GREAT DEBATE! + KIRSTEN BANKS + TEGAN TAYLOR (Beaker Street Festival - Main Stage Session 4)

Name: GREAT DEBATE! + KIRSTEN BANKS + TEGAN TAYLOR (Beaker Street Festival - Main Stage Session 4)
Start: 2024-08-10T20:00:00+10:00
Location: Hobart City Hall

Schedule

Sat Aug 10 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC+10:00

Location

Hobart City Hall | Hobart, TS

Our perennial Festival Favourite, the Great Debate is back with host Natasha Mitchell. Recorded for broadcast on ABC RN’s Big Ideas, watch live as two teams of heavy-hitters go head-to-head, arguing for or against the statement: “In this climate, having kids is just wrong!” With team leaders Adam Spencer and returning champion Professor Barbara Holland — plus debaters First Dog on the Moon, Mibu Fischer, Matilda Boseley, and Wendy Zukerman — you’re guaranteed to be entertained, persuaded, and enthralled by this battle of brains and bravado! Plus, ABC’s Tegan Taylor will chat with Wiradjuri astrophysicist and science communicator Dr Kirsten Banks, and we’ll hear about the evolution of pleasure during a sneak preview of science journalist Zoe Kean’s hot new book 🌶️🌶️🌶️
This ticket gets you free entry to the Late Night Festival Club, starting immediately after this session ends.
About the Main Stage Sessions
We’re transforming City Hall into a vibrant, interactive den of cerebral delights. Imagine listening in on fascinating chats amongst brilliant scientists while putting your feet up in a friend’s lounge room, which is also a cabaret theatre with two well stocked bars in it. Each session offers a mix of presentations, interactive stuff, really short talks, live music by our incredible house band Stevie and the Bunsen Burners, and all sorts of surprises. You can sneak off for a drink any time, and even come and go during the session, but surely you won’t want to miss a minute of the action.