Ideas at the House

As it nears its 50th birthday, the Sydney Opera House is looking to the future with a 'Up Next' - a new podcast which talks to the artists who'll define the next 50 years of arts and culture in Australia. Join host Courtney Ammenhauser as she chats to a spectacular lineup of artists from a variety of creative disciplines as they make their way to one of the most famous performance venues in the world.

In this bonus episode, Courtney talks with the Michael Mohammed Ahmed, Western Sydney writer, playwright and founder of Sweatshop Literacy Movement. They dive deep into his short-lived acting career, his creative journey from novels to plays, and what it means to have his communities represented on the stages of the Opera House.

Episodes of 'Up Next' are released monthly and you'll find them wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Pasi Sahlberg conversation series is a 3-part series of urgent discussions about the Australian Education System.

In this final episode of our three-part series, Pasi Sahlberg is joined by Professor Sharon Goldfeld, a paediatrician and director of the Royal Children’s Hospital Centre for Community Child Health and theme director for Population Health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Also joining the conversation, is Ann King, parent at Mosman High school and, giving a young person’s perspective, year 12 Mosman high school captain, Will Osborne.

The discussion was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House in 2022 and explores the question: “What might schools look like if health and wellbeing were considered one of the basics like numeracy and literacy?”.

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The Pasi Sahlberg conversation series is a 3-part series of urgent discussions about the Australian Education System.

In this second episode, Pasi Sahlberg is joined by Ricky Kradolfer, music educator, guitarist and front man of The City Riots, and Sarah Donnelley, 2020 ARIA Music Teacher of the Year and deputy principal of Wilcannia Central School, to discuss the lack of music education in the Australian school system. From lived experiences, these teachers have seen music inspire engagement and give children a different way of expressing themselves, especially those who struggle with traditional methods of learning.

Pasi Sahlberg and the panel explore the sense of connection music brings and the excitement that children feel coming to school knowing they will partake in musical activities.

This talk was recorded live at Sydney Opera House in 2022.

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The Pasi Sahlberg conversation series is a 3-part series of urgent discussions about the Australian Education System.

In this, the first of three episodes, Pasi Sahlberg talks with the acclaimed businessman David Gonski about the impacts of the 2011 Gonski report. Joining them is president of the NSW Teacher’s federation, Angelo Gavrielatos and Principal of Ulladulla High School Denise Lofts as well as year 12 student Mim Macdonell, together they address the various persistent challenges in education, and how the report did and did not address those. 

This talk was recorded live at Sydney Opera House in 2022.

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New legislation is making its way through Australian state parliaments, enshrining the concept of "affirmative consent": an explicit, articulated, ongoing agreement to sexual activity.

Bri Lee, Saxon Mullins, and Amy Thunig navigate these recent changes and the implications for sexual freedom. Are changes to the law enough? What should justice look like? And how to get the next generation of people to be different?

Hosted by Lucia Osborne-Crowley, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.

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Wendy McCarthy is one of Australia's feminist heroes. She shares her remarkable life and achievements, and the lessons she has learned - and taught us all.

In addition to the work she does that is very much in the public eye – advocating for women’s health, reproductive rights, child care, and women’s self-determination – she is often the woman who is there behind the scenes, strategizing, and counselling women undergoing any number of challenges.

Hosted by Larissa Behrendt, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.

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The Australian and American troops are gone, the Taliban are back in power.

What is life like now for women and girls in Afghanistan and what can we in the rest of the world do to help? Did the Western presence benefit or disrupt Afghan women’s organisations? How do Afghan women and their allies around the world fight for their freedom? This talk is an essential conversation filled with expert knowledge and personal stories.

Hosted by Diana Sayed, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.

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The tables turn for ABC's 7:30 journalist Laura Tingle, as subject rather than interviewer as she analyses the domestic and political world.

Combining political insights with personal observations and anecdotes about the players who hold our fate in their hands, rest assured Laura will not let anyone off lightly.

Hosted by Anne Summers, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.

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What would our world look like if all our current gendered expectations disappeared, and what needs to happen for this to be achieved?

Jinghua Qian, Amao Leota Lu, and Sandy O'Sullivan imagine a world with no gender binary.

Hosted by Dr Yves Rees, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.

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How do you find the courage to make a major change in your life? How do you re-set your values? How do you reconnect with your creative self?

Designer and host of the long-running and wildly popular podcast Design Matters, Debbie Millman explores invention, truth-telling and inspiration, in a fascinating conversation hosted by Yumi Stynes.

Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.

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