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Joyous, comic and grim: the best new Indigenous playwrights

  • Written by: Maryrose Casey, Associate professor, Monash University
imageActors read a new Indigenous play at the Yellamundie Festival.© Jamie Williams courtesy of Sydney Festival

“Yellamundie” is a Darug word for storyteller, and the name of a biennial play development festival for Indigenous Australian writers run in Sydney since 2013.

The Yellamundie Festival, an initiative of Moogahlin Performing...

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How storytelling drives finance and economics

  • Written by: Brendan Markey-Towler, Industry Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Business and Economics and School of Economics, The University of Queensland
imageStories can have a profound effect on our behaviour.Shutterstock

In his recent presidential address to the American Economic Association, Nobel Laureate Bob Shiller drew attention to the importance of narratives in economics and, particularly, in financial markets. This corroborates some recent research by the author and colleagues at the...

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Eight podcasts to get between your ears this year

  • Written by: Siobhan McHugh, Senior Lecturer, Journalism, University of Wollongong
imageWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

The podcast industry has grown exponentially in recent years, with recommendations for new podcasts as common as tips for restaurants and shows on Netflix.

But what do experts listen to? The Conversation asked eight authors from across our sections to tell us about their favourite podcasts – and why you...

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Maybe moderate drinking isn't so good for you after all

  • Written by: Andy Towers, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, Massey University
imageOlder adults’ health may mainly reflect wealth and socioeconomic status, not the amount they drink. katinalynn/flickr , CC BY-SA

We generally assume moderate drinking (two standard drinks per day) is good for our health.

This idea comes from studies over the past three decades showing moderate drinkers are healthier and less likely to die...

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  9. Friday essay: trace fossils – the silence of Ediacara, the shadow of uranium.
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  11. Grattan on Friday: Malcolm Turnbull should walk away from the refugee deal
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