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Jane Caro - feminist, public school advocate, & writer

Jane Caro - feminist, public school advocate, & writer

This time our guest is the delightfully feisty and articulate Jane Caro. We had a fascinating discussion that ranged across issues from how to be your authentic self to why women should not burn it all down right now. The common thread running through her career is a delight in

Thought Leadership Series: Data Governance

Thought Leadership Series: Data Governance

Joined the good folks at Microsoft Reactor in Sydney for this panel on data governance. Moderator Fabio Braga Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Australia, with * Jourdan Templeton - is the CTO at Aware Group - a leading technology company focusing on AI, BI and IoT, headquartered in New Zealand with teams

Erin Riley

Erin Riley - communicator, PhD researcher, community activist, and mum

This time our guest is someone I've known for years via a group of policy wonks who used to meetup in Sydney pubs. Erin Riley is a communicator, PhD researcher, community activist, and mum. She shared with us some insights into her life as a carer, PhD researcher,

Helena Dix

Helena Dix - Maker of melodic noises, Aussie diva, and quarantine queen

On this episode we had a chat with Australian opera singer Helena Dix while she and Annie are in the same COVID quarantine hotel in Sydney. Helena shared some fascinating insights into the early years of her career, how she is working to make opera a better place for the

Kate Carruthers and Chris D’Agostino

Databricks Champions of Data + AI series

Had an interesting chat with the lovely Chris D’Agostino from Databricks on their Champions of Data + AI series. The higher education sector is currently subject to disruption on many fronts, not only from COVID. There are a lot of interesting things happening across the sector. One thing is certain,

Dr Amy Coopes

Dr Amy Coopes: hack-turned-quack, doctor, journalist, parent

Our guest this time is Dr Amy Coopes - journalist, writer and editor at Croakey News, a social journalism collective for health, and a junior doctor with the Victorian Rural Generalist Program. We had a fascinating chat that ranged from journalism in a post-truth and post-consequence world to the

Kim Crawley

Kim Crawley - Cybersecurity writer and autistic advocate

Our guest on the pod today is Kim Crawley, who got her start in cybersecurity via an interest in malware. She shared about her career journey, and about her experiences as a neurodivergent person who is also a self-advocate for the autism community (check out the hashtag #ActuallyAutistic) . Kim

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