Her story of reclamation and resilience is inspirational, never shying away from the unconventional. Deeply connected to nature and her sense of self, Gina Chick shares how she walks between worlds.

Embracing being a misfit early in life, Gina Chick has grounded herself in the rhythms of the nat...

Zahra Al Hilaly, Rosie Batty, Kyllie Cripps, Jess Hill, Julie Inman Grant, moderated by Jamila Rizvi

With rates of domestic and family violence rising exponentially and with increasingly deadly consequences, this expert panel examines the crisis that governments acknowledge but seem powerless to...

Megan Agnew, Jessie Tu, Rosie Waterland, moderated by Nakkiah Lui

As the Trad Wife phenomenon rises up the algorithm, clips of women collecting newly laid eggs and baking bread are finding their way into “For You” pages everywhere. Rejecting the grind of girlbossing has its allure, but is this t...

with Alyx Gorman, Georgia Grace, moderated by Yumi Stynes

Join host Yumi Stynes for a live recording of the hit ABC podcast, with a panel of frank and funny women answering the question: is everyone having more interesting sex than me?

As niche kinks become more mainstream and vanilla sex gets...

Susan Davis, Fatima Khan, Grace Molloy, Em Rusciano, moderated by Gabrielle Jackson

Shame, stigma and marketability are the three key features of anything to do with women’s health, and perimenopause is no exception... Join our panel as they bring expertise - and a bit of humour - to the latest ...

Geraldine Brooks in conversation with Jennifer Byrne.

Geraldine Brooks, Sydney born and globally recognised as both a fearless foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winning literary star, found herself thrown into sudden bereavement in a world that gives little space for it. Join her on her d...

Lucy Jones, hosted by Michelle Law

The transition into motherhood causes some of the most dramatic physiological and psychological changes in a person, rivalled only by adolescence. And yet this life-altering metamorphosis has been sorely neglected and under-reported.

Acclaimed science journal...

Liz Allen, Laura Henshaw, Gina Rushton, moderated by Avani Dias

As more potential parents question the ethics of bringing a child into the world, is opting out of reproduction a generational trend or a sign of the times?

Deciding whether or not to become a parent is a deeply personal and total...

In this powerful talk, renowned psychologist and Nyamal woman, Dr Tracy Westerman talks with journalist and Wiradjuri man Stan Grant about the transformation taking place in the treatment of Indigenous trauma.

From humble beginnings in the remote Pilbara, Dr Tracy Westerman became the first Abor...

Speaker: Anna Funder
Moderated by: Jemma Birrell
When Anna Funder turned to her literary hero, George Orwell, for inspiration, she discovered not just that Eileen O’Shaughnessy, his first wife's, contribution had been ignored by his biographers but that Orwell himself had blatantly downplayed bot...

Speaker: Mary Beard
Moderated by: Bri Lee

For the first time, Sydney audiences will hear directly from Cambridge Professor Emerita Dame Mary Beard in an event that delves into the broad range of her career - from the ruins of ancient Rome to the trenches of Twitter.

No one is better equipped...

Speakers: Rebecca F. Kuang
Moderated by: Nakkiah Lui

The novel Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang is a worldwide “zeitgeist” publishing sensation. When June Hayward's friend, the bestselling author Athena Liu, dies in a freak accident, June acts quickly - and steals Athena's manuscript about Chines...

Speakers: Jane Caro, Zoe Coombs Marr, Jan Fran, Michelle Law, Nakkiah Lui
Moderated by: Steph Tisdell

Roasts are normally a piss-take on an individual: a celebrity, comedian, politician, or public figure. But we're going rogue and our roastee is an idea - no, a movement: feminism.

If you thou...

Chloe Hayden, Grace Tame & Jac den Houting
Curated and moderated by Amy Thunig

Nearly 80% of autistic women are mis- or un-diagnosed - but every day we're learning more about this disability. Join our panellists to hear what it's actually like to be autistic.

We live in a society that is only j...

Speakers: Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail & Kathi Wilcox
Moderated by Marieke Hardy

The legendary 90s feminist punk band Bikini Kill are finding their music and ideas more relevant than ever. They join Marieke Hardy for an exclusive conversation about activism, music, and women taking up space.

In th...

All About Women celebrates extraordinary thinkers, writers and artists, and poses vital questions about gender, equality and justice. In 2023, Bikini Kill, Chloé Hayden, Grace Tame, Flex Mami and many more led lively debates in a program co-curated by Jamila Rizvi, Dr Amy Thunig, Jane Caro, and t...

Join Jan and Lin Utzon in conversation – as we journey through the legacy of their father, Jørn Utzon, the visionary architect of the Sydney Opera House. In a brief UNSW Sydney UTZON Lecture, Jan will examine the architectural brilliance of the building that has inspired a nation. This will be fo...

Presented as part of Antidote 2022
Live-broadcast from The Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Sunday, 11 September 2022

As an actor for stage and screen, Brian Cox has built a brilliant career on getting under the skin of tyranny. His depiction of the tyrannical media patriarch, Logan Roy, in the...

Duration: 55 minutes
Recorded at Sydney Opera House, January 2019

It’s hard to remember what we used to cook before Yotam Ottolenghi burst into our culinary consciousness. From his introduction of bold new flavours and ingredients, to his consistent foregrounding of vegetables in his meals, Otto...

In the face of violence and racism, how do we keep believing in change? A leader in the Black Lives Matter movement, co-founder of the Campaign Zero police reform campaign and host of podcast Pod Save the People, DeRay Mckesson places the idea of shared hope for a better future at the core of his...

One of the most famous journalists in the world today, Ronan Farrow's work for the New Yorker has been integral to the #metoo movement. As a result in part of his reporting multiple powerful men have been held to account, and millions of women have found a voice to call for a stop to sexual hara...

Recorded at Sydney Opera House, January 2018

Nigella Lawson knows that food brings people together. The much-loved home cook returned to the Opera House in January 2018 after a sold out event in 2016, with recipes and stories as entertaining as they are nourishing.

Nigella covers everything fro...