The Louder Than Words Podcast
by University of Essex
The Louder Than Words podcast is about how ideas improve lives. Professor Jules Pretty created the Louder than Words podcast for conversations on how the world can be made a better place by inquiry, research and public engagement. These are ideas that can inspire individual, collective and policy action.This is the first podcast from the Centre for Public and Policy Engagement at the University of Essex. There are three series a year: autumn, spring and summer.Each episode of Louder Than Words takes a key contemporary issue and gives you a chance to hear from leading researchers, policy makers, thinkers and campaigners plus those directly affected by the issue.The podcast is produced by Marcus Pierpoint and Luke Fitch of the University of Essex’s Media Centre. Producers of series 1-3 were Ali Martin and Martha Dixon.
Episodes
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Talking About the Crime of Ecocide
Join Matthew Gillett and Marina Lostal in conversation with Jules Pretty on international law, courts and institutions. We talk about peace, security and the environment; hate crimes and losses in cultural heritage; the founding of a Biocultural Indigenous University in the Andean Amazon of...
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You Can Say That Again
Amanda Cole and Ella Jeffries from the Department of Language and Linguistics talk to Jules Pretty about sociolinguistics: the loss and gain of language and dialect, language variation; influence of Cockney on Essex; accent bias – class and gender; right or wrong or plain different.
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How Rewilding Changes Us, and What’s With the New Orca Behaviours
Join Ben Goldsmith and Níels Einarsson in conversation with Jules Pretty on how rewilding changes whole landscapes as well as our imagination, and how the 500 Orca marine incidents off Iberia are challenging how we think of wild marine mammals. What is rewilding, how can it benefit landscapes and...
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Perhaps, By the Skin of Our Teeth
Join Lloyd Peck and Bill McKibben in conversation with Jules Pretty on the climate crisis. Lloyd has travelled to the Antarctic 20 times in 30 years, and describes first hand from under water the changes in these cold and slow environments. Bill is the foremost green writer, journalist and...
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Bending Circular Economies Into Shape
Join Erik Jacobi and Jordon Lazell in conversation with Jules Pretty on circular economies and neuromarketing. What are circular economies, and how can they help businesses become more successful as well as creating social benefits? How can new neuromarketing approaches pioneered at the…
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Good Things Come to Those who Hope
Join Andrew Simms and Nicky Saunter of the Rapid Transition Alliance in conversation with Jules Pretty on Hope. How can we address climate, ecological and social inequality crises with new forms of language and action; how can hope be deployed to improve lives. The joint Hope Tales project is...
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Policing Domestic Abuse
Join Ruth Weir and Jackie Turton in conversation with Jules Pretty on domestic abuse and violence in the home. What works and why? What has changed in recent years? What are the prospects for the future? Ruth Weir is at City University’s Violence and Society Centre and Jackie Turton is in the...
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Now You See It: Immersive Tech for Leisure and Health
Join Paul Hibberd and Abigail Webb in conversation with Jules Pretty on processing visual information – how we humans see the world, how technology is opening up new options for immersive theatre, and the exciting roles for virtual and augmented reality. Paul Hibberd is in the Department of...
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This Will Work: Changing Patterns of Labour, Work and National Productivity
Join Friederike Mengel and Carlos Carillo Tudela in conversation with Jules Pretty on the modern nature of work, how labour economics helps us understand the rapid pace of change, the impacts on women, the choices regarding home working, and what this all means for national productivity and…
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Let’s Talk About Genes and Society
Join Leo Schalkwyk and Meena Kumari in conversation with Jules Pretty on human genetics and epigenetics, how culture and society influences what goes on inside us, and all the latest on how this new understanding can improve human health. Leo Schalkwyk is Head of the School of Life Sciences and...
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Putting The Ball in a New Court
Join Koldo Casla and Tara Van Ho in conversation with Jules Pretty on the uses and applications of human rights to improve lives and make businesses more sustainable. Koldo Casla and Tara Van Ho are based in the Essex Law School at the University of Essex
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This Shining Hour
Join Donna Graves, Sarah Lloyd and Alix Green in conversation with Jules Pretty about contemporary history, public purpose and making an impact on culture and the economy. Donna Graves is a public historian from Berkeley in California; Sarah Lloyd is at the Institute of Historical Research,...
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Good Bugs, Bad Bugs
Join Terry McGenity and Corinne Whitby in conversation with Jules Pretty on the worlds of microbes in oceans, in soils and in the air, and how microbes can be deployed in new ways to clean up pollution and improve the environment. Terry McGenity and Corinne Whitby are in the School of Life…
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The Dark Before the Dawn
Join Ismene Gizellis and Han Dorussen in conversation with Jules Pretty on conflict, peace-keeping, cooperation, governance after conflict, and the impacts on women. Ismene Gizellis and Han Dorussen are political scientists from the Department of Government at the University of Essex.
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Many An Enchanted Forest
Join Craig Bennett in conversation with Jules Pretty on all the latest challenges and opportunities for improving wildlife and conservation in the UK, and how to involve people in local rural and urban habitats that matter to them. Craig Bennett is Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trusts.
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The Cat in the Bag
Join Anna Di Ronco, Anna Sergi and Nigel South in conversation about how criminology is helping to reveal the changing nature of policy practice, the definitions of uncivil people, and the growth of environmental and organised crime Anna Di Ronco, Anna Sergi and Nigel South are from the…
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On Thin Ice
Join Caroline Bald and Akudo Amadiegwu in conversation with Jules Pretty about the high incidence of brain injury and social silencing, and how to bring people together Caroline Bald and Akudo Amadiegwu are from the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Essex.
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The Best of Both Worlds
Join Caterina Cinel, Luca Citi and Reinhold Scherer in conversation with Jules Pretty about brain-computer interfaces and neural engineering. Caterina Cinel, Luca Citi and Reinhold Scherer are from the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at the University of Essex.
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The First Straw
Join Kat Hadjimatheou and Renee Luthra in conversation with Jules Pretty about how violence spirals in the home and community, and the impacts on women and migrants. Kat Hadjimatheou and Renee Luthra are from the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex.
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Sea Changes
Join Anna Sturrock and Tom Cameron in conversation with Jules Pretty about why the blue marine matters, and how seas and coasts can be regenerated. Anna Sturrock and Tom Cameron are from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Essex.
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Spilling the Best Beans
Join Sheena Cruickshank, Laura Cream and Paul Manners in conversation with Jules Pretty about how universities are showing they can improve the lives of people through public engagement. Sheena Cruickshank is from the University of Manchester, Laura Cream is from University College London and…
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Cloud Ten
Join Danielle Tucker and Louise Nash in conversation with Jules Pretty on how the world of work is changing for women, and how women are changing the workplace and organisations. Danielle Tucker and Louise Nash are from the Essex Business School
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The New Leaf
Join Teeven Soobaroyen and Danson Kimani in conversation with Jules Pretty on how businesses and corporate governance are changing in Africa, and how businesses are creating new models that invest in the society and the public. Teeven Soobaroyen and Danson Kimani are both from the Essex Business...
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Smooth minds
Join Ahmed Shaheed and Wayne Martin in conversation with Jules Pretty on the UN Special Rapporteur’s new report on freedom of thought, and how this will shape many fundamental freedoms for belief, religion and culture.
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It is rocket science
Join Liam Jarvis and Katy Wheeler, with a contribution from Bruce Hood, in conversation with Jules Pretty on how new thinking on delivery of education and engagement of students is changing the lives of students for the better. Liam Jarvis is from the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre...
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This Ship Will Sail
Join Tracey Loughran and Kate Mahoney in conversation with Jules Pretty on how public history is being used to understand the health, well-being and lived experiences of young women, how the development of a new toolkit called “Bodies, Hearts and Minds” is helping. Tracey Loughran is from the...
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Break a Leg
Join Melissa Tyler, Phil Hancock and Tom Carradine in conversation with Jules Pretty on the future for creative work and performance in the aftermath of COVID-19, drawing together lessons we have learnt and likely long-term impacts. Melissa Tyler and Phil Hancock are from the Essex Business…
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The Whole Nine Yards
Join Ruth Lowry and Paul Freeman in conversation with Jules Pretty on how difficult it is to stay active and healthy, and about how to support individuals and communities to live healthier through crafts, nature contact, drumming and gardening. Ruth Lowry and Paul Freeman are from the School of...
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Kindness Does Not Cost an Arm and a Leg
Join Gina Reinhardt and Gillian Sandstrom, with a contribution from author Anna Jones, in conversation with Jules Pretty. Gina Reinhardt is from the Department of Government at the University of Essex, Gillian Sandstrom from the University of Sussex, and Anna Jones is the author of Divide.
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Storytelling for Black History
Hidden histories and lost voices are now being heard. The latest episode of Louder Than Words looks at Black History through lenses of plays and literature. Contributors to this episode are: Dr Jak Peake, Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Professor Jeremy Krikler, Department of History…
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About this show
The Louder Than Words podcast is about how ideas improve lives. Professor Jules Pretty created the Louder than Words podcast for conversations on how the world can be made a better place by inquiry, research and public engagement. These are ideas that can inspire individual, collective and policy action.This is the first podcast from the Centre for Public and Policy Engagement at the University of Essex. There are three series a year: autumn, spring and summer.Each episode of Louder Than Words takes a key contemporary issue and gives you a chance to hear from leading researchers, policy makers, thinkers and campaigners plus those directly affected by the issue.The podcast is produced by Marcus Pierpoint and Luke Fitch of the University of Essex’s Media Centre. Producers of series 1-3 were Ali Martin and Martha Dixon.
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