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High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Dr Melissa Hatty is interested in our relationship with nature from a psychological perspective. Melissa has just finished her PhD and is now working at Behaviour Works Australia, she has a background in anthropolo...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Senior Lecturer Dr Sue Kleve is interested in food security as a lived experience for households, and how we respond to this issue. What If you didn’t know where your next meal or meals were coming from? How would...

Welcome to the Cook ‘N‘ Goals show, today we talk to William Russell, great friend, drummer, gamer and fellow podcast host. Will and I grew up together in our late kid lives blending into the teen years for what felt like forever, but was only a short stint of our lives so far. Will is one half of the Rumble pack podcast where him and his best mate Luke discuss the stories and characters involved...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD Candidate Melissa Adamski is interested in communication for nutrition professionals in the new and digital age. How can we become the online experts when we [dietitians] are the in-person experts? Melissa says...

Join Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Accredited Sports Dietitian Nathan Cook as he explores an area of exercise science or sports nutrition. - Episode 2: Nathan discusses some key lab based and home friendly strategies to monitor your hydration status before exercise, as well as some options to manage your rehydration phase post exercise. Enjoy.  - Instagram @developmentdietetics  - Website -...

Welcome to the Cook ‘N‘ Goals show, today we talk to Susan Pearse, author, leadership coach and presenter. Once Susan decided to go on a quarter life crisis trip overseas and try and find herself, she completely changed her perspective. Susan brought in the first mindfulness based leadership program to Australia 20 years ago after attending a conference with the Dalai Lama and has been coaching in...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Liza Barbour is interested in the sustainability of food. Food systems and diets play a role in everyones lives, however they are currently vulnerable and unsustainable. We discuss her early days as a travelling di...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Dr Kate Charlesworth is interested in climate free healthcare. The largest problem we are facing at the moment is climate change, and current healthcare practice contributes a big carbon footprint. We discuss where...

Join Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Accredited Sports Dietitian Nathan Cook as he explores an area of exercise science or sports nutrition. Episode 1: Nathan discusses some key recommendations for protein dose, distribution, timing and type as well as some resistance training principles including frequency, time under tension, volume, training status and training age. Enjoy.  Instagram @devel...

Welcome to the Cook ‘N‘ Goals show, today we talk to Dr Brooke Clinton, the founder of Capital Scraps, a curbside collection and composting service in Canberra, Australia. Brooke has completed her PhD in biodegradation and has a passion for helping the environment combat climate change. Capital scraps is a for profit social enterprise which collects household food waste from the community and comp...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Professor Claire Palermo is interested in supporting tertitary students education through research, particularly in the area of nutrition and dietetics. We discuss her career pathway so far, how students learn thro...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD candidate Cherie Rusell is interested in food policy, specifically reducing added sugar consumption and artificial sweetener use. We discuss her published studies so far and some of their findings, the history...

Welcome to the Cook ‘N‘ Goals show, today we talk to Dr Shane Hungtington OAM, CEO of Little Big Steps (a kids cancer charity), radio host on Triple RRR in Melbourne (Einstein agogo), Physicist and communication teacher. Shane has had a long and fruitful career in academia and science but also many other sectors including business, strategy development and consultation. His background is in optica...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Dr Aan McCubbin (postdoctoral researcher) is interested in sports nutrition, specifically sodium needs for athletes as well as how sodium gets in and out of the body, i.e sweat and the kidneys. We discuss all thing...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Mark Boulet (PhD student, MSTI researcher) is interested in food waste and how our behaviour influences its generation. We discuss Marks journey into research, food waste in schools, and his discovery of the home e...

Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Josh Lumley; founder of Prmpt, the research and development, and government grant experts. Josh had the dream of being in the top accounting firm but was warned early it may not be for him. Now he has turned his side gig into a fulltime start-up which provides advice to businesses on discovering their R&D costs and applying for government grants...

Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Sarah Neil founder of Mys Tyler, a womens fashion app that acts like instagram, only the feed is helping ladies of all sizes, shapes and colours find their fashion twin. Sarah has raised $1 million dollars and has tens of thousands of users all over the world. We discuss the apps origin in 2014, Sarah's 10yrs in NYC, start-up culture and how Mys...

Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Brad Travis owner of Composta Australia, an at home worm farm and garden all in one. Since creating the product in a home garage Brad has turned this idea into a full time, national business. Small beginnings at the markets and the thrill from selling his first unit, now to being stoked in bunnings warehouse. Brad is ever growing and very gratef...

Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Steven Liaros co-owner of PolisPlan, a new paradigm for regenerative, shared-equity land development. Since returning from abroad, completing local travel around Australia and studying this topic area in his PhD, Steven and his wife are planning to build a network of high-tech, regenerative villages that strive towards self-sufficiency and zero...

Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Ed Hatcher owner of the notorious and delicious Alfreds Apartment – a men's wear, barber, and diner all in one. Since purchasing the company two years ago Ed has transformed Alfred's into its very own stand-out local clothing brand. We discuss Ed's passion for design and creating cool things, the ride of owning a small business, collaborations w...

Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Josh Murchie, co founder of Little Phil - a micro-philanthropy platform designed to help empower charities for the future. The company has gone through some ups and downs but is smashing goals with some new key partnerships including Legends of Crypto and Collision Conference. Josh has some lecturing positions at Griffith University and is the Y...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Luke Spajic (research student) is interested in food systems and how their previous design is linked to human and planetary health. We discuss his journey into research from his experiences overseas shocking him in...

Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Chelsea McLean, a circular economy pioneer and personal relations expert. Chelsea works for biobag (who create compostable alternatives to plastic) and also promotes circular economy focussed groups through her platform Circular economy pioneers. We discuss the 5 business models for a circular economy with examples, how we can design out waste t...

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Associate Professor Greg Cox (PhD) is interested in sports nutrition and its effects on performance. We discuss some of his previous research projects, work in the industry and experience being the nutrition lead f...

Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Marcus Field who is aiming to fundamentally change the way in which high school students plan for the future. He has started and closed his own digital marketing agency and is now building a virtual work experience and in person tutoring agency. We discuss his vision, experiences of learning at school and   having a growth mindset. Enjoy. Daily...