Amy is joined by Melburnian Nicholas Dowse, founder of the urban beekeeping collective Honey Fingers, ahead of World Bee Day. They discuss the fascinating hive mind of honey bees, how beekeeping has…

Renowned American science writer David Quammen joined Amy to discuss his prescient 2012 book, Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic. David explores why zoonotic spillovers that cause diseases like COVID–19…

Historian Dr Alessandro Antonello from Flinders University joins Amy to discuss the politics and history of Antarctica and tells us about a very hot summer on the coldest continent on Earth. Journalist Kate…

David George Haskell, Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of the South (USA) discusses his fascinating book, The Songs of Trees: Stories From Nature's Great Connectors (Black Inc). Laureate Professor…

Amy speaks with author and Harvard Review editor Christina Thompson about her book, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, which explores the quest to understand who first settled the islands of the…

Bill Bowtell, strategic health policy adviser and Adjunct Professor at UNSW, discusses the Australian government's handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, and how it compares to the various approaches other countries are taking…