The Pioneering Minds podcast series looks at some of the most compelling stories within Macquarie University.
Episode 10: Professor Catharine Lumby and the media landscape and modern feminism
Professor Catharine Lumby is our guest on the Pioneering Minds podcast this week, speaking to Ben Mckelvey about her work with the NRL in the wake of the 2004 Canterbury Bulldogs gang rape allegations, how the media landscape is changing, modern feminism and much more in the final episode of Season 1 of the Pioneering Minds podcast.
Episode 9: Professor Gayle Avery from MGSM and organisation sustainability
This week on the Pioneering Minds Podcast our guest is Professor Gayle Avery from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, whose dedicated field of research is organisational sustainability. We speak to Professor Avery about the fascinating work she's done in translating the personal business ethic of the King of Thailand into a business bible in South East Asia.
Episode 8: Robert Pfeifer and Quantum Computing
This week's Pioneering Minds Podcast guest is quantum physicist and quantum computing researcher Dr Robert Pfeifer from the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He talks to Ben Mckelvey about making sense of the true meaning of 'quantum', what inspired him to leave a career in medicine to pursue physics, and what the future of quantum computing could look like in episode 8 of the Pioneering Minds podcast. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 7: Barbara Messerle and STEM
Our guest this week is Professor Barbara Messerle, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. She talks to Ben Mckelvey about her research work as an organometallic chemist, her role in shaping the future of scientific research at Macquarie, and what Australia needs to do as a country to keep up the pace on STEM innovation. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 6: Anne Castles and Cognitive Disorders
On the podcast this week, Ben Mckelvey talks to leading dyslexia researcher Distinguished Professor Anne Castles from the Department of Cognitive Science. They discuss how the human brain makes sense of the squiggly lines we call writing, how far the bounds of neuroplasticity really go, and how the brain damage Ben suffered as a result of a stroke may be similar to the effects of dyslexia on children. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 5: David McAlpine and Hearing
This week, Professor David McAlpine, Director of Hearing Research at the Australian Hearing Hub, talks to Ben Mckelvey about the important role hearing plays in our communication and social interaction, how we can better protect our ears from harm with ‘noise diets’, and how a young Protestant boy from Belfast discovered his love for all things academic. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 4: Jeanette Kennett and neurolaw
This week's guest, Professor Jeanette Kennett from the Department of Philosophy, is a pioneer of neurolaw - a new interdisciplinary field that investigates the relationship between neuroscience and law. In her interview with Ben Mckelvey she discusses the implications of this on moral agency, criminality and culpability, the establishment of the neurolaw database, and how she was drawn to questions of justice. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 3: Rifaie Tammas and the Syrian conflict
Our guest this week is Rifaie Tammas, a postgraduate student from the Department of Security Studies and Criminology who survived the Syrian conflict that devastated his hometown. He tells Ben Mckelvey his story of resilience, hope, and relocation. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 2: Malcolm Choat and ancient history
This episode we talk to Associate Professor Malcolm Choat, the Director of Macquarie University's Ancient Cultures Research Centre, about his work on papyrology, his forensic investigation of the gospel of Jesus' wife, and how a 'boy from Queensland' became an expert on Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian history. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 1: David Christian and Big History
In the first instalment of the series, we talk to Macquarie University's David Christian, Director of the Big History Institute about his unique perspective on historical study, his time in Soviet Russia, the economics of vodka, and his relationship with Bill Gates. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 10: Professor Catharine Lumby and the media landscape and modern feminism
Professor Catharine Lumby is our guest on the Pioneering Minds podcast this week, speaking to Ben Mckelvey about her work with the NRL in the wake of the 2004 Canterbury Bulldogs gang rape allegations, how the media landscape is changing, modern feminism and much more in the final episode of Season 1 of the Pioneering Minds podcast.
Episode 9: Professor Gayle Avery from MGSM and organisation sustainability
This week on the Pioneering Minds Podcast our guest is Professor Gayle Avery from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, whose dedicated field of research is organisational sustainability. We speak to Professor Avery about the fascinating work she's done in translating the personal business ethic of the King of Thailand into a business bible in South East Asia.
Episode 8: Robert Pfeifer and Quantum Computing
This week's Pioneering Minds Podcast guest is quantum physicist and quantum computing researcher Dr Robert Pfeifer from the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He talks to Ben Mckelvey about making sense of the true meaning of 'quantum', what inspired him to leave a career in medicine to pursue physics, and what the future of quantum computing could look like in episode 8 of the Pioneering Minds podcast. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 7: Barbara Messerle and STEM
Our guest this week is Professor Barbara Messerle, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. She talks to Ben Mckelvey about her research work as an organometallic chemist, her role in shaping the future of scientific research at Macquarie, and what Australia needs to do as a country to keep up the pace on STEM innovation. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 6: Anne Castles and Cognitive Disorders
On the podcast this week, Ben Mckelvey talks to leading dyslexia researcher Distinguished Professor Anne Castles from the Department of Cognitive Science. They discuss how the human brain makes sense of the squiggly lines we call writing, how far the bounds of neuroplasticity really go, and how the brain damage Ben suffered as a result of a stroke may be similar to the effects of dyslexia on children. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 5: David McAlpine and Hearing
This week, Professor David McAlpine, Director of Hearing Research at the Australian Hearing Hub, talks to Ben Mckelvey about the important role hearing plays in our communication and social interaction, how we can better protect our ears from harm with ‘noise diets’, and how a young Protestant boy from Belfast discovered his love for all things academic. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 4: Jeanette Kennett and neurolaw
This week's guest, Professor Jeanette Kennett from the Department of Philosophy, is a pioneer of neurolaw - a new interdisciplinary field that investigates the relationship between neuroscience and law. In her interview with Ben Mckelvey she discusses the implications of this on moral agency, criminality and culpability, the establishment of the neurolaw database, and how she was drawn to questions of justice. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 3: Rifaie Tammas and the Syrian conflict
Our guest this week is Rifaie Tammas, a postgraduate student from the Department of Security Studies and Criminology who survived the Syrian conflict that devastated his hometown. He tells Ben Mckelvey his story of resilience, hope, and relocation. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 2: Malcolm Choat and ancient history
This episode we talk to Associate Professor Malcolm Choat, the Director of Macquarie University's Ancient Cultures Research Centre, about his work on papyrology, his forensic investigation of the gospel of Jesus' wife, and how a 'boy from Queensland' became an expert on Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian history. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
Episode 1: David Christian and Big History
In the first instalment of the series, we talk to Macquarie University's David Christian, Director of the Big History Institute about his unique perspective on historical study, his time in Soviet Russia, the economics of vodka, and his relationship with Bill Gates. Listen to this episode and subscribe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud.
