Episodes
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Jonathan Safran Foer, Bob Brown and others on good faith, good intentions and optimism in the face of misery.
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Masha Gessen, Tony Birch and Black Lives Matter activists, Patrice Cullors and Rodney Diverlus, on dissent, resistance and building a movement.
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Kenneth Roth, Erik Jensen and Cheryl Strayed on fear, anxiety and the end of the world.
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Andy Field, Stephen Heintz and Geraldine Doogue talk money, debt, art and philanthropy.
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Helen Razer, Jamila Rizvi and Julian Burnside ask the urgent and provocative questions facing contemporary Australia.
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Kate Tempest, Carrie Brownstein, Paul Kelly and others reflect on music, language and musical inspiration.
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The cult of celebrity is one of the defining features of contemporary culture but what drives our curiosity about the lives of others?
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Tony Wheeler, Chris Turney and Favel Parrett reflect on the journeys and places that have shaped them.
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Jennifer Saunders, Catherine Deveny and Lenore Skenazy on what it means to be a good enough parent.
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Maxine Beneba Clarke, Clementine Ford and others reflect on the experience of girlhood and issues of sexuality, gender identity, race and belonging.
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Rob Carlton, Clementine Ford and Izzeldin Abuelaish reflect on death, loss and the experience of enduring grief-stricken life.
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What place does religion have in modern life? Alain de Botton, Meshel Laurie and Chris Stedman reflect on the value of faith and spirituality in an increasingly uncertain world.
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Masha Gessen, Dennis Altman and others reflect on the problems of love, gay rights and same sex marriage in the 21st century.
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Roxane Gay, George Saunders, Brit Bennett and John Safran on the role of the writer as an agitator and provocateur in an apparently post-truth era.
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We examine the way in which war is remembered, memorialised and mythologised in Australia.
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Put aside your urban comforts, feel the soil beneath your feet, and push out into the wild.
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Tim Rogers, Alice Pung and other impressive people reflecting on the fine art of keeping it together and making it through the tough times.
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Why are we so obsessed with body image? Why is our shape and our look a battleground for questions of politics, power and identity?
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Modern life is obsessed with personal success: keeping score with life and career, money and prestige, but how comfortable are we in talking honestly about the moments we fail?
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This week on Talkfest, we look at a much discussed area in Australian cultural and political life: Indigenous recognition.
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