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On the release of the first episode of Coronacast on 4 March 2020, Australia had 51 total cases of Covid-19;…
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By: ABC
In 2015 a bicycle accident left Sarah Allely unable to read, write, watch TV or listen to podcasts. Nature was…
By: Sarah Allely
The relationships animals have with humans are rarely more complicated and intense than they are at the zoo. We try…
By: Zoos Victoria
Maths and numbers aren’t your thing? Have a listen to Sum of All Parts and think again. Producer Joel Werner…
By: ABC RN
Is genius born or bred? That’s the question at the heart of this series, a branded podcast from industrial conglomerate General Electric…
By: General Electric (GE)
Produced sporadically by academia-meets-journalism website The Conversation, Speaking with… is a podcast with a rotating roster of hosts introducing guests experts…
By: The Conversation
Science Vs debuted as a series for ABC First Run, based in Sydney, before being adopted by Gimlet Media and moving…
By: ABC First Run (S1)/Gimlet Media (S2)
Each episode of SoundMinds Radio offers an accessible, thoughtful window into the thinking that feeds academic research. Broadcast weekly, the…
By: Dallas Rogers and Michael Schubert
Token Skeptic takes a skeptic’s look at current affairs, ‘urban legends, good science, pseudoscience and what makes popular culture pop’….
By: Kylie Sturgess
Hack is a daily current affairs program produced by ABC’s youth radio network Triple j. Hosted by Tom Tilley, Hack covers a vast…
By: ABC Radio
In Sleek Geeks, ‘Dr Karl’ Kruszelnicki and Adam Spencer ‘mix science with humour as they answer some of the perplexing scientific…
By: Karl Kruszelnicki and Adam Spencer
In this six-part series published late in 2015 by the Age and Sydney Morning Herald (seemingly a podcasting toe-in-the-water for those broadsheets), SMH science editor Nicky…
By: Fairfax Media
Radio National’s Health Report, presented by Norman Swan, aims to clarify and make accessible issues of personal and public health…
By: ABC Radio National
The blurb for this one really says it all: Big Ideas broadcasts recordings of ‘talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in…
All in The Mind explores all things mental. It’s about the brain and behaviour, and the fascinating connections between them. In each…
Sydneysider Marc Fennell hosts Download this Show, a podcast about technology, social media, gadgets and digital culture. Expect stories about…
The ABC’s Control Z podcast ‘unravel[s] technology and internet culture’ to find the IRL stories behind the WWW and tech…
By: ABC News and Current Affairs
The Wheeler Centre podcast showcases their best talks, spanning all corners of the world of books, writing and ideas. In…
By: The Wheeler Centre
