THE BEAKER STREET DEBATE

THE BEAKER STREET DEBATE

Fri
15
Fri 15 Aug 7:45 PM

HOBART CITY HALL
Auslan Interpreted
Wheelchair
General Admission
75 Mins | Epicentre
August
Fri 15 Aug
7:45 PM

We’re Fucked! It’s too late to avoid civilisational collapse. 

Is the end of the world nigh, or at least the end of humanity? Have our multi-crises of climate change, over-consumption, over-reliance on vulnerable technologies, and [insert your favourite impending disaster here] finally brought us to the brink? Or is there still time to change course and rescue our modern civilisation from going the way of coal power? Oh wait, bad example.

Join host Natasha Mitchell and two teams of science and culture heavy hitters for this battle of brains and bravado. The Debate will be recorded for broadcast on ABC Radio National's Big Ideas show.

This session is part of the Beaker Street Main Stage at Hobart City Hall. Your House Band for the evening will be the dangerously well-rehearsed Stevie and the Bunsen Burners. Enter through Market Place, where you'll find drinks, food, fires, and friendly strangers. Come early, stay late to enjoy all the action.

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NATASHA MITCHELL
Natasha is a multi-award-winning journalist and presenter, best known for hosting ABC’s Big Ideas and creating the acclaimed science podcasts All in the Mind and Science Friction.


DEBATERS


DR ESMÉ JAMES
Sex historian and creator of Kinky History, Esmé Louise James (@esme.louisee) has brought cheeky education to millions. With a best-selling book, hit podcast, and now a live show, Esme is bringing all things Kinky to the globe!



DR KATE BOOTH
Kate Booth is a human geographer and activist academic addressing socio-ecological inequity in the context of rapid and unprecedented global change. 


KITANA MANSELL
A proud Palawa woman who is dedicated to developing sustainable tourism products and hospitality to showcase Palawa food.


HANNAH MOLONEY
Hannah is the Tasmanian host for ABC TV’s Gardening Australia, a permaculture educator, community worker, designer, and best-selling author. She's spent the past two decades getting her hands dirty in the garden, with community change projects, political and front line activism all aimed at fostering a good life for all. 


PROFESSOR GRETTA PECL
Gretta Pecl is a Professor of marine ecology at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at UTAS. She is a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and included in the top 200 most influential climate scientists in the world (and the top 20 women).


PROFESSOR TOBY WALSH 
Toby is Scientia Professor of AI at UNSW and Chief Scientist at UNSW.AI. He's a leading voice in artificial intelligence, known for his global advocacy on the ethical use of AI and for making complex ideas accessible through his popular science books.


August
Fri 15 Aug
7:45 PM

HOBART CITY HALL

57-63 Macquarie Street Hobart, Tasmania, 7000

Proudly supported by

ABC Radio National