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Television, Radio and Online
Television
The Lost Tools of Henry Hoke (ABC)
Several guest appearances throughout the series, 2015
Monster Bug Wars (SBS)
Host, presenter and narrator for two series through Beyond Productions, 2012-13
Catalyst (ABC)
ABC TV’s Science Magazine program
Paul Willis as reporter and producer for segments typically running 8 minutes with some half hour episodes
The History of the World, 16/09/2010
In Defence of the Flying Fox, 02/09/2010
Penguins: Winners and Losers, 26/08/2010
Rat Wars: Native Rats fighting for their habitat, 12/08/2010
Brain Freeze: Inside the Minds of Parkinson’s Suffers, 05/08/2010
Animal Actions: Archer Fish, 08/07/2010
Animal Actions: Jumping Ants, 24/06/2010
Aussie Amber, 17/06/2010
Animal Actions: Cleaning Stations for Sharks and Rays, 17/06/2010
Animal Actions: Quoll School, 10/06/2010
Animal Actions: Crayfish Attraction, 03/06/2010
Mt Ruapehu, 27/05/2010
Animal Actions: Fighting Finches, 27/05/2010
Megafauna, 20/5/2010
Antarctic Glaciers, 29/04/2010
Otto Nordenskjold, 29/04/2010
Peruvian Mummy, 25/04/2010
Animal Actions: Redback Spiders, 25/04/2010
Animal Actions; Blue Grasshoppers, 15/04/2010
Growing Glaciers, 01/04/2010
Animal Actions: Ningaloo Reef, 01/04/2010
Smart Wheelchair, 18/03/2010
Arsenic Toenails, 11/03/2010
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, 04/03/2010
New Zealand Rowi, 25/02/2010
Animal Actions: Fiddler Crabs, 25/02/2010
Animal Actions: Desert Gobies, 11/02/2010
Fighting Fire with Fire, 29/10/2009
Grand Daddy Fish, 10/09/2009
Photonic Chip, 03/09/2009
Associate Professor Liz Harry, 27/08/2009
Moon Dust, 16/07/2009
Stem Cells in the Brain, 25/06/2009
Royal Botanic Gardens, 18/06/2009
Uranium Minerals, 11/06/2009
Inca trails, 04/06/2009
Fingerprints, 28/05/2009
Footprints in Ash, 30/04/2009
Very Large Telescope, 23/04/2009
Ancient Resurrection, 09/04/2009
Bubble Mining, 02/04/2009
Bubble Engineering, 26/03/2009
Diamond Magic, 19/03/2009
World’s Oldest Mummies, 05/03/2009
Ancient DNA 26/02/2009
Sea Mounts, 16/02/2009
Ladybirds, 06/11/2008
Cracked Soils, 30/10/2008
The Ultimate Mammal Family Tree, 23/10/2008
Snowball Earth, 02/10/2008
Methane – the Forgotten Greenhouse Gas, 25/09/2008
Polar Dinosaurs, 18/09/2008
Millenium Seeds, 11/09/1008
Emu Bay Fauna, 28/08/2008
Narrabeen Man, 19/06/2008
Macleay Museum, 12/06/2008
World’s Oldest Mum 05/06/2008
Antarctic Aliens, 29/05/2008
Fire and water, 01/05/2008
Invisible Light, 24/04/2008
Gold Nuggets, 17/04/2008
Sax Appeal, 17/04/2008
Dinomechanics, 10/04/2008
Palaeo Revolution, 20/03/2008
Natures Little Diggers, 06/03/2008
The Southern Surveyor – the Power of One, 28/02/2008
Human Origins, 21/02/2008
Whale Sharks, 08/11/2007
Aussie Dinosaurs Discovered, 01/11/2007
Grand-Dad Croc, 18/10/2007
Bridled Nail-Tail Wallabies, 11/10/2007
Hydrogen HWY 04/10/2007
Koala Virus, 27/09/2007
Making the Perfect Kilo, 20/09/2007
Boxing Vest, 30/08/2007
Science Through the Ages, 23/08/2007
The Double Life of the Little Penguin, 09/08/2007
Brain Overload, 26/07/2007
Smart Sheep, 19/07/2007
The Time Of Our Lives (part 2), 31/05/2007
The Time Of Our Lives (part 1), 24/05/2007
Natural Sequence Farming, 17/05/2007
Lizard Sex, 26/04/2007
Painting Forensics, 12/04/2007
The Science Of Business, 29/03/2007
The Science Of Dating, 22/03/2007
Antechinus Update, 08/03/2007
Poincare’s Conjecture, 01/03/2007
Fire Ant Update, 22/02/2007
Oyster Killer Revisited, 15/02/2007
Anarchy in the Hive, 23/11/2006
Border Control, 16,11,2006
Ediacara – Australia’s own geological period, 09/11/2006
Diamonds Forever?, 26/10/2006
Ethanol Alternative, 12/10/2006
Willandra Footprints, 31/08/2006
Reptile Hero, 24/08.2006
Thylacoleo, the beast of the Nullabor, 17/08/2006
Memory Challenge, 03/08/2006
Solar Future, 27/07/2006
Phi Challenge, 20/07/2006
Soccer Test, 08/06/2006
Smile Test, 01/06/2006
Hair Regrowth, 25/05/2006
Hypnosis, 11/05/2006
Lungfish, 20/04/2006
Karaoke King, 13/04/2006
Map Test, 06/04/2006
Microbats, 30/03/2006
Jack the Ripper, 30/03/2006
Bird Flu Surveillance, 17/11/2005
Bite Force, 10/11/2005
Banteng, 27/10/2005
Intelligent Design, 20/10/2005
Hobbit Update, 13/10/2005
Dolphin Mystery, 06/10/2005
Triple P, 25/08/2005
Argentine Ants, 25/08/2005
Hypnosis, 18/08/2005
Land Clearing, 11/08/2005
Antarctica, 28/07/2005
Nanotechnology, 21/07/2005
Turtles Return, 14/07/2005
DNA Doctor, 02/06/2005
Hobbit, 26/05/2005
Desalination, 07/04/2005
Gravity Waves, 31/03/2005
Robo Chick, 1 7/03/2005
Goannas, 10/03/2005
Scatology, 25/11/2004
White Tail Spiders, 18/11/2004
Alcoota Fossil, 14/10/2004
Bug Bombs, 07/10/2004
Gamba Grass, 16/09/2004
Pain of Rejection, 09/09/2004
Tyre Man, 26/08/2004
Bed Bugs, 19/08/2004
Eureka Prizes: Carp, 12/08/2004
Mars Rover, 24/6/2004
Alzheimer's 17/06/2004
GHB, 27/05/2004
Bee Battle, 06/05/2004
Flying Pigs, 29/04/2004
Colostrum, 01/04/2004
Jellyfish Man, 25/03/2004
Man vs Pig, 11/03/2004
Carbon Flux, 04/03/2004
Space Robbers, 26/02/2004
Bio Terror Detector Update, 20/11/2003
Allergy Vaccine, 13/11/2003
Honey Cure, 30/10/2003
Wollemi Rock Art, 16/10/2003
Worm Woman, 02/10/2003
Cord Blood, 25/09/2003
Robo Rat, 18/09/2003
Black Stump, 04/09/2003
Galaxy Rave, 28/08/2003
Kelly Gang Armour, 21/08/2003
Oyster Killer, 07/08/2003
Crocodile Tagging, 31/07/2003
Microbats, 24/07/2003
Bull Sharks, 17/07/2003
Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat, 03/07/2003
Road Kill Science, 29/05/2003
Return of the Rabbits, 08/05/2003
Clonidine, 01/05/2003
Pulsars and Gravity Waves, 27/03/2003
West Nile Virus, 13/03/2003
Search for Ore at Broken Hill, 06/03/2003
Marijuana & Schizophrenia, 20/02/2003
Bio Terror Detector, 13/02/2003
Waterbirds in Crisis, 14/11/2002
Secret Sex Life of Wombats, 07/11/2002
Genius Brains, 10/10/2002
Extreme Slime, 03/10/2002
The Perfect Australian Dummy, 12/09/2002
Killer Crab, 05/09/2002
Elliot the Dinosaur (Part 2), 29/08/2002
Best MAIT, 29/08/2002
Elliot the Dinosaur (Part 1), 22/08/2002
Flying Fox Fight, 15/08/2002
Wonder Weed, 20/06/2002
Yowie, 13/06/2002
AIBO - one year on, 06/06/2002
Rethinking the Brain, 23/05/2002
Techno Trash, 25/04/2002
Fossil Trade, 18/04/2002
Science of Traffic, 21/03/2002
Dendrimers, 14/03/2002
How green is my dollar?, 07/03/2002
Face Recognition, 28/02/2002
Gene Sport, 21/02/2002
New Reactor, 14/02/2002
Fire Ants 01/11/2001
Rock Art, 25/10/2001
Perthquake, 18/10/2001
Super Cyclone, 04/10/2001
Extinction - Western Swamp Tortoise, 27/09/2001
Under Keel Clearance - Port Hedland, 06/09/2001
Dave's Head, 30/08/2001
Rock Dust, 23/08/2001
Vandalism and Pterosaurs 09/08/2001
Quantum segments
(former) ABC TV’s Science Magazine program
Paul Willis as reporter and producer for segments typically running 6 minutes
Clever colours, 12/4/2001
Eye tracker, 5/4/2001
Tennis physics, 15/3/2001
River Log Jams, 26/10/2000
Caves, 12/10/2000
UHP Food, 28/9/2000
By-pass Geometry, 28/9/2000
Koala Contraceptives, 7/9/2000
Bipolar, 17/8/2000
Coal Cyclones, 10/8/2000
Giardia, 6/7/2000
Femtosecond Laser, 15/6/2000
Chitons, 18/5/2000
Virtual Blood, 18/5/2000
Antarctic Laser, 11/5/2000
Worms, 4/5/2000
Rust Disease, 27/4/2000
Dung Beetles, 13/4/2000
Crypto Detector, 6/4/2000
EPO, 30/3/2000
Flying for Gold, 16/3/2000
Gravity Waves, 9/3/2000
Cassowaries, 28/10/1999
6DF, 21/10/1999
Plesiosaur, 14/10/1999
Opal Fossils, 30/9/1999
Old Wallabies - New Tricks, 16/9/1999
Photonics, 2/9/1999
Einstein Factor (ABC)
Paul Willis as expert panel member
Appeared in 8 episodes, 2009 series
Behind The News (ABC)
Segments repackaged from Catalyst stories
Quolls, 23/2/2005
Four Corners (ABC)
Paul Willis as interviewee
Skin and Bones, 29/9/2003
The Panel (Channel 10)
Paul Willis as interviewee
The New Guinea Tsunami, July 1998
Foreign Correspondent (ABC)
Paul Willis as reporter for segments typically running 6 minutes
Argentina - Railway at the End of the World, 12/07/2005
Antarctica - Deception Island, 14/06/2005
Antarctica - Port Lockroy, 22/03/2005
ABC New Dimensions (ABC)
Paul Willis as studio guest, promoting Science Week
Studio Guests, 22/8/2002
Radio
Science on Radio
Fortnightly radio chat slots, 10 - 30 minutes
ABC Adelaide and South Australia Afternoons, 2011-2017
Radio Adelaide Breakfasts, 2011-2017
ABC Newcastle and Regional afternoons, 2011-2014
ABC NSW Statewide, 2014-2017
ABC Queensland Statewide, 2014-2017
ABC Melbourne Saturday Mornings, 2013-2017
2CC Canberra, 2013-2017
In Conversation
Paul Willis as interviewer, interviews running 16 minutes
Chris Turney, 29/6/2006
Seth Shostak, 4/8/2005
Stephen Oppenheimer, 7/10/2004
Andrew Parker, 30/10/2003
Dick Tedford, 30/9/1999
Paul Tacon, 3/6/1999
Richard Fortey, 7/2/1998
The Science Show
Paul Willis as reporter and producer for segments typically running 8 minutes
Whitby; a fossil walk, 15/4/2008
The Eden Project, 15/7/2008
Grand Dad Croc, 28/7/2006
March of the penguins, 8/4/2006
Fossilised fish the missing link with limbed vertebrates, 8/4/2006
Evolution of insects, 4/2/2006
Antarctic Dinosaurs, 31/5/2003
The Fall of the Maya, 12/4/2003
Fossils are Big Business, 16/11/2002
China's Fabulous Dinobirds, 9/11/2002
A Short Walk in Flinders Ranges, 12/10/2002
Kangaroo - The Goldilocks Genome, 28/9/2002
Stephen Jay Gould, 1941 – 2002, 25/5/2002
New Zealand's Fossil Birds, 23/3/2002
Birds & Dinosaurs 9/3/2002
Young Australian Scientist of the Year 2002, 2/2/2002
Paleo Penguins, 22/12/2001
Temperature Dependent Sex Determination in Live Bearing Lizards, 1/12/2001
Australia's biggest ever dinosaur find, 20/10/2001
Australian Water Report, 21/4/2001
Little Aussie Battler, 10/3/2001
Recreating the Thylacine, 17/2/2001
Australian Vertebrate Evolution, 5/6/1999
Dinosaur discoveries, 28/11/1998
Leonid Meteorite Shower, 14/11/1998
Giganotosaurus, 31/10/1998
Deep Ocean Octopus, 24/10/1998
Eight-Fingered Fish Fossil 10/10/1998
Kangaroo Jaws, 25/7/1998
Profile: James Randi, 11/7/1998
Profile: Mike Novacek 27/6/1998
Dating Jinmium, 30/5/1998
Birth of a Black Hole, 16/5/1998
Early Homos on Flores, 21/3/1998 Ancient Mariners, 14/3/1998
End of an Era at ANU, 6/12/1997
Australia’s and China’s Dinosaurs, 22/11/1997
Science Fiction and Science Fact, 18/10/1997
New Aussie Dinosaur, 11/10/1997
Jenolan Caves, 23/8/1997
Riversleigh, 5/7/1997
Seeing the Light, 3/5/1997
Earthbeat
Paul Willis as reporter and producer for segments typically running 8 minutes with some half hour specials.
National Environment Centre, 2/02/2002
Plastic plants and fish stocks, 26/01/2002
How Well are Publically Funded Tree Planting Schemes, Serving us?, 1/12/2001
Walking on the Bottom of the Ocean, 24/11/01
Land clearing in NSW, 10/11/2001
Death by Bogong, 3/11/2001
Tadpoles Turning to Frogs ( Scribbly Gum), 10/03/2001
Going Solar Fair, 4/12/1999
Australian Native Bees, 11/04/1998
Two entomologists submit application to Environment Australia, 7/02/1998
Fenner Conference, 13/12/1997
EEP Waste in Australia, 29/11/1997
Listener Response to Native Bee Story, 15/11/1997
Native Bees, 1/11/1997
Ockham's Razor
Paul Willis as writer and presenter, running 22 minutes
Digging Up Deep Time, 8/5/2005
The Health Report
Paul Willis as reporter and producer for segments typically running 8 minutes
Tamoxifen as a preventative drug for breast cancer, 4/5/1998
Bent Spoon Award, 8/25/1997
Life Matters
Paul Willis as guest or as reporter/producer
Interview - Hypnosis, 18/8/2005
Telephone Psychics, 1998
ABC 702 Sydney
Paul Willis as guest
Weekends with Simon Marnie, 6/3/2005
Weekends with Simon Marnie, 1/11/2003
ABC Northern Tasmania
Genealogy of wheelie bins, 18 September 2002
Science Talkback
Various ABC metropolitan and regional radio stations
Paul Willis as guest answering caller’s science questions, typically 40 minutes
702 New South Wales, weekly, 1997 - 2000
4QR Queensland, weekly, 1998 – 2002
720 Western Australia, weekly, 2000 – 2005
8DDD Northern Territory, weekly, 1999 – 2005
ABC Tasmania, bi-weekly, 2000 - 2003
Encounter
Paul Willis as presenter and producer, 55 minutes
The spirituality of Atheists, 1998
ABC Queensland
Paul Willis as guest
Intelligent Design: The hand of God or the heavy hand of religious politics? 21/10/2005
Pre-recorded live Events
Live events broadcast on Radio National. Paul Willis as host, typically 55 minutes
Café Scientific - Einstein & The Big Bang, 15/01/2006
Science in the Pub - Science of Siblings, 08/01/2006
Phobias, Syndromes and Disorders, 9/1/2005
The Science of Drugs: A User's Guide, 2/1/2005
Too much information? Your family and the New Genetics, 23/1/2004
Man Beast and Zombie - what makes us uniquely human?, 22/1/2004
The Feral Peril : Confronting Exotic Species, 21/1/2004
Innovation : Top Ideas from the Top End, 19/1/2004
Publication of Science at the Pub, 9/1/2003
The Mind and Consciousness at the Pub, 7/1/2003
The Science of Sex at the Pub, 6/1/2003
Computer Games, 9/1/2002
Celestial Considerations: Stardust, Sunspots and Solar Storms, 8/1/2002
Science Communicators in a Knowledge Nation - Wise People or Wiseguys?, 7/1/2002
The Mind and Consciousness, 4/1/2002
New Millenium Medicine: Alternative or Genetic?, 5/1/2001
Beyond Booze and Sport: Doing it smart in Australia, 4/1/2001
Radio Australia’s Innovations program
Stories repackaged from Catalyst
Microbats, 17/7/2006
Jack The Ripper 29/5/2006
Triple P, 31/10/2005
DNA Doctor, 25/7/2005
Hobbit, 11/7/2005
Gravity Waves, 6/6/2005
Alzheimer’s, 12/9/2004
Tyre Man, 21/11/2004
Desalination 4/7/2005
Carbon Flux, 8/5/2004
Anthrax Detector Update, 29/2/2004
PM
Paul Willis as guest, typically 8 minutes
Dinosaur feathers found, 26/4/2001
The biggest carnivore ever, 13/3/2000
Allergy Vaccine, 4/1/2004
Honey Cure, 28/12/2003
Marijuana and Schizophrenia, 12/4/2003
West Nile Virus, 26/4/2003
Road Kill Science, 21/9/2003
Oyster Killer, 18/10/2003
Return of the Rabbits, 3/7/2003
Bio Terror Detector, 29/3/2003
Live Radio Broadcasts
Various ABC metropolitan and regional radio stations
Paul Willis as guest co-host, typically 3 hours
105.7 ABC Darwin, from the Science Festival, 7/5/2003
92.5 ABC Central Coast, Einstein Does Erina! 15/4/2005
105.7 ABC Darwin, from the Darwin Museum with local personalities and researchers, 30/08/2005
The Correx Files
Triple J’s program of skeptical and rational thinking. Paul Willis as presenter and producer, typically 4 minutes
Magical Past - Not digging up the past
Talking sdrawkcaB - Hidden messages in everyday speech
Alternative Trials - Testing alternative
Your Destiny - Testing a cosmic magazine
Internet Advice - Science roadkills on the Information Superhighway
Facilitating Communication - Giving voice to the speechless?
Testing Time - When Science Compromises Science
Dream On - The Science of Dream Analysis
Living With Auras - Compromise when worlds collide
Alternative Solutions - Simple answers in complex times
Ancient Technology - Did the ancients really need aliens?
Astronomical Astrology - Cannibalising science for non-science
Dopey Questions - Some facts about the effects of marijuana
Telepathy - Swapping thoughts without words
Face In Space - Behind the Face on Mars
Talking to a Psychic - Psychic Scott Russell-Hill defends the Psychics
Medical Evidence - What evidence makes good medicine?
Amazing Devices - Testing claims of the impossible
Energy - What exactly is energy?
Synchronicity - How meaningful is a meaningful coincidence?
Suggesting Hypnosis - What exactly is hypnosis?
Predictions '98 - Do you know what's in store for us all in 1998?
Vegetarian Massacre - Is vegetarianism better for the environment?
Salty Solutions - How do you understand scientists when they don't speak plain English?
Gaia - Is Good Mother Earth taking science too far?
Superstition - Is there a science to superstition?
Bible Code - Is there a code hidden in the Bible?
Mindpowers - Could ESP be faked?
The Future Readers - Who can predict the future?
Good Drugs? - How good are the medicines you buy?
Jasmuheen - Can people live on nothing but air?
Millennium - Will the Earth be ripped apart by the planets in 2000?
Ghost Stories - Let's get spooky!
Chariots of Lies - Did aliens really build the Pyramids?
Alien Abductions - There must be something behind alien abduction stories.
Creation on Trial - Who wins when science and religion meet in court?
Making Myths - Why do people make myths to explain the unknown?
Telepsychics - How psychic are telephone psychic hotlines?
Fluoridation - Resolving scientific questions about your water.
Taking the Piss - Is urine drinking a good idea?
The Psychic Challenge - Testing the psychic powers of Triple J listeners.
Body Electronics - Is it just another new quack medicine?
Cryptozoology - The hidden science of hidden animals.
Creationism - Is there any science in Creationism?
Crystal Power - Is there any basis for belief in crystal healing?
Online publications
Written and produced by Paul Willis
Megafauna Quiz, 30/4/2009 http://www.abc.net.au/science/games/quizzes/2009/megafauna/
Dinosaur Quiz, 3/10/2008 http://www.abc.net.au/science/games/quizzes/2008/australiandinosaurs/
Fossils on the Final Frontier, 18/6/2007 http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/08/16/2020395.htm
Australian Beasts, http://www.abc.net.au/science/ausbeasts/
Paul and Bernie’s Outback Adventures, 26/4/2000, http://www.abc.net.au/science/outback/
Farewell T-Rex, 13/04/2000, http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/trex/default.htm
Dinosaurs and Birds, 11/06/1998, http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/dinobird/story.htm
Scribbly Gum: Dancing Brolgas, June 2001 http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/June2001/default.htm
Scribbly Gum: Mystery Migration of the Tiny Silvereye, May, 2001 http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/May2001/default.htm
Scribbly Gum: Tassie Devils get dirty, April, 2001 http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/April2001/default.htm
Scribbly Gum: Tadpoles on the hop, March 2001 http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/March2001/default.htm
Science and Science Fiction, 08/01/1998, http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/willis/story.htm
Backyard Birdwatch, 13/05/1999, http://www2.abc.net.au/science/birds/
Online appearances
Paul Willis as talent
Rollercoaster - Spark: Smelly Science - The Great Fart Survey: Celebrity Farts, http://www.abc.net.au/spark/smelly/celeb/default.htm