Anthropologist Michael Rose speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how a official sounded the alarm about organised crime in Timor-Leste.
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The sixth episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail explores whether Austen was happy, through the pages of Persuasion.
Political scientist Carolyn Holmes speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of American interest in South Africa’s white Afrikaner minority.
The fifth episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail explores Austen’s view of writing through the pages of Northanger Abbey.
Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast to hear flu expert Ian Barr describe how the global system works to choose the strains of flu to vaccinate against each year.
The fourth episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail uses the novel Emma to explore the writer’s views on friendship.
These 5 great listens investigate the labyrinthine qualities of art forgery, the peculiar celebrity of the art forger, and the modern obsession with authenticity.
Atmospheric scientist Laura Wilcox talks to The Conversation Weekly about the measures China took to improve its air pollution – and the unintended consequences for the climate.
In the third episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, we speak to Austen experts about her politics and views on slavery, as we dive into the pages of Mansfield Park.
Robert Muggah, an expert in organised crime in Brazil, explains the origins of the Commando Vermehlo, the gang targeted in a deadly raid in Rio de Janeiro in late October.
In the first episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, a new podcast marking 250 years since the author’s birth, we speak to Austen experts about her relationship with gossip.
Just because you ‘heard it on a podcast’, it doesn’t mean the info is necessarily more trustworthy than a random social media post.
Podcast series from The Conversation where children ask academics questions wins gold at the British Podcast Awards.
Autism expert Andrew Whitehouse speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how the diagnosis of autism has shifted since the 1990s and what’s that meant for autistic people.
Political economist Cristina Bodea talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how central bank independence became the global norm for economic governance.
Palestinian-American historian Maha Nassar traces the history of Palestinian efforts to build an independent state. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Criminologist Keiran Hardy talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the origins of the sovereign citizen movement, and how it started in Australia with Prince Leonard.
Listen to Andrew Dodd on The Conversation Weekly podcast on the long, transactional relationship between Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch.
Whether reading a book or listening to a podcast, the goal is the same: understanding. But these activities support comprehension in different ways.
Listen to Juan Masullo talk to The Conversation Weekly about how some parts of Italy have clung onto their anti-fascist resistance.
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