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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... more
FAQs about Big Ideas:How many episodes does Big Ideas have?The podcast currently has 1,429 episodes available.
October 16, 2017Julia Gillard on mental health - and the 2017 Peace lectureA call more more preventative mental health care - and fighting unnecessary wars....more54minPlay
October 12, 2017'Making a Murderer' lawyer, Dean Strang, on justice US-style.What does the case of Steven Avery, from 'Making a Murderer', tell us about the US justice system?...more54minPlay
October 10, 2017A new side of the Cultural RevolutionDecollectivisation from below was an unintended consequence of a decade of violent purges and entrenched fear....more55minPlay
October 09, 2017Democracy and its discontentsStanding up to democracy's critics and restoring faith in the system....more54minPlay
October 05, 2017Elon Musk: Making humans a multi-planetary speciesElon Musk plans to build a sustainable colony on Mars, a city of a million people. The first spaceships are to leave for the red planet in 2022. And his ambition doesn’t stop there. He sees humans turned into a multi-planetary species. At the International Astronautical Congress, Elon Musk presents the next-generation spaceship – a rocket bigger than an A380 plane. Work on the new rocket has already began....more54minPlay
October 04, 2017Peter Greste on prison and the war on journalismPeter Greste discussing his imprisonment in Egypt and the threats posed to frontline journalism in period since 9/11....more54minPlay
October 03, 2017The threat to frontline journalism Part One: The War on WordsThe quality of news reporting is under threat as seasoned journalists are targeted in conflict zones and fake news is manufactured for social media....more1h 35minPlay
September 28, 2017BIGSOUND: the present and future of the music businessThe trends, challenges and future of the rapidly changing music sector....more54minPlay
FAQs about Big Ideas:How many episodes does Big Ideas have?The podcast currently has 1,429 episodes available.