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The Fifth Estate

Haben Girma: Access, Innovation and Disability Futures / Biography & memoir

With Sally Warhaft and Haben Girma

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Haben Girma is hugely accomplished by any standards. She's a Harvard Law School graduate. She's been…

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Private Parts

How to Teach and Learn Consent / Sex & relationships

With Amy Middleton, Anne-lise Ah-fat, and Bexx Djentuh-Davis

There was 'no means no'. Then 'yes means yes'. Now, we have notions of 'enthusiastic consent' and 'continued consent'. Sexual consent might seem like a simple thing to understand, but the continued prevalence of harassment and sexual assault tells us it's anything but.

Is our culture sending mixed messages? Can the tricky terrain of consent ever be reduced to a…

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Pass it On: Preserving Australian Indigenous Languages / Words & language

With Daniel Browning, Vicki Couzens, Fay Stewart-Muir and 3 others

‘Budgerigar’, ‘quandong’, ‘Torana’, ‘Canberra’ – there are many Aboriginal words in everyday use by both non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australians. What do we gain from knowing and learning First Nations words? And how can we embed more traditional language into the daily lives of all Australians?

At least 250 Indigenous Australian languages were spoken on this continent in 1788. Today only…

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John Marsden: The Art of Growing Up / Education

With Karys McEwen, John Marsden, and Sumeya Yussuf

The demands placed on young people are ever-growing. What does it mean to educate children and teenagers in the era of social media and climate change, when they’re acutely aware of the pressure to succeed – whether via NAPLAN results, university entrance scores, extracurricular activities, or fulfilling jobs?

John Marsden has long been part of the lives of young Australians…

Podcast episode

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Comic In Tuition: Can Comedy be Taught? / Comedy

Wes Snelling, Steph Tisdell, Patti Fawcett, Meg Upton and Evan Watts at the Wheeler Centre

Are ‘funny bones’ something you’re born with, or can they grow with time?

In partnership with Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we look at ‘Nature vs Nurture’ in comedy. Schools around the country are now using comedy as an educational tool to improve literacy and confidence, and to explore different points of view. How can comedy help us learn? And what else can it teach?

With host Wes Snelling, our panel of comedians and educators – Steph Tisdell, Meg Upton, Patti Fawcett and Evan Watts – discuss mentoring and directing, comedy as a learning tool and its place in the school curriculum.

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Comic In Tuition: Can Comedy be Taught? / Comedy & humour

With Wes Snelling, Steph Tisdell, Patti Fawcett and 2 others

Are ‘funny bones’ something you’re born with, or can they grow with time?

In partnership with Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we look at ‘Nature vs Nurture’ in comedy. Schools around the country are now using comedy as an educational tool to improve literacy and confidence, and to explore different points of view. How can comedy help us learn? And what…

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Gold Rush: Australia’s Obsession with Winning / Identity

With Francis Leach , Abdul Abdullah, Gideon Haigh and 1 other

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The Fifth Estate

A Conversation with David Gonski / Australian politics

With Sally Warhaft and David Gonski

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I Know You Are, I Said You Are: Gender Stereotypes and Kids / Gender

With Sami Shah, Nelly Thomas, Ro Allen and 2 others

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Creative Thinking on Climate Change at Footscray City College: Weather Stations Substations / Climate change & weather

By Jo Case

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New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Straight White Men’s News / Diversity

With Adolfo Aranjuez, Gautam Mishra, Charis Palmer and 2 others

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Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis: Courage in the Classroom / Social justice

With Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis

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Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis: Courage in the Classroom / Education

With Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis

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Invasion of the Pod People

Emperors of Rome on Cleopatra / Radio & podcasts

With Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith

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Question Time

Puberty / Young & old

With Madeleine Morris, Benjamin Law, Michael Carr-Gregg and 1 other

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The Fifth Estate

On the Bench / Australian politics

With Sally Warhaft, Christopher Pyne, and Chris Bowen

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HEY Girl: Question Time: Raising Girls / Gender

With Madeleine Morris, Mimmie Claudine Ngum Chi Watts, Anna Barnes and 1 other

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Question Time: Puberty / Health & medicine

With Madeleine Morris, Amanda Dunn, Benjamin Law and 1 other

Podcast episode

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The Wheeler Centre

Question Time: Generation Next: The Issues and Opportunities Facing Young Australians / Young people

Portrait of Kate White

Kate White / Sex & gender
Her research focuses on gender and higher education, women’s academic careers and women in science.

Podcast episode

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The Wheeler Centre

American Misadventure with Nathan Hill / Fiction

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The Stella Prize Goes to School / Awards & prizes

With Bec Kavanagh, Cate Kennedy, Tony Birch and 1 other

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John Marsden: The Art of Growing Up / Education

With Karys McEwen, John Marsden, and Sumeya Yussuf

Podcast episode

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The F Word: Science / Science & technology

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