Simplified Ideas: Recent Episodes
Steven
With the world being full of complex, ever-changing issues, it is important to understand how one idea can strongly impact individuals and shape the world as we see it. In most instances it is hard to comprehend these ideas, as they are guarded by walls of words and complex theories. That's why on Simplified Ideas, I will be talking to individuals who are able to dismantle these difficult concepts into a format which is refined and digestible. Touching upon all sorts of interesting topics, you'll learn something new every episode.
Have large corporations been disproportionately winning in Australian political debate? Is corporate power distorting government decision making? These are questions in which Lindy Edwards, our guest on today's episode dismantles and explains to us. She explains how corporate power has risen and dismantles it into different elements explaining how its measured, the battle between corporate power and government, and potential solutions. This is also explained within her book, "Corporate Power In Australia: Do The 1% Rule?".
Lindy Edwards is currently a senior lecturer in International & Political studies at the University of New South Wales and has previously worked as an economic adviser in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Lindy's Twitter: @Dr_L_Edwards
Book: CORPORATE POWER IN AUSTRALIA: Do the 1% rule?
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As technology constantly evolves, we are finding ourselves using online services and applications more and more as they are incredibly convenient and efficient. Although it is quite easy to forget the cost of this...our data. Privacy, especially online is rapidly morphing into different versions previously never seen or understood before. It is incredibly important to understand what happens with our data and how this impacts our privacy.
To help us understand this ever-changing landscape of privacy and the surrounding topics, I have been joined by, Sacha Molitorisz, author of "Net Privacy: How we can be free in an age of surveillance".
Sacha's Twitter: @SachaMolitorisz
Check out Sacha's book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/net-privacy-sacha-molitorisz/book/9781742236063.html
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We use our teeth everyday and we never fully appreciate the importance of our oral environment until something goes wrong. On today's episode I bring on my good friend John who is a 4th year dental student. He will walk us through the importance of our teeth, good oral hygiene and some of the amazing functions of the mouth.
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Can your personality explain as to why you might be addicted to social media? My guest Eleanor breaks down the complexities through her research as to what type of personality traits are more susceptible to social media addiction. Following this we voice our opinions and thoughts on the topics immediately surrounding this.
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What does it mean to be happy? Can we even be happy? If not, is there an alternative?
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This episode's discussion is focused around the economics of Australia and the world amidst the corona virus crisis. Bringing back from the first episode (Understanding the Share Market) my friend George. We talk about the main differences between the GFC (Global Financial Crisis in 2008) and the current economic landscape, the 'casualisation' of the work force, the importance of belief in the future and briefly upon the Australian housing market.
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On today's episode I speak to a good friend of mine Joshua Trinchini, he is a co-owner of both Three Pillar Coaching and EatNourished. Joshua will be helping us understand the complexities of how to be healthy and fit by dismantling the different elements involved.
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As a society our knowledge bank has grown significantly due to the internet and education. Although when it comes to health issues, it can be quite a different experience as it can be difficult to fully understand the basics unless it's been explained to you by a health professional. To help dismantle this complexity, I speak to a good friend of mine who is in 6th year medical school, Hubib Ahmed. He will be helping us understand some of the most common health issues, along with a basic explanation of how it affects the body and how avoid it.
The share market is an incredibly difficult mechanism to understand as there is an infinite amount of possibilities which affect it every single day. To help us understand, George Bouras, a close friend of mine has joined us on this episode to discuss how the share market operates, the current state of the economy amidst COVID-19 and what governments are doing to help during this pandemic.