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LIVE LIKE CATIE - The Good, the Bad, the Business! | CAREER | BARBELLS | MINDSET | SOCIAL MEDIA

Athlete, Ph.D. in natural sciences, entrepreneur,... some may call Catie Leta a digital nomad since she has traveled to more than 25 countries, catches 50+ flights a year, and besides all that she is smashing weights in gyms worldwide. One thing is clear: Catie is not your average girl. You better tune in to listen to her stories about the good, the bad, and the funny lessons that life taught her. This podcast is a must listen for any boss babes, barbell lovers and everyone who is sick of an ...
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BONUS EP: Tourism - Where the bloody hell are you?
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With travel bans and canned plans, negotiating travel in the time of COVID is proving tricky. We’ll talk to experts about where the industry is at now, what’s happened to those dependant on the industry for their career, and explain why tourism is so stuck negotiating the present it’s proving almost impossible for it to plan for the future.…
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BONUS EP: Recession revisited
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Whether or not your own business – or your own employment situation – was impacted directly, nobody could ignore seeing the financial impact of COVID-19 start to unfold last year. Podcast host Ginger Gorman reviews her 2020 interview with Economics Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald Ross Gittins, who stated that Australia's recession was “complet…
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COVID-19 and the geopolitics of health
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It’s not about individual countries. It’s not about individual regions. It’s not even about blocks. This doesn’t work unless we vaccinate everybody. But is geopolitics getting in the way of good public health policy as we strive to overcome COVID-19.? In this podcast, Rachael Jolley, former editor-in-chief of Index on Censorship and research fellow…
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Forecasting the future: The science of prediction
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What's involved in forecasting the Federal Budget, COVID-19 daily case numbers, or Australia's electricity needs? Join expert Professor Rob Hyndman as he explains the art of prediction. This episode also features guests Jehan Ratnatunga (Who Gives A Crap) and leading economist Stephen Koukoulas.Door Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
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Slang and sleeping dialects: the evolution of language
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Whatevs, just chillax – slang is here to stay. Slang expert Professor Kate Burridge explains how slang evolves and why it sticks around, and you’ll meet three linguists who are working hard to revitalise some of our ‘sleeping’ Indigenous languages.Door Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
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Nawal el Saadawi – writer and activist
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The death of writer and activist Nawal el Saadawi has just been announced. In 2011 Tess Woodcraft interviewed her at a conference organised by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Right Organisation for Pod Academy. We reproduce it here. Typically, and at 80 years old, she had stopped off at the Occupy encampment around St Paul’s Cathedral on her way fr…
PodcastDoor Kristina Orfali
PodcastDoor Ecole normale supérieure
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Masculinity 2.0. Why is it so hard to move past toxic masculinity?
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Toxic masculinity and rape culture are in the headlines again. And women are furious. So how can we reset masculine norms? We met two men working to help others embrace an expression of masculinity that is healthy for all genders. We also look to the past to understand the present as Professor Pauline Grosjean explains how gender imbalance in the a…
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PodcastDoor Florence Jusot
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Underwork or overwork? Finding the right balance
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Are you or your team clocking long hours at work? Or often twiddling your thumbs? Turns out Goldilocks was right: the balance needs to be just right. In this episode, Professor Andrew Neal discusses how bosses effectively (and ineffectively) manage workloads and what the risks are when they get it wrong.…
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Journalism in the pandemic: challenges and innovation
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Journalism has sometimes been a dangerous profession during the pandemic, but there has been real innovation, too. In this, the third part of our series on Journalism in the Pandemic, Rachael Jolley, former editor-in-chief of Index on Censorship and research fellow at the Centre for Freedom of the Media at the University of Sheffield considers how …
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Why humour does more than make you laugh
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Have you ever used humour in a potentially inappropriate situation? Did it help? Humour does more than provide a giggle or two. It's an energiser, an icebreaker and a team builder. In this episode, Professor Sharyn Roach Anleu, Dr David Cheng and the 2020 cartoonist of the year Cathy Wilcox explain its purpose and provide some laughs along the way …
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The dangerous business of journalism in the pandemic
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Authoritarian restrictions on the press, attacks on journalists in the streets and more accusations of ‘fake news’ – it’s like a war zone out there. Rachael Jolley looks at the dangers of reporting during the Covid -19 pandemic. Jolley (@londoninsider) has developed a series of podcasts for Pod Academy on News in the Pandemic, this is the second in…
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How images change your political opinions
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Do you have an image you just can't get out of your mind? Something from the news or a current event? Did it impact how you thought about that issue - maybe for decades? According to Professor Roland Bleiker (and at least one Ethiopian taxi driver) visual politics is a real thing, and it's twisting our perceptions every day.…
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Local journalism in the pandemic
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Local newspapers have been in decline for years, but the decline has been massively exacerbated by the Covid pandemic. Can a new type of hyper-local journalism be the answer for local news and local democracy? And how will it be funded? Rachael Jolley (@londoninsider), research fellow @sheffjournalism and former Editor-in-Chief of Index on Censorsh…
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Redéfinir l'histoire culturelle des journaux grâce à l'intelligence artificielle : les expérimentations du projet Numapresse
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Why it's worth your neighbours becoming good friends
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The TV show, Neighbours, premiered in 1985. Since then, you’re likely to know half as many neighbours as you did in the mid-1980s. So, how did your community help you get through 2020? And why is something Professor Andrew Leigh terms “an ugly term for a beautiful concept” (social capital) so important?…
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What is it about food that helps us connect?
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Do you have a family recipe that keeps you together? Most of us have at least one dish in our repertoire that holds decades of memories - or even family history. Did you revisit that recipe this year? One of Australia’s eminent food historians shares how food keeps us together, even when we are apart – both in good times and times of crisis, and wh…
PodcastDoor Edouard Leaune
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How we've killed off the commute
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How much would you pay to claw back some extra time? Would the answer be different now that, as one of the few silver linings of COVID 19, you can work from home a lot more? Would it be $10 a week? $20 a week? Transport expert Professor David Hensher actually knows the answer. (Spoiler: It’s a lot!) The death of commuting is making many of us happi…
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Why one woman's quest to access the Palace Letters changed Australian history
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How far would you go to right a wrong? Would you crowdfund your way to the High Court? That’s exactly what Professor Jenny Hocking did when she realised Australians were being kept from accessing the real history behind the historic 1975 Whitlam government dismissal. We take you behind the scenes to the treasure hunt for those 200 explosive Palace …
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PodcastDoor Ecole normale supérieure
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RECESSION-19: Ross Gittins on why this recession is different.
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Ross Gittins, Economics Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald, has seen both sides of three recessions. This one is the fourth he’s worked through. So why is this one “completely different” and why does this experienced commentator say it will it be harder to get out of? Listen in as Ross and host Ginger Gorman discuss the ins and outs of our strugg…
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PodcastDoor Esther Duflo
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Symbolism and sentiment: Professor Megan Davis on the representation of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.
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As protests and riots continue in America over police brutality and persecution of people of colour, Australia’s own injustices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must also be subject to public scrutiny. Join Aboriginal Australian activist and human rights lawyer, Megan Davis, alongside host Ginger Gorman as they reflect on the si…
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Working from home: blessing or curse?
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Pyjamas, commuting from bed to your desk just minutes after waking up, no boss looking over your shoulder–working from home sounds like a dream. But what about the pressures from family, bad technology, and lack of support from colleagues? Professor Sharon Parker, from the Future of Work Institute at Curtin University, and Laureate from the Austra…
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Stigma and Suicide: Jane Pirkis on the mental health of men
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Male socialisation and ideals of masculinity already have a devastating effect on the health and well-being of men across the globe. With the added pressures from COVID-19, and forced isolation, this issue is turning into another kind of pandemic. Join Professor Jane Pirkis, Director of the Centre for Mental Health at the University of Melbourne sp…
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Educating for an uncertain future: Peter Shergold on Australia’s education sector.
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Australian higher education institutions are caught up in the fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But closing borders to international students has had an unintended outcome: it’s highlighted faults in the system and raised new questions around higher education in Australian society. How can we best support our international students? Should h…
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Wicked problems: Fiona Stanley on how to create a society we actually want.
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When is a health crisis not just a health crisis? When it’s a global pandemic and it shows up the weak points that already existed in society. But could COVID19, for all its problems, be part of a much-needed reset for Australia’s health and other systems? Former Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Stanley explores the opportunity to build a be…
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Society & Culture and the PIP Process with Caitlin Lamour
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Episode 37 - In this episode, I'm joined by Caitlin Lamour (@caitlinlamour), who is discussing Society & Culture, and provides tips for the PIP process.Please subscribe and leave a review!@MrMCiminoDoor Marco Cimino
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The good fight: Allan Fels on fairness, mental health and why CEOs get paid so much (and shouldn't)
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Why do CEOs get paid so much? Why are we so discriminatory about mental illness? And where would the Federal Government’s dollars be best spent in our efforts to reset the economy? Economist, lawyer and former chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Professor Allan Fels AO has spent much of his career fighting for the battler. …
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Artificial Intelligence: Genevieve Bell on building a new way of thinking
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As Australia reels from the catastrophic bushfires and deals with COVID-19, these moments have revealed the fragility of our infrastructure including supply chains and telecommunications. This episode of the Seriously Social podcast explores Artificial Intelligence and what it means for humanity. Join host Ginger Gorman with cultural anthropologist…
Seriously Social helps you understand your world. Each week listen to indepth, intelligent insights from Australia’s best social scientists. We talk human society, our social relationships and the world in transition. Hosted by journalist Ginger Gorman and brought to you by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.…
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Mental wealth (Part2): Pat McGorry - How we fix the national crisis
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Pre-pandemic Australia was seen as an epicentre of hope – that despite high rates of loneliness and suicidality, we were getting buy-in on the important work to be done in mental health. Mental illness is costing Australia thousands of lives each year, as well as counting for 35% loss of GDP from health problems. So why, despite the daily reminder …
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Feedback and Student Self-Reflection in History with Tegan Xenos
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Episode 36 - In this episode, I'm joined by Tegan Xenos (@teganxenos), who is discussing the use of feedback and student self-reflection in History.Please subscribe and leave a review!@MrMCiminoDoor Marco Cimino
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Mental wealth (Part 1): Ian Hickie - How we fix the national crisis
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How do you build the mental wealth of a nation? Mental ill health is costing us about 4% of GDP, a figure that one of Australia’s best-known researchers in the field, Professor Ian Hickie says holds its own meaning:“It clearly points a chaotic system, that’s poorly funded and was never designed to deliver mental health for those who are in trouble …
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Embedding Careers Education in HASS with Ben Archer
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Episode 35 - In this episode, I'm joined by Ben Archer (@BArcher001) who is discussing how you can embed careers education in HASS.Please subscribe and leave a review!@MrMCiminoDoor Marco Cimino
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The domestic battleground created by a pandemic
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How is the domestic load shared in your household? Would you say it’s more or less equal, or, as in so many Aussie households, is the division of domestic labour and childcare a battleground? The pandemic created what experts describe as an unprecedented external shock, forcing homes to temporarily become our primary workplaces as well as the locat…
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Hugh Mackay - How COVID rebooted compassion and community
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Have you been using your phone and your computer more in pandemic? The paradox is that tech can make us more connected, but also more isolated. But are there circumstances in which tech actually brings us closer together? What lessons can we learn from this crisis as humans? What will this teach us about community, compassion and kindness? This wee…
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Innovative Teaching and Learning in History with Chad Cary
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Episode 34 - In this episode, I'm joined by Chad Cary who is discussing innovative teaching and learning strategies in History.Please subscribe and leave a review!@MrMCiminoDoor Marco Cimino
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How the virus made politics mutate
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The Covid-19 pandemic transformed Australian society and the world seemingly overnight. But suddenly politics looks very different too. The virus effectively wiped the political slate and took all kinds of pressing issues off the agenda. At the same, time major Government messages displayed a kind of bipartisanship perhaps reserved only for times o…

