How Good Are Humans!

About How Good Are Humans!

The How Good Are Humans podcast is here to show you the good people in the world, those who go above and beyond the call of duty to better the community around them.

Publisher

Isaac McCarthy

Category

news · news · science

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

30 Aug 2020

Latest episode

17 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

74 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Rebuilding what’s been destroyed | Treeforce Cairns

   Why would we cut down trees? Trees filter the air and exhale the oxygen we breath, sequester carbon and store it in the soil, clean the soil of pollutants and excess nitrogen, reduce urban heat, bring rainfall and stabilise climates, provide shade under which we exist in comfort, lock in soil to stop erosion, provide homes for wildlife and branches for children to climb, quell storm surges, reduce flooding and stabilise river banks, improve water quality, reduce noise pollution, grow an abund...

2. 

   2 Aug 2026

   Feminism in a changing world | Jacqueline Maley

   Feminism achieved colossal triumphs in the 19th and 20th centuries after fierce battles for legal, social and economic equalities. The right to vote, the right to work, the right to divorce, the right to equal pay and freedom from sexual exploitation were a handful of important wins for Australian society. In the modern western world, it could be argued the great injustices have been corrected, or have they not? Despite what would seem to be the most pluralist time to be alive, trust be...

3. 

   2 Jun 2026

   Keeping stories from the maw of the memory hole | Rob Fadaely, Pearls Books 'n Music

   Humans need stories. We are stories, each of us, and some of our stories are so great they've been written down. Others have invented stories, be they allegorical or pure fiction, for no reason more than brewing and spilling another provocative and entertaining piece to our cultural ether. But no story is guaranteed permanence. In fact, almost all are guaranteed the opposite. It takes a librarian to preserve them, and sometimes resurrect them. This is what Rob Fadaely does for a living,...

Who has been a guest on How Good Are Humans!

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Libby Cook-Black
• Olly James
• Bernard "BJ" Sabadi
• Professor Hurriyet Babacan
• Tilmann Waldthaler

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

44

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

76

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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