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Introducing this week's guest Shehelah Dassenaike Ousman! As 2021’s Youth Premier, a Skyline Education Foundation community leader, a Trinity College's Gender and Sexuality Alliance leader and a powerhouse in the diversity and inclusion space, Shehelah’s words should not be missed!

Today's guest is James Burgmann-Milner, who writes under JR Burgmann. He is an award-winning writer and doctoral candidate with the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub, where he also works as a Teaching and Research Associate. His doctoral research focuses on narrative forms of climate change communication. James' fiction and arts journalism have been published widely. His co-authored book Science Fiction and Climate Change: A Sociological Approach was shortlisted for both the British Science Fiction Association awards and the Locus awards. His debut novel Children of Tomorrow, which was highly commended in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards this year, will be published by Upswell Publishing in early 2023. Tune in to NoTheory where we discuss these topics and more!

Today's guest is Kenna MacTavish! She is a PhD candidate, research assistant, and tutor in the Publishing and Communications program at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on contemporary book culture, specifically the post-digital affordances of books, social media platforms, and genre systems. Her work on taste-making and bookstagram is published in Post-Digital Book Cultures: Australian Perspectives (Monash University Press, 2021). When she’s not researching, you’ll find her singing, reading, and sipping coffee in a home surrounded by eucalypts. Listen in for a great chat about all things books, publishing and university!

Introducing this week's guest, Kergen Angel! Kergen is a youth advocate who is currently the Head of Community Engagement at Oaktree, the Director of the Victorian Youth Parliament and a Board Member for The Foundation for Young Australians! Enjoy this episode where we talk to Kergen about all things youth and how to inspire active global citizens.

Introducing today's guest, Kiana! She is the founder and president of H.E.R.O. Tent, a grassroots mutual aid organization that developed from the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. The organization and Kiana are both based in San Jose California. Tune in to listen to some insightful conversations about race, the prison to school pipeline, optimism and more! 

Today's guest is Ruvimbo, who is the CEO of a beauty brand that aims to change the 'Beauty Narrative', by founding Ruvè Cosmetics with hopes to see a more diverse and inclusive beauty industry. Over the past two years, she’s seen her business grow tremendously with her products used globally. When she’s not busy with business, she’s also a published writer and an activist passionate about young people unveiling their potential in every aspect of their lives!

Welcome back to Radio Monash's NoTheory and its third season! Our first guest this season is Phuong Nguyen. As an advocate for mental health, anti-racism and employment, Phuong is a budding expert in many fields. She’s currently working on a plethora of fantastic projects we’re very excited to ask her about, so tune in!

Introducing this week’s guest Binari Almeida! Binari is a careers officer for Monash University's Progressive Law Network, as well as a penultimate law student and debater. We intend to pick her brain about social justice and the legal industry and just have a fun chat for our final episode of the season!

This week we’ll be joined by activist and filmmaker Geril Lumawig! We’ll be discussing the migrant experience, colonialism, and how making art can object to the status quo!

Introducing this week’s guests: Dr Tom and Jump Daddy from the hit podcast ‘Dad to Me’. Dr Tom is a lecturer in Latin Literature at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He has published books, lectured around the world, and been arrested only once for public nudity. He’s also donated sperm to a same-sex couple and is currently navigating the meaning of being a dad, but not. Jump Daddy is a clown school drop-out who, somehow, still made it as a professional idiot. An Australian comedian, he has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne International Comedy festival and every single Commonwealth country. He is not a father, but he did have one for a long time. With their delightful mishmash of experience with academia, comedy, podcasting and fatherhood, we’re very interested to see where this conversation goes!