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The ANU campus is always alive with plenty to see, hear and do.Listen here to one of the many fascinating talks delivered by the world’s finest thinkers. If you’re interested in finding out more about events at ANU then visit us at events.anu.edu.

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Episodes

  1. Meet the author - Joshua Black

    Joshua Black in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his new book Performance Politics: Australian politicians and the stories they tell, which provides an eye-opening account of how Australian politicians have become experts at fashioning and refashioning stories about themselves, their lives,...

  2. Meet the Author - Suzie Miller

    Multi-award-winning international playwright, Suzie Miller, is in conversation with Alex Sloan on her new book Inter Alia, in which Jessica Parks, an eminent Crown Court Judge, is forced to reckon her professional life and role as wife, mother, friend, and feminist when a devastating crisis hits...

  3. Meet the Author - Kate Grenville

    Kate Grenville was in conversation with Karen Viggers on Kate’s new book The Country Schoolmaster : A Mystery in 88 Letters.

  4. Meet the Author - Shaun Micallef

    Shaun Micallef is in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on Shaun's new book Matthew Flinders, a wildly funny and meticulously researched re-examination of the life of explorer Matthew Flinders.

  5. Meet the author - Mark Cully

    Mark Cully in conversation with Alan Gamlen on Mark's new book Waves of Plenty: Immigration and the Making of Australia, the definitive story of how immigration made Australia.

  6. Meet the Author - Tom Griffiths

    Tom Griffiths is in conversation with Mark McKenna on his new book Alice's dreaming. An astonishing work of history about a girl and the Indigenous world she encountered.

  7. Meet the Author - James Curran

    James Curran is in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on his new book Grand Ambition . Paul Keating's Global Vision for Australia.

  8. Meet the author - John Bell

    John Bell in conversation with Kate Flaherty on his new book Living Shakespeare, in which he draws on his lifetime of personal and professional experience, speaking to Shakespeare's most absorbing stories, questions and characters-from the complexities of casting Hamlet to an examination of the...

  9. Meet the author - Norman Swan

    Norman Swan in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his The Brain Cliff,a book which will change how you think about brain ageing and give you new ways to keep away from the edge.

  10. Meet the author - Melissa Chan and Badiucao

    Fresh from the Sydney Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Emmy-nominated journalist Melissa Chan and Walkley-winning activist artist Badiucao in conversation with John Garnaut on You Must Take Part in Revolution, a near-future dystopian graphic novel about technology, authoritarian government, and the...

  11. Meet the author - George Megalogenis

    One of Australia’s leading political and economic thinkers. George Megalogenis, was in conversation with Mark Kenny on his new book. Three Shocks. Who We Are Becoming in the 21st Century, which charts Australia’s course into the new century.

  12. Meet the author - Joseph Toltz and Anna Boucher

    Joseph Toltz and Anna Boucher in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on their new book Out of the depths. The first collection of Holocaust songs.Available for the first time in English translation, this collection of songs is a powerful memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.

  13. Meet the Author - John Keane

    Acclaimed political thinker John Keane will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh about John's new book, Demagogues and Despots: Democracies on the Brink. Democracy and despotism live closer together than you’d expect. John Keane reveals why that should alarm us all. We live in troubled times,...

  14. Meet the author - Hugh White

    Hugh White was in conversation with Allegra Spender on his new book Hard New World Our Post-American Future, examining Australia's place in the new global landscape. Are we ready for our post-American future? In an era of rising danger for all, and dramatic choices for Australia, Hugh White...

  15. Meet The Author - Amy Remeikis

    Amy Remeikis, one of Australia's leading political journalists and incisive cultural commentators, was in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on Amy’s new book, Screw Nice, a powerful examination of how the politics of civility attempts to shut down debate. The imbalance between those in power...

  16. Meet the author - Hannah Richell

    Bestselling author, Hannah Richell, in conversation with Emma Grey on Hannah ‘s new book An Ocean and a Day, a powerful and poignant memoir on grief, loss and hope, from the internationally bestselling author of The Search Party.

  17. Meet the author - Alan Joyce

    Former Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce in conversation with Ron Mizen on his new book Alan Joyce: Riding the Jet Stream, a compelling, factual and gripping memoir from one of Australia’s most consequential chief executives. With a network spanning seven prime ministers and countless captains of industry,...

  18. Meet the author - James Walter and Carolyn Holbrook

    James Walter and Carolyn Holbrook in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on their new book Australia Fair? Democracy, Bureaucracy and the Making of Modern Australia, which explores how policy shapes politics for a better Australia

  19. Meet the author - Paul Kelly

    Paul Kelly in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on his new book The Twilight of Exceptionalism. The Liberal and Conservative Era 2013-22, an incisive assessment of modern Australian politics.

  20. Meet the author - Jessy Wu

    Jessy Wu in conversation with Jasper Lindell on her debut novel, Good Intentions, which announces a compelling new voice in Australian fiction.

  21. Meet the author - Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson

    Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson in conversation with Mark Kenny on their new book Getting Murdoched. How Murdoch’s Media Wields Power and Punishment.

  22. Meet the author - Joanne Wallis and Jack Corbett

    Joanne Wallis and Jack Corbett was in conversation with Lachlan Strahan on their new book Neighbours: Australia and the Pacific, a new vision for Australia’s relationship with the Pacific

  23. Meet the author - James O'Loghlin

    James O’Loghlin in conversation with Alex Sloan on his new book The Missing Piece. How I became an accidental activist

  24. Meet the author - Ed Coper

    Ed Coper was in conversation with Mark Kenny on his new book, Angertainment. Social media is no longer a platform for connection – it’s a gladiatorial arena powered by an addictive mix of anger and entertainment. As a result, we’re being driven apart: our politics more extreme and empathy on the...

  25. Meet the author - David Solomon

    David Solomon was in conversation with Michelle Grattan on his memoir Footnotes, a first hand political, personal and historical commentary, including his experience of the Whitlam dismissal in 1975, and Sir John Kerr’s divulgences about his aspiration to be Prime Minister.

  26. Meet the author - Anna Goldsworthy

    Anna Goldsworthy was in conversation with Andrew Leigh on her new quarterly essay The God We Made. The Threat and Promise of Artificial Intelligence. Humanity in the age of AI . How will we be changed by the rise of artificial intelligence? In this scintillating essay, Anna Goldsworthy argues…

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  27. Meet the author - Stan Grant

    Stan Grant was in conversation on his latest book, When Words Fail Us, Truth Beyond Time. Most of us, in our lives, will witness things we cannot comprehend, when words fail to do justice to the moment. In those moments, to whom or what can we turn? To God? To philosophy? To music? To ourselves…

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  28. Meet the author - Shaun Micallef

    Shaun Micallef was in conversation with Adam Shirley on his new novel, De'Ath Takes A Holiday. From the man Ben Elton once described as ‘perhaps Australia’s finest satirist’ comes a Victorian novel for modern times, the origin story of the first real vampyre (not Dracula).

  29. Meet the author - Joshua Black

    Frank Bongiorno was in conversation with Joshua Black, Marija Taflaga and Peter Yu on Gold Standard? Remembering the Hawke government. Edited by Frank Bongiorno, Carolyn Holbrook and Joshua Black.

  30. Meet The Author - Caitlin Vincent

    Caitlin Vincent in conversation with Helen Musa on her new book Opera Wars. Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for its Future, which received extensive media coverage in the United States and UK on publication earlier this year.

  31. Meet the author - Antoinette Lattouf

    Journalist and human rights advocate, Antoinette Lattouf, in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on her new book Women Who Win. Celebrating Courage, Conviction and Change, a gripping journey through women who defied expectations and shattered cultural and legal barriers – usually while being…

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  32. Meet the author - Dervla McTiernan

    Listen to recording of Dervla McTiernan in conversation with Chris Hammer on Three Reasons for Revenge, her first crime fiction novel set in Australia, on Experience ANU SoundCloud channel.

  33. Meet the author - Desmond Manderson

    Desmond Manderson was in conversation with Malcolm McLeod, Anna Olsen and Carolyn Strange on his new book High Time: How Australia Changed Its Mind About Illegal Drugs, a unique look at Australia's treatment of illegal drugs from the 1980s to the present.

  34. Meet the author - Caillan Davenport

    Listen to recording of Caillan Davenport in conversation with Edward Watts on her new book Behind Ceasar’s Back: Rumor, Gossip and the Making of Roman Emperors, a thrilling exploration of what Romans thought about their emperors, and how rumours and gossip ranging from new taxes to rulers’ sex...

  35. Meet the author - Susan Lever

    Listen to recording of Susan Lever in conversation with Robert Hefner on her new book A.D. Hope. A Life, the first biography one of Australia's greatest poets. on Experience ANU SoundCloud channel.

  36. Meet the author - Candice Fox

    Candice Fox in conversation with Chris Hammer on her new crime fiction novel Redbelly Crossing, in which two cop brothers hunt a killer while trying to outrun their shared past.

  37. Meet the author - Patricia. A. O'Brien

    Listen to recording of Patricia O'Brien in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on her new book Errol FlynnThe true story of Australia's Hollywood icon on Experience ANU SoundCloud channel.

  38. Meet the author - Stephanie Alexander

    Stephanie Alexander was in conversation with Alex Sloan on the 30th Anniversary Edition of The Cook's Companion.

  39. Meet the author - Michael Wesley

    Michael Wesley was in conversation with Hugh White on his new Quarterly Essay Blind Spot. Southeast Asia and Australia's Future.

  40. Meet the author Amy Remeikis

    Listen to recording of Amy Remeikis, one of Australia's most astute political commentators, who was in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on her new book Where It All Went Wrong-The Case Against John Howard on Experience ANU SoundCloud channel.

  41. Meet the author - Louise Miligan

    Louise Milligan was in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on her second novel Shellybanks, a book with buried secrets, unimaginable trauma and how the love of family can pull you through to a brighter future.

  42. Meet the author Andrew Leigh

    Andrew Leigh was in conversation with Anna -Maria Arabia on his new book The Shortest History of Innovation.

  43. Meet the author - Ashley Kalagian Blunt

    Ashley Kalagian Blunt, ‘Australia’s queen of tech noir’, was in conversation with Chris Hammer on her new novel, Like, Follow, Die, a shattering and provocative psychological thriller which dives into the darkest corners of the internet and the powerful bonds between parents and children.

  44. Meet the author - John Hawkins, Michelle Grattan and John Halligan recording

    John Hawkins, Michelle Grattan and John Halligan was in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on their new edited book The First Albanese Government. Governing in an age of disruption and division, 2022–2025.

  45. Meet the author - Niki Savva

    Niki Savva was in conversation with Kerry -Anne Walsh on her new book Earthquake, the election that shook Australia, a collection of Niki Savva’s most groundbreaking columns from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, along with a riveting and deeply informed analysis of Australia’s epoch-making...

  46. Meet the author - Bryan Brown

    Legendary Australian actor and author Bryan Brown was in conversation with Alex Sloan on his new novel The Hidden and his journey into writing, following the success of his debut novel The Drowning.

  47. Meet the author - Sean Kelly

    Sean Kelly was in conversation with Amy Remeikis on his new Quarterly Essay,The Good Fight. What Does Labor Stand For? In this subtle and brilliant essay, Kelly explores whether Labor is still up for the good fight

  48. Meet the author - Robert Wellington

    Robert Wellington was in conversation with Mathew Trinca on Roberts new book Versailles Mirrored. The Power of Luxury,Louis XIV to Donald Trump. Why has Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles, defining symbol of hedonistic opulence in 17th-century France and synonymous with the notion of the divine…

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  49. Meet the author - Julianne Schultz

    Julianne Schultz was in conversation with Allan Behm on the updated edition of her bookThe Idea of AustraliaA search for the soul of the nation. Its publication complements the October SBS four-part series, hostedby Rachel Griffiths,inspired by, and based on, Julianne Schultz’s book. What is the...

  50. Meet the author - Sofie Laguna

    Miles Franklin award-winning author Sofie Laguna was in conversation with Karen Viggers on her new novel The Underworld. The Underworld is for every reader you know; thinkers, laughers, empaths, quirky folk, queer folk, nostalgists, the young and those getting on. Readers seeking a happy ending…

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The ANU campus is always alive with plenty to see, hear and do.Listen here to one of the many fascinating talks delivered by the world’s finest thinkers. If you’re interested in finding out more about events at ANU then visit us at events.anu.edu.

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