Trust Me, I'm An Expert

The Conversation's editors bring you the most insightful, fascinating, surprising analysis and stories from the academic world. We're asking the experts to bust the myths, explain the science and put the news headlines into context. Join us as we take a deep dive into the big ideas driving our world.

250 years since Captain Cook landed in Australia, it’s time to acknowledge the violence of first encounters
Apr 28, 2020 – 27:31
An honest reckoning with Captain Cook’s legacy won’t heal things overnight. But it’s a start
Apr 28, 2020 – 30:08
Childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, menopause, 75+: how your diet should change with each stage of life
Apr 17, 2020 – 24:44
What does the coronavirus pandemic sound like? The voices of people struggling, secluding and surviving around the world
Apr 3, 2020 – 31:06
Coronavirus and COVID-19: your questions answered by virus experts
Mar 13, 2020 – 39:26
We asked astronomers: are we alone in the Universe? The answer was surprisingly consistent
Mar 9, 2020 – 24:23
More than 70% of the Universe is made of ‘dark energy’, the mysterious stuff even stranger than dark matter
Feb 23, 2020 – 12:26
‘Futuring’ can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You’re a futurist too
Jan 31, 2020 – 10:15
The Dish in Parkes is scanning the southern Milky Way, searching for alien signals
Jan 15, 2020 – 22:10
‘The size, the grandeur, the peacefulness of being in the dark’: what it’s like to study space at Siding Spring Observatory
Dec 18, 2019 – 23:44
Antibiotic resistant superbugs kill 32 plane-loads of people a week. We can all help fight back
Nov 26, 2019 – 20:59
Nearly all your devices run on lithium batteries. Here’s a Nobel Prizewinner on his part in their invention – and their future
Nov 1, 2019 – 18:07
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: forensic entomology, or what bugs can tell police about when someone died
Oct 6, 2019 – 25:41
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: what science says about how to lose weight and whether you really need to
Sep 10, 2019 – 21:33
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Queensland still mystifies too many politicians but its needs are surprisingly simple
Aug 27, 2019 – 52:03
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Why the Hong Kong protesters feel they have nothing to lose
Aug 22, 2019 – 21:28
What’s the next ‘giant leap’ for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts
Jul 19, 2019 – 19:50
‘This is going to affect how we determine time since death’: how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science
Jul 1, 2019 – 33:42
‘People felt totally trapped’: what it’s like to be a pensioner renting privately as Australia’s housing costs soar
Jun 14, 2019 – 17:02
India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls
May 6, 2019 – 28:07
Nimbin before and after: local voices on how the 1973 Aquarius Festival changed a town forever
May 3, 2019 – 30:24
‘Labor will win this election. I think that’s virtually unquestionable’: political scientist Andy Marks on #AusVotes2019 and the key issues in NSW
Apr 30, 2019 – 14:50
The myth of ‘the Queensland voter’, Australia’s trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition
Apr 18, 2019 – 53:21
Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe
Apr 16, 2019 – 31:14
PODCAST: Michelle Grattan, Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on the election-eve budget chock full of sweeteners
Apr 2, 2019 – 11:59
It’s your money they’re spending in this election-eve budget. Here’s how we’re covering the story
Mar 26, 2019 – 02:30
Mark Latham in the upper house? A Coalition minority government? The NSW election is nearly upon us and it’s going to be a wild ride
Mar 8, 2019 – 24:07
‘I think we should be very concerned’: A cyber crime expert on this week’s hack and what needs to happen next
Feb 21, 2019 – 16:57
A refugee law expert on a week of ‘reckless’ rhetoric and a new way to process asylum seeker claims
Feb 14, 2019 – 19:12
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: how to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season
Jan 31, 2019 – 33:55
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: What research says about how to stick to your New Year’s resolutions
Dec 30, 2018 – 36:12
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: the science of sleep and the economics of sleeplessness
Nov 30, 2018 – 23:04
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Food fraud, the centuries-old problem that won’t go away
Oct 31, 2018 – 24:23
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Cyclone season approacheth, but this year there’s a twist
Oct 7, 2018 – 22:53
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Australia’s extreme weather
Sep 30, 2018 – 01:05
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: How augmented reality may one day make music a visual, interactive experience
Aug 30, 2018 – 29:37
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: what the huge HILDA survey reveals about your economic well-being, health and family life
Jul 30, 2018 – 23:25
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: What is sport worth?
Jul 2, 2018 – 32:52
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: The explainer episode
May 31, 2018 – 29:29
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: ‘Dancing out of depression’ – how Syrian refugees are using exercise to improve mental health
Apr 30, 2018 – 29:10
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Brain-zapping, the curious case of the n-rays and other stories of evidence
Mar 29, 2018 – 30:46
Trust Me I’m An Expert: The science of pain
Mar 1, 2018 – 42:43
Trust Me I’m An Expert: Why February is the real danger month for power blackouts
Jan 29, 2018 – 18:38
Trust Me, I’m an Expert: Risk
Dec 31, 2017 – 33:01
Marrying across Australia’s Catholic-Protestant divide
Nov 30, 2017 – 19:17
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Competition
Nov 2, 2017 – 27:15
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: a lawyer, a biblical scholar and a fact-checker walk into the same-sex marriage debate…
Oct 5, 2017 – 35:45
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: a new podcast from The Conversation
Sep 27, 2017 – 03:02