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/