The battlelines are drawn, brains tuned, arguments sharpened and teeth gnashing as two teams go head to head at Beaker Street Festival. Your fearless adjudicator, Science Friction host Natasha Mitchell, cannot and will not be bribed*.
This episode of ABC Radio National’s Science Friction was recorded live at Beaker Street Festival in Tasmania.
On the Affirmative team
Meow Ludo Disco Gamma Meow Meow
Biohacker
Founder of Australia’s first open access molecular biology lab, BioFoundry.
Zoe Kean
BeakerSt@TMAG alumni, science communicator, and ABC Science cadet.
Professor Mike Archer
Paleontologist
University of New South Wales
On the Negative team
Bernie Hobbs
Award winning science writer and presenter
ABC Science
Dr Lee Ann Rollins
Invasive species geneticist
University of New South Wales
Dr Barbara Holland
Mathematician
School of Natural Sciences
University of Tasmania