The Conversation Weekly
A podcast by The Conversation - Thursdays
185 Episodes
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Himpathy: the psychology of why some people side with perpetrators of sexual misconduct
Published: 26/09/2024 -
A lonely ancient plant needs a female partner – researchers are using drones and AI to find it
Published: 19/09/2024 -
Why mpox in Africa was ignored for too long and children are dying as a result
Published: 12/09/2024 -
The emotional toll of dating apps and why they're no longer about finding love
Published: 05/09/2024 -
Geoengineering part 2: the case against reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth
Published: 30/08/2024 -
Geoengineering part 1: the case to try modifying the climate
Published: 29/08/2024 -
A tooth that rewrites history? The discovery challenging what we knew about Neanderthals
Published: 22/08/2024 -
Borders and Belonging: is Japan turning into a migration state?
Published: 15/08/2024 -
Curious Kids: Why is my dog so cute?
Published: 08/08/2024 -
Fightback mounts against trade deals fossil fuel investors can use to sue countries over climate action
Published: 01/08/2024 -
New options for managing chronic pain after the opioid crisis
Published: 25/07/2024 -
Can shared experiences bring people closer together?
Published: 18/07/2024 -
What next for the French and British right?
Published: 11/07/2024 -
Underwater soundscapes of seagrass meadows revealed in new recordings
Published: 04/07/2024 -
Don't Call Me Resilient: as war rages in Sudan, a new type of community resistance takes hold
Published: 01/07/2024 -
3D printed guns: unmasking the designer of the FGC-9
Published: 27/06/2024 -
The Brexit roots of the UK's Rwanda asylum plan – and why other EU leaders might want to copy it
Published: 20/06/2024 -
Scientists can't agree on how fast the universe is expanding – why this matters so much for our understanding of the cosmos
Published: 13/06/2024 -
Creative flow: what's going on inside our brains when everything just clicks
Published: 06/06/2024 -
Breakthroughs and failures on the road to a universal snake bite antivenom
Published: 30/05/2024
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