Professor of Tropical Biosecurity, Maxine Piggott

Professor Maxine Piggot is a molecular biologist with a PhD in Genetics and a speciality in tropical biosecurity. Maxine has degrees in Business and Science and a background working in legal and government settings. Currently Maxine Piggott leads the Tropical Biosecurity Group in the Research Institute for Northern Agriculture (RINA) at Charles Darwin University. Read More

Artist Sam Doughty aka Mango

Mango shares where his art comes from and the ethos behind it. Sam Doughty is a multidisciplinary artist whose art is infused with the colours of the Australian landscape and inspired by his practice of taking time to slow down and observe the world around him. Read More

Lived experience communicator, Jasper Peach

Jasper Peach is a trans, non-binary and disabled writer and speaker. They are author of the book, "You’ll Be a Wonderful Parent: Advice and Encouragement For Rainbow Families of All Kinds", a contributor to Able radio, and host of a new television talk show called "Unmasked" featuring neurodivergent guests and conversations about life as a neurodivergent person. Read More

Aviation Safety, Jorge Lobarinas

An introduction to aviation safety as a vocation with insights from Jorge Lobarinas who works for an aviation safety regulator. Jorge also shares the story of his mid-career change from anatomical pathology to aviation management. Read More

A Song for You co-founder Dhanesh Jayaselan

A Song for You is a vocal ensemble with a rotation of around 50 members from a community of artists in the Berlin live soulful music scene. Co-founder Dhanesh Jayaselan shares the origins and ethos of the project which serves to elevate the voices and stories of BIPOC artists. Read More

Darug community leader, Aunty Cino

Aunty Cino (Cynthia Morrison) is an elder in her communities in various roles as head of the Garabara Dance Group, President and founder of the Didjurigur Netball Club, and as a much loved Aboriginal Education Officer teaching culture to primary school children K-6. Read More

Prog rock and concept albums

We revisit parts of a conversation with Padraig Parkhurst about his doctoral research on East German progressive rock of the early Honecker era and his approach to making concepts albums under his music producer alias Anarchosophist.  Read More

Professor Anna Clark on fishing and History

Professor Anna Clark is an historian and fishing enthusiast whose interests have intersected with her book, The Catch: Australia's love affair with fishing. Anna Clark is co-director of the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS and author of numerous critically acclaimed books about how history is made and taught in Australia. Read More

Crossword puzzle creator Fred Piscop

Fred Piscop is a master puzzle creator and a legend of crossword construction. He has been a regular contributor to The New York Times, a former daily crossword editor for USA Today, former editor of the Washington Post Sunday crossword, and now a contributor of cryptic crosswords to the Times and The Guardian. Read More