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Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature series – Deborah Bird Rose
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/39-live-at-the-am-humannature-series-deborah-bird-rose/

In this podcast, Deborah Bird Rose (UNSW) examines how humans, animals and the landscape intersect in the face of environmental crisis.

Treasures podcast ep 8: Life in the freezer
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/treasures-podcast-ep-8-life-in-the-freezer/

In our final episode, Charles and Kim uncover the stories behind objects used in Sir Douglas Mawson's Antarctic expeditions.

Treasures podcast ep 7: The platypus rug and the lyre bird
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/treasures-podcast-ep-7-the-platypus-rug-and-the-lyre-bird/

Kim McKay and Charles Wooley ponder the beautiful platypus rug and what it tells us about the changing attitudes towards our native fauna.

Treasures podcast ep 6: The pestle that changed the world
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/treasures-podcast-ep-6-the-pestle-that-changed-the-world/

The influence of this simple stone object stretched all the way to the Pacific, where this story takes a sudden, violent twist.

Treasures podcast ep 5: The last tiger
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/treasures-podcast-ep-5/

Charles Wooley reveals the tragic tale of the death of the last wild thylacine.

Treasures podcast ep 4: The strange obsessions of Australia’s greatest crab collector
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/treasures-podcast-ep-4the-strange-obsessions-of-australias-greatest-crab-collector/

In the 1940s, naturalist Mel Ward created the Gallery of Natural History and Native Art in the Blue Mountains, exhibiting some 25,000 crabs.

Treasures podcast ep 3: Charles Darwin and the curator’s chair
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/treasures-podcast-ep-3-charles-darwin-and-the-curators-chair/

In 1874, Museum Curator Gerard Krefft espoused Darwin’s theory of evolution. The Board of Trustees were less than impressed.

Treasures podcast ep 2: The great gold nugget and the cricket stumps
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/treasures-podcast-ep-2-the-great-gold-nugget-and-the-cricket-stumps/

In the early 1800s, Sydney was the kind of town where you might win and lose your fortune in a single day.

Treasures podcast ep 1: The first and finest gallery in the land
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/treasures-podcast-ep-1-the-first-and-finest-gallery-in-the-land/

Step inside the Westpac Long Gallery – home of 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum.

AMplify ep 38: Michael Mel
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/amplify-ep-38-michael-mel/

West Pacific Collection Manager Michael Mel takes Kim McKay back to his homeland in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.