We unpack taxidermy from hunting trophy to pet crypt and museum display

The initial vision of the internet was that it would empower individuals and expose the wrongdoings of state and corporate interests. But the same technologies that had been used for public uprisings against oppressive governments are now being used by those governments against political demonstrators,  whistle-blowers and dissidents. Due to copyright reasons there is no podcast or stream for these lectures on the Big Ideas website. Please head to the CBC Massey Lecture website.

How should you clean your ears? And does surgery help to prevent migraine?

The Governor-General has announced the Australia Day 2021 Honours List, recognising 845 Australians.

When life gives you fire, you don't need more coal. This talk was first broadcast on 26 April, 2020.

Will this be a ground-breaking year for digital media?. In light of the ongoing fallout from the attack on the US Capitol on January 6 - not just the banning of Trump from Twitter and Facebook, and Amazon kicking Parler off its app suite, but what will this mean for social media, and how they or Governments control speech?

We’ll bring you another season of Stuff the British Stole in 2021 but for now we have something new for you that comes from our friends at CBC Canada. Recall, a history show that remains hot to touch.

Is the Department of Home Affairs too big? Peter Edwards and Jacinta Carroll on the legacy of the Hope Royal Commissions into intelligence which recommended a clear separation between intelligence collection and policy making. Also: China's Good War. Oxford university historian Rana Mitter on how the new Chinese nationalism is being shaped by a re-interpretation of China's role in World War Two.

Our guests are here with some timely recommendations to keep you stimulated

Three separate exploration ships made their way north up the WA coast in the half of the 19th century. They were adding to the coastal mapwork of Matthew Flinders. On board each ship was one Aboriginal man, who acted as an intermediary between the Royal Navy explorers, and the northern WA Aboriginal people.

A wild ride involving a Russian flying ace, an escape from Java in World War 2, and a missing package of diamonds.

In our summer special series, we bring you some of our favourite guests from the Australia Institute’s webinar series in 2020. In this episode, host Ebony Bennett talks to Ged Kearney MP, Shadow Assistant Minister for Skills and the Shadow Assistant Minister for Aged Care, Beris Campbell, Board member of Homeshare and Ruth Kestermann, CEO of Holdsworth Community Sydney for a discussion on Australia's critical but badly neglected aged care sector and how we can help older Australians to age well, preferably at home. The full webinar is available on the Australia Institute’s YouTube channel here. *Host:* Ebony Bennett // @ebony_bennett *Guests:* Ged Kearney MP, Shadow Assistant Minister for Skills and the Shadow Assistant Minister for Aged Care, Member for Cooper // @gedkearney Beris Campbell, Board member, Homeshare Ruth Kestermann, CEO, Holdsworth Community Sydney *Producer:* Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey Theme music is by Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum

In this episode, national editor Tory Maguire and senior economics correspondent Shane Wright discuss the state of the economy as we see out 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you get bitten by a snake in the middle of the bush don't do what this bloke did

How the Biden administration will effect Australian politics, the threats to free speech in Australia and Tiffany Shellam on three indigenous intermediaries of early colonial Australia.

Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist Amy McQuire talks to Laura Murphy-Oates about how her new children’s book, Day Break, honours the resilience of Indigenous families as they mark 26 January. McQuire also explains why Australia Day is not a day for celebration, and the need to remember our history of frontier violence

Australia's first COVID-19 vaccine has been approved, but it's not here yet. It's definitely good news, but regulatory approval wasn't the last barrier standing between us and the seamless delivery of a vaccine to every last Australian. So where are the remaining roadblocks? And if you're not at the front of the queue, then when can you expect a jab? Featured: Professor Kristine Macartney, Director, National Centre for Immunisation, Research and Surveillance