Barry Jones on Pick-a-Box, Science and Poetry. You can find details about Barry's book The Shock of Recognition, here . Or read a review here . Click here for an excerpt of the Berliner Philharmonike performing Bach's St Matthew Passion. Directed by Peter Sellars, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, with chorus master Simon Halsey....
Leigh Sales on luck, doubt, trolls and what makes a great interview.
Eddie Woo on the joy of maths. To experience Eddie's story telling approach to mathematics, visit his YouTube channel .
Morris Gleitzman on writing big stories for little people.
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on anger, envy, disgust & love.
Genevieve Bell on AI, anthropology & the obligation to make things better.
David Marr on corruption, truth-telling and big lives.
Sisonke Msimang on exile and home, hatred and belonging. You can find out more about Sisonke, her recent book Always Another Country, and her other writing here .
Ben Pronk on SAS leadership, elite fitness and why specialisation is for insects.
David Sinclair on the Science of Anti-Aging.
David Gonski, the chairman of everything.
Louise Taylor on Justice and Aboriginal Identity.
Joshua Gans on Parentonomics.
Yuki Kawauchi, Japan's citizen runner. My thanks to Brett Larner of Japan Running News, for helping me connect with Yuki, and Yoshimi Kobayashi of Destination Gold Coast for translating our conversation.
Oz Harvest founder Ronni Kahn on kibbutz life, gratitude and the colour yellow (Photo by Anthony Geernaert)
Tim Soutphommasane on racism, patriotism & culinary multiculturalism.
Anne Aly on discrimination, terrorism & the shiny kettle. To find out more about Anne's book, Finding My Place: From Cairo to Canberra - the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman click here .
Libby Lyons on gender equality, mortality and public life.
Clyde Rathbone on Karma, Wallabies and the Black Dog.
Robert Putnam on Bowling Alone and living together.
Natalie Jeremijenko on feral robotic dogs, texting fish and inverted trees. Photo by Robert P. Cohen
GetUp co-founder Jeremy Heimans on New Power During our conversation, i asked Jeremy for tips for Australians visiting New York for the first time. He replied that the popular new restaurants are too hard to get into, but that there are plenty of eateries which are still good, even though they're no longer the new thing. After the interview, he gave me the list of New York eateries that he gives to visitors, which is Shun Lee, Il Cantinori, Kanoyama, Veau d'Or, Peppe Rosso to Go, and Abraco (a c...
Julian Le Grand on revamping social policy, advising leaders and the danger of perfectionism.
60. Kate McClymont on dirt, death and determination.
Alex Hutchinson on sweat science. If you'd like to learn more about Alex and his book Endure, visit his website here .
Dalton Conley on growing up Honky, genetics and experimental parenting.
Terry Waite on solitary confinement, hatred and forgiveness.
Heather Garriock, Rob De Castella and Sue Read on training hard and living well.
David Walsh on profiting from blackjack, building MONA, and why most winners just got lucky. PS - having reached a half-century of Good Life episodes, I'm conducting a listener survey - we'd love your feedback. The survey is HERE . It will take you about a minute, and gives you a chance to suggest who you'd like to hear from in future episodes. Thanks in advance for sharing your insights and helping shape the next 50 episodes....
