Deep Dive

Is Hollywood & Australian media really becoming more diverse—or just better at looking like it is?This deep-dive unpacks groundbreaking research, industry policy, and lived experiences to reveal the h...

6 Apr 43min

This explores how relative deprivation, status threat, social identity and group boundaries can transform feelings of insecurity into hostility toward other groups. It explains how perceived loss and ...

4 Apr 42min

This examines the deeper relationship between class, race, status and immigration through historical and contemporary cases. It shows how racial boundaries can fracture class solidarity, how threatene...

4 Apr 41min

Economic insecurity does not automatically produce racism or anti-immigrant attitudes. This transcript examines how economic uncertainty interacts with perceptions of unfairness, political alienation,...

4 Apr 21min

Australia prides itself on being the land of the fair go — a place where no one stands above anyone else. But behind the myth lies a deeply stratified society held together by cultural smokescreens, e...

4 Apr 22min

This piece looks at the evolution of status signalling in Australian society—from traditional markers of wealth to modern symbols like curated lifestyles, brand choices, and digital identity. It expla...

4 Apr 22min

Despite Australia’s reputation for informality and social equality, this podcast argues that class boundaries & status anxiety remain deeply embedded in suburbs, schools, workplaces, and in social net...

4 Apr 48min

This piece challenges the long-held belief that Australia is an egalitarian, class-free society. It explores how national myths of fairness and mateship obscure the structural realities of wealth ineq...

4 Apr 22min