LEEDS 2023 - Year of culture - Podcasts

The purpose of this podcast series is to discuss some of the biggest issues in the world we live in and issues that we may face over the next decade. We are not here to solve those issues, just to bring them into focus. 

Alongside this series, we ran an online residency programme called Tech for The Public Good. In partnership with the British Council and the University of Leeds, we brought together artists, creatives and academics from around the world to spend 10 days together to discuss how we can use technology to help societies from all over the world. During this time they prototyped solutions using technology and creativity to tackle global issues that they collectively decide upon. The conversations in this podcast series we're aimed to inform their process and get them talking about their own lived experiences or prompting creative responses.   

In our third podcast of the series, we spoke to Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, Dr Lata Narayanaswamy and Jessica Atkins on how tech is being used as a positive force in promoting and aiding gender equality. But also highlights how the tech industry could work better to make the industry more gender-equal. 

 Hosts: Anna Turzynski – Producer, LEEDS 2023 Adam Sas-Skowronski - LEEDS 2023, Creative Technologists 

https://leeds2023.co.uk/ 

Panel: Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, Deputy Leader of the Women’s Equality Party   

https://hannahbarhambrown.com/ 

Dr. Lata Narayanaswamy - Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development at The University of Leeds  https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/staff/93/dr-lata-narayanaswamy 

Jessica Atkins Inclusion Advisor at Business in the Community 

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jessica-atkins-77abb9107 

Audio Edited by: Sable Radio 

https://www.sableradio.live/

The purpose of this podcast series is to discuss some of the biggest issues in the world we live in and issues that we may face over the next decade. We are not here to solve those issues, just to bring them into focus.   

Alongside this series, we ran an online residency programme called Tech for The Public Good. In partnership with the British Council and the University of Leeds, we brought together artists, creatives and academics from around the world to spend 10 days together to discuss how we can use technology to help societies from all over the world. During this time they prototyped solutions using technology and creativity to tackle global issues that they collectively decide upon. The conversations in this podcast series we're aimed to inform their process and get them talking about their own lived experiences or prompting creative responses.   

In our second podcast of the series, we spoke to Dr Siobhan Hugh-Jones, Jonny Benjamin and  Kate Goldring on how tech has intertwined with our mental health in a lockdown and post lockdown world, and how tech if used with the right intentions can have a positive effect on our mental wellbeing.    

Host:  Matt Allen and Adam Sas-Skowronski - LEEDS 2023, Creative Technologists  

https://leeds2023.co.uk/ 

Panel:  Dr Siobhan Hugh-Jones: Associate Professor in Mental Health Psychology at the University of Leeds https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/psychology/staff/450/dr-siobhan-hugh-jones   

Jonny Benjamin MBE:  Mental Health Campaigner 

https://jonnybenjamin.co.uk/

Kate Goldring: Business Development Director at Leeds Mind 

https://www.leedsmind.org.uk/  

Audio Edited by: Sable Radio 

https://www.sableradio.live/

The purpose of this podcast series is to discuss some of the biggest issues in the world we live in and issues that we may face over the next decade. We are not here to solve those issues, just to bring them into focus.   

Alongside this series, we ran an online residency programme called Tech for The Public Good. In partnership with the British Council and the University of Leeds's Horizons Institute, we brought together artists, creatives and academics from around the world to spend 10 days together to discuss how we can use technology to help societies from all over the world. During this time they prototyped solutions using technology and creativity to tackle global issues that they collectively decide upon. The conversations in this podcast series we're aimed to inform their process and get them talking about their own lived experiences or prompting creative responses.   

In our first podcast of the series we spoke to Jane Earnshaw and Abby Dix-Mason from FOXGLOVE who are working on the Civil Engineer John Smeaton is the inspiration for the Tech for the Public Good program.  Please join us as Abby and Jane talk about the extraordinary life of John Smeaton.  

Host:  Matt Allen - LEEDS 2023, Creative Technologist  

https://leeds2023.co.uk/ 

Panel:  Jane Earnshaw and Abby Dix-Mason  - FOXGLOVE  

Audio Edited by: Sable Radio https://www.sableradio.live/

During our Game Jam we caught up with Lucy James (Giant Bomb)to chat all things Leeds and indie gaming!

In this conversation Lucy chats to Matt Allen, one of the Creative Technologists on the LEEDS 2023 team.

Lucy James is a Senior Video Producer and Host at GameSpot. As a lifelong gamer, her favourite part of the job is speaking to game developers and digging into the creative decisions they make during the development process. Her favourite games include Mass Effect 2, Okami, and Overwatch.

During Leeds Digital Festival 2021 we brought together an amazing panel to talk about the importance of prototyping when working with video games and digital art.

Karen Palmer - Award Winning International Artist and Public Speaker.

Simon Barret – Director of Co-op innovations, an Immersive AR and VR developer.

Dave Lynch – Artist, inventor and researcher.

Lee Stocks – Senior Lecturer of the Game Design course at Leeds Beckett University and Concept Artist.