It’s bad enough when companies you trust sell your data for profit, but there is something worse on the horizon. Addictive technology is on the march – from poker machines to smartphones. And it is stealing something even more valuable – our at

Toby Walsh: The end of the world (as we know it)

Dec 4th, 2018 54m 22s

By 2062, experts estimate that we will have created machines as intelligent as humans. According to UNSW Professor of AI, Toby Walsh, this will mean the end of equality, the end of politics, the end of the West and maybe, the end of us. Is this

Stephen Fry: An ode to Christopher Hitchens

Dec 4th, 2018 51m 13s

Polemicist, orator and fearless social critic Christopher Hitchens brought a unique combination of wit and eloquence to his dangerous ideas. Public conversations that challenged the orthodox and discussed the undiscussable were a specialty and

Kevin Rudd: 10 years on from the GFC

Oct 26th, 2018 1h 3m

Taking a unique look behind the scenes of Australia’s response to the GFC with the political and financial leaders of the time, Kevin Rudd, Ken Henry, Richard Holden, Gordon de Brouwer and Jennifer Hewett discuss the long term impact of the cri

Daniel Dennett: On Consciousness

Oct 1st, 2018 59m 51s

What have we learned in the last fifty years? It’s one of the complex puzzles we have tried to solve; the nature of human consciousness. Debates about free will, morality, the differences between humans and animals, and the distinction between

Bob Brown: The Battle for the Environment

Sep 4th, 2018 58m 30s

As both an activist, environmentalist and a former politician, Bob Brown has a unique perspective on our environmental battles, successes and failures. What has been achieved by the environmental movement since its 1970s renaissance? Where shou

Michelle Simmons: The Quantum Computing Revolution

Aug 16th, 2018 1h 12m

“A quantum computer would be able to solve problems in minutes that would otherwise take thousands of years.” – Michelle Simmons. For many, the field of quantum computing is extraordinarily mind boggling, yet for the 2018 Australian of the Year

Ron Arkin: Lethal Autonomous Robots

Jul 5th, 2018 50m 54s

One of the most controversial aspects of the rise of intelligent machines is the development of what are known as ‘lethal autonomous systems’ and what they will mean for the way wars are fought. Initial discussions in the UN in recent years hav

Andres Serrano: The Art of Homelessness

Jul 5th, 2018 34m 28s

Andres Serrano is an American artist notorious for the controversial content of his photographic works. His best-known pieces are large format images of objects (frequently religious in nature) and studio portraiture, often featuring titles tha

Vint Cerf in conversation with Toby Walsh

Jul 4th, 2018 54m 53s

Vinton G. Cerf is the Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google, he contributes to global policy development and the continued spread of the Internet. Widely known as one of the ‘Fathers of the Internet,’ Cerf is the co-designer of

Andres Serrano - The Art of Homelessness

Jun 1st, 2018 44m 57s

Andres Serrano’s giant portraits from his ‘Residents of New York’ and ‘Denizens of Brussels’ series make it impossible to turn away from his homeless subjects. The artist returned to photographing the homeless when he noticed their numbers incr

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