Steve Grimwade

Steve Grimwade

University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

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Everything is Country

Wiradjuri man and geographer Associate Professor Michael-Shawn Fletcher explores how belonging to Country embeds us within the world around us and reveals the obligation we have to care for it

Politics & Society

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Podcasts

The state of democracy, before and during COVID-19

We’re facing a global democratic recession, but the pandemic has intensified the focus on what we want from democracy, says Tom Daly, Deputy Director of the Melbourne School of Government

Arts & Culture

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Podcast

The life you can save

Celebrating the tenth anniversary of his influential book ‘The Life You Can Save’, Professor Peter Singer discusses why we need to do more to improve the lives of people living in extreme poverty

Arts & Culture

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Podcast

Movement, mobility and identity

Anthropology studies cultures and communities, but people have always moved around, so one anthropologist has taken his research on the road in cars and on buses

Health & Medicine

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Podcast

Molecules in motion

Why Cryo-EM, or speed-freezing molecules to create 3D images that can diagnose human cell behaviour, is taking the structural biology world by storm

Environment

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Podcast

Learning to live with fire

Fire. It’s a constant in the Australian landscape. But how we manage our bushfire risk isn’t just about the environment we live in, it’s also about changing our cultural attitudes to fire

Environment

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Podcast

Australia: Liveability vs sustainability

While Melbourne may be a liveable city, it’s got a way to go to become sustainable in the face of challenges like climate change

Arts & Culture

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Podcast

Can love overcome the distance between us?

Anthropologist Nigel Rapport’s fieldwork explores love and respecting the individuality of life

Politics & Society

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Podcast

Why nerd politics is here to stay

From the Occupy Movement to internet freedom legislation in Brazil, ‘technopolitical nerds’ are making their mark worldwide

Environment

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Podcast

How is commuting changing us?

Our daily commute is transforming our relationships, how we work and what we want from our cities