine what we know or how we experience the world? As the online realm increasingly converges with our offline experiences, it raises an important question: whose knowledge domi...
12 Kesä 201955min
Does language control us?
Language is sometimes viewed as a window on the mind, but it is equally a tool, a weapon, or perhaps most accurately: a remote control device. Are we controlled by language? Content warning: this pod...
6 Kesä 20191h 6min
How archaeology can help future proof against natural disasters
Insights from the past to transform our environmental future Archaeology can help us understand how climate and environmental change in our recent and distant past shapes our future. Join us as we de...
22 Touko 20191h 8min
Made to Measure: Art, science and the obesity epidemic
As part of Seymour's Centre's premiere season of 'Made to Measure' by Alana Valentine, this special Sydney Ideas event explores the role the arts has to play in investigating major public health issue...
21 Touko 201926min
Monkol Lek: How an Australian researcher is changing the genetics game
When a rare medical condition (limb girdle muscular dystrophy) struck Monkol Lek in his early twenties, he took matters into his own hands and retrained in human genetics at the University of Sydney a...
20 Touko 20191h 3min
A century of student activism in China
Student activism in China dates back 100 years, but since their emergence as a political force in 1919, students have influenced and inspired landmark protests across the 20th century and beyond. On ...
7 Touko 20191h 5min
Why there's more to learn from Mahatma Gandhi's activism
This year marks the 150th birthday anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, whose vision and leadership led to the independence of India against British colonial rule more than 70 years ago. Join us to reflect...
1 Touko 20191h 4min
