The Department of Conversation with Pat Brittenden

The Department of Conversation with Pat Brittenden

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The Department of Conversation with Pat Brittenden episodes

  • DR MIKE DICKISON : Flightless Birds, Colourful Dinosaurs & Wikipedia
    Mike is New Zealand's first Wikipedian-at-large and is currently spending a year, thanks to the Wikimedia Foundation, with the aim of helping people and institutions better engage with Wikipedia.
    Mike is also a entomologist and museum curator whose PhD from Duke University was based on on the evolution of body size in giant flightless birds
    Check out more about Mike at
    www.giantflightlessbirds.com
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    1 hr 17 min
  • KIERAN FORD : Christchurch Terror Attack
    Kieran is a PhD student at University of Otago in the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.
    After the terrorist attack in Christchurch Kieran penned an op-ed for the Otago Daily Times entitled "NZ response to violence must go beyond security" that, amongst other ideas, explained that "New Zealand must acknowledge the ways in which Islamophobia and far-right extremism exist in our society."
    Today we'll be chatting about Kieran's research, his thoughts and opinions around what happened in Christchurch and where to from here.
    1 hr 29 min
  • BENNY CASTLES : WORLD : Clothes maketh the man
    This week we have an evening live broadcast, 7.30pm Thursday with Benny Castles from World.
    Benny and World are in Dunedin for iD Dunedin Fashion Week.
    Benny's spent the last 19 years working for WORLD. He wasn't too sure what he wanted to do other than knowing WORLD was where he wanted to be. Castles grew to be an outstanding designer and is now a director of the business. He also has an important role in creating the brand's eye-catching garments that are full of attitude.
    1 hr 32 min
  • ASSOC. PROF. MARK KELLY : Words, Meanings & Trump
    Mark is in the Arts Faculty at WSU and is an ARC Future Fellow on the project 'The invention of norms: how ethics, law, and the life sciences shape our social selves'.
    Mark recently published Biopolitical Imperialism with Zero Books and has also published The Political Philosophy of Michel Foucault (Routledge). He is also the Treasurer of the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy.
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    1 hr 21 min
  • DR NOAM J. ZOHAR : Bioethics, Jewish views on Abortion, and Palestine
    Our guest this week is Dr Noam J. Zohar, Director of the Graduate Program in Bioethics, Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
    His public lecture is on "Jewish Approaches to Abortion" but he also specialises in Moral and Political Philosophy, with an emphasis on applied ethics, especially bioethics and morality in war.
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    1 hr 15 min
  • HON DR DAVID CLARK : NZ Health Minister
    Today we are chatting with the Honourable Dr David Clark, Minister of Health in New Zealand. We talk about everything from Medical Marijuana to his Faith and how that influences his politics.
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    53 min
  • DR MATT JENKINS : Keeping your resolution
    Our guest this week is Dr Matt Jenkins.
    Matt, a specialist in behaviour change, has recently completed a PhD in motivation at the University of Otago says that success in sticking to a New Year resolution involved motivation, preparation, accountability and ensuring your resolutions were in line with your personal values.
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    https://goo.gl/GQkfpS
    1 hr 22 min
  • KATY THOMAS : Well Fit Mum : Medical Marijuana
    This week will be another 'must listen' podcast as we invite into the #DOC Katy Thomas.
    You may know her blog, Well Fit Mum Blog by Katy Thomas but I first learned about her when The Rock's Thane Kirby chatted with Katy about why she gives her son cannabis.
    Katy is coming down from Auckland to see us in Dunedin especially for the podcast so I hope you find some time to watch.
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    1 hr 38 min

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