What Happens Next?

    The Handmaid’s Tale. Brave New World. Mad Max. Fictional dystopias have never seemed so close to becoming reality. Is it too late to change our course? What Happens Next?, a podcast from Monash University, examines some of the biggest challenges facing our world and asks the experts, what will happen if we don't change? And what can we do to create a better future? Learn from leaders, listen to the people making a difference, and discover how you can help drive change.

  • What's Behind the Gender-Based Violence Crisis?

  • Can Good Stories Help Save the Planet?

  • Will Climate Change Wipe Out the Indo-Pacific?

  • Can We Create a Better Reality?

  • Will AI Cut Us Off from Reality?

  • Your Daily Commute to a Better Tomorrow: Introducing Season 9 of “What Happens Next?”

  • Can We Learn to be More Civil?

  • Are We Getting More Rude?

  • Can Escapism Be Good for Us?

  • What Are We Trying to Escape?

  • What Can Influencers Teach Us About Women and Work?

  • Does Influencer Culture Have a Dark Side?

  • Can Tech Unlock Humans’ Full Potential?

  • Are Humans About To Evolve?

  • Can Art Help Our Climate Anxiety?

  • How Can We Conquer Climate Anxiety?

  • Why Are We So Anxious About Earth?

  • How Do We Balance Work and Play?

  • What Happens When We Stop Playing?

  • Introducing season eight of ‘What Happens Next?’

  • A Pride Open Road (Part 2) | Bonus episode

  • A Pride Open Road (Part 1) | Bonus episode

  • What Is Reproductive Justice?

  • Are Reproductive Rights Human Rights?

  • Can We Take a Bite Out of Food Insecurity?

  • Is Food Insecurity Getting Worse?

  • Do NFTs Require New Laws?

  • Can NFTs Help Digital Artists?

  • Hear Her Roar: Women’s Safety & Gender Equality

  • Can Australia Become a Green Energy Superpower?

  • Is Australia Behind in the Critical Minerals Race?

  • Can We Save Endangered Languages?

  • What Do We Lose When Languages Die?

  • Can We Sharpen Our Focus?

  • Is Our Attention Slipping?

  • Introducing Season 7 of ‘What Happens Next?’

  • Where Are Women in Peacebuilding?

  • Escape from the Taliban

  • Will AI Change the Future of Soldiering?

  • Will Tomorrow’s Wars Be Fought by Robots?

  • Can We End Loneliness?

  • Are We Lonelier Than Ever?

  • Can We Put the Brakes on Fast Fashion?

  • Is It Time to Rethink Our Wardrobes?

  • Are There ‘Good’ Trolls?

  • Does Digital Vigilantism Work?

  • Should We Change How We Think About Fat?

  • Why Is It So Hard to Lose Weight?

  • Introducing Season 6

  • Racism: It Stops With...? (Pt 2)

  • Racism: It Stops With...? (Pt 1)

  • A More Welcoming Country?

  • Why Do Migrants Matter?

  • Can We Open the Halls of Power?

  • Is Australia Classist?

  • Is It Time to Join the Psychedelic Renaissance?

  • Should We Decriminalise Psychedelics?

  • Should Comedy Cross Lines?

  • Are We Too Quick to Cancel?

  • How Do We Teach Machines to Think Responsibly?

  • Is AI a Little Too Human?

  • Can We Reinvent the Justice System?

  • Why Is the Rate of Black Deaths in Custody So High?

  • Does Hustle Culture Drive Creativity?

  • Are We Hustling Ourselves to Death?

  • Kicking Goals

  • Running the Gauntlet

  • A Level Playing Field?

  • Getting Down to Business

  • All Worked Up

  • Taking Us For a Ride

  • History in the Making

  • Culture and Country

  • A Matter of Time

  • The Picture Of Health

  • The AI Will See You Now

  • A Bitter Pill

  • What On Earth Can We Do?

  • Rising Stars

  • We Need Some Space

  • Power To The People

  • Getting The Green Light

  • Power Trip

  • Who's A Good Boy?

  • Nice Guise

  • It's a Man's World

  • Until We Tweet Again

  • People You May Know

  • #NoFilter

  • My Art Will Go On

  • Art and Soul

  • Broken Arts

  • Fact Or Fiction?

  • The Facts Of The Matter

  • Ain't That The Truth

  • What Happens Next on Series Two?

  • Right Here, Right Now

  • What's Rightfully Ours: What Happens If We Ignore Right-Wing Extremism?

  • Far Right, All Wrong: Is Right-Wing Extremism on the Rise?

  • How Many Slaves Work For You?

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