Melbourne University Up Close Podcast
Melbourne University Up Close Podcast
A podcast of research, personalities and cultural offerings at the University of Melbourne
Episode 80: A Flood of Water Scarcity in India
Associate Prof Hector Malano, along with India-based colleague Mr Ashok Jaitly, discuss the interdisciplinary approach to addressing water scarcity in India's "food bowl" region, the Krishna Basin. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.
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Episode 79: A Hole in the Head: Phineas Gage Revisited
Phineas Gage appears in virtually every introductory Psychology
textbook. But very little is known about his life after the horrific
accident in which an iron bar was shot through his brain. By
painstakingly tracking down and assembling documented ...
Episode 78: Accounting for Imams
In this episode, three conversations on imams and educators in Muslim communities. Host Jacky Angus speaks to author and lawyer Irfan Yusuf about the roles and predicaments of imams in Australia and elsewhere; to researcher Anisa Buckley on imams and ...
Episode 78: Accounting for Imams
In this episode, three conversations on imams and educators in
Muslim communities. Host Jacky Angus speaks to author and lawyer Irfan
Yusuf about the roles and predicaments of imams in Australia and
elsewhere; to researcher Anisa Buckley on imams and ...
Episode 77: Searching for Russia's Future in Its Past
Prof Leslie Holmes and former Ambassador Leslie Rowe discuss how Russia's past influences this great nation's future. With host Jennifer Cook.
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Prof Leslie Holmes -
Leslie Rowe -
min 19 sec
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Episode 77: Understanding Russia's Future from Its Past
Prof Leslie Holmes and former Ambassador Leslie Rowe discuss how Russia's past influences this great nation's future. With host Jennifer Cook.
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Prof Leslie Holmes -
Leslie Rowe -
min 19 sec
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Episode 76: A Sea of Sound: Dr Ros Bandt
Sound artist, musician, researcher and educator Dr Ros Bandt discusses aural environments, the sculpting of sound, her recent works and musical inspirations. With host Jacky Angus.
Due to licensing arrangements on some of the music contained in
this ...
Episode 76: A Sea of Sound: Dr Ros Bandt
Sound artist, musician, researcher and educator Dr Ros Bandt discusses aural environments, the sculpting of sound, her recent works and musical inspirations. With host Jacky Angus.
Due to licensing arrangements on some of the music contained in
this ...
Episode 75: Human Judgement and Investment Manias
From the tulip bulb mania in the 17th century to collateralized
debt obligations more recently, Prof Charles Noussair and Dr Tom Wilkening outline the sometimes questionable human judgement of risk and reward. With host Jennifer Cook.
Guest
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Episode 75: Human Judgement and Investment Manias
From the tulip bulb mania in the 17th century to collateralized
debt obligations more recently, Prof Charles Noussair and Dr Tom
Wilkening outline the sometimes questionable human judgement of risk and
reward. With host Jennifer Cook.
Guest
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Episode 74: Broadcasting hope among refugees in East Africa
Elias Nyatete describes how Tanzanian media outlet Radio Kwizera has been an important source of information and hope for refugees in recent and current East African conflicts. With host Jacky Angus.
Guest
Elias Mokua Nyatete -
min 39 ...
Episode 74: Broadcasting hope among refugees in East Africa
Elias Nyatete describes how Tanzanian media outlet Radio Kwizera has been an important source of information and hope for refugees in recent and current East African conflicts. With host Jacky Angus.
Guest
Elias Mokua Nyatete -
min 39 ...
Episode 73: Al Jazeera statecraft: New media as public diplomacy tools
Journalism professor Phillip Seib of the University of Southern California discusses public diplomacy via broadcast and digital media, and its success -- or otherwise -- in the Middle East and elsewhere. Prof Seib delivered the keynote speech at the ...
Episode 73: Al jazeera statecraft: New media as public diplomacy tools
Journalism professor Phillip Seib of the University of Southern California discusses public diplomacy via broadcast and digital media, and its success -- or otherwise -- in the Middle East and elsewhere. Prof Seib delivered the keynote speech at the ...
Episode 72: The Fourth Rise of China
Prof Wang Gungwu and Dr Pradeep Taneja examine the latest rise of China in its historic, economic and strategic dimensions. With host Jennifer Cook.
Guest
Prof Wang Gungwu -
Dr Pradeep Taneja -
min 45 sec
Format:
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Episode 72: The Fourth Rise of China
Prof Wang Gungwu and Dr Pradeep Taneja examine the latest rise of China in its historic, economic and strategic dimensions. With host Jennifer Cook.
Guest
Prof Wang Gungwu -
Dr Pradeep Taneja -
min 45 sec
Format:
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Episode 71: Widows of Injecting Drug Users in North East India
In the conservative societies of Nagaland and Manipur, widows of injecting drug users are often HIV positive, poor and stigmatized. Dr Michelle Kermode and Prarthna Dayal from the Nossal Insitute for Global Health discuss an intervention program to ...
Episode 71: Widows of Injecting Drug Users in North East India
In the conservative societies of Nagaland and Manipur, widows of injecting drug users are often HIV positive, poor and stigmatized. Dr Michelle Kermode and Prarthna Dayal from the Nossal Insitute for Global Health discuss an intervention program to ...
Episode 70: Drug Use, HIV and Harm Reduction in North East India
Manipur and Nagaland are two states in North East India that share a border with Burma. While these states are so remote that few foreign nationals have visited them, they are beset with high rates of HIV infection and injecting drug use. Assoc Prof ...