Wide Open Air Exchange

An introduction to aviation safety as a vocation with insights from Jorge Lobarinas who works for an aviation safety regulator. Jorge also shares the story of his mid-career change from anatomical pathology to aviation management.

An introduction to impact measurement as a process of demonstrating and articulating the positive impacts of an organisation's programs and projects beyond the reporting of activities and outcomes.

Maxine Morrison has a qualification in Social Impact from UNSW and a vocational background in grant writing and philanthropy for medical research and in the social sector.

Maxine is a Sydney Organising Committee member for SIMNA (Social Impact Measurement Network Australia) and a member of the AAMRI Research Impact Committee (Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes).

An introduction to some of the principles of adult education and adult learning. Adam Nobilia is an adult educator who has worked across various settings including at Long Bay prison working with inmates and more publicly as a teacher on the SBS television series, Lost For Words.

Musicologist Padraig Parkhurst is a doctoral researcher studying East German progressive rock (Ostrock) and other popular music of the early Honecker era. This conversation incudes a discussion of anti nuclear war songs of the Honecker era and Padraig's general interest in the localisation of progressive rock in different locations (with reference to Italy, Spain, Chile, UK).

Peta MacGillivray is an Aboriginal justice advocate, a Kalkutungu woman, lawyer and doctoral researcher with strong connections to community.

Australia’s referendum to vote on Constitutional recognition of First Peoples is part of a many decades-long history of advocacy for self-determination. While this conversation is largely a post-referendum discussion, it is with an understanding that the referendum moment was not the beginning nor the end of the work that needs to be done.

A discussion of river health and Natural Resource Management with Sarah Holland-Clift.  Sarah is a river health management specialist and General Manager of Community and Catchment Services at Corangamite Catchment Management Authority in Victoria. This conversation includes a focus on the importance of Aboriginal leadership in waterway management and the role of citizen science in monitoring the health of rivers.

Dr Tuan Nguyen has a PhD in Museum Studies with a speciality in LGBTQIA+ inclusion.  Tuan's curatorial practice is with the Powerhouse Museum as an Assistant Curator, working on the recent Absolutely Queer exhibition among others.

Exploring how the American and Australian Halloween experiences compare. This is a video link up between Austin and Sydney with guest Davis Rivera.

Singer-songwriter Radical Son on finding his voice and why he sometimes chooses not to explain the lyrics of his songs.

Radical Son invites listeners of his new single, 'I Hear You Call My Name", to interpret the lyrics for yourself:

"I hear you call my name, wanting to engage; 

We're all finding our way; we're coping with the struggle; 

Life is just a game, and we're all stuck in the middle. 

We're challenged by the day; we're put in this position; 

Pushed into the corner; the torment this delivers;

One step forwards and forever falling."

Bridget Cama is a lawyer and Co-Chair of the Uluru Youth Dialogue and a Wiradjuri and Pasifika Fijian woman. Bridget shares her knowledge of the process that has led to the proposal for Constitutional Reform and what Australians are being asked to vote on.

This conversation is intended as an aid for learning about the Voice referendum that’s happening in Australia, asking Australians whether they agree with a proposed alteration to the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice: a body that may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.