Resolve - Stories from a Stop Start Nation
by Swivol Media
Who and what we are today is a reflection of our resolve in the past. When faced with challenges that seem like the end of the road, both individuals and organisations have to dig deep to find a new source of purposefulness and determination in order to survive.The Resolve Podcast focuses on real people, leaders, and organisations whose grit and ingenuity have helped them navigate pressures and challenges that would send many of us packing. Hosted by Amanda Reedy, our first series, Stories from a Stop / Start Nation, aims to tell genuine Australian stories of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic across a range of sectors, including retail, hospitality, education, health, and the arts.
Episodes
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S1 E9: Aged Care: Locked in, Locked Out
The decision to let the Omicron variant of Covid-19 "rip" has had a devastating impact on Australia's Aged Care system. We speak to an impacted resident, an experienced aged care nurse who has seen the decline of the sector over the last 50 years, and experts that say that all of this was...
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S1 E8: The System is Sick
While our federal and state leaders insist that our health system is robust and coping with the Omicron outbreak, our health workers are sending grim messages that make it clear that the cracks which already existed in staff ratios and resourcing are now buckling under the pressure. We speak to...
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S1 E7: The Farmer Wants a Hand
Agriculture isn't the first industry that comes to mind as having been dealt a blow from the COVID-19 crisis. After all, it has been deemed essential from the start; with farmers, workers, and contractors able to continue their work, for the most part, unimpeded. But as we’ve discovered, no one…
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S1 E6: Out of Office
Today, you can’t open LinkedIn without being polled on the topic of working from home. Up there with LOL, WFH has become one of the most recognisable acronyms and sayings over the last two years with COVID-19 fundamentally changing our relationship with the office and with very few of us wanting…
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S1 E5: Not in Service
Whether you survived on Uber Eats during the lockdowns or turned to the surplus of frozen goods you panic bought at the start of the pandemic, one thing we all looked forward to was being able to go out for a meal with our friends and family As we re-open, the message we are receiving is that if...
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S1 E4: Tracing the Contact Tracers
If you live in any of the major cities in Australia that have been heavily impacted by Covid-19, you’re definitely using some form of QR Code checkin to log your entry into public spaces, retail, and hospitality venues. When you scan a code and check in to one of these sites, what assumptions are...
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S1 E3: Schools on a Roadmap to Nowhere
In mid-October 2021, the same scenes were playing out at schools across NSW and Victoria. Our youngest and eldest students began returning after many weeks of remote learning in the latest lockdowns triggered by the Delta variant of Covid-19. Across social media accounts from schools and…
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S1 E2: Performing to an Audience of None
When COVID-19 took hold in 2020, we collectively turned to the arts to save our sanity. We found solace in our favourite music, binged our way through Netflix, and sought out our favourite comedians online when we needed a laugh. But despite providing sanctuary from the pandemic, the arts and...
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S1 Ep1: Live Venues in the Silence of Lockdown
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen lockdowns and disruptions across Australia, particularly in Melbourne and Sydney, with Melbourne becoming the city in the world that has endured the most days in lockdown. These lockdowns have come in blocks, some longer than others, with periods of reprieve in...
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Coming Soon: Resolve - Stories from a Stop Start Nation
For every generation, there are events that become a marker in time. Experiences so significant that they create two worlds - a “pre” and a “post”. There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic will be one of those historical markers that is looked back on as a shift in human experience, but for…
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About this show
Who and what we are today is a reflection of our resolve in the past. When faced with challenges that seem like the end of the road, both individuals and organisations have to dig deep to find a new source of purposefulness and determination in order to survive.The Resolve Podcast focuses on real people, leaders, and organisations whose grit and ingenuity have helped them navigate pressures and challenges that would send many of us packing. Hosted by Amanda Reedy, our first series, Stories from a Stop / Start Nation, aims to tell genuine Australian stories of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic across a range of sectors, including retail, hospitality, education, health, and the arts.
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