Latest Episodes from Wide Open Air Exchange

Einstein and relativity

Science and maths educator Selwyn Holland shares a lesson on physicist Albert Einstein and how his theories of relativity significantly changed our understanding of time and gravity. Read More

Ocean swimming, Melanie Junghans

Melanie Junghans took up ocean swimming while recovering from a foot injury a few years ago and now she does charity ocean swim events with Can Too, a non-profit organisation raising money to fund early career cancer researchers. Mel swims regularly as part of an ocean swim community and enjoys the mindset of it and the variety of ocean creatures that she sees. Read More

Workplace diversity and inclusion, Professor Alison Pullen

Research by academics from Business Schools at UTS and Macquarie University found that Diversity and Inclusion programs in organisations may actually be perpetuating inequalities. Our guest Professor Alison Pullen is a Professor of Gender, Work and Organization at Macquarie University and a chief investigator in this ARC research project. Read More

Transborderism, Dr Mitxy Mabel Meneses Gutiérrez

An introduction to transborderism and how living at a borderland region is a formative experience specifically, in the thesis worked discussed, the perspectives of pupils and students who live at the Cali-Baja region of the Mexico-U.S. border. Read More

Film reviewer Michael Jones

Michael Jones has been the 2SER Breakfast Film Reviewer since 1997 and in this chat he shares his approach to film reviewing, what kinds of movies he enjoys, and what it is about the cinema experience that appeals to him, as well as some formative experiences watching movies. Read More

Travel writer Alex Carlton

Alex Carlton shares what it's like being a travel writer—a vocational speciality she's developed over the course of two decades working as a journalist. Read More

Zero-waste innovator, Joost Bakker

Joost Bakker is a zero-waste activist and innovator who is the subject of the documentary film 'Greenhouse by Joost' about his Future Food System: a project of designing and constructing a zero-waste building installed with a self-sustaining urban food system. Read More

Identical twins, Jaimee and Jesse Lynne

12-year-old identical twins Jaimee Rose Lynne and Jesse May Lynne share what it's like being a twin, and their mum Ali Gunn provides insights as a parent of twins. Jaimee and Jesse help us to understand their special bond as well as the challenges of being compared to your twin. Read More

Careers adviser Jenine Smith

Jenine Smith is President of the Careers Advisors Association of NSW & ACT with insights about the role of careers advisors in high schools and how they assist students with HSC subject selection and identifying vocational interests and opportunities.  Read More

Papyrology, Dr Rachel Yuen-Collingridge

Dr Rachel Yuen-Collingridge shares insights from her studies of papyrology including ideas about cultural receptions to new forms of knowledge communication technology in antiquity and thoughts on ethical approaches to studying ancient history. Read More

Lower back pain management

Professor Paulo Ferreira is a physiotherapist with a PhD in management of low back pain and a researcher in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. Here he shares insights about psychological aspects of lower back pain and research on psychological interventions in managing lower back pain. Read More