Pioneering Minds

In this week's episode of Pioneering Minds, Professor Jennie Hudson discusses the genetic markers that indicate anxiety in children, and the most effective ways that parents can help their children avoid and overcome anxiety and depression.

In this week's episode of Pioneering Minds we journey to the final frontier with Dr Lee Spitler, where we discuss life among the stars, from supernovas to Star Wars, and address the age-old question: are there extraterrestrial lifeforms out there?

This week on the Pioneering Minds podcast we sit down with Dr Rowan Tulloch to discuss the stigma and changing nature of gamification, and its effects on education and gender representation.

In this episode of Pioneering Minds we speak to the Hon. Kristina Keneally, who recounts her life as the NSW Premier and discusses religion and achieving equality in the workplace.

Our guest on this episode of the Pioneering Minds podcast is Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes who talks candidly about being a voice of climate change, public and scientific debate, sustainability and the most effective ways to communicate climate change messages.

This week on the Pioneering Minds Podcast we're speaking to Distinguished Professor Katherine Demuth about the art of language, the methods used to better understand linguistic development in young children and the reasons why it is more challenging to learn a new language as an adult.

This week on the Pioneering Minds podcast we speak to Luan Heimlich, the director of FIRST Australia, about the future of robotics and the importance of the FIRST robotics program in inspiring a young generation of technologically-minded creators.

This week on the Pioneering Minds podcast we speak to PhD student Rebecca Gelding who specialises in the interdisciplinary field of music cognition, or how we visualise music in the brain. This episode explores the therapeutic potential of music cognition, how being a mother made her a better scientist and how one should imagine the beats of 'Staying Alive' when giving CPR.

This week on the Pioneering Minds podcast we speak to neuroanthropologist Professor Greg Downey about how culture informs us, the vital importance of research and the amazing potential of the brain.

Welcome back to the Pioneering Minds podcast. This week's guest is Professor Michael Gillings, molecular evolutionary biologist and top four finisher in the Australian lecturer of the year poll six years straight. In this talk with Adam Norris, they cover topics as disparate as teaching as a form of entertainment, the evolution of language and the precarious future of the world as we know it.