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How we count women’s work is discussed at the 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival
Serhii Plokhy discusses his book Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy at the 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival
Bart van Es discusses his book The Cut Out Girl at the 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival
Omani author Jokha Alharthi discusses her novel Celestial Bodies at the 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival
Laurence Fearnley and Long Litt Woon discuss grief, loss and the power of scent in their writing and lives
Kim Hill speaks with Dr Kristen Ghodsee about her book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
Kinley Salmon discusses the impact of robotics on work, at the 2020 NZ Arts Festival
Rebecca Priestley discusses her book Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica with the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Juliet Gerrard
Rajorshi Chakraborti discusses his book Shakti with Lynn Freeman at the 2020 NZ Festival of the Arts in Wellington
A panel discussion about LGBTQ+ life in New Zealand
The use of robots in health care and education explored by Dr Craig Sutherland
Dr Ross McDonald considers whether money or happiness is more important
Digital surveillance and propaganda are explored by Dr Ethan Plaut
Prof Benedikt Fischer discusses the pros and cons of legalising cannabis
Assoc. Prof Tim Kuhner on inequality and officially-sanctioned corruption
Assoc. Prof Damon Salesa on the increasing significance to NZ of its Pacific populations
Beauty in the Renaissance was a serious matter for women of wealth
Gut Bugs' influence on our health is surprising