What does it mean to make a meaningful contribution, and what can we do better as a society to enable and recognise contribution? We speak to three wonderful leaders from three very different backgrounds and perspectives about what contribution means to them. Dismantle capitalism, anyone? Where should we begin?

We gathered three of the wisest, most wonderful people we could find to explore how we recognise, value and make time and space for CONNECTION. It’s our second Bonus Summer Series conversation, and it left us wanting to go sit in the rain under a tree. Happy listening.

We all want care in our lives, but we don’t tend to truly prioritise time for care in our economy, politics or public policy. Imagine, for instance, if we demanded a paid day each week to do care work — for ourselves, our families or our communities and environment? Imagine if we culturally celebrated the non-conformists who were ‘successful’ at life beyond the rat race? Join us for Bonus Summer Series conversation that reframes how we think about, value and practice CARE.

It’s the end of the year, folks. No one needs anything overly demanding to listen to (state of nation: “tired”). Enter Millie and Lily for the final reMAKERS pod: a pretty chill but perky chat that comes full circle. Why is 2022 the year Millie fell in love with public servants? What does Lily want to learn most next year? Plus some book and podcast recommendations for your summer (confession: Millie has no intention of reading ‘nerd books’ over summer, but you still can).

What does it mean to be Australian? Do we have a national story, a national identity; and do we need one if we’re going to rise to the challenges before us in the coming years? Join us for a fascinating discussion with two of Australia’s leading historians, authors and academics about finding and evolving the story of us.

Should arts and politics mix? Is designing Utopia better left firmly to fiction alone? What can fictional world-builders do that those of us stuck trying to change the real world find so hard? Millie and Lily delve into a conversation about the arts, politics and power — and the embarrassing things they love.

Renowned playwright S. Shakthidharan joins us on the pod to explore the power and presence of story: how it connect us — literally in our breath when a live audience is engrossed in a show. How it can divide, or heal. How it teaches us to be publicly vulnerable, that most exquisite and excruciating of emotional experiences. He speaks deeply from his own story and experience of the stage as a sacred space, in a conversation we didn’t want to end.

Ever wondered what it’s like to be a climate scientist in 2022? Or how bad things really are, and what things could look like from here if we did everything right? Join us for a moving conversation with one of the world’s leading climate scientists, author and senior lecturer Dr Joëlle Gergis.

A deep and reflective chat about meeting the world as it is with love, and learning to change the things we can. We interview Toni Hassan — an award-winning journalist, author, visual artist and parent, who invites us to nurture our ‘big self’, and so much more.

Feeling climate freaked out? Need some grounded, practical hope? Want to learn about positive tipping points and hear stories of really cool people across business, government and community turning this ship around? This is the conversation for you.

Want to be the person in the room who can explain Australia’s recent energy crisis? Yeah, us neither. But here we are. It’s a surprisingly enjoyable conversation about energy solutions that are way more exciting than just ‘remember to turn the lights off.’

Run for office! Even if your response to that invitation is a firm ‘thanks but I’d rather tweeze out my eyebrow hairs one by one’ you’re going to love this conversation with Ruth McGowan. This was an election where more women stood, and more women were elected, to Federal Parliament than ever before (including women from diverse backgrounds, First Nations women). What does it take, why does it matter, and what happens now?

Welcome to the Post-Election Therapeutic Celebratory Download Chat! Join Millie and Lily as we debrief, exhale and talk about where to from here. It’s a refreshing, cup-filling conversation about democracy, ‘strategic joy’ and hope, and where to from here.

What does it look like to put the public good into action? Whether you’re optimistic, indifferent or freaking out about the election, this is a great conversation about purpose and how we build more of the public good.

We’ve been through a lot lately, and more of us are questioning our priorities as a country. Add to that a federal election, and we’ve got a real opportunity to reset our sense of purpose as a nation.

The reMAKERS podcast is back, and just in time for the federal election! Dare we be excited about democracy, even when it’s at its most nauseating?