Self Improvement Wednesday

By ABCEducation

Self Improvement Wednesday episodes

July 01, 2020 Self Improvement: Brenners Bobtail Squid
It might not be such a giant squid but a newly discovered bobtail squid is certainly fascinating. Take a listen to this week's this lesson with Dr Mandy Reid, Malacology Collection Manager at the Australian Museum.
9 min
June 24, 2020 Self Improvement: Ecosystems are the world's biggest jigsaw
When we focus on threatened species, how much thought do we also give to the ecosystems in which they live?
Take a listen and learn just how important these ecosystems are with your teacher, Professor Richard Kingsford, Professor of Environmental Science at the University of New South Wales.
12 min
June 17, 2020 Self Improvement: An Idiot's Guide to Grammatical Terms
How's your English grammar? Are you someone who always corrects or are you corrected? Take a listen to this week's grammatical lesson with the ABC's language expert Tiger Webb.
14 min
June 10, 2020 Self Improvement: Sydney’s criminal underworld after the 1918 flu pandemic
Another pandemic, this one over 100 years ago led to a very different Sydney. Take a listen to this week's fascinating lesson with Nerida Campbell, curator at Sydney's Justice and Police Museum.
10 min
May 27, 2020 Self Improvement: The future of meetings
Even before Covid-19, the CSIRO were looking at new ways of working remotely. Take a listen to this week's lesson with Vanessa Moss, astronomer at the CSIRO.
8 min
May 20, 2020 Self Improvement: The evolution of religion
Every culture that we have encountered through history seems to have some kind of spiritual belief. Are we hardwired to believe in agency, to believe that there's some meaning to life? Take a listen to this week's lesson with Tim Dean, philosopher at the University of Sydney.
10 min
May 13, 2020 Self Improvement: Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander – 8 days botanising in the Shire 250 years ago
Just over 250 years ago - Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander stepped ashore at Kurnell Peninsula in Botany Bay. Over the next eight days they collected enthusiastically and amassed specimens of 132 plant species from around Botany Bay, Kurnell, Cronulla and the Georges River. Take a listen to what they discovered in this week's lesson with Dr Brett Summerell, Chief Botanist at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
10 min
May 06, 2020 Self Improvement: Bloodlust for Conservation
Finding frogs is often very hard, so how to detect them using another creature? Take a listen to this week's fascinating lesson with Dr Jodi Rowley from the Australian Museum.
11 min
April 29, 2020 Self Improvement: The Growth and Development of a Caracal Kitten
The Wild Cat Conservation Centre has recently become the first organisation to breed Caracals in Australia. Take a listen to this week's lesson about these beautiful cats with Ben Britton, director of the Centre right here in Sydney.
10 min
April 15, 2020 Self Improvement: How to Drink in the Colony of New South Wales
Were the early days of the New South Wales colony awash with rum and alcohol as it was passed around as currency? Professor Grace Karskens from the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales debunks whether or not that is entirely true in this week's Self Improvement from the history books.
10 min