Transborderism, Dr Mitxy Mabel Meneses Gutiérrez

An introduction to transborderism and how living at a borderland region is a formative experience specifically, in the thesis worked discussed, the perspectives of pupils and students who live at the Cali-Baja region of the Mexico-U.S. border. Read More

Film reviewer Michael Jones

Michael Jones has been the 2SER Breakfast Film Reviewer since 1997 and in this chat he shares his approach to film reviewing, what kinds of movies he enjoys, and what it is about the cinema experience that appeals to him, as well as some formative experiences watching movies. Read More

Travel writer Alex Carlton

Alex Carlton shares what it's like being a travel writer—a vocational speciality she's developed over the course of two decades working as a journalist. Read More

Zero-waste innovator, Joost Bakker

Joost Bakker is a zero-waste activist and innovator who is the subject of the documentary film 'Greenhouse by Joost' about his Future Food System: a project of designing and constructing a zero-waste building installed with a self-sustaining urban food system. Read More

Identical twins, Jaimee and Jesse Lynne

12-year-old identical twins Jaimee Rose Lynne and Jesse May Lynne share what it's like being a twin, and their mum Ali Gunn provides insights as a parent of twins. Jaimee and Jesse help us to understand their special bond as well as the challenges of being compared to your twin. Read More

Careers adviser Jenine Smith

Jenine Smith is President of the Careers Advisors Association of NSW & ACT with insights about the role of careers advisors in high schools and how they assist students with HSC subject selection and identifying vocational interests and opportunities.  Read More

Papyrology, Dr Rachel Yuen-Collingridge

Dr Rachel Yuen-Collingridge shares insights from her studies of papyrology including ideas about cultural receptions to new forms of knowledge communication technology in antiquity and thoughts on ethical approaches to studying ancient history. Read More

Lower back pain management

Professor Paulo Ferreira is a physiotherapist with a PhD in management of low back pain and a researcher in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. Here he shares insights about psychological aspects of lower back pain and research on psychological interventions in managing lower back pain. Read More

Urbanist Dr Sarah Barns

Dr Sarah Barns has an interesting and varied vocational life at the intersections of academic research, public art and creative practice, and policy and strategy, with some of her specialities being in Urban Research and Digital Futures. Here we discuss Sarah's early influences and interests and some of the thinking that informs her interdisciplinary approach. Read More

Small bar owner Adam Parker

Adam Parker is a small bar/restaurant owner and shares thoughts on his vocational pathway to being a venue licensee starting out as a musician and a sound and lighting technician. Read More

Getting to know Robin Dunbar

Emeritus Professor Robin Dunbar of the University of Oxford speaks about his early life in Australia and East Africa and his accidental pathway into Science via an interest in Philosophy. Read More

Forensic Taphonomy, Dr Maiken Ueland

An introduction to forensic taphonomy and the research of the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER). Forensic taphonomy is the study of human remains from the time of death to the time of discovery, and AFTER is a facility researching what happens after death with the help of donors who have given their bodies for scientific research. Read More