Your experience of this pandemic depends on the work you do. If your job is considered essential then you’ve been going out to work every day. If you’re in a job that can be done remotely, it’s the laptop and internet at home.

And if your workplace is struggling to stay afloat then you’ve had to fall back on Jobkeeper or Jobseeker for the unemployed. So what will jobs and workplaces look like after this pandemic?

Money may well make world go round but cash is surely an encumbrance we can do without. Surveys show that most people think so.

But what does a cashless society look like? How would you like to write you own payment algorithms in the future? And are common fears around privacy, security and costs unjustified?

Can democracy tame twenty-first century capitalism?

Not if our institutions are only formally democratic – without real foundation and depth.

Steven Klein examines the connection between economic crises and the crisis of political legitimacy. He describes capitalism as a form of economic authoritarianism and calls for a financial democracy.

To stop the spread of COVID-19, governments hastily passed extraordinary laws limiting democratic freedoms in previously unimaginable ways. How well have they balanced the right to personal freedom against the need to protect the community from coronavirus?

One crucial role of media is to inform the public in a time of crisis.

During bushfires and cyclones – and as it turns out during a pandemic.

But have media been cut back so much that good and comprehensive crisis reporting can’t be guaranteed anymore?

And has the relationship between media and governments been eroded to a point where accusations of fake news get in the way of critical health advice?

The dramatic reduction in Covid-19 cases is very reassuring. But the virus is still out there and there’s the risk of a second wave. So we need people to recognize the symptoms and doctors need tests which deliver results quickly. Some people can have no symptoms or mild symptoms so they can transmit the virus without being aware of it. To limit the spread we're being asked to limit our freedom of movement and to let the government know where we're going and with whom. Does that make you feel safer or uncomfortable that Big Brother is watching you?

Should police be able to shut down protest marches because of Covid-19? The Black Lives Matter protests tested the reach of public health directives and the right to protest prevailed. It’s just one of a number of freedoms challenged by emergency powers. So will these powers disappear with the virus or continue in one form or another? And will the response to Covid-19 reshape our federal system?

State schools are providing pupils, as young as seven, with iPads, or asking parents to buy digital devices for them. Writer and parent, Anna Krien, has many reservations about Big Tech, and screen-based learning, in primary school.

We hope the world of the future will have less disease and disability thanks to gene and cell therapy. With the ability to manipulate DNA we’re now shaping our own evolution. So how did we crack the DNA code?

This is the story of the race to discover the shape of DNA and to understand how our genetic code creates the building blocks of life. And DNA is revealing the million-year story of Homo sapiens and the many other human species who’ve walked the earth.

What if UN peacekeepers sent into a conflict by the international community bring rape and sexual abuse to the local women and children – instead of peace?

It happens on a regular basis and even through organised networks.

Hear about the accounts of victims and witnesses. How does such behaviour impact the peacebuilding process and the legitimacy of the UN in the eyes of local and global populations?