Ideas at the House

Recorded in 2018, The Motherload was a discussion about contemporary parenting. It featured feminist icon and media commentator, Clementine Ford; Afro-Caribbean Australian writer and slam poet, Maxi…

In 2017, journalist Gemma Hartley's Harper's Bazaar article "Women Aren't Nags - We're Just Fed Up" was viewed over two billion times. Bringing long overdue awareness to the daunting reality of emoti…

Boys are often expected to conform to a culture that regards violence, dominance and emotional repression as masculine. So how are gender roles enforced, and how are sweet little boys socialised into…

Technology and the apps have changed the dating landscape and more of us are swiping left than ever before. But from unsolicited pictures to breadcrumbing... it's a jungle out there.

In today’s episo…

No one gets excited about jellyfish quite like Dr Lisa-Ann Gershwin. Get to know these magical creatures and what they reveal about the future of our oceans, in this live recording from ANTIDOTE 2018…

Disabled people are skilled at harnessing the intuitive creativity cultivated by navigating a world not built for them.

Join Liz Jackson as she reveals how this insight offers opportunities for desig…

The relentless pursuit of profit has had serious consequences for our world. This live recording from ANTIDOTE 2018 features award-winning writer, activist and academic Raj Patel, in an event called …

At ANTIDOTE 2018, American writer David Niewart, Australian journalist Jeff Sparrow and British writer Ed Husain came together for an event called Fringe Dwellers and Fanatics.

They had a robust disc…

Sisonke Msimang is a bold voice speaking to race, politics, feminism and activism.

Msimang's memoir, Always Another Country, tackles the slippery definition of home. Throughout her life she has been …

Australian Legal scholar Megan Davis, American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and South African writer Sisonke Msimang consider the bitter legacies of colonialism, which have played out across the histories…

Islam is often reduced to fear-ridden cliches by western media: sensational headlines and inflammatory comments spark hostility, while the actual lives of many contemporary Muslims are ignored or mis…

What role does architecture play in creating a national identity? 

Marwa Al Sabouni reflects on the importance of architecture at both a physical and a psychological level. At ANTIDOTE 2018 she spoke…

Recorded live at ANTIDOTE 2018, this episode features a session that embodied all the festival stands for. Three great thinkers in their fields were challenged to share Three Ways to Save the World.

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Maureen Dowd is notorious for her searing commentary on American politics. A columnist for The New York Times since 1983, she’s covered nine presidential elections, including those involving Reagan, …

 "Dehumanisation is the essential program of the radical right."

David Neiwert believes that the so-called “alt-right” of right-wing populists in America has been born of a toxic mix of factors: main…