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Speaking with: Chris Ho and Edgar Liu about diversity and high density in our cities

Speaking with: ‘Everybody Lies’ author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on why we tell the (sometimes disturbing) truth online

Speaking with: Author Anita Heiss on Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

Speaking with: law professor Cass Sunstein, on why behavioural science is always nudging us

Speaking with: journalist David Neiwert on the rise of the alt-right in Trump’s America

Speaking with: Cameron McAuliffe on NIMBYs, urban planning and making community consultation work

Speaking with: satirist Armando Iannucci on The Death of Stalin

Speaking with: Andrew Leigh on why we need more randomised trials in policy and law

Speaking with: David Field about unusual crimes that have changed the law

Speaking with: social researcher and author Hugh Mackay on 2017, ‘a really disturbing year’

Speaking with: Emrys Westacott on the virtue of frugal living

Speaking with: Bates Gill on Australia’s changing relationship with China

Speaking with: Emma Power and Jennifer Kent about why Australian cities and homes aren’t built for pets

Speaking with: John Gerrard on preventing infectious diseases

Speaking with: Nicole Gurran on Airbnb and its impact on cities

Speaking with: Nancy Pachana on planning for an active and engaged ageing population

Speaking with: Cameron Murray on grey corruption and the ‘Game of Mates’

Speaking with: Dr Mark Blaskovich on antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the threat of superbugs

Speaking with: Julian Savulescu on the ethics of genetic modification in humans

Speaking with: Professor Peter Koopman on CRISPR and the power of genome editing