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22 Mar 2019Who will win next US presidential race?

Dennis Altman - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow & Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University

20 Mar 2019The Hayne Royal Commission: An appraisal

Stuart Kells - Adjunct Professor in the La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University

20 Mar 2019Greg Combet and the future of capitalism

Danny Davis - Researcher, La Trobe University Business School

19 Mar 2019Why do we have two kidneys?

Brooke Huuskes - Lecturer in Human Anatomy, Physiology Anatomy & Microbiology, La Trobe University

18 Mar 2019Why do bats sleep upside down?

Amy Edwards - Post Doctoral Researcher, Ecology, Environment & Evolution, La Trobe University

15 Mar 2019Are Chinese-Australia relations toxic?

Tony Walker - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow & Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University

15 Mar 2019Private health and public hospitals

Karen Willis - Professor, Allied Health Research, Melbourne Health, La Trobe University & Sophie Lewis - Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW & Rebecca E. Olson - Senior Lecturer, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland

14 Mar 2019The famous Mrs Fanny Finch

Kacey Sinclair - PhD Candidate in History, La Trobe University

14 Mar 2019The myth of the great wave

Robert Manne - Emeritus Professor (Politics), La Trobe University

11 Mar 2019Is moderate drinking good for me?

Hassan Vally - Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University

11 Mar 2019How birds become male or female

Jenny Graves - Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University

08 Mar 2019Managing China election will be tricky

Tony Walker - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow & Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University

06 Mar 2019Biometric systems not completely secure

Song Wang - Senior Lecturer, Engineering, La Trobe University & Wencheng Yang - Post Doctoral Researcher, Security Research Institute, Edith Cowan University

04 Mar 2019From secret ballot to democracy sausage

Judith Brett - Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University

01 Mar 2019Coal ‘ban’ carries significant message

Tony Walker - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow & Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University

28 Feb 2019US-North Korea summit ends abruptly

Benjamin Habib - Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University

27 Feb 2019Why your face looks the way it does

Sebastian Dworkin - Group Leader, Developmental Genetics Lab, La Trobe University

26 Feb 2019What does 'intersectionality' mean?

Carolyn D'Cruz - Senior Lecturer, Gender Sexuality and Diversity Studies, La Trobe University

26 Feb 2019Saving our wheat from climate change

James Hunt - Associate Professor, La Trobe University

25 Feb 2019Australian surfing pioneer Isabel Letham

Yves Rees - David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University

22 Feb 2019A Trump before Trump: Sir Allen Lane

Stuart Kells - Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University's College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce

19 Feb 2019Gene-edited babies: a philosopher’s view

Janna Thompson - Professor of Philosophy, La Trobe University

15 Feb 2019Book love

Stuart Kells - Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University's College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce

08 Feb 2019Tim Wilson’s ‘retirement tax’ website

Andre Oboler - Senior Lecturer, Master of Cyber-Security Program (Law), La Trobe University

08 Feb 2019When debating drug use, fun is important

Jennifer Power - Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University

07 Feb 2019The Good Place, banks and corporations

Danny Davis - Researcher, La Trobe University Business School

07 Feb 2019The birth of the Victorian CFA

James (Jim) McLennan - Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology & Public Health, La Trobe University

07 Feb 2019Understanding why women have abortions

Jayne Lucke - Chair, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University & Angela Taft - Professor and Director of the Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University

30 Jan 2019What does it mean to be a legal parent?

Hannah Robert - Lecturer in Law, La Trobe University & Fiona Kelly - Professor, Law School, La Trobe University

25 Jan 2019Yang Hengjun arrest raises questions

Tony Walker - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow & Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University

24 Jan 2019How genes and evolution shape identity

Jenny Graves AO, Distinguished Professor of Genetics & Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University

23 Jan 2019Dirty deeds: the mineral wealth pursuit

Julia Dehm - Lecturer, La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University

22 Jan 2019The Classics: Wide Sargasso Sea

Sue Thomas - Emeritus Professor of English, La Trobe University

17 Jan 2019Government focus on militarising Pacific

Michael O'Keefe - Head of Department, Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University

17 Jan 2019Will hip resurfacing help Andy Murray?

Joanne Kemp - Senior Research Fellow Latrobe Sport & Exercise Medicine Research Centre in the School of Allied Health, La Trobe University & Ewa M Roos - Professor of Muscle and Joint Health, University of Southern Denmark

14 Jan 20195 things that make breastfeeding easier

Lisa Amir, Associate Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University & Alyce Wilson, Senior Research Officer at Burnet Institute, Lecturer at Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Medical Doctor at Royal Women's Hospital, Burnet Institute & Caroline Homer, Co-Program Director: Maternal and Child Health, Burnet Institute