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April 17, 2020 Phoebe Roth, _The Conversation_; Sophia Morris, _The Conversation_, and Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ Childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, menopause, 75+: how your diet

should change with each stage of life The Conversation, CC BY56.6 MB (download) Once you get older, the focus moves to trying not to lose your muscle tissue. So as you age, your protein

requirements actually start to go up. April 3, 2020 Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ and Wes Mountain, _The Conversation_ What does the pandemic sound like? In this episode, urban

researchers all over the world open up the voice recorder on their phones and record a two minute report from the field about their city. March 13, 2020 Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_

Coronavirus and COVID-19: your questions answered by virus experts The Conversation90.3 MB (download) What do you need to know about COVID-19 and coronavirus? We asked our readers for their

top questions and sought answers from two of Australia's leading virus and vaccine experts. March 9, 2020 Antonio Tarquinio, _The Conversation_ and Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ We

asked astronomers: are we alone in the Universe? The answer was surprisingly consistent The Conversation33.5 MB (download) 'I think that we will discover life outside of Earth in my

lifetime. If not that, then in your lifetime,' one astronomer told us. February 23, 2020 Cameron Furlong, _The Conversation_ and Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ More than 70% of the

Universe is made of ‘dark energy’, the mysterious stuff even stranger than dark matter The Conversation17.1 MB (download) Today on the podcast, we explore what we know about dark energy,

believed to be responsible for the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe. January 31, 2020 Clare M. Cooper, _University of Sydney_ ‘Futuring’ can help us survive the climate crisis.

And guess what? You’re a futurist too The Conversation, CC BY14.1 MB (download) When think about this time next year, are we freaking out, or are we futuring? January 30, 2020 Sunanda

Creagh, _The Conversation_ __Podcasts are often best enjoyed using a podcast app. January 15, 2020 Antonio Tarquinio, _The Conversation_ and Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ The Dish in

Parkes is scanning the southern Milky Way, searching for alien signals The Conversation50.7 MB (download) Today we hear about the Parkes radio telescope's role in the search for alien

life. Our guide is the irrepressible John Sarkissian, the scientist who's had his eye on The Dish since childhood. December 18, 2019 Cameron Furlong, _The Conversation_ and Sunanda

Creagh, _The Conversation_ ‘The size, the grandeur, the peacefulness of being in the dark’: what it’s like to study space at Siding Spring Observatory The Conversation, CC BY54.3 MB

(download) Three hours north-east of Parkes lies a remote astronomical research facility, unpolluted by city lights, where researchers are trying to unlock some of the biggest questions

about our Universe. November 26, 2019 Phoebe Roth, _The Conversation_ and Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ Antibiotic resistant superbugs kill 32 plane-loads of people a week. We can all

help fight back The Conversation, CC BY48 MB (download) Antibiotic resistant infections already kill about 700,000 people globally every year. While scientists are racing to find new ways to

fight superbugs, there's one thing you can do, too. November 1, 2019 Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ M. Stanley Whittingham was one of three scientists who won the 2019 Nobel Prize

in Chemistry for their work developing lithium-ion batteries – used to power mobile phones, laptops and electric cars. October 6, 2019 Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ Trust Me, I’m An

Expert: forensic entomology, or what bugs can tell police about when someone died The Conversation, CC BY58.8 MB (download) James Wallman is one of Australia's few forensic

entomologists. It’s his job to unpack the tiny clues left behind by insects that can help police solve crimes. September 10, 2019 Alexandra Hansen, _The Conversation_ and Sunanda Creagh,

_The Conversation_ What science says about how to lose weight and whether you really need to The Conversation, CC BY49.3 MB (download) A professor in nutrition and dietetics explains. August

27, 2019 Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ Two Queensland-based experts discuss what so many politicians and pundits get wrong about the Sunshine State – and what its citizens are crying

out for. August 22, 2019 Justin Bergman, _The Conversation_ and Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ Why the Hong Kong protesters feel they have ‘nothing to lose’ The Conversation29.5 MB

(download) Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has indicated she's open to dialogue. But unless she meets the demonstrators' demands, the protest movement isn't going to end anytime

soon. July 19, 2019 Molly Glassey, _The Conversation_ and Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ What’s the next ‘giant leap’ for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts The Conversation,

CC BY27.3 MB (download) What's the next thing that will blow us away or bring us together the way the Moon landing did in 1969? Moon mining? Alien contact? Retirement on Mars? Three

space experts share their predictions. July 1, 2019 Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ ‘This is going to affect how we determine time since death’: how studying body donors in the bush is

changing forensic science The Conversation, CC BY77.2 MB (download) On the outskirts of Sydney, in a secret bushland location, lies what's officially known as the Australian Facility

for Taphonomic Experimental Research. In books or movies, it'd be called a body farm. June 14, 2019 Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ ‘People felt totally trapped’: what it’s like to

be a pensioner renting privately as Australia’s housing costs soar The Conversation, CC BY39 MB (download) On today's episode, Alan Morris shares some of the deeply moving stories he

heard when he set out to interview older Australians in private rental accommodation and social housing about loneliness. May 6, 2019 Jeanti St Clair, _Southern Cross University_ Nimbin

before and after: local voices on how the 1973 Aquarius Festival changed a town forever The Conversation, CC BY69.6 MB (download) The stories shared with you today are drawn from

consultations and interviews with more than 60 Nimbin residents, Aquarius Festival participants and Indigenous elders. April 30, 2019 Sunanda Creagh, _The Conversation_ and Tilly Gwinner,

_The Conversation_ ‘Labor will win this election. I think that’s virtually unquestionable’: political scientist Andy Marks on #AusVotes2019 and the key issues in NSW The Conversation, CC

BY34 MB (download) We are but a few weeks from a federal election, and the way the political wind is blowing may depend on what state you're in.