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Big challenges need big solutions. Meet the minds making it happen.
Join Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Sydney, and get ready to view the world from a different perspective.
From our own wellbeing to the preservation of the planet, The Solutionists dives into the most pressing issues of our time and introduces you to the people unearthing the seeds of remarkable solutions.
You'll discover a world of progress and possibility.
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The Solutionists is a podcast from The University of Sydney, produced by Deadset Studios.
This podcast was recorded on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. For thousands of years, across innumerable generations, knowledge has been taught, shared and exchanged here. We pay respect to elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
28 minutes
Guest interviews
English
Australia
48 episodes
since Oct. 3, 2023
episodic
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Rates of anxiety and depression continue to rise, but even if w…
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Society feels more divided than ever. We seem to be talking about this all the time, but it’s exactly these discussions that are pulling us further apart.
Professor Betina Szkudlarek says it’s worse than differences of opinion. Today, people are less likely than ever to even hear out s…
Would you want a robot to look after you in your later years? What if it treated you like a child?
That’s exactly what’s happening to some older people subject to an influx of high-tech solutions to a struggling aged care system in Australia. Our population is ageing and staff are burn…
Humans are constantly getting better at fighting cancer. Our understanding of the suite of diseases is more robust, our technology is more advanced, and our public health systems are more efficient. But cancer epidemiologist Professor Karen Canfell says Australia will still see more and more incide…
Our growing population has a huge number of impacts, but the simplest and most pressing is that we have more mouths to feed than ever before. At the same time, though, climate change is threatening farmland worldwide. That means crops like wheat, which account for 20% of daily calories consumed wor…
Professor Greg Neely says pain is a good thing.
This might worry you when you find out he’s studying some of the deadliest snakes on the planet, but it’s all about trying to understand pain as a mechanism – and Greg’s long-term goal is to address chronic pain, which afflict…
We’re told to eat better, sleep more, train our bodies and our brains — all in the name of ageing well.
But how much of that advice is actually backed by science? How might we all live – and stay – well, for longer, at any stage of life? And how much of ageing i…
What if the cure everyone’s waiting for already exists — but patients can’t access it?
With AI transforming medicine, breakthroughs are no longer science fiction. They’re happening now. But innovation alone isn’t enough. So how do discoveries escape the lab to r…
Australia has more homes per adult than at any point in our history. So why is our housing crisis worse than ever?
Professor Nicole Gurran’s been studying housing for 15 years, and she says the solutions to Australia's housing crisis are obvious – it’s the execution that&rs…
What if the simple act of tapping your card could put your identity at risk?
Every day, we trust encryption to protect our money, data, and digital lives. But quantum computers are advancing fast, and soon they could crack today’s security in seconds, making our current “dig…
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