Audio description specialist, Bonnie Barlow

For more than 30 years, Bonnie Barlow has been involved in the narration and writing of audio description for the theatre, television, feature films, museums, historical sites, and more, providing accessible services for people who are blind and visually impaired. Read More

HDR peer community advocate, Dr Erica Ho

Dr Erica Sze Lok Ho is a founder of peer support communities for PhD candidates and other higher degree by research (HDR) students and a Research Analyst at UTS Business School where she promotes HDR student engagement and wellbeing.  Read More

Screen addiction researcher, Michoel Moshel

Michoel Moshel is a PhD researcher of Clinical Neuropsychology at Macquarie University. Michoel's current research is on the topic of disordered and problematic screen usage. This episode has a discussion of the problems of screen addiction and some interventions and related policy, along with some of Michoel's vocational story. Read More

Magnets aka Dr Siobhan McGinnity

Discussing art, science, and disability advocacy with multidisciplinary artist Magnets aka Dr Siobhan McGinnity. Siobhan is a clinical audiologist with a PhD in Audiology. This episode features music from Magnets' debut album DIPLACUSIS. Read More

Walmatjarri Elder and Blues Musician, Kankawa Nagarra

Kankawa Nagarra discovered the guitar as an adult and found that Blues music resonated with her as a “soothing ointment” for healing pains and mending scars. As a Blues musician and environmental activist from Gooniyandi and Walmatjarri Country in north western Australia, Kankawa has earned the title of “Queen of the Bandaral Ngadu Delta”. Read More

Gonzo filmmaking and cult film culture, Andrew Leavold

Andrew Leavold on his turn to gonzo filmmaking for his latest project, Film Safari Ghana, and the story of how he came to be featured in a no-budget, no-script, DIY digital film made by Ghanaian director 'Ninja". Andrew also reflects on the various ways that he has connected with likeminded people in cult film circles and outsider DIY culture in different parts of the world including through his iconic Trash Video store that he ran for many years in Brisbane. Read More

Ethical Investment, Dr Rodger Spiller

An introduction to ethical investment with Dr Rodger Spiller along with Rodger's personal story of becoming interested in making a positive social impact from an early age and how that informed his vocational choices. Read More

Professor of Tropical Biosecurity, Maxine Piggott

Professor Maxine Piggot is a molecular biologist with a PhD in Genetics and a speciality in tropical biosecurity. Maxine has degrees in Business and Science and a background working in legal and government settings. Currently Maxine Piggott leads the Tropical Biosecurity Group in the Research Institute for Northern Agriculture (RINA) at Charles Darwin University. Read More