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Listen to Don Watson and Chris Wallace talk about The Passion of Private White, Don's new book. The book describes the meeting of two worlds: that of the intensely driven Vietnam veteran and anthropologist Neville White, and the world of some hunter-gatherer clans in remote north-east Arnhem Land

Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow was in conversation with Andrew Leigh on their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism, which documents how big tech and big content have captured creative labour markets and how we can win them back.

Music provides a fascinating example of co-creativity in action. Musician, academic, and head of the ANU School of Music, Kim Cunio, reflects on his co-creative musical projects and shares insights into the responsibilities that different cultural roles and relationships require of us.

How can our identities, knowledge, values and biases influence how we work? Our guests Kaira Zoe Cañete, Emma Blomkamp, Shona Coyne and Jilda Andrews answer this question by drawing from their co-creative experiences from sectors including social policy, academic research, and cultural institutions.

Community engagement and ensuring informed consent are highly important processes when engaging in co-creative research with Indigenous communities. Azure Hermes shares her experiences navigating these processes when consulting Indigenous communities about potential uses of historical blood samples.

Writing from Manus Prison (2018) comes Freedom, Only Freedom: The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani, translated and edited by Omid Tofighian and Monne Mansoubi. Both were involved in an introduction to the book before a conversation between Behrouz and Alex Sloan.

Niki Savva was in conversation with Kerry-Anne Walsh on Niki's new book Bulldozed. Scott Morrison's fall and Anthony Albanese's rise.

What are the most important skills and capabilities for facilitating co-creative processes? In this episode we hear thoughts on this question from a range of collaborative practitioners including three main guests David Lilley, Johanna De Ruyter and Callie Doyle Scott. 

In this episode of Collaboratory, we chat to feminist scholar Kaira Zoe Cañete, who shares a candid reflection of her PhD research process, the value of using photo-based methods for research, and the internal questions we should all be posing for ourselves as ethical researchers. 

Amy Thunig was in conversation with Zoya Patel on Amy's new book Tell Me Again, which has been called the most inspirational and important memoir of 2022.

Katharine Murphy was in conversation with Malcolm Farr on Katherine's new quarterly essay Lone Wolf. Albanese and the New Politics

Epidemiologist and biosecurity expert, Raina MacIntyre, provided insights into historical biological attacks, lab accidents and epidemics, and the COVID-19 pandemic, and revealed a recurrent theme of denial, silence and cover-up around unnatural epidemics and the powerful vested intetests at play.

Chris Hammer was in conversation with Michael Brissenden on his new novel The Tilt. The latest stunning thriller from Canberra's international bestselling author, re-unites the key characters from his last novel, Treasure & Dirt, homicide detective Ivan Lucic and Detective Constable Nell Buchanan

Peter van Onselen was in conversation with Wayne Errington and Colin Steele, on his book Victory: The Inside Story of Labor's Return to Power.

Frank Bongiorno was in conversation with Andrew Leigh on Frank's new book. Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia, which has been called the first full political history of Australia.

Award-winning author, Richard Fidler, was in conversation with Alex Sloan on Richards new book, The Book of Roads & Kingdoms, the story of the medieval wanderers who travelled out to the edges of the known world during Islam's fabled Golden Age—an era when the caliphs of Baghdad presided over a

Ross Garnaut was in conversation with Frank Jotzo, Ligang Song and Meghan Quinn on The Superpower Transformation: Building Australia’s Zero-Carbon Future, which documents how Australia can become a leader in a world of zero net emissions.

In this episode, we speak with people across different industries about how and why trusting relationships between people in any collaboration is an essential ingredient to getting things done. Featured guests: Ali Clinch, Robin Davidson, Natalie Barr, Aruna Venkatachalam and Anni Doyle Wawrzynczak.

In this episode, we hear from Artistic Director of Gen S Stories, Jenni Savigny and her collaborator Stephen Corey, as they share their experiences supporting non-professional storytellers to create personal digital stories as a form of community development and living social history.

In this episode of Collaboratory, Dr Maya Haviland talks with Professor Celeste Linde and Dr Merryn McKinnon about what the science of symbiosis, and fungi in particular, can teach us about the dynamics of co-creativity.