Undesign: A Social Change Podcast

Launched by agency DrawHistory, Undesign is a collection of conversations untangling today’s big social challenges. With our host Kosta Lucas, we speak directly and frankly about wicked problems with guests from influential global brands to fierce grassroots movements. Learn more at drawhistory.com.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 59m. Bisher sind 22 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 20 hours 20 minutes

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episode 9: How can Indigenous wisdom guide how we live and work? (Four Arrows & Darcia Narvaez)


With world leaders responding to climate emergencies, and unprecedented threats such as the pandemic and global conflict, we seem to be running headlong into a future where our learnings from the past are both too slow and too small...


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 July 26, 2022  1h6m
 
 

episode 8: What does the future of morality look like? (Tim Dean)


In a world of rapidly evolving expectations on citizens due to COVID, environmental pressures, and the very public role playing of morality and ethics on social media, people face a dizzying space in which to set and attune their own moral compass. 

Unpicking this challenge, Dr Tim Dean, Senior Philosopher at The Ethics Centre, discusses how morality and ethics came to exist for humans and what roles they play in our modern lives today...


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 July 12, 2022  1h11m
 
 

episode 7: How do we design social media platforms that are safer for marginalized youth? (Ben Hanckel & Shiva Chandra)


In 2022, as public institutions continue to grapple with implementing more inclusive structures to curb historical marginalization of people, experts such as Dr Benjamin Hanckel (Senior Research Fellow, Digital Health and Youth) and Dr Shiva Chandra (Research Officer) are exploring ways to make social media platforms safer for marginalized youth—both of whom are researchers from Western Sydney University's Institute for Culture and Society and the Young and Resilient Research Centre...


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 July 5, 2022  55m
 
 

episode 6: Are “intentional communities” the safest way for communities to exist online? (Lillian 'FlexMami' Ahenkan)


The expectations and variety of roles that social media influencers play have increased exponentially, mirrored by increasing scrutiny and policing of how their behaviour plays out amongst their communities and followers. The shifting expectations of followers on influencers has prompted a reappraisal of the status quo by those such as Lillian Ahenkan, also known as FlexMami...


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 June 28, 2022  1h4m
 
 

episode 5: How do we harness the power of video games for good? (Galen Lamphere-Englund)


The world of gaming has long been highlighted as a hotbed of cultivation of extremist actors and activities, but more recently it's also started to be recognised as a platform where early intervention of extremism and encouragement of democracy and tolerance can be fostered...


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 June 21, 2022  55m
 
 

episode 4: COVID-19 and the enforcement of safety: Do mandates work? (Katie Attwell)


Our host, Kosta Lucas speaks with Dr Katie Attwell, Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at The University of Western Australia (UWA). Dr Attwell leads the large interdisciplinary research project “Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government” with colleagues from UWA and Telethon Kids Institute.

‘Vax’ was the Oxford word of the year in 2021, with ‘Strollout’ being the word of the year in Australia according to the Macquarie Dictionary...


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 June 14, 2022  59m
 
 

episode 4: COVID 19 and the enforcement of safety. Do mandates work? (Katie Atwell)


Our host, Kosta Lucas speaks with Dr Katie Atwell, Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia. Dr Atwell leads the large interdisciplinary research project “Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government” with colleagues from UWA and Telethon Kids Institute.

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 June 14, 2022  59m
 
 

episode 3: How has technology influenced the way we date and the stigmatization of online dating? (Part 2) (Lucille McCart)


How does the person who admits to hating the concept of marriage proposals see the future of online dating? In this episode, we speak to Lucille McCart, APAC Communications Director of Bumble, who candidly speaks with us about how and why online dating has grown and evolved on apps such as Bumble since the first COVID lockdowns began...


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 June 7, 2022  52m
 
 

episode 2: How can we harness the power of data in the quest for gender justice? (Anisha Asundi)


What does the Boston Symphony Orchestra installing curtains for auditions back in 1952 have to do with gender justice in 2022? And why could the rigour of data capture and analysis hold the key to undoing unconscious bias in the community, and specifically in the workplace? Anisha Asundi, Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, talks to us about how she has been working on how gender gaps in the technology sector can be addressed to increase diversity, equity and inclusion...


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 May 31, 2022  56m
 
 

episode 1: How has technology influenced the way we date and the stigmatization of online dating? (Part I) (Lauren Rosewarne)


If you’ve seen shows such as the Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna or The One, it would be easy to believe that technology enabled romance is rife with danger and subterfuge. Yet despite popular culture’s fixation with the risks of online dating, it has been the bread and butter of current personal relationships for years...


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 May 24, 2022  53m
 
 
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