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The Medicine of Song: Positive Notes From A Singing GP

In this Podcast we talk to Dr Rosalyn Sarah Miller a doctor who works in General Practice and believes that we should try to stay positive at this time of crisis. In the webinar she will tell us about the importance of this.

And she will do this not just in words but in song as well as Ros is a singing GP and you can see both sing, talk and give advice about being positive.

So Ros will give us the medicine of song and not just words to make our day have a smile and underline the need to remain positive at a time of crisis.

How to democratise news with the power of storytelling

In this Podcast we discuss with Marie Elisabeth Mueller the power of storytelling in the digital age and how the news we hear can be democratised by the power of story telling. This is one of the interviews we are doing jointly with Tracesdreams as one in the series of Conversations Across Borders.

Stories have been used to hand down learning and knowledge for thousands of years. A good story engages our curiosity, emotions and imagination. Stories are the way we understand and make sense of the world we find ourselves in.

But in the digital age story telling takes on a new form that involves text, graphics and video and makes the power of story telling something that crosses borders. And when so much news on the media is manipulated by the powerful story telling can provide a platform for all of us to correct the balance.

When people connect to political issues through personal stories, they see them in a different way. They don’t just see democracy in the abstract, they see ‘my democracy.’ The transformative potential of storytelling is written into the fabric of our lives.

Dr. Mueller who was born in Duesseldorf holds a Ph.D. in Digital Storytelling, Media Science from the University Constance. She has been teaching interactive multimedia, crossplatform storytelling and trends in the media industry since 2014 at the Stuttgart Media University in Germany I work with people at the intersection of emerging technologies, digital literacy and communications.

Marie has been able to constantly grow her professional skills and experience in hands-on training and learning together, developing new media products and leading diverse teams within a wonderfully diverse network across borders.

Corona Virus & Working From Home

In this Podcast we discuss the opportunities and problems of working from home. As businesses close down their offices many people are having to work from home and this often brings new problems as well as opportunities.

In this webinar Katy Davies interviews Hannah Dyson and Francis Sealey. Hannah had just got a job working at the Royal Free when the Corona virus struck and she then faced working from home. So how much of a cultural shock was that and how did she adapt. Francis has worked from home for many years and can talk about his experiences of doing that.

What we hope is that this webinar will help those now working from home by looking at the experiences of those who have - one recently and one for many years. What have they leaned that makes working from home easier and with less stress.

Tackling Isolation At A Time Of Crisis

In this Podcast we interview Leonie Campbell where we will be discussing how can we deal with isolation and how do we cope with our anxieties and you are invited to make comments and ask questions in the chat box of the webinar.

Leonie Campbell - a BPS chartered and HCPC registered counselling and occupational psychologist, and is the founder of Psychology For Success.

Many people will be experiencing socialisation at this time and many will be doing it alone. Others will feel anxious and concerned about themselves and their families.

We discuss how those facing social isolation can cope positively

Resilience & Mindfulness At A Time Of Crisis

In this Podcast we discuss how we can develop resilience as we go through this crisis of Covid-19

Resilience is something that most people need to make it through the rougher times of life. Everyone will experiences difficulties in life, and some people will even experience traumatic events that create an upheaval in their lives. Resilience is not a character trait - it can be learned by anyone, but learning it does require time and effort.

Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens.It also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—without believing, for instance, that there’s a “right” or “wrong” way to think or feel in a given moment. When we practice mindfulness, our thoughts tune into what we’re sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future.

To help us with this we discuss both resilience and mindfulness with Katy Davies and Harriet Piercy. Katy has studied resilience and run some course on this and Harriet is a life coach and mindfulness is an approach that she encourages especially when people are anxious and worried.

Art In A Time Of Crisis - Interview With Lisa Russell

The World Health Organization in collaboration with arts and entertainment influencers and public personalities as well as leading arts and cultural entities are launching #SolidaritySessions and #SolidarityShows to a global audience.

Art, alongside science, is the way we can make sense of this moment of uncertainty and isolation, through an expression of solidarity and love with family, friends, as a community, a nation or as a species.

Celebrity musicians are sharing #SolidaritySessions, powered by Global Citizen, which are live performances taped in intimate settings and offered for free on social media to help share important updates and guidelines, show solidarity and raise funds for emergency programs. Tune into the sessions by following hashtag #TogetherAtHome

We will be interviewing Lisa Russell who is a consultant/curator for the World Health Organization. Lisa is an Emmy-winning filmmaker, UN/NGO Storyteller and Artist Curator, 2x TEDx Speaker, Fulbright Specialist and Founder whose work lies at the intersection of arts, social justice and global development.

Climate Change - Adaption, Mitigation & Geo Engineering

In this podcast Simon Nicholson an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service Contact is interviewed by Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey about climate change and whether we will be able to meet the target set by the International Panel on Climate Change to reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to keep temperature rise below 1.5 degrees by the end of the century.

We know climate change is happening and we will have to adapt but are the measures to mitigate climate change and its impact enough or do we need more drastic measures like geo engineering. And if we do how safe is that and what are the unintended consequences.

We also discuss how scientists communicate their concerns to both politicians and the general public so that the issues are understood clearly

The Value of Social Networks In Times of Crisis

As the corona virus pandemic takes hold and social isolation affects so many of us then social networks become important as a means of contact and communication.

In this Podcast Francis Sealey discusses with Gary Kousoulou and Joy Cowley-Smith the vital importance of social networks as well as some of the pitfalls.

Gary is one of the founders of a large social network in North London called Loving Local and Joy runs another such network in the same area called Enfield Matters. Both have used their respective networks to keep people in touch with what is happening and also to galvanise volunteers. And both of them combined together have run regular online phone in videos so people can ask questions and express their concerns.

Social networks is where people go for help and advice as well as news about what is happening and so are an important focal point in a crisis like the one we are facing today and we discuss this with both Joy and Gary.

Global Justice In A World In Crisis

In this Podcast we interview Nick Dearden the Director of Global Justice Now - a democratic social justice organisation working as part of a global movement to challenge the powerful and create a more just and equal world. They mobilise people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly in the global south.

 

Today we face two existential crises the corona virus pandemic and climate change and both bring the need for global justice strikingly to the forefront. As these crises unfold although they will impact on us all, it is the poor and vulnerable that will be affected the most.

Ho do we in a world in crisis, where fear and concern often makes us inward looking, find solutions to provide justice for those who need it the most.

 

The is what we will be discussing with Nick and how Global Justice sets about championing the poor and disposed globally and with what success.

This is one the the webinars that we are doing as part of the “Conversations Across Borders Series” together with tracesdreams and involving a global audience.

Tackling The Drug Wars

In this Podcast we talk to Neil Woods who spent many years as an undercover cop  seeking out drug gangs through the contacts he made with addicts.

It was a dangerous job and he was responsible for many arrests. However he came to realise that the more arrests that were made the more this crime increased. He felt there had to be a different approach to tackle the crimes around drug use.

In this Podcast we discuss Neil’s career as an undercover cop and how he became disillusioned with the effectiveness of that way of tackling the crime. We look at what he considers the alternatives that focus on denying the opportunities to criminal gangs and dealers.