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ANU75: Then (1946) and now in Australian trade
Join Associate Professor Shiro Armstrong as he discusses securing Australia's economic future and what role ANU can play in making it a success.
Listen to podcast »Future Self - Episode 9: How to invent the future
Hear from Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell in conversation with ANU student Sasha Personeni, as they discuss human-centred technology and working in a role that marries technology and social science, how to invent your own job, and cybernetics in the 21st century.
Listen to podcast »Future Self - Episode 8: To save and protect
In her conversation with François Kernin, ANU student Jess Honan learns about what it takes to work for the UNHCR, and some of the sacrifices you have to make if you want to fulfil this dream.
Listen to podcast »Future Self - Episode 7: Working at Google
In this episode of Future Self, Pierre Shasha a student at ANU who aspires to work at Google, interviews Nisheeth Nimmagadda, a current employee based in their Seattle, Washington office on what is it really like working there.
Listen to podcast »Future Self - Episode 6: The story of us
In this episode of Future Self, ANU student Eleanor Foster speaks to arguably the most significant figure in the museum world globally: Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, head of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Julia Banks
Listen to Julia Banks and Virginia Haussegger on Julia's new book Power Play. Breaking Through Bias, Barriers and Boys' Clubs, an honest guide for women who aspire to leadership in the workplace and in the world.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe
Listen to Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe in conversation with Francesca Merlan on their new book Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate, an authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and re-frames popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Bri Lee
Tune into this conversation between Bri Lee and Virginia Haussegger on Bri's new book, Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Bill Birtles
Tune into this conversation between Bill Birtles and Hugh White on Bill's new book, The Truth about China
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Hugh Mackay
Listen to Hugh Mackay in in conversation with Alex Sloan on Hugh's new book, The Kindness Revolution. How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Peter van Onselen
Tune into this conversation between Peter van Onselen and Mark Kenny on Peter's new book, How Good is Scott Morrison?, which he co-authored with Wayne Errington.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Stan Grant
Listen to Stan Grant in conversation with Mark Kenny on Stan's new book With the Falling of the Dusk, a deeply powerful, poetic and compelling book on the challenges facing our world.
Listen to podcast »Flourishing and floundering - by ANU Engagement and Success
The Flourishing and floundering podcast series aims to spotlight personal stories, shared experiences and increase the visibility of students, staff and alumni from underrepresented backgrounds at The Australian National University.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Rick Morton
Listen to Rick Morton, journalist and author of the acclaimed bestselling memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt in conversation with with Alex Sloan on Rick's new book, My Year of Living Vulnerably, a powerful, moving and highly personal book, charting his rediscovery of love.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Martin Parkinson
Listen to Martin Parkinson in conversation with Katharine Murphy on Martin's essay A Decade of Drift from Monash University Publishing's new In the National Interest series.
Listen to podcast »In Conversation with Ross Garnaut
Ross Garnaut is in conversation on his new book, Reset: Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession, in which Garnaut shows how the COVID-19 crisis offers Australia the opportunity to reset its economy and build a successful future - and why the old approaches will not work.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Laura Tingle
Australia and New Zealand are often considered close cousins. But why, despite being so close, do we know so little about each other? Hear from Laura Tingle in conversation with Don Russell on Laura's new quarterly essay, The High Road; What Australia Can Learn from New Zealand.
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Robert Dessaix
Robert Dessaix and Caroline Baum are in conversation on Robert's new book, The Time of Our Lives. What's the key to the art of growing older well? Is it an art that anyone can cultivate? How should we confront dying and death in a secular age?
Listen to podcast »In conversation with Sir Peter Cosgrove
Listen to Sir Peter Cosgrove in conversation with Alex Sloan on Sir Peter's book, You Shouldn't Have Joined, the warm, fascinating memoir of one of Australia's most popular and prominent public figures, which allows us an incredible insight into the role and world of Australia's Governor-General.
Listen to podcast »In Conversation with Marian Wilkinson
Marian Wilkinson is in conversation with Frank Jotzo on Marian's new book The Carbon Club, the inside story of how a network of influential climate sceptics, politicians and business leaders fought to control Australia's climate policy.
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