Best Patent Effect Podcasts (2023)

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Big Ideas

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Hunting for life on exoplanets — but is it life as we know it? 55:33

6m ago55:33

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Checking out the Goldilocks Zone. With a team of astronomers and astrophysicists, Big Ideas is exploring the skies — more precisely, exoplanets that orbit around stars beyond our solar system in what is known as the Goldilocks Zone. It's the zone with conditions that might be just right for creating life. What is this zone, what is being discovered…

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Ahead of the Voice referendum, a refresher on referenda 54:21

21m ago54:21

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It's been 24 years since Australia's last referendum, meaning there's an entire generation who will be participating in a referendum for the first time. As the nation gears up for the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament, a Monash University panel of legal scholars and constitutional nerds give you a refresher on the mechanics of referen…

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Big Ideas

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Open arms or closed doors — why do governments celebrate certain migrants but stigmatise others? 57:24

22h ago57:24

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Moving to a new country is hard – do you seek out your own diaspora or find a way to blend in and assimilate? Usually it’s a bit a of both, and what governments do can make a big difference to your life. Why do certain migrants get embraced by certain governments — while others are stigmatised, pilloried, even imprisoned? Two accomplished historian…

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Patent Bar MPEP Q & A Podcast

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MPEP Q & A 285: What don’t the provisions of 37 CFR 1.114 apply to? 3:51

2d ago3:51

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Question: What do the provisions of 37 CFR 1.114, request for continued examination, not apply to? Answer: The provisions of 27 CFR 1.114, Request for continued examination, do not apply to: (1) A provisional application; (2) An application for a utility or plant patent filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) before June 8, 1995; (3) An international applicat…

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Big Ideas

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Tony Wellington: How the music of the 60s and 70s changed the world forever 53:57

2d ago53:57

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The 70's was the peak era of musical innovation and creativity. Kickstarted by the rock'n'roll revolution of the 60s, the music of the 70s has transformed the world and defined all styles that came after. Bands co-opted elements of classical, jazz, electronic, world and avant-garde music. And music became visual spectacle via glam, shock rock, disc…

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Big Ideas

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The future of Australia's literary journals — writing's great pollinators 55:42

3d ago55:42

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Chances are your favourite writer got their first break in a literary journal. While they're most often seen as flash-in-the-pan print publications, run on love and free labour, the reality is a lot more complicated.Ahead of of the 2025 launch of Writers Australia — the federal government's proposed peak body for Australian literature — Western Syd…

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Big Ideas

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Why young people want to break the binaries of the Voice debate 54:51

7d ago54:51

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There's a broad spectrum of perspectives on the Voice referendum, but where do the voices of Australia's youth fit into the debate?Recently, the University of Tasmania gathered a panel of young Indigenous and non-indigenous voices to speak to the complexities of this era-defining moment, and what future they want to inherit — whatever the outcome o…

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Big Ideas

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Artificial wombs and animal sex — philosophers weigh in on brave new futures 59:27

8d ago59:27

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When it comes to biological sex, humans are pretty vanilla. Things are so much wilder in nature. Philosopher of science Paul Griffiths challenges the notion that our biological sex is a rigid, unchangeable thing. Political philosopher Luara Ferracioli contemplates the controversial idea of artificial wombs replacing women’s wombs, with babies gesta…

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Big Ideas

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The deeper meaning of travel: Richard Fidler, Kris Kneen, Adam Liam, Vicki Shururoglou 53:20

9d ago53:20

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Travelling is fun — but does it have a deeper purpose? It helps us cultivate connections in the world, it shapes our own identity and makes us understand other cultures. But has modern technology made it too easy and fast-paced? What does 'good-travelling' involve? How do you fit into the places you visit?…

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Keeping up with the Coppolas 53:42

10d ago53:42

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The Coppolas are one of cinema's great family dynasties. The patriarch is Francis Ford Coppola, the Oscar-award winning director of the Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, and many others.His children, Sophia and Roman, have charted creative paths in their own right. Roman — an award-winning music video director and regular collaborator of Wes Ander…

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Big Ideas

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Anne Summers and the inside story of a winning campaign — pulling single parents out of poverty 53:41

14d ago53:41

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On the same day as her historic misogyny speech, Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced a policy that would plunge tens of thousands of single parents into poverty. It had significant consequences for single mothers. Single parents whose children turned eight no longer had access to the single parent payment, a move many experts believ…

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Big Ideas

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David Suzuki's battle-cry for Now or Never 1:34

15d ago1:34

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David Suzuki says the global environmental movement – of which he has been an influential figurehead - has failed. His breathtaking book The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering our Place in Nature has just been released as a 25th Anniversary edition. Now he’s calling for some radical truth telling. Especially from corporate executives and elders. Let his…

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Patent Bar MPEP Q & A Podcast

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MPEP Q & A 284: When will a provisional application be given a filing date? 2:52

16d ago2:52

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Question: When will a provisional application be given a filing date? Answer: A provisional application filed on or after December 18, 2013 will be given a filing date as of the date a specification, with or without claims, is received in the Office. Chapter Details: The answer to this question can be found in chapter 600 of the MPEP. This chapter …

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Big Ideas

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How to design cities that make us feel again 53:37

16d ago53:37

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There are certain sensory experiences that bind us to place. It might be the scent of the city after rain, the way light moves through a street tree canopy, or the texture of a handrail as you move through the day.It is these small details that the field of placemaking is trying to help us rediscover. And it's something that an increasing number of…

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Big Ideas

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Veena Sahajwalla, the 'queen of waste' starting a revolution 53:44

17d ago53:44

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In the mind of Veena Sahajwalla, the way we think about waste is rubbish. The award-winning scientist — who's also been dubbed Australia's "queen of waste" — wants to start a revolution in recycling.For her, recycling doesn't need to replace like-for-like.Instead, she wants us to imagine a future where all things can be unmade into their component …

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Big Ideas

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Cathy McGowan's lessons for lasting change 54:49

21d ago54:49

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For Cathy McGowan, change doesn't come about by waiting for government. Nor for that matter, perfecting theories… it's simply doing. And sticking it out when the work isn't sexy, incremental, and the outcome seems unlikely.It's something she learnt around this time a decade ago when she toppled a long-standing incumbent in the Victorian seat of Ind…

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Big Ideas

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Unseen by design — could a world designed by blind people be better for all? 53:40

22d ago53:40

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Seeing is only one way of sensing the world. When you don't have sight, your brain develops another set of sensory superpowers. Meet three trailblazers in design, art, architecture, and advocacy to discover how the world unseen can be so much better for the seen and seeing.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Is patenting vaccines a threat to public health? 54:43

23d ago54:43

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Pitting innovation against equitable access to medicine: Should drugs and vaccines have patents and fall under intellectual property laws? It's a particularly difficult question in times of a public health crisis. On Big Ideas, a panel of experts will draw on their own experiences and re-think vaccine creation, production and distribution. Do we ne…

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Spotlight on Migraine®

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Everything You Need to Know about Migraine Auras 35:14

23d ago35:14

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One in three people with migraine experience aura, a temporary sensory disturbance that occurs before or during the headache phase of an attack. In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Robblee describes types of auras, along with our current understanding of what happens in the brain during an aura. *The contents of this podcast are intended for general info…

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Big Ideas

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Does politics neglect the needs of younger generations? 53:29

24d ago53:29

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What if every law, process, or government department decision was mandated for the well-being of citizens and future generations in mind? That is the case in Wales in the UK. Meet Sophie Howe, the world's first Future Generations Commissioner.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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(Too) hot right now — life on a sweltering planet 54:28

28d ago54:28

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The planet's hotter than it has ever been. July was the Earth's hottest month ever recorded since records began. And the consequences of this warming is increasingly becoming too hard to bear — particularly among those who don't have access to climate control.So what happens to our bodies in times of heat extremes? And what will happen when these e…

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Big Ideas

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Is AI coming for what makes us most human — ART? Six whip-smart thinkers to provoke 16:18

29d ago16:18

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The Bots have landed. Meet the artist bot. The designer bot. The actor bot. The screenwriter bot. Paul McCartney says AI was used to produce a new Beatles song using demo tape recording by the late John Lennon. But in Hollywood, screen-writers and actors are striking over their work being used to train up A.I tools — or — their roles being devalued…

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Patent Bar MPEP Q & A Podcast

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MPEP Q & A 283: List of special cases 4:40

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Question: List at least 3 special cases (those which are advanced out of turn for examination). Answer: The following is a list of special cases (those which are advanced out of turn for examination): (A) Applications on inventions that are deemed of peculiar importance to some branch of the public service and when for that reason the head of some …

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Big Ideas

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Osman Faruqi — the war on hip hop 54:35

30d ago54:35

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It's possibly the greatest ever example of artistic censorship in Australian history.Police have requested hip hop to be taken off online streaming platforms, stopped bands from performing in Australia, and amended visa regulations so local hip hop artists can't perform overseas. Their claim is that hip hop is inciting violent and criminal behaviou…

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Big Ideas

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COVID, Zoonotic diseases, and the next pandemic 54:56

1M ago54:56

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Throughout human history, infectious viruses have moved between animals and humans without much fanfare. These are known as Zoonotic diseases.But every so often, they set off a chain reaction that can't be contained, like the bubonic plague, or COVID-19.But the collective experience of COVID has given the world many lessons about what to — and what…

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Big Ideas

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From Matildas' Sam Kerr to author Alice Pung — is Australia's Asian identity centre stage? 54:24

1M ago54:24

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Australia is a majority migrant nation. Increasingly, that migration skews more Asian than European, with more than 50 per cent of the population either born overseas or having a parent who was.This includes the lauded Australian writer Alice Pung, whose Chinese-Cambodian parents fled the Khmer Rouge. But it's a story replicated across many generat…

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Big Ideas

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Will AI render human creativity worthless? The Beaker St Festival Great Debate 54:06

1M ago54:06

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Two teams of heavy-hitters debate the fate of human creativity in a world of artificial intelligence. In a Big Ideas first, two A.I debaters are taking to the stage, and with strong opinions! Are the bots coming for Boticelli and the Bronte Sisters? Will humans be thrown in the dustbin of civilisation as our artistic expression is usurped by silico…

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Big Ideas

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Jacinda Ardern speaks frankly with Mana Wāhine (powerful women) 54:35

1M ago54:35

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Dame Jacinda Ardern's rise to the top wasn't down to destiny. In fact, the first job she wanted was to be a clown. Then she tried (and failed) in a Lord of the Rings audition to be a hobbit. But what would come later would be a bigger role that would eclipse any of her prior attempts at a life on screen. After an unexpected election victory in 2017…

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Big Ideas

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The uncertain future of the Antarctic and Arctic: why the arctic regions are crucial for global security 54:38

1M ago54:38

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Geopolitics and climate change now have immediate consequences for national and international security interests across the Arctic and Antarctic. The world's polar regions are contested and strategically central to geopolitical rivalry. At the same time, rapid political, social, and environmental change presents unprecedented challenges for governa…

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Big Ideas

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Fantastic beasts get it on! Incredible stories of revival and rescue 53:54

1M ago53:54

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Why did an earless lizard make politicians take to the podium? (And could it have heard them anyway?). What makes a pygmy possum randy? (The nose knows). Why are Africa’s sacred cows so vital? (More than a meaty issue). Genetics to the rescue with hopeful stories and science from three trailblazing women. Join Natasha Mitchell at the Melbourne Muse…

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Big Ideas

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Perv — the kink in all of us 55:08

1M ago55:08

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What gives you the ick? Though of course, that is inherently subjective. What may be someone's ick could be someone's kink. Jesse Bering is a psychologist specialising in evolutionary psychology and human behaviour whose work has tried to understand what lies beneath 'normal'.In this talk from Vivid 2023, Jesse explores the complex dynamics between…

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Patent Bar MPEP Q & A Podcast

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MPEP Q & A 282: Continued prosecution application practice for utility and plant applications 4:13

1M ago4:13

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Question: Since CPA applications were eliminated for utility and plant applications, what should applicants who wish to continue examination of the same claimed invention after the prosecution of a utility or plant application is closed consider filing? Answer: Effective July 14, 2003, continued prosecution application (CPA) practice was eliminated…

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Big Ideas

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The Matildas Effect — will FIFA and other codes change their tune on sportswomen? 54:03

1M ago54:03

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You see more long braids, a touch of makeup and some curves in professional sports. Women are finally starting to assert their place on the field. But as our expert panel says, creating pathways to inclusion for women and gender diverse people with intersecting identities and abilities remains an urgent task at both grassroots and elite levels.…

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Big Ideas

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Infidelity and other affairs 54:49

1M ago54:49

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Who doesn't dream of being loved dangerously, thrillingly free from the tethers of restraint? It's a question journalist and author Kate Legge asked after the discovery of her husband's affairs. He was a high-powered media CEO, and she was a veteran journalist who was assured the infidelity was singular (more were to be discovered on the home PC).H…

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Big Ideas

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What we can learn from ancient African kings 54:48

2M ago54:48

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Many precolonial kingdoms and dynasties of Africa, have shaped cultures across the continent to this day. But they have been terribly ignored and marginalised throughout history. A pity really – because we could learn so much from their approach to wielding power: like how to reign with mystical stories and through generosity instead of oppression;…

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Big Ideas

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The dreamers and schemers — an adventurous history of Australian politics 54:05

2M ago54:05

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Frank Bongiorno is always adventurous with the way he unearths the history of Australia. He's written a history of Australian sex lives, Australia in the 1980s, and now he'll surprise you again with stories of the dreamers and schemers who have shaped Australia's political history.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Australian foreign policy after Albanese 54:46

2M ago54:46

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With a change in government, there comes a new orientation for Australian foreign policy. Under the leadership of Foreign Minister Penny Wong — the first Asian and overseas-born Australian to hold that office — there has been attempts to reset many of Australia's relationships in the region, particularly with China.But a hard reset isn't exactly on…

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Spotlight on Migraine®

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Managing Migraine by Combining Conventional and Alternative Treatments 19:48

2M ago19:48

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Alternative treatments, such as supplements, mind/body therapies, physical therapy, and acupuncture, can be helpful, non-pharmacological additions to conventional migraine management plans. Headache specialist Dr. Abigail Chua discusses the pros and cons of alternative treatments and how to begin integrating them into your overall treatment plan. *…

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Big Ideas

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How to stay hopeful and optimistic in dark times 53:49

2M ago53:49

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Can you stay positive and optimistic in difficult times? Is it a fool's game even to try? Bill Hayes and Lachlan McIver talk about the difference between realism and pessimism; and why it's imperative to muster up hope in hard times. They know what they're talking about, having gone through tragedy and loss in their lives as well.…

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Barrie Kosky — a giant of Australian stage 53:47

2M ago53:47

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He's one of Australia's most successful stage exports who cites Kermit the Frog as one of his greatest influences. Over decades, Barrie Kosky has blazed a trail directing theatre and opera across Europe, who in 2022, finished a 10-year stint leading Berlin's prestigious opera house, the Komische Oper.The self-described "gay, Jewish, Kangaroo" is in…

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Young and healthy (or not)? Here's why DNA screening should be on your radar 52:59

2M ago52:59

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You’re young. You’re healthy. Would you open Pandora’s box and take a DNA test to find out your risk of a serious disease? Scientists say widespread DNA screening of young people will save lives — but who will pay the price? And if you discovered you carry a high-risk gene for breast or prostate cancer, what can you do with that information, and wh…

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Patent Bar MPEP Q & A Podcast

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MPEP Q & A 281: Time for reply to final rejection 4:08

2M ago4:08

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Question: What is the time for reply to a final rejection? Answer: The time for reply to a final rejection is as follows: (A) All final rejections setting a 3-month shortened statutory period (SSP) for reply should contain a form paragraph advising applicant that if the first reply is filed within 2 months of the date of the final Office action, th…

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Big Ideas

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Benjamin Gilmour says: We should be talking to the Taliban 53:36

2M ago53:36

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Is it necessary to engage with the Taliban to improve conditions in Afghanistan? It's an inconceivable idea for many who have fought in the country of fled from Taliban oppression. But Benjamin Gilmour has done it. At a recent trip to the country, he has been given access to some of the top leaders of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Now he shar…

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Big Ideas

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All about IVF 55:21

2M ago55:21

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IVF, or in vitro fertilisation has come a long way since its first successful application in Australia. That was in 1980, at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne with the birth of Candice Reed. Forty years on, it's estimated that some 200,000 Australian children have been born via IVF.But despite the technological, legislative, and social change…

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Nothing about us without us 54:09

2M ago54:09

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When making change, how do you amplify the voices of youth without being tokenistic?It's a question that was on the minds of many at the once-in-a-generation summit called Wiyi Yani U Thangani, a Bubuna phrase meaning women's voices. Held in Canberra earlier this year, Wiyi Yani U Thangani, brought together around 900 First Nations women to produce…

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Spotlight on Migraine®

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Understanding and Managing Migraine in Kids and Teens 24:39

2M ago24:39

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Migraine affects about 11% children and adolescents, but it can look different from migraine in adults. Dr. Michael Oshinsky from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke discusses the signs and symptoms of pediatric migraine as well as ways to support children at school and with their personal life. He also talks about treatment…

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Big Ideas

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Before Julia Gillard's misogyny speech — meet the feminists who changed Australian politics 55:19

2M ago55:19

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Former prime minister Julia Gillard's misogyny speech hit a nerve worldwide. But before that speech, were the feminist rebels, ratbags, and renegades who got Australian politics to that moment.Hear how and why women's lives, against the odds, were first put on the political agenda in Australia… and why Miss Australia wasn't there.…

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Shut up and (write) the hits — song writing in the streaming age 54:03

2M ago54:03

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Song writing in the 21st-Century is an increasingly precarious endeavour. We now live in a world where even the slightest similar melodic pattern could send you to court, while AI-driven production could send you packing.But despite this, there's still something magical about song writing. So what keeps compelling people to try their luck at crafti…

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Why do some people crave risk and extreme adventures? 53:45

2M ago53:45

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Would you endure intense physical challenges and privations, extreme temperatures, dizzying heights, hunger and loneliness …. just for the thrill of it? What kinds of people thrive in hostile environments? It takes a special type of person to embark on extreme adventures and sports. It's not just about your fitness and bodily constitution, you ment…

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Australia's sporting myths 54:54

2M ago54:54

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Australia is obsessed with sport — it's become shorthand for our national identity abroad. But there's tension at the heart of this obsession.As keen and disinterested followers of Australian sport have witnessed, sports of all kinds have had a troubled relationship with race, gender, and sexuality.It's something Mununjali writer — and part-time so…

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