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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.
Climate scientist Nadir Jeevanjee speaks on The Conversation Weekly podcast about how the pioneers of climate modelling got many of their predictions right.
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.
Why early Protestants embraced demons and witches but turned their backs on ghosts. Listen to expert Penelope Geng on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Cryptocurrency expert Larisa Yarovaya explains the risk and rewards of bitcoin treasury companies on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Water scientist Patrick Byrne tells The Conversation Weekly podcast what testing rivers can reveal about the biggest, often hidden, sources of PFAS pollution.
Listen to Shimon Sakaguchi, one of the 2025 Nobel laureates in medicine, talk about his research on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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.
Historian Meredith Oyen explains how disagreements over the history of the second world war and who fought the Japanese are central to tensions between China and Taiwan. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Listen to biologist Scarlett Howard speak in defence of ecologically irrelevant experiments on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Listen to Andrew Dodd on The Conversation Weekly podcast on the long, transactional relationship between Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch.
Israeli nuclear expert Avner Cohen talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how Israel has been allowed to continue with its nuclear ambiguity.
Four battery researchers talk about the future of power storage on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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