Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Indigenous Australian Suffrage
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Eight years after Australian women gained the right to vote and to...
Bedtime History
The Checks and Balances of Government
The American Revolution has ended and America is a free country. As a young country, America has many decisions to make about how it will be run, such as who will have power and lead the country. The Founding Fathers wanted to be careful...
Curated Video
All Men are Created Equal? The Founding Fathers' Views on Slavery
What did the Founding Fathers really think of slavery? And how did that impact the laws they created?
ShortCutsTv
Unmasking: The End of Debate?
Unmasking is extreme form of criticism that is becoming increasingly prevalent in social science and everyday discourse where individuals are accused of being fraudulent and ideas are exposed as illusions, making debate and argument...
Mazz Media
Understanding the Constitution: Legislative Branch
Created by the founding fathers after much debate, our bicameral Congress, the legislative branch of our government, was a real compromise. In this program students will out why two houses were created in order to ensure equal...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are our diagnosis or mental illness real?
From schizophrenia to depression we assume our psychiatric diagnoses are real. But as the mental health epidemic turns global, the categories now seem like the cause. Is it time to abandon our biological account of mental illness? Or is...
Advocate of Wordz
The Ode - Poetry Defined
Part of the lure of being a writer, is becoming immortal through our words. But authors aren't the only individuals who live on through the words, so do and maybe more so are their subjects. There may be no better way than that of the...
Healthcare Triage
GMOs
Since our first episode, you've begged us to cover Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs. Honestly, I often can't tell if those of you who are asking us to do this expect us to tell you're they're awesome of the worst thing to happen...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Radical decentralised politics or centralised government?
Few take anarchism and the abandonment of organised government as a viable political goal.æYet in economics, capitalism is just such a leaderless anarchic system. Might a radically decentralised political system be more credible than we...
ShortCutsTv
The Functions of Crime
The idea crime can have positive consequences for individuals and societies is an important part of Durkheimês sociological analysis of crime and deviance. Steve Taylor explains how crime and deviance can be functional for social order...
Advocate of Wordz
Metaphor vs Simile - Poetry Defined
The great debate is here! In this episode, we break down what a Metaphor and Simile is, how they are similar and different. We also have a decisive winner at the end!
Institute of Art and Ideas
How Men and Women Think (long form version)
Many neuroscientists believe disorders of the mind will be solved when we understand the differences between the male and female brain. Yet is is frequently argued that men and women are not born but made. Are mental differences between...
Institute of Art and Ideas
What is beyond language?
The power of words is a wonder, and language perhaps our greatest skill. Yet the gap between the sound of a bell and its description is huge. Are the limits to language so profound that the big questions of science and philosophy are...
Institute of Art and Ideas
The dangers of modern medicine
We ring fence NHS spending and western countries spend ever more on medicine. But a third of all deaths are due to medical intervention and some argue poverty not pathogens makes the biggest difference. Is it a fantasy to believe that...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are nations inevitably a source of conflict?
From the Olympics to the UN we celebrate national identity and culture. Yet nations are typically the source of warfare and conflict. Would we be better to get rid of nations and borders in favour of a wider, ultimately global,...
Cerebellum
The Legislative Branch Of Government - How A Bill Becomes A Law
This video looks at the process by which a bill becomes a law; how it is brought to the floor through the committee and then sub-committee and after the floor to a joint committee and finally after further voting by the chambers it is...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are there alternatives to Capitalism?
As China and Russia adopt their own variants, the reign of capitalism seems absolute. Yet there are many who wish for an alternative and some who claim a final crisis is in the making. Is there a radical alternative that we have not yet...
Cerebellum
America: Nationalism And Change 1818-1830 - The Missouri Comprimise 1820
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video examines the documents...
Curated Video
Italy Plans to Ban Burqa and Niqab in All Public Spaces, curb Mosque funding
New ReviewItaly’s ruling Brothers of Italy party is pushing a bill to ban burqas and niqabs in all public spaces, including schools, offices, and shops. Supporters cite secular values and national sovereignty, while critics warn it could target...
Curated Video
Gubernatorial candidates square off in final debate; both visit News 12 next for 'Ask the Candidate'
New ReviewRepublican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill focused and disagreed on a variety of issues including immigration, transparency in their campaigns and property taxes.
Press Association
Former London Tories leader criticises 'curated hatred' at gender session during Conservative Conference
New ReviewInterview with Conservative London Assembly member Andrew Boff after he heckled a session on gender identity at the party's conference in Manchester. Mr Boff called the session “curated hatred”, after he heckled the panel including...
Press Association
London Assembly member heckles gender identity debate at Tory Party conference
New ReviewA Conservative politician has criticised a session on gender identity at the Conservative Party Conference as “curated hatred”, after he heckled the panel including former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies. Andrew Boff, who was sitting in...
Curated Video
Reanalysis of 1970s Nasa Data Shows Venus Clouds Hold Water
New ReviewIn a groundbreaking revelation, scientists have reexamined 1970s-era NASA data and found compelling evidence that Venus's thick clouds contain traces of water vapor. The findings, based on archived data from missions like Pioneer Venus,...