The Scientist who became an Accountant and other podcasts

A personal solution
Accountant Sue Williams from Melbourne used to be a marine scientist with a special interest in sea slugs. In this talk she tries to explain her career change from science to working in accounting.

The great global warming swindle

The history of gangs and gang violence in Australia

Turkish Politics

Beautiful science
Pulitizer prize winning science writer Natalie Angier talks in an inspiring and entertaining way about the basics of science: from the wonders of the cell and bacteria to the mysteries of the night sky and the cultures of chimpanzees, to name a few. Science is in flux as it faces pressures from both faith-based politics in the US, and the push towards privatisation of scientific knowledge through patenting

Beginning philosophy right here and now

Philosophy for Lunch

Christians and Jews, Friends or Foe?

Surviving the Century
World leading urban ecologist Herbert Girardet is a specialist in making cities sustainable. He is widely published, a prolific documentary maker and has been invited to work on sustainability in many countries around the world including Australia. In 2003 he advised Adelaide on how to become a greener and more sustainable city. He's in conversation with Michele Field about his latest book Surviving the Century - Facing Climate Chaos and other Global Challenges

James Lovelock

Nature? Nurture? What makes us human?
That old chestnut - what defines human nature? Genes or experience? Are we free agents or genetically determined souls? These questions have fuelled a fierce fight - polarizing a battleground of social scientists, biologists, parents and politicians. World renowned science writer Matt Ridley is calling a truce, and arguing the case for Nature via Nurture. Genes aren't Gods, he argues, they're cogs. As agents of nurture, genes get switched on and off by our experiences. Join Natasha Mitchell with Matt and special guests to debate the implications. Part of the 2007 Alfred Deakin Innovation Lecture series