Podcasts

What counts as a life well lived? How should we treat each other? How should we respond when things go wrong? Which goals should we pursue? What counts as human flourishing? Join philosopher Associate Professor Luke Russell as he interviews philosophers on what constitutes living well.

Join Emeritus Professor Robert Aldrich, Associate Professor Cindy McCreery and their expert guests as they examine challenges faced by monarchies in modern history. They will explore revolution, assassination, and scandal – and why some monarchies have survived, and others have disappeared.

Professor James Curran from the Discipline of History explores Australia's global relations and responses from the late 19th Century to the present day. Covering historical, cultural, ideological, economic, and strategic influences on government foreign and defence policies, it delves into themes that continue to shape Australia's place in the world.

Whose University? Whose Culture? Three podcasts, three views on university culture. Professor Julia Horne talks with eminent university strategists Professor Lisa Jackson-Pulver, Professor Jennifer Barrett and Professor Tim Soutphommasane about their own experiences in bringing about cultural change.

A podcast series about the discipline of English and Writing at the University of Sydney.

Professor Julia Horne presents a new History of University Life podcast series, Speaking of History, hosted by Dr Gabrielle Kemmis. The series draws on recently digitized cassette tapes of interviews conducted in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s with former University of Sydney staff and students.

What makes someone study modern China, colonial Australia, renaissance Italy, the indigenous peoples of Canada, or freedom fighters in West Papua? Why do historians become obsessed by their subject, and can they ever really find out "how it really was" in the past?

Boys are in trouble - or so we are often told. Boy Trouble asks challenging questions about the lives of contemporary boys, and about the popular truisms that frame these lives: Boys are in crisis! Boys will be boys!

Making Sense of History asks how the present connects to the past. In each episode, Associate Professor Nick Eckstein and a guest turn back the clock, tracing current themes and events to their historical source.

In an age of polarisation and misinformation, ARC Laureate Professor Terry Flew of the University of Sydney explores what can be done to rebuild the public’s trust in our most vital institutions.