Big Ideas

By ABC Radio

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

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The podcast currently has 1,429 episodes available.

Big Ideas episodes:

July 19, 2017 BBC Reith Lecture Four: Can these bones live?
Writing historical fiction - how to satisfy historians as well as literature critics.
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July 18, 2017 Islamophobia and human rights
The impact of Islamophobia in Australia
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55min
July 17, 2017 Coral, coal and climate change
Anna Krien on the dysfunctional politics of climate change policy, the contested economics of coal mining, and the 'energy wars'.
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55min
July 13, 2017 Moral injury
Veterans carry the psychological anguish of decisions made in war.
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54min
July 12, 2017 BBC Reith Lecture Three: Silence Grips the town
A tale of history, obsession and a writer who died for her art.
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1min
July 11, 2017 Superheroes and the real world
Comics have a close relationship with our contemporary political and real world.
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54min
July 10, 2017 Regulating for the public good
Has the era of deregulation passed? Do citizens want governments and institutions to intervene and protect the public good?
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55min
July 06, 2017 Return to Moscow
Will liberal hostility to Putin push Russia into dangerous confrontation with the west?
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54min
July 05, 2017 BBC Reith Lecture Two: The iron maiden
Hilary Mantel: Historic fiction offers a valuable additional version of the past.
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July 04, 2017 What's your relationship with alcohol?
Deciding to give up or slow down is tough in our drinking culture.
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54min

FAQs about Big Ideas:

How many episodes does Big Ideas have?

The podcast currently has 1,429 episodes available.