Episode description

Dylan is joined by Jeff Sparrow to walk us through what Donald Trump’s election win could mean for politics in Australia. (1:02)

Psychologist, author and educator Dr Chris Cheers chats all things loneliness ahead of his appearance at the in-conversation event Solving Loneliness Together at Federation Square in Melbourne on November 20. (19:04)

Lisa Given, Professor of Information Sciences and Director of Social Change at RMIT University, unpacks the federal government’s plan to impose a ‘Digital Duty of Care’ to regulate social media companies, and the precedent for this legislation internationally. (34:22)

Plus, Esther Anatolitis, editor of Meanjin, and Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor at Monash University, chat about the release of Essays that Changed Australia, an anthology from Meanjin spanning its 84-year history. (46:24)