Jonathan Green

The halal snack pack, the capricciosa pizza, the milk bar and the meat pie are all icons of the Australian food landscape and yet none are embraced in the way Americans celebrate the bodega or the cheese slice.Besha Rodell, chief restaurant critic for The Age and Good Weekend, reflects on the complexity of Australian cuisine and why it resists easy definition.This interview was first broadcast in November 2023.

Liam Shaw, Wellcome-funded research fellow at the MacLean Lab in Oxford, delves into the incredible science of forensic palynology where the analysis of pollen is used as evidence.This interview was first broadcast in November 2023.

We hear how pollen is being used to solve crime, explore the complexity of defining Australian food, and hear from Colin Bisset about how comfort in the bedroom has evolved.

Introducing children to engineering at an early age offers immense benefits, not just for their cognitive development but also for their future career prospects. According to recent reports, STEM occupations are projected to grow by 10.8% between 2021 and 2031, significantly higher than the 4.9% growth forecast for non-STEM fields.

David Mabberley renowned botanist, educator and author of Citrus a world history reveals insights about our cultural evolution through the orange or lemon and other members of the citrus family.

We wander through the National Herbarium of Victoria with Alison Vaughan, Manager of the Collections. Treasures include an exquisite watercolour that shows details of a closely related seaweed by Dr Tilesius von Tilenau, a 19th century German naturalist.

We travel the cultural history of the not so humble citrus, find an exquisite watercolour of seaweed at the National Herbarium of Victoria and celebrate iconic Italian design from the 1930s to the '80s.

From Vespas, to Olivetti typewriters, coffee machines to beautiful but curious or impractical furniture of the Radical movement, we take an eclectic wander through the Heide Museum of Modern Art with Kendrah Morgan, co-curator of Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design.

Moral outrage does nothing to understand what drives people to embrace a Trumpist world view.

We explore the language of real estate, taste Ben Shewry's perfect pasta Bolognese, hear about the value of communal kitchens, and head outdoors for the final in Colin Bisset's home comforts.