What impact did European émigrés have on the architectural landscape of Australia mid last century? Natica Schmeder is an architectural historian and principal at Landmark Heritage and Warren Andersen is a Perth based former planner and architectural enthusiast who is the author of 'The Architecture of Iwan Iwanoff'. They presented at the Robin Boyd Foundation recently on the legacy of central European immigrants for Australian Modernism.

Manoella Buffara Ramos is a leading chef in South America.  She shares her last meal of a favourite family recipe for sticky rice with coconut and spices, eaten with BBQ squid.

We dip back into the vault of the National Herbarium of Victoria in Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens with manager of collections Alison Vaughan. This time we go on a journey to the Northwest Passage of Arctic Canada via a small specimen of chickweed from the 1850s.

Colin Bisset takes us into the world of window design in his series on the evolution of comfort in our homes.

Former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Tim Entwisle takes us on a Springtime stroll and shares some of the stories behind his favourite spaces in Melbourne's Kings Domain including the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden.

How can governments address the housing crisis and what role can good planning play? Patrick Fensham, principal and partner at SGS Economics and Planning, weighs into the debate.

When Estonian-born American architect Louis Kahn died in 1974, he left behind a collection of notebooks that revealed the sketches and musings of a creative mind. His daughter Sue Ann Kahn shares what the recently published 'Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook' tells us about her father.

Annie Smithers takes us on a cook's tour of the kitchens that formed her journey from apprentice chef to regional restaurateur in her new memoir 'Kitchen Sentimental'.

Melodie Yashar is a space architect, technologist and researcher with ICON, a company that has been contracted by NASA as it works towards missions to the Moon and Mars. She was a guest at Sydney Design Week where she explored what terrestrial lessons can be learned from designing for space.

Brad Draper is the CEO and managing director of Aboriginal Sustainable Homes, a company that specialises in designing and constructing culturally appropriate homes for First Nations people. He is a partner in a project commissioned by the NSW Government to use 3D printing for social housing in the hope the technology can be rolled out elsewhere.

In this series on the evolution of comfort in the home, Colin Bisset explores the way comfort has been expressed in the kitchen over time.

Jamie Bucirde is a sexologist and advocate who started a grassroots movement in Adelaide collating the experiences of sexual harassment and assault in the hospitality industry. She has co-authored a report alongside Anna Edwards from Melbourne University's Centre for Cities titled 'Not So Hospitable'. They discuss what needs to change in the hospitality industry.

Lindy de Wijn first became entranced with making lace as a child. She gives us a demonstration of how her 'dancing' bobbins can create a thing of great intricacy and beauty.

Dr Alison Barnes is a senior lecturer in  Visual Communication at the University of Western Sydney and a scholar in residence at the Powerhouse Museum. As part of her residency she is exploring what the food labels of firm W C Douglass tell us about the history of food production and graphic design.

Colin Bisset introduces us to his new series exploring the evolution of comfort in our homes.

Caroline Parker is an avid gardener, herbalist and author of 'The Medicinal Garden'. She shares her tips for tapping into culinary herbs and common weeds in your garden.

An estimated 21 per cent of Australian households have experienced severe food insecurity in recent years, so is it time for a Ministry of Food? Liesel Spencer is an associate professor in the school of law at the University of Western Sydney who argues that Australia lags behind other comparable nations and it is time to act.

Jennifer Wong and Lin Jie Kong explore all that is special about regional Chinese restaurants in Australia and what they say about us as a nation. As an extension to the ABC TV series of the same name, they have just published 'Chopsticks or Fork?', collating stories and favourite recipes from their travels.

Dr Sabina Andron is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Melbourne Centre for Cities at Melbourne University and one of the ABC's Top 5 Humanities scholars. She is the author of 'Urban Surfaces, Graffiti and the Right to the City' where she explores the role graffiti plays in our cities and why it is so maligned.

Stephanie Alexander has made an indelible mark on Australia's food culture.  She makes her recipe for twice cooked soufflé as her last supper and reflects on the role food has played in her life.

The National Herbarium of Victoria in Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens holds an extraordinary number of specimens that tell remarkable tales. We hear about the gentle passions of botanical collector Eileen Ramsay from Alison Vaughan, manager of collections.  

Can better design save our city rivers?  Kirsten Bauer is the global design director of Aspect Studios which has taken part in a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria which explores design visions for Melbourne's Birrarung/Yarra for 2070. 

Nicola Twilley is co-host of the Gastropod podcast and the author of a new book, 'Frostbite - How refrigeration changed our food, our planet and ourselves'. She delves into the secrets of the 'cold chain', a little understood part of our food supply that has a fascinating history and has changed how we eat today.

Michael Colman is a horologist- a maker and repairer of watches and clocks. He welcomes us into his workshop to explore the world of keeping time.

What is the neurological response to bad design? Colin Ellard is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Waterloo in Canada whose research examines what happens to the human brain when architecture fails to inspire.