Recorded at All About Women Festival on March 5th, 2017. What if the key to living a happier, healthier life is already inside of us? Inquisitive and talented microbiology student and bestselling author Giulia Enders explores one of the most complex, important, and even miraculous parts of our anatomy - the gut. Chaired by Natasha Mitchell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at All About Women Festival on March 5th, 2017.  In an age of disruption and climate change, how will humans adapt?  Social scientist Karen O’Brien has devoted her career to exploring the mechanisms that drive change and adaptation. What do we need to understand about how we create change – and how do we deal with the consequences? Chaired by: Santilla Chingaipe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at All About Women Festival on March 5th, 2017. Why is there still gender inequality and a gender pay gap? If we want to end male dominance in board rooms and parliaments, then maybe we need to stop telling women to be more confident, negotiate better, speak up and support each other. What if, instead of telling women to fix themselves, we fixed the system? Panel: Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Catherine Fox & Ann Sherry Chair: Fauziah Ibrahim Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at All About Women Festival on March 5th, 2017. What happens to a loud woman with big opinions in a culture where women are expected to be small, quiet and compliant? Lindy West’s vibrant humour, refreshing candour and unapologetically trenchant attacks on body shamers and trolls have earned her the admiration of Lena Dunham, Ira Glass, and Caitlin Moran. What can each of us take away from the courage of someone who confronts rape jokes, the fat police, and anti-abortionists - and laughs to tell the tale? Chair: Sarah Macdonald Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at All About Women on March 5th, 2017. What’s wrong with our education system? How can we transform mass education into something that can work for everyone and delivers what we need in a world of rapid change?  As journalist Lucy Clark battled to save her daughter from a school system that discouraged difference, she set out to discover the real meaning of success and failure and why we educate young people as we do.  Chair: Bridgette Van Leuven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at All About Women on March 5th, 2017 Has contemporary feminism grown so tame, cowardly and irrelevant that it barely challenges the status quo? Have feminists traded liberation for acceptance? What will it take to wake the movement up? In a fearless call for revolution, Jessa Crispin demands more of feminism - nothing less than the total dismantling of a system of oppression. Chaired by Danielle Harvey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at All About Women on March 5th, 2017.  What is it about women with opinions, or aspirations to power, that brings out the worst in our culture? Whether we are called ‘nasty women’, ‘frightbats’ or ‘hysterical’ – take your pick – these are labels that are deployed to try to put women in their place. But what happens when women stop being afraid, and ‘nasty woman’ becomes a badge of honour? Panel: Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Van Badham, Lindy West Chair: Fauziah Ibrahim Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at All About Women Festival on March 5th, 2017. Entering its sixth year and with no resolution in sight, the Syrian Civil War has already killed an estimated 400,000 people.  Foreign correspondent Janine di Giovanni bears witness to the lived reality behind the headlines. With her courageous fieldwork and on-the-ground reporting, she offers a unique opportunity to understand this tragic conflict through the eyes of the people living at its very centre.  Chair: Geraldine Doogue Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at All About Women Festival, March 5th 2017. Queen Victoria wielded enormous power during her 64 year reign. Yet she still had to negotiate with her husband, fit in work around her nine children and manage the expectations of 10 Prime Ministers and her public. What can we learn about women and power from this 19th century monarch? Watch as journalist and biographer Julia Baird explores Victoria’s journey from teenage queen to the most powerful woman of her era. Chaired by Sarah Macdonald. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TV speaks to us all – it shapes our dreams, confronts our fears and reflects the world we live in. Every year we hear of a new era and the death of a media industry, yet TV always has the last laugh. Why? Christopher Borrelli is a reporter and columnist for the Chicago Tribune, providing a refreshingly earnest voice to the world of video games, toast, Netflix, location scouts, shadow puppet theatre companies and people who hoard copies of Jerry Maguire. As a man who has written an article on the mathematic formula behind suspense, it’s safe to say that Borelli will deliver, giving us a reason to never listen to ‘turn off the TV and go to bed’ ever again. http://sydneyoperahouse.com/ideas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.