Satire is a new global saviour for news, seriously
For this year's annual Chaser Lecture, the star speaker is Nigerian satirist and journalist Adeola Fayehun. In conversation with The Chaser's Julian Morrow, Professor Umberto Ansaldo, and the audience...
5 Nov 20181h 10min
Meet a Living Legend: Bruce Beresford
Hear from award-winning director and University of Sydney alumnus Bruce Beresford as he discusses his 50-year, Oscar-nominated journey in cinema with Dr Bruce Isaacs, Head of Film Studies at the Unive...
31 Okt 201858min
Why climate change law is such a hot debate
Hear from Professor Liz Fisher (University of Oxford), as she makes the case for why 'hot' situations such as climate change needs 'hot' law, if Australia is to catch up with the rest of the world on ...
30 Okt 201858min
Is there anything wrong with medicinal cannabis?
An expert panel addresses the challenges faced by patients, researchers, doctors and regulators in Australia and around the world. This Sydney Ideas panel discussion was held on29 October: https://sy...
29 Okt 20181h 30min
The birth of the state in Greater Mesopotamia
Join Professor Marcella Frangipane to uncover important new insights into the birth of early state societies in the greater Mesopotamian world. Timestamps below. 0:00 - 2:00 - Welcome by Professor Ba...
23 Okt 20181h 17min
Hope on the horizon for Indigenous youth mental health
Research on Australia's rates of youth mental health and suicide paint a grim picture. Australian Bureau of Statistics data show that Indigenous youth are more than twice as likely to commit suicide a...
23 Okt 20181h 36min
Reading and writing slowly in a digital age
If literature, as romantic poet John Keats said, is for soul making, how will our souls be made and remade in a digital age when most reading, if it happens at all, occurs on screens and at light spee...
15 Okt 20181h 17min
Fighting Truth Decay: How to navigate health in a post-truth world
Join us to unravel the role of corporate interests in influencing public perception of science, particularly health research. This event was held at the University of Sydney on Wednesday 10 October 2...
10 Okt 201850min
