TV shows and interview series

Zero Energy Buildings

Steve Offner talks with Visiting Fellow, Adam Liberman, about the new Graduate Diploma in Applied Intellectual Property that will commence in 2010.

On the Couch with Adam Liberman

Dr Peter Graham from UNSW's Faculty of the Built Environment on a sustainable building industry.

On the Couch with Peter Graham

People with disabilities are the most marginalised of minorities, according to Rosemary Kayess, who is the Associate Director of the Disability Studies Research Centre. She speaks with Susi Hamilton from UNSW media about her involvement in drafting the UN Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

On the Couch with Rosemary Kayess

  A panel discussion for ABC-TV’s Big Ideas program presented by Dr Paul Willis, RiAus Director and ex ABC-TV “Catalyst” presenter. Animals are no longer safe in the wild.  Many experts now think putting a price on the heads of our most endangered species might make us value them enough to save them from extinction. Captive breeding, native pets, commercial hunting, even trade and export of mammals and reptiles... everything once anathema is on the table in the debate over the sustainable use of wildlife.  Panellists Professor Mike Archer, AM, UNSW’s Evolution of Earth & Life Systems Research Group and former head of Australian Museum.  Greg Miles, former Kakadu ranger. Dr Rosie Cooney, sustainable wildlife consultant. Keith Leggett, Director of UNSW’s Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station.   Facilitator Dr. Paul Willis, RiAus Director.  

Hot Seat - They Shoot Lions Don't They?

Dr Kath Albury, from UNSW’s Journalism and Media Research Centre, discusses the rise of sexting – the sending of sexually explicit text messages – and the lasting legal repercussions for under-18 year olds.

Talking Point - Dr Kath Albury and "Sexting"

Australians at high risk of smoking, such as the mentally ill and prisoners are successful in giving up the habit if they’re supported in complying with treatment regimes, according to Professor Robyn Richmond from UNSW Medicine’s School of Public Health.Here Prof Richmond tells Sarah Macdonald that while Australia has one of the lowest smoking rates in the world, the smoking rate for some of our most vulnerable citizens is still frighteningly high.

Help the diasadvantaged quit smoking - Talking Point with Prof Robyn Richmond

ABC presenter Jonathan Holmes interviews Associate Professor David McKnight from UNSW's Journalism and Media Research Centre on new his book, 'Rupert Murdoch: An Investigation Of Political Power'. The book looks at Rupert Murdoch's pursuit of political goals using News Corporation as his vehicle.  

Talking Point - Jonathan Holmes interviews David McKnight on Rupert Murdoch

What happens when you listen to music? What happens in your brain? And what makes music sad, poignant or joyful?Emma Ayres from ABC's Classic FM hosts this discussion recorded for ABC's Big Ideas program. Professor Andrew Schultz – composer and head of the school of Arts and the Media at UNSW, and music psychologist Associate Professor Emery Schubert, from the same school provide insights into composition and our emotional response to music.The program features two compositions by Andrew Schultz - "After Nina" and "One Sound", performed by the musicians of the Australia Ensemble at UNSW:Geoffrey Collins - flute? Dimity Hall - violin? Catherine McCorkill - clarinet ?Irina Morozova - viola? Ian Munro - piano ?Dene Olding - violin? Julian Smiles - cello

Music and Emotion

What motivates someone to give $3 million to support Indigenous education? On the eve of the opening of Balnaves Place -- Home of Nura Gili at UNSW, businessman Dr Neil Balnaves AO spoke to Sarah Macdonald about his passion for closing the gap, the dos and don'ts of philanthropy and how UNSW students have inspired him.

Talking Point with Dr Neil Balnaves AO - on closing the gap

UNSW's Law graduates will be even better prepared for their chosen career thanks to changes that will equip students with more practical skills and a new global perspective. Here UNSW Law Dean Prof David Dixon outlines the new curriculum and explains why it's the biggest change to legal education since UNSW "broke the mould" in 1971.

The new global lawyer - Talking Point with Professor David Dixon

Dr Jay Giedd, guest of UNSW's 2012 Brain Sciences Symposium, is the Chief of Brain Imaging at the U.S. Institute of Mental Health and has spent more than 20 years researching the adolescent brain. He speaks with Sarah Macdonald about how the explosion of social media and other challenges of  modern society are changing the young brain, why reading isn't "natural", and why the exponential increase in violent video games is not necessarily a bad thing.

Inside the adolescent brain - Talking Point with Dr Jay Giedd

UNSW's Dr Jennifer Biddle has been travelling to the Central and Western Desert in the Norther Territory since the late 1980s, when the Aboriginal art movement was taking off.Now a Senior Research Fellow based at COFA's National Institute for Experimental Art, her research debunks the idea that all Indigenous art is "traditional".

Art from Out There - Talking Point with Dr Jennifer Biddle

Plans for coal seam gas mining across Australia are expanding rapidly, yet there are no national regulations in place and a lack of information as to the possible environmental impacts.Dr Stuart Khan, from UNSW's Water Research Centre, outlines the processes involved in coal seam gas mining and the subsequent implications for our groundwater.

Talking Point - Coal seam gas mining and our waterways

Plans for coal seam gas mining across Australia are expanding rapidly, yet there are no national regulations in place and a lack of information as to the possible environmental impacts.Dr Stuart Khan, from UNSW's Water Research Centre, outlines the processes involved in coal seam gas mining and the subsequent implications for our groundwater. He also discusses ways that urban water supplies can be more sustainably managed through water recycling.

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