Moral Traveller Podcast
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -The Moral Traveller podcast talks about human rights and philosophy, while listening to the stories of ordinary people who have shown remarkable resilience in the face of adversity.
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Episodes
Non-Human Ethics
September 08, 2020 09:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBSara interviews Dr. Dinesh Wadiwel, senior lecturer in human rights and socio-legal studies, with a background in social and political theory, on the subject of non-human ethics. He has had over 15 years experience working within civil society organisations, including in anti-poverty and disability rights roles, and is author of the book War Against Animals.
On Anger
August 25, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB*Warning: Some of the content is a 're-enactment' of a past experience when I felt angry, and not presently real. In addition, I have had a pesky cold and a blocked nose for a week and so I sound stuffy, not to worry, it is not the C-Virus :) Sara interviews Dr. Steven Laurent, a registered clinical psychologist and member of the Australian Psychological Society. He works with all mental health problems, but specialises in anger management. Before beginning his studies in psychology, Dr La...
LGBTI Rights
August 02, 2020 02:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBSara speaks with Paula Gerber, internationally renowned legal scholar on LGBTI rights, criminalisation of homosexuality, and human rights law. She is Associate Professor at the Monash University Law School and Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. Paula also manages the website antigaylaws.org that provides up-to-date information about countries that still criminalise homosexuality.
Political Prisoner in Burma
July 22, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBShot for leading student protests where he spent the next 18 years imprisoned in Burma, Thiha tells his story of his experience being tortured, psychologically and emotionally abused, and blamed for the deaths of family members, including his father and his wife. Burma - now known as Myanmar - is ruled by a socialist dictatorship run by the military who are corrupt and control the population through extreme violence, including crushing the 8888 nationwide and pro-democratic student uprising ...
Kierkegaard on Love and Selfhood
July 12, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBSara speaks with Dr. Patrick Stokes, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Deakin University on the subject of love and selfhood. Stokes' focus has been Kierkegaard and bringing conversations on his work back into dialogue with contemporary analytic philosophy, in addition to research interests in personal identity and moral psychology, as well as exploring temporal and perspectival aspects of the question of selfhood.
Workplace Bullying
July 02, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBSara talks with Professor Michelle Tuckey on the subject of workplace bullying that not only has terrible psychological and physical effects on those who experience - and those who also witness - bullying, but the Australian Human Rights commission has stated that it can cost the Australian economy between $6-$36 billion dollars a year due to poor morale, decreased productivity and absenteeism among many more. Sara speaks of her own experience with bullying and how she struggled for many yea...
Boat Person 16
June 28, 2020 23:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBSara talks to an asylum seeker from Ethiopia, who shares her experience escaping her country and the long and arduous journey to Australia, only to be trapped by an awful border protection policy in detention facilities both off-shore in Nauru and in Australia. There are thousands of people seeking asylum in Australia, unable to work and are forced to live in destitution, and where there are no limitations in the law to the length of time a person can be detained. Despite the fact that every...
Religion and Rebuilding Countries After War
June 27, 2020 00:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBSara talks to Denis Dragovic, senior fellow at the University of Melbourne on the subject of religion and rebuilding countries after war. Denis’ professional career encompasses the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. He has worked as a civil engineer on multi-million dollar construction projects, led humanitarian aid missions in several war zones, consulted to United Nations agencies, lectured at the University of Melbourne, directed corporate and philanthropic fundraising at Austral...
Introduction to the Moral Traveller
June 25, 2020 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.3 MBSara talks about why she decided to start this podcast. Her experiences with Syrian refugees, and ultimately the shock of a western identity that has no empathy and cares deeply about vanity, led her to realise that listening to the stories of ordinary people can lead to a changed world.