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Join us for a conversation with Nic Rose, CEO of Sustain, as he takes us into the incredible survey of the Australian Gardner. With over 9,000 respondents, the survey collectively captures what it means to have access to soil to toil.  Nic is a believer in the power of relationships and networks to move mountains, transform societies and change the course of history. “My goal,” he explains, “is to work collaboratively with individuals and organisations who share the vision of fair, sustainable and resilient food systems.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us for a conversation with Award-winning journalist and former supervising producer of the hit ABC podcast Ladies, We Need To Talk, Cassandra Steeth.Cass is now a mission to help women to financial independence in her new role as senior writer for Verve Super, a feminist, ethical superannuation company.Cass speaks to us about how we must find new ways to bridge the gap in financial gender inequality, why co contribution is a must do conversation between couples and how we can all invest more ethically.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you measure change? A conversation with ORS Impact’s CEO Sarah Stachowiak and Senior Consultant Nikki Kalra who join us from Seattle to discuss how in the For Purpose sector it is vital you systematically and cost effectively measure the change you are seeking to make. We discuss different models, frameworks and end our discussion perhaps on its most important point, deciding the business of change you are in. Are you seeking systemic and long lasting change or incremental short term change?  ORS consulting works across North America with social justice-minded organisations to plan, learn and measure the impact of their work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join our conversation with Tom Critchlow, Co-Founder of Quoteback, a browser tool that allows you to copy and store text quotes as you read content from the Internet. Tom joins us from amongst the cactus of Arizona to discuss the world of blogging, the emerging field of narrative strategy and how it applies to business, life and politics. Tom outlines how Quoteback is designed to free smaller voices to find other interested individuals and why being able to follow your interests across the Internet is more important today than ever. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join our conversation with Corinne Proske, Founder of Speckle, a not-for-profit fintech company, which delivers an ethical alternative to payday lending. Corrine highlights the importance of understanding how our emotional relationship with money affects our financial and social wellbeing. We discuss how the model of ethical lending outcomes is changing the future of investing and how Australia’s Super Funds are unique in their ability to influence our global future. We finish by taking a look through the data on spending trends in Australia arising out of the COVID pandemic and discover whether Joe will still be able to have a piggybank in a cashless world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us to for a conversation with Community Activist and ex ABC journo, Margot Foster, who helped lead the charge to create the green heart of Abbotsford by protecting the historic convent from redevelopment. Margot shares her experience in learning to influence change through not saying a outright no but providing genuine alternatives where all involved can say yes. We speak to Margot about the role of large institutions like the ABC in shaping our cultural norms and her insights into what it takes to create real community change.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's episode we set the scene for the end of 2020. Joe and Patrick don their thinking caps to explore what Covid has unveiled across our cultural, social and economic institutions and whether this is a permanent shift. They discuss the new barriers to participation and change making that are appearing, the fallacy of predicting tomorrow based on today, and outline the key questions they will be exploring with guests in Season 2 of BAU. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join our chat with Craig Middleton, Curator at the National Museum of Australia, Fellow at the The Australian National University and Co Author of Queering the Museum, for a deep dive into remaking what a museum can and could be.Craig takes us through his groundbreaking work in queering the museum where Queer is used as a verb to drive a more inclusive, reflective and immersive space that reflects the diversity of Australian identity and life.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Victoria has the highest rate of the removal of children from their birth family in Australia. Michael Perusco, CEO of Berry Street, joins us for a conversation on why and how we need to shift our thinking away from a system grounded in the late and punitive to one informed by a safety first early intervention model to create a fairer system for families and children. A model that deals with causes, rather than outcomes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Joe Rogers and Patrick Beggs to review season one of #BaU. From the lows of figuring out portable pandemic studios to the highs of great guests covering topics such as indigenous rights, dyslexia, community reform, social media as societal kryptonite, and art. Listening to our guest's process has been a big ride and an even bigger privilege. Pearls of wisdom have fallen out of each one of our guests. Our big learning? For real change to occur it takes small incremental steps with consistent sustained effort. Nothing happens overnight, not even a podcast. A huge thanks to all who joined usconor hickey, Alasdair MacKinnon, Rebecca Scott, OAM, Judy Atkinson, George Hedon, Enabler of Awesome, Pause Fest, Fiona Armstrong, Simon Goodrich, Madeleine Habib, Dean Starbuck Bragonier, Sam Patterson, Dr Sue Thomas FRSA, Dipayan Ghosh, Scott Cane, Gavin Morris  Hope you have been enjoying the ride as much as we have. Season two starts in a couple of weeks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us for a discussion on truth telling with Dr Gavin Morris, an ex-NRL referee from Sydney who now acts as a leading social referee.Gavin talks about his involvement in documenting a truth telling in the Nauiyu Community, and the ways in which it enables better community outcomes for its people. He also discusses how the unique approach, methodology and intention shaped his doctorate thesis, which investigates the trauma associated with the experience of colonisation in an Aboriginal community. Finally, Gavin discusses two decades of teaching experience in schools around Australia.Gavin lives in Darwin andcurrently lecturers in undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the Collegeof Education at Charles Darwin University.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Scott Cane, one of the drivers of Australia’s first native title case, joins us from Port Lincoln for an uplifting chat about his approach to life and advice on how to grow through failure.Scott is a self-professed surf bum whose curiosity and trust in following his nose for waves has led him through the wilds of Tasmania, to Australian National University to ensuring Aboriginal Australians are rightfully recognised as the true custodians of this land. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we hear from Dipayan Ghosh, Harvard fellow, White House Alum and Author of Terms of Disservice: How Silicon Valley is Destructive by Design.We talk about the effect that the monopoly held by big tech from facebook to Amazon has had on our lives and how we have unwittingly traded our privacy for utility. We explore how we are heading from a democratic era and rapidly into a Dystopian digital future free of meaningful discourse. Dipayan also shares his view on the odds of this changing and what we as individuals and communities need to know and do. You can find out more on Dipayan’s work here See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us as Dr Sue Thomas FRSA educates from a surprisinglysunny Scotland us on how the ethics of fashion is underpinned by the choices we make as customers in response to what we design into our consumption.Sue takes us behind the scenes of the content she developed when teaching as part of her pioneering MSc Ethics in Fashion for the School of Textiles and Design ethics. Today Sue continues her work turning up the heat up on how the conversation around inclusion, sustainability and industry ethics must change and how some businesses are leading the way. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sam Patterson joins us to discuss about building connections inside communities atrisk through the power of story. Sam is the Director of Community Engagement at MacKillop Family Services and shares his approach to creating the connection between funding the cause and the direct delivery of the service. We talk all things home schooling, the challenges ahead for foster care and why horse trainers tell such great tales. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dean Bragonier, founder and the executive dyslexic at NoticeAbility, shares his story of changing the way society understands dyslexia through changing its approach to educating children with Dyslexia.Dean joins us from Cambridge, Massachusetts to discuss the neuroscience of dyslexia, the educational approach required and the work left to be done. Dean inform us on the history of dyslexia, why standardised testing sucks and share the stories of some famous dyslexics throughout our history.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Madeleine Habib joins us from a wintry Tasmania to offer a timely reminder not to underestimate the power of your own voice in enacting the change you want to see in the world.Madeleine is a Master Mariner who has lived a life of service to humanitarian and environmental causes from the shores of the Mediterranean to the coastline of Antartica. Working on the front lines with SOS Méditeranée, Sea Shepherd, Greenpeace, MSF and the World Food Program has given her a unique perspective into effecting real world change, one person and oneaction at a time. Be the change, Be the voice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Glen McMinn offers his refreshing perspective on travelling openly through the arc of life. Glen has been many things, architect, designer, historian, hockey dad, entrepreneur and now a painter exploring a concept called 10 of 1. Through it all he has been Dyslexic, which he speaks openly about, and he calls aspects of he views as a superpower.Join us as Glen takes us through his story of focus empowering people, communities and organisations to share their own tale.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Simon Goodrich is the Co-Founder of Portable, a digital innovation company that helps forward thinking organisations to transform the way they work.Over the past five years, Simon and the team at Portable have been hacking the bureaucracy, helping solve some of the technological discrimination in usability and accessibility in the digital world. Simon sits on the Health Informatics Society of Australia, the digital health peak body, National Committee, leading their Innovation portfolio. He is the Australian Ambassador for the New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the team behind the Webby Awards and is an active mentor in the Melbourne University Accelerator Program, supporting innovative start ups. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fiona Armstrong is a social entrepreneur, public policy expert and researcher, author, and reform advocate whose qualifications and experience span a range of disciplines and sectors. She is a global leader in the area of climate and health advocacy and has conceived and led a number of internationally significant projects in this area.She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Climate and Health Alliance See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.