Ideas at the House
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Ideas at the House
Talks and conversations from the Sydney Opera House featuring the world’s greatest minds and culture creators. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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456 EpisodenYour Body, Who's Choice? | All About Women 2025
The overturning of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court sent shock waves around the world. And while abortion rights seemed to be settled in Australia,...
The Tracy Westerman effect | All About Women 2025
An inspirational force for positive action, Nyamal woman and renowned psychologist Dr Tracy Westerman is making waves in the treatment of Indigenous w...
Rachel Kushner | All About Women 2025
Rachel Kushner’s latest novel Creation Lake, a French noir eco-espionage thriller, was an instant New York Times bestseller, shortlisted for the Booke...
Game Changers | All About Women 2025
From the Matilda’s Effect to the AFL commitment to close the gender pay gap, cross-code support for female athletes is at an all-time high. With recor...
Memorial Days | All About Women 2025
After spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, Geraldine Brooks and her husband Tony Horwitz settled down for...
An Industry Off-Key | All About Women 2025
Despite decades of legislative reform and workplace protections in other industries, some claim there is a persistent shadowy underbelly in Australian...
Wild at Heart with Gina Chick | All About Women 2025
Embracing her misfit nature early on, Gina Chick found grounding in the rhythms of the natural world. With an innate ability to bring barefoot wisdom...
Matrescence | All About Women 2025
Acclaimed science journalist and author Lucy Jones (UK), explores the emerging concept of matrescence and how motherhood causes more physiological and...
The Lasting Harm | All About Women 2025
Journalist and survivor Lucia Osborne-Crowley goes beyond the headlines in this gripping podcast, sharing the untold stories of the women victimised b...
Feeling The Heat | All About Women 2025
What happens when a natural phase of life becomes a trending topic—and a business opportunity? In this sharp, funny, and deeply insightful conversatio...
Ladies, We Need To Talk | All About Women 2025
The Ladies, We Need to Talk podcast goes deep on the personal stuff that's hard to talk about, even with your closest mates. With sensitivity, hilarit...
They Still Take The Children Away | All About Women 2025
Human rights lawyer Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts brings her fight for justice for First Nations people and children to this powerful episode. Drawing from...
The Baby Boycott | All About Women 2025
Deciding whether to have kids is more complex than ever. This thoughtful conversation unpacks the deeply personal choice of parenthood alongside its b...
The Tradwives Club | All About Women 2025
Wondering what’s behind ballerina farms, #mormonmoms and the simple life? As the Trad Wife phenomenon rises up the algorithm, clips of women collectin...
State of Emergency | All About Women 2025
An urgent panel discussion on Australia’s escalating crisis of violence against women. Experts share personal accounts and professional insights into...
Brainstorm with Richard Scolyer
Co-Medical Director of the Melanoma Institute Australia, Professor Richard Scolyer AO is a world-leading clinician and researcher who has spent years...
Tracy Westerman in conversation with Stan Grant
From humble beginnings in the remote Pilbara, Dr Tracy Westerman was the first Aboriginal person in Australia to complete a PhD in Clinical Psychology...
Your Brain On AI
A future where artificial intelligence intersects with human cognition, consciousness, and even life itself couldn’t actually become a reality anytime...
Jamie Oliver in conversation with Melissa Leong
He’s a global household name who needs no introduction - from the famous moment of discovery at London’s River Café to selling 50 million books 24 yea...
The Gene Editing Revolution with Jennifer Doudna
The world is on the cusp of extraordinary changes - from cures for intractable illnesses to dramatic reductions in greenhouse gasses - thanks to Nobel...
The Body Keeps the Score with Bessel Van Der Kolk
In this Australian exclusive event, psychiatrist and trauma research pioneer Bessel van der Kolk, MD, sat down with Sarah Kanowski and discussed his N...
Influencers are the New Public Intellectuals | All About Women 2024
For a long time, the word 'influencer' conjured stereotypes of activewear and dubious hot takes. But it's 2024 and social media has well-and-truly rev...
Who gets to be Bad | All About Women 2024
Pop culture has embraced a surge of complex female anti-heroes, from con-women to avengers, challenging traditional narratives of female perfection wi...
Wifedom with Anna Funder | All About Women 2024
When Anna Funder turned to her literary hero, George Orwell, for inspiration, she discovered not just that Eileen O’Shaughnessy, his first wife's, con...
Is it time to rethink Porn with Chanel Contos | All About Women 2024
In an era where porn is omnipresent and often celebrated as a symbol of empowerment and personal freedom, Chanel Contos argues that it also perpetuate...
Mary Beard | All About Women 2024
For the first time, Sydney audiences heard directly from Cambridge Professor Emerita Dame Mary Beard in an event that delved into the broad range of h...
Yellowface with Rebecca F. Kuang | All About Women 2024
Hot on the heels of her satirical literary sensation Yellowface crushing the bestseller lists, American author Rebecca F. Kuang was joined by Nakkiah...
Feminist Roast | All About Women 2024
It was the ultimate roast session at All About Women, but this time, the target wasn't a person—it was feminism itself! From suffrage struggles to the...
Our Bodies | All About Women 2024
For All About Women in 2024, audiences embarked on a journey through the complex landscape of the human body, where strength meets vulnerability, plea...
Mothers in the Margins | All About Women 2024
Motherhood is known as one of life’s greatest joys but the complexities that come with raising a child solo while battling systemic barriers such as a...
The Beauty Trap with Marisa Meltzer | All About Women 2024
It’s not hard to get caught in the contradictions of the beauty industry. We're told to embrace natural looks, yet we are bombarded with countless pro...
Why So Sad, Girl | All About Women 2024
The ‘Sad Girl Novel’ has officially reached market saturation. Privileged young female protagonists are portrayed as unfulfilled by sex and their car...
Daddy Issues | All About Women 2024
In days gone by, raising kids was considered a woman’s job, while men were the breadwinners. Fast forward to 2024, and women are now expected to work,...
Beyond Bars | All About Women 2024
Our justice system is not functioning as it should. Over 90% of women in prison have faced domestic violence, sexual assault or abuse. One-third of wo...
Anne Enright | All About Women 2024
Booker Prize-winning author Anne Enright’s latest novel is The Wren, The Wren, a multigenerational story delving into the inheritance of trauma, the r...
Slowing Down Fast Fashion with Aja Barber | All About Women 2024
Consumerist culture grows stronger every year, particularly with the expansion of marketing and influencers on social media, contributing to the rise...
All About Women of Colour Mentorship
Content disclaimer: this podcast contains content that is explicit in nature.
For All About Women 2023, the Sydney Opera House partnered...
An Evening with Alison Roman
Capturing global attention through recipes so popular they became viral hashtags (#TheCookies, #ThePasta, #TheDip), Alison Roman wowed Sydney audience...
AI: The Human Interface
In a year when everyone is talking about artificial intelligence, we need to talk about the human kind. What does it mean to be human? What does it me...
The Opera House Would Not Be Built Today
We kick off a new five-part season with a debate from our 50th Birthday Festival, discussing whether or not the Sydney Opera House would be built toda...