Talks & Ideas
A selection of Talks & Ideas events from the Sydney Opera House archive.
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ANTIDOTE 2021: Alternative Futures | Yanis Varoufakis
It doesn't have to be this way - it's time to imagine something new.
With Yanis Varoufakis moderated by Scott Ludlam.
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 4.00pm AEST
Tickets $15From the GFC to global warming to the global pandemic, the world economy and environment has suffered some major ...
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ANTIDOTE 2021: “No Lebs”: Anti-Arab racism since 9/11
Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Randa Abdel-Fattah & Ghassan Hage moderated by Sara Saleh
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 6pm AEST
Tickets $15The 2001 September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City gave rise to bigotry, hate speech, and violence against Arab and Muslim communities around the ...
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ANTIDOTE 2021: The Moral High Ground
The good, the bad, and the halls of power
With Jacqueline Maley, Julia Baird & Osman Faruqi moderated by Edwina Throsby
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 2:45pm AEST
Tickets $15Morally bankrupt, moral challenges, a moral vacuum - commentary on politics often circles around right and wron...
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ANTIDOTE 2021: Soul Searching in a Post-Truth Age
What does it mean to be a believer?
Amal Awad & Sarah Krasnostein moderated by Fenella Kernebone
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 12.15pm AEST
Tickets $15In times of uncertainty, we humans look for answers, and today's seekers have a well-stocked spiritual marketplace at their disposal....
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ANTIDOTE 2021: The Myth of the Fair Go
Privilege and disadvantage: confronting systemic injustice
With Bri Lee, Sheila Ngoc Pham & Rick Morton, moderated by Laura Murphy-Oates
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 1.30pm AEST
Tickets $15Racism, family trauma, poverty - social disadvantage comes in many different and often interse...
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ANTIDOTE 2021: Racing to the End of the World | Elizabeth Kolbert
Finding environmental solutions at the brink of extinction.
With Elizabeth Kolbert moderated by Paddy Manning
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 11am AEST
Tickets $15Acclaimed environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert's latest book investigates science's cutting-edge fight against the effec...
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How smart is Artificial Intelligence? All About Women 2021
The hidden problems of Artificial Intelligence.
With Kate Crawford.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 4:45pm AEST
Tickets $15Artificial Intelligence systems are trained to represent, interpret and codify human beings. But does the process of classification itself carry implicit bias? ...
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White Feminism - All About Women 2021
How does consumerist liberal feminism leave women behind?
With Koa Beck.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 1pm AEST
Tickets $15White feminism is an ideology that seeks individual power over community wellbeing. Join author Koa Beck for a look at the racism embedded in much of the mov...
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Isabel Allende: The Soul of a Woman - All About Women 2021
A personal journey with one of our greatest writers.
With Isabel Allende.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 3:30pm AEST
Tickets $15Join Isabel Allende, prolific writer and lifelong feminist, as she maps the movement across continents, cultures, and centuries. What incredible things h...
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Caitlin Moran: More than a Woman - All About Women 2021
A feminist handbook for middle age.
With Caitlin Moran.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 6pm AEST
Tickets $15Ten years since Caitlin Moran's blockbuster memoir How To Be A Woman, she's juggling ageing parents, teenage daughters, and a bigger bum. How is one of our best-loved feminis...
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Sex Work & Feminism - All About Women 2021
Beyond the binary of exploited or empowered.
With Tilly Lawless, Jules Kim and Chantell Martin.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 2:15pm AEST
Tickets $15Sex workers are tired of being spoken for. You're invited to listen to these voices from the sex worker community and consider why ...
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Men Who Hate Women - All About Women 2021
Incels. Pick-up-artists. MRAs. The misogynists are joining forces.
With Laura Bates.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 10:30am AEST
Tickets $15Online trolls aren't just playing around. When the Everyday Sexism founder, Laura Bates, became their target, she went deep into investigatin...
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Life: A Survival Guide - All About Women 2021
Radical tips for finding peace among global upheaval
With Mary Hoang & Christine Jackman.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 11:45am AEST
Tickets $15Life is messy - especially during a pandemic. How do we survive? Our expert panellists are here to help us build a toolbox for mental wel...
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On Creativity: Pasi Sahlberg, Lynette Wallworth & Jessie Tu
How can we nurture innovation and creativity to rise to the challenges of the 21st century, and allow space for creative thinking? Hear from visionary artists, authors and filmmakers on how they use creative problem solving to meet challenges in their life and work. Presented by the UNSW Centre f...
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Yumi Stynes | Ideas at the House
From her breakthrough role as a VJ on Channel V in the early 2000s to her wildly popular podcasts and best-selling books, Yumi Stynes has been a pop culture fixture on Australian screens and airwaves for the past two decades. Here, she chats with Edwina Throsby about her rich and varied career: m...
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Lillian Ahenkan (aka Flex Mami) | Ideas at the House
Entrepreneur, author, TV host, DJ, model, social media superstar: is there anything that Lillian Ahenkan can’t do? In this lively, inspiring conversation, Edwina Throsby speaks with Ahenkan – better known as FlexMami – about her path to modern stardom, delving into her unique life philosophy, ind...
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Tilly Lawless | Ideas at the House
In this candid one-on-one conversation, Edwina Throsby meets Tilly Lawless, sex worker, activist and author of newly released contemporary fiction novel ‘Nothing But My Body’, whose honesty and outspoken advocacy has earned her a dedicated community of followers.
The wide-ranging discussion tra...
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Ione Skye | Ideas at the House
A Generation X icon, actress Ione Skye has spent a lifetime inside the world of music and celebrity – and has the stories to show for it. Edwina Throsby sits down with the vibrant star of Say Anything, River’s Edge and Gas, Food, Lodging for a conversation about her life and career, including her...
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Nigella Lawson - A Celebration of Home Cooking (2018)
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...
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Yotam Ottolenghi - Keeping Cooking Simple (2019)
Duration: 55 minutes
Recorded at Sydney Opera House, January 2019It’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...
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Bill Granger on Australian Food | From Our House To Yours
Crowned the ‘Egg Master of Sydney’ and ‘creator of avocado toast’, Bill Granger is renowned as the restauranteur who brought laid-back Australian cafe culture to the world, and is beloved by family cooks and culinary sophisticates alike.
The empire that is ‘bills’ began with the original Darling...
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Annabel Crabb and Adam Liaw | From Our House To Yours
Recorded at Sydney Opera House, May 2020
Join Annabel Crabb and Adam Liaw for a glorious romp through the perils of the pantry, the hazards of the hotplate, and the celebration that greets the perfect sourdough. Mealtimes are the centrepiece of many social events, how has that changed with resta...
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Welcome to Country by Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor | Yarning Country
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following content may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
A Welcome to Country by Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor live at the Sydney Opera House for Yarning Country, a night of storytelling, dance and song on Gadigal land....
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Uncle Vic Simms | Yarning Country
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following content may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
Uncle Vic Simms is a Bidjigal man and singer-songwriter from La Perouse, who did his first professional performance in 1957 at age 11. While incarcerated in Bath...