Best CIDSEL Podcasts (2024)

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Poetic Journeys: Finding Voice and Meaning 39:08

1M ago39:08

39:08

Join us in this heartfelt episode as we welcome poet David Tensen, who shares his trans formative journey into poetry. Co-hosted by TV and a special guest, we dive into the moments that sparked David's passion for writing, the impact of meaningful language, and the deep connections that poetry can forge. Discover how poetry can serve as a bridge to…

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Good Life 46:01

2M ago46:01

46:01

In this episode of Getting to Better Together, Tami Harriott and Declan Humphreys dive into the concept of "The Good Life." They explore how personal happiness intersects with ethical considerations and community impact. Tammy sees the good life as a balance between happiness and unhappiness, aiming for a state where one can pursue happiness withou…

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Women and Leadership 27:50

4M ago27:50

27:50

Leadership, it has been said, is like the Abominable snowman – its footprints are everywhere but is it never to be seen! In other words, we recognise it when we experience it, even if we can’t quite put our finger on what it actually is. There is at least a half a dozen or more theories of leadership with even more descriptions of leadership styles…

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Domestic Violence 25:53

4M ago25:53

25:53

One of our commonly held beliefs as Australians is that we are committed to the principles of FAIR GO. We hold that the values of equality, mutual respect, social equity, human rights, compassion, and egalitarianism, are deeply ingrained in our culture. We like to believe that we hold strongly to a set of what we see as such family values as trust,…

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Systems Thinking 26:23

4M ago26:23

26:23

We humans are living in a period that is new in the entire history of humankind. We have essentially become a force of nature. The planet itself is being affected by our activities to such an extent that, as some scientists see it, we have been placing such unprecedented pressure on the planet, that we are facing the prospect that the Earth system …

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Community Enterprise 30:57

5M ago30:57

30:57

In this podcast series, we have drawn on the words of the American anthropologist, the late Margaret Mead, as a recurring inspiration for our theme of getting to better together. “Never doubt” she wrote “that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”. Indeed, it is this belief t…

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Episode 14: With Special Guest Sarah Pye 22:16

6M ago22:16

22:16

Join TB and Ginna as they chat with special guest Dr Sarah Pye talking about poetries and their impacts.By CIDSEL

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Episode 15: Abuse 36:21

6M ago36:21

36:21

Join TB and Ginna as they chat about a very important topic today. This episode is about abuse, especially domestic violence. A crucial topic in today's society!By CIDSEL

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Episode 13: Ogden Nash 23:00

6M ago23:00

23:00

Ogden Nash Join TB and Ginna as they chat about Ogden Nash's poems. Highlighting and exploring his poetries.By CIDSEL

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Episode 12: Short Poems 31:49

7M ago31:49

31:49

Join TB and Ginna as they chat about short poems in todays episode. Dive into the world of choices, how they shape our lives, and the art of owning them with a smile.By CIDSEL

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Episode 11: Choices 28:12

12M ago28:12

28:12

Join TB and Ginna as they chat about Henry Wadsworth and Robert Frost's poems. Dive into the world of choices, how they shape our lives, and the art of owning them with a smile.By CIDSEL

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Episode 10: Seeds 18:05

12M ago18:05

18:05

In this episode, join Ginna and T.B. as they delve into war poetry and explore how ugliness acts as a catalyst for poets to spark into darkness and remind us of beauty, kindness, compassion, and humanity.By CIDSEL

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Episode 9: Night Train 22:39

1y ago22:39

22:39

In today's episode, Ginna and T.B. highlight and explore the Australian poet, Henry Lawson and his poetry.By CIDSEL

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The Right Thing to Do 30:22

1y ago30:22

30:22

There is much talk these days about the ethical challenges that generative artificial intelligence technologies pose. While most of us might be hazy about what these are, they themselves are in little doubt. A question to ChatGPT on these lines will result in a list of areas of concern that include job displacement, intellectual property, transpare…

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Episode 8: Poet in Focus 43:03

1y ago43:03

43:03

In this episode, hosts T.B Harriott and Ginna Brock are joined by a remarkable guest, Dr Marcus Bussey. He talks about his inspirations and his poetic process.By CIDSEL

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No Mean Achievement 35:01

1y ago35:01

35:01

It has recently been announced that the University of the Sunshine Coast has been assessed by the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, as being within the top 2% of more than 1500 universities across the globe for its performance with respect to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It was ranked first in Queensland and …

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Episode 7: Elegy 18:00

1y ago18:00

18:00

In today's episode, Ginna and T.B. engage in an exploration of their own poetry as a means of navigating intense emotions.By CIDSEL

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Episode 6: Harlem 30:54

1y ago30:54

30:54

In this episode, Ginna and T.B. look into the forms and functions of a selection of poems, unravelling the nuanced meanings that lie beneath the surface.By CIDSEL

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Does this Change Everything? 30:48

1y ago30:48

30:48

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence and easily accessible large language models like ChatGPT, have the capability of challenging our self-perceptions and what we mean by intelligence, sentience, and consciousness. These new technologies have triggered major concerns that AI has or will soon have the capacity to genuinely “change eve…

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Episode 5: Resilience 27:10

1y ago27:10

27:10

In this episode, join Ginna and T.B. as they delve into the theme of resilience through poetry that serves as a powerful reminder of our shared human capacity to overcome challenges and stand strong together.By CIDSEL

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Episode 4 : Bush Poetry 33:46

1y ago33:46

33:46

In this episode, T.B Harriott and Ginna Brock are accompanied by a special guest, Peter, who brings a fresh perspective on bush poetry and delves into its masculine aspects.By CIDSEL

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Episode 1: Introduction 20:17

1y ago20:17

20:17

In today's episode, Ginna and T.B. highlight and explore the famous poet Alice Walker and her poetry.By CIDSEL

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The Alliance for Suicide Prevention 29:20

1y ago29:20

29:20

The concept of universities engaging with communities and organisations beyond their walls, is a recurring theme throughout this podcast series. Indeed, it was the submission by the distinguished American scholar, Ernest Boyer a quarter of a century ago, that universities should become much more vigorous partners in the search for answers to the mo…

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Episode 3: Poet in Focus 21:17

1y ago21:17

21:17

In this captivating episode, hosts T.B Harriott and Ginna Brock are joined by a remarkable guest, Josepha, from Papua New Guinea. Prepare to be inspired as Josepha shares the profound sources of her poetry and the journey that fuels her creative spirit.By CIDSEL

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A Perspective on the Voice 23:27

1+ y ago23:27

23:27

At some date between August and December of this year, we Australians are going to be asked to vote in a referendum on whether we do or do not approve of altering the nation’s Constitution “to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice”. The issue is particularly complicated by the long h…

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Social Entrepreneurship 28:43

1+ y ago28:43

28:43

While the international development and leadership aspects of the title of our Centre here at the University of the Sunshine Coast are generally well-understood, the meaning of ‘the phrase in the middle’ – social entrepreneurship – is less familiar to many. The word entrepreneurship itself tends to confuse the issue. Images of market-driven, profit…

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Infrastructure at the Roof of the World 24:20

1+ y ago24:20

24:20

The merest mention of Nepal evokes immediate images of the majestic grandeur of the Himalayan mountains, of precipitous gorges and mountain passes, and of course, of Mount Everest herself, the highest mountain on the planet, standing some 8.8 thousand metres above sea level. Yet tragically, this country is no paradise on Earth. Literally sandwiched…

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The Sacrificial Valley 28:18

1+ y ago28:18

28:18

All too often it seems, the pressing issues of the day that demand the attention of us all, are just too vast, too remote, too mind-bogglingly complex, that that attention is left wanting. We leave it to ‘them’ – to governments, corporations, our formal institutions, and so on - to fix the changing climate, the threats to world peace, the instabili…

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Some Further Sole Reflections 22:54

1+ y ago22:54

22:54

In this episode, as a solo presentation, the host of our podcasts, Emeritus Professor Richard Bawden, reflects on the Mission of the mini-series and discusses some of the key challenges that have been highlighted over the past two years and 40 plus episodes of the initiative. The basic purpose of the endeavour, he argues, has been to contribute to …

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Five Women and a Podcast 29:03

1+ y ago29:03

29:03

In this episode, the general manager of CIDSEL and special guest for Richard Bawden, Tami Harriott, facilitates a conversation with four highly successful women from South Asia.By cidsel

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Where are our Elders? 28:59

1+ y ago28:59

28:59

An elder in Aboriginal civilisation has been defined as someone who has gained recognition as a custodian of knowledge and lore – the customs, legends and myths that have been held for millennia. Whilst there are differences within different communities, one common trait among indigenous elders is a deep spirituality – a commitment to a worldview t…

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Episode 2: Creative intelligence 30:13

1+ y ago30:13

30:13

In this episode T.B. Harriott and Ginna Brock talk about womanhood through poetry and investigate what ChatGPT can and can't do when it comes to writing poetry.By CIDSEL

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Storytelling as a Way of Knowing 26:52

1+ y ago26:52

26:52

In a recent solo episode in this mini-series, our host, Richard Bawden, talked of the significance of three different ways of knowing and their associated bodies of knowledge that he believes are foundational to addressing the pressing issues of this modern industrial era - ecological, economic, and ethical. These, he submitted, are critical founda…

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International Women’s Day 27:13

1+ y ago27:13

27:13

On March 8th we celebrate the International Woman’s Day [IWD] in Australia - although it would be more accurate to state that this celebration is somewhat conditional, for there remain issues that we need to still address in this country with respect to reaching gender parity. Furthermore, as Australians, with respect to our global responsibilities…

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Making Sense of the World About Us 26:51

1+ y ago26:51

26:51

In essence, what we each ‘do’ in, and to the world about us, is overwhelmingly influenced by how we each ‘see’ that world: how each of us attempts to make sense of what is happening about us as a prelude for doing something in response. We refer to our ‘way of seeing’ in this context, as our worldviews. These reflect complex sets of beliefs and val…

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Social Entrepreneurship in Action 26:38

1+ y ago26:38

26:38

When we hear the word ‘entrepreneurship’, the image that all too often springs to mind is less than flattering, to say the least. “The Wolves of Wall Street at work using someone else’s money to make money for themselves”. “Private gain is the go and Greed is Good”. In reality of course, an entrepreneur is anyone who sets up a business - typically,…

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What’s in a Word? 24:47

2y ago24:47

24:47

Effective communication is an essential aspect of Getting to Better Together. How could we ever achieve anything if we were unable to understand each other: if we fail to agree about the meaning of anything? Yet, at the same time, communication would be virtually impossible if we paused to reflect on matters of meaning and language and understandin…

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The Magic of Group Consciousness 22:32

2y ago22:32

22:32

What’s significant about togetherness in the pursuit of Getting to Better? Well it would seem that when we really work closely together in some form of collective or other, that we can achieve a state of group consciousness where we feel so immersed in the culture of the group – be it a commercial business, a voluntary organisation, an educational …

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Going Glocal 25:07

2y ago25:07

25:07

The central theme of our podcast mini-series of Getting to Better Together, is that it is only through collaboration that we will be able to deal successfully with the really pressing issues of the day. How can we trigger local community responses to matters, like climate change, that have global dimensions with local impacts? This represents a par…

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What’s STEM and why is it important? 24:00

2y ago24:00

24:00

In Australia, the service industries now provide virtually four jobs out of five while our exports are dominated by primary resources from mining and agriculture. Whatever happened to our manufacturing industries? When we compare ourselves to other developed economies it would seem that we lag significantly behind them as an industrialised nation a…

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Light from within the Gloom 18:50

2+ y ago18:50

18:50

Over past episodes in this podcast mini-series, we have explored many of the pressing challenges of the day: Most especially the changing climate of the planet and the related global warming have focused our attention. We have talked about the key features and about the appeals by the IPCC and other international and national bodies for policies, s…

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The Global Carers 22:44

2+ y ago22:44

22:44

On one day soon within the coming months, there will be 8 billion of we humans on this planet. Clustered across nearly 200 different nations we will all be hustling and bustling away, to survive in a world that is beset by uncertainties and complex social, economic, cultural, and ecological challenges. Given that most of these challenges have truly…

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And the good news is ... 24:36

2+ y ago24:36

24:36

Another report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) brings another round of disturbing news about the extent to which the globe continues to warm particularly as a result of the elevated emissions of the so-called green-house gases. As long as we continue to rely on the burning of fossil fuels as our major source of energy, the…

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Sport as Life 26:39

2+ y ago26:39

26:39

The central theme of this podcast series of Getting to Better Together is that it is only through collaboration that we will be able to deal successfully with the pressing issues of the day. So how do we get together to address these issues? And how do we figure out what 'better' is in the first place? In this episode, our host Richard Bawden explo…

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How Should We Live Our Lives? 28:53

2+ y ago28:53

28:53

One of the major impediments to progress being made in response to the dire challenges posed by climate change, seems to be our reluctance as human beings to see ourselves as part of nature. In a somewhat refreshing commentary, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in February, suggests that major steps for…

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Harmony Week: Part Two 22:23

2+ y ago22:23

22:23

In the previous episode in this series, we heard from two young women about their experiences as immigrants into this country. The context set by our host Richard Bawden, was the fact that the recording was made during Harmony Week starting 21st March. A week of celebrations of the cohesion and inclusion in Australia as a multicultural society. In …

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Harmony Week - Part One 24:38

2+ y ago24:38

24:38

In this week we celebrate nationally what has become known as Harmony week. Established by the Howard government back in 1999, Harmony Day (the 21st March) was intended as a celebration of cohesion and inclusion within Australian society. It was also to promote a tolerant and culturally diverse society. In this episode we hear from two young women …

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Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders Today 22:27

2+ y ago22:27

22:27

Not knowing how the future will turn out is a great challenge to those who have to educate today's children to be effective leaders in the world of tomorrow. As the COVID 19 pandemic illustrates so poignantly, the world is likely to throw up more and more issues that are inherently complex and filled with uncertainties and even unknowables. So how …

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Getting Better, Together 25:20

3y ago25:20

25:20

The basic assumption of getting to better together is that, when faced with common concerns, people will want to do that - or at least recognise that they (we!) need to do so. Even when these concerns are pressing, however, all too often, we simply ignore the need for communal discussion and action and hope that the proverbial ‘others’ will act in …

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Some Thoughts 23:27

3y ago23:27

23:27

The end of the year is nigh, and this calls for some reflections on our journey of Getting to Better Together over the past twelve months. This episode is a solo effort by our host Richard Bawden. Rather than presenting a synopsis of all twenty or so episodes to date however, Richard looks for signs of betterment across three particularly pressing …

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