Big Ideas

This episode explores the past and present expectations and experiences of Australian fath... more

Dive into the world of heroin chic and Girl Power to make sense of the mixed messages Mill... more

She's attracted controversy and cancellation, but Palestinian Australian author and academ... more

When a violent crime makes the news, mental illness is often part of the story. But how th... more

Over five decades, one single, sprawling dominion, from Yemen to Myanmar, became twelve mo... more

Nobel Prize winning work often happens in a young scientist's 20s or 30s — early in their ... more

Presenting a road map to a world with fewer Putins and Kim Jong Uns. Political scientist M... more

The inaugural ABC National Forum is a live, televised panel discussion bringing together J... more

The roots of antisemitism run deep. Christians and Muslims have told stories for centuries... more

A global pandemic, a foreign war, a failed referendum on Indigenous rights, increasing ine... more

In March 2021, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers banned female students over the age of 12 from... more

The Panopticon was a prison design by the famous philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Be... more

Join acclaimed author and human rights advocate Thomas Mayo and media icon Ray Martin AM a... more

Universities are under pressure — particularly the study of subjects like languages, histo... more

As Bridgerton continues to captivate millions and we just marked the 250th anniversary of ... more

Feeling a little world weary? Is Stoicism the philosophy you need a little more of in your... more

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is calling for a braver response to the actions of the Belarusian... more

The hard fought for gains of one generation can pave the way for the next, but the road to... more

What is it really like to be an astronaut? How do you even become one? What happens when a... more

Harvard psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker is a fierce advocate for intelle... more

In its second term, the Albanese Government enjoys a large majority in parliament and an o... more

Liberalism is one of the most influential — and contested — political philosophies of the ... more

It makes the world go round, but it's also the root of all evil. It hasn't always had a gr... more

For decades, a debate has been waged over whether the colonial massacre and resistance of ... more

For more than 50 years, Dr Bob Brown has been breaking and making laws to protect the envi... more

International humanitarian law, the law of armed conflict, was meant to protect civilians ... more

Most of us, in our lives, will witness things we cannot comprehend, when words fail to do ... more

Conspiracy theories have always been with us, but now they're finding new ways to get insi... more

Forty years ago this January, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated on its way into o... more

Meet Dwayne Fernandes, a man training to be the first double amputee in space. He brings y... more