The Conversation Weekly

The Conversation

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A show for curious minds, from The Conversation.  Each week, host Gemma Ware speaks to an academic expert about a topic in the news to understand how we got here.

Latest episodeHow Big Porn made sexual violence mainstreamOctober 29, 2026 · 23 min

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Latest episodes

1. How Big Porn made sexual violence mainstreamOctober 29, 2026 · 23 min
2. America's death penalty: why executions are rising againOctober 22, 2026 · 23 min
3. In Alberta, far-right populism drives bid to leave CanadaOctober 15, 2026 · 31 min
4. Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth on how light is changing what we know about the brainOctober 8, 2026 · 15 min
5. Could a former IDF chief break Benjamin Netanyahu’s grip on power in Israel?October 1, 2026 · 25 min
6. Can we ever fully trust AI agents?September 24, 2026 · 24 min
7. Australia's 'barking mad' bet on nuclear submarinesSeptember 17, 2026 · 20 min
8. Ratko Mladić: the war criminal who became a martyr for Bosnian SerbsSeptember 10, 2026 · 16 min
9. Inside the booming ‘shadow fleet’ industry keeping rogue states afloatSeptember 3, 2026 · 21 min
10. The music that made Dolly Parton a global iconAugust 31, 2026 · 20 min

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