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Social psychologist Professor Kaiping Peng (彭凯平教授) examines the role of psychology in a China confronted with tremendous economic and social change. Prof Peng also discusses how the positive psychology movement fits into Chinese cultural and social structures to contribute to mental health and well being. Presented by Elisabeth Lopez.  Download mp3 (36.2 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Mindfulness researcher Professor Felicia Huppert talks about how evidence-based mindfulness practices can increase well-being in individuals and organisations. Presented by Dr Dyani Lewis.  Download mp3 (28.9 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Telecommunications expert Dr Kerry Hinton explains how the growth in consumer and business cloud computing, and the mobile and wireless technologies that support it, is driving massive increases in power consumption. Presented by Dr Shane Huntington.  Download mp3 (34.2 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Crowdfunding researcher Dr Richard Swart describes the explosive growth of crowdfunding in its very short history, and explains how crowd-sourced funding is radically and irrevocably changing how business is done. Presented by Elisabeth Lopez.  Download mp3 (39.4 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Clinical and research geneticist Prof Ingrid Winship discusses the use of genetic testing to improve the lives of people with inherited diseases and their families, as well as the pitfalls of direct-to-consumer genetic testing. Presented by Dr Dyani Lewis.  Download mp3 (29.3 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Historical and descriptive linguist Assoc Prof Alexander (Sander) Adelaar discusses efforts to piece together from scant historical sources the once dormant Taiwanese language of Siraya, and explains the language’s influence on a reawakening of cultural identity. Presented by Eric van Bemmel.  Download mp3 (30.5 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Microbial ecologist Prof Rob Knight explains why we need the millions of microbes that make a home in and on our bodies. Presented by Dr Dyani Lewis.  Download mp3 (27.4 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Neurobiologist Prof Colin Masters explains current medical understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, and discusses ongoing research efforts towards delaying onset of this as yet incurable condition. Presented by Dr Shane Huntington.  Download mp3 (26.5 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Labor migration researcher Dr Martin Ruhs discusses the often thorny questions around the rights of migrant labor versus access to work. With host Peter Mares.  Download mp3 (31.8 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Gastroenterologist and researcher Dr Jason Tye-Din explains celiac (or coeliac) disease, discusses what can be done to manage the illness and assays on-going research towards better understanding and treatment. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.  Download mp3 (32.2 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Cognitive psychologist Prof Glenn Schellenberg scrutinises the relationship between music and cognitive development. With science host Dr Dyani Lewis.  Download mp3 (22.3 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Expert in corporate social responsibility Professor Jeremy Moon uses the lens of citizenship to discuss corporate ethics and the role of business in society. With host Peter Mares.  Download mp3 (34.0 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Philosopher of science Prof Craig Callender tells us how physics has changed our understanding of time and why some even argue that the notion of time is unnecessary. Presented by Dr Shane Huntington.  Download mp3 (22.2 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Urban planning theorist and author Dr Susan Fainstein joins host Peter Mares to talk about how cities benefit and fail their residents, the pursuit of a "just city", and which cities can boast of being most fair and equitable.  Download mp3 (33.0 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

Biologist Dr Michael Inouye describes the emerging field of systems biology -- how it integrates large amounts of diverse data to take an encompassing approach to the study of life processes, and how it can be applied to the study of disease. Presented by Dr Dyani Lewis.  Download mp3 (22.7 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more