Quid Agis

In this episode we discuss personal development.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Mindvalley

- Greater Good Science Center

- Science of Well-Being

- Lifebook

Episode recorded on May 7th 2021.

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In this episode we discuss one disease with a very high emotional and financial impact: fertility.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- World Health Organisation : Infertility is a global public health issue;

- Book "Becoming" by Michelle Obama.

Episode recorded on October 10th 2020.

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In this episode we explore our common interest for space exploration.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Why Exploring Space And Investing In Research Is Non-Negotiable;

- International Space Station;

- SpaceEU;

- Work Space Week;

- Podcast StarTalk Radio: Episode Cosmic Queries - Life on Venus, published September 21st, 2020;

- Podcast "La Conversation Scientifique - France Culture": Episode "Quel Modèle Économique pour la Transition Écologique", published September 5th, 2020 (in french).

Episode recorded on October 2nd 2020.

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In this episode, we discuss how the pandemic is affecting work styles and consequently the levels of stress at work

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Working Paper on the Workplace Stress in the United States;

- Chief Happiness Officer;

- How remote working can increase stress and reduce well-being;

- Remote work burnout is growing as pandemic stretches on;

- Podcast Cold Call: Is Happiness at Work Really Attainable?

- Twitter announces that staff can work remotely permanently.

Episode recorded on September 21st 2020.

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In this episode, we start by discussing the specific impact of Covid-19 on domestic violence to later focus on several issues that women have been facing and that are not being properly acknowledged by the economic system, namely unpaid work related to caring for others.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Article about Covid-19 and domestic violence;

- How Covid is impacting women and girls in particular;

- How frontline workers are being affected by Covid-19;

- Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists;

- Unpaid work for men and women in OECD countries.

Episode recorded on September 12th 2020.

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In this episode, we discuss one of the major crises that we have ever faced as human beings: Climate Change.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Article about the irreversible disappearance of Greenland's ice sheet;

- Portuguese youth activists sue 33 countries;

- Paris Agreement;

- Visualisation of decrease in atmospheric pollution during lockdown;

- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch;

- IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

- COP26.

Episode recorded on September 5th 2020.

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In our first episode in English we discussed the possibilities and also the challenges of distance learning.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- School ranking in Portugal. The socio-economic level (or "contexto") of the area the school is in is also mentioned for each school;

- Episode from Linha da Frente on Distance Learning;

- Estudo em Casa - online platform and TV programmes designed during Covid-19 to ensure students' access to lectures;

- Universidade Aberta - Portuguese University specialised in Distante Learning;

- Open University - British University specialised in Distance Learning.

Episode recorded on August 29th 2020.

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Esta semana debatemos os pros e contras da censura na Internet.

Recurso mencionado neste episódio:

- Liberdade de expressão em Portugal

Episódio gravado no dia 23 de agosto de 2020.

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Neste episódio debatemos as vantagens e desvantagens de fazer voluntariado internacional.

Recursos mencionados neste episódio:

- Habitat for Humanity

- Online Volunteering 

- Para apoiar reclusos estrangeiros em prisões Tailandesas, aconselhamos que entrem em contato direto com as Embaixadas na Tailândia

Também aconselhamos o livro The Volunteer Traveler’s Handbook de Shannon O'Donnell para quem esteja interessado em saber mais sobre voluntariado internacional.

Episódio gravado no dia 15 de agosto de 2020.

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Neste episódio debatemos um dos mais importantes temas sociais que afeta negativamente a vida de milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo.

Recursos mencionados neste episódio:

- Artigo 240º do Código Penal Português

- Entrevista com Márcia no North-South Knowledge Center sobre as manifestações anti-racismo nos Estados Unidos

- European Social Survey (ESS) de 2018/2019. 

Nota: ao longo do episódio, os valores dos resultados do inquérito nem sempre são referidos corretamente: 62% dos portugueses manifestam racismo e 11% da população discorda de todas as crenças racistas.

Episódio gravado no dia 9 de agosto de 2020.

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