When we have debates about things that have high stakes for us, people on both sides often lift the standards for what counts as good and reliable evidence. This can result in us…

It was a work by 13th century Persian poet Rumi that provided the inspiration for Geelong businessman Peter Roberts to pack up his family and move to America to study the art of…

‘You don’t ask for what you think you can get – you ask for what you want.’ Social researcher and writer Rebecca Huntley tackles the rising political temperature of the nation in her…

We take our voting for granted, but how much do you actually know about the history of compulsory voting in Australia? Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics at La Trobe University, visits Amy…

If you haven’t heard of Rutger Bregman you can think of him as a kind of Robin Hood for the Influencer Age: taking from the rich and giving to the poor, one dissenting…

During the 1960s, Women’s Liberationists considered feminism to be a politically conservative concept that was ill-equipped to really motivate the kinds of radical change that was needed to end women’s oppression. Dr Anne…

Amy Mullins speaks to thespians Barry McGovern and Tom Creed, who’ve brought their adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist existential novel Watt to the Melbourne International Arts Festival. A meditation on the significance of…

Julian Burnside is a barrister and long-time human rights advocate. Barrister Julian Burnside QC joined Amy in the studio to discuss the threats to multiculturalism in Australia, which is the topic of his…

Peter Cochrane is an historian and renowned novelist. His latest book, Best We Forget: The War for White Australia 1914-1918, is a harrowing and eye-opening account of twentieth-century Australia’s grossly racist and…

The stars of A Doll’s House, Part 2, Marta Dusseldorp and Zoe Terakes, popped past the studio to chat to Uncommon Sense host Amy Mullins. ‘I’ve never experienced such huge laughs, and…