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In conversation with Jess Hill
Award-winning author, Jess Hill was in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on Jess's Quarterly Essay, The ReckoningHow #MeToo is Changing Australia.
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In conversation with Amy Remeikis
What happens when usual political tactics of deflect and dodge are no longer enough? A reckoning. Amy Remeikis was in conversation with Katharine Murphy on Amy's long essay, On Reckoning, which tells of the moment when the personal became very political, when rape became the national conversation.
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In conversation with Andrew Leigh
Andrew Leigh was in conversation with Brian Schmidt on Andrew's new book, What's the Worst That Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics in which he looks at catastrophic risks and how to mitigate them, arguing provocatively that the rise of populist politics makes catastrophe more likely
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In conversation with Chris Hammer
Chris Hammer was in conversation with Michael Brissenden on Chris's latest book, Treasure and Dirt, an engrossing, standalone, outback noir thriller from the award-winning author of the international bestsellers Scrublands, Silver and Trust.
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Future Self - Episode 10: Behind the camera
In this final episode of Future Self for 2021, filmmaker and ANU student Emma Hudson speaks to director and producer Rolf de Heer, on the care and collaboration necessary in helping to tell indigenous stories as non-Indigenous storytellers.
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ANU75: Australia's place in the latest space race
Join Professor Anna Moore as she expertly delineates nature of ongoing space race and identifies Australia's role in next generation interstellar communication.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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