The Solutionists with Mark Scott

The Solutionists, with Mark Scott

Big challenges need big solutions. Meet the minds making it happen.

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The Solutionists, with Mark Scott

Big challenges need big solutions. Meet the minds making it happen.

Join Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Sydney, and get ready to view the world from a different perspective.

From our own wellbeing to the preservation of the planet, The Solutionists dives into the most pressing issues of our time and introduces you to the people unearthing the seeds of remarkable solutions.

18 December 2024

THE SOLUTIONISTS SUMMER THROWBACK: Heatwaves kill more people than natural disasters combined, and Australia’s fiery summers are only getting hotter. Leading heat expert Ollie Jay is working on keeping the planet cool, and he can help you stay safe when temperatures soar. 

11 December 2024

Who owns Australian history? Who gets to tell Australia’s story? These are questions a museum curator can’t ignore – find out how modern museums are transforming into storytelling centres, platforming communities who hold deep knowledge about our nation. 

27 November 2024

Philosophy and politics professor Alexandre Lefebvre believes you’re probably a liberal, even if you don’t realise it. He explains why, and teaches you how to live a more purposefully liberal life.

13 November 2024

Treating chronic health conditions is expensive, and the cost is only rising as more and more people develop these conditions. Some experts say that if things don’t change, nations won’t be able to fund anything but healthcare. Nutrition and longevity expert Luigi Fontana explains what a more proactive healthcare system could look like – and he’s got the evidence to show it works.

30 October 2024

Why is trust breaking down across Australia? Lenore Taylor, editor-in-chief of the Guardian Australia, explains how we got here, and what we can do to build trust again.

16 October 2024

There’s no one else on the planet just like you. So why do you take the same medicine as everyone else when you get sick? Professor David James sees a better way... And it starts with your genes. 

2 October 2024

We'd all like to think we can solve big problems alone, but that's just not possible for the climate crisis. That's why Professor Deanna D'Alessandro is pulling together a team of expert physicists, chemists, psychologists, business leaders and policy makers to sprint towards the goal of Net Zero by 2050.  

18 September 2024

Rae Cooper is Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations at the University of Sydney. She says Australia hasn’t come nearly far enough in the fight for gender equality at work, and there’s a few reasons why. 

4 September 2024

Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford, says cities are the greatest engines of innovation. They’re melting pots, bringing together the top performers and brightest minds from all over the world. But they’re hotbeds of inequality, and that inequality is only growing.

Season 2 episodes

Season 1 episodes