Charles Sturt Stories

By The Charles Sturt Uni Podcast

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What's Charles Sturt Stories about?

Stories from our people and their

impact around Australia.

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Charles Sturt Stories episodes:

03.07.2024
Law – Informing law through First Nations culture
The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts...
03.07.2024
Paramedicine – A new age of emergencies
The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts...
03.07.2024
Social Work - Disasters generate jobs in social work
The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts...
03.07.2024
Agriculture - Food, fibre and a fight against climate change
The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts...
03.07.2024
Artificial intelligence - Balancing risk and reward
The Charles Sturt University Podcast Series: Global Pressures explores how our essential industries are being impacted by a world under growing pressures, and the career paths that are helping these industries to overcome, adapt and survive. Each episode features experts...
09.28.2022
Call the help desk, we’re under attack - cybersecurity
Cyber attacks are increasingly happening on a global scale. In this episode, we’re speaking with cybersecurity experts at the top of their game, who have extensive experience in preventing cyber attacks and all things vicious when it comes to online...
09.28.2022
Stereotypes sting. Understanding intersectionality, diversity and inclusion.
In this episode, we’re speaking with Charles Sturt’s Associate Professor in Social Work and Human Services, Dr Cate Thomas. Cate is an expert in human services, leadership and management and has extensive experience in social inclusion, diversity and intersectionality. Cate talks...
09.28.2022
Helping nurses save lives
In this episode, we’re speaking with two highly senior professionals in nursing who together have extensive experience in primary healthcare, perioperative care, aged care, emergency care, and on how to teach these skills to new nurses – Charles Sturt’s Head...
09.28.2022
More AI than RMs: lucrative careers in agriculture
In this episode, we’re speaking with two highly esteemed experts in agriculture who together have over 70 years‘ experience in farming, farming systems, agricultural research, and the latest technology and career opportunities in agriculture – Charles Sturt’s Research Professor of...
09.28.2022
Fast-tracking teachers
Charles Sturt’s Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Dr Libbey Murray talks to us about a ground-breaking new course at Charles Sturt that is helping to fill critical shortages in the teacher workforce - the Collaborative Teacher’s Aide Pathway. We...
09.28.2022
Addressing the Aged Care Crisis
Charles Sturt University’s Associate Professor of Nursing, Maree Bernoth is a revered expert in aged care, with more than 37 years’ experience in caring for and educating others on how to take care of some of our most vulnerable citizens...
06.16.2021
Storytelling as activism - how First Nations groups are tackling hard topics. Alumni Podcast Ep 5
In this episode we’re introducing you to Toby Finlayson, a digital storyteller, songwriter and filmmaker who uses his skills to tackle hard topics and foster important dialogue for social change. He is the CEO and Creative Director of Desert Pea Media...
06.02.2021
IT in disasters - how IT creates the basis for life-saving decisions. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 4
In this episode we're taking you to the frontlines of some of the world's largest natural disasters. Our Interim Vice-Chancellor is joined by IT expert and Disaster Responder, Andrej Verity. For more than a decade, the United Nations has deployed Andrej...
05.19.2021
Using business for good - its role in protecting people and the planet. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 3
Two decades ago, Alison Michalk was a student environment officer at our Bathurst campus who was fiercely passionate about saving the planet. Not a lot has changed. More than twenty years on Alison now inspires and educates the business world,...
05.05.2021
Solving world problems - how creative ideas and brands can help. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 2
From studying at Charles Sturt, to landing the United Nations as his first client, to going on to work with some of the most influential organisations and names in the world – including Google, Amazon, Ban Ki-moon and Beyoncé! In this...
04.21.2021
Kids and communication - answers from the experts. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 1
Join two leading speech pathology experts for a discussion about language development and communication disorders. Dr Sarah Verdon and Dr Kate Crowe answer some of the most common questions about kids and their speech development and share their top tips...
09.25.2020
Ep 7: Melanie Massaro, how to preserve at-risk species impacted by predator introduction
"Usually when you have humans arriving on these islands, they often bring with them unfortunately a suite of predators like rats, cats…and they wipe out lots of native species. And we know that introduced species, especially rodents, have been the...
09.25.2020
Ep 6: Amy Targett, the impacts of humans and bushfires on animal populations
“Before I did this course I worked at the RSPCA in Canberra. A lot of the time I was the first person people would see when they brought in injured wildlife. So I became really interested in how to reduce...
09.25.2020
Ep 5: BONUS CONTENT: Lee Baumgartner, 2019, Death in the Darling
BONUS EP: Professor Lee Baumgartner discusses the Death in the Darling: the fish kill event in Menindee in early 2019. Episode recorded: 2019 Host: Wes Ward, Charles Sturt Media Production: Adam Thompson, 2MCE Due to our many regional locations, Charles Sturt’s podcast...
09.25.2020
Ep 4: Lee Baumgartner, from fish kills to bushfires to COVID-19 - what's next?
“You might not have realised but there’s a war between the northern basin and southern basin. There’s already people talking about ‘Why should they get more water than we get water?’ If I look overseas, I do a lot of...
09.25.2020
Ep 3: Clay Mueller and the question of his generation: how do we save the environment?
“As I was through all these beautiful beautiful places, I started noticing all the problems alpine areas are facing – climate change, invasive species. They have really delicate ecosystems and I just decided that was something I wanted to do...
09.25.2020
Ep 2: Viki Brookes, epidemiology and the spread of COVID-19 - plus, please stop touching your face
“Even though from an individual perspective COVID-19 might not be serious, from a population health perspective, there are a lot of people who have died from it now around the world and its ability to overwhelm health systems because so...
09.25.2020
Ep 1: Andrew Peters, the COVID-19 virus and what we know for sure
“Birds and bats are one of the dominant invertebrate groups on earth, they go everywhere and surround us in our lives, so it’s not that surprising that there’s enough overlap every now and then for diseases to spill over…The reality...
02.19.2020
Ep 5: Jock Cheetham on government suppression of investigative journalism
“Journalists are not usually the subject of police raids. With the News Limited raid and the next day, the ABC raids, a precedent was set and police going in and searching around journalist files is a dangerous precedent to be...
02.19.2020
Ep 4: Kristy Campion on the history of right-wing terrorism in Australia
“Even though fascism was considered to be defeated conventionally after WW2, and while that meant those states were defeated, it didn’t mean the ideology was defeated. From 2009, broadly, we saw right-ring extremism surge internationally and that was echoed in...
02.19.2020
Ep 8: Mehmet Ozalp on middle eastern politics and activism
“People wanted democracy, freedom and progress. But authoritarian governments didn’t like it and in Syria, they didn’t relinquish power in peace and that started to cause civil war. And where there is civil war, resistance groups, insurgents, will emerge and...
02.19.2020
Ep 6: Nick O'Brien on his time working with agencies worldwide addressing terrorism
“In the late 70’s there were bombings in London in Oxford Street and elsewhere and it was a serious business. Everyone was aware of the fact that bombs might go off…but I think people got on with their lives and...
02.19.2020
Ep 2: Patrick Walsh on the Christchurch tragedy, what did we know and not know?
“The media portrays it in a binary way...that we knew so much about jihadist terrorism and that policing and intelligence communities didn’t have any knowledge of white supremacists and ultra-nationalists. The answer is, these kinds of threats were also on...
02.19.2020
Ep 3: Phillip Ebbs on the challenges of emergency management
“In my final year of studies in high school, I was admitted to hospital and underwent surgery and without that I wouldn’t have been able to live for any period of time. I guess in that time I transformed…...
02.19.2020
Ep 7: Piero Moraro on government crackdown of activism in Australia
“We have seen this kind of approach to protestors before. It reminds us of darker times, in the history of Queensland with Joh Bjelke-Petersen where the government made it a priority to stop civil disobedience. The police were encouraged to...
02.19.2020
Ep 1: Tracey Green on being a detective, true crime as entertainment and the future of policing
“I joined the police just after the Equal Opportunities Act…so it was all a bit unusual to have women doing the full range of police duties. Was there resistance? Yes I think it was fair to say there was a...
03.10.2019
Ep 4: Melissa Nott, providing vital care for our most prevalent health issues
Health conditions such as stroke are more prevalent in the regions but the services available are fewer. Why? Join Lecturer in the School of Community Health Melissa Nott as she chats with host Wes Ward about the ways in which Charles...
03.10.2019
Ep 7: Emma Colvin and Kath McFarlane, missing children in care - Part 2
What happened to Katrina? Why can't we name children when they go missing in care? In part 2 of this episode, listen to Charles Sturt Associate Professor Kath McFarlane and lecturer Dr Emma Colvin chat to host Hilary Longhurst about what this...
03.10.2019
Ep 8: Sophia Dywili and the nurses that care for regional Australia
Nurses from all over the world come to live and work in Australia. Charles Sturt researcher Sophia Dywili spoke to host Wes Ward about her study of African nurses who travel to regional Australia and the unique experiences they undertake here. Episode...
03.10.2019
Ep 6: Emma Colvin and Kath McFarlane, missing children in care - Part 1
Absconding or gone missing? Why do children in care go missing and how can care providers, legal providers and the police work together to address this often invisible issue? Charles Sturt Associate Professor Kath McFarlane and lecturer Dr Emma Colvin talk to...
03.10.2019
Ep 5: Euan Lindsay, a world leading approach to engineering
There's an engineering school where you don't have assignments, and you don't take exams. There's an engineering school that's more than engineering, it's a social movement. A report commissioned by MIT rated Charles Sturt's engineering school as one of the top...
03.10.2019
Ep 2: Harry Moore and Mitchell Cowan, a rare find in the vast Pilbara
Have you ever seen this little creature before? Let us answer: no, because this rare albino quoll was discovered in 2018 and Charles Sturt University students Harry Moore and Mitchell Cowan were there! Listen as they chat with host Hilary Longhurst about...
03.10.2019
Ep 1: Damian Candusso, Hollywood movies and virtual reality
What do a dentist drill and a vacuum cleaner have in common? ...? We spoke with sound designer and Charles Sturt Associate Professor Damian Candusso to find out! Listen to Damian chat to host Jess Mansour-Nahra about his experiences in...
03.10.2019
Ep 3: Fiona Nash, from politics to private life in regional NSW
The Hon Fiona Nash, former Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia, tirelessly champions the bush and in conversation, sure doesn't beat around it. Fiona talks to host Jess Mansour-Nahra about her predictions for regional Australia, her reflections on the...
03.10.2019
Ep 9: Leonie Pihama, the politics of representation of indigenous peoples
How can we support Indigenous communities needs and aspirations? …and why is it essential that we continue research into the behaviour of these communities? Māori Associate Professor and leading human rights activist, Leonie Pihama took some time out from her recent visit...

What's Charles Sturt Stories about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Charles Sturt Stories episodes:

Law – Informing law through First Nations culture

Paramedicine – A new age of emergencies

Social Work - Disasters generate jobs in social work

Agriculture - Food, fibre and a fight against climate change

Artificial intelligence - Balancing risk and reward

Call the help desk, we’re under attack - cybersecurity

Stereotypes sting. Understanding intersectionality, diversity and inclusion.

Helping nurses save lives

More AI than RMs: lucrative careers in agriculture

Fast-tracking teachers

Addressing the Aged Care Crisis

Storytelling as activism - how First Nations groups are tackling hard topics. Alumni Podcast Ep 5

IT in disasters - how IT creates the basis for life-saving decisions. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 4

Using business for good - its role in protecting people and the planet. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 3

Solving world problems - how creative ideas and brands can help. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 2

Kids and communication - answers from the experts. Alumni Podcast Series Ep 1

Ep 7: Melanie Massaro, how to preserve at-risk species impacted by predator introduction

Ep 6: Amy Targett, the impacts of humans and bushfires on animal populations

Ep 5: BONUS CONTENT: Lee Baumgartner, 2019, Death in the Darling

Ep 4: Lee Baumgartner, from fish kills to bushfires to COVID-19 - what's next?

Ep 3: Clay Mueller and the question of his generation: how do we save the environment?

Ep 2: Viki Brookes, epidemiology and the spread of COVID-19 - plus, please stop touching your face

Ep 1: Andrew Peters, the COVID-19 virus and what we know for sure

Ep 5: Jock Cheetham on government suppression of investigative journalism

Ep 4: Kristy Campion on the history of right-wing terrorism in Australia

Ep 8: Mehmet Ozalp on middle eastern politics and activism

Ep 6: Nick O'Brien on his time working with agencies worldwide addressing terrorism

Ep 2: Patrick Walsh on the Christchurch tragedy, what did we know and not know?

Ep 3: Phillip Ebbs on the challenges of emergency management

Ep 7: Piero Moraro on government crackdown of activism in Australia

Ep 1: Tracey Green on being a detective, true crime as entertainment and the future of policing

Ep 4: Melissa Nott, providing vital care for our most prevalent health issues

Ep 7: Emma Colvin and Kath McFarlane, missing children in care - Part 2

Ep 8: Sophia Dywili and the nurses that care for regional Australia

Ep 6: Emma Colvin and Kath McFarlane, missing children in care - Part 1

Ep 5: Euan Lindsay, a world leading approach to engineering

Ep 2: Harry Moore and Mitchell Cowan, a rare find in the vast Pilbara

Ep 1: Damian Candusso, Hollywood movies and virtual reality

Ep 3: Fiona Nash, from politics to private life in regional NSW

Ep 9: Leonie Pihama, the politics of representation of indigenous peoples