The Department of Conversation with Pat Brittenden

Nicky Clayton is the Professor of Comparative Cognition and a University Teaching Officer in the Department of Psychology at Cambridge University, and a Fellow of Clare College. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2010. Her expertise as a scientist lies in the contemporary study of how animals and children think.

Clive Wilkins works as a fine art painter and has exhibited widely including at the National Portrait Gallery, London on several occasions. He has also exhibited at the Royal Academy and various Mayfair galleries. Clive is a performer and professional magician with a particular interest in the nature of illusion and the psychology of perception and the methods used to make sense of a strange world.

Together this dynamic duo are the co-founders of The Captured Thought, which is an arts and science collaboration that explores mental time travel, the subjective experience of thinking and the nature of creativity.

Who the heck knows what we'll get into, but I'm sure you'll agree it's going to be one heck of an interesting ride...oh...and 'yes' there will be magic performed during the chat

Anthony is a former Australian evangelist in the Assemblies of God and an author whose book, A Life of Unlearning describes his experience in Australia's first ex-gay program. He is also the Co-founder and previous Convenor of Freedom2b which is a network for LGBTIQ people from Pentecostal, Charismatic and Evangelical backgrounds. He is also the founder and CEO of Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International (ABBI).

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Unlearning-preachers-struggle-homosexuality/dp/0994152418

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We chat with Dion Mārie from Flat Earth New Zealand, about how, what and why he and many others believe in a flat earth.

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This week we're chatting with Dr Alex Macmillan.

Alex and a colleague held a lecture on Thursday at lunchtime at the University of Otago titled "Bigger than the 1918 flu? Tackling climate change: this century's public health emergency."

We are lucky enough to have Alex for our livestream broadcast at 3pm, just after the lecture.

If you're interested in hearing about life, the universe, everything and how climate action offers to improve health and create a fairer society, Have a listen here or on Youtube.

Our chat with Professor Robert Patman, a Professor of International Relations in Politics at the University of Otago who, amongst other things, teaches and publishes on US foreign policy, for a livestream conversation about the US Mid-Term elections.

Broadcast live from Ombrellitos

Jeremy has become one of New Zealand's favourite stand up comics with his unique brand of insightful, intelligent and irreverent comedy. Having been performing for more than 15 years, he has the ability to get any crowd laughing be it a corporate hosting or a pub in Timaru.

A regular guest on Three's award winning 7-Days, Jeremy has also appeared on our screens on several Comedy Galas, Aotearohas, A Night at the Classic, Funny Roots to name but a few.

Jeremy and Pat have a history in podcasting as they did two seasons of the politically astute The Slightly Correct Political Show to rave reviews

Georgia is Co-chair of Intersex Awareness New Zealand and Project Manager for Intersex Youth Aotearoa. As a young intersex advocate with personal lived experience she is passionate about giving voice to the rights and needs of intersex people and their families.

As Friday (26th October 2018) was Intersex Awareness Day we thought we'd get Georgia in to chat to us about the 'I' in LGBTI...and anything else that came up

Dr Janine Winter is a University of Otago bioethics researcher and palliative care physician.

Recently Dr Winters made a submission to David Seymour's 'End of Life Choice Bill' where she stated it was "terrible" with "terminal flaws".

"As a doctor, I would never want to participate in hastening death. It's one of the reasons I'm able to do the work that I do in palliative medicine. It allows me to sleep at night that I allow a natural process to occur."

We talk end of life, bioethics, suicide and euthanasia

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Damian's voice is a familiar one to Dunedin citizens and families; as a morning broadcaster in local radio. He is also a Dunedin City Councillor and hugely interested in the local and international political spheres. Damian is also a Vegan, something we get into a little in later part of this chat.

Pat Brittenden talks with Maire Leadbeater, a New Zealand human rights and peace activist, writer, and former social worker. During the 1980s and 1990s, Leadbeater served as the media spokesperson for the New Zealand Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, which successfully campaigned for a New Zealand nuclear-free zone and a ban on visits by nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered ships. She was also involved in various other human rights groups including the Auckland East Timor Independence Committee, the Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa and the Indonesia Human Rights Committee.

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