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Episode 98: What’s Behind the Gender-Based Violence Crisis?

One woman dies every nine days in Australia from domestic violence. In this “What Happens Next?” episode, leading experts examine the drivers behind this national emergency.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Episode 95: Can We Create a Better Reality?

While AI and robotics reshape our reality, experts explore how these emerging tools could be used to create a more equitable future – from healthcare breakthroughs to Indigenous-led innovation.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

The ‘What Happens Next?’ Podcast Is Back

Monash's award-winning podcast, “What Happens Next?”, returns for a ninth season that explores pressing global issues including reality in the digital age, climate change in the Indo-Pacific region and the ongoing struggle to eliminate gender-based violence.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Breathing life into silicosis research

A new trial is looking for chemical markers in the breath of people with silicosis. A second project will test drugs that may help lung scarring.

Medicine and health

Episode 86: Are Humans About to Evolve?

Trace the increasingly blurred line between man and machine in the world of transhumanism on our “What Happens Next?” podcast.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

How Can We Conquer Climate Anxiety?

You can’t save the planet on your own. Take a deep breath, take some notes from these leading experts – and then take action.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Episode 70: What Do We Lose When Languages Die?

Only a few Indigenous languages remain strong in modern Australia. On a new episode of Monash University's "What Happens Next?" podcast, linguists and human rights advocates outline what we've lost.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Rising through the ranks

Monash University is No.1 in the world for pharmacy and pharmacology, but what does that mean, and how are the university rankings calculated?

Medicine and health

The climate crisis and the electricity grid: AI to the rescue

Artificial intelligence in all its forms will play a crucial role in the design and operation of the future carbon-free electricity grid.

Technology and engineering

Episode 31: A Matter Of Time

We’re kicking off Series 4 of What Happens Next by looking back, way back. This time we’ll ponder what happens if we stop exploring natural history – what would we lose?

What Happens Next?

First Peoples have been interpreting their ancestral landscapes for generations

We often think of archaeology as Western science, but First Peoples have been interpreting their ancestral landscapes for generations.

Politics and society

Cut adrift at 18

Many Indigenous children leaving state care face an unknown and difficult future, with little support after they exit the system.

Politics and society

Episode 24: Renewables: Power To The People

In this episode of the What Happens Next? podcast we’re talking practical steps for embracing renewable energy in our own lives.

What Happens Next?

Entertainment v culture: The implications of AI recommendation and generation

Deferring to AI to give us what we like further diminishes culture at a societal scale, and cultural difference globally.

Technology

Episode 18: Until We Tweet Again

This episode features all the best tips and guidance from our experts about how to help young people manage their social media use for mental health and wellbeing.

Podcast: Social media & mental health

Episode 16: #NoFilter

What does the world look like if we fail to properly address the impacts of social media on mental health?

What Happens Next?

The business of energy (ep14)

Energy is big business. How will economies cope with the switch to green energy? ‘A Different Lens’ investigates.

A Different Lens

AI education – only in China? Don't be fooled

We should move beyond Western media reports about the country's “creepy” AI education technologies and look closer to home.

Education

That's what I'm talking about

A series of animated films is future-proofing Indigenous culture, language and knowledge for generations to come.

Politics and society

Generation Series - Part 3: Youthquake

Is there a new 'youthquake' generation on the rise. They’re politically active, socially aware and determined to achieve a better, fairer society. But is it just a digital media-fed illusion? Are those new tools really working for them to understand and change the altruistic, consumer-driven world around them?

A Different Lens

Generation Series - snapshot: The future of work

As technology advances at an exponential rate, industries are looking for new skill sets from university graduates. What are the professions of the future going to be?

A Different Lens

Generation Series - Part 2: Educating the digital generation

What does the tech effect mean for education? We take a deeper look at the way digital natives are impacting change in the learning environment. A Different Lens investigates.

A Different Lens