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The Rise In Nitrous Misuse with Assoc. Prof. Angela Chiew (463)
Season 8
Nitrous oxide (better known as "laughing gas") is widely used in medicine as a safe anaesthetic and pain reliever. It's also found in whipped cream c…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Will AI Take Our Jobs? Part Three of the Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev (462)
Season 8
In the final episode of the Great AI Safety Debrief series with Dr. Petr Lebedev, we discuss job eradication, AI alignment and the rise in cases of A…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Is AI Outsmarting Us? Part Two of the Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev (461)
Season 8
In part two, Dr. Petr Lebedev and I dive deeper into how modern AI systems are grown, not programmed, and the emergence of Shutdown Resistance. We ex…
5 months ago
The Great AI Safety Debrief Part One with Dr. Petr Lebedev (460)
Season 8
Intelligence is emerging from sand and less than 1% of the population seems to care!
Physicist and science communicator Dr. Petr Lebedev joins the p…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Milky Way's Mysterious Glow with Prof. Geraint Lewis (459)
Season 8
A mysterious glow from the centre of the Milky Way has scientists intrigued. Astrophysicist Geraint Lewis explains how this gamma-ray excess, first d…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
![Food Additives: What's Safe, What's Not? with Prof. Clare Collins (451) [REPEAT]](https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/a/d/3/1ad366a7955018bad959afa2a1bf1c87/Square_Tile_-_Shirtloads_Vodcast-20251104-gxjhrp68ug.png)
Food Additives: What's Safe, What's Not? with Prof. Clare Collins (451) [REPEAT]
Season 8
In this episode, I'm joined by Professor Clare Collins, Australian dietitian and Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle.…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
![Staying Safe Online Part 2 with Troy Hunt (439) [REPEAT]](https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/7/4/8/9748076a2256279216c3140a3186d450/Square_Tile_-_Shirtloads_Vodcast_2-20250812-d3cnvyktho.png)
Staying Safe Online Part 2 with Troy Hunt (439) [REPEAT]
Season 8
In part two with Online Safety Consultant Troy Hunt (Have I Been Pwned), we unpack the risks of online age verification in light of Australia's socia…
6 months ago
![The Human Side of Misinformation Part 2 with Assoc. Prof. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu (445) [REPEAT]](https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/8/5/c/185c5d9ffe71e42816c3140a3186d450/Part_2_tile.png)
The Human Side of Misinformation Part 2 with Assoc. Prof. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu (445) [REPEAT]
Season 8
In part two, Associate Professor Marian-Andrei Rizoiu from the University of Technology Sydney explains how misinformation and toxic online cultures …
6 months, 1 week ago
![Rethinking Laundry for the Planet With Dr Holly Kaye Smith (430) [REPEAT]](https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/6/8/3/36833a596193437416c3140a3186d450/Square_Tile_-_Shirtloads_Vodcast-20250527-ufgotneyzp.jpg)
Rethinking Laundry for the Planet With Dr Holly Kaye Smith (430) [REPEAT]
Season 8
Most of us throw our clothes in the wash without a second thought, but what if that habit is doing more harm than good? In this episode, Dr. Holly Ka…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Climate Overshoot: The World Beyond 1.5 Degrees with Dr. Andy Reisinger (458)
Season 8
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Andy Reisinger, an internationally recognised expert in climate change science and policy, with a focus on mitigat…
6 months, 3 weeks ago