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Download This Show

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Download This Show is your weekly guide to the world of media, culture, and technology. From social media to gadgets, streaming services to privacy issues. Each week Marc Fennell and a team of people far smarter than him (his words, not ours) take a fun deep dive into how technology is reshaping our lives.
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Big Ideas

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Feed your mind. Be provoked. One big idea at a time. Your brain will love you for it. Grab your front row seat to the best live forums and festivals with Natasha Mitchell.
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Law Report

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From courtroom dramas to miscarriages of justice, to how the law affects you — and so much more. The Law Report is your accessible guide to the big legal stories unfolding in Australia and across the world.
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Every Friday, join Ruby for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.
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Listen to America’s #1 morning show, “Good Morning America,” and “GMA3: What You Need to Know” on-demand. ABC News’ Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan and chief meteorologist Ginger Zee deliver a daily mix of breaking news, hard-hitting interviews, exclusive investigations, cutting-edge medical updates, and financial reporting. And now catch up on all the latest news, lifestyle and entertainment headlines with “GMA3.”
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Not Stupid

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Julia Baird and Jeremy Fernandez chat about the stories you're obsessed with, the stuff you've missed and the things that matter. Episodes drop every Wednesday afternoon. We want to hear from you! Join the conversation and email the show at notstupid@abc.net.au
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Who is God's influencer? 16:32

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Carlo Acutis was a devout young man who tried to go to mass daily from the time he was seven years old. He died suddenly aged 15 from acute leukaemia. Now the Pope has announced he will be canonised next April. How did this young gamer and programmer meet the requirements for sainthood? Guest: Dr Liam Temple, Capuchin Fellow in the History of Catho…
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Bob Hawke's role in the Balibo Five inquiry 19:51

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Historian Shannon Smith has unveiled a new episode in the history of the Balibo Five: the role Bob Hawke in securing an inquiry into their deaths, not when he was Prime Minister, but when he was Secretary of the ACTU. Guest: Dr Shannon Smith - author of “No Bullshit!: Balibo 1976 and Bob Hawke’s Diplomatic Masterclass,” the Australian Journal of Po…
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Ian Dunt's UK, Bob Hawke and the Balibo Five, and the Catholics' teenage saint 54:07

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Ian Dunt's final UK report for 2024 looks at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's pre-Christmas political re-set and the Irish election results. Historian Shannon Smith reveals the secret role Bob Hawke played in securing an inquiry into the deaths of the Balibo Five. And how Carlos Acutis went from gamer to saint. Guest: Ian Dunt, columnist with the '…
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Deaf defying: disability leadership as an act of resistance — with Dr Scott Avery 53:24

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In outback New South Wales, on the dried up, ancient clay shores of Lake Mungo, is a story that has become emblematic for profoundly deaf Worimi man Dr Scott Avery: what can it teach us about disability inclusion, leadership, and excellence? The 2024 Disability Leadership Oration was recorded at the National Archives of Australia on 26 November 202…
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Tell em he's dreaming... of an NFL career 14:00

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Jordan Petaia was once the most exciting young talent in Australian rugby, now he's trying to make it in the NFL. The sometime Wallaby has explained why playing American football is his dream and what he needs to do to achieve it. Will he make the grade like Jordan Mailata or struggle with the transition like Valentine Holmes? Jess Stewart unpacks …
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Bonus episode: Can democracy be saved with decency? A public lecture by Scott Stephens 52:59

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Democracy is in retreat, authoritarianism on the rise. But this has happened before. So how did big thinkers of the past respond to the threats to democracy, and what can we learn from them? Scott Stephens delivered the Humanities Research Centre 50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture at the Australian National University on 31 July 2024. It was re…
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North Korea and Russia's closening ties 17:32

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North Korea and Russia are getting closer and closer - sharing troops, weapons, oil and other big ticket items. So what do both countries get out of this flourishing friendship? There are potentially a number of benefits but security is probably the most crucial for North Korea. For Russia it's about shoring up an ally and getting a bit of backup o…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra - the final week in Parliament 14:05

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The Prime Minister had a mixed final week in Parliament, but his late decision not to push through Tanya Plibersek's nature positive laws has raised concerns about their working relationship. Meanwhile Peter Dutton is still reluctant to release the Coalition's election promises. Guest: Laura Tingle, Chief Political Correspondent, 7.30…
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Laura Tingle's Canberra, North Korean troops in Russia, and poetry's place in Australia 54:04

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Laura Tingle casts her eye over the last week in Parliament, and the Prime Minister's relationship with his Environment Minister. Why is North Korea sending troops to fight in Ukraine? And what is the current place of poetry in Australian popular culture.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Trees, seeds, and ecotourism — the hidden histories Nature reveals about us 54:05

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Can a single seed tell the story of a civilisation? What do the scars on the skins of 200-year old whales tell about our ancestors? Can ancient trees reveal hidden histories of human frailty and fabulousness? Can Nature be a timekeeper? Joining Big Ideas host Natasha Mitchell are Dave Witty (author of What the Trees See: A Wander through Millennia …
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Dynasty demise? Man City confront mortality 14:30

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As manager Pep Guardiola reminded the Anfield crowd of his previous six Premier League titles, it raised questions about whether this one has slipped away for the reigning champions before Christmas. Man City's loss to Liverpool is the latest in a string of bad results for a team teeming with talent and it felt like a moment of reckoning. Is this t…
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Will Self gets personal about his mother 54:03

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British writer Will Self reveals the extent of his "mother-worship" in his writing which has culminated in his latest novel, Elaine. The book was inspired by his mother's own diaries. Actor and comedian Steph Tisdell has added "novelist" to her resume with her young adult novel, The Skin I'm In, and Kylie Mirmohamadi's novel Diving, Falling is abou…
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Scientists studying sounds beneath the surface and adding value to fruit and grain crops 25:16

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Apple grower making alcohol from fruit that might have gone to waste; grain farmers milling wheat for baking flour; Irish dog breeder having success down under with working dogs; researchers' deep dive into sounds below the surface of water.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Prisoners In A Foreign Land 14:16

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The stories of the so called Dunera boys is on show at the NSW State Library. They were a group of two thousand plus boys and men, mostly Jewish refugees who’d fled to Britain to escape Nazi persecution, only to be deemed enemy aliens and shipped to Australia on the military ship Dunera in September 1940 and held in internment camps in Hay, Orange …
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Under The Sickle and The Sledgehammer 25:44

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Under the Sickle and the Sledgehammer is an important memoir by a Finnish woman who migrated to Stalin’s Soviet Russia in the 1930s and escaped in 1941. Her diary was originally published in 1942. Now Anna Hyrske is giving new life to her grandmother's memoir in what is the first English translation of what was the second most censored book, second…
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Human Rights in The Age of AI 11:19

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As Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner, Edward Santow led Australia’s first major inquiry into the human rights implications of new and emerging technologies. Now he explores the rise of AI and its promise to advance human well-being while also considering the risks and dangers it presents and how to address them. His new book, co-authored with D…
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Should you do a 'dopamine detox'? 29:39

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Dopamine feels great, but is it always good for us? The answer is complicated, so today, we get into what dopamine actually does in the brain. How does it affect our motivation, movement and behaviour? And how does our environment influence that? Plus, should we be detoxing from dopamine ... and why are people raw dogging flights? If you're looking…
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The Crutchy Push 24:03

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It’s the early 1900s and a gang of men moves through the gritty streets of inner-city North Melbourne: they dress sharp and inspire fear wherever they go. This gang, the Crutchy Push ruled the streets of North Melbourne over a ten year period, from late 1890s. And the reason for their curious name? All the members of this gang were amputees: mostly…
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Gallery digs deep for national treasure 7:25

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Margaret Olley was the subject of not one, but two Archibald prize winning portraits. The first was in 1948 by William Dobell and the second was in 2011 painted by Ben Quilty. Now a small regional gallery is fundraising to purchase the 2011 portrait to complement a re-creation of the artist's house. Guest: Ingrid Hedgcock, director of Tweed Regiona…
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Australia’s godfather of solar:  Martin Green marks 50 years of research 16:45

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Fifty years ago Martin Green began research into how to improve solar cells. In 1983 he led a team that invented the PERC cell, a solar power technology that allows more sunlight to be captured and turned into electricity. This innovation, since further developed by Green and his team at UNSW, is now used in over 90 per cent of global silicon solar…
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The history of money and humanity: Irish economist David McWilliams 15:50

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Money brings freedom and it takes it away. It inspires and corrupts us. But what is money? Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money – from coins in Republican Greece to mathematics in the medieval Arab world, and from the emergence of the US dollar right up to today’s cryptocurrency and beyond. Guest: David McWill…
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