The plucky bravery of the Anzacs is one of our great national stories – it plays into our idea of who we are. But why is one of the touchstones of our identity based on a historic defeat?
Watch the videoHugh de Kretser argues that a bill of rights is an essential part of maturing Australia's human rights culture.
Children's book illustrator and artist Bronwyn Bancroft speaks to Leesa Lambert about the stories and ideas behind he...
Jay Winter examines the role of René Cassin in making human rights as a fundamental form of Holocaust commemoration.
Children's book illustrator Freya Blackwood chats with Leesa Lambert at the Children's Book Festival 2013.
Documentarian and contrarian John Safran delivers a surprising Secular Sermon on the unrest of a man who has killed a...
Adam Zwar guest-hosts Unexpected Passions, with comedian Dave O'Neil on the music of the 1980s and actor Kick Gurry o...
David Woods presents the inaugural Melbourne Secular Sermon from The School of Life, at the State Library's Dome Read...
Lili Wilkinson and guest Ailsa Piper explore Ray Lawler's Australian classic, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
Guests Amanda Vanstone and Michael Wesley join Sally Warhaft to discuss the work of the modern ambassador.
John Wood tells the story of his library-building charity Room to Read, fostering native language literacy in some of...
This edition of Texts in the City features Lili Wilkinson and Laura Carroll discussing Jane Austen's Persuasion.
Is our food obsession excessive, or can it drive social change and wellbeing? Explore the issue in this debate.
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