If humans are the ones programming artificial intelligence, are we stuck with the human biases that inadvertently work their way into AI systems? Our guests today don’t think so. AI is undoubtedly playing a beneficial role in society, helping us respond more effectively to medical emergencies, improving surgical procedures, and even making our buildings smarter. There are already methods in place ensuring that society can hold AI and its designers accountable. Established ethics committees have ...
Sep 09, 2021•23 min•Season 5Ep. 45
Humans have long dreamed of artificial intelligence and smart machines that can help us make better decisions or even just cut down on our own chores. What was once a sci fi fantasy is now a reality – AI is an increasing presence in our day-to-day lives. But AI is built by humans, and its algorithms are sometimes guided by very human biases. The more we rely on automated decision making, the more often we see examples of AI being sexist, racist or exhibiting other forms of prejudice. How did ass...
Sep 02, 2021•30 min•Season 5Ep. 44
The last episode of What Happens Next? explained what we learned from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADC) inquiry, why Indigenous incarceration rates remained so high in Australia, and its impacts on our society. What needs to happen to shift the needle in this complex issue? In this episode, Dr Susan Carland talks again with Monash University pro vice-chancellor (Indigenous) and head of its William Cooper Institute, Jacinta Elston; criminologist Kate Burns; and Meena...
Aug 26, 2021•23 min•Season 5Ep. 43
More than 30 years ago, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADC) was set up to investigate black deaths in custody, but in those three decades, very little has changed. Although the recommendations in the report continue to influence Australian social and criminal justice policy, many of the commission’s 339 recommendations have yet to be implemented. Today, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are incarcerated at 13 times the rate of non-Indigenous people. Since the RCI...
Aug 19, 2021•22 min•Season 5Ep. 42
Last week’s episode of ‘What Happens Next?’ investigated the downsides of hustle culture – the pervasive idea that the only way to earn respect is by using every minute of the day to be productive. This attitude, embraced by LinkedIn influencers and productivity gurus, has far-reaching consequences, affecting us physiologically, psychologically, and even spiritually. But hustle culture’s not all bad. Some of today’s greatest success stories arose from humanity’s inherent drive to achieve. How ca...
Aug 12, 2021•26 min•Season 5Ep. 41
Productivity hacks and optimisation have long been buzzwords of success. Start-up founders and LinkedIn gurus are encouraging us to have side hustles rather than hobbies, telling a generation of young workers that a 24/7 work ethic is the way to achieve their dreams. Why are we so down on downtime? Is being busy the same thing as being productive? And what happens to our brains, bodies, and social lives if we keep measuring ourselves by our output? Are we hustling ourselves to death? See omnystu...
Aug 05, 2021•26 min•Season 5Ep. 40
Welcome to the final instalment of our topic on the culture of Sport. Richmond Football Club CEO Brendon Gale has a unique perspective on the culture of sport. He's been a player, head of the Players Association and now a member of the executive. He talks to host Susan Carland about how the game's culture has changed, and the work clubs like his are doing to try and drive change. We’ve also gathered the very best nuggets of wisdom from all our experts to help individuals take action and get invo...
Mar 18, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 39
In this episode of the What Happens Next podcast, we look at what’s happening to change the culture in elite sport and find out why calling out sexist, racist and homophobic language is helping tackle the toxicity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 11, 2021•37 min•Season 4Ep. 38
Sport keeps hitting the headlines for what happens off the field. Experts in sport, gender and media Brett Hutchins and Ruth Jeanes explain why we idolise sporting legends, and why we’re often let down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 04, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 37
This is our last look at the gig economy, but it’s unlikely to be the last time we find ourselves part of it. That’s why we’ve gathered all the best tips and advice from our featured experts to help us as individuals make change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 25, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 36
This time on our investigation into the future of the gig economy, we’re talking about what’s helping to change it for people in a tough job market, and also ethical alternatives to popular sharing economy platforms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 18, 2021•31 min•Season 4Ep. 35
Covid19 has shone an unflattering light on our reliance on casual and gig economy workers. Stories of people working numerous jobs across multiple workplaces unwittingly spreading the Corona virus. Drivers being killed while delivering food on bikes and scooters have brought into sharp relief the impact of the gig economy. But long before the pandemic, gig workers were facing dangers and drawbacks from which others are largely protected. What happens if we fail to reshape our economy post-Covid ...
Feb 11, 2021•25 min•Season 4Ep. 34
In this final episode about exploring our history, Monash Alum Elizabeth Finkel explains why she tells the stories of how science works, and our experts offer their best tips and advice on where to do a deeper dig for knowledge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 28, 2021•24 min•Season 4Ep. 33
Indigenous communities have deep connections to their physical and environmental history, and have been studying and preserving it for tens of thousands of years. Many are now generously sharing their knowledge and understanding, that is passed down from generation to generation, with non-indigenous archaeologists, anthropologists and palaeontologists and helping us all to better understand our country, community, culture and history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 24, 2021•29 min•Season 4Ep. 32
We’re kicking off Series 4 of What Happens Next by looking back, way back. This time we’ll ponder what happens if we stop exploring natural history - what would we lose? How can finding fossils help shape our future? And will humans ever grow wings? Monash experts help us get to the bottom of these big questions in a brand new series of What Happens Next? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 21, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 31
In this episode, we've gathered all the practical tips from our experts about taking advantage of this acceleration in digital healthcare and how we can make it work for all of us. Monash digital health expert Chris Bain and Monash Alumni and Epic Group founder Cathie Reid have great advice on how we can get the best out of the shift towards digital health as patients, practitioners and a society. Maithri Goonetillake from the Monash School of Public Health and Selina Lo from the Monash Sustaina...
Oct 29, 2020•19 min•Season 3Ep. 30
In this episode, we look at what healthcare delivery could be like in the future, and how technological change, innovation and advancement have been accelerated by Covid19. Chris Bain is a Professor of Practice in Digital Health in the Monash Faculty of Information Technology - the first to ever hold this role. He leads the university’s efforts in digital health, working with faculties and Institutes across the University, as well as with a range of health industry partners. With more than 30 ye...
Oct 22, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Covid19 has created and accelerated changes in the healthcare sector and how we think about our health as individuals, a national and a society. In this topic, we’ll discover what happens if we don’t change - what are the opportunity costs if we fail to grasp this moment and learn from this experience. We talk to the experts who are driving the changes we need right here in Australia, and how technology and behavioural science can help drive positive social outcomes. And as usual we’ll have all ...
Oct 15, 2020•30 min•Season 3Ep. 28
In this episode we’ve gathered all the best tips from our experts about how we can all support, and maybe even benefit from, the opportunities space exploration offers. What actions can we take in our day to day lives to ensure we continue to see the value in ongoing space exploration so that we can create a better life here on earth? We’ll discover how to look for the elements of space exploration that most excite and engage us, and better understand what the future might hold for us all. Episo...
Oct 08, 2020•20 min•Season 3Ep. 27
In this episode, we’ll find out what space can teach us about life on earth and how to make a better future for all of us. You might be surprised at some of the ways space exploration is already shaping our daily lives, and will continue to do in future. We’ll discover how learning to live on Mars can help us solve some of the big problems here on earth, budding architects tell us what it’s like to t it’s like to design for entirely alien habitats, and we meet Australia’s very own rocket man, di...
Oct 01, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 26
What if we stop exploring space? What do we lose? What are the opportunity costs? What’s next for space exploration and what could it tell us/do for us? How can it make our lives better? This theme will look at why space exploration not only helps us understand how we came to exist, but can also help us solve some of the biggest challenges we face here on earth. We'll talk to experts ranging from astronomers to architects about why it's vital we keep exploring beyond the earth. See omnystudio.co...
Sep 24, 2020•20 min•Season 3Ep. 25
In this episode we've gathered all the very best practical tips and ideas from our experts to help you embrace renewables in your own life and how we can each change our mindset, behaviours and ways of living to help get Australia, and the world, on track to 100% renewable - and reliable - energy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 30, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Despite the abundance of renewable energy resources in Australia, and huge growth in solar and wind farms, along with hydro, getting it into our cities and households is still a challenge. An old, complex energy grid, our island nation status and the complexity of demand vs supply mean we still have some work to do. But Monash engineers and scientists are confident we can solve these problems. Behrooz Bahrani works on grid integration - how we get all the valuable energy produced by Australia’s ...
Jul 23, 2020•34 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Energy remains front and centre of political debate, a divisive issue among those who want to see a swifter transition away from fossil fuels and end the use of coal-fired power and those who don’t believe such a transition is necessary, or viable, due to potential economic impacts. Renewables have long been touted as the solution to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, and in Australia renewable energy is growing at a per-capita rate 10 times faster than the world average - nearly three times...
Jul 16, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In our last episode of our series on Masculinity, we’ll hear from our experts about the best ways to support men and boys to cultivate positive masculinity. We’ll find out what works and why, and talk about the resources available. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 09, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 21
On this episode we’ll hear a more positive perspective - how masculinity is changing and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour. We’ll also discover the programs designed to help men connect in positive ways. Steve Roberts is Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. He works with PhD researchers Britt Ralph and Bec Stewart and together they examine a range of social issues around masculinity and its impact on men, women, f...
Jul 03, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 20
The recent murder of Hannah Clarke by her estranged husband in Queensland shows us the frightening reality of domestic violence and makes us question the way we think about masculinity. Today we’ll take a look at what’s been described as the dystopia we are already living in and how we can create a better future for all of us - men, women and children. In this episode we speak to Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, Steve Roberts. We are also jo...
Jun 26, 2020•26 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This episode features all the best tips and guidance from our experts about how to help parents and young people manage their social media use for mental health and wellbeing, and how it can be used to build communities and share stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 18, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Every generation faces their own moral panic over new technology. Even right back to Socrates when the use of written text in books was seen as something that would negatively impact our lives. In the 20th century, wireless radio and television was thought or assumed to bring about the downfall of civilisation. In this social media digital age, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Monash University Brady Robards focuses on the positive impacts social media brings to our lives. Whilst obviously there ...
Jun 11, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said that privacy is no longer a “social norm”. However, what impacts does this lack of privacy and use of social media have on us? What does the world look like if we fail to properly address the impacts of social media on mental health, especially in young people? Nicky Jacobs has a unique insight into the teenage mind and how its impacted by social media. Her research shows that teenage brains operate differently and are differently impacted by social medi...
Jun 04, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 16
