Natasha Mitchell

Natasha Mitchell is a multi-award-winning journalist, radio presenter, and podcaster. She presents ABC Radio National's flagship live events program, Big Ideas, was founding host and producer of the blockbuster radio show and one of Australia's first podcasts All in the Mind for a decade. She presented the daily social affairs program Life Matters, and was founding host and creator of Science Friction, awarded Best Science and Medicine podcast at the Australian Podcast Awards.

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Natasha served as vice president of the World Federation of Science Journalists, was awarded a prestigious MIT Knight Journalism Fellowship, and overall Grand Prize and four Gold World Medals at the New York Radio Festivals. She's hosted numerous public forums, including four dialogues with the Dalai Lama. Natasha got her start in radio hosting punk music shows as an engineering student. You'll still find her in the mosh pit.