Épisodes

  • Life among the invisible
    Jan 2 2026

    Writer Alia Parker takes us on a flight into the philosophy of hermeneutics while learning to trust the wind. What is it that we find in the spaces between? Enjoy this short literary thought expedition as part of a monthly series on mindflexing.com.au.



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    9 min
  • Farewell Cinema and other cultural relics
    Dec 3 2025

    S1 Episode 66 — Are cinemas a thing of the past? Writer Alia Parker takes a short trip down memory lane with an entertaining look at cultural relics from the not-too-distant past.



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    9 min
  • Orcas in the bay
    Nov 3 2025

    It is noon on the grey coast of New Zealand’s Northland, a high tide of grey water under a grey sky and golden grey sand. Join writer Alia Parker as she reads a beautiful autofiction about how easy it is to not truly see the things right in front of you.



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    10 min
  • Is this really the Anthropocene?
    Oct 8 2025

    The word Anthropocene has dive bombed into our lexicon. But what is it and are we really in it? Writer Alia Parker explores this concept and looks at two of the countless ways it is coming to fruition.



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    9 min
  • Love and severity in the nesting season
    Sep 10 2025

    Observations about the love, justice and community of one of Australia's most feared and adored birds - the magpie - with writer Alia Parker.



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    10 min
  • When clouds fall
    Aug 28 2025

    Searching for beauty and metaphors in rare mountain cloud formations, with writer Alia Parker.



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    7 min
  • It's a race to the moon
    Aug 14 2025

    On your marks. Get set. Construct! There’s nothing like global tension to spark a land grab in outer space. Writer Alia Parker explores the new race to the moon.



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    11 min
  • Tea with Archimedes
    Jul 31 2025

    Writer Alia Parker explores the cyclical story of water and how it's shared, quite intimately, by all living things.



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    10 min