Virginia Trioli is joined by a panel of big thinkers to discuss the Prime Minister's Father's Day trip, the future of arts, the government's new vape laws and how corporations can use words to create blurred lines of meaning.

Panellists: John Safran, Writer and filmmaker; Virginia Gay, Actor, writer and director; Julia Banks, Author, lawyer, and former Federal Liberal and Independent MP; Tony Armstrong, ABC News Breakfast presenter and former AFL player; Rachel Doyle, Barrister; and Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist and author.

The response to the COVID pandemic thrust scientists into the public eye. What Comes Next? Some of Australia's finest scientific minds look to the future to discuss quantum computers, AI, nuclear-powered submarines and more.

Panellists: Brian Schmidt, Nobel laureate and Vice-Chancellor, ANU; Lidia Morawska, International Air Quality expert; Michael Biercuk, Quantum Physicist and innovator; Vanessa Pirotta, Wildlife scientist and science communicator; Toby Walsh, Artificial Intelligence expert; and Kirsten Banks, Astrophysicist and science communicator.