Australian Highlights Podcast
1) Ethel Anderson, art patron
Not all innovations are gears and coding. Some are a cultural awareness and, always, an ability to use what you have to improve the situation.Between the Wars, Ethel Anderson was bringing visibility t...Show More
2) LIVE: Heather Bray, science communicator
What does it mean to communicate and, more specifically, what does it mean to communicate science? And then, how can we learn to be better science communicators?Who is helping us understand the big sc...Show More
3) Bonus: More spiders
Nearly all of us have a close-encounter story or two. With spiders, that is.In our previous episode, we spoke to arachnologist Caitlin Creak about her work with funnel web spiders. What also came abou...Show More
4) Caitlin Creak, arachnologist
How much do we know about the world’s deadliest spider, which lives only in Australia’s largest city?Turns out, not much!The Sydney funnel web, Atrax Robustus, has a venom only toxic to primates. Whil...Show More
5) Catch up
Why do we not know this? Why is this not in the mainstream?This is a catch up that generates more questions than answers. As we unfold insights from each episode in our latest flash, there are a few t...Show More
6) Bonus: Capturing creative ideas
A great discussion on writing practice came out of our science poetry episode with poet Tricia Dearborn and comedian Jeeves Verma. While it did not make the final episode, the discussion has been save...Show More
7) Tricia Dearborn
Can science really be the perfect inspiration for poetry?Tricia is one of many poets around the world embedding science into their writing. The award-winning writer and editor lives in a world where t...Show More
8) LIVE: Natasha Hurley-Walker
This is the recording of our launch event for the Australian Highlight series, which took place at SciTech’s Chevron Theatre on 8 Feb, 2025 in front of a live audience.See Natasha's radio sky image.Di...Show More
9) Veena Sahajwalla
What if we saw rubbish as a valuable resource?Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla is an inventor, engineer and leading expert in the field of recycling science. She is the founding Director of the Cen...Show More
10) Corey Tutt
The power of positive role models cannot be understated.No one knows this best than Associate Professor Corey Tutt OAM, founder of Deadly Science. The results of his work are obvious. As he says:"Youn...Show More