Big Ideas

ABC (Australia)

Big Ideas brings you the best of talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in Australia and around the world, casting light on the major social, cultural, scientific and political issues

Episodes

Do you hold the key to happiness?

Foreign correspondents and the news of the world

Why too much medical treatment is causing more harm than good

European security, the EU and Ukraine

Is the tension between science and religion for real?

Building trust in workplace AI

What do Australian books and plays tell us about our national identity?

Environmental law to tackle climate change

A life without sex

The Marshall Plan and the Cold War

How to foster innovation and create the next Silicon Valley.

Why environmentalists and conservationists can be a problem for the environment

Housing stress

Natasha Stott Despoja and the level playing field

QANON and internet conspiracy cults

Julia Gillard and workplace gender equality

Phasing out coal – lessons from Germany

Dynastic rule in the Philippines and Japan's security challenges

Kylie Moore-Gilbert on being imprisoned in Iran for 804 days

The Great Depression and its lasting impact on liberalism