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Leave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: The scamdemic targeting the young and vulnerableThis is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘The scamdemic targeting the young and vulnerable’ by Julia Juremi from the Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU), part of our special report on cyberscams.
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360info.org/the-scamdemic-targeting-the-young-and-vulnerable/2025-01-3106 minLeave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: Our online world is getting angrier, is it by circumstance or design?This is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘Our online world is getting angrier, is it by circumstance or design?’ by Sebastian F. K. Svegaard from the Queensland University of Technology, part of our special report on anger.
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360info.org/our-online-world-is-getting-angrier-is-it-by-circumstance-or-design/2025-01-2408 minLeave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: Who’s afraid of quantum computing?This is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘Who’s afraid of quantum computing?’ by Chris Ferriefrom University of Technology Sydney, part of our special report on quantum computing.
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360info.org/whos-afraid-of-quantum-computing/2025-01-1707 minLeave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: How a cost of living crisis can fuel extremism among young menThis is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘How a cost of living crisis can fuel extremism among young men’ by Josh Roose from Deakin University, part of our special report on anger.
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360info.org/ai-is-changing-the-way-we-think/2025-01-1009 minLeave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: How social media is reshaping human connectionThis is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘AI is changing the way we think’ by Giuseppe Riva from the Catholic University of Sacred Heart Milan, part of our special report on AI and the future.
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360info.org/how-social-media-is-reshaping-human-connection2025-01-0308 minLeave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: The invisible killer lurking in the air of our citiesThis is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘The invisible killer lurking in the air of our cities’ by Wenhua Yu from Monash University, part of our special report on the relationship between climate change and health.
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360info.org/the-invisible-killer-lurking-in-the-air-of-our-cities/2024-12-2706 minLeave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: Firefighters face mental health threats as bushfires worsenThis is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘Firefighters face mental health threats as bushfires worsen’ by Graham Dwyer from the University of Melbourne, part of our special report on the relationship between climate change and health.
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360info.org/firefighters-face-mental-health-threats-as-bushfires-worsen/2024-12-2005 minLeave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: Cockroaches can teach us plenty about eating wellThis is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘Cockroaches can teach us plenty about eating well’ by David Raubenheimer from The University of Sydney, part of our special report on sustainable gastronomy.
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360info.org/cockroaches-can-teach-us-plenty-about-eating-well/2024-12-1309 minLeave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: Busted: five myths about eco-friendly eatingThis is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘Busted: five myths about eco-friendly eating’ by Bianca Wassmann from the Singapore-ETH Centre, part of our special report on sustainable gastronomy.
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360info.org/busted-five-myths-about-eco-friendly-eating/2024-12-0607 minLeave It To The ExpertsFrom the wire: AI is changing the way we thinkThis is ‘from the wire’, spoken versions of selected articles from 360info’s special reports.
This is ‘AI is changing the way we think’ by Giuseppe Riva & Massimo Chiriatti from the Catholic University of Sacred Heart Milan, part of our special report on AI and the future.
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360info.org/ai-is-changing-the-way-we-think/2024-12-0406 minLeave It To The ExpertsNuclear threat: Will Trump force Europe and Putin to repeat the Cold War? As the war in Ukraine escalates and winter deepens, global tensions rise to a fever pitch. Could Putin’s nuclear rhetoric and the re-election of Donald Trump reshape the trajectory of the conflict—and the world?
In this episode of Leave it To The Experts, Professor James Der Derian from the University of Sydney explores the chilling implications of Putin’s strategic moves, Trump’s transactional diplomacy, and the rapid evolution of military technology.
Will history’s lessons be learned, are we prepared to confront the potential of all out nuclear2024-11-2932 min
Neurospicy Black GirlThe Big Family Elephant in the Room | Neurospicy Black GirlSend your concerns (or comments!) hereWith the holidays approaching, Alani discusses the huge elephant in the room: family estrangement. Listen on as she talks about how to deal with this situation if you are neurospicy.Articles mentioned:Late diagnosis in girls and women: https://360info.org/you-dont-look-autistic-why-neurodivergent-women-have-been-sidelined/Slate article about family enstrangement: https://slate.com/life/2024/08/no-contact-parents-meaning-family-estrangement.htmlSupport the showHere are my socials: https://linktr.ee/neurospicyblackgirlBuy me a coffee!: https://buymeacoffee.com/neurospicyblackgirlSupport the place...2024-11-2113 minLeave It To The ExpertsAmericans walk the democracy tight rope, will they make it?Just days away from the 2024 US presidential election, it is still too close to call.
Like Philippe Petit did 50 years ago between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, Americans walk a tightrope.
Just like those who watched the French artist walk without a harness 100 floors up, you can wince, gasp, and be scared, but you can not look away.
In this episode, our experts are:
Bill Wyman from the University of Sydney
...2024-11-0145 minLeave It To The ExpertsThe planet is in crisis, so why aren’t we all listening?In a series of new reports, climate scientists across the world have again raised the alarm about the critical need for real action — before the impacts of climate change become truly catastrophic.
In Australia, the state of the climate report released yesterday by CSIRO and The Bureau of Meteorology revealed that Australia’s average temperature has already increased by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius since national records began.
A new report from the World Meteorological Organization just announced that Greenhouse gas levels globally surged to a new record in 2023, while the...2024-10-3145 minLeave It To The ExpertsAs India shakes off its colonial history, are the British captive to it ?India's history with Britain is brutal. Economist Utsa Patanik's research claims the British stole $US45 trillion from India throughout its rule, among a series of other alleged crimes.
India's former Foreign Secretary and current Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Dr Kanwal Sibal, is no stranger to the impacts of the British in South Asia, having had to move as a child from his family home in what is now Pakistan at the time of partition.
Dr Sibal told 360info's Leave it To The Experts that under the British Empire, "...2024-10-2530 minLeave It To The ExpertsCan Britain pay for the sins of the empire?Calls for reparations for the harms of slavery and the British Empire are set to narrow in on King Charles and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa.
This is Part 2 of our look at the British Royal Families trip to Australia and the Pacific, In this episode, we will travel the breadth of the empire, from Australia, Samoa to the Caribbean and India, as we try to understand what role the Royals play in 2024 in repairing the harms of the empire that fought for its glory. 2024-10-2525 minLeave It To The ExpertsDoes the British Royal Family owe billions for the crimes of empire?King Charles is in Australia on his first official visit as monarch. It's his 17th trip to Australia, but despite such a deep relationship, he has yet to truly acknowledge the position that he now holds and the impact it has had on the country's first-nations people.
The British Crown stakes itself as key to upholding tradition and continuity, but if tradition is so important to the British Royal Family, and their continuity so crucial to the character of British life, why are they so bad at talking about their history?
2024-10-1833 minLeave It To The ExpertsHow Tua Tagovailoa reignited world sport's concussion crisisTua Tagovailoa is one of the NFL's rising stars, signing a four-year, $212.4 million contract extension earlier this year.
So, why is the 26-year-old, father of two, one of the biggest stories in the world? And why does every sporting code from Miami to Melbourne need to watch what happens next in his career?
This episode of Leave it To The Experts looks at brain injuries, their impact on the lives of sportsmen and how we can protect both the athletes and the multi-billion dollar sporting industry across the world.
Our...2024-10-1435 minLeave It To The ExpertsPart 2: Has Gaza's year of carnage changed anything?Since October 2023, with the support of the US and other Western allies, Israel responded to the October 7 attack with a campaign of aerial bombardment that devastated Gaza.
The death toll is now well beyond 40,000 people, and there appears to be no end sight to the suffering.
As the war widens and deepens across the region, questions of what will happen to the Palestinian people when the war ends are being drowned out.
The destruction of the past year is almost unfathomable. However, what lies ahead threatens to be much, much worse.
To...2024-10-0425 minLeave It To The ExpertsPart 1: How has the world changed since October 7?History exploded on October 7, 2023 in Israel. Fighters from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which ruled the Gaza strip, crossed into southern Israel and unleashed a storm of horrific violence.
An estimated 1,200 people were killed – soldiers and civilians, young and old, men, women and children. More than 200 Israelis were taken hostage.
To help us understand the impacts this attack has had on Israeli people and how that shapes the world Leave It to the Experts spoke with Dr Ran Porat, a university lecturer and analyst on Israel and Middle Eastern Affairs, at Monash University.
This is...2024-10-0425 minLeave It To The ExpertsWhat comes next after the Hezbollah pager attacks?The attack on Hezbollah’s communications network has enormously damaged the group, but was the attack, believed to be by Israel, legal under international law? And is this the start of a new age of warfare in which everyday objects become weapons?
Featuring 360info's Emma Hoy, and Dr Tamer Morris and Dr Olga Boichak from The University of Sydney.2024-09-2031 minLeave It To The ExpertsHow our renewables future is built on modern slaveryThe mineral Cobalt is in almost everything required for the future. Laptops, smartphones, and semiconductors all use this rock, which is mostly pulled out of mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cobalt, along with Lithium is also set to revolutionise the way we live and power our world through solar panels and enormous battery storage, but as much as 30% of the cobalt mined in the DRC is done so by people working under conditions described as modern slavery.
So the question is, now that we know, what do...2024-09-1124 minLeave It To The ExpertsThe future of warfare: what will the battlefields of tomorrow look like?Military spending hit an all-time global high of $US2.4 trillion in 2023, with the US, China and Russia at the top of that list.Most of that cash went towards artificial intelligence, automation, big data and drone technology, hi-tech equipment that bring entirely new capacities to the fight — in speed, precision, stealth and surveillance.
However, military enlistments are falling across the globe.Australia is looking at a shortfall of 5,000 troops across its army, navy and air force.In Europe, military recruiters are wondering how to attract more young people, with nearly every country on the continent failing to me...2024-09-0321 minLeave It To The ExpertsWhy is the US-Israel alliance so unshakeable?As the war in Gaza drags into its eleventh month and the death toll rises, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pursuit of ‘total victory’ over Hamas seems increasingly out of reach.
Israel faces growing scrutiny and condemnation for its actions around the globe, yet its most important ally, the United States, continues to offer unwavering support and billions of dollars worth of military equipment.
In this episode, we explore why America remains so committed to Israel. Join us as we unpack the history and implications of this enduring alliance with International Relations scholar Dr. Martin...2024-08-1616 minLeave It To The ExpertsWhy are millennials and Gen Z giving up on democracy?Young voters, angered by being left behind economically and politically, are voting for more extreme candidates in an attempt to be heard. What do they want?
Featuring 360info's Emma Hoy and The University of Sydney's Dr David Blunt.2024-07-2334 minLeave It To The ExpertsHow immigration became a political football at Euro 2024The Real Madrid-bound superstar Kylian Mbappe is one of many footballers at Euro 2024 who have found themselves entwined in a divisive immigration debate that is sitting at the epicentre of elections in France, the United Kingdom and across Europe.
Featuring 360info's Emma Hoy and Associate Professor Ben Wellings from Monash University.
2024-07-1227 minLeave It To The ExpertsThe Republican front holds in FranceAfter denying the far-right National Rally the chance to take over parliament, the French people start again, this time with the New Popular Front, a group that some experts fear do not know how to govern together.
The deadlock that was so unpalatable to many French people remains, and the country sits on the precipice of a very different, extremely unexpected outcome. 2024-07-0915 minLeave It To The ExpertsIs it too late to save France from the far-right?An air of inevitability grips France after the first round of parliamentary elections, with the far-right party the National Rally edging closer to controlling parliament. Joining Emma is University of Sydney Associate Professor Jean Bogais who feels the far right's success is down to constant failures at addressing growing social concerns.2024-07-0430 minLeave It To The ExpertsIndia votes: From Delhi to Paris, did Modi trigger the right-wing wave?In the north, south, east and west, far-right politics are on the rise. Despite failing to win an outright majority, Narendra Modi appears certain to continue his Hindu nationalist agenda as prime minister in India. French President Emmanuel Macron, reeling from an EU election that saw Jordan Bardella’s right-wing National Rally win 30 percent of his country's vote, has dissolved the national parliament and called a new election.
From Delhi to Paris, what are the common denominators when it comes to the rise of the far-right? How are leaders making common cause across borders? What is the di...2024-06-2541 minLeave It To The ExpertsIndia votes: Modi hangs on after election shockThe talk is over, the votes are counted. Narendra Modi’s BJP Party has won the most votes and the most seats in this enormous election, but at what cost?
The BJP has lost its majority in parliament and will now rely on its coalition partners to ensure that it holds onto power. Could this be the end of the road for Narendra Modi as his party looks to regain voters trust?
Featuring 360info’s Emma Hoy, South Asia Editor Bharat Bhushan and Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury, a Professor of P...2024-06-0530 minLeave It To The ExpertsIndia votes: The crisis that could end India's economic boomWealth appears to be everywhere in India, but each year it seems to be concentrated with fewer and fewer people. In part four of 360info's series on the Indian election, we look at India’s economic miracle, which minted 94 new billionaires in 2023 alone. Is the meteoric rise of the Indian economy all that it seems? And what might stop it from becoming the powerhouse many believe it's destined to be?
From accusations of crony capitalism and wealth inequality to stagnating foreign investment, India's leap to becoming the world’s fifth-largest economy has been paved with difficulties. However, clim...2024-06-0435 minLeave It To The ExpertsIndia votes: Who is Narendra Modi?In part three of 360info's series on the Indian election, we try to separate man from myth. Who is Narendra Modi?
From humble beginnings to Prime Minister, the story of Narendra Modi has been heralded as a reflection of a new, ambitious India, but the two-time election winner very nearly didn’t make it to the top of India’s politics. What motivates him, who created him and will voters ask for another term when the results are read out on June 4?
Featuring 360info's Emma Hoy, Samrat Choudhury and Associate Professor Ajay Gudavarthy from the Jawah...2024-05-2833 min