PhD: Unpacked Coalesce
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A podcast that exists to make impactful academic research more accessible, and understandable for you. We find PhD theses that were published in Aotearoa New Zealand in the last five years, do the heavy-duty reading, meet with the authors, have a sit-down interview, and condense their work into a more easily consumable format- short, succinct podcast episodes.
For any questions, qualms or queries, reach out to the PhD: Unpacked team through phdunpacked@gmail.com, or @phdunpacked on Instagram.
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This podcast is brought to you by Coalesce - a storytelling network from Aotearoa.
If you'd like to learn more about Coalesce, feel free to do so through @coalescecontactnz@gmail.com or @coalescenz on Instagram.
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S3 | E7 - How did poo save New Zealand from Covid-19? - Dr Joanne Hewitt with MBIE & ESR
We wanted to do something special for you for the last episode of Season 3, so we collaborated with ESR (The Institute of Environmental Science and Research) and MBIE (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) to bring you an episode. Unfortunately, James wasn't available, so producer Thabi took the reigns and interviewed Dr Joanne Hewitt, Wellingtonian of the Year nominee and Senior Scientist in the Enteric, Environmental and Food Virology/ Norovirus Reference Lab about wastewater testing and how poo potentially saved thousands of lives during the (ongoing) Covid-19 pandemic. A big thank you to Alex Maplseden and Nicola Mutch from MBIE and ESR respectfully for helping make this happen. Here's a bit more information about how this episode and research came about.
ESR’s wastewater programme has been made possible by the Ministry of Health and with funding administered by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). A big shout out to ESR’s awesome team of wastewater scientists, and to all the incredible wastewater collectors and council staff around New Zealand for their enormous and ongoing support.
Check out the covid in wastewater dashboard for your community - https://www.esr.cri.nz/
PhD: Unpacked is a podcast that exists to make impactful academic research more accessible, and understandable for you. We find PhD theses that were published in Aotearoa New Zealand in the last five years, do the heavy-duty reading, meet with the authors, have a sit-down interview, and condense their work into a more easily consumable format- short, succinct podcast episodes.
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PhD: Unpacked is produced by Coalesce Ltd, an independent media company based in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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S3 | E6 - Crime and Culture: the worrying hole in Aotearoa’s criminal law legislation - Dr Leua Iosefa
Dr. Leua Iosefa joins us to unpack the growing relevance of culture to criminality and culpability, as New Zealand’s population diversity expands. Diversity brings different cultures and cultural practices that are currenty criminalised. How will our laws adapt?
If you’d like to read more, here’s a link to the PhD: https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/17014
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For any questions, qualms or queries, reach out to the PhD: Unpacked team through phdunpacked@gmail.com, or @phdunpacked on Instagram.
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S3 | E5 - Bad News Fatigue: how do we stay motivated in combating the climate crisis? - Dr Saing Te
Dr. Lee Saing Te joins us to unpack climate-change compassion fatigue, and the gap between knowledge and action.
If you’d like to read more, here’s a link to the PhD: https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/items/78a82edf-e31b-4e8e-a834-9e66a988d46d
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For any questions, qualms or queries, reach out to the PhD: Unpacked team through phdunpacked@gmail.com, or @phdunpacked on Instagram.
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S3 | E4 - Talkback Radio: what does it teach us about society? - Dr Maureen Sinton
Dr. Maureen Sinton joins us to unpack why we crave the unpredictable authenticity of talkback and how it played a seminal role in the early moments of the Christchurch terror attacks of 2019.
If you’d like to read more, here’s a link to the PhD: https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/items/09448a6f-1cfa-462e-b5aa-3f54f81b42d9
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For any questions, qualms or queries, reach out to the PhD: Unpacked team through phdunpacked@gmail.com, or @phdunpacked on Instagram.
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S3 | E3: 9-5 is Dead: multiple-job holders & the pursuit of healthier work environments - Dr Zoe Port
Dr. Zoe Port joins us to unpack her research into problematic workplace environments, & the various reasons driving multiple-job lifestyles. Working multiple jobs is now relatively normal, but is that a good thing?
If you’d like to read more, here’s a link to the PhD: https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/16567
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For any questions, qualms or queries, reach out to the PhD: Unpacked team through phdunpacked@gmail.com, or @phdunpacked on Instagram.
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S3 | E2 - Ratatouille, Chicken Run & more: the subliminal messaging you missed - Dr Reuben Fong
Dr. Reuben Fong joins us to unpack the problematic themes hidden in your favourite Children’s films - Ratatouille, Chicken Run, Stuart Little, The Wild Thornberry’s and the Land Before Time.
If you’d like to read more, here’s a link to the PhD: https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/54051
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For any questions, qualms or queries, reach out to the PhD: Unpacked team through phdunpacked@gmail.com, or @phdunpacked on Instagram.
This podcast is brought to you by Coalesce - a storytelling network from Aotearoa.
Customer Reviews
Lives up to its promises
This podcast is fantastic, and lives up to its promises in making academic research accessible. Really easy to listen to, well explained, and has considered discussion. It also covers a diverse range of topics so I feel like I’m learning something completely new with each episode!
Accessible and fascinating
Listening to this first episode I was fascinated by how little I knew on this PhD topic, yet how easy it was to absorb this information by how accessibly it’s shared - thank you, I will be tuning into every episode, finally I feel empowered to hear more about PhD topics (without the overwhelm aspect!)
A truly enlightening podcast
This podcast is as the title of this review says - truly enlightening. As a postgraduate student myself, it’s really awesome to see research be made accessible outside of the ‘academic sphere’, and to be broken down into pieces that remain meaningful and aren’t trivialised. This podcast does justice to the kaupapa of each Phd - and having the research be able to speak to their mahi is ace too.
Keep up the great mahi, can’t wait to see what’s next! 💜