The Conversation Weekly
By The Conversation
A show for curious minds. Join us each week as academic experts tell us about the fascinating discoveries they're making to understand the world, and the big questions they’re still trying to answer. A podcast from The Conversation, hosted by Gemma Ware.
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Latest episode
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50 years since the discovery of ancient hominin fossil Lucy in Ethiopia, calls grow to decolonize paleoanthropology
An interview with leading Ethiopian paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selaisse -
The controversy over cod fishing in Canada
Why Canada’s decision to lift a ban on cod fishing in Newfoundland after 32 years is so controversial -
Gangsters who leave their gang behind for something new
Gaz, a former gang leader from Sierra Leone, became a poet and then a farmer. -
What is motivating Americans as they decide who to vote for
The attitudes towards Trump and Harris that Americans are taking with them to the ballot box -
Origins of South Australia’s mysterious pink sands revealed
Pink sand from South Australian beaches traced back through time to Antarctica -
MicroRNA: Victor Ambros on the discovery that won him the Nobel prize
Victor Ambros on the team effort behind his Nobel-prize winning discovery of microRNA -
Know Your Place: when did class stop predicting the way British people vote?
The first episode of a new series from The Conversation Documentaries about class and politics in Britain. -
What Israel and its neighbours want now
Mireille Rebeiz and Amnon Aran on a dangerous and deadly moment for the Middle East. -
HIV breakthrough in preventing infection via injection
Linda-Gail Bekker on promising results for a new drug called lenacapavir. -
Himpathy: the psychology of why some people side with perpetrators of sexual misconduct
Human behaviour expert Samantha Dodson talks about her research into himpathy.
