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The Louder Than Words Podcast

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The Louder Than Words podcast is about how ideas improve lives. Professor Jules Pretty created the Louder than Words podcast for conversations on how the world can be made a better place by inquiry, research and public engagement. These are ideas that can inspire individual, collective and policy action. This is the first podcast from the Centre for Public and Policy Engagement at the University of Essex. There are three series a year: autumn, spring and summer. Each episode of Louder Than Words takes a key contemporary issue and gives you a chance to hear from leading researchers, policy make...

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This Ship Will Sail 12.05.2022 41:48

Join Tracey Loughran and Kate Mahoney in conversation with Jules Pretty on how public history is being used to understand the health, well-being and lived experiences of young women, how the development of a new toolkit called “Bodies, Hearts and Minds” is helping. Tracey Loughran is from the Department of History at the University of Essex, and Kate Mahoney is from Healthwatch Essex @KateFMahoney...

Break a Leg 04.05.2022 39:46

Join Melissa Tyler, Phil Hancock and Tom Carradine in conversation with Jules Pretty on the future for creative work and performance in the aftermath of COVID-19, drawing together lessons we have learnt and likely long-term impacts. Melissa Tyler and Phil Hancock are from the Essex Business School, and Tom Carradine from Carradine’s Cockney Sing-along.

The Whole Nine Yards 27.04.2022 32:49

Join Ruth Lowry and Paul Freeman in conversation with Jules Pretty on how difficult it is to stay active and healthy, and about how to support individuals and communities to live healthier through crafts, nature contact, drumming and gardening. Ruth Lowry and Paul Freeman are from the School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences at the University of Essex

Kindness Does Not Cost an Arm and a Leg 21.04.2022 57:10

Join Gina Reinhardt and Gillian Sandstrom, with a contribution from author Anna Jones, in conversation with Jules Pretty. Gina Reinhardt is from the Department of Government at the University of Essex, Gillian Sandstrom from the University of Sussex, and Anna Jones is the author of Divide.

Storytelling for Black History 10.02.2022 42:54

Hidden histories and lost voices are now being heard. The latest episode of Louder Than Words looks at Black History through lenses of plays and literature. Contributors to this episode are: Dr Jak Peake, Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Professor Jeremy Krikler, Department of History Dr Holly Maples, East 15 Acting School Further reading Read blog about on Theatre, Literature and Educ...